Black and Red, by Starlight (A prince of Umbar)

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B2MeM Challenge: b1 Games: Backgammon
Format: Drabble
Genre: General
Rating: Hmm... Not sure PG-pg13
Warnings: None
Characters: A prince of Umbar
Pairings: None
Summary: Life is a game, in the end, and he takes it seriously. Umbar challenges Matt Cauthon...

They played chess in Gondor.

This he knew. Growing up one of Umbar's sons, his becoming King was as real a possibility as was the sea, and one just learned those things about one's enemies.

He was good at chess. But he was much better at this, his native game of tables, for Gondorians called fortune fate, swayed with it-- he knew it for what it was, was not afraid to make it happen.

One roll of the dice, two, and he would find himself King of Umbar. Then the real game would begin.

~the end

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To truly play backgammon well is an art, and the pieces and dice move so fast. Marvellous.

- Erulisse (one L)