Chapter Summaries

Allen developed Wilderness Town’s economy and military while preparing for conflict with the Easterlings, then received Thengel, a Gondorian envoy bearing Turgon’s offer of aid. By the end, Thengel had warmed to Allen and suspected he had Númenórean ancestry.

• Allen paid the fourteen hundred soldiers who joined his standing army and arranged work for newly arrived residents as commerce and Market construction expanded.
• Merchants brought goods to Wilderness Town, sold their wares, arranged routes to other realms, and signed leases for shops in the new Market.
• Firentis presented Allen with a list of more than two thousand willing citizen soldiers, and Allen organized his forces into battalions under Firentis, Alayen, and Bunduk.
• Thengel arrived in Wilderness Town with a letter in which Turgon offered Gondor’s support against the Easterlings in exchange for future aid.
• Allen hosted Thengel and his companions at a welcoming dinner, where Grim transformed into a bear and the presence of Elves, Dwarves, and Skin-changers impressed the envoy.
• Thengel became friendlier toward Allen and, after learning his age, asked whether he had Númenórean ancestry; Allen said he was unsure.

Thengel and Allen became close friends before Thengel departed for Gondor, inviting Allen to his wedding to Morwen. Allen then resumed overseeing construction across Rhovanion, including a planned second castle and bridge at Heidelberg, though the work would wait until the Easterlings were driven back.

• Thengel explained that his earlier doubts about Allen came from Gandalf’s high praise, Wilderness Town’s modest appearance, and his exhausting journey from Gondor.
• Allen rejected Fengel’s demand for enough treasure to fill a hall, then built a better relationship with Thengel.
• Thengel invited Allen to his wedding to Morwen on Harvest Day the following year, and Allen agreed to attend if he could; Thengel then departed for Gondor.
• Allen toured his territories and assessed progress on rebuilding Dale and Lake-town, renovating Steel Mine Town, and strengthening Heidelberg.
• Allen assigned Tyr to build a second castle across the Running River and connect it to Heidelberg with a bridge, but the project had to wait until the Easterlings were driven back.

Over six months, Allen developed Wincord Castle while advancing his Prophet's Child identity and strengthening his ties with the Noldor Elves. After recovering from a costly battle, he traveled toward Sarleon to investigate a treasure map and seek Dragon Tears.

• Allen used Wincord Castle's income to equip his citizen soldiers and continued building his Calradian power base.
• Allen noticed Drua Dark Cult fanatics spreading across the fantasy continent and suspected its main storyline was about to begin, while Constable Harrek investigated the changing people at his house.
• Allen helped Israndir buy back captured elves and gave Ardalia information that let the Noldor Elves ambush the Ebony Gauntlet; Ardalia rewarded him with ebony armor and repeating crossbows.
• Allen gave mithril to Frey so the dwarf could try to reproduce the Ebony Demon Hunters, and Frey made a replica that failed after one use.
• Allen fought beside Ardalia against Khergit warbands, was badly wounded, and later received equipment, Rune Arrows, Khergit war beasts, and a Dragon Tear.
• Allen's Prophet's Child identity traveled toward Sarleon under Paul's cover to investigate Yaven the Blade's treasure map and find Dragon Tears held by the Red Brotherhood and somewhere in Ravenstern.

Allen led Risadilan and ten other elven nobles out of Elaraclay, hired young adventurers in Lake-town, and traveled toward the Brotherhood Camp. After the elves’ identities were exposed in a battle with bandits, the party stayed together and reached the mountains south of Sarleon, near the camp.

• Allen brought Risadilan and ten troublemaking elven nobles along after Israndir asked him to protect Risadilan and prevent a dangerous duel.
• With Paul’s help, Allen hired more than twenty young adventurers in Lake-town for a six-month journey and set out with the elves toward the Brotherhood Camp.
• When a bandit leader demanded money, Risadilan shot him, and Allen and the party charged the robbers.
• The elves and adventurers routed the mounted bandits, pursued them to their lair, and divided the spoils after Allen treated the wounded.
• Although the fighting exposed the elves’ identities, the adventurers stayed with Allen, and the party traveled on toward the mountains south of Sarleon.

