[The Silmarillion] Romimus

"'The first is for eternity, the second for darkness, the third for death, and the fourth for the abyss.

Kneel before me, surrender and worship me

Give your fears, tears and blood

Confid your desires, sins and madness

Don't try to betray, escape and resist

This land will be ruled by the "Lord of Humanity" forever! '

With the end of the last high-pitched accent, the stage fell into a brief depressing silence, but faster, a bigger and more oppressive piece came in forcefully from the side of the stage, and the momentum was still strong. There is a growing trend.

The so-called 'Lord of Humanity' - 'Sauron' turned her head with a little surprise and offended anger, but this expression didn't stay on her face for too long, for a few seconds she seemed to be frozen She froze in the same place, and then her face became paler, a slight fright flashed in her eyes, her shoulders trembled a few times, but she managed to stand still and did not turn around immediately. The humiliation of running away.

Accompanied by the music on the stage, the "Nummenor Navy" led by the "Golden Emperor Farathon" stepped onto the stage with great momentum.

'Which arrogant rat is so overwhelmed and barks? Immediately afterwards, the voice of 'Falazon' full of majesty and anger sounded, 'Who gave you the courage to call yourself so?If you are so confident, try to experience the power of my army! '

Then there was a "fierce fight" by a group of dragon suits in uniform costumes - Númenor navy suit and Mordor Orc costume. However, it only took two or three minutes, and the army on the Mordor side It was completely defeated and defeated.In the end, "Sauron" had no choice but to fight in person, but the person in front of her was the greatest, most powerful, and most courageous "Pharazon the Great" in the world!She doesn't even have the slightest chance of winning.

Therefore, it is no surprise that under the fierce attack of 'Falazon', 'Sauron' could only try to parry, but had no power to fight back, but even so, after a futile resistance, she could only finally drop her weapon , Kneeling down in front of 'Farazon'.

'Now you come and tell me, who is the real "king of men"? '

'Naturally you! ''Sauron' lay prostrate on the ground, weeping bitterly because of remorse and fear, she desperately lowered her body, crawled to the foot of 'Falazon' with her knees, and hugged each other's legs,'It was all because I didn't see you before. You are so powerful, you will be so presumptuous. I didn't know until now that compared with you, my army is as vulnerable as grass and confetti.Please forgive my arrogance in the past, I am willing to be your servant, for you to serve at will! '

Although 'Pharazon' was so powerful and famous, he was also a magnanimous and merciful king, so in the end he spared 'Sauron''s life and put iron chains on her hands and neck , led her down the stage, and 'Sauron' followed with dejected but respectful and obedient, she was completely subdued.

At the same time, the grand and loud victory hymn sounded again——

'The power of my king sweeps the world

invincible, invincible

Powerful against the enemy, Megatron all over the world

All living beings tremble, and indeed worship! '"

——The King of Men, Act II

"Well, isn't it good?" Romimus asked happily. "The performance was a great success."

Soren pulled a face and didn't speak.

"Whether it's good or bad, give me some feedback." Romimos asked without the slightest interest, "'All your encouragement and criticism is the driving force for us to keep improving'. That's what that sentence says, right? ?”

"Didn't you play the queen?" Sauron asked, "Why did you change roles?"

"Oh, it goes without saying? People go to high places, and water flows to low places. Although the titled 'Queen' is the heroine, 'Sauron' can only be regarded as the second leading actor, but in the script the two Isn't it obvious which one of the two roles is better? If it weren't for Falazon not allowing me to play him, I'd like to try it." Romimos said with a smile.

It’s definitely not because you deliberately smeared your image in revenge for the last time you murdered me. You can see that the lines are written in black and white in the script, but the stage performance is always more exaggerated than the reality. Besides, although you have been wronged But Falazon was having a lot of fun watching it so you just hold back...

Even if Romimos didn't say these words directly, Sauron would naturally be able to hear them.No matter how obvious Romemos's purpose is, as long as you haven't tried to tear your face off with her, she will have a hundred plausible excuses to put you off.

So Sauron is too lazy to waste that much talk, he is not broad-minded, but he is quite tolerant when necessary, he is not incapable of Romemus' little tricks that are annoying but can't hurt him at the moment Turn a blind eye and close one eye, anyway, sooner or later there will be a time to settle the ledger with her.

"Since this performance is very successful," he also got straight to the point, "then the matter of going to Anduenniel this time should also be settled?"

