Not only did Eorl bring some of the horde of Scatha into the lands that would become home for the Rohirrim, some of his entourage brought with them a deep seeded distrust and hatred of dwarves that remained with some of their descendants. Lyfrid was raised in a family that held onto this distrust and hatred even though, until she was forced into her travels, she had never seen hide or hair of a dwarf.
For this reason alone, when it came to a need to pin the Balisan mess on someone, the potion maker Hilfar came to the woman's mind almost instantly. Killing two birds with one stone, as it were, she set about to implicate the innocent dwarf in the wrong doing. Perfect that he is a potion maker. Perfect that he is a dwarf.
She had learned by means of Gwiddon that Brulk had been tasked to seek out, surreptitiously, the perpetrators what what the Order considered a kidnapping. The old elf witch had let everyone think, now that Balisan was rescued, she had dropped the search. But oh no, the Seer knew better and was not at all surprised Iaurmenel Alkawen had revenge on her mind.
Now to set things in motion. Lyfrid knew the Order had found her snake's shed skin and they knew about the Mirth. All she would need to do now, was connect the dots from those objects to Hilfar. Then once the dots were connected, point Brulk in Hilfar's direction. The question remained, however, how...
