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Esgallhugwen's post

The situation was only getting worse, there was no sea, only jagged rocks and thick jungle. Nerin was terribly afraid of heights but managed to scale the cliff face without looking down.

And after all the hours of struggling through the jungle's dense vines and trees, they finally had a rest. Nerin was about to sit down when a startled gasp came from Dwalin.

The young Dwarf couldn't understand what Dwalin was carrying on about, until he looked down at his foot. His brown eyes widened at the dark slippery creature inches away from his feet, but as he was about to step on its head it made a sharp turn and headed for Dwalin instead.

Frantically the whole company began rushing around as the snake chased after Dwalin with incredible speed. Try as they might they couldn't stop the snake before the poor lad fell over and was bitten.

Bali ordered Nerin to fetch the athelas, the wound was poisoned and needed to be tended to fast. When things had settled down they noticed Gortek was missing.

Luckily for his sake they managed to pull him up quickly before he fell to the craggy bottom. With these unfortunate happenings the group seemed to become tighter, better knit.
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The map was lost, and when they awoke in the morning the rest of their provisions and gear had gone missing. Nerin nearly fell to his knees with tears,

All thats happened, what's it worth, we havn't seen anything promising, no sea, no treasure, nothing

With a sigh he moved around the camp to see if anything was left. Nerin had felt a chill go up his spine as soon as they had entered Rhûn, he knew something was out their watching them; someone had stolen what they had in their bags.

"Theres nothing left" Nerin said sadly looking across at Bali "whatever, whoever took all that we had, what are we to do now?"

"We must press on, we will not have come all this way for nothing" Bali said determined to find and claim what they came for.

"Yes we must press on even if we starve to death" Nerin muttered to himself.

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Novnarwen's post

They awoke the next morning discovering that their food was gone. To Dwalin's great sorrow their provision couldn't be found. They searched the place, but nothing was left of their food. The Dwarf shook with rage. So much had gone wrong; the snake bite, the long way, which had turned to be unexpectedly hard to find, and now their food was gone. They barely had anything to eat at all! How were they going to survive in this jungle? Furious by their latest loss, Dwalin sulked all morning. Nothing could cheer him up, not even his longing for the treasures; if there were any in this horrible place. It struck him that this might be the end to their adventure, which made him even more unhappy about the fact that they had travelled so far for noting. If there indeed was a treasure, they would have to find it quickly however.

As Bali announced their departure from their current campsite, Dwalin rose from the stone he had settled on and went over to Bali.

"What's going on?" he asked frowning and eyes shifting. What was frightened him the most was Bali's look, which gave Dwalin the impression that he was uncertain. Suddenly, a feeling of anger arose in Dwalin and his eyes reflected this.

"It'll be okay," Bali assured him, patting him on the back. "Now, let's get going," he continued, muttering it into Dwalin's ear. He only wished Bali hadn't said this to comfort him. He hoped he had meant it, and that his was fully aware of what he was doing. Pressing forwards now, would mean so without much food and without a map. Both things had been important during their long journey, and now they had neither. Could they possibly survive here in the jungle, without the necessary provisions they had been depending on earlier? Where would the find their food, and what if the sea was too far away from them to reach it, as they didn't have much water left either? These thoughts scared him, but he remained silent, but sulky, as they set out for another days' journey still hearing Bali's words buzzing around in his mouth:

"We must press on, we will not have come all this way for nothing"

Dwalin avoided the other's looks. He felt sure they were talking behind his back, whispering foul words about him and their misfortune. However, he didn't really pay attention; he was trudging in his own pace, left in his own thoughts. Maybe he just didn't care anymore. Obviously something, or someone, was trying to prevent them for getting what the dwarven company was after. Dwalin just didn't understand why.