Day 90: Fade to Black

[tanaquiljall]

First of all, thank you to everyone who nominated my pieces in the MEFAs. {{{hugs}}} to you all.

On to today's drabble. gwynnyd wanted to know What did it feel like to Sauron's troops when his will was removed?

Day 90

Fade to Black

The blood o' the filthy tarks smells real sweet. Hai! Hai! Yoi! We'll 'ave ourselves a fine feast when the battle's done. An' when this lot's bin killed, we'll go find their women an' brats an'....

He falters....

Oi! That aint tark-blood. That's old Gordal with an arrer through 'is throat. An' Othgol with 'is guts spillin' out an' steamin'. An', an'... there's 'undreds of 'em: filthy tarks, lookin' awful fierce, an' their swords look terrible sharp, an'....

The scimitar falls from his trembling hand. His legs give way. Cowering on the ground, he covers his ears with his claws.

Comments

[gwynnyd.livejournal.com]

Yay! Nice working out of the prompt. The repetition of 'filthy tarks' in two quite different tones is very nice.

[tanaquiljall]

Thanks - it was actually pretty tricky to make the orc quite so despairing when Sauron's will was removed. Orcs have always seemed pretty aggressive even without Sauron directing them strongly. Although I guess before Sauron, they were filled with Morgoth's will....

Hmm, I wonder if the Orcs were much milder and better behaved at the start of the Second Age, between Morgoth's overthrow and the forging of the One Ring, when Sauron would have had less power/control over them.