The Dwarves of the Jiret-menesh Expedition meet the famous Kholtekh in the Dar Laja in Umbar Baharbel! They offer a tribute in the form of Dwarven ale from the north! Kholtekh takes a liking to it and to express his gratitude he offers to buy several crates of this ale. He even goes so far as to provide to them many of the supplies they will need for their journey ahead. But with this apparent kindness Kholtekh also reminds them that he will be watching...

Pineweed for all

Feveren at thirty-three years of age.

[The hobbit] looked quizzically at the young Green-elf's face and shook his head. 'I know nowt of Elves, to be sure, but by your manner I might've deemed that you were just out of your tweens yourself!'
   'Indeed I am, by elven reckoning!' replied Feveren. 'For among my people I am deemed but lately full-grown!' And in his mind flashed the thought of himself wellnigh a score of years before.

The wind had changed, bringing banks of billowing clouds down from the North, but the sun had risen above them and now shone over the treetops, bathing the world in morning light. But little of the land beyond could the elf-lad see through the trees that crowded the slopes along the road.

- The Gateway to the East

But from your words and thought, I guess that Hobbits can be of divers clans, and so it is with Elven-kind.

- The Gateway to the East

Stoor, Fallohide, and Harfoot - David Day, An Atlas of Tolkien (2015)

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