The last battle is scheduled for tomorrow and the day after - Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2nd and 3rd of November. We're a good day behind schedule, for which I claim responsibility. But the schedule is, after all, more like a guideline, anyway.
Here's the plan:
1. Envinyatar's post (when he fills it) will, I presume, get us some way down the road to the Ford. As he already said, it will take us a day and a half's hard ride to get there. That means
2. We will reach the Ford in the evening of the day after Dagor Teryggond, that is, the Battle of the Stone Trolls.
Our baddies will attack once more. They will be winning when
3. Reinforcements will arrive.
Envinyatar, will these be Elves from Rivendell, Rangers from the Angle, or both? Either way,
4. The baddies will be driven off/held off long enough for the KEM to retreat to Rivendell.
At the beginning of this RPG, the King charged Veryadan, Tarondo, and Luinien:
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'I want you three to travel north to Breeland to find out what is happening around the area of Weathertop. Take what action you can against the ones who are the troublemakers, taking care to keep yourselves and what companions you might bring with you as safe as possible. I’d rather have you back here with a report for me, than for you to go haring off after some wicked foe who will easily overpower you.'
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Therefore, once everyone is safe in Rivendell, our duty will be to return to Minas Tirith. We're clearly not capable of clearing up this business ourselves, as our worthy bad guys have demonstrated. So,
5. Veryadan, Tarondo, and Luinien will leave for Minas Tirith.
6. The real muscle from Gondor can't arrive for 3 months, minimum. After recovering, Thoronmir, Silrûth, Aidwain, and Osric, along with other Rangers and Rivendell Elves, can become a sort of pre-emptive strike team to harry the orcs and trolls. The idea is to keep them busy and away from the defenseless people of Breeland.
7. The road back to Bree will be still very hazardous, so Andas can't return to Bree immediately. Nor do I think he is fitted for guerrilla warfare.
So Andas will travel with us three back to Minas Tirith, and return with the King's forces. A very roundabout but safe route.