“Almost a thousand years ago, before your people’s coming to Eormenlond, the Andumae began their great War of the Four Kingdoms, which lasted over a hundred years. It was in truth between their two mightiest kingdoms, Sildharan and Riodara, but the strife enveloped the others. The war raged on until, in the year 992 by your reckoning, the Red Death came.” “The Red Death? A plague?”
