It has been ten years since the brothers left Edunas, The youngest thinks, as he arrives at Archet, slipping through the gates late at night, covered in dark clothing from head to toe.  He has lived like this ever since setting out, moving under the cover of night, hiding his face.  It is perhaps due to the people he has had to ally himself with over the years to survive; he has fallen further and further behind Damlan in his journey and now may have lost his trail altogether.  He can find no tracks past Archet, so in Archet he will stay.

Excerpts from:

A Treatise on the Situation, Manners, and Inhabitants of Bree-land

As writ by Oddvar of the Blue Mountains and Dalton Willow of Bree, T.A. 3015

Making way through Combe, Amdirel happened upon a new friend, the dyemaker Yosim. She was pleasantly surprised to see him and they greeted each other like friends might on a warm afternoon.  The conversation quickly evolved into the purpose each had to be in that quaint village.  Yosim was searching for some type of root for his dye making.  The young woman of Gondor explained she had heard of a lodge in nearby Archet where a furrier and trader of those thing