Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20170401183633/@comment-25975584-20170406034938

Patrick.vtap wrote: The King is silent, for now, mostly pre-occupied with Nurn. The raiders notice, that, although caravans pass less frequently through the desert, when they do, they are accompanied by companies of Gondorian soldiers. Gondor attempts to send a diplomat to see if they can be bribed off. The caravan livestock, and personnel are peppered with arrows, and the wains are often caught on fire. The more inhabited, fertile regions they go through are also openly hostile. The people spit, curse, and hiss at them. Often throwing rocks, sticks, and other things at the caravans as they pass. Not to mention the noticeable lack of young men...

The diplomat is tortured for information, and then has sand poured down his throat until he dies. His head is sent to the King, with a letter nailed to it, using a prisoner as a courier.