This part will focus on the journey of the Ringbearer and his loyal companion from the Dead Marshes through the pass of Cirith Ungol as they follow their guide into Mordor, getting so close to their goal.
CJ
Scenario 14- The Dead Marshes
Participants- Bilbo, Dori and Smeagol
Evil- Ringwraith on Fellbeast and 6x Dead Marsh Spectres
The trio starts wading their way through the marshes unaware
that some spectres are slowly wandering towards them. They creep their way
towards the edge of the marsh when they’re spotted. But Dori quickly defeats
the spirit.
Another spectre lures Smeagol into a marsh with it’s fell light
but he doesn’t fall in. Dori kills this one and heroic combats into the third.
But has to use both his last might and will to charge it before bringing it
down too.
They worry as they see a Ringwraith flying nearby. Luckily, it turns in the air and flies completely away from them (3x 2-3 rolls on sentry in a row). They seize their chance and escape the marshes.
Kills
Bilbo- 0
Dori- 3
Bravest- Dori
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Bilbo and Dori are fully replenished at the Rangers’ hideout.
Scenario 15- Osgiliath
Participants- Faramir, Madril, Damrod, Mablung, Anborn, Bilbo, Dori, Smeagol, 13x Minas Tirith warriors, 12x Rangers of Gondor and 6x Osgiliath veterans
Evil- Ringwraith on Fellbeast,3x Orc captains and 37 orc warriors
The trio have been to the black gate before Smeagol tells
them of an alternate path. Trusting him, Bilbo follows with Dori into Ithilien,
where they are captured by the Rangers and taken to Osgiliath. While there and
pleading for Faramir to release them to continue their quest, a large assault
begins.
The orcs pile into the ruins while Faramir and some veterans
escort Bilbo, Dori and Smeagol round the rear past the fountain. The orcs hit
the Gondor frontline, and many are killed. A captain heroic combats into
Mablung but fails to win the fight. Bilbo is running when a familiar shriek is
heard, a Nazgul has arrived on a fellbeast and it’s scream causes many
Gondorians to freeze in terror. A lone warrior engages it but is quickly slain
and the beast flies from him onto the watchtower, where Anborn is shooting. He
is picked up and thrown from the balcony, where his body breaks on the street
below.
The Ringwraith’s arrival throws Gondor’s west flank into
disarray and they are surrounded and killed. Mablung is defeated by a Captain
and left wounded on the floor. Mordor claims the western building.
In the centre, another captain faces Damrod and despite the
heroic defence he had been leading until this point, the captain is too much
and Damrod is slain.
Bilbo and his guard rush towards the East but find a group
of orcs in the building preventing his escape. Dori looks dazed and wanders
from behind the building into the open, where he is attacked by four orcs. They
see the Nazgul closing in and realise that he has been compelled, Dori luckily
wins the fight. Faramir, the Ringwraith and two orc captains call heroic
combats. Faramir goes first and charges in to assist an ally. A captain nearby
rushes Bilbo, but the plucky Hobbit fights back and scores a wound on him. The
other captain uses it to clear up the remnants of the Western flank. The last
heroic combat is from the Ringwraith, who kills the Gondorian before him and
slams his fellbeast into Dori, who is knocked flat by six strikes and out of
the fight.
Dori’s avenger comes in form of Smeagol, who takes a fate
from the Ringwraith with some veterans and the next turn slays his fellbeast.
The Ringwraith stands against them until he is eventually exhausted of
willpower and pops. While the captain beside them is surrounded and killed by
Faramir’s men.
The central building is the key to victory for good now as
Bilbo rushes for his escape and large groups of men and orcs fight viciously
inside. Faramir, arrives on it’s eastern opening and with his men, break the
rear guard to get in. But Madril is finally overwhelmed at the other entrance
and beaten down by an orc captain.
As Bilbo escapes, the orcs are narrowly defeated as they have only 8 in the important building to 10 men, they call off the attack and retreat.
Kills
Bilbo- 2
Dori- 0
Bravest- Bilbo
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Bilbo is fully replenished.
