Revolution
By Serena Kenobi
Author's note: This story has been in my mind for some time, but I don't feel brave enough to put it down without it being read by a beta-reader or two first. Ergo just the Prologue first. If any hard-core LOTR fan would like to beta-read for me, that'd be great. Let me know in a review. I'm terrible with ME history and geography.
Summary: A cry for aid. A nation in danger. A stranger with a dark and sinister secret. A young woman's quest to save her father's kingdom from destruction. Middle Earth itself is in jeopardy. Post WOTR. Dark AU.
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own the fabulous piece of writing called Lord of the Rings. Tolkien, the genius, does.
Secrets in the dark; shadows in the dark, hidden in the heart of Angmar. Old legends forgotten, old myths cast away, deep in the heart of Angmar.
Prologue
The West lies in grave danger. Gondor, although allied with Rohan and most of the further northwest, is fighting their once-defeated enemy, the Haradrim. The Easterlings are attacking in masses, and Aragorn, King of Gondor, is uncertain of how long battered Gondor will be able to hold her own. Eomer, King of Rohan, gives much aid, such as weapons, horses, and men, but their supplies are growing thin as well. Despite the fact that Gondor has many capable men, the Easterlings seem to have endless amounts of replenishing men and mumakil, and their invasion grows slowly stronger day by day.
The Gondorian Council meets to discuss the deadly situation they are now facing. More men are needed. But where to find such men? The few elves that are still in Middle Earth, most of them in Ithilien, are fighting alongside their brothers, but their forces are weakening as well. The King knows Gondor cannot hold out forever. They need more men.
But there are none…
So that's just the prologue. The real story, I hope, will be betaed.