So it begins and the Dog Lord can report a surprising amount of activity in and around Mordor.
Whose are all those icons that seem to be creeping closer.
Certainly one of my Mordor colleagues seems to have unwelcome attention.
Ren, I am assuming that your troops got lost within the Deserts and have called upon Barad-dur to ask for directions.
I’ll gladly point them back in the right direction.
Urzahil
From humble Rhudaur, a cornerstone.
The languages of Middle Earth are rich with curses and pithy sayings to describe the tortures owed to liars, aggessors, and traitors. I will pass over in silence the that my flesh deserves the brands for all three for what I have done to Rhudaur. To the women I will make widows, the girls I will make orphans, and the men I will make sausages I can offer only that solace that comes with knowing that you will be as bricks unto an infinite pyramid. Your suffering the art that adorns that tomb’s walls with ghastly images. Mourner and craftsman alike will know that this work was for the greater glory of the shade that passed into the abyss.
Oh Wretched Lord, you took as many forms as there were lies told by dark-hearted men. Sauron, you are not forgotten. Your shade shall not wander the world unwanted by the tombs of honest men. I am the architect of that final mausoleum from which the burning eye shall look down on a world at war. I am the architect of this betrayal whose lie shall be the art behind one final form.
Murazor, Apologist of Sauron, Enemy of Rhudaur.
As must be quite apparent now, Murazor has requested that I, Ren the Unclean, deliver unto him the Voice of the Dark Tower. He DOES prattle on so about his “most cherished” and “no true naz” and how the “great father made a mistake, just one little mistake”. While I don’t personally subscribe to his line of thought, he DID make an enticing offer AND he’s got a point - you no true Naz boyo!
Ren
Prattle? Prattle! Heresy! Burn the Fireking!
Murazor
Brad and John, I am not in this game but I would like to congradulate the two of you. It appears you have retroed back to the game designer’s artistic vision. That is, Lex Talonis (“talon law”). A concept that is absolutely bewildering to some people.
tut tut Ren, although I was a mistake, (My mother was assured by the clerics that she could not get pregnant, the litigation case is still on going) I stayed true to teachings of our lord.
I have never claimed top be a true Nazgul, but if you strike Barad-Dur, Then I will replace you in the Nine with your Body buring in the fires of your Kingdom.
Urzahil
I’ve always appreciated the use he made of your snivelling and whining. “Urzy boy, send this message! HURRY!”…“Yes boss, oh right away most benevolent one!” You were a wannabe from the outset. If it weren’t for Gothmog’s support, you’d have been cast aside years ago. Now, Gothmog, tut tut tut, too bad He’s not the one in charge at our little smokey mountain tete a tete.
Well let’s see… Latest intel reports on army positions… Right right, okay, getting threatened…hmmmm… Well, I guess it could be a case of your friends are bigger than my friends…and since I don’t have any friends, I would expect you might have some smoke with that mirror.
Ren
Ed, what’s Talon Law again…? Brad
Yeah, whatever Murray. :rolleyes: At least you kept this one short…
Ren the Weary
Its a jungle out there. The first law of the jungle is? Me first, there can only be one. Might makes right. Etc.
Oh Bugger, thats me up a certain creek without a paddle then…
…but that cheeky monkey Ren will be right at home…
Urzahil
Cheeky monkey. My momma never even called me as much…you gonna get what she got and Then some!
Ren
So Ed, all things considered, why didn’t you go for this game…? Or are you waiting for the fallout before considering joining the second…? Brad
Was on a two week hunting trip in the mountains. You fellows broke the speed limit getting this one off the ground.
To be precise, we have exhibited something more akin to the Primal Law or Nature’s Law. Lex Talionis is actually the Eye for an Eye principal which is, by most accounts, at least one step above the state of nature.
Thanks. Now poke his eye out.
I can’t beleive what I’m seeing!!!
WIK double crossed RHU!!!
FIK double crossed DKL!!!
Anyone else being attacked or doing attacks??? Come on, spill the juicy gossip so everyone can see how this game unfolds.
Anyone heard from the Gondors???
What’s happened to the rest of mordor?? Who has CLL as a friend?
What’s the scoop in Rhovanion? Lots of Cav armies to burn - DOL, EOT, NGO, EAS, LOR.
All seems quiet in Mirkwood - I remember reading SIN bleeting about DRL and the DRL proclaiming the death sentence - what’s happened here, and what are DWA and WOO doing??
Have DUN and CAR dropped the bridge to force netrality - or did they cross the line?
Ooooh, I can’t wait to hear all the juicy details - and hear the lamentation from the wronged parties.
We Elves don’t bleet, we whine in a high nasally voice! 
The drums of war beat in Mirkwood but I’m unsure of who the target is, I’m concerned I’m on the menue! Lots of icons on my map and none of them belong to me. 
Looks like Angmar is a hot bed of intrigue and there will be plenty of recrimination there. The question for his neighbours is do you ride to the wronged nations succour, or jump in and help divide up the carcass. Fun times in the old town tonight! 
Regards Herman (The Whiney Sinda)
The game starts with Everyone as an Enemy.
The game has a Time Limit.
The WK has certainly Double Crossed the Rhudaur, based on saying one thing and doing another. I challenge the accusation that my behaviour is similar as I have never spoken to the apparent Dark Lieutenants player, hardly a double cross.
Consider the strategic situation: Mordor, lots of heavily fortified pops with large armies and weak economies. Oh! Look! An MT with NO fortifications and a Weak army due to a starting set-up military split! The only other starting army close to it isn’t capable of taking the place, and to Leave it alone is to simply invite continuous recruitment that I’d never have another opportunity to dominate as I do now.
Who’s surprised…?
Ren
“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and listen to the lamentations of their women, yes that is what is good in life”
Regards Herman (Sinda)
That’s quite true, you never replyed to my email…
No definatly not a double cross, just playing the game as it should be… Hats of to Brad for making the first move in Mordor and making sure its an interesting game…
now back into character… Bring in on Barad-Dur awaits.
Urzahail