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[literallyeverythingaboutsauron]

Thorongil often counselled Ecthelion that the strength of the rebels in Umbar was a great peril to Gondor, and a threat to the fiefs of the south that would prove deadly, if Sauron moved to open war. At last he got leave of the Steward and gathered a small fleet, and he came to Umbar unlooked-for by night, and there burned a great part of the ships of the Corsairs.

Tolkien, J.R.R.. Appendix A. (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.) 1092

[fabnot]

I shouldn't base my happiness on others. Just because a guy is a jerk to me shouldn't make me question what is wrong with me. Just because somebody doesn't like me shouldn't make me pick out every flaw I have. Just because I lost somebody shouldn't make me grief and question the what ifs. People come and go, but you will always have yourself. So don't let the game of life stop you from being happy.

[literallyeverythingaboutsauron]

Battle there was in Rohan, and Curunír the traitor was thrown down and Isengard broken; and before the City of Gondor a great field was fought, and the Lord of Morgul, Captain of Sauron, there passed into darkness; and the Heir of Isildur led the host of the West to the Black Gates of Mordor.

Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Silmarillion. (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.) 312-313. (Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age)