Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25754873-20141212223656/@comment-67.22.249.68-20141217162223

Eureka got back to the Gray Keep and instantly gathered his generals, Anduthuine and Balgorod, to the war room.

"Alright, gentlemen. As loath as I am to take the side of the Orcs, Glosur is my friend far more than Keredrex is my enemy. As such I shall not allow myself to stand by and watch as this "Coalition" wages war against him simply for trying to bring peace. I've sent a message to Glosur and to Keredrex. Now I only have a defense force in Lothlorien. There are defenders, but barely enough spare forces to organize a 16-Elf raiding party. So we can use Lothlorien as a buffer against other attacking forces. I told Rohan that we were going to be fighting against the Coalition, and that ensured their neutrality in this conflict. I also spoke to Arienna in Mirkwood. She's always had a soft spot for me, I just can't figure out why. But regardless, she has agreed that the forces of the Silvan Elves shall not fight for either side. She was going to fight for me, but I decided the price was a little too high."

Balgorod chuckled. "And what was the price?"

"That's not important right now. Suffice to say, I'll only pay it if I have to. Now, back to strategy. The Coalition have Umbar, Dale/dorwinion, Lindon, the Haradrim, the Dunlendings have joined with them, and the reunited kingdom. In what I now call the Imperial Bond, we have the Dwarven kingdoms, the Misty Mountain Orcs, Lothlorien, and us, the Gray Elves as I now call us. We are officially separate from Lindon and the Noldor. So this is what we'll do. The Haradrim are going to come up through Gondor and into the vales of Anduin. However, to do that, they'll have to pass between the tip of the White Mountains and the black mountains. And that's why we'll have our greatest weapon on standby. The Grey Elven cavalry. We've been friends of Rohan so long that we've taken their ideas and added Elvish grace to them. Our cavalry is our best weapon, and we'll have them waiting to intercept anyone who dares pass through the White Mountains and Black Mountains gap. The Haradrim won't know what hit them, and the Gondorians will be forced to turn back, or fight through our cavalry. The pirates of Umbar won't have an easy time going up the Anduin with our troops waiting by the banks."

"I still have some friends in the Ithilien Rangers" Anduthuine said. "I'll talk to them, they might dissuade the Gondorian offensive. At the very least, they might be forced to go around the west side of the White mountains. And though we can cover the south very well from our position, but we can't help Glosur any further up then our own mountains."

"You're very right, Anduthuine." Eureka said. "We can cover the south, but not the North. Glosur and Keredrex will have to deal with them." Eureka turned and started walking out.

"Where are you going?" Balgorod asked. Eureka didn't answer, but he pulled out his spear and stared at it before walking away.

Anduthuine, having always been the smarter of the two, came to a conclusion rather swiftly. "He's going to bury his past and get rid of one of his heroes. He's going to fight Gil-Galad, and he's only going to let one of them walk away."