20 Production facility - rise of the light kingdom
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'Minas Tirith'
In a dark room, lit by the faint glow of a candle, there are mountains of shelves in which dusty old books are stored, books that tell the stories of the past, likely some old feuds and endless wars.
In this room, an old man sitting on a chair is frantically looking in a mountain of books and parchments, he is dressed in a long gray robe, and he is recognizable by his long gray beard. This old man is Gandalf the Grey, a wizard who has come to Middle-earth with the mission to stop evil once and for all.
As he reads a scroll, he finally finds the information he is looking for and reads aloud the passage "One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them".
Worried about this discovery he moves directly, quickly leaving the library in which he was locked for several weeks, he immediately feels a disturbing power in the east.
Turning in the direction of Mordor, he sees it rumbling, the sky is pitch black and incredibly thick.
Understanding the situation, his face ages several years in an instant, without wasting time he immediately mounts his horse and rides off in an unknown direction.
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Far from there, in the lothlorien, kingdom of the elves, the elves are preparing for a war, several legions are formed and ready to leave, the reasons of that ? A vision and a report from a scout.
In the main hall of the kingdom, Lady Galadriel is busy giving orders to one of her generals.
"Evil is growing, it is approaching and its roots are reaching far into the northern lands, it is spreading its webs all the way here, we must prepare, legions upon legions are coming down from the mountains, the mirkwood forest is full of orcs and evil creatures, prepare the armies, we must prepare for war" she says while being tense.
"Very well Lady Galadriel, it will be done according to your orders" Her general answers before starting to work.
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In the north, in the ruins of Gundabad, the fortress of the ancient kingdom of Angmar, some small lights appear in the fortress, then more and more appear, till the fortess is bright and illuminate the night, then noise is heard, it increases slightly before reaching its peak, metallic friction, drums and war chants resound then from the fortress, and are heard in the valley.
Then quickly, a swarm of thousands of crows leaves the fortress in a roar louder than thunder. They circle in the sky before leaving in two distinct directions.
Followed closely by orc slaves, several thousand come out at great speed, half of them heading for the ancient kingdom of Angmar, while the other half are heading for the lands near the Anduin.
Then an army of heavy orcs, equipped with sharpened war lances, strong and sharp swords, and heavy armor come out too, led by the wizard king of angmar, the most powerful nazgûls, on his black horse at the head of the army. This army follows the same pattern as the slaves and splits in two, with the wizard king leading the larger army towards the lands of Angmar, with only one idea in mind, the reconquest of these lands.
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While the Middle-earth is on the brink of war, Talion awakens from his peaceful night.
As he slowly opens his eyes, he feels the presence of his sweet and charming partner close to him, clinging to him like a koala.
Amused by this proximity, he approaches Idril's ear before whispering to her "My dear, it's time to wake up".
Hearing this soft and sweet voice, Idril opened her eyes slowly, she slowly detached herself from Talion before sitting down on the bed.
"Good morning love" she said with pink cheeks, still shy of her new closeness and relationship with Talion.
Although there was no intimate relation between these two young lovers during their first night together, they spent it by cuddling and seeking the affection of each other.
Then, they quickly get up from their beds, determined to attack their days after a breakfast, immersed in the sweet peace that is about to break, in front of the torrent of hatred and power of this world who will be unleashed on this newly formed little kingdom.
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After breakfast with his beautiful Idril and a morning kiss, Talion set off once again for the forge.
This period of peace is very important for Talion's morale, having known only war and blood during the last year he spent in this world, he was forced to adapt very quickly and abandon any nuance of society and comfort that his previous world could offer him.
Thanks to Idril's company, he is slowly finding his way back to a healthy rhythm of life, although the time he spends on his experiences and work is decreasing, this time spent living can only help him increase his productivity and improve in all his tasks.
As he walks through the streets of Nurn, he sees happy people, children laughing and playing together, people enjoying their lives, determined to protect their smiles, their laughs and their lives, he intends to do everything he can to accomplish his dream, his goal.
'I swear that nothing and no one can come between me and my dream, I will protect them and offer them peace, as I would protect my family' he thinks with the image of Idril in mind.
