Fundraising Challenge - The Hobbit  Troll country  1. Troll
country   May 28, 2941 – near the Great East Road  "Travellers?"
Halladan cursed; just what they needed with three trolls so near
the road…  "Yes, and they're an odd bunch," Saeros said.
"Dwarves, thirteen of them, but no wagons or goods, just ponies;
and they were with that old wizard, Gandalf, but he went off on
his own a while back, heading for Rivendell I think."  "Gandalf?
Anything else?"  The younger man shuffled his feet, "I don't
think you're going to believe this, Captain…"  "Let me be the
judge of that, Saeros," Halladan interrupted him.  "As you wish,
sir." Saeros paused again before he went on, playing for effect,
Halladan suspected. "They are travelling with a hobbit."  "A
hobbit? You're right; I don't believe it. Why on earth would a
hobb… Never mind." He stood up, looking north. Accursed trolls!
"Captain?" Saeros asked. "If I go back, I can still catch up
with them, and warn them to travel that stretch of the road in
daylight and in h