but just when all seemed lost the hobbits were rescued from Old Man Willow by Tom Waits, the most powerful being in middle earth
* various klanking and banging noises *
hey now nonny now Tom's a merry fellow
all black his overcoat is,
he got a cheap pair of boots and a lighter and a Morgul knife
and a deck of cards with Mearas on the back
from a Black Numenorean who was selling them on the streets
* koffs *