East Rohan

            The invasion of Rohan from the East begins as small bands cross the River, testing the Rohirrim at many points.  These raiders harass and burn the outlying crofts and villages, driving the folk of the Wold like lambs into the pens of the towns, fear and hunger following hard behind.  Then follows the larger hosts with engines of war in their trains, hurling themselves against

            Caeorwulf and Seregrían arrive at the Harwick tavern and enter the large common room.  Several people there hail Caeorwulf and bid him join them, though the conversation around the room softens when Seregrían approaches.  She still wears the crimson dress she wore at her encounter with Harding, and all eyes are now on her.

The next evening, the men of Stangard hold a feast to welcome Seregrían better and show their gratitude for her aid. The feast, though spare due to the deprivations of Sithric, still makes the mead hall ring with laughter and song, glad sounds that have been missed of late.

The sun has already dipped behind the Misty Mountains and the lands are settling into shadows as Seregrían approaches the gated entry to Stangard, the northernmost town of the Men of Rohan. She is hailed by the watchmen, who bid her stand and approach no closer. A man approaches with a lantern and calls to her in the tongue of Rohan which she cannot understand more than a few words, such as “Dwimordene”, the name of Lothlorien to these people.