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   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: adweiland@hotmail.com   
      
   On Feb 28, 7:48 am, Steuard Jensen  wrote:   
   > Consider: You are Sauron, in the early stages of a war against Gondor   
   > and a hunt for your Ring that has recently resurfaced. You have just   
   > met an unexpected challenge from an upstart heir of Isildur who   
   > somehow managed to turn the tide of battle at Minas Tirith when your   
   > victory there seemed all but certain. It seems very likely that this   
   > "Aragorn" has claimed your Ring and is using it (or planning to use   
   > it) to challenge you. In fact, he is now leading a significant but   
   > still laughably small army to *attack* the gates of your realm.   
   >   
   > Clearly, Aragorn's plan must be to use the Ring to make this assault   
   > something other than a suicide mission. He must expect to ______ ___   
   > ______ _ ______ ___ ________ _______ [...].   
      
   Steal my army.   
      
   > Therefore, your best   
   > response is to gather as many of your own troops as possible in Udun   
   > in order to repel his assault: Orcs, Men, Trolls, and the rest, with   
   > the surviving Nazgul circling overhead to sew despair in your enemies.   
      
   A small force can be bribed, and a legion can be bribed with   
   a chance to rain destruction down on its enemies. The men hate   
   the orcs and the orcs hate each other. Use the Nazgul to track   
   down any defectors. Buy more dog food.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)