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eliabrithOh forgot to stick up the prologue for When Darkness Falls. so umm
When Darkness Falls.
Prologue.
A brief History of Middle Earth as told in the Royal annuals of Minas Tirith.
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The current political situation of Middle Earth came about due to the events at the end of the Second Age.
The Second Age began with the defeat of the first Dark Lord, Melkor or Morgoth as he was called by the Elves. A Vala, he created discord in the Great Music as sung by the choirs of Valar and Maia. During the creation of Arda, Middle Earth, he thwarted its making so it became marred and imperfect. And while the Valar set about building their kingdom of Almaren, Melkor corrupted many of the Maiar spirits and removed them to the North of Middle Earth creating a rival kingdom. In this kingdom took many of the newly risen race of Elves into his dungeons and through torture made them into ruined and terrible forms of life. From these he bred Orcs and Goblins who were as loathsome as the Elves were fair. From his kingdom in Arda he waged wars against the Valar but was finally defeated and banished to the Void, and peace returned to Arda. With the banishment of Melkor most of his servants where destroyed but some remained hiding in the dark places.
During the Second Age came the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men who above all else, desire power. For within these rings, was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made.
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."
In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, Sauron, who had been Melkor's Maia servant and chief, forged in secret a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.
Sauron laid waste to Eregion and was only stopped from annihilating the Elves by the arrival of the Numenoreans. For 1500 years Sauron built up his power in Mordor bringing the Men of the East and South under his control. The Numenoreans came to wage war against him and he was defeated and imprisoned in Numenor. Unable to beat the Numenoreans by might he managed to corrupt them and convinced them to defy the Valar thus bringing about the destruction of Numenor. In the sinking of Numenor Sauron's fair form was destroyed and his spirit fled back to Mordor where he became a Dark Lord, a fearsome warrior with black armour on burnt black skin. He began to regain his power.
Part of Numenor's people survived fleeing to Middle Earth in nine ships these were the Elendili the "faithful" those not corrupted by Sauron who remained true to the Valar. Upon reaching Middle Earth they formed mighty Kingdoms in Gondor and Arnor.
As Sauron's power grew, one by one, the free lands in Middle-Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor and on the slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth.
Victory it seemed was near. But the power of the ring could not be undone.
It was in this moment when all hope had faded, Gil-Galad the last high king of Elves and Elendil King of Gondor and Arnor had perished in the fight leaving the army leaderless and disheartened, that Isildur, son of the King, took up his father's sword and severed Sauron's fingers.
Sauron, the enemy of the free-peoples of Middle-Earth was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever his passing marked the end of the Second Age.
But the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur to his death. But strength still existed in Middle Earth and again an alliance of Men and Elves was formed to recover the ring and destroy it, this was lead by Anarion Isildur's brother and Vilandil, Isildur's only surviving son. The quest succeeded and the darkness of the past was forgotten, as Middle Earth enjoyed peace for the first time in generations only broken by the occasional border skirmish with Harad.
Vilandil took his grandfathers throne over Gondor and Arnor. As time passed more realms joined under the protection of Gondor and Arnor, as they had lost their own rulers during the "War of the Ring".In a few generations of almost all of Middle Earth was unite under the one Crown and the Royal Family became High Kings of Middle Earth, with the Elven Kingdoms as independent states within the borders.
For three thousand years Middle Earth continued to thrive and flourish under the High Kings. Orcs and other remnants of Sauron's powers had continued to decrease in numbers and where driven into the Northern Wastes, the uninhabited lands beyond the Northern borders. And Mordor was remained uninhabited wasteland.
The worlds of Men and Elves were united when Arathorn High King of Middle Earth married Gilraen an Elf Maiden of Eryn Lasgalen this event marked the end of the Third Age.
Arathorn's reign was short lived though and 2 years after the birth of his immortal half elven son Aragorn King Arathorn was killed by an arrow through the eye in an ambush while on a tour of the Northern Borders.
Gilraen remained as Queen but most of the King's duties where taken over by a local Lord, Ecthelion, in the position of Steward. Aragorn the Crown Prince of Middle Earth was removed from Minas Tirith to his mothers family in Eryn Lasgalen, where he grew up trained in the Elvish traditions.
