Treason of Middle Earth

Melkor the Dark Lord

Chapter 3 : Melkor, the Dark Lord

While the four Great Warriors were busy delivering the Red Arrows, the Witch King of Angmar and Melkor were watching them,  using the Palantir. Melkor was once a good elf of Valar, and Manwe's best Maiar who ever existed. He was an elf of light before, but  now he was a dark lord using a staff as his mace. He dwelt in Dol Guldur after Mordor fell. He was the worst creature that Dol Goldur ever had. He might be defeated in the Battle of Powers, but only a Maia could fight him.

"Those fools think they can outsmart us.. hahaha," The Witch King laughed.

"Do not laugh since the battle is not over yet;  even our forces are growing. This does not assure us the victory of this war."

"Cosmolin! Prepare our army, gather all of them, use the dark tunnel to reach the Misty Mountains, talk to Gorkil and the Goblins, also with the Wolves and Giants, Trolls and creatures from the Etten Moors,"  Melkor ordered

"Yes, my Lord," he answered.

"Come, we shall turn the tides for the army of the Dark Lord is not yet dead," Cosmolin said.

So they travelled thru the dark tunnel within two days.  They reached the Etten Moors,  and they found the Giants gathered in a specific part of the Moor. Then, Cosmolin talked to them

"Fight for the Dark Lord, and he shall assure you power of Middle Earth," he said.

"We will fight for him as long as it takes. After the war,  we shall no longer see any Orc in the Etten Moors," the Giant Chief answered

"So be it, I declare that after the war no Orc shall stay at the Etten Moors," Cosmolin stated.

"We shall proceed to the Goblins. His army would be a great help for us, " Cosmolin said, We ride south to the outpost on the other mountain of the Etten Moors.

They arrived at the outpost. They found Gorkil gathering his goblins, about eight thousand strong.

"Oh, the fools are here! They need our help, haha." Gorkil laughed.

"I bring word from the Dark Lord. He needs your aid," Cosmolin stated.

" Da..da..da.. Dark Lord?" Gorkil asked, terrified.

"The Dark Lord Melkor of Arda! The High Master of Dol Guldur and Moravnnon" Cosmolin said.

"We are prepared to go to war in the name of the Dark Lord," Gorkil answered. Prepare your maggots!  We shall travel to Dol Guldur through the Dark Tunnels.”

It took the Goblins six days to reach Dol Guldur. In its darkest vaults,  the Palantir of Arthedain was kept. The Palantir was presumed lost when the ship of Arthedain's last king Arvedúi sank in the Ice Bay of Forochel --- but they were wrong.  Melkor ordered the Witch King of Angmar to follow him, and to retrieve the Palantir.  When Arvedúi's ship sank,  the Palantir got moored in an iceberg, but the Witch King found it.  Melkor was always guarding the  vaults, watching  what was happening outside Dol Guldur.   The only places that the Palantir cannot reach are the Imladris, Rivendell and Lorien.

Meanwhile in Fornost, Eldarion and Olorin gathered the armies of Arthedain, Cardolan and  Rhudaur. For a week they rallied the armies of Arnor. They brought half of it to Lorien. About one thousand Rangers, eight hundred Royal Guards, five hundred Archers, five hundred members of the Infantry and 600 Cavalry. They rode to Rivendell where the soldiers where staying for several days. Lord Elrond had foreseen that an army of five thousand Eaterlings from the West would aid Melkor.

Eldarion and Olorin then parted ways.  Eldarion rode to Lorien with his father's army from Arnor. Olorin went to the Woodland Realm to bring word from Lord Elrond. Eldarion reached Lorien in two days. There, he talked to the Kings and Lords of the different kingdoms. He also brought word from Lord Elrond.