A dwarvf covered in horse hair and an elf in warm clothing walk into the Prancing Pony together and find a seat.
The elf sits down sweat covering his face and starts to strip off the heavy clothing he's wearing. "It's too hot here," Golhador says.
Vighar Roadwalker laughs loudly, "I think it's just that you've been in the cold too long. How long were you watching the mammoth and giants in the mountains?"
"A few thousand years. Those of Imladris needed a guardian against them."
"No wonder you aren't comfortable here. You've been in the snow so long you're frozen all the way through."
"Good thing I'm getting a bit of a thaw before the trip to the undying lands," Golhador says. "I wonder what the weather will be like there."
"It always feels like the same season in the mines."
"It always feels like the same season on the mountain too. I never thought about how strange that is."
"There's plenty of other things to worry about," Vighar says.
"Is that why you had signs placed near enemy camps?"
"You knew the enemy was there. They worked perfectly."
"I suppose they did," Golhador says. "Though they wouldn't have helped warn people of the threat of teh mammoths that have been tamed by the giants."
"That is a good point. The answer may be more signs."
"I don't think that's what I was saying."
"Signs always warn of danger like broken paths in the mines," Vighar says.
"Putting a hundred signs all over the mountian would make it difficult for people to tell which threats were most dangerous to them."
"I suppose you're right."
"The giants are less dangerous at the moment," Golhador says "but it's only a matter of time before they recover."
"What do you mean?"
"I managed to get silver rings from slain mammoths. They spoke of a powerful giant taming the creatures."
"A few dead mammoth probably won't be enough to make the passes safe while the giants remain," Vighar says.
"That wasn't all I did. A group of adventurers were on their way through the southern pass . I hired them to hunt some of the giant leaders, including all those that I thought could be responsible for the silver rings."
"So we won't get any new aggressive mammoths? That's certainly good news for the tiny camp you set up."
"It is a great relief," Golhador says. "The adventurers even decided to take it upon themselves to slay the leader of the giants."
"That's certainly good news."
"I was amazed they were able to defeat an enemy as ferocious as the Thunder Lord must have been."
"Strong enemies draw strong adventurers," Vighar says.
"With any luck the giants will return to the deep mountains and give up on their evil ways with the Thunder Lord gone."