My heart nearly burst with joy at Your latest letter! It will be a true race to see which returns to You first; this reply or Your mortal man-folk. Certainly only days will seperate their arrivals. Ardanion is curious to see if Bainiel speaks true of her missing him; he confesses the same for her. I, too, my beloved Bloodqueen, long for Your comforting presence.
As for a potential foray to Ordakh, I take Your counsel to heart. My thought was to glean any further threat from Gilmorwen's bloodline here, and wondered if the attack last year on Lumenire's island might be somehow related. However, the likelihood of their existence seems admittedly slim. If there were any of her spawn among the raiders, they are long dead, and any who might try again should think twice; the Gondorian fleet at Dol Amroth patrols the waters around the Cape most diligently now.
We will set sail from Umbar to the Cape and Dol Amroth, give farewells and reports to Lumenire on her island and to the King's men at the Court of the Prince, and proceed as soon as possible to Celondim. Our friends here, the Umbari mariner captains Khurhad and Khanath have vowed our messages and passages home will be their first priorities.
Your Fervently Anticipating,
