Where am I?
Wood first,
Stone succeeds,
Gleaming bronze
delays foul deeds.
Wrought iron
Bars the way;
Silver hinders
All it may.
Gold, its glimmer
Blinds the eye,
And meeting Steel
By steel you’ll die.
Portals guard,
Conceal the Way;
Yet Shadow did
Steal in and slay.
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Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.
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