"Okay and?" Endo asked somewhat dissatisfied. "Now what?"
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Lungorthin roared madly as two sets of teeth sunk into his shoulder and neck. His last arm swung violently at Munvare, shoving him back, causing a tear to his jugular. Flames gushed out alongside a swelling molten liquid that Lungorthin began to choke on. His body trembled over and he took a step forward toward Munvare before falling forward onto his front. Undolog was still attached to him, chomping down on his left shoulder blade. Lungorthin had been felled.
Nearby, Ranzolg gripped ahold of the morningstar as the fire dissipated the smoke and the hulking form of Gothmog walked through toward him. Behind Ranzolg were the two other remaining Balrogs whilst Durin's Bane was missing from the scene.
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Aragorn raised a hand and flicked it slowly. The guards left and the doors shut. Intrigued eyes fell upon Sigeric. Good. He now had his attention.
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"What?" Telimekhtar was more confused than anything at this moment. His left fist clenched slightly and he looked around warily.
"Their..." One man muttered.
"Monsters." Another finished.
"There's no way..."
"How can we..."
"The King must be warned...." Kurio muttered swallowing as he digested it all.
"Bastian! My horn!" Ostopher yelled aloud to them. "Signal our scout patrols to return immediately. We ride for Minas Tirith!"
"But sir we should strike them at their home before they-"
"Did you not witness what I have witnessed?!" The commander demanded. "Did you not see what monsters these followers of the enemy are?!" His features had become unsettled, his voice shaky. He turned to the multitudes of men across the campfire. "MY RANGERS! MY GIANTS! MY MEN! WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS FOE TO ASSAULT OUR HOMELAND! NOR CAN WE FIGHT THEM WHEN THEY POSSESS SUCH ABHORRED POWER! THESE...HORRORS MUST BE STOPPED BUT WE CANNOT DO SO HERE! PACK THE CAMP! WE RIDE FOR MINAS TIRITH!"
No one moved. They were all too shocked to even register the sheer might that the enemy possessed. The mere fact that Lasser, a single individual, could nullify all their Giants' abilities by being within viewable sight was enough to cement the unstoppable nature of the prototypes. Pair that with the Savage Giant's ruthlessness, even to its own folk, and the possession of the Leviathan shifter alongside a host of powered peoples...there was no way not even with the combined strength of all Gondor's Giants that they could win a pitched battle. This...was hopeless.
"I SAID PACK THE CAMP! NOW!!!" Ostopher's cries awoke the men from their static phase.
"SIR!" Kurio shouted and so too followed the rest. The old man smacked his cane against Shin's leg, "ON THE DOUBLE!"
Keratos let his blade rest and turned to Tamara. "Lady Tam, we have to return home." His expression was pained but relieved. There would be no need to exchange her for the Leviathan. That much he was thankful for.
Arandil noticed something was amiss. It seemed as if something had occurred and everyone but he was privy to it. They were heeding his advice without issue. That was easier than he expected...what had just happened?
"Dimitri they are routing? What is the meaning of this? Shall you follow?" Teli asked.
A horn began to blow as Ostopher's apprentice-boy huffed out his lungs calling back their patrol units. The man himself turned away from the mobilizing camp and looked wanly at Daugo and Ha'zi. "Someone please explain to me what it all means? What did I bear witness to? What is happening to my mind...?" His eyes were glazed and runny as if tearing. It seemed as if the all-too brazen commander had become pusillanimous.
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Thrak was silent throughout his son's pledge but finally spoke up at the request, "Anything for ma boy." He looked around. "Where in Durin's name are we?"
The moonlight spilled over into the river valley revealing the beautiful forests on each slopeside.
Suddenly a horn began blowing in the distance. One he remembered all too well. The horn of Gondor...
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Lungorthin roared madly as two sets of teeth sunk into his shoulder and neck. His last arm swung violently at Munvare, shoving him back, causing a tear to his jugular. Flames gushed out alongside a swelling molten liquid that Lungorthin began to choke on. His body trembled over and he took a step forward toward Munvare before falling forward onto his front. Undolog was still attached to him, chomping down on his left shoulder blade. Lungorthin had been felled.
Nearby, Ranzolg gripped ahold of the morningstar as the fire dissipated the smoke and the hulking form of Gothmog walked through toward him. Behind Ranzolg were the two other remaining Balrogs whilst Durin's Bane was missing from the scene.
---------------------------
Aragorn raised a hand and flicked it slowly. The guards left and the doors shut. Intrigued eyes fell upon Sigeric. Good. He now had his attention.
--------------------------
"What?" Telimekhtar was more confused than anything at this moment. His left fist clenched slightly and he looked around warily.
"Their..." One man muttered.
"Monsters." Another finished.
"There's no way..."
"How can we..."
"The King must be warned...." Kurio muttered swallowing as he digested it all.
"Bastian! My horn!" Ostopher yelled aloud to them. "Signal our scout patrols to return immediately. We ride for Minas Tirith!"
"But sir we should strike them at their home before they-"
"Did you not witness what I have witnessed?!" The commander demanded. "Did you not see what monsters these followers of the enemy are?!" His features had become unsettled, his voice shaky. He turned to the multitudes of men across the campfire. "MY RANGERS! MY GIANTS! MY MEN! WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS FOE TO ASSAULT OUR HOMELAND! NOR CAN WE FIGHT THEM WHEN THEY POSSESS SUCH ABHORRED POWER! THESE...HORRORS MUST BE STOPPED BUT WE CANNOT DO SO HERE! PACK THE CAMP! WE RIDE FOR MINAS TIRITH!"
No one moved. They were all too shocked to even register the sheer might that the enemy possessed. The mere fact that Lasser, a single individual, could nullify all their Giants' abilities by being within viewable sight was enough to cement the unstoppable nature of the prototypes. Pair that with the Savage Giant's ruthlessness, even to its own folk, and the possession of the Leviathan shifter alongside a host of powered peoples...there was no way not even with the combined strength of all Gondor's Giants that they could win a pitched battle. This...was hopeless.
"I SAID PACK THE CAMP! NOW!!!" Ostopher's cries awoke the men from their static phase.
"SIR!" Kurio shouted and so too followed the rest. The old man smacked his cane against Shin's leg, "ON THE DOUBLE!"
Keratos let his blade rest and turned to Tamara. "Lady Tam, we have to return home." His expression was pained but relieved. There would be no need to exchange her for the Leviathan. That much he was thankful for.
Arandil noticed something was amiss. It seemed as if something had occurred and everyone but he was privy to it. They were heeding his advice without issue. That was easier than he expected...what had just happened?
"Dimitri they are routing? What is the meaning of this? Shall you follow?" Teli asked.
A horn began to blow as Ostopher's apprentice-boy huffed out his lungs calling back their patrol units. The man himself turned away from the mobilizing camp and looked wanly at Daugo and Ha'zi. "Someone please explain to me what it all means? What did I bear witness to? What is happening to my mind...?" His eyes were glazed and runny as if tearing. It seemed as if the all-too brazen commander had become pusillanimous.
-------------------------
Thrak was silent throughout his son's pledge but finally spoke up at the request, "Anything for ma boy." He looked around. "Where in Durin's name are we?"
The moonlight spilled over into the river valley revealing the beautiful forests on each slopeside.
Suddenly a horn began blowing in the distance. One he remembered all too well. The horn of Gondor...
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