Author: pineleaf

Finally, we enter into Mordor, where we encounter the enemy and learn a bit of its history.

Chapter 1, Part 2 – Deadly Durthang

We fought the forces
At the forges of Udûn,
Where the sweat of slaves
Made swords and mail.
At Mornaur we met
The mercenary Rhogrin
Who thought to ruin
The ringing anvils.

With the anvils toppled
For Annoth we searched
Near the fortress of Durthang
Whose fate was grim.
Annoth then told us
That his ancestor was sent
To Durthand to guard
The deadliest land.

For a thousand years
The Thandrim stood guard
Till the might of Mordor
Ammassed again.
Stranded from Gondor,
They starved and died
Till the Cruel captain
Killed the remnant.

Halannon was spared
To spread the word
That Ugrukhôr now ruled the realm.
For countless years,
This Captain of the Pit
Left shields to show his spite.

What will happen to us when we enter into Durthang itself?


Pineleaf Needles

We with ring destroyed, it is time to enter into the land of Mordor. Today, we start our journey through the Black Book of Mordor. Today, we reach the gate but don’t get very far inside.

Chapter 1, Part 1 – Four at the Gate

The gate to Mordor
Was mangled and bent
Leaving a way
For wanderers to pass.
The fearless and foolish
Followed the path
To the darkest realm
Of death and fear.

Why enter the realm
Of ruin and blight?
Why pass the gates
Of greatest peril?
We spoke with four
At the front of the gate
To learn what lured them
To the loathsome realm.

Rhogrin sought treasure
Of times long past,
Covadil sought lore
Covered in ash,
Annoth sought to honor
The ancient watch, and
Harthalin sought surety
Of Sauron’s death.

But what would this land
Of lasting terror
Deal to this daring group?
It’s madness to walk
Through Mordor’s gates
And breach the borders of Blackness.

Pineleaf Needles