Chapter 51 Beorn
After coming down from Carl Rock, Ronan sent Harry back to the small world, because they still failed to get rid of the orcs, so Harry was not suitable to stay in the team.
Then they waded through the shallow river beach and finally officially left the foggy mountain range, and set foot on the land of Rovanian, which is the home of wood elves, dwarves and northern humans, and of course, including the orcs who cats don't like dogs.
It is a general term for a very large area, but usually if you cross the foggy mountains, you have already entered Rovanian.
And this place is not a desolate place. In fact, it is just the opposite. It has abundant rainfall and abundant resources. The only thing that prevents the development and prosperity here is actually only one thing, that is, war.
Rovanian actually means a great wilderness, which refers to a large open plain.
To the west is the dark forest of the wood elves, to the north is the lonely mountains and the dwarf kingdom of the iron hills, to the north, to the north, to the orcs, to the east, to the Lunen territory, that is, to the evil humans who surrendered to Sauron, to the west are Mordor, Rohan and Gondor.
This led to Rovanian's tragic fate. For decades, wars have never been far away from this land. Several major forces have gone back and forth, one has risen and another has fallen.
So it evolved into what it is today, with only a few powerful countries being born on the edge of the plot, and the central government that is most suitable for the creation of civilization was in chaos due to the mutual attacks of several major forces.
In the past, Rovanian also had a human kingdom.
It is called the Kingdom of Rovanian, but after a brief prosperity, it was completely defeated by the chariot people from the East. Its people fled in all directions, established the River Valley City and Changhu Town to the north, established Rohan to the south or directly joined Gondor, and to the east, it found a place between the elves and the misty mountains. This is where Ronan and the others are now set foot, and it is also the home of the Hobbits.
"Do you know? About four centuries ago, the Hobbits lived widely in this area, and their figures were everywhere in the upper valleys of the Anduin River. Later, they moved away and went to Shire." Gandalf led everyone forward while teaching the history of this land.
As a wizard, he knew a lot, although not all, but he and his companions knew the humanistic style and rough history of almost all parts of Middle-earth.
"The Hobbits used to live here?" Bilbo looked at the surrounding environment, which was indeed very similar to the type that their Hobbits like. Of course, it would be even better if they didn't have those damn orcs behind them.
Ori asked strangely: "Is there no one living in such a good place now? What a pity, but we dwarves only like mountains."
Gandalf glanced at the East's smoke and explained: "Of course not. In the entire Middle Earth, this place is not the best, but it is far from the worst. An immigrant has settled here long ago."
Ronan sighed and said, "As long as there are suitable conditions, even if it is just a little bit, life will find its own way out."
Gandalf focused on it, "It's totally correct, Master Ronan, I didn't expect that I could hear such philosophical words from your mouth again."
"What should we do now?" Solin couldn't figure out his mind, "What would the attitude of those people in front of us look like?"
"We had to ask them for help, and most of the people were the remains of Rovanian's homeland. At that time, their relationship with Erebo was good, but their recognition was not the most important, and the most important thing was to get the help of another person who lived there."
"who?"
"Beoon, even I have only heard of his name, and I have never known him, but he is said to be a skin changer."
The skin-changing person is a person who can change his own skin, but this is too strange no matter how you think about it. What should a person do to replace his skin? He took it off directly? Everyone shuddered.
"Stop thinking about it. The skinned man is also a branch of humans. They are like the Hobbits, just special humans." Gandalf explained.
"How special? And why is he hostile to the dwarves?"
"Well..." Gandalf explained, smoking his pipe, "You ask me to sort it out."
The so-called concept of skin-changing people is actually more similar to druids in the World of Warcraft view. Skin-changing means that they can change their appearance and turn themselves into animals, while the bloodline of Beorn and their family will transform themselves between bears and humans.
Moreover, the skinned man is quite different from the Hobbits because they were directly separated from the early human race of the Edens, and belong to the type of combat power among the Edens.
What kind of enemies did humans face in the first era? The great devil Milkor and his army of monsters, including orcs, orcs, sheepdogs, dragons, siros and other strange and powerful dark creatures.
The main combat targets of the skinned man are these things, so the animals transformed into by the skinned man are not the kind of creatures we can see in nature. The animals they become will be larger, stronger, and have stronger defenses. In order to fight against black magic, they have also evolved magic resistance skins, which makes no magic spells work for them.
"This is the entanglement between the skinned man and humans. In fact, the skinned man is just a human. However, it may be that the Beorn family once suffered the losses from the dwarves, so he can't be said to be hostile, but he really doesn't like the dwarves." Faced with this situation, even Gandalf, who has always been the most respected, had no choice.
To be honest, even Gandalf has to respect this skin changer whose life span will not exceed two hundred years, because under the conditions of limiting power, it is really easy for a skin changer to beat a wizard. Among them, only the white-robed chief can easily subdue the skin changer.
"Since he doesn't welcome us so much, then let's go!" Solin was also a stubborn donkey, as if they had asked the orcs to pursue him in an embarrassing situation.
"No! No, we must get Beorn's help, otherwise we will have no way to escape in a flat wilderness. If we can't walk into the dense forest, we will be caught up by orcs. This time there will be no giant eagle to save us."
