Prompt: Erebor: Refugee issues are our issues; their plight is our plight. Write a story or poem or create artwork that illustrates the situation of some displaced group in Middle-earth.
Then some say yea, for honor; others nay, we've no stake. Yea, for pity; nay, for peace at home. Yea – they're useful. Nay – they're poor.
Yea – 'tis justice. Nay – they're untrustworthy. Yea – they suffer. Nay – their suffering breeds strife among our enemies! Yea – remember Amroth!
Finally, the Prince rules: yea – when War outbreaks, these will flock to our banner.
“'Yea, for fodder'?” his son demands later. The Prince sighs.
“Valar forgive me!”
Builds off of Beyond the Quays of Umbar.
Gainesville Town – lifted from the Indigo Girls song, Shame on you.
Remember Amroth!: Dol Amroth used to be Elven territory, so really, the entire principality of Men is an immigrant empire.
Gainesville Town – lifted from the Indigo Girls song, Shame on you.
Remember Amroth!: Dol Amroth used to be Elven territory, so really, the entire principality of Men is an immigrant empire.