Thanks very much Alwyn! I really liked writing the Chapter: A Most Peculiar Encounter. I feel it is one of the strongest chapters I've written for this AAR and am very fond of it. I always wondered what it would be like if Balin had succeeded in his quest. Luckily in DaC he does, and in this particular game they did very well for themselves, however they did not blob out like they sometimes do. Onto the Golden Wood!