Allen’s simulation led him to destroy a Red Brotherhood prison, rescue captives, and recruit warriors and refugees to establish a settlement in a hidden valley. After returning to Noldor Forest, he exchanged three Dragon Tears for immortality elixirs and replacement rune armor, then received a large armor shipment at Wilderness Town.

• Allen and his companions attacked the Red Brotherhood’s prison, freed its captives, rescued five female elves, and killed Moonshadow Foster after learning the locations of two Dragon Tears.
• Several rescued warriors joined Allen, including Deathseeking Warriors, descendants of the Gryphon Knights, and Silvermist Rangers who helped escort the party.
• Allen traveled to Ravenstern, found another Dragon Tear in Singal, and later returned to the abandoned valley near Sarleon.
• Allen cleared Forest Bandits, settled refugees and captives in the valley, and left the Gryphon Knights’ descendants and Mettenheim warriors to develop the settlement.
• Allen ended the simulation and exchanged three Dragon Tears for two Elixirs of Immortality and Ancient Rune Armor for Hollimion.
• A convoy from the Lonely Mountain delivered fifty suits of Plate Armor and fifty sets of Horse Armor to Wilderness Town.

Allen inspected the Dwarven armor shipment and planned a cavalry force with Gryphon Knight-trained shock cavalry and Twilight Knight-style mounted skirmishers. Just as selection began, Galadriel invited him to the White Council meeting in Lothlórien, where Gandalf was waiting, leaving Allen to face an unplanned journey before he felt ready to confront Saruman.

• Glóin delivered the overdue Dwarven armor shipment and explained that the Easterling threat and iron shortages had delayed production.
• Allen judged the heavy armor potentially unsuitable for much of his cavalry and continued plans to improve their strength through Gryphon Knight training.
• Allen recruited cavalry apprentices of both sexes and planned male shock cavalry alongside female mounted skirmishers trained in simplified Twilight Knight methods.
• Allen opened selection to young candidates and serving soldiers, offering future fiefs and advancement to those who completed training and earned merit.
• Elves from Lothlórien delivered Galadriel's invitation for Allen to bring the Lake-town spoils to the White Council meeting, where Gandalf awaited him.
• Allen's plans were disrupted because he did not yet feel ready to face Saruman.

Radagast reported the Ringwraith’s defeat near Long Lake to Saruman, who learned that Allen possessed a Ring of Power and alerted the White Council. Allen accepted an invitation to Lothlórien and arrived safely with a large escort, where the council would decide what to do about his ring.

• Radagast inspected the battlefield near Long Lake, found a vanished Morgul Blade, and hurried to tell Saruman about the dead beast and the Ringwraith’s belongings.
• Saruman questioned Radagast, then secretly investigated Wilderness Town and Lake-town, learning that Allen had fought the Ringwraith and carried a ring.
• Saruman tried and failed to control Allen, sensed a faint power within him, and reported to the White Council that Allen possessed one of the ruling rings.
• Gandalf, Elrond, Círdan, and Galadriel responded to the news, and Saruman and Gandalf traveled together to Lothlórien for a meeting.
• Allen agreed to attend the meeting, gathered his followers and four hundred cavalrymen, and invited Beorn and Grim to accompany him.
• Allen reached Caras Galadhon without meeting any enemies along the way.

Allen met Gandalf in Caras Galadhon before the White Council meeting and offered the Ring to the Council in exchange for information about the Star of Elendil. As Allen and Gandalf slept, a white-robed figure watched them from the shadows.

