”What is this?” Tulkas asked as the Balrogs whipped him, his face molded from confusion to glee as he exclaimed, ”Finally a real fight-“ then to shock. The Vala tried to turn but the blade sunk into his muscle, penetrating his rib cage. He tensed, shook, then began to laugh.
”HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!“
His chortle became a scream as Tulkas Astaldo, the Valiant, the Mighty, the Wrestler, Champion of Valinor, Hero of the West’s fëa erupted out of him sleeping through his eyes, mouth, ears, nose and the wound, all his energy, his power, his life force, his very soul sucked into his own Vala-blade that had been used against him. His Vala Wings, great angelic golden pinions exploded in flame. His body fell to the floor, the blade sliding out of it, slamming into the ground next to Melkor’s with a great thud as if a troll had fallen. Tulkas Astaldo was dead.
Everyone watched in shock and terror as the strongest fighter in all creation was slain.
“KILL THEM!” Stadus screamed and charged down into the crater, Maia-blade drawn.
“For Tulkas!” One of the other Champions exclaimed and threw two darts towards Lungorthin.
“DIE!” One shouted in Valarin.
Fourteen Champions of Tulkas came roaring down into the crater in all directions.
”PROTECT YOUR LORD!” Gothmog repeated and flailed his whip at one Maia, slashing him in two whilst rearing up his titanic flaming sword and decapitating another.
Eönwë shook his head. Was this a nightmare? They had been so close. What had happened? Mairon? He turned to look at where his brother had been, seeing an empty spot. What? Who? He looked back and saw Stadus suicide charge the Balrogs. This was madness. This was hell. He hit his head once, out of the sheer shock of the situation. What the hell was happening? This wasn’t the way it was supposed to be? Mandos’ Prophecy? Was it all a lie? He turned away from the fighting and, as if in a dream like state, wondered through the vastness of Mordor in blissful ignorance.
Celeborn saw the incoming reinforcements and realized the full scope of the situation. This was bad. No. This was terrible. So close had they come to completing the mission. Yet, here they were, the target right in his grasp and he could do nothing. Celeborn grabbed Zaro, “All Soldiers!” He exclaimed, shooting his last flare into the air.
BOOOM.
Black smoke covered the skies.
“RETREAT!!!” He shoved Zaro towards the line of horses that were arriving, “Mount!” He yelled, breaking their shocked complexions.
Ha’zi, Thoruk and Dimitri saw the smoke, heard the calls, and noticed the Gondorians. How had they gotten there? Were the obelisks offline? Had the fence failed? They’d been so focused on Tulkas and Morgoth to take notice of their only means of escape. Ha’zi, on his path to find Sigeric, saw the fight happening three hundred and fifty meters away by the Castle walls. The Destroyer fighting two Giants; the Armoured and Hybrid. Sigeric’s own Guardian’s corpse lay on the field nearby them.
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”Not so fast!”
The Destroyer grabbed Cardiloc’s neck and as the Dragon’s mouth opened to sink it’s teeth into his sink, he shoved Sigeric’s crystal shard inside Cardiloc’s mouth.
Sigeric saw what no man should see as Cardiloc’s dragon began to choke on him. He saw the belly of the beast. And a burning hot sensation rearing up Cardiloc’s throat. If he...if he breathed flame...if he swallowed him...would the crystal melt in dragonflame?
Card couldn’t breathe as he choked on Sigeric’s shard. Osman picked him up and threw him at the Armoured Giant, the two Giant Shifters colliding with one another resulted in the Armoured toppling over.
Osman roared triumphantly,
”I AM THE DESTROYER GIANT!! CAN NO ONE CHALLENGE ME?!?!”
”I’ll challenge you.” It was a voice Cardiloc recognized, though much deeper and louder than he’d ever heard her.
A hundred meters to the northeast side of the wall stood the Savage Giant, one fist a bladed bone, the other a crystallized fist, she began to charge the Destroyer Giant with a speed unparalleled to any fifteen meter Giant.
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