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piosenniel · 05-18-2005, 02:27 AM

Here is the proposal as it stands now:

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Piosenniel invites you to play in a game co-hosted with Anguirel:

Island of Sorrow

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Historical Background

The First Age was a time of constant war, the exiled Noldor against the hordes of the Dark Lord Morgoth. Though all the Princes of the Noldor showed valour, none was more courageous than Maedhros, the son of Feanor, who took the lands closest to Morgoth’s fortress at Angband so that the brunt of Morgoth’s attacks would fall on him and his brothers.

For hundreds of years Maedhros and his uncle Fingolfin besieged Morgoth in Angband, and Maedhros made his stronghold at the Chill Mountain, Himring, a castle even Morgoth could never take. But at last, at the Fourth Battle of the Sudden Flame, Morgoth, with a dragon at his side, broke the leaguer around Angband and slew Fingolfin. Maglor, Maedhros’ brother, driven from his domain, joined Maedhros upon Himring, reinforcing it further still. The road south from Himring was secure thanks to the vigilance of the Sons of Feanor, and many refugees found their escape easier. But all those Noldorin Elves who bore arms in those lands hastened to Himring; and their smithies were bright.

Alas, Maedhros marched forth upon Morgoth in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the Battle of Unnumbered Tears; and after he was betrayed and the battle lost, he fled to Ossiriand, leaving Himring empty and desolate behind him, its walls and gate wrecked by Maedhros’ own catapults to stop the Dark Lord from making use of it.

But by some curious fate, when all Beleriand was sunken in the War of Wrath, Himring alone survived, as an isle, and was called Himling in later ages.

Maedhros, meanwhile, in his eagerness to recover his father’s Silmaril, carried out two Kinslayings at Doriath and Sirion. All his brothers fell in these battles, save Maglor, his comrade at Himring; and of his fate no tale tells.

05-18-2005, 02:27 AM	#2
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Here is the proposal as it stands now: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Piosenniel invites you to play in a game co-hosted with Anguirel: Island of Sorrow --------------------------------------- Historical Background The First Age was a time of constant war, the exiled Noldor against the hordes of the Dark Lord Morgoth. Though all the Princes of the Noldor showed valour, none was more courageous than Maedhros, the son of Feanor, who took the lands closest to Morgoth’s fortress at Angband so that the brunt of Morgoth’s attacks would fall on him and his brothers. For hundreds of years Maedhros and his uncle Fingolfin besieged Morgoth in Angband, and Maedhros made his stronghold at the Chill Mountain, Himring, a castle even Morgoth could never take. But at last, at the Fourth Battle of the Sudden Flame, Morgoth, with a dragon at his side, broke the leaguer around Angband and slew Fingolfin. Maglor, Maedhros’ brother, driven from his domain, joined Maedhros upon Himring, reinforcing it further still. The road south from Himring was secure thanks to the vigilance of the Sons of Feanor, and many refugees found their escape easier. But all those Noldorin Elves who bore arms in those lands hastened to Himring; and their smithies were bright. Alas, Maedhros marched forth upon Morgoth in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the Battle of Unnumbered Tears; and after he was betrayed and the battle lost, he fled to Ossiriand, leaving Himring empty and desolate behind him, its walls and gate wrecked by Maedhros’ own catapults to stop the Dark Lord from making use of it. But by some curious fate, when all Beleriand was sunken in the War of Wrath, Himring alone survived, as an isle, and was called Himling in later ages. Maedhros, meanwhile, in his eagerness to recover his father’s Silmaril, carried out two Kinslayings at Doriath and Sirion. All his brothers fell in these battles, save Maglor, his comrade at Himring; and of his fate no tale tells.