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Post by Rána on Jul 3, 2006 16:55:14 GMT
The night was clear, and cool on the shores of the inland sea. Music and laughter could be heard from a party at a nearby villa. A woman walked alone along the shore, her dark curls of hair and light silks of her gown blew about her in the gentle breeze. One would not know it but she was the owner of the villa and hostess of the party. It was to entertain several of Rhun's most powerful cheiftains. With Sauron gone Rána could finally tighten her hold on in Rhun.
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Post by Saeren on Jul 4, 2006 9:57:50 GMT
Saeren had never met Morgoths daughter, perhaps strangely, or perhaps not, since the one thing he could do to ensure that he was as far away from his father and Morgoth as possible , was to become a warrior and train the people out of the east who served Morgoth, he became that with every fibre of his being. Of course he was called to Angband, and later to Dol Guldur and Barad Dur, but his uses were military, and he had proved this to both Dark Lords beyond doubt. But he did know of her. And he knew where she was. Rhun was familiar enough to him, although it was a vast land, but much of Morgoth and then Saurons warriors had come out of the east and he had been there many times and lived there, overseeing the training of armies. The journey had been long, but not without interest . Saeren had never felt free until Sauron died, and now that he was, he revelled in it. But he did not tarry. Coming to the womans villa with his entourage and with Lebennen and Legolas, he saw his men quartered, and did not enter the villa. '' Wait here, '' he said to his Lieutenant and the Sinda, as he felt Rana's presence. His long cloak brushed his heels as he walked down the sand.
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Post by Rána on Jul 4, 2006 14:55:55 GMT
You will not fade, stupid girl. The harsh words jerked Rána back to consiousness. Sitting up quickly she looked around the blackness of the room, she was alone. Wincing in pain as she pushed herself up, her body still healing from her encounter with Morgoth. She had come from Valinor out of curiousity, not to find her father. 'What is it you want with me?' Rána asked the same question she had been asking for over a day, or atleast she thought it had only been a day. You are powerful, you can be trained, the same harsh voice blasted into her mind. She had forgotten Morgoth could read her thoughts. Rána slammed up mental barriers in a futile attempt to keep the Dark Lord out.
It had felt like Morgoth had used Grond to smash open Rána's mental walls, You are mine, and you will bend to my will. Rána was curled in a corner, still trying to shut her mind. She knew there was no escape from The Dark Lord or his servants. Each time she had been close to fading her father had jerked her spirit back into her body, 'I can hold a fea in a body for years there is no escape,' she recalled him saying. The thought alone was terrifying, countless years of servitude with no hope of an end.
Rána was near desparate to leave, but she there was no one she could call out to. And she knew prayes to Eru and the Valar would not work, for if they could stop Morgoth they would have already done so. There was nothing she could do until her father came for her again, though she did not need it sleep was the only thing to take her away from this place.
With a soft rustle of silk Rána turned sensing another presence, she could *look* to see who it was but there was no fun in that. "Declare yourself," she stated, her voice hard. She was unarmed but there was little anyone could do to her.
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Post by Saeren on Jul 4, 2006 15:30:02 GMT
'' Oh, declare myself? '' Saeren asked with amusement, '' well, you can call me Saeren, after all I am sure we have a great deal in common, let us start on a first name basis, shall we? '' he stepped out from the darkness, his eyes a blaze of coin-gold. '' Son of Sauron the... er sadly deceased. I know of you Rana, but we never met before this, ''
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Post by Rána on Jul 4, 2006 15:52:08 GMT
Rána had known of Saeren of course, she thought a moment before speaking. "Saeren, you must be pleased your father was destroyed," she said, knowing the feeling of relief when released from servitude. "Oh yes, I am quite sure we have much in common."
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Post by Saeren on Jul 4, 2006 16:44:58 GMT
'' Moderately, herinya, yes, '' he said, and cocked his head towards the villa, its lights and music, '' what is the feast in aid of? '' a smile deepened in his eyes. '' or have you plans for all your guests, you know, the old invite every-one to a feast and poison them, or have your guards kill them when they are drunk, ploy? ''
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Post by Rána on Jul 4, 2006 16:55:05 GMT
"Please there is nothing to gain by killing them," she said with a slight laugh. "I rather am in need of their help, since no one in this land will take orders from a woman."
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Post by Saeren on Jul 4, 2006 17:28:19 GMT
'' Truly, '' he rubbed his jaw, '' I spent enough time in Rhun, so what do you hope to gain, most women in this land and in Harad weild power only through the bedchamber, ''
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Post by Rána on Jul 4, 2006 17:58:03 GMT
"I want to rule," she said. "I will not be anyones subject again. But I am not my father, destroying everything won't work either."
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Post by Saeren on Jul 4, 2006 21:59:46 GMT
'' Morgoth had no style, '' he murmured, '' what is the point of a dead world, when the world can offer such wealth, such... enjoyment, such ... variety, '' he shrugged, '' a dead world is dead. And I love the senses. '' he took a deep breath of the night wind blowing off the sea. It was quite true, also, raised where he was, enduring what he had, he still felt endless purely physical and spiritual satisfaction in the pleasuring of all the senses. of course in his case they took some rather ... esoteric channels, and were not for the faint of heart, or the prim and proper. '' You think you can influence their minds, then? '' He knew men, these of the east had only ever bowed to the Dark lords, or their own cheiftains, here a woman could only rule through power.
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Post by Rána on Jul 5, 2006 4:28:03 GMT
"I know I can," Rána shrugged, "They are not necessarily strong minded. Not all of them anyways." She all ready had some power here through the trade she dabbled in. "Aye it is nice to see beauty after being shut away in the ugliness that was Angband."
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Post by Saeren on Jul 5, 2006 6:41:09 GMT
He folded his arms, '' where did you go after the war of Wrath, when Angband was destroyed? '' he asked, curious. '' Could you not have gone to Valinor for healing? Aye, I did hear, from my own father, what Morgoth did to you, he took me when I was little more than a child, in elven years. But he had not gone either, because Sauron still lived and he held Saeren to his mind. Ah the ignominy of it! After bowing before Eonwe, after offering no battle himself, Sauron had slithered off like a snake, what a master to be bound to, his own son a more deadly and m,agnificent warrior than he himself ever could bem, yet little more than a useful slave.
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Post by Rána on Jul 6, 2006 0:36:26 GMT
Rána shook her head, as if trying to rid herself of a memory. "I could not go to back to the Undying Lands. I was too bewildered... I was free something I had not been in a long time." Though she had not been under Morgoth for as long as Tar had been under Sauron. "I wandered at first, then I came here."
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Post by Saeren on Jul 6, 2006 8:35:04 GMT
' Probably the Undying Lands would be boring anyway, ' he said almost to himself, although he did not believe he had any hope of ever going there. If he ever did step onto those shores, he was pretty sure the first thing they would do is imprison him, judge him, then fling him with his damned father and Morgoth and other dark spirits into the Void.
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Post by Rána on Jul 8, 2006 5:58:06 GMT
"I cannot recall what life was like there, I was born there," Rána said quietly. "My mother's family mostly tried to keep me away from others being the daughter of Melkor." She looked around, her senses alerting her to the presence of others in the area. "Who have you brought with you Lord Saeren?"
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