Four Fingered Discount
Meanwhile, back in Gotham city, Rachel was just hanging out with Frodo. They really weren't doing anything special and from the outside, it would seem like she wasn't trying to get anything out of him. That would be totally inaccurate. See she had decided to use another tactic. All based on the fact that she had what seemed to be a very strong bond with the hobbit. Don't get me wrong, she wasn't lying or sending him false signals, she was just speeding along the natural progression of their already very strong relationship.
They talked for what seemed like an hour before she even broached the subject of the orb. After not getting anything from him (he was the hardest to break), she applied a healthy dose of guilt and got quite a bit of info (of course after he broke, the words flowed like a river).
This is the story he told her:
A long time ago, hope was small and lost in the dark. Nobody knew quite what to do about Sauron, though they knew he was going to eventually return to his former throne in Mordor. The ring had not been destroyed. Three wizards gathered together in a dark and stormy night. All of them knowing that the future of the inhabitants of the land they had long ago learned to call home could very well depend on what they were about to do. They had to have a plan B, a way to help beat back the hordes. And so the plans were laid for a large orb. They would poar all the magic that was offered to them by the Illuvitar into it. The orb would have balance though. Inside it would be held the power to do not only good but also evil. It would be able to create and destroy. Because, only by bringing balance back to the world would life have any kind of a chance. The talisman was hidden away with the express instructions that it be used only if the peoples of this land could not defeat the evil being. It was known to all three that one day they might have to shed their flesh bodies and show their true faces. One day they would have to be more than the simple wizards that were known to people all around them.
If you think that's some pretty heavy stuff, wait till you find out what Amanda got out of Haldir.
Meanwhile, back in Gotham city, Rachel was just hanging out with Frodo. They really weren't doing anything special and from the outside, it would seem like she wasn't trying to get anything out of him. That would be totally inaccurate. See she had decided to use another tactic. All based on the fact that she had what seemed to be a very strong bond with the hobbit. Don't get me wrong, she wasn't lying or sending him false signals, she was just speeding along the natural progression of their already very strong relationship.
They talked for what seemed like an hour before she even broached the subject of the orb. After not getting anything from him (he was the hardest to break), she applied a healthy dose of guilt and got quite a bit of info (of course after he broke, the words flowed like a river).
This is the story he told her:
A long time ago, hope was small and lost in the dark. Nobody knew quite what to do about Sauron, though they knew he was going to eventually return to his former throne in Mordor. The ring had not been destroyed. Three wizards gathered together in a dark and stormy night. All of them knowing that the future of the inhabitants of the land they had long ago learned to call home could very well depend on what they were about to do. They had to have a plan B, a way to help beat back the hordes. And so the plans were laid for a large orb. They would poar all the magic that was offered to them by the Illuvitar into it. The orb would have balance though. Inside it would be held the power to do not only good but also evil. It would be able to create and destroy. Because, only by bringing balance back to the world would life have any kind of a chance. The talisman was hidden away with the express instructions that it be used only if the peoples of this land could not defeat the evil being. It was known to all three that one day they might have to shed their flesh bodies and show their true faces. One day they would have to be more than the simple wizards that were known to people all around them.
If you think that's some pretty heavy stuff, wait till you find out what Amanda got out of Haldir.