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Lie Down in the Darkness, Rise up from the Ash: 32. Before the Plunge
Did I dream? he wondered, struggling to recall what was rapidly fading from memory. A fragmented image of a thousand bright points, and a noise like none he had ever known remained, but it was, in the end, quite indistinct. Nevertheless, it troubled him in a vague manner, and as he lay quietly on his back, trying to fall asleep again, he worried over it like a hound over a bone. Just my luck, he thought wryly. After his long talk with Pippin earlier that night, he had thought he might sleep the better for the sense of resolution and purpose that their new-made conspiracy had lent him. Alas, it seemed that no sooner had he laid one concern to rest than something else popped up to trouble him.
And so at length, when worrying failed to yield any insight and sleep still did not come, he sighed softly and sat up. Glancing once more at Pippin, who, as was his wont, had not stirred at all, oblivious to the world, he slid out of bed and after a moment's consideration, pulled his shirt and waistcoat on and grabbed his cloak off the chair. A few minutes later, a small shadow slipped out into the hallway and made for the stairwell.
Back in the Shire, Merry had loved it when he had grown old enough that Frodo or Bilbo would invite him on occasion to join them on their nighttime walks. Striding along the deserted ways of Hobbiton with them, he had always found it an odd sort of thrill to see the town so—as if he were walking through another's home when that other was away, seeing things as they had been carelessly left. Listening to Bilbo's tales of his own adventures as a thief, or simply his amusing stories about the neighbors—never malicious, but simply cast in a way that showed up the element of the ridiculous—Merry had found himself looking at others in new ways, always amazed by how night shed light on daytime faces, how people altered under the flow of nocturnal words and observations.
Of course, Rohan was not home, and by night, Dunharrow was more alien than ever the Shire had been; for it had never been familiar, comfortable, safe, and so by night, if not precisely threatening, it felt flat and reticent. Things here did not speak to him of their owners so readily, and as he stepped out into the inner court, the flicker of the torches on the walls as silhouettes passed before them reminded him that there were places in the world that never truly went to sleep. As he stood there, gazing up at the guards, he caught a glimpse of a white-clad form far above them, up upon one of the watch towers, and blinked. Éowyn? What is she doing up at this time of night? he thought, frowning, even as the pale figure moved away. After but a moment's consideration, Merry made for the tower. It's not as if I'm getting any rest tonight anyway!
As he made his way up the tower's winding stairs, he wondered at her. It was one thing to find her up at dawn, taking, he suspected, such peace and solitude as she was likely to get in a day, given the many duties that either were required of her or which she took upon herself. Merry had still not sorted out which were which entirely, only that he had noted enough of the latter to wonder what drove her. But given the long hours she kept, she surely ought to use the night to rest. I know she is often late to bed, but 'tis past midnight! he thought. Surely only the guards ought to be abroad at this hour. Particularly on so chill a night, he thought emphatically, for as he climbed, panting a bit, his breath showed in little silvery puffs. Merry pulled his cloak closer about himself, which proved a wise precaution for no sooner had he emerged onto the tower roof than a wind blew across it that made him clamp his mouth shut to keep his teeth from chattering.
Across the way Éowyn indeed stood, gazing west, garbed in her usual flowing white, but with a heavy, fur-lined green cloak about her shoulders. There were no others about, and Merry hesitated, wondering if he had been wise to come here. She had not asked him to intrude, after all, and for all that she seemed to welcome his presence in the mornings, it occurred to him, in light of his recent thoughts, that perhaps she needed solitude and found it now this way since she could not find it in her morning walks. But if he had thought to slip away, then he waited too long, for even as he considered leaving her to her meditations, she turned, seeming to sense she was not alone.
"Merry," she said, sounding surprised.
"My lady," he replied, making her a bit of a bow. "I thought I saw you up here, so I came to see... I'm sorry if I've disturbed you," he apologized.
"You do not disturb me," she replied, turning back to the west, and after a moment, he joined her there, though a bit cautiously. He had a better head than Sam for heights, but no real desire to look down and see just how far up he was. "Can you not sleep? Is there anything I may do?" she asked him after a moment.
"I just had a bit of an odd dream, that's all," Merry replied. "Can't remember much of it, save the noise and the brightness—like hundreds upon hundreds of candles. I thought a bit of air would do me good."
"Indeed. Do you often dream such dreams?"
"Me? No, hardly ever, though ever since we left the Shire, I've had some strange ones, and also some bad ones. There is so much in the world that is great and terrible," he said softly. "And there are so many sad things, too."
"This one you speak of was one of the strange ones, then?"
"I think so, yes. It isn't that I woke up frightened, but just... I felt odd," he replied, and shrugged slightly, before glancing up at his tall companion. "What of yourself? Do your dreams keep you up?"
"I do not dream anymore," she replied, and something in her voice told him that blessing though such might seem, she did not count it so.
"Oh. Then I suppose they wouldn't trouble you," he said, a bit ridiculously, and sought some less awkward subject. Alas, words failed him, and so they lapsed into a rather heavy silence, both of them staring into the darkness, thoughts quite evidently elsewhere.
Are you sleeping? Merry thought to the night, envisioning Legolas and Strider walking distant battlements, or else pacing the edges of a slumbering encampment. I hope so. And I hope your dreams are better than mine. And that the wind isn't so cold where you are, or the ground too hard. And that you are near. And that they were well. That above all. The journey could take a month if it meant he would see his friends come back hale, which, given his impatience to see them again, Merry thought was rather magnanimous of him. Of course, we need you sooner than that—things happen in the world, and Frodo and Sam are out there somewhere...
"I wonder where they are now," Merry said and sighed. Beside him, Éowyn's breath caught audibly, and she bowed her head suddenly, much to his surprise. And perhaps it was a trick of the light, but she seemed to his eyes to grow even paler. Did her lip tremble? Merry cocked his head anxiously. "My lady?" No reply, but were those tears...? "Éowyn?" he asked, in a more uncertain tone. Still no reply, and in the face of her grief—shockingly evident in one who had 'til now seemed a very rock in a river of tumult—Merry was appalled with himself. She's her uncle and brother to lose at Helm's Deep, after all, and Théoden such an old man, and so recently recovered. And I'm always telling Pippin to have a little consideration! "I'm sorry, my lady, I didn't mean to—"
But before he could finish, Éowyn shook herself, looking away as she wiped quickly at her eyes. And she grasped his hand in one of hers, then laid her damp one atop it, chafing his between her own two for a moment. Or else wringing it, Merry thought, concealing a slight wince, for Éowyn's hands were neither smooth nor dainty, and as he'd had occasion to remark before, considerable strength lay in those slender fingers.
"Do not be," she said softly, and gave him a small smile, still tearful despite her efforts. "You have been very kind to keep me company lately, Merry. Very kind."
Merry flushed and shook his head. "You've nothing to thank me for, my lady. We're the odd men out, I suppose, you and me and Pippin, us being hobbits and you a woman in the middle of all these Riders," Merry replied. "We've got to stick together, then, and keep everyone else out of trouble." To say nothing of ourselves, he added silently, but decided Éowyn did not need to hear that.
For her part, Éowyn's eyes remained downcast, and her grip had slackened. And it seemed to him, in that moment, that she was as the sick man who, having suffered his worst pains in the midst of his fever, awakens to find himself no longer possessed by them, yet the sufferer still, and subject to a deeper ache and exhaustion that leave him wondering whether he will be himself again. And if not, whether he will find much to miss in the man he was, Merry thought, gazing up at Éowyn.
Moved to a sudden, deep compassion born of that insight, he dared to reach up and pat her hand. "It will be all right, lady. You'll see," he said quietly, but with an earnestness that surprised even him. Certainly, Éowyn seemed startled; blue eyes widened, and her lips parted slightly, as if in astonishment.
Or as if she would speak, Merry decided, noting how her chest stilled on an indrawn breath. For long, she remained motionless, and her gaze grew distant, or else turned inward, and Merry found himself holding his breath. Finally, however, she spoke, and when she did, it was from that other space, wherever and whenever it might be: "I would you were right, Master Brandybuck. I would I could believe that you are right." She paused, and he sensed she struggled with herself, and for a moment, he thought she would lapse back into silence. But then: "Tell me something, if you will, Merry. Tell about your home. I know I have asked you before, these past few mornings, but... tell me once more."