• Celeborn and Galadriel welcomed Allen to Caras Galadhon and arranged for Gandalf to join him for dinner.
• Gandalf worried that Saruman would try to take Allen's Ring, but Allen showed little attachment to it and offered it to the White Council.
• Allen told Gandalf that Isildur had carried the Star of Elendil and suggested Saruman might know where it was; Gandalf agreed to support Allen's request.
• Allen and Gandalf discussed the war against the Easterlings, then stayed up talking before going to sleep.
• A white-robed figure emerged from the shadows and silently watched Allen and Gandalf as they slept.

At the White Council, Saruman tried to persuade Allen to hand over the ring he had taken from a Ringwraith, using research into the Rings of Power to justify his request. Gandalf stopped Saruman from magically exhausting Allen, and Allen agreed to contribute the ring only if Saruman granted him a favor.

• Saruman and Elrond explained the histories and powers of the Elven Rings and the other Rings of Power to the White Council.
• Saruman approached Allen and used his power to drain Allen’s strength while asking about the ring he had obtained.
• Gandalf noticed Allen’s distress and used Narya to break Saruman’s influence.
• Allen told Saruman that the ring was gold, set with a sapphire, and could grant invisibility.
• Saruman claimed the ring might help locate the One Ring, but Gandalf challenged his explanation and began suspecting Saruman had concealed knowledge about Dol Guldur.
• Allen agreed to give Saruman the ring on the condition that Saruman grant him a favor.

At the White Council meeting, Allen pressed Saruman for the Star of Elendil and used his knowledge of the wizard’s secrets to force negotiations. Saruman agreed to investigate the gem and send Orthanc’s Palantír to Rivendell, while Allen left the Ring conditional on receiving the Star.

• Allen asked Saruman for clues about the Star of Elendil, and Saruman denied knowing anything about it despite having found the gem on Isildur’s body.
• Allen mocked Saruman and offered to question his subordinates, provoking Saruman to ready his staff until Galadriel calmed the meeting.
• Allen offered the Ring in exchange for Galadriel sending Lothlórien’s army against the Easterlings, but Galadriel declined because she could not leave her realm undefended.
• Saruman offered to defeat the Easterlings for the Ring, but Allen rejected him and demanded the Star of Elendil, then raised the matter of Orthanc’s Palantír.
• Gandalf warned Allen that the Palantír was dangerous, and Elrond asked Saruman to return it to the descendants of Arnor.
• Saruman agreed to investigate the Star of Elendil and arrange for the Palantír to be delivered to Rivendell.

After the White Council meeting, Allen left Lothlórien with Gandalf, Elrond, Círdan, and their escorts, while Saruman secretly resolved to build an army and take revenge. On the road, Allen explained his need for allies against the growing threat in the East and asked Elrond to connect him with the Northern Rangers, offering the Star of Elendil as a way to earn their friendship.

• Allen took the Palantír Stone from Saruman, who concealed his humiliation and planned to fortify Orthanc and recruit the Dunlendings of Rhûn.
• Galadriel gave Allen an elf-woven cloak, and Allen departed Caras Galadhon with Gandalf, Elrond, Círdan, and their companions.
• Elrond asked Allen why he sought the Star of Elendil, and Allen explained that he feared renewed attacks by the Easterlings and other forces serving Sauron.
• Allen told Elrond that Rohan and Gondor could not provide the help he needed, and revealed that the Star of Elendil was hidden in Orthanc as a possible gift for the Northern Rangers.
• Elrond promised to convey Allen's goodwill to the Northern Rangers, while Círdan listened and began to view Allen differently.

Círdan reconsidered his judgment of Allen after hearing about his plans for the Northern Dúnedain and offered to help him secure ships for a river fleet. During the journey, the leaders shared news and lore before parting at the Old Ford, where Allen continued home.

