The Entmoot Court

[hectorberlioz]

...and then in the the courageous onslaught by the brave Entmooters, the balrog staggered on his feet and he now knew the folly of his decision to get up that morning. He should have stayed in bed.

Gwaimir, the lord of the eagles, amped up the firehose and the flame of the balrog was extinguished.

"People of Entmoot and Fangorn, this is our hour! The balrog's strength is failing!"

Now was the moment for all the courageous women and men of Entmoot to sting the mountainous beast with their weapons, and they let forth a storm of atlatls, arrows, swords, battleaxes, slingshots, and popcorn.

The demon of the deep stepped backwards for now that his flame was vanquished he was naked and unarmored. The balrog's misplaced step sent him reeling backwards and fell to the ground and caused a mighty tremor in the earth and forest. All the brave warriors that had made battle with that monsters were thrown into the air from the sheer force of his fall and they fell back to the ground in a huge lump. Two warriors arose, Hector the Heroic and Jonathan the Just, went to the blarog to deliver the fatal blows from lightsaber and mithril-sword. And with that, the balrog was killed and the forest of Fangorn delivered and the civilizatin of Entmoot was restored to peace.

A debate arose as to what to do with the dead body of the balrog, but the debate went on so long that over time it was covered over by earth and moss and bird droppings, and the Fangorn dwellers came to call that large lump in the ground "Balrog Hill," and children planted flags and played games there.

Only one more detail need be noted about this story, and that is that in the square of Entmoot-Town, two statues were put of Hector and Jonathan. Though they had started as foes who persecuted one another, they had ended as comrades-in-arms who helped save Entmoot from the greatest evil it had ever known.


Posted With Permission From Jonathan©.

[Jonathan]

Alright everyone, let's partay! The Teacup is nearby and the rounds are on Hector and me

Uh, sorry for the tables that we happened to knock over in there during our, heh, brotherly struggle

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by inked

I supoz dat de bakgrownd muzik is "Kil de Balrog! Kil de Balrog! Kil de Balrog!"?

Who hast Elmer's cap?

Und dis simpl proklamatun of de Balrog's "evilnes" beliz de standard relitavistik pozitunz of several participantz in de tumult.

Ar du sur du vish to be komplicit in de exstinktun of Balrogs?

Do nicht de Balrogs habt de rit to der opinuns und lifstyl?

Und de sheer inhumanity of kiling de Balrog! Vas vud de EuroUnion zay? Iz dis nicht "inhumane" und shudnot de Balrog be placd in eine facility fur rehabilitatun?

Dink, EntMuterz! Dink!

But of course. As an anthropologist, I find it most unfortunate that I had not been given the opportunity to study the balrog culture in its untainted surroundings. The balrog is an exquisite specimen and necessary part of the ancient Angband culture, one of the earliest state societies, and perhaps one of the last surviving links to this influential culture.

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

...and then in the the courageous onslaught by the brave Entmooters, the balrog staggered on his feet and he now knew the folly of his decision to get up that morning. He should have stayed in bed.

Gwaimir, the lord of the eagles, amped up the firehose and the flame of the balrog was extinguished.

"People of Entmoot and Fangorn, this is our hour! The balrog's strength is failing!"

Now was the moment for all the courageous women and men of Entmoot to sting the mountainous beast with their weapons, and they let forth a storm of atlatls, arrows, swords, battleaxes, slingshots, and popcorn.

The demon of the deep stepped backwards for now that his flame was vanquished he was naked and unarmored. The balrog's misplaced step sent him reeling backwards and fell to the ground and caused a mighty tremor in the earth and forest. All the brave warriors that had made battle with that monsters were thrown into the air from the sheer force of his fall and they fell back to the ground in a huge lump. Two warriors arose, Hector the Heroic and Jonathan the Just, went to the blarog to deliver the fatal blows from lightsaber and mithril-sword. And with that, the balrog was killed and the forest of Fangorn delivered and the civilizatin of Entmoot was restored to peace.

A debate arose as to what to do with the dead body of the balrog, but the debate went on so long that over time it was covered over by earth and moss and bird droppings, and the Fangorn dwellers came to call that large lump in the ground "Balrog Hill," and children planted flags and played games there.

Only one more detail need be noted about this story, and that is that in the square of Entmoot-Town, two statues were put of Hector and Jonathan. Though they had started as foes who persecuted one another, they had ended as comrades-in-arms who helped save Entmoot from the greatest evil it had ever known.