"According to the previous practice, I will definitely be able to go. It is said that my performance this time has received a very good response. I even hope to compete with Ilfarin for this year's 'Nusca Best Actor Award'. In previous years, this was a no-brainer. Suspenseful." Romimus said solemnly, "Unless..."

A knock on the door interrupted her, followed by Naquili's voice outside the door.

"Romimos." Naquili should be in a good mood, and it is rare to hear joyful emotions from her voice, "The celebration banquet is about to begin, and everyone is missing you."

"Understood, I'll go there later." Romimos replied.

"Don't be too late this time, you are one of the protagonists." Naquili pretended to complain, but she didn't mean to blame.After Romemos proved her strength, Naquili's attitude towards her was much more kind and tolerant than before.

"You heard me, I have to go to the banquet." After the sound of Naquili's footsteps disappeared, Romemos shrugged at Sauron, opened the closet and rummaged around, and asked casually, "Which one do you think I'm wearing?" Are the clothes nice?"

"Just now you said, unless what?" Sauron completely ignored her criticism.

"What about it? Oh, there is no need to ask? Of course, unless Prince Anduini strongly resists receiving me." Romimos said, "It's not like you don't know who he is, we two are obediently in Ami Nilos seems to be killing him staying here, sighing every day, let alone letting me go around his territory. By the way, according to my informant, Amendil is rushing to the palace these two days Well, maybe I came here to give Falazon some advice...Oh my God, I must have been away from the banquet for a long time, and I don't even have a suitable skirt in the closet, forget it, let's make one now..."

"Any one you wear is stunning enough, my dear." Sauron said impatiently, took one out of the closet without looking at it, and slammed it in Romimos' dissatisfied eyes Closed the cabinet door, "In that case, what are you going to do?"

"What can I do? Even if everyone in Numenor thinks that I have surrendered, Prince Anduini will not believe it." Romemos took the skirt that Sauron forced her to compare in front of the mirror for a long time , I was not very satisfied in the end, "In the end, it depends on what Farason thinks about this matter in the end. If Farason thinks I can go, then I can go."

Soren paused: "I see."

"Don't be so nervous," Romimos smiled, "I'm just saying that, in case Prince Amendil suddenly figured it out."

Sauron obviously didn't think so.

When Romemos appeared at the banquet, there was a burst of cheers from all around, and many people suddenly gathered around, and everyone was smiling, as if they were the ones who detoured when they saw her a few months ago humanlike.

People who are beautiful or talented are generally more likely to be loved and understood by others, let alone Romimos who has both.But on the other hand, if she is too outstanding, she may distance herself from other people. Although Romimos did not deliberately put on a fairy air in the past, she can easily stand out among a group of mortals just by standing there. stand out.Such a fairy-like person, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, a group of people, including Okanomu and Naquili, would not believe that they would be able to save face if they were beaten to death. They knelt down and cried for mercy A set of movements is done in one go, so when Romi Moss recommended herself to play Sauron, almost everyone thought she was joking at first.

But Romimos stressed several times that she was serious about it.

"If you think that changing roles will require me to spend time memorizing large sections of lines again, don't worry at all." She said, "I remember the whole script by heart, whether it is the Queen, Sauron, or even Farathon, they I can say every line of my speech."

This is true, because this script is so routine, just by looking at the previous sentence, the next sentence can be almost right, not to mention that Romimos's memory is not bad.

"No, that's not the question," said Okanomo, who looked surprised and confused, "but don't you think you're better suited to be Sauron than Queen?"

"Yes." Romimos replied naturally, "Otherwise? I don't know Tar-Myriel at all, and I have never witnessed the demeanor of any human queen. Sauron is different. If I say How long we've known each other, your jaws will all drop."

"Well, even if you can act well, Miss Romemos, I believe you can do it." Okanomo rubbed two thumbs, "but your appearance probably doesn't suit you well."

"Sauron and I look pretty much alike," Romemus said, "except he's blond, but I can dye it blond for the show, and he's taller than me, too. It's not that it can't be solved..."

"No, no, these details are harmless." Okanom said quickly, "But...you are too beautiful."

"Isn't Sauron just pretty? At least he has nothing to criticize in terms of appearance."

"That's the problem," Okanom and Naquili looked at each other for a while, before finally Okanoom said, "He shouldn't be that handsome."

How should I say it?Although the script this time is based on real events, how can it be possible to restore 100% of everyone's character in the drama?Let alone whether these small characters can really understand the daily behavior of the king and queen, and know nothing about Sauron except for some legends about the Dark Lord. Even if they can understand it further, can they really understand Farathon? Are the arrogance and arrogance of Miriel, the cowardice of Miriel, and the beauty of Sauron really written into the script?That was too long.

