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B2MeM Challenge: “The Black Gate Opens” (Alternate Viewpoints).
Format: Ficlet
Genre: General
Rating: PG13ish
Warnings: Brief reference to a gory incident; re-animated animals.
Characters: The Mouth of Sauron
Summary: The Mouth, about to meet the captains of the west, reflects upon his future and his horse.

Authorial Blather!  Knowing me, I’d likely have chosen this character for this prompt regardless–but nonetheless, I wanted to give a shout-out to Starlight, Dwim and Altariel, whose great responses to the Mouth of Sauron prompt on the “March 3019” card might have covertly influenced my choice of character here.

( The Mouth was fond of the horse in his way, and perhaps the sentiment was mutual in its way. )