A dwarf and elf walk into the Prancing Pony, the dwarf scratching at his beard and the elf smirking at him. The two find an empty table and sit down, Butterbur brings a large mug of beer and a glass of wine.

"You're going to need more than that to get drunk," Eywind says.

"I was just hoping for something with a good smell to distract me from the burnt hair," Nogmeldir says. "Though I think you for wishing me a pleasent evening Master Dwarf."

Eywind grunts, "It still itches. Stupid goblins probably planned it for anyone that tried taking their fire-pot."

"I'm not entirely sure goblins can think that far ahead."

"I'd like to see you figure out how the pots work next time."

"You are the expert on weapons of war and goblin activity," Nogmeldir says. "I only sought my companion."

"What happened with them?"

"She managed to find her way out with a dwarf. Glorwen is a strong woman and returned directly to her place in the field to watch the activity of the goblins."

"I'd have gone to get drunk before going back to work," Eywind says.

"As would I Master Dwarf, but all people are different."

"I am glad she's safe."

"I hope that she will be more careful in the future," Nogmeldir says. "Goblins are mostly straight forward when they attack but wargs are clever."

"They are sneaky but I hear many were killed by the hobbit you had looking for your friend."

"She killed many of them and even brought about the death of the one that led the pack."

"Killing the leaders always makes things easier," Eywind says.

"The hobbit wasn't the one that killed it. The other wargs took so much offence to it losing a fight they killed it themselves."

"Wargs are as brutal with each other as they are with us."

"We can hope they treat the goblins with the same ferocity they have shown to one another," Nogmeldir says.

"We should destroy some of the goblin camps. Maybe the taste of the goblins killed will make the wargs focus on an easier source of food than us."

"That is a slightly disturbing thought Master Dwarf."

"We've already learned about an easy way to destroy most of a camp," Eywind says. "Gandalf's little potion can take out the main camps outside the tunnels."

"That is a good point. It will be nice to have less of the explosive to worry about."

"I wonder how Gandalf came to make something like that."

"He makes fireworks," Nogmeldir says. "My guess it this was something he was making to entertain the hobbits he has taken an interest in."

"I don't care what made him help us, as long as he does.