*>ask Osof Beorn

Osof says 'Beorn is the greatest of our people. He lives in a farmstead a few'

Osof says 'miles to the south. He's a rather grim person, not very fond of'

Osof says 'strangers at all. He lives alone, with only the company of the'

Osof says 'animals that he loves. If I were you, I wouldn't make him angry,'

Osof says 'for he can be very dangerous if upset.'


*>ask Osof Honburg

Osof thinks deeply for a while, and then starts to speak in a quiet voice.

Osof says 'We Beornings have inhabited these vales from time immemorial.'

Osof says 'Honburg is just one of our small settlements, as we prefer to live'

Osof says 'in little villages rather than big, noisy towns. Long, long, ago,'

Osof says 'the small people, the self-called hobbits, came to the Vale, and'

Osof says 'they settled in the hill that rises to the east, as it was their'

Osof says 'habit to dwell in holes dug out of the earth.'

Osof shrugs, an expression of amazement in his face.

Osof says 'Those were better times. Trade along the Great River was prolific,'

Osof says 'and the old Anduin Lighthouse Tavern boiled with activity. Every'

Osof says 'night, both men and hobbits would gather there to listen to the'

Osof says 'tales from distant lands, have a drink together, and make merry.'

Osof makes a long pause before going on.

Osof says 'But then the orcs started troubling the lands, and the prosperity'

Osof says 'declined. And finally the hobbits migrated over the Misties into'

Osof says 'safer lands. But we have stayed in our homeland, fighting the evil'

Osof says 'from the Mountains.'

Osof nods almost imperceptibly to himself as he stops speaking.