And such was her tone, that Merry, normally quite willing to speak of the Shire at the drop of a hat, found himself hesitating. No mere inquiry of politeness, this, nor, he thought, a simple change of subject. What is she looking for from me, by asking this? he wondered, fearful of saying the wrong thing. The wrong thing! I wish I'd more practice in this, but I suppose the Shire doesn't lend itself to heavy talk, even in heavy times. Robbed of speech, he asked instead, hoping for some hint of what it was Éowyn was truly after, "What would you like to hear about, my lady?"
"Anything you like. Or no, tell me what you love best in your Shire," she replied, changing her mind at the last moment.
"What I love best? Well, there are so many things to love, 'tis hard to choose," he temporized, thinking furiously of afternoons spent on the Brandywine, or singing in the evening after the spring planting was done, or stealing his mother's berry tarts. Of Bilbo telling stories before the fire, at Bag End. Of his mother and father, and lying out on the grass with them and any number of cousins, watching the wandering stars shoot across the night sky in the summer. Nightly wanderers... nightly wanderings... Memory and the idle thoughts of the past hour coalesced, and took on a different cast in that moment, as his thoughts strayed once more to the darkness beyond the walls, and friends at peril, perhaps, where none could see. Strider's words in The Prancing Pony came back to him then with force enough to make him shiver: They will come upon you in the wild, in some dark place where there is no help. Some dark place, far from home and helping hands, where the night showed nothing, but instead swallowed murders...
"I think," he said slowly at last, speaking with great care as the very words seemed to unfold for the first time in his mind, "I think it's the nights in the Shire that I love best. Not that hobbits are much for being out at nights, unless there's a birthday party or some other celebration. And it's not that I like the nights for their own sake, although I do love to watch the stars fall in August, and I really loved walking with Bilbo and Frodo at night—just the three of us, seeing things no one else did, because everyone else was indoors.
"But... I liked the nights in the Shire, because you could like them, if you know what I mean. Now that I've seen a bit of the world, and even the elven realms, lovely as they are, I don't know if I would've found much to like about the night sky outside the Shire, knowing what I know now, and seeing how there are always folk watching the darkness for danger. It's not like that at home, not really, and I miss that. I truly do," he finished quietly, and glanced up at Éowyn, who was standing still as a statue.
"The Shire must truly be a peaceful place," she said at length. Then, after a brief hesitation, she finished, in a voice so soft Merry could scarcely hear her words: "I fear I should be quite out of place there."
"I don't know why you would say that, my lady. Well, I suppose you are a bit tall, but you'd be welcome should you ever go there," Merry replied gently but with certainty.
"Perhaps. But I am a shieldmaiden—born to a troubled land and a restless people, and ungentle in my ways. I think I would be ill-suited to your land, though I would be glad to find otherwise," she replied, and closed her eyes, seeming unutterably weary of a sudden, though still she did not bend nor let shoulder stoop, which only made that exhaustion the more incongruous.
"Then glad you should be, for it is otherwise. Perhaps, my lady," Merry ventured to suggest, "if you slept on it awhile, you might see things differently in the morning."
Éowyn snorted then, and gave him a wryly amused look, the first real humor he'd seen from her since they had met. "Think you so, Master Brandybuck?" She shook her head, but then: "I should rest for a time, for I am weary," she admitted. "And dawn shall come soon; we must be ever ready, who watch the west. One never knows when the king may return."
With that, they left the tower together, hand in hand still as they made their way down. But as they came at last to the door that opened onto the court within, Éowyn paused, ghostly in her white as she looked gravely down upon him, and reached to take his other hand. "I am not unmindful of the care you take of me, though you try to hide it," she said then. "And I... am very grateful," Éowyn said, a bit awkwardly for the slight quaver in her voice. She paused, drawing a deep breath as she sought to master herself once more. "Only, say nothing of this to my brother, please, he is already too solicitous and should be unbearably more so if he heard I had said any such thing!"
At that, Merry, chuckled. "Well, he is your brother," he remarked. But then he sobered. "My lady," he began, and then stopped himself with a shake of his head. "Éowyn, I do not know what troubles you, though plain it is that you are greatly grieved by some dark care. I'm only a hobbit, you see, and the world is very wide and you're very tall, if I may say it, and given all that, I'm in over my head and no one to take a brother's place. But friends aren't brothers, and they've always an ear open for each other." He paused, frowned, and then said, "What I mean is, if you ever think I could be of help, then it's nothing I'd not do for a friend. For any friend."
Éowyn was silent a moment, before she said softly, "Thank you, Merry. Good night." And with that, she flowed away, leaving Merry quite wide awake in her wake, watching after her.
"Rest well, Éowyn," he said at length to the empty space where she had been. "Rest peacefully."
He heard him before he saw him. At so late an hour, all others in the Hornburg had gone to their rest, save one, and Legolas had been content to wait upon his return. Indeed, he had been glad the other had stayed away so long as he had. It gave him time to think, to compose himself and consider his approach. Nevertheless, the night was growing rather old, and the Prince of Mirkwood had wondered idly whether he might not find himself in the ironic position of lecturing Aragorn over endangering himself and others by ignoring exhaustion. He wondered what Aragorn would make of the irony, whether it would amuse him or merely irritate him. And he wondered which he himself would prefer.
There was, however, but one way to find out, and so as the Heir of Isildur passed by the little alcove where Legolas stood waiting, he said casually, "I had thought your lieutenant would have sent you here sooner." It was a rare thing to see a Ranger so badly startled, and in other circumstances, Legolas would have laughed aloud, as Aragorn whirled, instinctively putting his back to the corridor wall, knife already to hand before Legolas had finished speaking. However, this time, the Elf merely raised a brow as he stepped forward, and, eyeing the knife, observed, "Weariness hinders our judgment, and can lead to costly mistakes, after all."
By then, Aragorn had recovered himself, and with a glare for his friend, resheathed his dagger. "So it does. The more reason for Elves not to skulk in the shadows—the Rohirrim tell tales still about the netweavers of Dwimordene, after all." For a moment, he stood gazing intently at Legolas, and then he sighed. "What is it, my friend?" he asked in a much less terse tone.
"There are matters I would discuss with you, some concerning the Steward of Gondor," Legolas replied. "And while I am sorry to keep you from your rest, we shall not have time tomorrow."
"True enough. Come then," Aragorn replied, and the Elf fell in at his side. And as they walked, he eyed the messenger tube stuck in Aragorn's belt, wondering whether Galadriel or Elrond had sent any other news that Halbarad had not seen fit to tell. But that is not my affair, he thought.
"How is your shoulder? I did not see you in the hospice hall," Aragorn said as they walked, glancing aside at him.
"It need not concern you," Legolas replied.
"Then you did seek out a healer."
It was one of Aragorn's irritating habits to put things in such a manner that there was little room for misdirection. But rather than sigh over it, Legolas said simply, "No. And it is not your concern because you are weary, and because I do not suffer unduly. Let us not speak further of this."
For an instant, Aragorn seemed as though he might protest, but after a fulminating moment, he shook his head. "As you wish, then," he replied, even as they reached the door to his chamber. Someone had been by to light the lanterns in the wall sconces, so they had not to fumble about in the darkness. Legolas glanced about as he closed the door behind himself. It was small—none of the rooms in the Hornburg were overlarge, it being a fortress before all else, and with so many camped within its walls, both soldiers and citizens, all men found themselves somewhat displaced. But small though it was, it had a bed that was not a cot and it was private—both considerable luxuries at the moment.
Aragorn undid the clasp on his cloak with one hand, and dropped the garment carelessly onto the bed. The messenger tube he laid in with his pack, and a moment later, he had done off the heavy sword-belt and set that carefully atop the nightstand. With a sigh, he stretched his arms overhead and turned to Legolas once more.
"There is not much room to sit, but wherever it please you," he said, lowering his arms.
"Pity there is no window," the Elf replied, after considering and rejecting the low stool in one corner. And so he settled instead upon the bed, while Aragorn leaned back against the wall opposite him, arms folded across his chest, one leg crossing the other at the ankle.
"Indeed," he replied. Then: "You said you would speak of the Steward and some other matters. Speak then, for," and here a glint of humor did finally show in the other's eyes, "I do not wish to test my judgment tomorrow."