Dori- 1m, 1 wound
Scenario 16- Shelob's Lair
Participants- Bilbo and Dori
Evil- Shelob and Smeagol
In the pass, Bilbo senses something stalking him, while alone. He breaks into a panicked sprint and Shelob charges out from behind a rock. Bilbo seeing Dori coming, realises that he’s too far away and bravely charges the spider. It rears up to attack and Bilbo jabs Sting into one of its eyes. Shelob shrieks and flees immediately. Dori is simply stunned at its quick resolution and chases after Smeagol, ready to dish out some punishment for treachery. When he gives up after losing the speedy creature, he sees Bilbo unconscious and being hauled up towards Cirith Ungol by a band of Orcs.
Kills
Bilbo- 1
Dori- 0
Bravest- Bilbo
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Bilbo and Dori are both fully replenished.
Scenario 17- Cirith Ungol
Participants- (Dori), Shagrat and 15x Mordor Uruk-hai
Evil- Gorbag and 24x Orc warriors
Dori creeps towards the gates of Cirith Ungol to rescue
Bilbo as fighting breaks out within. Gorbag and Shagrat call heroic moves, with
the orc moving first. He snatches the Mithril shirt and runs but Shagrat
catches up and promptly hits him hard with two wounds, the orc using both his
might and fate to save himself.
Down below, the orcs and uruks tear each other to pieces.
The orcs clear the uruks from the outer walls, but some uruks hold both sets of
stairs to the tower. At the base of which, Shagrat deals the killing blow to
Gorbag and takes the shiny shirt.
Dori narrowly dodges an orc arrow and then slays two uruk warriors, before rushing up the stairs. He rushes past the orcs, killing most of the surviving uruks as Shagrat holds out at the base of the tower. Dori gets up the tower and frees Bilbo, as Shagrat makes a desperate escape with his prize.
Kills
Dori- 3
Bravest- Dori
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Dori is fully replenished.
Scenario 18- The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Participants- Bilbo and Dori
Evil- Orc captain, Orc taskmaster and 24x orc warriors
Bilbo and Dori are closing in on the endgame of their mission, but little do they know that a battalion of orcs is marching straight at them. They realise nearly too late and hide behind a rock. The orcs come incredibly close to spotting them (rolled a 5). The pair march through the orcs with some very close calls to being caught as the taskmaster calls a halt just as they’re passing. They finally escape on turn 9, with not much time to spare.
Kills
Bilbo- 0
Dori- 0
Bravest- Dori
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Both hobbits are fully replenished for the finale.
Sam
Scenario 14- The Dead Marshes
Participants- Smeagol, Lotho and 'Bilbo' (Bilbo using Smeagol's profile)
Evil- Ringwraith on Fellbeast and 6x Dead Marshes Spectres
Smeagol and Lotho are joined by Old Bilbo, who promises to
assist them in their quest. Smeagol leads them to the dead marshes, which they
attempt to navigate as a shortcut to Mordor. They are quickly spotted by a
spectre and Bilbo is lured into the marsh, falling in. Another spectre sees this
and is alerted. Lotho rushes over and pulls Bilbo out before he drowns.
Smeagol is the next to fall to the lure of the spectres but
is also rescued by Lotho as a third spots them. Bilbo calls a heroic move, and
they push on, hiding in a bush to avoid the nearby Ringwraith on it’s fellbeast
from spotting them. The Ringwraith, luckily, flies away. Smeagol is then lured
in and charged but awoken by Bilbo. A fourth spectre sights them, Bilbo takes
on two and kills one. Before being pulled under again and is rescued by
Smeagol. Disastrously, a fifth spectre spots them and they are being targeted
by four at once now.
Lotho manages to shove two spectres back over two turns and Bilbo is pulled under but not seen again. Smeagol manages to kill two spectres in two turns and things look hopeful again as they’re only three turns away from escape. But tragedy strikes as Lotho is cornered and injured, and the Ringwraith, that was across the other side of the board, rolls 6 on its sentry rolls…three times in a row and is suddenly upon them and alerted! It then gets priority and charges Smeagol with two spectres. They win and cause a total of seven wounds. The Fellbeast picks up Smeagol and tears him to pieces! The Ringbearer is slain!
