Ladies and Gentlemen,
I welcome you to the latest edition of this mighty organ.
The war moves apace and we of the free coalition are happy enough
with the results. Let me tell you of event from around my Lords`
Realms;
At 2816 the fierce Dog Lord , Lord BULRAKUR stood and stared at
Camthalion of the Silvan Elves, perhaps there was trepidation,
indecision? He did not want to go the same way as HARGROG? He did not
dare attack with his troops...was that the gleam of mithril armour on
those elven cavalry? Nonetheless, is delay may have been a
misjudgement was Cam has now been joined by Commander GALANDEOR of
the Sinda. The reinforcements have yet to make it to Dol
Guldor...which is still under seige from forces of Galadriel and
Beorn. Regent CELEBORN`s fleet is still in the harbour at 2730 facing
a new small army under Hero BRAGOLMAITE of the evil pirates. In the
last few days CELEBORN`s ships wiped out the paltry remains of the
corsairs under the command of Commander ALLURAC. The enemy leader was
noted to be suffering from grievous wounds as he was dragged from the
water...so much for the dread pirates of umbar!
Elsewhere in Mirkwood, the dragon lord`s expeditionary force, or
fleeing force might be more apt has reached the Woodmen`s capital.
Commander GASKBUZ commands a large army and is facing a combined
enemy of an army under GRIMBEORN and the Silvan`s small army under
ARGALDOR. It might be a close fight...unless those are all dragon
lord slaves "induced" to fight under threat from the elite, fanatical
elements? You can take from that, that the FREE FORCES are not
slaves. Captain BEORN has marched upon Goblin-Gate to take on the
army of Captain OGROD that is there. Those armies are so costly for
such a poor economy as the dragon lord`s...i would bet that 3822 is
unguarded right now.
Over it Angrenost, the White Wizard is in danger of being squeezed
out of his "inpenetrable" fortress of Orthanc. He has already
abandoned the citadel to a host of Rohirrim armies and only has one
small army fleeing eastwards across the plains of Rohan from the
mountains. How could it all have gone so horribly wrong for Saruman?
Meanwhile EOMUND has a small force on the Dragon Lord camp of
Ongushar as the armies of the Free try and expunge evil from the
region for good. Already the White Wizard and the Dragon Lord have
abandoned their capitals and the Witch King has become increasingly
isolated in the north!
The bloody town of Osgiliath once more is a place of death and
disease. This week has seen the influx of 6 Dark Servant armies! They
face the courageous BARANOR`s huge expeditionary force which is now
standing with it`s back to the crimson Anduin thanks to the efforts
of DS saboteurs who took down the bridge across the mighty river. It
should be quite a scrap! In the accursed city last turn much blood
was shed; HOARMURATH called out ECTHELION in a personal challenge,
suffering grievous wounds but ultimately defeating the steward after
a whole 11 minutes! The following battle, minus Ecthelions confused
and disintegrating troops saw North Gondor forces, under ARGIRION and
BARANOR destroy those of the Fire King, under SNAGA [a baby orc?] and
SHAGRAT [an unsavoury past-time?]. After the battle the brave Baranor
dodged the knife of a would-be assassin, LAIRATHIN, and injured the
whelp. DENETHOR has taken up the Stewardship of Gondor until the KING
returns from exile. His sons BOROMIR and FARAMIR assist in active
duty in his realm.
After the loss of their navy to the now defeated Corsairs, the
fiefdom of South Gondor continues to rebuild. Defeated Admiral
DUINHIR challenged the Pirate BRAGOLMAITE, but the scurvy sea-dog
refused and recruited a paltry defensive force foe the island of
Caras Tolfalas instead. Prince IMRAHIL is determined to support the
Free Peoples Liberation of Mordor.
The frozen tundra of the north offers no welcome to the Dark Servant
Regime of SAURON the DECEIVER, and the Realm of the Dwarves, ruled by
THORIN OAKENSHIELD, King-Under-The-Mountain continues to build and
track enemies within their reach. Be warned infiltrators! Rhun
remains a safe place for Free, democratic peoples, thanks to their
police action in conjunction with the Northmen. Long may it remain
so!!
The Noldo Elves, led by ELROND and advised by GANDALF THE GREY
continue to provide leadership and direction for the FREE PEOPLES of
Middle Earth. Their influence is great, and growing...at 3002 a band
of elven rangers came across the necromancer ROGATHA of the DRAGON
LORD and challenged him to a fight, however the cowardly mage used
dark magics to evade his pursuers and lives to fight, or hide,
another day...Mt.Gram remains in the hands of the Witch-King, but
soon it will be no more than a pile of rocks on a mountainside.
Dunland has been purged of the scum of SARUMAN. His invading forces
have been eradicated after doing minimal damage, and his holdings are
now under threat from the forces of freedom!!! Captain AONGHAS has
led his large army to 1918 [Arailt] and will torch it this turn,
cleansing it of disease with fire...Captain URDREK is at the White
Wizard`s village of Treforn [2017] and will follow Aonghas`s lead. At
1916 Urdek destroyed the raiding band of Bill Ferny, who fled the
battle field still clutching his shiny sword, but suffering from
wounds inflicted in the battle. Captain UGLUK of the White Wizard
destroyed the village of Wularan, but his army disbanded and
disappeared into the mists rather than face an actual enemy, as
opposed to frightened villagers...there are now no DS armies west of
the Mt.Gram outpost...
In the Far East of Khand the realm of OVATHA is being squeezed by
desperate DS nations trying to secure their backdoor; ZOKHAD of the
QA has arrived with his war-band at OVATHARAC where he is met by
GOROBEI of Khand. KIONID and URIG have re-occupied their former MT at
Khand Amu [now a Long Rider town], it will be back in Khand`s hands
any day now. There was a momentous battle there between the forces of
Khand and cavalry armies of RASHKUK [Dog Lord], MORNADAK [Long Rider]
which saw the invaders routed!
The future remains vague, but the forces of Freedom and Liberation
are confident that the undead tyrant SAURON will be removed and
Mordor returned to a law-abiding, democratic state. Let`s hope it is
so, i remain your loyal correspondent,
MURMUR of MIRKWOOD