A single horse moved forwards slowly in the first lights of dawn. The horse was a proud Stallion, but it was now bloodied and it was tired. Slouched over the horses neck was the figure of a man. Such was the loyalty of the horse that it did not attempt to remove it's rider. A shattered shield was at the horses side, a notched sword was dangerously close to falling out of it's sheath. But clasped in the mans right hand, im-movable, even in sleep was a spear. The Spear also doubled as a banner. Just visable in the odd flutter of wind was a flag. A gust of wind blew the flag outwards. On the green background shone a White Horse, magnificant even in it's dirty state. This man was a Rider of Rohan, a Rohirrim, But the wind died and the banner failed.
The Rider was woken with a start as the Horse managed to get enough energy to rear onto it's back legs as something startled it. The Rider, in his bloody, fatigued state reacted instictivly. He grasped tight hold of the reigns and controlled the horse. He secured his sword and righted the Banner, which once again flew in the morning breeze. He saw ahead of him what had startled his horse. A head was a group of armed men, clearly a patrol of somesort. The Rider knew he was in no condition for combat, so he merely sat on his horse and waited.
As he waited he thought back to how he got to this postion. He was one of the hundred. A hundred Riders had been sent out the previous year, to explore the entire lands surronding Rohan, to meet new peoples and secure new bonds of fellowship. THe prevous night, as the rider had sat with his horse by a fire ready for their nights rest, people had emerged from the shadows. They had clearly thought that one Horsemen wouldn't be a threat to them. They had clearly not realized they were dealing with a Horse-Lord of Rohan. The Rider had been able to fight the men off and was able to mount his horse and escape. But not without substantial injuries. The rider knew he had to find help, and find it soon, otherwise he and his beloved horse might not make it back to the Plains of Rohan.
