Jumping To Conclusions
A meeting was held in Rohan three days after the discovery of the Ring. In attendance were all Dwarf, Elven and Men generals. At the end of a five foot long table, sat King Dain, Legolas II, and King Morpheus as eyes were fixed on them. "Upon the discovery of the Ring," Morpheus' voice echoed around the grand hall before being interrupted by a Dwarven general, "Morpheus, what if it is indeed not the Ring?"
"I am absolutely positive that it is, imitations of the Ring may look exactly like the real thing, but only The Ring can give you such a feeling when in your hands." Morpheus looked around before continuing, "So upon the discovery of the Ring, a possible conclusion that the Letahaac brothers, Legolas II, King Dain and myself have come to is that the Orcs reported roaming around could be in search for the Ring and a more far-fetched conclusion is that Sauron could be summoned from the Ring."
Upon hearing this, the forty-three generals, twenty human, sixteen elves and seven dwarfs around the table went silent. Finally, a young elf general stood up and spoke, "I suppose it is possible King Morpheus, but we are jumping to conclusions to fast are we not" as he took a seat, King Morpheus spoke, "It is, but denying the possibility will get us nowhere at all. But provided that it is true, and the Orcs find out the Ring is in the possession of their enemies, it is not hard to assume that they will give us a good fight to retain the Ring, would they not?"
The hall once again went quiet as King Morpheus spoke again, "But as far as other things go, one thing that is clear is that the Ring is dangerous and if it was not destroyed at Mount Doom, it does seem impossible to destroy it." King Morpheus paused as he took a drink from his gauntlet.
"When I came to learn that I was the successor of the late Aragorn, my mission was to rid this land of evil and what better way to do it than destroy the Ring? But since it does seem seemingly indestructible, the only other way to do that is to eliminate the threat of the forces of Evil am I not wrong? And with the Ring in our possession, it's not hard to say that word will eventually spread that it is and we have to, whether you like it or not, go to war, and that may be the only chance we have to achieve peace again." Silence again. "Legolas and Dain, any comments?"
Legolas II spoke up, "Yes we do want to do that Morpheus, but I think this should be kept secret for now until the time comes, this will come as overwhelming news to my elves and I am sure Dain's dwarves and your men as well. This situation must not be rushed." King Dain and King Morpheus nodded their heads in unison as King Morpheus decided to use Legolas' solution.
Late in the night a month after the meeting, King Morpheus is suddenly awoken by Torann Letahaac. "King Morpheus, I am sorry to awaken you in the dead of night, but Tydon has just informed me that there has been a breach of the castle by a group of Orcs. Buldron Katterhan, one of the generals in attendance of the meeting a month ago was found lying motionless about ten feet from the main door, the wounds on his body showed that Buldron was killed by an Orc and his bloodied sword also does suggest that he put up a good fight. Tydon is currently in pursuit of the Orcs, my Lord."
King Morpheus sprang to life immediately after listening to Torann's report. Unsheathing his sword, the King stormed out of bed and began the journey down the 16 flight of steps each floor containing the beds of several generals. Torann silently followed his King down.
When Morpheus reached the first floor of the castle, he was greeted by the sound of swords clashing as Tydon Letahaac drew blood from several Orcs. Tydon was extremely skilled in melee combat and was a veteran in war. The Orcs were no match for the awesome power of Tydon as his power overwhelmed their numbers.
Torann, an extremely skilled archer praised even by the elves and Legolas himself, counted twenty-six Orcs in total including the dead ones, and drew his bow and fired two arrows to two fleeing Orcs, they pierced their armor as they fell to the ground in a heap. Within seconds, with the added experience and skill of King Morpheus and Torann, the Orcs were decimated.
Tydon turned to King Morpheus after checking his body for wounds as he breathed heavily, "These Orcs were not a threat, even though they did unfortunately slay Buldron, but it is strange that Orcs would go this deep into enemy territory." Sheathing his sword, Morpheus spoke, "Unless they were looking for the Ring…" The King sighed, "I hope it is just a strange happening and nothing about the Ring, still we must not reveal what we have found. Now to bed, I will deal with Buldron's death tomorrow.
