Dragonborn from Lord of the Rings

Chapter 195 The Nuyin-El-Lodgon Line of Defense

This day is the farewell ceremony for Thorin Oakenshield and Fili, as well as Bard's grandson Brand and many other people who died in battle.

Turka recovered faster than the elves and dwarves expected, and after just one night, he was able to get out of bed without hindrance.

He looked sadly at the peaceful appearance of his old friend, knowing that their fate has ended since then, maybe they will meet again after many, many years, but by then things must have changed.

Turka couldn't help but reminisce about how they met for the first time.

At that time, Thorin Oakenshield, who was still a prince, rode a horned sheep in the morning light, and came from the battlefield in front of Gray Harbor, brave and proud.

Then he remembered the scenes of them on Mount Angmar, in the deep valley, in the ancient capital of Dor, under the Morannon, in the hobbit's cave, in Mirkwood, on the Lonely Mountain and other places.

In the end, all the pictures were frozen in front of my eyes. "May you rest in peace in the halls of Auli and the ancestors, my friend." Turka sighed.

Next to the coffin of Thorin Oakenshield, Fili, Duvalin, Beaver and other dwarves who had faced the fire of the dragon with Thorin during the Lonely Mountain Expedition lined up on both sides. the loyalty of a great king.

Their names will be remembered and their stories will be legends until the end of the world.

In addition, there are many humans and elves who died.

After the Battle of Gray Harbor, the dwarves were fortunate enough to be buried in the tomb of the elves. Now, after many years, Thranduil of the Woodland Kingdom personally led the elves' army and participated in the second battle of Lonely Mountain as an ally.

As the flank of the coalition forces, the elves suffered great losses, and many firstborn children of immortality used their lives to fulfill their oath.

Therefore, after the war, the dwarves adopted the same standard of ceremony and buried the elves who died in battle together in their mausoleum.

The Elf King, who lost his arm and looked cold and lonely, attended the funeral.He stood in the corner, covering his sad and mutilated body with darkness.Legolas stood beside him.

Elves, dwarves, and humans all looked at this equally great elf king with respectful eyes.But no one bothered him in the past, just because everyone didn't want to cause his sorrow.

Bard's great-grandson, the son of the fallen Brand, also attended the funeral, accompanied by some human retainers.

Also Celeborn of Lothlórien, and Arwen Udomir, Princess of the Half-Elves.

Ah, yes, this time she did not escape, but bravely chose her destiny.

The thick horns sounded, and the mountain roared mournfully, as if mourning the passing of the legendary dwarf.

Many dwarves from all over the world and the group of women and children who escaped from the Iron Hills came one after another and gathered in the hall of the ancient palace to watch the legendary dwarf's final journey.

In the spacious and tall dwarf hall, the elves and humans watched in pain and silently mourned.

However, many cracked armors and sharpened axes were lying on the ground, and the coffins of the dead were all over the king's tomb, which shows how fierce the battle was at that time.

Among them, the Oakrest sword is placed between Thorin's hands, and his eyes are closed tightly. If you don't know that he is gone, you can hardly see from the expression of the king of the mountain what he has encountered.

It glowed brightly in the dark whenever an enemy approached, and no dwarves' fortresses would be raided again, according to later songs.

The elves began to sing the sad song that had been whispered in Grayhaven, and grief appeared on everyone's face.

People commemorate the compatriots who died in battle in various ways.

Thorin's sister Kili, the son of Dis, succeeded Thorin as King of the Mountain.

He wears a crown on his head, is dressed in steel armor, and screams with a sharp sword in his hand: "the king is dead, long live the king!"

Countless dwarves, elves, and humans followed the example of Kili I, drawing their long swords and axes, and shouting about remembrance and even revenge.

"The King is dead! Live forever!"

By the time this grand but sad farewell was over, they were, in fact, talking about the battle ahead.

