"Fili, wait!" Kili ran after his brother, worried about why he would suddenly run off like that. He stopped as he saw Thorin further down on the treasure pile. He didn't seem himself, he was walking more hunched over and he was dressed very grandly. That and he just didn't...seem like the Thorin Kili remembered.

"I...know [i]of[/i] it, yes." Mel answered slowly. She had been a young elfling when Saeril's corruption had occured, and she had had nothing to do with her eventual release. Everything that Mel did know had been from stories told by her kin and Gandalf. "Why do you ask?" 

Tauriel drew in a breath as she and Legolas arrived at the area where the fortress of Gundabad sat. Already the air seemed heavier and more oppressive, and that alone made her nervous. But the red-haired she-elf squared her shoulders and dismounted the horse, turning to face Legolas and trying not to show how uneasy she felt. Tauriel knew that they had to get closer, and she could put her fear aside to achieve their mission.