Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25344655-20141102040650/@comment-67.22.249.68-20141130230555

While the Dwarves held their meeting, High Elven Lord Eureka met with the Lords of the four Elven realms, his generals, and the envoys of the kingdoms of men. Here assembled was Eureka Enderborn, known to Gondor as "The Watchman of the East," known to Rohan as "Guardian of the Eastfold," and known to Elves as "The last Elven Lord," and his domains included the foothills of Ered Nimrais, the golden wood of Lothlorien, the Woodland realm, and Lindon, the last fair realm. Also there were the Elven under-lords, the lords who ruled over any given area in his stead. There was Ginthamir of Lindon, Ithallis of Lothlorien, and Arienna of Mirkwood, the first female Elven lord. Representing Man was King Eomer of Rohan, King Elessar of Gondor, Eredan of Eriador, and Kherender of Forochel. Representing hobbits was Merry Brandybuck, and finally, representing the Utumno Kingdoms was Gwelyn.

As the Lord of Rivendell, Eureka stood and addressed the council. "My friends. You have been called here today to answer the threat of Mordor. A new force grows in the East. Their city in Nurn and the surrounding villages were, up until a few days ago, the only Orcish civilizations left. However, a powerful black uruk, who I've discovered the name of is Narzug. Admittedly, we have less to worry about from him than we had from Sauron. However, we cannot allow even a weak force of Orcs be, or they will spin out of control. I recommend that a full force of allied Dwarves, Men and Elves enter and crush this force before it causes ant greater harm."

"Do not expect reinforcements from Lothlorien." Ithallis said. "We have barely enough Elves to defend against any Orcs in the Misty Mountains as it is."

"And Lindon is too far for reliable reinforcements, we're on the other side of Middle-Earth entirely." Ginthamir added.

Kherender and Gwelyn both stood. "We have the same problem, except even greater. There's no way we'll get there in time."

Arienna, who up until then had been lounging relaxingly on her chair, staring at Eureka distractedly. Then she stood up. "Well, Mirkwood's close enough, and I've already given you scouts and spies. I'm not quite done giving yet. You'll have my archers, and my infantry. And anything else you might want." There was something in her voice that suggested she wasn't just talking about soldiers.

Eomer spoke up. "Well, normally I'd offer the defenders of the Riddermark in a heartbeat, but I'm not sure how my cavalry would do in the hot, rocky, uneven territory of Mordor."

"I agree." Eureka said. "As enormously effective as your men are out in the fields, the rocks and crevices of Mordor would prove problematic for your mounts."

"Well, the infantry of Gondor is always open to fighting against Mordor. We've done it for years, we'll do it again."

"And, of course, my High Elves are with this war sword, shield, bow and all. It's why I chose the White mountains foothills as my base. Right by Mordor. So, if we're all in agreement, let's take an inventory of our forces. We've got the armies of Mirkwood, the armies of the High Elves, The Armies of Gondor, and the Rohirrim on standby to nail any Orcs who straggle their way out of Mordor. That's not counting any Dwarves we might have. Knowing Glosur, he'll probably have rallied them all to our cause. Meeting adjourned!"

After the meeting, at night, Eureka wandered through the restored gardens of Rivendell. As always, the beauty of Elven craftsmanship pulled at his robotic heartstrings. Such magnificence, such... stealthiness.

"Mirkwood camo looks good on you." He said.

Arienna walked out from behind a tree. She was, as Eureka had said, wearing almost full Mirkwood scout equipment, except she swapped the hood for a dark green face wrap (you know, the kind that covers your mouth, chin, and part of the nose and cheeks). She always had her long dark locks, now shimmering in the moonlight, flowing freely. Eureka was amazed it never got caught on a tree branch.

"Admittedly, that's not what I'd hoped to hear you say." She said.

"What were you hoping for?"

"Oh, I don't know, something interesting. Maybe something like... 'That Arienna is so smart and talented that I should make her General of the army' or maybe something like 'That Arienna is so beautiful and dexterous I should make her my Queen.' You know, something like that."

"Dexterous?"

"I can fold and bend like uncooked dough."

"Fascinating. Well, you might be smart and talented and beautiful and, um... bendable, but I'm afraid that I'm not making you my queen."

"Hm. Oh, well." She moved closer. They were maybe a foot apart. "How about General?"

"I'm afraid not."

Arienna removed her face mask and stepped closer. They were an inch apart. "Are you sure there's no way I can... persuade you?"

Eureka reached to his back and quickly disabled his "Amorous" function. "I'm afraid not."

Arienna smiled. "I'll catch you off your guard one of these days, Eureka." And with that, she somersaulted off into the shrubbery."