Thor's Notes: According to Lord of the Ring Tactics, Sauron's weapon's name is Morning star, and Gorlan's real Name is Gothmog.

Clash of the Giants

(Sauron vs. Necrid x Rock)

It has been several long days since Dark Lord Sauron obtained the shards of Soul Edge from Athens. He traveled many slow miles east by foot. Eventually, he will wonder into Italy while following the vibes of Soul Edge shards. He would continue walking until he suddenly stops. The shards on his arm started to pulse with energy. Sauron looked around, and then a wind from the north blew in.

"Hmm, blood. The air reeks of it. A battle of great bloodshed is taking place." His shards emit more energy. "I see. So the reward is something of high value to me." Sauron starts to head north in the direction of the smell of battle. The sent will lead him to climb a hill. He finally reaches the top of the hill and looked down into a valley. He saw an intense battle taking place between thousands of warriors. One side composed of barbarians from the mountain woodland. The others are Roman warriors dressed in extravagant armor. He starts to survey the battle and sees a group of warriors clustered around what appears to be a green monster with spikes and a glowing chest. "Hmm..." Sauron kept his eye on him as the battle raged on.

"Hurry up" Shouted Deseous, the giant general of the Roman army. "Stop the barbarians, slay Necrid and bring me his shards." On his command, hundreds of troops tried to swarm Necrid, but they were all cut down by his weapon.

"Ahh, he's a monster!" cried one soldier. The army began to back away.

"Grrr useless peons." Deseous cringed in frustration, and then he took a sac of gold out of his pocket and threw it behind him. It landed at the feet of a giant man with a helmet of a lion with horns and a spike mace. "Rock, you see this? This is only a fraction of what I will pay you if you take out Necrid and save my army."

Rock looked at him with a disgusted face. "Humph pay me with all the gold you want. It is of little value to me. You know what it is I desire." He points to one of Deseous' pocket. "That is the reward I want."

"Grr." Deseous lets out a sigh. "Fine, destroy Necrid and save my men, and the shards of Soul Edge shall be yours."

Rock picked up his mace. "When I get back, I shall expect to be paid in full." He charges to battle.

Deseous looked at his crew of archers. "When Rock gets back, I want you to kill him, and take the shards he took from Necrid."

The battle raged on. Necrid killed thousands of Roman soldiers and bandits alike without showing the least bit of fatigue. All of a sudden, a wave of battle cries could be heard coming down the hill from the east. Roman reinforcement has arrived to join the battle.

Deseous let out a sigh of relief. "Ahh, reinforcements. We shall now wipe out all who oppose me." The wave of Roman warriors were about to tackle the Bandit forces. However, before they could engage the enemy, a giant figure dropped in front of them and the shock sent a couple of them flying back. It was Sauron who step forth to oppose them. "Huh? Who the hell is that?" Sauron just stood there in front of hundreds of Romans, and then the ring of power began to give energy to Morning Star as well as the shards of Soul Edge on his body. As his weapon pulsed with energy, he began to raise it as if to strike. Then in one motion, he swung his mace and unleashed a massive wave of burning energy into the crowd of soldiers. Many disintegrated instantly; others were injured to the point of being unable to fight. Those few who managed to come out unharmed, fled for there life.

Rock stood there in aw. "What on earth? He's not human, just pure evil."

"Oh my," Deseous responded. "The power of Soul Edge use to take out an entire army. Impossible!"

Both the barbarians and Romans froze in place. Necrid was dazed for a few seconds, and then he saw the shards of Soul Edge. He gave a challenging gesture and roar. Sauron turned his attention back to him, and began to walk towards him.

The barbarian chief turned his attention to Sauron. "Hmm, that man has both a powerful weapon and shards of Soul Edge. HA! Hack him to pieces and bring them both to me!"

