Son of the Evening Star

[Willow Oran]

Glorfindel joined Elrond and Gil Galad and the three sat around a table that had been brought into the Hall for their use.
At this time of day only the greatest of the fires was lit, the one that had never been allowed to fully extinguish since the Hall had been built in that first, beseiged year, and the Hall was empty of all but them.
Glorfindel unrolled a map of Rivendell and the surrounding wilds that he had grabbed from his rooms as an after thought and began to point out areas where hostile creatures had been encountered.
"See here where I've marked the paths that lead into the valley," he said, "And then these areas marked in red are the places where we've seen enemies. Mostly wolves, a few orcs... spies, we think. You see the pattern on the map?
All are still quite far from the entrances to the valley, but they form a rough arc around it. It seems as though searches for our location have been renewed, for this pattern is very similar to what we saw from the Enemy's scouts during the seige.
Since we know Sauron is still a prisoner of Numenor, the source of these spies, if that is what they are, needs to be acertained, for it may mean that we have a new enemy to contend with or that our old one is gathering power again and is not so much a prisoner as Ar-Pharazon believes."