I’d say he’s just trying to get to me to squash me, although you probably think you’ll get to me first. And at the rate my agents are failing, you just might.
Squashing is so messy, so unsophisticated, you know, like southern Bush voters, or Frenchmen who use double negatives, or Belgian wine…or… I don’t know, must be the pipe again…okay, Squish him.
With the power of my word, you’re likely the safest on the map now DC. Y’er welcome.
Fired Up Ren
oh great… so now the FK and CL are going to make is “safe” in mordor?
Brad - don’t go soft on me now… I’m depending on you keeping Drew in check. He and Noldo gave me a reprieve last turn. Don’t go and get him all riled up and feeling like he was too nice.
As to the VCs… They must not come from character points. Cardolan keeps losing characters to the assassins… Must be the troops and pop centers. I do seem to have an ever-increasing quantity of each of those.
I don’t know why you keep repeating this Noldo-and-CL mantra, as my agents have been far too busy failing against DogL and NG characters to venture very far afield, thank you very much.
so, almost simultaneously, Drew says on the Forum that CL’s not whacking my characters, and Chris (Noldo) writes me a nice email saying CL is not whacking my characters, and that it’s all Noldo.
What? me paranoid?
nah…
Your not paranoid?
Well I am!!! They are all out to get me…lol 
Drew and Chris are obviously the same person. And they both hate Ren so much that they’re whacking Cardy characters just to watch me die of an anxiety attack. That’s it, it’s all about ME!
Ren Looking Over his Shoulder
no pun intended… <groan>
NOW I’m offended SirrAH! I’m beginning to think I’ll have to come on over there MYSELF and deal with your snivelling and whining. What’s that? Pots and kettles? Phooey on you sirrAH! Phooey I say! I daresay, I do. You’re next. After Jill Endure and his Blind Seamstress, oh right, the Easterlings, and, um, there are Duns afoot out there…you’re just HIDING behind the Duns aren’t you? You pathetic coward!! HOW can one hide behind the bowlegged hill freaks??? Get over here and back up that snarky “wit” with steel SirrAH! Lest I’m forced to do…do…something!!
Ren The Insecure
<laughs>
wow. one little groan at a bad pun from the Incendiary King and lookie what happens. The incendiary one ignites into a full-fledge temper tantrum!
well… ok. we’ll fight ‘fire’ with our own fire:
Per your wish, we’ll send some ‘steal’ your way. The pointy-eared ones are about ‘Dun-for’, and the short stunty-ones have played all their ‘cards’. I bet they’re ‘witching’ they weren’t holed up in that fortified cave of theirs with no allies anywhere around.
heh heh… give up Renny baby? The puns can get worse and worse…
That’s some good stuff! Keep it coming! I love to see Ren sweat, arrogant fool that he is. He gets hives and starting picking at them…all over! Quite the mess for housekeeping when he cleans his nails on the tapestries, but overall a very amusing spectacle.
Uklurg
You speak out against me?? You little feeble man, you with your books and your muttering and waving that stick like you’re a somebody. I’m the only somebody around here! You will NEVER return from your current mission sir, I assure you of that. Now make sure you fullfill on it, lest your family share your fate…
Ren the Sullen
How unsporting!! Thruidimer challenges Din before Din can assassinate him…oh well same result just different methods 
The Eothraim are now down an MT and has just spent 5K on a new army that won’t see tomorrow…you are just prolonging the agony…what fun!!!
Ian
I knew I had reason to be paranoid…
another valiant Cardolan commander whacked and army dispersed…
These Noldo (I’m told there are no CL up here…) agents are beginning to get on my nerves!
Death to Noldo (as a nation)!
Hrmpf!
Mighty Cardolan (ally of WK, now the points leader… Read that and weep Incidiary King!)
Yes, I see the bored Northwester’s are atop the VP listing. [yawn]
Cloudy must be feeling awefully lonely down here methinks. Giving away stuff to the Easterlings, having HIS commanders assassinated, losing an ally to boredom. We’ll trash the plains of Mordor, regardless of who owns them, and then just keep heading south I think…
Ren of Fire
Yeah that Erennis dude - such a disappointment to his parents!
and An Assassin - oh the irony!
Interest has tapered off. I can’t be left to arguing with my former selves here…? I’m too afraid to battle wits with Cardopun and I’m certain I wouldn’t understand half of what the Worm would say…okay then, it’s me an Uklurg in a titanic battle of the loudest belches I guess…
Incendaren
Well Ren the Unmean,
so far it looks like you have been at the receiving end of any thrashing that took place on the plains of mordor. I hope there will be some more, my lads are an expensive lot to keep…
Just because i’m not interested in the war on Mordor’s plains doesn’t mean that i’ve no interest on whats happening out there.
Also as a side line: How many names does Ren have? Has the CL had a kill yet? Where is the NW allience now?
Din
Not nearly enough, I can assure you. I have one less than I should have, since the Es killed Wyvern in battle before I could knife him.