1. Black Wings
Only two more furlongs... Steady, we'll make it... Have to keep them going... What's that? Lines of fire, orcs bearing torches. Looks hopeless... Let's see if we can find a gap.
Shite! Southrons, they'll overtake us!... Those wings... The air tastes like bile... Steady... Breathe... Can't stand that voice... We won't make it... Don't give up, don't think like that... So cold... Breathe... My arm's like lead... It' s all so dim... Steady... Don't give up...
Trumpets! They'll come to aid us!
Damrod, no! Get up! Must get between him and that Southron... Eru, the Nazgul flees! We'll make it!... The Southron...
No... The wave... Atalante...
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