"Good news for us all," Legolas replied, and then considered Aragorn closely a moment. "I have thought of how I might present matters to the Lord Denethor. As concerns the quest of our Fellowship, I deem Elrond's counsel wise still, that secrecy is needed more than confidence. Although I know nothing of the father, and would not speak ill of the son, I own Boromir's actions do little to convince me I should speak to the Steward his father of our business." Aragorn said nothing, though he nodded, and though Legolas sensed that it pained him to hear this, he did not feel the other was offended. And perhaps I do him an injustice to imagine he would be. 'Twas he who learned of Boromir's fall at the edge of Boromir's sword, he thought.
"I had thought to say simply that I bore a message from the Lady Galadriel to Rohan and to Gondor," he continued, "and that King Théoden had lent me a horse of my choosing to take also a message to the Steward without sending a man of his own. That, I think, he will not question. But if I seek to remain in the City after I have delivered my message, then I doubt not he would wonder at it. So, I ask you, since you have served with him: what is his likeliest answer if I do not leave? How will he react?"
Aragorn bowed his head, seeming deep in thought, or else memory, and after a time, he pinched the bridge of his nose, then rubbed at his temples, as if in some discomfort ere he replied, slowly, "The Steward of Gondor is not a man to be easily manipulated, particularly where Gondor is at stake. He is not one to countenance secrecy in others if such secrecy touches on matters of the realm." He lowered his hand then, and met Legolas' eyes, as he said, "He will certainly question you closely if you remain in the City, and it would not go well, for you will find none more keen-sighted in all the South Kingdom."
"Would he mistrust an Elf where the Enemy is concerned?" Legolas asked.
"He would not need to, for your ends would not match his own, and that he will not accept," Aragorn replied.
"Were I to plead injury and a need to rest, would he accept this?"
"He would, if he found nothing else to rouse his suspicion. However," Aragorn cautioned, before Legolas could respond, "even when I served in Gondor, Denethor had many ways of learning what he wished to learn. He oversaw Gondor's spy rings for years, and even while Ecthelion lived, there was some question, among those of the high circles of the City, whether Denethor had not more men and means devoted to such purposes than he told in council. Since I left Gondor, rumor has made much of the sharpness of his insight, and 'tis said he has surprised no few with knowledge they had thought secret from him. It is no easy thing to lie to him or even to misdirect him, for it is difficult to guess what he may know that may set him on your trail. And once set, he is as the proverbial wolfhound."
Legolas considered all of this thoughtfully. "And you do not believe these later rumors are... exaggerated?"
"No, I do not."
The Elf eyed him shrewdly, noting the grim tone, and remembering also Boromir in Imladris, his pride in Gondor and doubt of Aragorn. It all took on a different cast, hearing Aragorn speak of the man's father, and after a moment, he asked, "How bad was the blood between the two of you when you left Gondor?"
At that, Aragorn gave a soft, wry snort, though his eyes held not a glimmer of mirth when he replied, "We did not part well."
Legolas grunted softly. "So: Lady Galadriel, in her wisdom, sent a warning to Rohan and Gondor, and sent Rohan riding to the assistance of Minas Tirith. As I traveled south from Lothlórien, I was wounded, but had little time for proper care, being in a great hurry. King Théoden allowed me a mount of my choosing if I would send word to Denethor that he will come. And if Lord Denethor will permit, my duties completed, I would remain for awhile to recover before I return to my lady, assuming the Enemy permits. Were you Denethor, would you find aught in that to make you suspect me of omission? Or what question would you ask in his place that might put me in the unenviable position of lying to him?"
For a time, Aragorn said nothing, standing with his eyes closed and his head tipped back as he considered this. At length, he shrugged and looked back at Legolas, and said, "He may wish some token or proof that you are of the Galadhrim, for you wear no livery. But I can think of nothing else at the moment, I fear."
"What of the message she sent? Is there aught in it that would uncover she spoke to you, and not to Théoden or Denethor?" Legolas asked.
"You have heard the message."
"But is it writ so? Halbarad had left some things silent, after all," Legolas replied, and then paused, seeing Aragorn's incomprehension. Which concerned him, for it was not like the Ranger to overlook the obvious. "The message—that she wrote, and which you had with you when you came in..." he prompted, and of a sudden, the other's face lightened.
"Oh. Nay, Legolas, that was not from Galadriel—the lady sent her message by word alone, even as Halbarad delivered it," Aragorn replied, seeming at once amused, but also... Embarrassed?. The Elf could not decide what that peculiar emotion was that flickered in the other's eyes as Aragorn bowed his head after a moment, in an effort to escape, apparently, Legolas' scrutiny.
"But the case is from Lothlórien, that is plain enough by the workmanship," Legolas said.
"Aye, it is. And you may have the case if you are willing to forge the letter. Even after so many years as Men measure time, I would not trust my hand not to give you away to Denethor," Aragorn said, the silence in that speech giving Legolas cause to wonder what that note had been. But since his friend clearly was unwilling to speak of it, and since he had no time to spend upon the question, Legolas let it drop, saying only:
"Then I shall do my best; one diplomatic note is much like any other," he replied, and rose to depart.
But Aragorn gave him a sharp look, and said, "I thought you said there were other matters than Lord Denethor you wished to speak of, Legolas."
"There were, but I should not keep you so long," Legolas replied. Aragorn raised a brow.
"Perhaps you wish to take that messenger tube with you? Take it, if you truly wish to use it," he said. "Just remove what is in it."
Legolas blinked, surprised. Not that Aragorn should let him use the case, but that, after taking some pains to say nothing of the contents, he now suggested Legolas handle them himself. And so you think he would be justified in suspecting you of reading private messages had you the chance? the voice of conscience asked wryly. Were he a Man, he might have blushed over that, but he was not, and so he simply went and retrieved the case from Aragorn's pack. Pulling the cap free, he carefully shook the letter out, and resealed the tube. Then, unsure what Aragorn would have him do with the letter, he glanced over to the Dúnadan, who pushed away from the wall and came to join him... and so blocked his path to the door, coincidentally. Legolas raised a brow.
"I would take my leave of you," the Elf said, as he handed the scrolled paper to him, and then waited upon a response.
"I know you would." Aragorn paused, gazing meditatively upon the letter that he turned now in his hands. And to Legolas' even greater surprise, suddenly handed it back.
"Why?" Legolas asked, making no move to accept it.
"Because it seems to me that of late we have been too much in the habit of giving each other grief," the Dúnadan replied in a low voice. At that, Legolas' jaw clenched as those words touched a sore spot between them; but after a moment, he took the letter in hand, retreated a pace and, with a final glance at Aragorn for permission, unfolded it and read.
A short message it was, and Legolas, unfamiliar with the ways of the Dúnedain of the North, was uncertain at first that he grasped what was said. It seemed no letter alone had come to Aragorn out of Lothlórien, and he wondered what the gift was that went with it. The last line certainly seemed that it ought to mean more to him than it did, but although the Elves of Mirkwood dealt little in the high matters of the Bardings or of the Dwarves, confining themselves mainly to commerce with them, Legolas was a prince not untutored in the art of politics, among which arts, that of reading between lines was not least.
Which was why his head came up in the snap of an instant as the import of the message sank in, and after staring at the other in some shock, he set the letter aside on the bed, and seized Aragorn's shoulders tightly, drawing him close. Thoughts awhirl with astonishment, he gazed intently into the other's eyes. It cannot be... surely not! "But I cannot see it in you!" he exclaimed after a moment's intense scrutiny. "And it does not sound in your voice, either."
"Marriage is not so discernible in Men, Legolas," Aragorn replied, with a slight smile. "Surely you know this!"
"But you bonded to an Elf..." He trailed off as all the consequences unfolded before him. "Valar," he breathed. Then: "It is nearly a month since we left Lothlórien! Why have you said nothing for so long?" he demanded.
"In truth, it simply had not occurred to me that this was anything to be shared until tonight. It was not... planned," Aragorn replied, and with that one word, in all its taut flatness, Legolas understood then how things must have happened, and casting his mind back over their stay in Lothlórien, he swiftly came to a conclusion.
"That first night in the lady's care, when all of us were so grieved, you stayed away 'til dawn."
