Plot SynopsisThe credits wash down the screen over a view of the legendary Maltese Falcon - a black figurine that casts a dark shadow from an angular source of light.Plot SynopsisThe film""s foreword presents a scrolling title card with historical background, displayed above an emblematic crest of Sweden""s king:In the year 1632, the armies of Sweden, under the banner of its hero, King Gustavus Adolphus, were in the midst of he great Thirty Years"" War that was to give the Norsemen the leadership of Europe." Riggs asked: "Who""s the lucky soon-to-be-dead son-in-law?" - she told him it was Sgt.Lee Butters.Riggs immediately understood Butters"" kiss-ass behavior lately: "No wonder he""s been sucking up to Rog," but promised not to tell the secret to his partner.He expresses a brotherly love for her:Ashley: Isn""t it enough that you""ve gathered every other man""s heart today? You""ve always had mine.Gandalf wandered a slight distance into he forest away from others, where he telepathically heard a message from Lady Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) recommending that he venture on his own to the High Fells of Rhudaur - the location of the tombs of the Nine in the mountains - to confront the shadowy forces of he Necromancer:Something moves in the shadows unseen - hidden from our sight.