Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-31684825-20170601182826


 * 1) author:Cundö Calassëru


 * 1) title:No Title


 * 1) types:rivendell,lindon,lothlórien,dorwinion,woodland realm

In the second age, before the great cataclysm called the Akallabêth, Bregoth the Captain of the Guard in the city of Iroth of Rhûn wed the lady Anoria, daughter of the master of the town. Their son was tall and dark haired. They called him Bregor and he grew quickly under the tutorage of Kothros the bowmaker. But a dark lord (who is not to be named here) saw Bregor and feared what he might become. He sent a legion of goblins, led by a lesser demon of Morgoth, against Iroth. They came in secret and, taking flaming arrows, set flame to the city. As the great gate crumbled and burned the main host came swiftly into the city. Bregoth faced the demon itself at the steps of the master’s house. So evenly were they matched that the people of Rhûn speak of their battle in the same breath of that of Glorfindel and the Balrog. But a sneaking orc cut Bregoth’s legs and he fell to his foe. Seeing their captain die the men of Iroth fled, many were slain that day.

Anoria took her son through the secret eastern gate and took him East. But the dark lord had instructed the demon to slay the son of Bregoth; and so it followed the trail of the fleeing mother and son. Through the great eastern forest it followed them, the fires that poured from him burning a trail that stood for many years. To the feet of the great mountain he pursued them until the fleeing, in desperation, took the high pass to perhaps evade their hunter. Through the blinding snow they fought, until, by secret paths, their cunning foe caught its prey. But as Anoria turned to her fate, the rising sun flared like a golden fire, newly lit and behold, before the beast there stood a man. Clad in armour that shone with silver and gold, and holding a blade of similar making, he spoke to the creature of shadow and flame,

‘Begone.’ He said. With a great cry the creature set upon him. They fought as light and shadow. But the skill of the bright warrior was greater than that of the fiery hunter. Striking down the blood-red blade of his foe; the man shattered it to pieces with his boot. Then, turning his blade downwards, he pierced the ground at the feet of the demon,

‘Give your master’s master my greetings, filth.’ He said, and stepping back he cried in a tongue alien to the two humans who cowered behind him. With a great crack like that of a nearby thunder the pass where the demon stood was riven from the adjoining stone. There fell the beast of Morgoth. And there also, the high pass of the red mountains was broken. The man then…

The ending is meant to say that the rest of the story has been torn off. The fiery demon is a Balrog, but of much lesser strength than that of the greater ones of Morgoth (I just needed a powerful enemy), and is it allowed to have no title? Feedback PLEASE. 