"Aye." Lowering his eyes, Aragorn took a step back from Legolas and sank heavily onto the bed, elbows leaned upon his knees, hands clasped together. "I was raised by Elves, but I have been long among my own people, and we would not call that a marriage—in secret, without any vows, and against her father's will in the matter. Why should I speak of what was done without thought?"
"But Arwen is—"
"—fortunately the wiser of us. I fear I have not been a very good husband to her; indeed, given the circumstances, I do not think I could have thought myself so before tonight," Aragorn admitted, giving Legolas a wry half-smile. "She made her will plain enough that night, and I could not hear it for what it was. But now her choice is clear, and so is mine, and that being so, why hide it? At the least I would share the news with my friends."
"I see," Legolas replied, digesting these words. And admittedly, he owned himself a bit ambivalent still over the whole affair—for Elf to wed Man, it was no small thing, and though it had not happened among Legolas' people, no one was unfamiliar with the tale of Lúthien, which had seemed to him always a great tragedy in many ways. But then again, he could not think wholly ill of a union that had led down the wastes of time to the friend before him, and after a moment, he moved to touch the other's shoulder. "I am glad that you told me," he said quietly. "And I wish you the long joy of her, and she of you... for all our sakes."
"Thank you," Aragorn replied, and for the first time since Moria, his smile was utterly sincere, without a hint of irony or sadness or wry humor, and for a moment, something of that light in him shone through the shadow of recent days. But his eyes were grave still, and he looked searchingly at Legolas, and the Elf sighed softly, realizing that the other was not through with him yet. But as he slid down the wall to sit across from the Dúnadan, Legolas arched a brow at him and said, with a faint air of reproval:
"I see that even the giving of good tidings has its ulterior motives."
Aragorn snorted, but he did not deny it. "The affairs of the world are not shaped to one end only, and princes above all others cannot forget that. I would have told you tomorrow had I not seen you tonight; indeed, I've to tell my own men tomorrow, and not simply because they deserve to know their Chieftain has finally wed. It does not lessen my desire that you should know because I would have you be so honest with me in return, any more than it lessens my desire that they should know simply because they have a right to know this."
"And on what matter would you have me be honest with you?"
"Speak as you had intended when you accosted me this evening, and do not worry about the candlemarks," Aragorn replied, and his eyes now were dark with concern as he gazed at Legolas.
It was Legolas' turn to bow his head, as he reconsidered what he had thought to say earlier. For in light of Aragorn's words, he found he had no desire to revisit griefs at the moment. But we cannot set them aside without airing them, he thought, and so nodded. "Very well. But before I do, I have need of some plain answers from you." He lifted his eyes and sought Aragorn's, and when he had the other firmly under his gaze, asked: "Do you believe that there is any chance that the Quest shall succeed in light of the Darkness foreseen?"
At that, Aragorn was silent for a very long while, though his gaze did not waver. Finally: "For myself, I do not believe that there is. But neither may I say that I know this."
"But you believe it. And believing, you will still play it out until the end."
"And what do you suppose lends you will enough to do this?" Legolas asked, his gaze growing very sharp as he pinned Aragorn with his stare. And when no reply was immediately forthcoming, he reminded him, "A plain answer, Aragorn."
"Some questions do not lend themselves to plain answers," the Dúnadan replied. "But as plainly as may be, it is because of Arwen, who, as I said, is the wiser of us."
"So you will ride into Sauron's very arms for her sake?"
"For her sake, but more for her wisdom—we do not live without some joy, even under this doom you and I foresee; since I am alive, it behooves me to act as one living should. Beyond that," he continued, "I am here, and I am, without my willing it, Isildur's Heir in this space of time, among these people, and no other can say this. Therefore I will do what is asked of Isildur's Heir, as Aragorn, to do, because it is mine to do as best I may. And perhaps that, too, is a sort of joy, though different from all others."
"I see," Legolas replied, with a sharp nod. "Then for your honesty and my own, hear my answer. For myself, I do not believe there is any chance the Ring will be unmade. But I will say I know it, for this Darkness does not seem to me to be that of an even-handed fate, ally of lurking hope. It is not an accident; it is now the one end of the Song as I see it, and we do but dance to its broken tune. All that we do shall be made to serve that end. So I see it.
"Nevertheless, your lady wife is wise indeed, and we find such joy as can be had, in order that we may say at least that we left nothing undone when the end comes. For the moment, joy, or its pale cousin, comes most oft to me in the deaths of those orcs that destroy the better form of joy—our friends. Therefore I ask you not to contest vengeance in this instance, for it makes me useful since all our roads lead to battle and the planning of the same. For a prince without his people, in this space of time, who has made himself a follower, there is little other purpose."
He paused, and then asked, "Do we understand each other?"
Aragorn did not reply at once, and his face was troubled, but eventually, he nodded. "I believe so."
"Then I am satisfied," Legolas replied, smoothly rising from the floor. Aragorn stood as well, and they walked to the door then, Legolas tucking the messenger tube into his belt. "Rest well, Aragorn. I shall see you on the morrow."
"Until then," Aragorn replied, opening the door, and the Elf slipped out into the corridor. But he had gone only a few strides, when he was obliged to stop. "Legolas," Aragorn called softly after him, and he half-turned to see the other standing in the doorway. "Thank you," was all that he said, and the Elf blinked as the Dúnadan turned away then, and the door shut behind him.
A moment longer, Legolas stood there in silence, ere he turned and slowly made his way down the hall, in search of paper or parchment, ink, wax, a bit of seasoned wood, and audacity enough to sign Galadriel's name. And when he had found all that he needed—a rather lengthier task than he would have preferred—he went with a lantern up to the highest point of the Hornburg—to the platform where the king's banner hung limp in the night. The guard there gave him a curious look, but upon recognizing him for the Elf in the king's company, let him be.
And so Legolas sat awhile, thinking carefully ere he set pen to parchment, and as he thought, he plied a small paring knife over the wood, cutting away the corners to make a circle and then turning his attention to the surface, into which he began to cut the design he remembered with precise strokes. Long indeed had it been since any Elf of Mirkwood had had speech with the denizens of Lothlórien, but there were still records in his father's library, fortunately, and some of them from Galadriel that he had read long ago. He only hoped that Denethor had not any such convenient source of comparison, but there was no help for it—such a letter could not be accepted without a seal, after all.
The sky had grown a dim grey before Legolas took up the finished letter, scrutinizing it carefully. Then, after blowing gently upon it one last time to be certain it was dry, he rolled the parchment up and inserted it into its borrowed case, and then descended from the heights. Baggage, bow, breakfast, and his horse were seen to in short order—indeed, the stable lads and several Rangers were already busy in the stalls, and one of them had seen to saddling his horse, much to his disappointment.
"You would lose time stripping tack at every station," said a voice at his elbow, and he turned to see Aragorn standing there, looking much improved for a few hours' rest.
"True enough," Legolas acknowledged, as he strapped his pack behind Arod's saddle.
"Courier posts are set every twenty-five miles, hard by the road on the south side."
"I noted them as we rode from Edoras," Legolas replied, and Aragorn grunted.
"And the letter?" he asked.
"A pretty forgery, if I may say it. Let us hope it convinces Lord Denethor," the Elf replied, giving the straps a final tug before he turned to face Aragorn. To his surprise, he found the other holding out yet another letter to him, which, after a moment, the Elf took. Brow knit with puzzlement, he turned it about in his hands: there was no name upon the front, and the wax bore no imprint of arms, but in the fashion of those of lesser means, signs—or in this case, letters—had been traced about the seal: thúle, rómen, anga, lambe, one at each quarter, as if marking a compass. "What is this?" he asked.
"Should your scribing fail to convince wholly, or should Lord Denethor ask whether you had any companions, give him this," Aragorn replied, with a slight smile. "Only give him the letter and say that you were bidden give it by one who joined you on the road south. Other than that, I can think of no question he might ask that you could not answer truthfully with safety, nor any answer that would keep him from seeking further."
"Ah." Enlightened, Legolas tucked this latest missive into his scrip which held also Théoden's token. Then he reached and clasped arms with the Dúnadan, who squeezed back firmly as grey eyes sought green.
"Go carefully," said he.
"And you as well." Legolas paused, searching the other's face a moment. "Until Minas Tirith?"