Faced with Gandalf's insistence, Thorin compromised.
So the group ran towards the place where there was smoke. At this time, the sky was getting darker, but no one wanted to stop and rest at this time, because they knew that the orcs were following them not far behind them.
Ronan found Gandalf and complained: "I am so blunt, Gandalf, the dwarf leader you are interested in may be a very excellent idol and a powerful warrior, but as a leader, he still lacks important traits."
In fact, Ronan cannot be blamed for gossiping here, mainly because the guy Thorin is too stubborn. Ronan has told him before that the leader’s task is not just to satisfy the little pride in the hearts of the people. Before that, the first thing to do is to ensure their existence and make their lives better, and finally it is the spiritual pursuit.
But the proud boy Thorin lost twice and still didn't remember it.
Gandalf could not agree more with Ronan's words, but he had no choice, because Thorin was already the best dwarf leader he could find, and he was also the only dwarf leader willing to recover Lonely Mountain.
"Ronan, that's because you haven't seen other dwarf princes. I think you promise that it is definitely a disaster. And as the orthodox descendant of the Turin royal family, who else can I choose besides him?"
Looking at Gandalf's bitter smile, Ronan understood, okay, he was already a short person to choose a general.
Ronan looked at Solin's leading short legs and stopped talking. The task was already halfway through, and then you remembered that it was not appropriate to do this.
Besides, Thorin is not that bad. He knows that he can correct his mistakes, but he is too stubborn and proud. Bilbo should have a deep understanding of this, and in terms of charm, Thorin's oak shield should be absolutely enough.
Everyone headed east from Karl Rock and headed towards the direction of people, and soon arrived at a human settlement. It was not very big, there was not even a city wall or courtyard wall, and it was sparse, but it was vaguely surrounded by a huge and beautiful house in the center.
"I want to take the house that must be the lord, that is Beorn's house." Bilbo asked.
At this time, everyone around them also surrounded them. They shouted loudly about Gandalf, Ronan and the group of sixteen people, and drove them together.
"Who are you?" asked the man in charge.
Gandalf stopped the dwarf with an upset look on his face and stood up and said, "I believe you will know after seeing my outfit. I am Gandalf, the gray-robed wizard Gandalf. We are here to visit Beorn. I think you must be Beorn's followers?"
The man shook his head and said, "He never acknowledged our followers, but you can understand it so well, but you have to wait and let's discuss it."
No one would have thought that the famous Gandalf would actually turn into water in this place, because these humans were too ignorant and had never heard of Gandalf's name. What was even more embarrassing is that his companions were the same.
But who is Gandalf? Everyone knows the king of face in the Middle Earth, and everyone can talk to each other. If he had been to school, he would definitely be the classmate who was constantly changed seats by the teacher but never got the teacher's wishes.
"Oh, that's it, then this little brother, look at me. Although I am tall, I am just a weak old man, so you don't have to be so nervous at all. Please listen to me, I only have a few simple questions to ask you..."
Ronan just watched Gandalf use the story to get close, then guessed the other party's origin, and roughly retelled the history of the other party's nation. This has gained the trust of these people, and then continued to slander from these people, and soon learned all the news that these people knew.
It turns out that Beorn is a powerful skin-changing man living here. Wherever he is, he can always be free from harassment from orcs and wild beasts. Therefore, people living in the wilderness know such a strange man. In addition, although this skin-changing man is very alert to strangers, he is actually a helpful and warm-hearted heart. He still has a high reputation among humans in the wilderness area.
Therefore, they wanted to follow Beorn and support Beorn as the leader, but Beorn always refused and even drove them away. But as the saying goes, good things get hurt, and in the end, they were desperate and really built their own shack near Beorn's house with shame.
Ronan: “…”
So it is a pity that Gandalf doesn't go as a spy.
Speaking of which, Gandalf seems to be called Incanos in the more southern country. This means a northern spy, which is also very interesting, because in the eyes of southerners, Gandalf is a partial villain and only cares about the survival of many species in the north. In fact, that is a misunderstanding caused by their unclear responsibilities of the five Maiyas.
The sky finally turned dark, and the owner of this place also came back from a distance. He was tall, strong in body, thick limbs and covered in animal leather clothes. Only after getting close can he see his face clearly.
His face was very vigorous, but he looked carefully trimmed, and his face was very rough, and he really looked a bit bearish.
He looked at Ronan and Gandalf, surrounded by a group of farmers, and then saw Bilbo and the dwarves, and his expression management was not done well.
"You actually dare to put the dwarves in the vicinity of my home?"
The farmers panicked and quickly said, "Chief, they were not invited by us. They said they were here to visit you."
"I am not your leader. Secondly, I do not know the dwarves and will not accept visits from the dwarves."
Gandalf, the face-saving king of Middle-earth, rushed up again: "What if we killed the Goblin King in the Mist Mountains?"
Beorn was startled and asked, "What did you say?"
"I'm honored to introduce you to Gandalf, the gray-robed wizard Gandalf, and Ladagast are colleagues and very good friends. He lives nearby. I think you should know him."
Beorn was finally moved, not sure whether he was moved by the death of the Goblin King or convinced by his friend in Ladagast, but he pointed to his house and said.
Chapter completed!