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The army of Minalcar moved northeast though the plains of Rhovanion. They had occasionally come upon villages but none had seemed hostile to the men from Gondor.

Minalcar send out scouts in front of the army. These would announce to arrival of the army to any villages they came upon and guarantee that they would not be attacked if they did not attack themselves.

His army did not move in a straight line as he wanted any enemy who noticed them to be unable to make an ambush.

As his army moved further away small skirmishes occurred, but the Numenoreans were well prepared and suffered only very small losses.

One day Minalcar rode with only two dozen men around him and they were surprised by enemies hidden in the grass. The Numenoreans were not fat from the other men, but the attack was quick and half of the were either killed or thrown of their horses. Minalcar was hit by an arrow in the and he too fell of his horse. He reached for his sword as an Easterling run towards him with an axe. The man was killed by an arrow to his throat. More arrows followed, all killing an enemy.

An elf came running to aide Minalcar. He aimed and fired with a great precision while moving. He passed Minalcar and the prince followed him. He though the elf was finding random enemies to kill, but then realized he was running in a specific direction. He aimed for an enemy far away.

"Khamul;" he shouted when firing, and Minalcar could see a hooded figure three hundred feet away. Khamul dodged the arrow and fled.

Soon other Numenoreans came and killed all the attackers. Minalcar had lost half his men and was wounded himself, but he still insisted to speak with the elf.

"Who are you and why do you come to our help?" he asked.

"My name is Glorfindel. I have lived my life fighting these enemies, and I do not fear the dark," the elf said.

"I have seen elves around Edhellond where we can sail to from Tolfalas from where I grew up. But, I have yet to see one as fair as you. You must surely be one of the Eldar. But tell me my lord, why are you here?"

"I have searched this slave of the darkness for many years now. He is one of the Nine who once fought Elendil and the men from Numenor."

If you will accept me in your army, I will help you in your quest, but first let me attend your wounds," Glorfindel

And Minalcar and his men welcome Glorfindel among them. The high elf attended to the wounded men.

Glorfindel followed with the Army and told Minalcar what he knew about Khamul and the other Nazgul.

As the army moved east, Minalcar understood that it was in risk of being surrounded, as there were unknown territories around them. He ordered the army to camp at the north slopes of the Ash Mountains for the winter.

Minalcar constantly send out scout in all directions to search for enemy activity.

One day the scouts returned almost simultaneously. They had all seen enemies. The ones who were send east and west both said enemies had hidden in the highland bordering Ered Lithui , but now had entered the lowland, but instead of attacking the Numenoreans, they had moved north and connected with the main force moving south.

"We are surrounded," some of the men shouted. While other said; "let them come we have enough arrows for all of them.

Some of his commanders, advised Minalcar to send men over the mountains to reach Minas Ithil for enforcement.

However, Minalcar said, "they will not attack us now. They want us to stay here and wait, as they know the road to Gondor is now open. if we do not break out before long, they will attack Gondor instead. We will wait a few days, so they think we plan to defend ourselves here. My hope is that they will start to send people against Gondor. We will catch up with them before they react the Great River, and in the meanwhile, we will deal with those who say behind."

The men agreed to Minalcars plan, but they also knew that the enemy they faced was much stronger than they first believed.

After only three days, Minalcar was ready. They army rode to east and first engage the Easterling there. However, the Easterlings had been well prepared, and they have placed spears in the ground and dug ditches to cavalry of Gondor to move forward quickly. The movement back into the plains too longer time than expected and Minalcar ordered stop when the night came as the men from Gondor could not see what was ahead of them.

The men started to be tired and the loses increased as they moved north. Minalcar knew he was in problems, he wanted to push the army so they would be able to reach the enemies moving towards Gondor in the west, but if he took chances he risk of loosing more men increased and the army might never be able to break out.

After a week the men had managed to move far north, but only a short distance west. Glorfindel stayed close to Minalcar during the days battle. At midday he pointed north.

"Look!" he shouted; "a thousand mounted men in the north heading this way."

Minalcae ordered his men to stop and dismount, find places to defend themselves. Many of his men though their end was near as now they also had to fight another mounted army, eqaul in size to their own.

Glorfindel had sharp eyes. He again shouted, "they are not enemies, they are aiming to hit the Easterlings."

And the mounted men attacked the Esstrlings from behind. Their horses were large and rode more enemies down than they killed by arrows.

Minalcal ordered his men the get on their horses again and help the unknown allied. The defence of the Easterlings quickly broke down and they were separated in two.

"Those who can, follow after those who flee west, let the other run," he commanded.

Some of his captains wanted to stay to protect the king, but Minalcar said; "Stay only with me if you cannot fight anymore. There is nothing to fear from those approaching us, they are friends."

Thus, Minalcar and Glofindel were almost alone when the men from the northern plains approached them.

Their leader was a young man. At first he seemed small, but Minalcar they realized th horse he was on , was equal in size to that biggest of one the Numenoreans had.

"I am Minalcar of Gondor," he announced. He noticed the mans blond hair, which was difference from most of the enemies he had seen."

"Who might you be?" Minalcar asked; "and why would you come to you help in time of need?"

The man said; "your enemy is our enemy. We have fought this evil for many years. They prevent us from settle down, in this land we believe to be ours. Thus, we have been moving around for centuries with our homes and horses. This was the first time they had gathered such a large army and we wanted to engage them a final time."

The man then said; "I am Vidugavia. King of Rhovanion."

Minacar said, "I do not know you or your realm, but you have earned the friendship of Gondor."