Posted With Permission From Jonathan©.

For he himself has said it
And Jonathan has appro-oved it
He remains an Entmoot man!
He remains an En-en-en-en-ent-ent-Ent-moot ma-a-a-a-an.

[inked]

Der ist nicht eine definitun fur evil. I muz protest dis indiscriminat slawter of de defencles Balrog who vaz ritusly pisd by al de raket mad ober hiz bed.

I dink dat chargs of impechment shud be placd against al dat helpd kil de por inocent kretur.

Acaly, du ist de PREZIDANT. It iz deine job to se justis dun. Du SAID dat you ver fur al de EntMut kreturs. Prov it!

Impech Hektor und Jonadan!

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by inked

Impech Hektor und Jonadan!

*groan and facepalm* not again!

[Acalewia]

Originally Posted by inked

Acaly, du ist de PREZIDANT. It iz deine job to se justis dun. Du SAID dat you ver fur al de EntMut kreturs. Prov it!

I also have a duty to protect the people of Entmoot. The Balrog attacked us. It may have been pissed because Jonathon and Hecyor woke it up, but that is not a good excuse to attack us.

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by Acalewia

I also have a duty to protect the people of Entmoot. The Balrog attacked us. It may have been pissed because Jonathon and Hecyor woke it up, but that is not a good excuse to attack us.

ooh, the President has a nickname for me now!

[Acalewia]

Typos tend to do that lol

[trolls' bane]

However, the balrog's kin should have claim to his and all balrog grave sites, if they so wish, or they can give the remains to the Museum of Natural Mooter History

[inked]

Sur, blam it on de Balrog, de viktim.

Hast du any idea how teribl eine childhud it had? Did you tak into akount dat it had a migrain und just got hom from vork slavin ovr eine hot tortur chambr? No.

Kil de Balrog. Kil de Balrog. Kil de Balrog.

Zo much for "all de kreturs of de 'Mut" from Akaly!

IMPECH AKALY. VIOLATION OF KAMPAN PROMISES! CRUELTY TO BALROGS!

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by inked

Sur, blam it on de Balrog, de viktim.

Hast du any idea how teribl eine childhud it had? Did you tak into akount dat it had a migrain und just got hom from vork slavin ovr eine hot tortur chambr? No.

Kil de Balrog. Kil de Balrog. Kil de Balrog.

Zo much for "all de kreturs of de 'Mut" from Akaly!

IMPECH AKALY. VIOLATION OF KAMPAN PROMISES! CRUELTY TO BALROGS!

krulty*

[Noble Elf Lord]

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

[i]...and the Fangorn dwellers came to call that large lump in the ground "Balrog Hill,..."

Haudh-En-Valarauka? Am I right?

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Haudh-En-Valarauka? Am I right?

I think Gwai qould say yes, but I am woefully ignorant of The Silmarillion, not having read it. It's on my summer reading list, though!

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by hectorberlioz

I am woefully ignorant of The Silmarillion, not having read it.

*Falls of chair*

Well, how wonderful to have such a big portion of Tolkien's world left to discover. I envy you

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

*Falls of chair*

Well, how wonderful to have such a big portion of Tolkien's world left to discover. I envy you

You're the first to put it so optimistically

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Haudh-En-Valarauka? Am I right?

My recollection of Tolkien's languages is rusty at best, but Haudh sounds Sindarin; is it? Valarauka is Quenya, so (if Haudh is in fact Sindarin) it would be more like Haudh-en-Balrog.

[Aikanáro]

My Quenya is, admittedly, very rusty, but:

Ambo Valarauko?

Or, less literally, but more in keeping with established Quenya placenames: Orovalaraukar?

I must question the description of this Balrog as an innocent creature, inked. Really? A Demon of the Ancient World?

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by Aikanáro

I must question the description of this Balrog as an innocent creature, inked. Really? A Demon of the Ancient World?

I think Inked would argue that it is us who are not innocent, according to the balrog's POV

[Gwaimir Windgem]

We shouldn't give it a Quenya name; Quenya is so very, very old. It would be like naming a hill in Attic Greek. Sindarin is a bit more approachable.

[Aikanáro]

Well, I can't quite remember the last time I tried to kill someone just because they woke me up unexpectedly...

Gwaimir - it'd be more like naming it in Latin. Very old, but also rather impressive-sounding.