Global Challenge IX - The Recovery

yes, tambor, we need you to earn points for Garheim!
Also, here's my Vignette: 

With my first semester of college  ending in the next 3-4 weeks, and Thanksgiving break next week hopefully I will have the time to post a build, or two. Haven't done anything for LoR since May (2014), and haven't entered a GC since GCVII. Can't wait to be back!

Here is my Vignette entry!
www.flickr.com/photos/118986375@N06/15232910853/

Hmm, apparently I can fit my Castle Building CCCXII category entry into this. So here it is.

Restricted entry - Archery:
CCC XII: Castle Building by IronBricks, on Flickr

Inside an old Queen's outpost, Gavin's band practices and rests after the exhausting but successful battle against Maldrake, the wizard. They lost their elvish archer, which was a blow to them. He was their most agile fighter after the loss of their assassin, and their best bowman. Now it was up to Joseph alone to provide support during fights. So Gavin began to train Joseph to become a better archer. Day after day they spent hours outside in the yard. Joseph made great strides. Soon he would be one of the best archers in the entire Outlaw lands.

Here's my vignette entry: The annual Autumn Feast



 
The preparations for the annual Autumn Feast were almost finished as the last guests entered beyond the outer gates. In there numbers were many elves, dwarves and even few men (those had to be lead by special elf guides), all being in excited anticipation.

In the middle of a big woodland clearing was set up a long oak table with marvellous carvings. On its sides were benches for the guests. At the top of the table was a high chair for the host.

The clearing was surrounded by tall oaks, ashes and elms, some of them bearing torches with blue flames. Here and there a golden leaf of a birch fell lightly upon the ground.

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The feast began. At first the wonderful elven cooks teased the guests with delicious starters and some Loreesi wine. After the starters was brought out the main course: big roasted hogs.

The clearing was filled with laughter, and chatting as the guests ate and drank. Near the middle of the feast the butlers finally brought out the famous elvish wine. Within a few minutes the place was full of cheerful roaring. The men, not used to such strong drinks were red, and some of them dozed off with smiles on their faces. The dwarves endured it with less effort, though a few already started to hiccup. Others muttered something about 'hairy little women'.

Suddenly an elf that gone drunk himself stood up and started a funny song 'there once as a troll who went on a stroll'. Immediately others joined in and the racket and voices awakened some Garhims sleeping at the table. Other elf jumped into the table itself and danced along to the song, rising an uproar of laughter. Glorfindel sat on his tall chair, amused, drinking the fifteenth cup of wine. Meanwhile the dwarves started their own drunken song and accompanied it with the stamping and clapping...

Such merriment continued into the late night in the light of the torches. Many dwarves and elves already slept, others with reddened faces hoarsely sang merry songs. The elven lord himself was on the brink of dozing off.

Here is my vig:

A Desperate Charge

A Desperate Charge! by W. Navarre, on Flickr

Story here.  Btw, though this doesn't look like "going back to normal" the queens men need to be gotten rid of, and just because what is left of the queen's forces are broken and retreating doesn't mean that they can't get in peoples way.