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(Sorry for accusing you... playing as an Uruk-hai... saying "human resources"... it sounded like that's what you meant...sorry... )

Arahad walked down the road to Araluen fief's gates. As he reached the entrance, he was halted by the two guards. "Halt! State your name, occupation, place of origin and your business!" Said the guard. "Arahad. Elite soldier. I'm from Dol Amroth in the realm of Gondor, far to the west of here. I have been sent here by Ruling Steward Denethor the Second, to investigate rumors of Gondor's enemies launching an invasion of this land." Said Arahad. The guard looked startled. "Uh... I think that we ought to send you with someone to speak with the king." Said the other guard. "Huh. Well, what do you know? I was actually going to force an audience with him by pretending to get drunk and say he was the illegitimate son of a dancer and his father, then wait to get arrested and brought before him. But this is much easier! Shall we go?" Said Arahad. (Did you get the joke?)

-Castle Araluen-

The heald Arahad had been sent with opened the door. "Sir Arahad of the Realm of Gondor wishes to have an audience with the King!" Cried out the herald in a clear voice. "Just, Arahad, your majesty. I am an elite soldier, but not a knight." Said Arahad, kneeling. He knew the proper way to act from time spent in Edoras. At least, he hoped that the Rohhirim had the same rules for talking to royalty as these people. "I have trouble believing that. Your tabard carries a coat of arms." Said King Horace. "That is not my coat of arms, but that of the King of Gondor. It is long since Gondor has had a king though, your highness. We have been ruled by the Line of Stewards ever since King Earnur died heirless, over 600 years ago. We still bear the symbol of the white tree in hope that one day the King will return." Said Arahad. "Then you Gondorians must be a steadfast people. Over 600 years and you still do not give up hope. How long was this line established before the death of King Air-nor?" Asked King Horace. "It is Earnur, your majesty. Before him, Gondor had been established for over two thousand years." Said Arahad, as if such a long established country was nothing unusual. Horace wondered how old the kingdoms in the land Arahad hailed from were if such a thing was not strange. "Now, what is it you have to say?" Asked Horace."I have been sent here by Steward Denethor the Second to investigate rumors of Gondor's enemies launching an invasion of this land. From your expression right now, if I may so venture, I would say that they are true, yes?" Said Arahad. "They are, Sir Arahad." Said the King.