The Fellowship of the Lord of the Rings - A Tale of the Elven King

Essinger is a large fortress, built by the Númenors in the second era, located in the northwest corner of Rohan, and together with the Egalalon Fortress in the south, it guards the Ferry of the Essin River to prevent the enemy from invading Kalanna macro.It was originally the territory of Gondor, but it was occupied by Dunlanders. Although the enemy was expelled later, Gondor was unable to control it, and Gondor did not want to give up Isinger.At that time, Saruman returned from the east and asked Beren, the regent of Gondor, to garrison Isengard.Beren readily agreed and entrusted Orthanc Tower to Saruman, and Isinger became the famous Valley of Saruman.

Essinger is a verdant and cozy place, nourished by the Essing River, with plenty of trees and meadows, and Othanc Tower in the center.But these beautiful scenery could not make Gandalf happy. When he arrived at Isengard day and night, he was only uneasy. Saruman, who had already received the news, came out to meet his old friend.

"Welcome to Essinger, my old friend."

"Saruman the Wise Man in White Robe, I am so glad to meet you. Have you heard about that prophecy?"

"Don't worry, my friend, come in and have a rest first, let's talk about anything later."

Saruman led Gandalf to his own hall, and gave his friend a rest before speaking of the prophecy.

"If you're talking about the prophecy that Redagast heard, yes, I already know, and his animal friends have been to me."

"So do you have any clues? What is the so-called Treasure of Sauron?" Gandalf asked eagerly.

"Don't worry, my friend, I don't think it's a big deal, you know Redagast has been hanging out with his bunny friends for so long that he's just as surprised as the bunnies At first glance. Come to think of it, when we fought Sauron before, did we hear that he had any powerful weapons or something? No! If he didn't use it before, he probably won't use it in the future. It's obviously not important to him. So why should we waste our energy on something so unimportant, I guess it's just some dead relic of his."

"But, Saruman, the prophecy says that this thing can attract dragons or monsters, shouldn't we be on guard?"

Saruman laughed and said: "Oh, dear Gandalf, I don't think that useless little thing can attract any terrible big guy. Think about it, even the Demon Lord Sauron has been defeated by us, we Why are you still afraid of that little thing? In my opinion, that thing can at most attract some half-orcs and the like. Those evil and lowly creatures don’t need us to do it ourselves. Elves and humans can destroy them. "

Gandalf looked at Saruman and sighed: "May I remind you, Saruman the Wise, that evil has not disappeared, nor will it ever disappear. In faraway lands, evil has been wandering, and dragons hide In the shadows, orcs hide in underground caves. Although they are stealthy, they have always existed. They are waiting for us to relax our vigilance. They are ready to attack us at any time. Please don't ignore the signs of evil. , we should destroy the evil forces before they grow stronger."

Saruman replied with a slightly displeased tone: "Of course I didn't let my guard down, Gandalf, I don't need you to remind me of this, I know more than anyone else the terrifying power of Sauron and his evil power." He and I used to be the assistants of Auli, the God of the Earth, and I know Sauron better than you. But now that the evil Lord has disappeared, Middle-earth has finally ushered in a peaceful and peaceful life. All races can reproduce in peace, what a joyful thing this is, please don’t disturb everyone’s life at such a moment! That’s just a rumor from the north, I don’t know if it’s true or not. Rumors! There is no need to make everyone jump because of a small rumor."

"But..." Gandalf wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Saruman.

He said: "Okay, let's stop arguing about this trivial matter. No matter what you say, I don't want to change my opinion. This matter is not worth our trouble. It will do more damage than the horror brought by the demon king Sauron. Please believe me, my friend, our power can easily solve any future problems that may happen in the future. Have a little confidence in yourself, we represent justice, we will definitely Evil can be defeated, believe me!"

Gandalf really felt that he might not be able to convince the wise man in front of him. The conversation between them could only end in such an unpleasant way. Gandalf could not agree with Saruman's point of view, nor could he take the prophecy so seriously. Insignificant, or as confident in one's own power as he is, evil power has never been an existence that can be easily attacked. Gandalf doesn't understand why Saruman can talk about this issue with such an indifferent attitude.

But Gandalf believes that his thoughts are not wrong, as long as there is something about Sauron, it is just a small prophecy, and he should take it seriously and investigate.

So after ending this unpleasant trip to Essinger, Gandalf decided to go to the north to find out the news by himself.

This time the gray-robed wizard went north through the Misty Mountains alone. He decided to meet the brown-robed wizard Redagast first. The wizard who loves animals lives in Rossgobel, west of Mirkwood. The gray-robed wizard has It was a long journey, and he found a horse and galloped across the plain of Celebrant behind Fangorn Forest, and then continued north along the Anduin River until he entered Mirkwood.

The wildly growing trees in the Mirkwood almost made Gandalf lose his way. Fortunately, he finally found Redagast's cabin, but the brown-robed wizard was not there. Gandalf could not talk to animals, nor could he grow up What kind of information did he get from the animals around the cabin? He didn’t know if Redagast followed his instructions to search for news about the prophecy, or if he went out to look for some strange flowers and weeds again, or if he went to AI Singh, to meet his revered Saruman?

In any case, Gandalf thought that he would not be able to find him for a while, so Gandalf decided to continue walking north. He wanted to go to the elf kingdom in the north of Mirkwood and find out about the wood elves. Some anomalies were found.