Tol-in-Gaurhoth CXV: On the Borders of Mirkwood - Dead Thread

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

Actually perfect. *is tempted to go and start browsing to see whether there are any good ones, or some "overpowered" ones*

A nice 'we're doomed' one is Silm chapter 9:

Originally Posted by Of the Flight of the Noldor

After a time a great concourse gathered about the Ring of Doom; and the Valar sat in shadow, for it was night.

And Silm 17 is good if you need to send a message about Nilp:

Originally Posted by Of the Coming of Men into the West

When three hundred years and more were gone since the Noldor came to Beleriand, in the days of the Long Peace, Finrod Felagund lord of Nargothrond journeyed east of Sirion and went hunting with Maglor and Maedhros, sons of Fëanor.

And I feel like this one is nicely nuanced, though not terribly useful:

Originally Posted by Of Beren and Luthien

Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures.

Edit: "You're listening to a fake!"

Originally Posted by Akallabeth

It is said by the Eldar that Men came into the world in the time of the Shadow of Morgoth, and they fell swiftly under his dominion; for he sent his emissaries among them, and they listened to his evil and cunning words, and they worshipped the Darkness and yet feared it.

hS