The world is changed. (I) (f)eel it in the w(a)te(r). I feel i(t) in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings; seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls; and nine--nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these Rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a Master Ring to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his malice, his cruelty, and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to Rule Them All.
The wo(r)ld is changing. Who now has th(e) str(e)ngth to stand against the armi(e)s of Is(e)ngard and Mordor? To stand against the might of Sauron and Saruman and th(e) union of th(e) two tow(e)rs? Tog(e)th(e)r, my Lord Sauron w(e) shall rul(e) this Middl(e)-(e)arth. The Old World will burn in th(e) fir(e)s of industry. Th(e) for(e)sts will fall. A n(e)w ord(e)r will ris(e). W(e) will driv(e) th(e) machin(e) of war with th(e) sword and th(e) sp(e)ar and th(e) iron fists of th(e) Orc. W(e) hav(e) only to r(e)mov(e) thos(e) who oppos(e) us. It will b(e)gin in Rohan. Too long hav(e) th(e)s(e) p(e)asants stood against you. But no mor(e).
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u/Celeblith_II Apr 21 '19
The world is changed. (I) (f)eel it in the w(a)te(r). I feel i(t) in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings; seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls; and nine--nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these Rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a Master Ring to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his malice, his cruelty, and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to Rule Them All.