Hobbit Council

 Fiesty and Druid Fitheach visit the Hobbit outpost

Tulip Totting: "Greetins. I be Tulip.”

Fitheach Eun: “Greetings Lady Tulip.”

Tulip Totting: “I hear you would like to address the council?”

Tulip Totting

Fitheach Eun looks at her druid sister questioningly.

Fiesty Lotus glances at Druid Fitheach "I sent the tavern boy ahead to let them know we were coming."

Fitheach Eun smooths her best dress nervously and hope she looks elvish enough.

Fiesty Lotus: “I am Fiesty Lotus Lady Tulip, and this is Druid Fitheach.”

Fitheach Eun inclines her head.

Fiesty Lotus: “We come to ask your council a serious question.”

Tulip Totting nods

Tulip Totting: “I will take you to the council house then. Please follow me.”

Please follow me.

Fitheach Eun looks at the council hall door with concern...

Tulip Totting: “Please come in”.

Druid Fitheach stoops.

Fitheach Eun stoops to get under the hobbit sized lintel.

Tulip Totting: “May I introduce Peri ad Rufus on my right”.

Fitheach Eun: “Greetings Sir Peri”

Tulip Totting: “Boys, this be Lady Fiesty Lotus and Druid Fitheach.”

Rufus Goodchild: “Nice ter meet you. Please have a seat.”

Fitheach Eun: “Greetings Sir Rufus.”

Fiesty Lotus takes a comfy seat.

Fitheach Eun looks at the chairs hesitantly.

Peri Cloverleaf: “I do think the chairs will be comfortable mam. They be for humans also.”

Fitheach Eun exhales and sits.

Tulip Totting: takes a seat.

Everyone sits.

Rufus Goodchild: “So, the boy told us you have a very serious request. Is this true?”

Fiesty Lotus: “Yes, but first I would ask you how many Hobbits live here?”

Rufus Goodchild: “We are only a few families now. We used to be stronger in numbers, but we have dwindled t only, say 20 Hobbits.”

Fitheach Eun raises an eyebrow and glances at Fiesty.

Fiesty Lotus: “And why is that? I see lots of land here, lying fallow.”

Fiesty Lotus looks at Druid Fit and shakes her head. Where did everyone go?

Fitheach Eun pays close attention.

Druid Fitheach pays close attention

Peri Cloverleaf: “Well, ya see. We came here through the portal when our lands were taken over by some nasty king.”

Fitheach Eun: “A nasty king?”

Peri Cloverleaf: “We were good here for a bit but then came drought fer a few years.”

Peri Cloverleaf:” And on top of that was a pesky dragon who came and made off with a lot of our livestock. Many just up and left.”

Peri Cloverleaf: “So we are very few now”.

Fitheach Eun: “What happened to the dragon?”

Peri Cloverleaf: “I dunno. I guess we got too small ter bother with.”

Fiesty Lotus looks at Druid Fitheach and nearly smiles.

Fitheach Eun raises both eyebrows.

Fiesty Lotus: “Well, that is a right shame.”

Fiesty Lotus: “I might know of a deterrent to that problem for ya in future.”

Fiesty Lotus: ”But now to the meat of our problem. Yer see I am the leader of a tribe of hobbits and they have fallen on terrible trouble in service to royal families - right now they are virtual slaves to King Ferdinand. They have been put to work in the crystal mines and the ladies are all now in service to the noble families.”

I am the leader of a tribe of Hobbits.

Tulip Totting: “King Ferdinand did you say?”

Tulip Totting: “He be the king who chased us from our lands!”

Tulip Totting looks about at the other council members.

Rufus Goodchild: looks shocked.

Peri Cloverleaf: “Well, I wouldn't put it past that old so-and-so.”

Fitheach Eun: “He seems a truly bad king.”

Tulip Totting: “So what is it you would like us to do Fiesty Lotus?”

Fiesty Lotus: “I would ask you all if we could bring them here. They be about three hundred in number.”

Rufus Goodchild looks at the other council members

Fitheach Eun: “We do not ask you to help with the rescue, that will be our risk.”

Peri Cloverleaf me looks up and after a moment he nods.

Tulip Totting: looks at the lady hobbit and sighs. "A course yer can bring em - they be kin"

Fitheach Eun smiles at the hobbit council.

Rufus Goodchild: stands and says, "I may have a solution ter yer problem Lady and Druidess."

Fitheach Eun: “You may?”

Rufus Goodchild: “Have yer heard of Portal Masters? That be how we got here ter Terminus.”

Fitheach Eun: “Portal masters? No, we have not.”

Fitheach Eun: “What is a portal master?”

Rufus Goodchild: “Yes, we contacted a portal master a mage told us about. He sent a portal to our lands before we became overrun”.

Fitheach Eun: “A portal large enough to move all of you?”

Fitheach Eun looks fascinated.

Rufus Goodchild: “Yes, he could move a large one, fer a price of course. So, we finally came here.”

Fitheach Eun: “How do we find this portal master?”

Fitheach Eun: “No price is too high to save those hobbits.”

Rufus Goodchild: “Here let me show you on the Terminus map where you can find one of them. I hear this one is pretty rascally, so don't get yer hopes up.”

Invitation to the map.

Fitheach Eun walks over to the table with Rufus.

Fiesty Lotus jumps up and runs to the table.

Rufus Goodchild: “Here be the area he is in. He is in a great castle and is loud, but you may find a way ter save them there”.

Rufus Goodchild: points at a place on the map.

The map

Fitheach Eun takes note of the map location.

Fitheach Eun: “Thank you Sir Rufus, we will visit this Portal Master.”

Fitheach Eun looks at Fiesty.

Fitheach Eun: “Shall we go get the others and make the trip?”

Shall we go get the others?

Fiesty Lotus: “Yes, thank you all.  I will guarantee that my tribe will be a hard-working addition ter yer lands.”

Fiesty Lotus nods at Druid Fitheach. "Yes, goodbye friends."

Safe Paths.

Fitheach Eun turns to the rest of the council, “Thanks you all for your help. Safe paths.”