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The principal foundations of a good state are good armies
and good laws. Whereas a Dark Lord in alliance with
Evil has no need of laws, save his own whim, I shall
speak of good armies.
I say then, that the armies which a Dark Lord uses are
either mercenaries, or his own. If they are mercenaries
they are disloyal, dependent on food and drink, and
in the main unreliable. Therefore the wise Dark Lord
manufactures his own armies with beings of his own design.
These creatures he lavishes all with favors and delights,
yet can throw them by the thousands into battle and
certain death without fear of repercussion. Thus have
many Dark Lords conquered kingdoms in times past. Consider
the history of the state of Mordor, which was once free
and without opposition...