Chapter 2
As I sit here and write, I look back at my long life, all the spoils and plunder of many wars. At my side, there is a mumak tooth, it is as large as a dagger and looks like it was made of marble. On my tent wall, there is an enemy's banner, from Rohan if I remember correctly. It is odd how such a rich realm like Rohan had such a simple banner, only a white horse, but men take horses seriously, they never trusted the reptiles, most humans come from the cold, maybe that is why they never did so.
Back in the first age, men and elves lived in Mordor, and then came Sauron. He spread lies to both races, causing hate, disunity, riots and soon civil war broke out. Both races realized that Sauron would make a powerful ally and both sides tried to win him over. He sat back, acted fickle and eventually joined the men. The elves were then imprisoned and tortured, they were burned and scalded with white hot metal, elven children were butchered in front of their parents, potions were administered to the elves to allow them to suffer mortal wounds and still live, to suffer terrible grief and remain alive, to give them horrific nightmares that make you want to never sleep again but you still collapse in greatly-feared slumber, to decay the flesh on your bones whilst you still draw breath with rotting lungs. Then, in a sudden act of treachery, Sauron freed the elves who, delirious with agony, tore apart the men. Their minds twisted by Sauron, the elves became his servants with no reason to live except to kill and maim at Sauron's whim. They became the first of Sauron's orcs and the lands corrupted by him, were called Mordor, the land of sorcery.
Many of both races had escaped Mordor. The men settled down in a valley to the east, where they befriended the wild men of Luin'han. The elves traveled further south where they found a plateau and lived there and became the first of the Makeel. In the city of men, quickly a metropolis grew as tribes of men and dwarves emigrated from the frozen mountains to the city full of promise. However, this happiness was short-lived as the twisting influence of Sauron infiltrated the city. Many wanted to swear fealty to Sauron, though many opposed strongly. Sauron then sent a message to his supporters: "to kill every man, woman and child who defied him and to destroy the city. If they failed to do so by the time Sauron arrives, he would do the job himself and burn the failures." Although the message was sent in secret, Sauron intentionally let the spread rumors of such a plan out to the opposition in the form of a seditious act to usurp those in power. The result was a bloodbath and, within three days, the city of 15000 was reduced forty people sitting in a smoldering ruin. The urban areas now resembled tilled fields, the farms were white with ash and the roads were no more than rivers and swamps of blood, the very name of the town was cast into oblivion. The people who survived were at the verge of dropping dead with fatigue. They were quivering wrecks, all remorse, pity, fear, regret and humanity was so saturated in their minds, yet still ignored, that they became numb to all feelings. Upon Sauron's arrival, the survivors flopped face first onto the ground at his feet. Although they didn't change physically, they went through a change equal to that of the elves, noble peaceful peoples transformed, by Sauron's deadly will. Their minds, Sauron had shattered, he rebuilt their psyche, eventually, they were no more than his servants, with no mind or fear. The men were now those we know as the Easterlings.
Once he had conquered the forgotten town, Sauron aspired to take the lands at his borders starting with Luin'han. The chieftains of various tribes originally pledged allegiance with Sauron. However as border wars with the Haradrim and Gondor broke out in western Mordor and Sauron had to go and fight there. The chieftains decided to rebel. Sauron attempted to send an emissary to the tribes to quell them. Not only did it fail, but the emissary was sent back scalped and branded. Although he still had to fight in the west, he sent his Easterling army to kill their lesser kin. However, the wild men and dwarves used massive war beasts, like giant eagles and a primitive species of warg to attack with success. Little is known of the beasts but it was said that they could have single handedly taken on a mumak, a feat even Sauron found nearly impossible. Faced with terrible weather and enemies that made war suicidal, many Easterlings defected. Many traveled to Makilim in hope of refuge but we sent them westward and on to where they united the desert tribes and formed the land now known as Harad. Luin'han is still famous for being the only place on middle earth where the Dark Lord's minions defied him and lived.
Sauron later took over Harad by intrigue and it became a hegemony under Sauron. He then attacked Makilim. Although the Haradrim refused to attack their allies, Sauron attacked at the Northern border with orcs, but the numerous waves of orcs proved ineffective and easy targets for the Makeelian mounted archers. A stalemate ensured, but the Makeel were able to weaken the orcs by getting dwarf tribes in Luin'han to attack the orcs from the north. The result was a victory for the Makeel, until Sauron himself came to lead the front line. Then we retreated to the negotiations board. We came to a good treaty, we had freedom and safety as along as we didn't attack Mordor and made sure our allies in Luin'han didn't either. Also, our leader Shara-Kharm avoided paying tribute by giving Sauron 10 kreeyakh eggs. We gave Sauron a demonstration on what kreeyakhs could do when trained, he was impressed and took the eggs. We weren't worried about his infamous treachery. If he took the time to check, he would have realized that all the eggs we gave him had male embryos so he still would depend on us for re-enforcements.
Writings of Khwarhazarm
General of The Third Tumen
Makeel Imperial Army