• Círdan questioned whether Allen would return the Star of Elendil even if the Northern Dúnedain refused to send troops, and Allen assured him he would.
• Círdan offered to vouch for Allen with Lady Gilraen, but Allen instead asked for ships and shipbuilders from Lindon.
• Círdan agreed to send Sindar shipbuilders to Lake-town to help Allen establish a river fleet and invited him to visit the Grey Havens.
• Círdan told Allen and Elrond that Maglor's jewel lay in the depths of the Icebay of Forochel and that remnants of Angmar had grown bolder.
• Allen's party parted from Círdan and Elrond at the Old Ford, and Allen returned to his territory after more than three months away.

Sauron’s recovery drove Mordor to invade Gondor, prompting Gondor to seek Rohan’s aid. Thengel returned to Edoras to deliver the appeal, but Fengel refused before collapsing, and Klethi set out to fetch Jeremus to treat him.

• Sauron woke weakened and ordered the Ringwraiths to mobilize, accelerating Mordor’s attacks on Gondor’s Ithilien territories.
• Turgon’s council chose to evacuate Ithilien, defend key crossings, and ask Rohan for aid; Thengel accepted the mission and traveled to Edoras with Morwen and Klethi’s party.
• Fengel refused to help Gondor, and his argument with Thengel ended when he collapsed from a severe illness.
• Grim used healing magic to ease Fengel’s suffering, while Klethi departed with an Éored escort to bring Jeremus to Edoras.
• Allen waited in Wilderness Town for Saruman to send the Star of Elendil, unaware of the events unfolding in Gondor and Rohan.

Allen strengthened the Kingdom of Rhovanion, prepared for Easterling raids, and sent Jeremus to treat King Fengel of Rohan. Meanwhile, Sauron ambushed Saruman through the Palantír Stone, prompting Saruman to send it to Rivendell; months later, visitors from Orthanc and Eriador arrived to meet Allen.

• Allen organized Knight Apprentice training and ordered Alayen and Firentis to defend the Running River against Easterling attacks.
• Allen gave Jeremus the Elixir of Immortality and sent him with an escort to Edoras to treat King Fengel.
• Sauron seized Saruman's attention through the Palantír Stone, but Saruman escaped and ordered a follower to deliver the stone to Elrond in Rivendell.
• Saruman planned to recover, then travel to Wilderness Town with the Star of Elendil, while weighing whether to accept Half-orcs and wargs into his service.
• Months later, Allen received visitors from Orthanc and Eriador while inspecting the Knight Apprentices' training.

Allen waited outside his territory for Saruman’s party and exchanged the Star of Elendil for a ring recovered from a Ringwraith. After the transaction, Saruman sent spies toward Wilderness Town, and Allen learned of their approach two days later.

• Allen prepared an armed roadside meeting after learning Saruman was traveling from Orthanc, while Saruman concealed himself among his party.
• Alandon presented the Star of Elendil, which Frey inspected and confirmed as genuine, and Allen handed over the ring.
• Alandon put on the ring and entered the unseen world, but Allen removed it when the terrified mercenary could not take it off.
• Alandon and the party left, and Allen ordered young people to have their animal friends watch them.
• Saruman sent several men across the Anduin River to infiltrate Wilderness Town, and Allen received news of their plan two days later.

Bunduk investigated suspicious newcomers at the Spear and Lance Tavern, where Saruman’s agents and three Dúnedain from Eriador had arrived in Wilderness Town. He kept the agents under observation and learned that Allen had invited the Dúnedain to visit him.

• The tavern proprietress noticed three armed-looking strangers with a star-shaped silver pin and sent her son to report them to the patrol.
• A girl and her squirrel informed Bunduk that the strangers had entered the tavern, and Bunduk rewarded her with a gold Denar.
• Bunduk went to the tavern with his men, where the proprietress’s son briefed him on the newcomers.
• Bunduk discreetly identified Saruman’s agents and recognized the silver pin worn by one of the three Dúnedain, then left without confronting anyone.
• That evening, an official told the three Dúnedain that Allen had invited them to visit.

Abinas and two Dúnedain inspected Wilderness Town and met with Allen to discuss the Star of Elendil. Allen offered to return the heirloom freely and asked to discuss Dúnedain aid against the Easterlings with Lady Gilraen, leaving Abinas to report the offer in Imladris.

