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After twenty years of construction, the wall around Umbar was finished. The wall was constructed so it continued into the water on both sides of the harbour. The entrance to the harbour was guarded watchtowers on top of which a fire burned. The fire showed the way to the harbour at night. The Numenoreans also had constructed small catapults that could throw burning wood and oil towards any hostile ship approaching the harbour.
Tar-Ancalimon and his son Telemmaite held a feast to celebrate the construction. The king ordered a house build that would serve as his headquarter when he was in Middle Earth.
The king gave a speech: "Even though the wall around Umbar is finished and it maybe seems small compared to our tower in the north. However, the future belongs to Umbar. We will fortify the entire peninsula to the north and from there the coastline to the mouth of the Great River."
The king pointed to the north. The road leaving Umbar was directly to the north cross the peninsula and into the bay of Belfalas where it followed the coastline to the river Harnen. The Numenorans had built fortresses on the way and it was considered a safe route. There was also small roads along the coastline from Umbar. If one travelled thirty miles to the west, there was a cape in the Umbar bay. There the Numenoreans could watch the bay and could ride to Umbar and alert the city if enemies approached. Even further out in the bay where it ran into the ocean the Numenoreans built a watchtower. There the bay was narrow and the southern shores and mountains behind could be seen. One could also leave Umbar to the east and reach the end of the bay after twenty miles. Here the road continued in many directions, back to the west on the southern shore of the bay, our south or east into the country called Harad. This was considered a dangerous road by the Numenoreans and if they had business on the southern shores of the bay or even further south, they preferred to sail.
The king had ordered his men to man all positions at the wall with trumpets and horns. They started from one of the tower at the entrance of the harbour, and then continued inland. The entire city was outside that evening and followed the sound as it passed around the city. Finally, the last hornblowers on the other tower joined the celebration; the ring was complete. The sound was great and everyone present felt like it could be heard around the entire Middle Earth.
The first men stopped the music and was followed by others the same way around the wall and slowly the sound died.
The King and his son listened in as the sound of the horns faded out. The king wanted to speak again. However, the sound seems to reach low point where it did not fade away anymore. Slowly people released there was another sound interfering. All people looked across the bay to the south. There were weak lights from cities across the bay. It should have been impossible to hear anything across the wide bay, but the sound in the distance was massive.
Tar-Ancalimon looked south; he knew the sound was of evil nature. This was not the sound of music, but the sound of screams, and this was no single person screaming but the combined sound of many creatures challenging the Seapeople.
Across the bay Dwar stood. The lights from the towers of Umbar was much clearer for him. He stood in silence but surrounding by a thousand of howling wolves, he had brought from the Island of Dogs.
"What is it?" Telemmaite asked his father.
"I do not know its nature, but I am certain that it is our enemy for the future. In time you will have to face him;" the king replied.
Telemmaite was afraid, but did not react to his father statement. Not long after they both returned to Numenor.
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