An Age before, a smith of Numenor
forged weapons to defy the Angmar king.
The writhen sword that Meriadoc bore
was fated for the battle of the Ring.
The lady Eowyn brought her own blade
unsuited to her brother's combat form.
No tales survive that tell where it was made
nor whether distaff combat was the norm.
The morgul-lord prefered to wield a mace
a brutish club of which he'd grown quite fond,
in tribute to another Age and place
when Morgoth swung the hammer known as "Grond".
Black powder makes its MiddleEarth debut,
but Tolkien's not enamored of what's new
forged weapons to defy the Angmar king.
The writhen sword that Meriadoc bore
was fated for the battle of the Ring.
The lady Eowyn brought her own blade
unsuited to her brother's combat form.
No tales survive that tell where it was made
nor whether distaff combat was the norm.
The morgul-lord prefered to wield a mace
a brutish club of which he'd grown quite fond,
in tribute to another Age and place
when Morgoth swung the hammer known as "Grond".
Black powder makes its MiddleEarth debut,
but Tolkien's not enamored of what's new
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