9. Victory

(Prompt 22: Enemies)

There seemed to be no end to the stream of injured.

It hadn't been long until the defences of their refuge had been put to the test. Sauron's forces had besieged the valley when they couldn't conquer, cutting them off from badly needed supplies.

At last, the enemy yielded. They had won, had defended this valley and claimed it as their home. But at what price?

What once had been a people of thousands, populating Eregion, already badly decimated after the fall, had shrunken to mere hundreds, and of those, few were uninjured.

Elrond exchanged his sword for a scalpel.

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