When the Prince was 80 he was returned to Minas Tirith by Thranduil King of the Eryn Lasgalen Elves. Back in the Capital he was trained in matters of state by Ecthelion and then his successor to the role of Steward, Denethor accompanied by Legolas, the once Price of Eryn Lasgalen. During the time the Prince lived with her family Gilraen had arranged the marriage of her son to the Elf Princess Arwen Undomiel, only daughter of Elrond, Elf-Lord of Imladris and the State of Rhudaur, and Celebrian, daughter of the Sorceress Galadriel, Queen of Lothlorien.
When the Prince was 100 he was crowned High King of Middle Earth and within a year was married to his Queen at which point Queen Gilraen relinquished her duties and sailed West to the undying lands, leaving her son and his advisors as the sole government of Middle Earth.
Within 5 years there were 3 heirs produced the Crown Prince Eldarion and his sisters Elanna and Elwen.
27 years into the Fourth Age reports rumors surfaced in Minas Tirith of a new darkness rising in Middle Earth. Tales of Orc raids came from the Dwarven State of Forodwaith. Within months reports had the Orcs moving south into Middle Earth proper, raiding and killing in a seemingly random pattern. In all States security was increased and the Captain of the Middle Earth Army dispatched the elite group of Rangers to discover the cause of the disturbances and the State Lords were summoned for a council in Minas Tirith to discuss the threat.
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To be continued...
The story proper will start next part.
Feed the plot bunnies, review please.
End Prologue:
A brief History of Middle Earth as told in the annuals of Minas Tirith or my pathetic attempt to set a coherent history for a rather complex Alternate Universe. :-)
Notes: Yes bits of this has been blatantly and unrepentantly swiped from the movie prologue with bits from the books thrown in. Most of this is true to Tolkien's history but some pieces are glossed over.
Vala = single of Valar
Eryn Lasgalen = Great Greenwood in Elvish ie. Mirkwood
The Metatron smirked. "I love saying that," he sighed blissfully. "just for the look on people’s faces. If you don’t believe in her, what does it matter if she’s male, female or a hermaphroditic polka-dot guinea-pig in a neon green bikini?"
from Harry Potter and the Voice of God.
When Darkness Falls.
Prologue.
A brief History of Middle Earth as told in the Royal annuals of Minas Tirith.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The current political situation of Middle Earth came about due to the events at the end of the Second Age.
The Second Age began with the defeat of the first Dark Lord, Melkor or Morgoth as he was called by the Elves. A Vala, he created discord in the Great Music as sung by the choirs of Valar and Maia. During the creation of Arda, Middle Earth, he thwarted its making so it became marred and imperfect. And while the Valar set about building their kingdom of Almaren, Melkor corrupted many of the Maiar spirits and removed them to the North of Middle Earth creating a rival kingdom. In this kingdom took many of the newly risen race of Elves into his dungeons and through torture made them into ruined and terrible forms of life. From these he bred Orcs and Goblins who were as loathsome as the Elves were fair. From his kingdom in Arda he waged wars against the Valar but was finally defeated and banished to the Void, and peace returned to Arda. With the banishment of Melkor most of his servants where destroyed but some remained hiding in the dark places.
During the Second Age came the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men who above all else, desire power. For within these rings, was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made.
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them
One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."
In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, Sauron, who had been Melkor's Maia servant and chief, forged in secret a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.
Sauron laid waste to Eregion and was only stopped from annihilating the Elves by the arrival of the Numenoreans. For 1500 years Sauron built up his power in Mordor bringing the Men of the East and South under his control. The Numenoreans came to wage war against him and he was defeated and imprisoned in Numenor. Unable to beat the Numenoreans by might he managed to corrupt them and convinced them to defy the Valar thus bringing about the destruction of Numenor. In the sinking of Numenor Sauron's fair form was destroyed and his spirit fled back to Mordor where he became a Dark Lord, a fearsome warrior with black armour on burnt black skin. He began to regain his power.
Part of Numenor's people survived fleeing to Middle Earth in nine ships these were the Elendili the "faithful" those not corrupted by Sauron who remained true to the Valar. Upon reaching Middle Earth they formed mighty Kingdoms in Gondor and Arnor.
As Sauron's power grew, one by one, the free lands in Middle-Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor and on the slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth.
