Barald Battle of Five Armies & The Third Age of Middle-Earth The current year for our Middle-Earth campaign is set during the year of 2946 of the Third Age. Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien

Barald, a rotund, wood carver sits on a patterned blanket, carving wooden talismans. He will make any reasonable trade with a polite person for a lucky carved talisman of a heartwood wolf’s head, which he swears will keep them safe. Carried by a Guide this talisman gives a +1 result to any Embarkation Roll made on a journey beginning in the Eaves of Mirkwood. Beyond this place it has no power to protect its owner.