1)
Above the busy gnome smith, who was smoking three pipes as he hammered out a new froe, whilst working the forge-bellows with one foot and burnishing a shield with a gritstone strapped to one elbow, was a sign.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018
2)
It read: “The Lord Of The Rings/Chainmail And Ring Resizings My Specialty”
“Umm,” the warrior ventured, “I’m not sure that title’s not, uh, USED, if ye take my meaning.”
The gnome didn’t even look up.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018
3)
“I’m seven thousand years old,” he grunted, slaking the hot froe in oil. “So I had it first. Shove off.”
“Seven thousand? That’s old, even for a gnome.”
“But not for ringwraiths. We get a multi-year discount.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018
4)
The warrior looked at the wizard. “This one, a ringwraith? I don’t believe this.”
The mage shrugged. “There’s a reason they call our genre fantasy. Just roll with it.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018
5)
“Aye,” the gnome agreed. “Wise idea. ’Tis safer.”
And he hammered the froe again, so hard that it screamed.
Somewhere from the sky above the forge came an answering shriek. Loud and inhuman and cruel.#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018
6)
“See?” said the gnome. “Ringwraith. But my ‘dealing death from the sky’ days are done, thanks to some idiot halflings.”
“But…but…”
“I KNOW,” the gnome agreed in disgust, tossing the froe at the nearest wall. “Honest work SUCKS.”#epic fantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) June 29, 2018