Randolf of the Fray was an Elvish
hunter from Mirkwood. Legolas, the Prince of Mirkwood, was his hunting teacher,
and just so happened to be an expert bowman. Randolf had been studying under
Legolas for almost a hundred years. One day, Randolf looked for Legolas to go
on one last hunting trip before he would go off on an adventure to destroy the
one and only Ring of Power, but alas, Randolf was too late; Legolas had already
gone.
Randolf gathered his things and
enough supplies to last him a couple of days and nights. He packed a sheath of
twenty-four arrows, his fifty pound re-curved oak bow, food and water, and a
warm blanket for cold nights. Right before he set off, he realized he had
forgotten fire making supplies, so he turned back and got them. Then once he
was sure he had everything, he set off for his hunting trip. Little did he know
he would see a familiar and dreadful face on his trip.
For a full day and night without
any rest, he was tracking what seemed to be a hundred and fifty pound elk. Once
he got close to it, he decided to rest for the night and get his energy back. That
night, he had a very strange dream where he was fighting orcs, trolls, and
other foul creatures. He awoke in a sudden fright. It all seemed so familiar,
like he had done something like that before, but he would remember if he had, wouldn’t
he?
The next morning he found his prey
and was getting to a position where he could kill it from a good distance and
not scare it off. When he was about to shoot, he heard a crack behind him and
he turned and shot. To his surprise when he saw what it was, memories flooded his
mind so quickly it gave him a searing headache. That thing that he shot at was
an old man who had caught the arrow right before it pierced his chest. When he
got a better look, he realized it wasn’t a man at all; it was an old, ugly, and
blinded seer. This particular seer had met and given Randolf a quest almost
fifty years ago.
The last time this seer had shown
up in Randolf’s life, he almost lost it, and for what, some old gem that he didn’t
even get to keep? This time it seemed different, like there was a worry deep in
the seer’s mind, as if something terrible might happen. Little did Randolf
know, if he said no, the world as he knew it would be gone forever! This seer
wanted him to go on a long journey with only the items he had with him now. The
seer said that he had to go and find Legolas and help destroy the ring. Randolf
thought over it for a few minutes, and when he finally decided to do it, he
heard a loud screech, as if something wanted him dead. He ran as fast as he
could, and so his newest and most terrifyingly important mission he had and
ever will go on again, had just begun!