"Past experience tells us that blindly persevering can only make the enemy stronger." Celeborn is a veteran who has experienced the cruel battles of the first era.Although he didn't like the dwarves, he knew that if the elves stayed out of this battle, it would not be a happy ending to wait for them.

Before setting off, he and his wife had predicted that this was the last battle of the Middle-Earth elves. This was their responsibility and a test they had to accept. When everything was over, they would all return to the west and the age of elves would end.

Kili I said: "I don't want to shirk, but the dwarves suffered a huge loss in this battle, and the Turin dwarves can no longer launch another expedition."

At that time, Eonwe had returned from Utumno, and he told the coalition army what he saw. It was a huge mountain stretching for thousands of miles. Wilderness, nothing on that land.

"In that bottomless burrow, there are countless evil minions lurking, and your current military strength alone cannot destroy that ancient hell." He said.

"Did Vera foresee all this?" Turka asked.

Eonwe said: "The Great King went to the Gate of Night and inspected the stronghold there, but he found no trace of Melkor's return to Yiya."

The Gate of Darkness is an entrance to the Void on the westernmost edge of Aman. After the Battle of Wrath, Morgoth was pushed out from the Gate of Darkness by the Valar and exiled to the Void. Eärendil will guard him forever. This door, to prevent him from entering Arda again through this door.

This was almost the first time that the messengers of Manwë spoke about the actions of the Mighty Ones in the West, which made Celeborn and Kili I very disturbed.

The legends about the battle of the gods are mostly circulated in the mouths of the firstborn children without even seeing them in words, but this does not prevent them from being afraid of that terrible name.

Turka frowned, and he said, "Then, if it's not the dark enemy, who is it? Who else can make the blue-robed wizard bow down, except Morgoth?"

"I don't have any more information to provide." Eonwe said: "The Great King's order is for me to bring the fallen white-robed wizard and blue-robed wizard back to Velma for trial, but regarding the Grand Music, the Almighty The authors did not elaborate further."

Turka was even more hesitant.He sat for a long time, bearing his grief and anger in silence.

As if aware of his wrath, Eonwe said: "Isn't that land blessed by the Valar? But all causes and effects were started by you, and should end by you. The land of the West has never let go of its enemies Surveillance, that's all I can say."

Turka let go of his furrowed brow and sighed, "Indeed." They stopped talking about it and started debating what to do next.

In the end, the elves and the dwarves agreed to lay a long line of defense on the narrow plain between the Lonely Mountain and the Iron Hills.In case the enemy crosses the northern plains again without warning and enters the Rhovanian Wilds.

And this line of defense, which will be called "Nuyin-El Lodgon" in the future, is facing the terrible corridor paved with the corpses of countless dwarves.

And at the end of this terrible passage is one of the three huge gates of Utumno, which is black and constantly emitting ominous smoke.

At that time, dwarf craftsmen built strong fortresses and outposts on this long line of defense.

The northernmost and largest of these was guarded by Turka and Celeborn with cavalry from Elpera and elves from Lothlórien.

This strong fortress, also known as the "Greystone Fortress" in the future, firmly guarded the way from the steep and terrifying mountains in the north to the south.

When the weather is clear, Turka can even see the three huge openings of Utumno.

Elpera's cavalry patrolled the perpetually frozen land all night to prevent the enemy from attacking again.

However, none of them, including Turka, dared to go deep into the terrifying mountain range lying across the extreme north.At that time, even the light could not illuminate the three huge holes, they were like three huge mouths of behemoths, devouring all life that dared to stray into them.

Kili I led the remaining dwarves to garrison a post further west.Groin was there with his son Gimli.

Farther to the east, on a hill near the Iron Hills, were the elves of the Woodland Kingdom.Their commander is Legolas.

In this way, the elves, humans, and dwarves formed an irregular triangle, guarding the enemy's eerie hell fortress going south.

Turka and the others planned to wait for the end of the southern war, and then gather all the troops of the light camp in Central Continent to attack and destroy this hell that existed in ancient times.

