Akallabeth in August: Day Twenty-Two

[dawn_felagund]

"And the first fire upon the altar Sauron kindled with the hewn wood of Nimloth, and it crackled and was consumed; but men marvelled at the reek that went up from it, so that the land lay under a cloud for seven days, until slowly it passed into the west."

While We Live by j_dav

Akallabeth in August: Day Twenty-Three

[dawn_felagund]

"Thereafter the fire and smoke went up without ceasing; for the power of Sauron daily increased, and in that temple, with spilling of blood and torment and great wickedness, men made sacrifice to Melkor that he should release them from Death."

Sacrifice by surgicalsteel

(Please note that this story has been rated for adult audiences by its author)