Victory it seemed was near. But the power of the ring could not be undone.
It was in this moment when all hope had faded, Gil-Galad the last high king of Elves and Elendil King of Gondor and Arnor had perished in the fight leaving the army leaderless and disheartened, that Isildur, son of the King, took up his father's sword and severed Sauron's fingers.
Sauron, the enemy of the free-peoples of Middle-Earth was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever his passing marked the end of the Second Age.
But the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur to his death. But strength still existed in Middle Earth and again an alliance of Men and Elves was formed to recover the ring and destroy it, this was lead by Anarion Isildur's brother and Vilandil, Isildur's only surviving son. The quest succeeded and the darkness of the past was forgotten, as Middle Earth enjoyed peace for the first time in generations only broken by the occasional border skirmish with Harad.
Vilandil took his grandfathers throne over Gondor and Arnor. As time passed more realms joined under the protection of Gondor and Arnor, as they had lost their own rulers during the "War of the Ring".In a few generations of almost all of Middle Earth was unite under the one Crown and the Royal Family became High Kings of Middle Earth, with the Elven Kingdoms as independent states within the borders.
For three thousand years Middle Earth continued to thrive and flourish under the High Kings. Orcs and other remnants of Sauron's powers had continued to decrease in numbers and where driven into the Northern Wastes, the uninhabited lands beyond the Northern borders. And Mordor was remained uninhabited wasteland.
The worlds of Men and Elves were united when Arathorn High King of Middle Earth married Gilraen an Elf Maiden of Eryn Lasgalen this event marked the end of the Third Age.
Arathorn's reign was short lived though and 2 years after the birth of his immortal half elven son Aragorn King Arathorn was killed by an arrow through the eye in an ambush while on a tour of the Northern Borders.
Gilraen remained as Queen but most of the King's duties where taken over by a local Lord, Ecthelion, in the position of Steward. Aragorn the Crown Prince of Middle Earth was removed from Minas Tirith to his mothers family in Eryn Lasgalen, where he grew up trained in the Elvish traditions.
When the Prince was 80 he was returned to Minas Tirith by Thranduil King of the Eryn Lasgalen Elves. Back in the Capital he was trained in matters of state by Ecthelion and then his successor to the role of Steward, Denethor accompanied by Legolas, the once Price of Eryn Lasgalen. During the time the Prince lived with her family Gilraen had arranged the marriage of her son to the Elf Princess Arwen Undomiel, only daughter of Elrond, Elf-Lord of Imladris and the State of Rhudaur, and Celebrian, daughter of the Sorceress Galadriel, Queen of Lothlorien.
When the Prince was 100 he was crowned High King of Middle Earth and within a year was married to his Queen at which point Queen Gilraen relinquished her duties and sailed West to the undying lands, leaving her son and his advisors as the sole government of Middle Earth.
Within 5 years there were 3 heirs produced the Crown Prince Eldarion and his sisters Elanna and Elwen.
27 years into the Fourth Age reports rumors surfaced in Minas Tirith of a new darkness rising in Middle Earth. Tales of Orc raids came from the Dwarven State of Forodwaith. Within months reports had the Orcs moving south into Middle Earth proper, raiding and killing in a seemingly random pattern. In all States security was increased and the Captain of the Middle Earth Army dispatched the elite group of Rangers to discover the cause of the disturbances and the State Lords were summoned for a council in Minas Tirith to discuss the threat.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To be continued...
The story proper will start next part.
Feed the plot bunnies, review please.
End Prologue:
A brief History of Middle Earth as told in the annuals of Minas Tirith or my pathetic attempt to set a coherent history for a rather complex Alternate Universe. :-)
Notes: Yes bits of this has been blatantly and unrepentantly swiped from the movie prologue with bits from the books thrown in. Most of this is true to Tolkien's history but some pieces are glossed over.
Vala = single of Valar
Eryn Lasgalen = Great Greenwood in Elvish ie. Mirkwood
The Metatron smirked. "I love saying that," he sighed blissfully. "just for the look on people’s faces. If you don’t believe in her, what does it matter if she’s male, female or a hermaphroditic polka-dot guinea-pig in a neon green bikini?"
from Harry Potter and the Voice of God.
