Contempt, Thought Tyrion, The Universal Tongue.

Is It Treason To Say The Truth? A Bitter Truth, But No Less True For That.

Tolkien Can Say That Aragorn Became King And Reigned For A Hundred Years, And He Was Wise And Good. But Tolkien Doesn’t Ask The Question: What Was Aragorn’s Tax Policy? Did He Maintain A Standing Army? What Did He Do In Times Of Flood And Famine? And What About All These Orcs? By The End Of The War, Sauron Is Gone But All Of The Orcs Aren’t Gone – They’re In The Mountains. Did Aragorn Pursue A Policy Of Systematic Genocide And Kill Them? Even The Little Baby Orcs, In Their Little Orc Cradles?

Spikes, " He Sighed. "heads. Walls.

Ofttimes A Very Small Man Can Cast A Very Large Shadow.

When We Speak Of The Morrow Nothing Is Ever Certain.