• Abinas and two Dúnedain arrived in Wilderness Town to assess Allen and his subjects before Lady Gilraen decided whether to meet him.
• Abinas observed the town’s orderly streets and strict weapon rules, unaware that Allen had imposed them after Bunduk dismantled violent gangs.
• Allen welcomed the Dúnedain to a lavish banquet, and Abinas’s suspicion eased when Allen spoke of Estel and Lady Gilraen.
• Abinas inspected the Star of Elendil and confirmed that it was genuine before asking Allen to name his price for returning it.
• Allen offered to return the Star of Elendil without payment and asked to discuss Dúnedain support in his war against the Easterlings.
• Abinas agreed to report Allen’s offer to Lady Gilraen and left to travel to Imladris the next morning.

Allen prepared Wincord Castle for war as Swadia mobilized against the Kingdom of the Nords, then watched King Harlaus assign his family thankless defensive duties and demand that Davis remain at court. Earl Dilinard revealed that he had ordered Rafard to rob King Ragnar’s caravan, leaving Allen to confront the truth behind the war’s outbreak.

• Abinas rode from Wilderness Town to deliver Allen’s message, while Allen managed his holdings in the Simulator and prepared Wincord Castle’s troops for war.
• After a mercenary company robbed King Ragnar’s caravan, King Harlaus called up Swadia’s nobles, and Allen earned several thousand Denars by selling wheat bought around Dhirim.
• At the war council, King Harlaus assigned the main attack on Rud Castle to himself and Earl Kleis, while directing Earl Dilinard’s family to guard against threats at Jelborg Castle and Tyrberg Castle.
• King Harlaus asked Earl Dilinard to leave Davis at court, and Dilinard privately told Allen that he had ordered Rafard to rob the caravan.

Dilinard explained Harlaus’s plot against his family and revealed his plan for Allen to kill the king and Prince Edward during the coming war. Allen went to Harlaus’s court, where the king tried to win him over, while Harlaus privately scolded Edward for failing to do the same.

• Dilinard told Allen that Harlaus planned to have Klagus and the Nords ambush him and Haringoth near Jelborg Castle, and that Earl Kleis had allied with their family through a marriage deal.
• Dilinard ordered Allen to kill Harlaus and Edward after Klagus struck first, so the family could claim it was defending itself and launch a counterattack.
• Harlaus summoned Allen to a banquet, treated him warmly, introduced Prince Edward, and hinted that he would help Allen claim his family’s succession rights.
• After Allen left the banquet, Harlaus slapped Edward and reprimanded him for discussing women and brothels instead of offering Allen power and a fief.
• Harlaus told Edward that he planned to kill Dilinard, blame the Nords, and destroy his family, while Edward learned that his disreputable friends had been killed.

Allen followed King Harlaus’s invasion of Nord territory, witnessed its brutal massacres, and learned that the Swadian civil war’s factions were closing in on one another. He killed Harlaus and Prince Edward, fought off the king’s cavalry, and reached Dilinard’s army alive as the Calradia simulation ended.

• King Harlaus led Swadian cavalry into Nord territory and ordered villages such as Ambien destroyed, while Allen watched without taking part.
• The Nord defenders at Rud Castle resisted Earl Kleis’s siege, and Dilinard and Haringoth ambushed Earl Klagus and Earl Tredian’s forces before fighting off a Nord counterattack.
• Dilinard’s army suffered heavy losses but captured many Swadian soldiers, while Earl Kleis kept Allen uninformed of the plot until Dilinard defeated Klagus.
• When Harlaus welcomed Earl Kleis’s battle-ready army, Allen struck the king with his Mace and killed him, then hurled a lance through Prince Edward.
• Allen’s ten men covered his escape, and he fought through the pursuing cavalry until his opponents stopped and he rode into Haringoth’s forces to reach Dilinard.