"Until then. Take care, my friend," Aragorn said, giving him one final squeeze before he stepped back. And Legolas swung up into the saddle, taking a moment to settle himself as well as he could in the infernal device ere he clucked his tongue at Arod. The horse tossed his head and, obedient to his master's will, walked down the aisle, out the stable doors, and into the morning air. The sky was brightening over the ramparts, sending long morning shadows westward, and since the yard was yet relatively empty, Legolas touched his heels to his mount's sides. "Noro lim!"
With a snort and a whinny, Arod surged forward, swift as his name made him. Glancing back over his shoulder towards the stable, Legolas caught a glimpse of a tall figure standing in the doorway there, hand raised in farewell ere the road bent towards the gate and hid him from view. The gate guard let up a cheer for him—whether out of custom or thinking that with him went news of victory, he knew not, nor even if they recognized him as not one of their own. And just as he and Arod clattered down the causeway and onto the greensward, the first rays of the sun came streaming over the mountains, setting all the eastern sky afire.
With a cry of challenge for the red dawn, Legolas set forth for Gondor.
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Blizz shot themselves in the foot not making a Demon Hunter class back in BC.
Like the WC3 hero and DPS melee only
Like the Diablo 3 class
A combination of WC3 and Diablo 3
Something different than WC3 and D3 versions
I have no idea!
Blizz shot themselves in the foot not making a Demon Hunter class back in BC.
2.It can be done. The Warlock version could be the more complex version of Metamorphosis, while the DH version would be the more simple version. That would make sense as Warlocks should have more control over Demonic magic than DHs would.
3. There are actually still more caster/ranged classes than melee classes. Spec wise I think its pretty close though. However there are ways to make this class blur the line a bit.
4.In this we agree.
haha Teriz. U indulge me with this thread =P. THE Demon hunter concept people so want is in my sig... alive and kicking haters!
My answer to Ghostcrawler's quote is twofold. Thematically, flavor-wise, yes, there is room. There is nothing playable in the game like Demon Hunters. Otherwise, there wouldn't still be such a demand for it. Mechanically, well, I began thinking about this. I've been away for awhile and don't know a lot about how the classes I don't play have changed. Looking at Warlock, it really has moved in on a lot of Demon Hunter's design space. It's not enough to make me feel like Warlocks can be roleplayed as Demon Hunters, but it might be enough to prevent them from getting made. If Blizzard continued down this path, there are two things they'd need to do to appease Demon Hunter fans. 1) Alter or add a spec that's melee based. 2) Allow night elves to be warlocks (it would be assumed all night elf Warlocks are canonically Demon Hunters, just as all Tauren paladins are canonically Sunwalkers).
If they want to do Demon Hunters justice, however, here are some things I'd like them to do.
1) Make them a hero class, with a full starting zone and everything, where you train to become a Demon Hunter and participate in all the rituals to become one.
2) Hand out some transmoggable gear during the starting zone, that allow you to use the iconic look.
3) Either through glyphs or abilities, allow features like horns and wings to be (more or less) permanently there, so you can show your gear and look transformed, unlike druids.
Now for the actual way the class is played, I'm not really sure. I just want some sort of dual-wielding class with lots of fel magic, Shadowflame damage, that kinda thing. I wouldn't mind if a spec was inspired by the Diablo 3 class. That's not how they are in Warcraft currently, but it's not a bad idea.
P.S. I want to play a Draenei Demon Hunter. ;P
The implementation I'm talking about should be as thematically close to DHs in WoW and WC3 as possible without going to far off the rails.
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Last edited by Teriz; 2013-02-20 at 01:52 AM.
Assuming you're not desperately trying to cling to BC/Wotlk era game development, I just have to point out that Blizzard has already proven why 'hero classes' are a terrible idea. They've taken DKs, nerfed them repeatedly so they are balanced in pvp, and have effectively removed their 'hero class' status in every way except for by title. The fact that you keep bringing up 'WC3 and Wow' Demon Hunters, further shows how out of touch you are with today's Wow development.This class would definitely have to be a hero class. There's just no way you can be a lvl 1 Demon Hunter in Silvermoon. Just wouldn't make any sense. Demon Hunters should start at level 55. Next 4-5 levels and then the DH goes to Outland for the Burning Crusade.
The Wow universe is not limited or bound to the WC3 universe in anyway, one only needs to point to the countless examples of things which are present in Wow but not in any of the Warcraft games. If Blizzard decided to implement DH in some way, it would most likely not be it's own class and it would definitely not be a hero class. In all seriousness, Blizzard has been extremely hesitant to add any classes to the game, only adding monks because it fit with the expansion they were developing. Coincidentally, 99% of the monk that ended up into MoP had to be created post WC3, and only shares some cosmetic/thematic resemblance.
Originally Posted by Jevlin
Seems like you're trying to push your opinion as fact.
Again, read post #27. Im not just basing this on WC3, since Demon Hunters exist in WoW and have a crapload of abilities. DHs in WoW don't use bows and crossbows, so let's find a way to make this work within the confines of what actually already exists in the game. Slapping D3 stuff into class design because we lack imagination is sloppy, boring, and lazy.The Wow universe is not limited or bound to the WC3 universe in anyway, one only needs to point to the countless examples of things which are present in Wow but not in any of the Warcraft games. If Blizzard decided to implement DH in some way, it would most likely not be it's own class and it would definitely not be a hero class. In all seriousness, Blizzard has been extremely hesitant to add any classes to the game, only adding monks because it fit with the expansion they were developing. Coincidentally, 99% of the monk that ended up into MoP had to be created post WC3, and only shares some cosmetic/thematic resemblance.
Last edited by Teriz; 2013-02-20 at 02:03 PM.
Just like any other WC or WoW scenario ever made to explain how Tauren are Paladins, or Dwarves can be Shaman. They just have to look for a reason and write it into the Lore. It's not some grandiose stretch of the imagination which you are making it out to be. You yourself said:
"Is there? Let's hear your ideas. The challenge is to come up with a Demon Hunter class that doesn't impede on current classes in the game. Given the sheer amount of posts about this class in nearly every thread regarding future classes and expansions, I'm sure there's some good ideas out there.
Also this thread isn't about whether or not Demon Hunters will be in WoW. This is about how the class could be implemented into the game without overtly clashing with current classes.
Oh, and feel free to participate in the poll. "
So, these posts are my way of participating, but it would seem if someone else's ideas don't mirror your ideas, they are pretty much dismissed in a somewhat condescending fashion.
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The notion of what a "hero class" means wasn't defined by Blizzard until WOTLK, which pretty much is just that you start at level 55. They tried making it feel overpowered while not being overpowered, and they ended up learning from that error.
They already addressed this issue when talking about monks and when they were specifically asked why they were not a hero class and IF there would be more hero classes. The answer was that monks work as a concept at level 1 in a way they preferred, and that they had no intention of ruling out future hero classes if the theme called for it.
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Where's the option for it wouldn't work?
Demon hunters will not be a class. No matter how hard we all try to build and develop our ideas of them and how they might function.
Yes this is my opinion.
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It would fit more with the lore of the DH class that already exists in Warcraft. Unfortunately, we already have enough melee classes that pretty much do everything the DH does so there is really no room for them. GC already put the nail in the coffin for DH IMO stating pretty much what I just said.
A hunter who tame demons instead of beasts, and who can enchant his ranged weapons.
I never said that Blizzard stated they would never do a Hero class again. I said that they proved why it's a bad idea. Having a class that is overpowered for the sake of pve/lore has a direct negative impact on pvp as we saw with season 5 and 6. It wasn't until mid expansion nerfs that Dks were reigned in and actually somewhat reasonable in pvp.Blizzard has said they learned valuable lessons from Deathknights and WOULD NOT be opposed to making a hero class again int he future if it was appropriate for the theme of an expansion, so you're just being jaded and wrong. Originally, people called hero classes hero classes for pretty much one reason, they wanted to play the hero units in WC3 that weren't in WOW yet, and they wanted an advanced character progression path to do it with.
