Lesson learned: it's not wise to trust strangers. The dwarven caravan is ambushed by a group of Mordain orcs, and the elves of Mirkwood come to the aid.

On Amon Thranduil, Elf and Eagle speak of the troubles of wargs, and the plans to deal with them.

A scouting party of Mirkwood Elves run among the branches in search of signs of the recent trouble that has fallen upon the forest. What they don't know at first, is that they too are being followed -- by a pack of wargs.

To the dismay of some elven scouts hidden in the canopy, the Mordain orcs decide to wreck more havoc upon the trees.

Sudanir shows himself in the treetops and attempts to halt the marching host of orcs...

An Ndaed elf finds a woman of Dale lost in Mirkwood, and escorts her toward home.

Lithorlas guides Agmundr through Mirkwood, to show him the army of orcs gathered there.

While in Beorning, Lithorlas seeks out Grimbeorn, to inform him of the heightened orc activity in Mirkwood. Grimbeorn sends a scout for a second assessment.

While the Galadhrim convalesce in Beorning after the altercation in Mirkwood, an Ndaedeldhrim elf comes, inquiring about their health.

Elves from Amon Thranduil and Lothlorien join together to repel an orcish scouting party, but it gets complicated when a giant spider turns the hunters to hunted