Lords Of The Bling

In the shires lived the people of Middleground. 

Not always happily, for there were divisions among those who wore white, those who wore black and those whose preferences ran to multi-hued garments.

 Little did they know that misery untold was yet to come. For the lords of Moredough had discovered the Bling. A magical ring that made the wearer's deeds invisible, many in Middleground sought the Bling. Some for good, some for evil. But the Bling made many a person mad with greed and the lust for power. And so it came to pass that the thick smoke of corruption and greed rose daily from the towers of Moredough. And from its gates, the Okes, half - man, half beast, poured out to rob and to plunder. Fear and anger reigned in Middleground.

 But the Bling began to lose it's power from excessive use. The eyes of the people were opened. They saw the devastation wreaked by the brutish Okes. Smelled the stench of the thick smoke rising daily from Moredough. And they said: "Enough". Middleground rose up.

 Only the dwarves, gaily dressed in scarlet said: "We will not join in your battle. We have other fish to fry." And they danced off gaily down the streets, as was their custom.