Nevertheless, this time the dark armies of Mordor have managed to mess up the noble Elves pretty well. Several of their best castles have fallen under the axe, their armies of foot soldiers were blown to the smithereens (from the Gaelic “smidirin” = shattered fragments, to stay in the language world), townspeople ran with the gold and buried it in the back garden, and the brave Elvish kings had to bow down their heads and beg the mercy of the Lords from the other sides of the Great Ocean…

Damn’ this financial crisis!