Then Cata changes pushed away the idea that any DK spec could tank, functionally altering each spec's mechanics to be more streamlined, and now Dks are an average class, just like any other. Like I said before, DKs are only a 'hero class' now by name. And even that's slipping, since GC stated there was no longer any real reason to limit the number of DKs a player can have on a realm per account. If the development of the game pushes an existing hero class down in power level to a point where they are no longer a hero class, then it's safe to say that future development of 'hero classes' would be pointless or a direct violation of design philosophy.
Yes, this thread seems more like a 'validate my desire for my pet WC3 class to be implemented into Wow' kind of thread. If Blizzard had announced the next expansion, said they were adding a new class, and this thread was a speculation thread on what it would be, then I would see a point to all this. But as it stands, it's almost pointless to even discuss it.but it would seem if someone else's ideas don't mirror your ideas, they are pretty much dismissed in a somewhat condescending fashion.
Originally Posted by Jevlin
Then there's the other issue of Bow DHs not existing in the WoW universe at all. It's a bit bigger than a simple race/class combo. You're putting together two concepts that have nothing to do with each other, and comes from 2 different games that also have nothing to do with each other.
It just doesn't make sense.
here is the Demon Hunter from Warcraft 3.
When reading through the WC3 version of a Demon Hunter, It reads more like a Warlock and less like a Hunter. So, from the WC line, the only DH that makes sense is the one we already have.Demon Hunters are dark, shadowy warriors who are shunned by the greater Night elf society. They made a pact, long ago, to fight against the forces of chaos using its own terrible powers against it. These mysterious warriors ritually blind themselves so that they develop 'spectral sight' that enables them to see demons and undead with greater clarity. They wield demonically charged warblades in battle and even call upon demonic energies to augment their formidable combat skills. Although they are counted as some of the mightiest warriors within the Night Elves' society, the Demon Hunters are always maligned and misunderstood for making their selfless pact with darkness.
Last edited by Tyrion Lannister; 2013-02-20 at 05:57 PM.
A blue did say recently that they don't see them adding the demon hunter, not enough design space, overlaps too much with current classes couldn't make it feel unique etc etc.
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I think the WC3 version is the way to go. the 3 specs would be tank/dps/dps. I say tank because looking at the skills of the WC3 DH you had evasions and immolate aura. DH could be a very dodgy tank that could build in some RNG mechnics into the dodge like how warriors have stuff with blocks etc. Also Imo aura is perfect for AoE tanking.
I've recently been levelling a Warlock as Demonology, and to be honest? While Demo Warlocks exist, there simply cannot be a Demon Hunter class. At all. It'd be far too similar to the Demonology spec.
That said, the Demonology spec itself seems to be 2 specs struggling for supremacy... The concept of the Warlock summoning hundreds of demons (or really strong ones), and the concept of the Warlock becoming a demon itself.
So in my opinion, I really doubt we'll see a Demon Hunter class. What we WILL see however, is a Demon Hunter spec... when Blizzard introduces 4th specs for every class in the next expansion.
There's a lot of possibilities there, and a lot of specs that could be spread out into two specs, or additions made to the existing classes to make interesting extra specs. There's been a lot of speculation on this topic too. So yeah: I bet Demon Hunters will be a 4th spec for Warlocks, with the Demonology spec being split into two and focusing on the core concepts I mentioned above.


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South Lake
After the wind died down on June 25, action at South Lake returned to a wide open bite for most anglers with limits the rule. It was surprisingly quiet up at the lake until Thursday when folks started showing up in force to take advantage of the excellent fishing.
The Department of Fish and Game stocked some real quality rainbows this week making for some happy anglers and heavier than average stringers. Best fish of the week was a 5-lb., 8-oz. trophy caught by Mike Goodwin of Glendora on a nightcrawler.
Nightcrawlers seemed to be the best producer for the bait nŌĆÖ wait folks this week but most brightly colored dough baits are working well too. PowerBait in garlic, salmon peach or the new Strike Bait in red were good producers.
With fishing as good as it is, bait dunkers should avoid catch and release of gut-hooked fish. The collection of floating dead fish at the dam is evidence of how unsporting this practice is. The fish may swim away but theyŌĆÖre pretty much done-for within a day or so.
The jig bite continues to be on fire with the pink/orange, pink/blue sparkle and grasshopper Sierra Slammer jigs doing best. Anglers reported wide open action jigging on the dam, the Rock Slide, at RogerŌĆÖs Cove and in the channel to the east of the island. Anglers fishing 2- to 4-lb. test and working the jigs really slow are doing the best. In the afternoon when the breeze comes up, folks are doing well fishing jigs 5-feet or more under a bobber with a small piece of crawler or a mealworm on the jig. Yellow and pink trout worms fished on a size 8 or 10 hook with a size 7 split shot 18-inches above the worm are also working very well.
Thomas Buoyant and Kastmasters are also working (of course ), especially in the few days following DFG stockings.
Not a lot of trolling reports this week but the fish seem to still be up in the water column and despite the warm weather, havenŌĆÖt gone deep yet so trolling spoons and Rapalas on top is still the suggested tactic.
The water level at South Lake dropped about two feet vertically this week leaving the launch ramp out of the water. Anglers with really good trailer skills can still get small boats in the water launching off the dirt but itŌĆÖs sketchy at best and most private boaters are out of luck as of now. No word from Southern California Edison as to the latest projections for the lake level going into late July/August.
So. Fork Bishop Creek
Mixed reports from the creek this week with some finding wide open fishing and some folks scratching just a few fish here and there. Judging by how many yellow Panther Martin with red dots in the 1/16-oz. size we sold this week, they were definitely working well in the streams. The creek sections by Willow Campground, SurveyorŌĆÖs Meadow and Table Mountain campground are all good places to try.
Intake II
Only a few reports came our way this week but those reports were all great, especially for bait fishing with PowerBait fished off the bottom with a 24- to 36-inch leader. Nothing of size reported but easy limits.
North Lake
Wide-open action on stocker rainbows reported for both lure and bait fishers this week.
Trail Report
If youŌĆÖre looking to get into the backcountry, now is the time. Great weather, open trails, blooming wildflowers and epic scenery everywhere you look. The skeeters are definitely around so bring your DEET.
ŌĆō Courtesy Parchers Resort
Convict Lake Resort
Catch of the Week: Tom Culberhouse from Santa Clarita caught a 2-lb., 12-oz. trout with worms at the Inlet. Frank Longoria matched that with a 2-lb, 12-oz. rainbow with worms on the North Shore. John Woods from La Quinta caught a 2-pounder with nightcrawlers. Andrea Alcaraz from Ramona caught a 3-lb., 6-oz. stringer of fish with worms at thecreek.
Best Location to Fish: The best locations to fish right now are the Inlet, North Shore, South Shore and Convict Creek.
This past week anglers have had most success with nightcrawlers, Thomas Buoyant, garlic PowerBait, worms, cheese worm, Trout Teaser, salmon eggs and Rainbow Nuggets.
Other Locations to Try: ŌĆ£Windy PointŌĆØ (picnic area south shore), The Inlet, HangmanŌĆÖs Tree, Outlet, Handicap Pier and Convict Creek.
Bait: Pinched Crawlers, Gulp Worms, Night Crawlers, Power Eggs, Power Worms, Small.
Spinners like Mepps and Panther Martins. Chunky Cheese PowerBait. Troll with Rapalas, Needlefish, Thomas Buoyants.
Lures: Panther Martin, Thomas Buoyant, Phoebe, Little Wolfs, Cripplure
Trolling: Little Cleos, Dave Davis nightcrawler or Lead Core 4-6 colors, Rapalas, Rebels and pin minnows
Flies: Marvel Fly, Prince, Hares Ear, Lopper Johns, Ant Beetles
Convict Creek: Flies: Strip Streamers
Bait: Eggs, Night Crawlers and Power Worms
Stocking: DFG stocked this week.
Water Temperature: 56 Degrees.
Weather: Perfect weather conditions are expected this week. Temperatures were in the mid-70s over the weekend. Warmer temperatures are expected for the later part of this week with highs in the upper 70ŌĆÖs to the low 80ŌĆÖs and lows in the low 40ŌĆÖs.
ŌĆō Courtesy Convict Lake Resort


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Barrington, York, Maine, men doing project in Haiti
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
BARRINGTON/YORK, Maine — Brian Lenzi of Barrington has built structures in far-flung locales the world over as a commander in the Air National Guard. So he's thinking that Haiti will not be much different.