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Once in the forge Talion meets Bregor and briefs him on his plan.
"So, if I'm right, I'll be in charge of a production line, I'll have workers under me who will bring the required ores on conveyor belts, then the ores will go into machines that will automatically produce the desired items, then other workers will go and store these items in warehouses, these items will then be distributed, and you want me to supervise the whole production line?" asks Bregor as he recaps the information Talion shared with him.
"That's right, either I, Baranor or Fram will make you a list of the items and the quantity wanted, we'll send it to you and you'll have to produce them, can I trust you with this?"
"You can rely one me !" he says overconfident and eager to start before asking with stars in his eyes "Now that I think of it my lord, would it be possible to study some of your creations?" .
"I'll allow you to study the items that come out of the machines as long as it doesn't prevent you from doing your job properly and as long as you don't divulge my secrets, but your work must be perfectly done" Talion replied in a strict tone.
"Oh thank you my lord! Thank you a thousand times" he replies, jumping up and down, completely obsessed with Talion's creations.
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Talion then spends the next few hours forging several rune assemblers, which he places in a long, newly built warehouse, and then calls Gwendoline and Ilbar to organize the logistics, including the transportation of resources as well as the distribution of workers and finished tools.
Thus, in addition to Bregor who will be in charge of the production, another person who is under the orders of Gwendoline will be responsible of the distribution.
Having finished this task, the production of earpieces can finally begin ,with this, they will be able to equip the soldiers with an effective communication tool, the army leaders will be responsible for explaining the differents feature and how the tool works.
While everything seems to be going well, Talion suddenly decides to use the Palantiri in order to observe the enemy's movements, and to know how much time he has left before either being attacked or being able to launch an assault.
As the sun shines brightly in the sky announcing noon, Talion concentrates in the forge and injects magic into the palantiri.
Once this is done he begins to observe the mordor and it's border, and as he observes the mordor, he sees something frightening.
Hundred, no, thousands of orc troops equipped from head to toe gathered at the gorgoroth plateau, right in front of Barad-dûr.
As Talion observes their numbers, he notices the presence of Nazguls among them, then without warning his vision is automatically redirected to the heart of Barad-dur, in the huge throne room, where a black and ghostly figure resides.
This last one, as if it saw Talion, stares directly at him and pronounces these words in a dark language : "I know who you are, and I see you", letting the silence sink in, he continues : "Submit yourself before my power, I will destroy everything you hold and desire, I will reduce you to nothingness and will make of you an empty shell, ranger".
Talion hearing these words becomes mad with rage and answers him "Submit, me? I submit to no one, destroy me? I am destruction, I will come, I will destroy your plans and I will take everything belonging to you, I will destroy your history and no one will even know your name, I will devour you, do not think that your weak power impresses me, because I am the lord of light and the lord of light is the one who will be your end" he says madly before turning the palantiri in another direction, unconcerned by Sauron's answer, a being he despises above all.
Observing the other borders, he notices movement further east in the lands of the Khand's men, multiple armies are heading directly towards his kingdom.
Again, he observes outside the borders and huge armies are approaching from Haradrim and Rhûn, orc legions are also observed north west of the Black Gate a few days walk from it.
In all, there would be according to these estimates at least 80,000 to 100,000 enemy soldiers, while he has only 20,000 soldiers.
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-POV Talion-
"haHAHAHAHA, there are many of them! Thousands upon thousands !" thinking fast, he quickly puts a plan in place.
"First, warn Baranor and stop all social activities, focus on the military and the production of weapons, the elite army I want to build must be ready as soon as possible, I will have to forge at full speed in order to equip them, they will need swords, armor and runic rings to become invincible".
"I will go directly to Khazad-dûm, I will submit the Balrog if possible, if not I will kill him and strengthen myself thanks to his power, then I will steal the treasure of the dwarfs while dominating all the orcs present in the city, I will have to forge an artifact allowing me to transport them to my kingdom in order to reinforce my troops".
"Lastly, I'm going to face entire legions on my own before they get to my kingdom, while dominating as many of them as I can, according to my observations we have 5 days before the main army arrives" he says aloud.
"We will survive, and we will triumph, they will see why they shouldn't mess with me !
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