However, Romemos was unexpectedly serious about this matter, or rather, she didn't feel that these things could not be written at all.

"That's the truth," she said.A benevolent and humble Farathon Is that still Farathon?

Naquili could only explain to her with a little embarrassment: this is a necessary artistic process.

The king is tall and mighty, courageous, the queen is beautiful, elegant, gentle and kind, and Sauron is ugly and evil, strong outside but capable at heart. This is the standard configuration of a heroic adventure story. If you replace the characters with princes and princesses and other villains, it is similar. I know that such a perfect person does not exist in reality, but come on, it's just acting, who wants to see a hero who is full of stinky flaws?And who wants to see a hero just marry a plain girl after all the hard adventures?If the villain is a glamorous beauty, this is even more difficult to accept.

It's hard to say whether Romemos understood in the end, because—perhaps because of Naquili's own guilt—she seemed to respond to the explanation with a twitch of her lips.

"Well, even if that's the case." Luckily, Romimos did not say anything more, "It's also very simple, just change my appearance."

For a moment, it seemed that everyone didn't understand what she was talking about, and their faces were blank.In the end, Ilfarin was the first to ask uncertainly: "You mean, you can use witchcraft to temporarily change into another person's appearance?"

"Witchcraft? If you want to put it that way...it's about the same." The corners of Romimos' eyes twitched, but he still swallowed the idea of ​​further explaining to these people.

In the entire Kingdom of Númenor, there are only a handful of people who know that Romimus is Maia, and even fewer people know what Maia is. Even Farathon spent a lot of time with him in Glorfindel. After a lot of talking, he reluctantly believed that Romimos and Sauron were also members of the Western Gods.However, for ordinary people, those things about Romemos really only exist in fairy tales. Even though Romemos has slightly shown some of her differences, her real power is still unimaginable to the Númenoreans.

"Can you become whatever you want?" Ilfarin asked, showing interest and enthusiasm for this topic that exceeded Romimos' expectations, "Not at all restricted by men, women, or children? Doesn't it mean that as long as you want, you can become any character you want?"

"The appearance can be changed, but the voice can't, so it can't be any character." Romimos said.However, her voice is considered low-pitched among women. When playing roles such as a neutral and delicate man, a teenager or an old woman, she only needs to change the way of speaking slightly, and there is basically no sense of disobedience.

For an actor, this is enough to make people enviable. Although it is hard to hone acting skills, as long as you work hard the day after tomorrow, there is always hope for improvement, but the appearance is not like this. Because of his unsatisfactory height and appearance, he was rigidly restricted to one character type and could not move.

"Ah, you are really born to be a good actor, you can." Okanomu is the second person after Ilfarin to quickly accept this information. Compared with the surprise and awe on the faces of others, he He didn't seem to care at all how mysterious and dangerous Romimos sounded, and was so happy that even the flesh on his neck trembled slightly with his laughter.

Of course, there are still a lot of normal people like Naquili who are still suspicious.

"Are you sure?" She confirmed again and again, "Even if what you said is true, you are not restricted by your appearance, but even if you don't look at the face, but only observe from the back, you are more like an elegant master Lady, not... the Sauron written in the script."

"This is easy to verify." Ilfarin said, "Since she said that she can play Sauron better than the Queen, let her have a moment now, playing Sauron humble begging for mercy after being defeated Can you do those paragraphs?"

What happened later?Now that Romemos can stand at the celebration banquet and accept everyone's praise and flattery, it proves that what she said is indeed true.

Romemos had a seemingly modest smile on her face, and let those people hug her head and neck to hang the laurel wreath and garland representing victory, but in fact her mind was not here at all. It floated to the sky.

When midnight approached, all the people who participated in the banquet dispersed one after another. In the end, only Romimos stayed in the corner alone, as if he was meditating and waiting for something.

"Do you want to stay here?" Vespa danced all night and drank a lot of wine, and now his voice is a little hoarse, "Everyone is almost gone."

Romemos glanced at her: "Don't worry about me, if you want to go back, go back first."

"Hey, no one cares about you, just being passionate." Vespa snorted drunkenly, turned around and left, still complaining, "What a weird thing..."

At last all the candles were extinguished, and only the bright midsummer moonlight shone on the messy dinner plates and wine glasses.

Romemos finally changed slightly from his thoughtful look.

Maybe she should act first and take the initiative to have a "friendly" chat with Prince Anduini...