The school grew from 35 students in 2007 to more than 300 students, which was possible only because of schools, rotaries and individual families in York County and Seacoast New Hampshire. Now, this community may make it possible for this school in pure rural Haiti to become economically sustainable, and a model for other similar projects.
Painting, sewing, carpentry and welding supplies will help train students in vocational programs. The goal of the guesthouse is to provide jobs and training for students and an income for the school.
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Fort Myers, FL — In advance of the Back to School season, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and Florida state agencies will partner with The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, a national not-for-profit organization funded by America's leading distillers and dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking, to launch a statewide public awareness campaign designed to prevent underage drinking and discourage attempts to purchase alcohol by minors. Following events already held in Orlando, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Palm Beach, and Miami, the statewide tour will conclude in Tallahassee tomorrow. Representative Bruce Kyle; Captain Jim Lanza, Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco; and Lou DeFalco, Director of Safety and Security, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits; joined Jay Hibbard of The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, to launch the Fort Myers tour at the ABC Fine Wine & Spirits Store on South Tamiami Trail. "Key to addressing the problem of underage drinking is having a sense for where youth obtain the alcohol they drink. In a recent survey commissioned by The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, we asked teens, 'Where do you get the alcohol that you drink?' 65% of the youth surveyed said that they got the alcohol they drink from family and friends, meaning they got it from their parents, their friends' parents, older siblings or family members or older friends, with or without permission," said Hibbard. "The good news is that over the past 20 years, the number of underage drinkers has decreased. For example, underage drinking among high school seniors has declined 31% proportionally from 70% in 1982 to 48% in 2004, according to government surveys. Yet, more work needs to be done," said Representative Kyle. "As Director of Safety and Security of Florida's premiere wine and spirits retail chain, we are committed to running our business responsibly and taking a leadership role to combat underage drinking," said Lou DeFalco. "We want our customers to be of legal drinking age, and outside of our store, we want all Florida citizens to be responsible - which means not providing or purchasing alcohol for youths. Every community needs to work together to combat illegal, underage drinking. ABC Fine Wine and Spirits is pleased to be a leader in Florida on the issue of preventing underage drinking and we are proud to partner with The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility to distribute the informational tip cards in our stores throughout the state." Based on the recent survey data stating that 65% of youth who drink obtain alcohol from their family and friends, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility created a campaign that highlights the point-of-access to alcohol by underage youth. The campaign encourages parents to play a more active role in keeping alcohol out of the hands of our nation's youth. The key component to the campaign is a 30-second Public Service Announcement (PSA), buttons and informational tip cards that provide tips for parents on how to talk with their kids about alcohol that will be distributed at the point-of-purchase. The partnership will distribute the PSA to television stations across Florida. The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility and ABC Fine Wine & Spirits will make the new materials available to participating retailers across the states. These locations will provide informational tip cards to parents on how to have an effective conversation about alcohol with their teens. "The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco salutes The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility for their initiative to reduce underage drinking here in Florida," said Captain Lanza. "Protecting the safety — particularly the safety of our state's most precious resource, our young people — continues to be one of the division's top priorities. As students head back to school this fall, we must work together to keep our youth safe and alcohol-free." Since The Foundation's inception in 1991, approximately 10 million pieces of point of sale items have been distributed free of charge to retailers and wholesalers nationwide. In fact, The Foundation's point of sale materials have been distributed in all 50 states. Launched in 1991, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility is funded by America's leading distillers. The Foundation's mission is to promote responsible decision-making regarding beverage alcohol and discourage all forms of irresponsible consumption through education, communications, research, law enforcement and other programs. For more information on the Foundation, log onto www.responsibility.org.
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Group aims to send 2 humans on Mars mission in 2018
ATLANTA (CNN) — If soon-to-be-unveiled plans pan out, a man and a woman may represent humanity on one journey that has never been attempted before: a mission to Mars.
"It's incredibly feasible. It's not crazy talk," said Taber MacCallum, CEO of Paragon Space Development Corp.
MacCallum and millionaire Dennis Tito are set to announce plans Wednesday to send a couple of earthlings on a 501-day trip in a spacecraft that would fly by the red planet. The proposal is to be unveiled at the National Press Club in Washington.
The mission would lift off in 2018. It would not involve landing on Mars, making the proposed journey infinitely easier than putting people on the planet's surface, which NASA wants to do later this century.
Tito has founded the Inspiration Mars Foundation, a nonprofit organization spearheading this effort. No stranger to space, the one-time NASA engineer became in 2001 the first space tourist flying on a Russian rocket to the International Space Station.
The public-private initiative could, according to MacCallum, use an existing rocket and capsule.
"If you take existing chemistry and technology and add some improved technologies," he said, "you can get a mission together." A life support system also would have to be developed.
The group is not asking NASA for money, he said.
"This is a philanthropic effort to be done for America," MacCallum said. It could be accomplished for under $1 billion, he said, a figure that's cheap compared with the tens of billions of dollars a NASA landing on Mars would cost.
Despite MacCallum's optimism, pulling off such a feat within five years is no small task.
Besides life support for the crew, one of the biggest challenges would be the return into the Earth's atmosphere. Heat shielding for a high speed re-entry hasn't been tested. NASA isn't even testing its new system on the Orion spacecraft until next year at the earliest. Orion is in development to take astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars.
And there's also concern about radiation exposure. The man and woman whom MacCallum and Tito want to send would likely be a married couple. Because of the radiation risk, MacCallum said, they'd be older and "out of the childbearing years."
The year for the mission was chosen because Mars will be 36 million miles away, about as close as it ever gets to Earth.
But consider: The humans who have traveled the farthest from Earth were the Apollo astronauts -- nearly a quarter-million miles to the moon. Next to the Mars journey, that's like a walk around the block.


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RAB Lighting Landscape Lighting
The motto of the Westside Wholesale is "Buy Smart – Get Rewarded". It means that after buying one or several items here, the customer gets the rewards of quality and a feeling of emotional raise, as all the products offered by this company are well-designed and are on sale at the most affordable prices. The products of the RAB brand cannot be excluded from this list, as this brand offers one of the best solutions for the landscape lighting.
What Is Offered?
Westside Wholesale offers a great variety of RAB products for the best landscape lighting. In the product line there are items with high, medium, or low voltage and different rates of electric power. For example, the Westside Wholesale offers the items of 120V, in different sizes (the majority are of 10 inches, but there are also the items of 6 inches).
The RAB landscape lighting items are available in different shapes, like "halogen flood light", "pagoda path light", "dome top path light", "self-ballasted dome top path light". Furthermore, these lightings are designed in the variety of colors, but the majority are in green-grey, grey and black. 3- and 4-tier pagodas and domes shapes are extremely impressive for different designs of the garden. Created in the high and low voltage, they are looking very interesting, when the sun goes down and the garden is full not only of the star- and moonlight, but with the artificial light of the highest quality. The items are equipped with the variety of lamps, the major of which are GX23-2, MR16, A19, etc. They are very good for use in a garden.
The Advantages of RAB Landscape Lighting
The majority of the landscape lightings in this product line are designed for a friendly atmosphere, which is easily reachable, due to the warm designs of the items. Strict and rounded lines underline the wiliness to receive guests and being in harmony with nature.
The Westside Wholesale is ready to offer the RAB landscape lighting at the most affordable prices, starting from just 25$. It is very good for the customers, who got used to save money or buy more items at the cheaper prices.
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How to Shop for Low Voltage Outdoor Lighting
Outdoor lighting is one of the most efficient ways to highlight the most attractive features of your landscape and house, hide the less appealing ones, illuminate paths and entryways and create a sense of security and warmth. Low-voltage lights are quite a popular choice for outdoor illumination since they are easy to install, adaptable, safe to use and employ little power. It is also nice to know that cables of low-voltage fixtures do not pose the danger of electric shock and you do not need a permit to install them.
The first thing you need to do is to determine the purpose served by the low voltage outdoor lighting fixture. Do you need it to illuminate a path, steps or entryway, accent a statue or trees or light a pond or fountain? Underwater fixtures need to be lightweight, compact, rugged, and resistant to high pressures, while step lights should be bright enough to illuminate the top and bottom of stairs.
