The Black Gate

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" LINK="RED" VLINK="RED" ALINK="RED"> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <FONT FACE="Book Antiqua, Bookman Oldstyle" COLOR="GRAY"> <P ALIGN="CENTER">There came a long rolling of great drums like thunder in the mountains, and then a braying of horns that shook the very stones and stunned men's ears. And thereupon the door of the Black Gate was thrown open with a great clang, and out of it there came an embassy from the Dark Tower.</P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> At its head there rode a tall and evil shape, mounted upon a black horse, if horse it was; for it was huge and hideous, and its face was a frightful mask, more like a skull than a living head, and in the sockets of its eyes and in its nostrils there burned a flame. The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dur he was, and his name is remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it, and he said: </P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> "Sorry, your browser does not support frames. Please <A HREF="http://www.lugburz.com/files/map.html">click here</A> to view the no-frames version."</P> </FONT> </BODY>