A rohirrim man sits at a table with four empty mugs in front of him and a half empty one in his hand. He is staring at his beer in a daze.
A man walks up to him and sits at the table, "I don't see rohirrim here very often."
The blonde man grunts and takes another drink.
"You look horrible. What happened?"
"You'd never believe me."
"Try me buddy. I'm Geran."
"I'm Cerdic and I have no home now."
"That sucks," Geran says "what happened?"
"Well it all started when I decided to gather all the nuts, acorns and fruit I could find. I had a lot of food, so much I was considering selling batches of it. but that's when they got upset and came for me."
"Orcs?"
"What?" Cerdic asks. "No, don't be ridiculous. Those damn squirrels came out of nowhere."
"Squirrels attacked you?"
"They surrounded my home and when I tried to step outside they would jump me. They bite and scratched me. When I got inside I had to throw them out."
"Squirrels were attacking you?" Geran asks. "How does that lead to losing your house?"
"Eventually they got tired of trying to wait me out and started to tear at the boards. I don't know where they got the strength from but they managed to break holes in the house."
"But you got away from them."
"Not by choice," Cerdic says. "When they got inside they jumped me and knocked me down. Then they took some rope from my house and tied me up."
"Squirrels tied you up?"
"They know how to make a tight knot."
"What did they do to you after that?" Geran asks.
"They started rolling me around, I hit my head a dozen times before they got me out the door. I was pushed down the mountain to an orc camp. The orcs dragged me into a cave."
"How'd you escape the oc camp?"
"A dunlanding woman and an elf came into the cave and fought off the orcs," Cerdic says. "As we were getting ready to leave a rohirrim man came in and helped them clear a path for us."
"You're right I don't believe you. Maybe you did hit your head and you just dreamed everything. Either that or you're insane. I think I'll be leaving now."