The next thing to decide on is the output wattage of the device. The brightness of low-voltage outdoor lights varies from 4 to 50 watts, with common choices ranging from 18 to 24 watts. The brightness of a bulb will be rather defined by its intended use: illuminating the steps may require a brighter fixture than artfully lighting a group of trees. The choice of the transformer to step down the voltage also depends on the wattage of bulbs: to determine its size, you need to multiply the wattage by the number of bulb sockets.
Once you have made up your mind about the functional qualities of your outdoor low-voltage lighting, consider its decorative possibilities. Landscape lights come in aluminum, cast metal, brass and wood. A verde or black finish will blend well with the surrounding garden. You can also choose the finish to suit the coloring of your house. Styles may vary from minimalist to aesthetically rich. Path lights can be visible or hidden, ranging from brass lanterns to tulip-shaped units, while outdoor directional spotlights pointed to individual trees or art works may include only bulbs.
The bulbs used for low voltage outdoor lighting are typically halogen lamps with a precision reflector and compact filament, but low-voltage LED and incandescent lamps rated for 12V operation are also employed. Halogen and LED units are more efficient, but incandescent bulbs provide more traditional illumination with a warm orange cast.
After selecting the outdoor light and an appropriate transformer, you can immediately proceed to installing the system because, unlike with other outdoor projects, the low-voltage installation does not require having expertise in electrical work.


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Nero Intrecciato Nappa Olimpia Bag
$ 2,620
Inspired by the Teatro Olimpico, designed by the famous Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio, the supple, body of this elegant Olimpia bag has been lavishly woven in iconic intrecciato. Entirely crafted in smooth nappa leather, the design has been offset by an unusual, square-shaped flap closure and the new and distinctive chain handle with a comfortable leather strap. The suede-lined design comes complete with one main compartment, a generous zip pocket and a practical smartphone sleeve.
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The youth of Gaza vent their anger online
The youth of Gaza vent their anger online. Theories to explain the death of thousands of birds are multiplying on the web in the US. And Radiohead has made a Haiti benefit concert available for download.
"Fed up with Israel, fed up with Hamas, fed up with the violations of human rights and the indifference of the international community". an anonymous group of young activists from the Gaza strip is venting its anger in this manifesto, published on Facebook. The document, written in very colourful language, denounces Hamas repression, Israel's attacks, as well as political games played by Fatah and the UN. The manifesto ends with these three demands: "we want to be free, we want to be able to live a normal life and we want peace. Is that too much to ask?".
Ever since it was posted online mid-December, the document has been translated into a dozen or so languages and has gained support from thousands of web users across the globe.
The manifesto expresses particular indignation over Hamas' decision on the 30th of November to close down the Sharek Youth Forum organization. The pressure placed upon this NGO for young Gazans has been detailed in chronological order and is available to read on the activists' web site.
One of its projects, called "Youth Journalists for Human Rights" was reportedly one of the aspects of the program that Hamas did not like. The project was aimed at teaching students how to use a video camera to make short films with a human rights theme. A dozen or so were posted online last May. These films denounce, amongst other things, the arbitrary beatings carried out by Hamas soldiers and also the lack of access to running water in the Gaza strip.
100 000 fish were found dead in a river and 5 000 birds plunged to their deaths in the US state of Arkansas last week and then on Tuesday hundreds of birds fell out of the sky in Louisiana. These events have yet to be explained and have grabbed the attention of web users and all sorts of theories are circulating on the web.
The subject has not gone unnoticed on the local web, and « dead birds » and « birds fall from the sky » were amongst the ten most popular search terms on Google USA at the beginning of the week.
Scores of Americans have pounced upon their web cams to try and find an explanation for this strange phenomenon. This video blogger, who goes under the name of "Smokin Joe Trainer" has two theories: he thinks the birds were victims of an electromagnetic wave, or they passed through a cloud of toxic gas, which killed them immediately.
This woman claims it could be due to a new weapon developed by the army. She has read accounts from residents of Arkansas who reportedly heard muffled sounds from the sky several moments before the birds fell, and so she thinks this is a plausible explanation.
But for others like priest Paul Begley, the death of all these animals is down to something much more mystical. He thinks a bible prophesy has come true and that all these events are warnings that the end of the world is near.
Finally, some web users like this South Carolina resident are questioning the reason given so far by the Arkansas authorities: they believe the birds were traumatized by the fireworks on New Year's Eve. He does not think this is a very credible hypothesis, as there would be cases like this every year with the Independence Day and New Year celebrations.
Following on from social networks where you can make friends or find a job, here's one that helps you find love at University. The principle of "LikeALittle.com" is particularly simple: you see a stranger in the lecture room, your eyes meet, but you do not dare approach them. On the site, you can leave an anonymous message and see if the person comes forward. The network is now available in 500 universities in North America.
After the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010, Radiohead gave a concert in Los Angeles in support of the victims. One year on, and fans have collected mobile phone footage from this benefit concert and put together a DVD that is available for free download. The musicians are asking web users to donate the amount of their choice for each download. Donations will be transferred directly to the NGO Oxfam America.
Here's a particularly impressive video made by Corridor Digital studios. Its creators have imagined a fight between two men that begins in the real world and ends on the walls of a building in the form of graffiti. The protagonists develop super powers and battle it out in a merciless fight using all the décor at their disposal. This extremely well made animation is called "Graphic Violence".


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A middle-level division manager must decide whether he should support an investment request for a third attempt at launching a new product developed by a struggling business unit. Describes the long, difficult process by which the unit has developed the product--a computer privacy screen--after years of problems and continuing losses, and its absolute faith in the project. Also presents the division manager's concerns about the need for discipline and control, setting up a tension that is focused on the launch decision.
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Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
- Maria Gabriella
- Mary-Gabrielle Sagheddu
Born to a family of shepherds. As a child she was described as obstinate, critical, protesting, and rebellious – but loyal, and obedient; she would say no to a request – but act on it at once. At 18 she became gentler, her temper abated, she became involved in prayer and charity, and joined "Azione Cattolic," a Catholic youth movement. At 21 she entered the Trappestine monastery of Grottaferrata. When she was accepted, her attitude finally became "Now do what You will." When the community's leader explained a request for prayer and offering for the great cause of Christian Unity, Maria Gabriella felt compelled to offer her young life to the cause. Though she'd never been sick before, she suddenly developed tuberculosis. In a mere 15 months spent in prayer for Unity, it took her to her death.
- 23 April 1939 during Vespers of tuberculosis
- body found incorrupt in 1957
- relics in a chapel at the Monastero Trappiste Vitorchiano near Viterbo, Italy
- 4 May 1981 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
- 25 January 1983 by Pope John Paul II
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My life is of no value…I can offer it in peace. - Blessed Maria Gabriella
Praying for unity is not a matter reserved only to those who actually experience the lack of unity among Christians. In the deep personal dialogue which each of us must carry on with the Lord in prayer, concern for unity cannot be absent. Only in this way, in fact, will that concern fully become part of the reality of our life and of commitments we have taken on in the Church. It was in order to reaffirm this duty that I set before the faithful of the Catholic Church a model which I consider exemplary, the model of a Trappistine Sister, Blessed Maria Gabriella of Unity, whom I beatified on 25 January 1983. Sister Maria Gabriella, called by her vocation to be apart from the world, devoted her life to meditation and prayer centered on Chapter 17 of Saint John's Gospel and offered her life for Christian Unity. This is truly the cornerstone of all prayer: the total and unconditional offering of one's life to the Father; through the Son, in the Holy Spirit. The example of Sister Mara Gabriella is instructive; it helps us to understand that there are no special times, situations, or places of prayer for unity. Christ's prayer to the Father is offered as a model for everyone, always and everywhere. - John Paul II, from , 1995
In simplicity of heart I gladly offer everything, O Lord.
The Lord put me on this path, he will remember to sustain me in battle.
To His mercy I entrust my frailty.
I saw in front of me a big cross…, I thought that my sacrifice was nothing in comparison to His.
I offered myself entirely and I do not withdraw the given word.
God's will whatever it may be, this is my joy, my happiness, my peace.
I will never be able to thank enough.
I cannot say but these words:" My God, your Glory."
- Blessed Maria Gabriella
- "Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu". CatholicSaints.Info. 22 April 2012. Web. 2 April 2015. <>