The Fall of Archet - Part I

The sky was a brilliant blue, and the sun shone over Archet, just another peaceful day in the small village... until a stranger along with two rangers and some hobbits burst through the gates, claiming to have escaped from a Blackwold camp and warning of Archet's impending doom. I whirled around, startled, as the man went running toward the captain."Archet is in danger, quickly you must prepare the guard. The servants of Angmar are here, they will see  the village destroyed!" Cried the stranger, but the captain scoffed. And so the man went off to prove his case, while the hobbits and "Strider" as they called him stayed and treated a wounded ranger. The man returned, with a blackwold banner in hand, and went to speak with the captain. The Captain's expression turned to one of worry, and he sent out a plea for aid from Combe....