On the other hand, Aratu and the others stayed in Edoras for three days.During the past three days, the coalition forces took care of the wounded as much as possible and replenished their troops while waiting for news from the Gushan front.

Although the wizard kept saying that the Silver King had his destiny, but out of love for his father, Aratu couldn't completely settle down.

Moreover, news about Turka Aracano's injury spread among the crowd.After all, the arrival of the eagle was seen by many people.

Therefore, Aratu can only spend more effort to appease the turbulent coalition forces.

Until Gandalf began to urge the eldest son of the Silver King, thinking that they could waste no more time here, and must hasten to attack the enemy before they had any more action.

"Sauron has learned of his failure," said the wise wizard in the king's council. "We must hurry to Minas Tirith and remove him from his throne before he gathers more minions. Kick up and down."

At that time, Aragorn, King Theoden, Orofenwe, Treebeard, King Fintin II, Eomer, and the leaders of the Erin Vaughn all attended the meeting.

Since King Theoden had not fully recovered, he handed over the right to speak to Eomer.Therefore, Éomer said: "Our spies found that the enemy's army in Mordor had withdrawn, and the road to the south was blocked. Let our messengers pass."

When saying this, Éomer looked at Aragorn.

The descendants of Isildur were silent for a while, and then said: "From my heart, I am not willing to go to war with Gondor. They only made the wrong choice because they were bewitched by Sauron. They don't know What we have done is actually the trick of the devil, we must not fall into the trap of the enemy."

"But we don't have more time to wait for the truth to come out!" Ferdin II said: "And, I suspect, if we do nothing, how will they know that what they did is actually wrong?"

Then, Treebeard, Orofenwe, and Eomel also expressed their concerns. Among them, Turka's injury was also an unavoidable point.

The people of Erin Vaughan are only willing to obey the orders of the Silver King. Although the new general of the Erin Vaughan people has enough respect for the prince Aratu, he also made it clear that if there is no definite news about the King of the New Moon, they will not Continue to send troops.

This made Aratu angry and even more difficult to make a choice.

Gandalf listened to the speeches of the generals until they had finished speaking, and then he stood up and said: "Aragorn and the dwarves are right to worry, but I believe that all this is only our test. We must go on, That's true!"

At that time, his stature skyrocketed, and his tall shadow enveloped all the generals, his voice was majestic and grand, and his black eyes were radiant.

"The enemy just wants us to fall into internal strife and collapse in chaos! Therefore, everyone must not stop, we need to embrace the belief of victory and move forward bravely, so that we can find the last light in this dark age! This is All wise men should know my advice!"

"Besides, we must give Frodo a chance." He whispered to Aratu, staring at the generals with a pair of majestic eyes, as if he was torturing their hearts, and seemed to be warning Aratu, "If we Assault on Minas Tirith, and the enemy's eyes will only be turned from his lair."

So, Aratu sat quietly in his seat for a long time, and finally he spoke.

"I have made up my mind!"

He stood up and looked around, there was an undeniable light in the young but majestic golden vertical pupils.

All the generals stood up and bowed their heads in awe.

"Two days later, the whole army will go out!"

The young Aratu looked at the generals and gave the order to march, "Everyone must not retreat, this is a military order!"

"Your order!"

All the generals bowed their heads, and no one spoke out against it.

After finishing the meeting about the decisive battle, Gandalf found Aragorn who was worried.

"I will leave first and go to the south coast." He said: "There, there is a character who can make the people of Gondor turn against each other and return to the light."

"Aragorn, you need to raise the banner of the king of Gondor and walk in front of the coalition forces with great fanfare! Anduril's brilliance and identity as a descendant of Isildur will prevent some of the Gondor humans from being killed. You should keep this in mind."

Then, he rode a steed called Shadowfax and rushed out of the capital of the Rohir people-this was a gift from King Theoden to thank the wizard for saving his life. best horse ever.

(End of this chapter)