At his command, a dozen bandits charged him with a confident battle cry, but Sauron let out a powerful roar and blew them all back. Sauron just kept walking and both bandit and soldier moved out of his path. The crowd would divide and soon the path would connect Sauron and Necrid. Necrid slammed the ground, jumped around swung his arms in the air, but Sauron still maintained his steady pace. Necrid then jumped in high in the air and began to descend over top of Sauron throwing his fist at him Sauron put only his hand out to block, but a stream of energy came from Necrid's hand and it struck Sauron. Sauron backed away and felt a sharp pain in his arm and shoulder.

"Hmm, I never felt pain like that before. I must keep my guard up." Sauron raised Morning Star in a defensive stance and gave his weapon a Soul Charge. Necrid, in a ballistic manor, charged Sauron with all his might and put Sauron on the defensive. Necrid just threw strike after strike to try to get through Sauron's defense. His weapon would change from an Ax, to a whip, from two short swords, to one big sword.

Rock tried to hurry to the battle. "I must stop that thing from getting anymore shards."

The battle between Sauron and Necrid intensified as weapon clashed with weapon. Energy from both combatants was flying from them and on to the bystanders. The battle seemed endless until Necrid summoned a bolt of energy from under Sauron's feet. Sauron was able to dodge the blast, but Necrid intercepted him and with all of his strength, toss the Dark Lord away. The force was so great; Morning Star fell out of Sauron's hand. Sauron tumbled helplessly for a few feet and came to a dead halt with his face in the ground. Necrid seemed victorious and began to walk over to Sauron's body, but in that moment, Rock jumped out of the crowd and challenged Necrid.

"Stop you monster! His Shards are mine!" Rock swung his club and knocked Necrid of balance and charged Sauron. "Die evil beast." Rock moved to crush his head with his mace, but at the last second, Sauron regained consciousness and rolled out the way. He then grabbed Rock's own weapon and they began to struggle for it. They were well matched until Sauron placed one hand on Rock fore head. The contact of Sauron nearly burned the fleshy right off Rock's skull. Rock broke free, but was writhing in pain and holding his head. When Rock was dispatched, he arose with Rocks mace ready for Necrid's next attack. They looked at each other knowing that this would be the final blow of the battle. Necrid charged Sauron with the energy in hand. He slashed, but Sauron caught it with Rocks mace. While this happened, he used his free hand to recalled Morning Star to his hand and stabbed Necrid in his chest, causing his energy container to crack. When Necrid jolted back, Sauron assulted him with Morning Star and the mace. In the end, Rocks club shattered, as well as the power box on Necrids' chest. Life energy left Necrid's body and 5 Shards of Soul Edge, flew out of his body. Sauron lifted his hand and caught the shards. Necrid lay dead, and Rock lifts his head to see Sauron. "He's. Stronger...an even...Soul...Edge." He then drops unconscious

Deseous watched in fear. "Impossible. He defeated both Necrid and Rock?" He watched as Sauron turned his attention to him. "Oh no! Men, rip him apart!" All the Roman soldiers charged Sauron, but with slight swings of Morning Star, wave after wave were tossed and destroyed. Deseous was ready to run for his life, but after his first and only step, Sauron tapped into his mind and he started to flail around as Sauron approached. When Deseous was freed, it was too late. He now stood face to face with the Dark Lord. He lifted his open hands. "Wait Wait, there is no need for the strongest and richest warriors in the land to be enemies. There is no reason to fight. If you serve me, I will pay you more gold than any..." At that Sauron grabbed Deseous by the neck and lifted him of his feet. "Wait...STOP!" He tried to beg with what little breath he could muster.

"Serve a coward like you? You goblin fodder!" The heat of his hand intensifies. "You are not even worthy of serving me." His hand ignites into flame and starts to burn the flesh of Deseous' neck. "Become a useless waste of space...in the underworld." Fire completely consumed Deseous from the neck up. His body gave a couple of twitches, and then came to a dead still. Sauron dismissed the flame, and all that was left was his charred skull. Afterwards, Sauron helped himself to one of his pockets and pulled out three shards of Soul Edge. He drops the body and the skull shatters to dust. For a moment, Sauron looks at the 7 new shards in his hand. The two armies watch, and then go into a panic. Afterwards, he turns his attention east and continues to follow the scent of more shards.