Eyes

Two black eyes peered through the light foliage in the early morning twilight.  A body slumbered not far ahead, with yellow fur covering only the tops of its head and feet.  Roughly half as large as many that walked upright, it would appear almost peaceful if not for the sharp, pointed objects at its side, no doubt used for piercing and stabbing.  Despite any potential danger, breakfast drew in those

-Those eyes... Those eyes. No! Run, run! Run Pekki, run, they are coming! His shouts made Aggy turn in her sleep and eventually wake up, only to see Ern laying on the bed, pale and sweaty, as if wanting to run but not being able to do it.

-They are here, run, please, I beg you Pekki.
-Ern, Ern, what is it my dear? Wake up, please, what do you see?

It was the last post on that evening, farmer Ern nailed it where the door was going to be, placing it horizontally over the door was going to be on the barn that he was making. The past weeks were great, the weather was good, it only rained once, so it allowed him to work on the structure more and be within the time he gave to himself, his wife, Aggy would give birth to their second, a son this tme, and Ern wanted to prepare everything for more animals. More animals, more produce, more trade, more coins, more food.

As he reaches the top of the hill, Dinenor glances down to the dell in front of him, smiling happily. ‚Arnor. For far too long have I been gone. But now I am back, beloved home.‘ The ranger looks up to the sky where the sun stands low far in the west; darkness is falling, tarnishing the silhouette of Emyn Uial in the distant south. He puts his gear and weapons down and glances around.

It was a cruel night – dark and cold, empty of emotion yet corrupted, and it stabbed Nenusidh’s warm heart like a knife. The land was giving the ranger a message – a rather bitter message at that, that there cannot be mercy. The moon was neither bold nor strong enough to best the cruel skies, and the stars were too few and much covered. The land was covered in darkness, yet despite so, there was a fragment of light within the ranger.