Vast green grasslands as far as the eye can see, where fierce mearas run wild: this is my homeland, Rohan, the Mark.

I learned to ride with my éored, the redshield, since I was a child in Westfold. I grew up exploring always new places and defending  our borders  against Dunlending raids at the order of our chief Erkenbrand. But it seems that lately the Dunledings are not our only enemy: orcs come from the east to stole our horses, while wolfriders from Isengard attacks our villages.

So few years ago I was summoned at Edoras with many other warriors and we were all sent west to investigate who is plotting against our king: the wise Grima suspects a secretive order called the rangers of the north is conspiring to enslave both Gondor and Riddermark to their dark lord, who pretends to be no less than the heir of Elendil himself! He said that maybe even the elf-witch of Lothlorien could have a part in this plot as well as Stormcrow, the grey wizard.

I remember one of us pointed out that we were going to travel all alone in distant lands, among foreign people, surrounded by evil schemes…so who can we trust? Grima smiled and replied: “trust none”. He was right: while most of his warriors got lost in remote places, wandering in the darkness, forces from Isengard invade Westfold. I barely escape an ambush as soon as I enter Breeland, while I was following the traces of one of these elusive rangers, by the name of Amdir. Far away from home, now I hear sad news of the war. Some say King Théoden’son, Théodred, died in the battlefield. Some say Théodwyn’s son, Eomer, betrayed his own house. So what now? Should I keep on chasing these rangers, in order to finally discover the truth, or should I come back to defend my home in this tragic time? To obey the king’s orders, or to listen to the cry of my people?

If I only could have a good advice from the wise Grima again…