Two elves walk into the Prancing Pony. The dark haired man has trouble moving his left arm and follows behind his blonde companion to a table.
"How is your arm feeling?" Thaliollang asks his friend.
"It still hurts," Lagorlam says.
"Well that's to be expected after doing something as stupid as you did."
"The trolls needed to be dealt with."
"Yes that is true," Thaliollang says "but how does that equate to attacking a group of enemies by yourself?"
"I didn't see anyone else eager to get revenge on the trolls for attacking us."
"We were busy rebuilding what the trolls destroyed."
"Which was important," Lagorlam says "but we also should have been ensuring the trolls didn't attack us again."
"I don't know how much influance our attacks will have on that no matter their number or ferocity."
"What do you mean? You don't think we can scare them?"
"I am sure we can but look at this," Thaliollang says as he puts a relic on the table.
The other man picks it up and turns it over in his hand, "What is this?"
"The hobbit that rescued you found it on a troll. You can see the letters a - n - g. There is only one thing that could be spelling."
"The forces of Angmar are this far south?" Lagorlam asks.
"It seems that way."
"What are they doing in the mountains like that?"
"I would guess they are trying to find the ranger safe haven," Thaliollang says. "The rangers are remarkably good at causing trouble for the forces of the dark lord."
"Do you think they've been able to find them?"
"No they haven't."
"You sound more confident about that than I would be," Lagorlam says. "The trolls are good at moving through the mountains. I'd be surprised if they didn't find the town."
"If they had we would know. The rangers would never fall without a fight and we have found no evidence of large scale combat."
"We should warn them about the threat."
"I sent an emissary to inform them of the troll's actions before we began traveling south," Thaliollang says. "I do think things through before I make a decision."
"If they want the rangers why did they attack us?"
"The trolls got impatient waiting to find the rangers."
"We were attacked just to releave some tension?" Lagorlam asks.
"That is my best guess. Whoever is leading them will likely keep better control of them in the future."
"So attacking them was meaningless?"
"I wouldn't say that," Thaliollang says. "The trolls will remember the group that saved you and your actions for a long time. That alone should keep them from coming after us again."
"I suppose I did accomplish something."
"Yes you just did it in the stupidest way possible."