Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26295802-20170105005032/@comment-26863727-20170111203753

Patrick.vtap wrote: Aramirtheranger wrote: Patrick.vtap wrote:

She whispers over to Pane "Once we get these deals from the Tauredain, our southern colonies will grow fat and rich, and we will have alllies to fight the Xin in Eastern Harad. Umbar is poised to take over the Xin's eastern colonies, as we increase our stranglehold on the south-east.A conflict with the Tauredain now would only weaken us. The Moredain will be dealt with soone enough, do not worry, they will bend the knee." It just so happens that a courier arrives at the meeting a few minutes later, and hands Veantur a sealed scroll, bows, and quickly tells him that it is for Umbaran eyes only. (It's Miriel, btw)

She opens it. ''For most of our history, our two nations have had icy relations at best, if not waging proxy wars with each other. Perhaps a new policy should be persued. In exchange for access to each other's ports, my enemies are your enemies, and vice versa. The Sea of Rhûn and the River Celduin are lucrative for trade, seeing as how they sit at the convergence of varied cultures and lands. There are rivers not on your maps which connect us to the sea. As an act of good faith, I have enclosed a map depicting these routes. As one last incentive, I will provide you three hundred soldiers to do with as you will if you agree.''

- Emperor Tacitus Gaius Magnus