Arwen was found and escorted to where Imrahil waited with Bebberyn and Durmán. Her face was pale from lack of sleep, but there was a certain gleam in her eye as she entered the room.
‘The King is being held in a dark place, somewhere near – his thoughts are strong at times. He wakes periodically, and the images he sends are of a small, dark room, stone with a thick wooden door. There is a barred grate, occasionally opened, through which some food and drink are passed . . . oh, and another image which always comes through – there are spiders, many, many spiders and the sound of a low, oily voice . . .’
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‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’
– Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'
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