Greetings All.
I have finally settled in and am off the road for a while. I think that I have answered all of the emails that needed to be answered. Rest assured that the Corsairs nation is still neutral.
Another turn and two more freeps couldn’t keep up with the dance – seems Veantur ( NG ) and Ringlin (Sinda) will be sitting out forever now 
– by the way Want to thank Ringlin for that nice Stealth arty – 30 points – woo – can now have 3 agents capable of killing army commanders and guess i will pass that 30 point mage arty off to one of my allies with mages – no use for me !! Or tell ya what Pick a hex and have Elrond come and will give it to him if he survives
Mike – CL – Still dancing the dance of death
Oh , Woody – by the way everyone on our side did manage to duck this turn – see some characters of you free are forgetting to duck this coming turn to – hmm – einy , meany , miny – guess your it
Still dancing the dance of death
The Black Easterling gazes out from the parapets at the approaching armies of Dwarves and Elves. In the background, a beaten and chained Osric stares defiantly at the back of the Nazgul.
“You know this place with fall, black one!” he cries hoarsely.
" We shall see what strength remains in the Elves and Dwarves, young warrior. " replies Khamul thoughtfully. “The loss of the Goblin Gate and other small places was not unforeseen. Nor is this gathering of the greedy mortals and the Elvish host. Let it not be forgotten,“pauses Khamul as Osric is blasted with spells from Maben’s evil ring,” that Sauron is not mortal and the war is not to be won with force of arms by orcs and other filth. The Nazgul shall be Kings once again, and the pride of Man will be his downfall.”
Khamul drifts away with the echoes of Osric’s cries ringing behind him. He knows that soon the sleeping giants of Middle Earth shall be found and brought out of their caves. Then the humans and their ‘current’ allies will feel the power of Morgoth renewed.
Come dwarves and Sindar! Beat thy soldiers on the walls of Dol Guldor. And know defeat. You have not the strength to capture this place nor can you force it from me. It is folly to resist us!
The Black Easterling
As Osric took the repeated beatings from the foulest torturers in Khamul’s service, he smiled at the thought that one day he would either be martyred or freed by those who stood outside the keep of Dol Guldor.
Rumors of his kinsmens’ success at Goblin Gate reached him just days prior when he was still very low from the constant flow of lies that were uttered to him by the Black Easterling…
“…shall not fall…reign supreme…blah blah blah…”
Care to revise your statements Wyndbag? Matters not though, no one in the Mirk can hear you anymore…from way down there in Mordor.
Well , Another North Gondorian couldn’t keep up with the dance and thus had to take a seat permanently – Tarondor , rest well you deserve it
Hmm – have a couple or people who are looking tired this coming turn , should be more than one taking a seat
Thranduil – do we have you nervous – picking up rumors that you are challenging my characters that aren’t there – Gontran will have to seek you out and give you a dance lesson I see .
Dwarves fear not we still have Fulla and are beating him senseless as you stunty one can’t seem to dance at all , guess no dance lesson for him
Mike
Well Looks like the Cowardly Rhudaur have decided to Jap our Brother in Arms the WK, No way he could haave moved those armies by so called mistake !!
Gentlemen,
HA and CO are declaring for the Servants. More specific emails have been sent to my informal liaisons of both sides.
CO
Welcome aboard Gents – Cloud Lord dancing school is open – just tell me who you think needs some dance lessons and will arrange a private lesson for them – all free of charge of course !!
Hey all,
Just confirming what I think most already know from individual emails, but Easterlings will be Free this game. Hats off to the DS for a strong game so far, and excellent efforts to keep neutrals informed and interested. Hope to play on a team with you all in another game. Till then, we’ll see you out there and good game to you.
Cheers,
Mark (Eas)
Gentlemen,
As the last of the neutrals to declare, I am going free.
Regards
Nick
Easterlings to the south of me – Easterlings to the Northeast of me – Oh My – Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh my – feel Like Dorthy in Wizard of OZ – oh yea but things did work out for her – Now , where did I put that pail of Water , that I can use on the Easterlings Witch !! This is turning into a very interesting game !!
Wanna give us a reprieve from those agents… 
as for ours…be with you shortly…
been interesting so far…
anticipate more…
have fun…
jz Wm
Well – Gonna give the Easterlings a Dance lesson or three and then be right back with ya – so have no fear plenty of Dance lessons to go around
Mike – CL
beowrath of the woodmen with the Ring of Curufin @ xxxx,
yup, we know where you are. And we know you are afraid of Khamul.
So that leaves us with chasing you down to get the ring. Funny thing is, we know you are running the woodmen, the sinda, and the arthedain. So my bet is you will use the ring in conjunction with your nations to make sure it is of some value…
And we know you are nearly bankrupt too ( just prior experience on this one, you always bankrupt yourself!!). So you want to burn troops and you want to run down my last army of camp burners.
Guess I will scout my own army and wait for you to show up!!
anyways, having fun and looking forward to a ds victory by turn 16.
ciao
Khamul the Black Easterling
gm 72
Well one thing – Might lose my capital but will take a hell of alot of Easterlings and his character with the capital
Khamul, the lonely, estranged Easterling,
At least had you stayed with your kin you would be involved in an experience you haven’t had this game…winning side of a conflict (maybe not the war, :P)
As for Beowrath, he has the ring now but likely will pass it off to another deserving party…
And as for the running of three nations, this should let you know how much confidence the guys have in my ability…you have 1/2 a nation and are rapidly losing more…hmm…guess being twins only goes so far…
And as for where my boyos go you know i’m a team player…I can’t help it if I’m 1/4 of the team…but not to worry I have lots of agents to give up the ring to and oh btw so do other nations among our alliance…keep tracking it though…you’ll love where it turns up next…
One last thing…when taking a MT gift from another nation, might bring a commander along and hire an army…just in case…talk about short-sighted…guess that was your problem all game…can’t see past the immediate…
I’ve said it before…good chess players know they are beat before they have lost most of their pieces…you should have planned way ahead of now to start getting pop centers…and really those that close to where you were anyway…and no commander to garrison…hmm…good chess players know…
you’ve been an interesting diversion but I have a war to win, no more time for playing in the sandbox with children.
Jz the multinational coalition of the willing among free nations…
Whoops Easterlings – waited to long and retribution is heading your way big time !! Next time don’t bring a knife to a gun fight !!
Don’t know if Easterlings is reading these post or not – but could you save this past turn – Turn 10 to do a swap at game’s end – want to try and figure out how much damage dragons do and need your army info from the battle at hex 3731 !!
Mike – CL
I’m sure he won’t mind. btw, Sorry about Erennis…send someone for his body.
Send someone who can tell the rest of your agents to go home too…
we don’t want anymore up here thank you very much,
jz wm and others…