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Aragorn

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Date Posted: 18:08:11 07/10/02 Wed

Aragorn's heart thudded as he swiftly climbed the stairs that led to the upper levals. Vomyr's sword was now clasped firmly in his hand; the metal bar discarded next to the comatose soldiers. Any moment someone would appear who would almost certainly not recognise the pauper clad in rags as Gondor's king.

He felt a drop of water on hand and looked up for the leak. Nothing was obvious yet the water continued to fall. Very soon he was soaked. Pushing strands of damp hair from his face Aragorn started to run faster.

What was going on?
It appeared to be raining inside.

He reached the throne room and stared in horror at the place his throne had stood just that morning. The sight of the giant plant growing from the palace floor; both lovely and terrible. A puddle of water was forming around his feet; spirals of the tree's red sap swirled through it. The crowd of bedraggled courtiers around the tree turned as he yelled "What has happened here?"

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