Kills
Smeagol- 2
Lotho- 0
Bravest- Lotho Fool- Smeagol
EVIL WIN
Carried stats
Smeagol is cornered and slain. The Ring falls from his hands
into some nearby reeds, where it is later found by Bilbo, who promises to
finish the quest. He is the new Ringbearer.
Lotho is fully replenished at the Rangers’ hideout.
Scenario 15- Osgiliath
Participants- Faramir, Madril, Damrod, Mablung, Anborn, Old Bilbo, Lotho, 'Smeagol', 13x Minas Tirith warriors, 12x Rangers of Gondor and 6x Osgiliath veterans
Evil- Ringwraith on Fellbeast,3x Orc captains and 37 orc warriors
Smeagol will be representing Bilbo’s internal desire for the
Ring. Portrayed, in his mind at least, in Gollum’s form.
As the Rangers reinforce the Osgiliath garrison in the face
of an orc attack, Faramir leads Bilbo and Lotho through the streets. The Rangers
all fire at the assaulting orcs and fail to kill anything. The turn after the
orcs hit and Damrod is quickly beaten down by the orcs. The defenders push back
and wound a captain in return, but Mablung is defeated by a captain and killed.
An Orc threatens to rush Bilbo, so Lotho calls a heroic move
and they rush him out of reach. A handful of brave Gondorians hold the Western
flank, where Damrod lies unconscious, from the orcish onslaught. It is then a
loud ear-piercing shriek is heard and a cry of ‘NAZGUUUUL!’ follows. The
Ringwraith flies in over the Western fighting and quickly charges Bilbo. Two
Osgiliath Veterans charge in to aid him. Faramir calls a heroic combat along
with Madril, which is contested by the Ringwraith. Evil goes first and Bilbo is
hurled, slamming into several allies and going down to 1w, 1f. Lotho is hit by
him and knocked out of the fight. Faramir’s opponent is killed and so he can’t
do his heroic. Madril, meanwhile, wins his fight but fails to kill.
The Nazgul begins the next turn with a loud scream, shaking
the defenders to their core. Faramir nevertheless, charges the Ringwraith and
calls a strike. He gets up to fight 10 with a furious warcry, but is slammed by
the Fellbeast’s tail and thrown into a crowd saving himself with fate. All
around him, the orcs overwhelm defenders and many Gondorians are slain.
Bilbo calls a heroic move, attempting to get away from the beast as Faramir charges it again, using his last might for another heroic strike and being brought down to 1w, 0f when he again goes up to fight and loses. The following turn an orc captain charges and beats him down as the Ringwraith swoops down upon Bilbo and slams him into some ruins, knocking him unconscious for several hours. The defenders manage to narrowly repel the attack but lost many in doing so.
Kills
Bilbo- 0
Lotho- 0
Bravest- Lotho Fool- Bilbo
EVIL WIN
Carried stats
Lotho is fully replenished.
Bilbo- 0m, 1 fate, 1 wound
Scenario 16- Shelob's Lair
Participants- Old Bilbo and Lotho
Evil- Shelob and Smeagol
Shelob quietly closes in as Bilbo struggles internally
(Smeagol attacks) fighting his intense want for the precious, no wounds are
dealt but then the spider hits and immediately paralyses him. Lotho steps up
and manages to bribe the spider with a dead rabbit not to attack him as Bilbo
gives in to the Ring and succumbs but is luckily paralysed (Gollum beats him
up).
Lotho uses his might to heroic move and claim Sting. Then distracts Shelob from another charge and counter charges, dealing a wound on the spider. But it passes its courage test and slams Lotho into a wall. Before she can finish him, orcs spook her and she flees. Gorbag and some troops find Bilbo and take him to Cirith Ungol. Lotho follows in a daze.
Kills
Bilbo- 0
Lotho- 0
Bravest- Lotho Fool- Bilbo
EVIL WIN
Carried stats
Bilbo- 0m, 1f, 1 wound and Lotho- 0m, 2 will, 0f
Scenario 17- Cirith Ungol
Participants- (Lotho), Shagrat and 15x Mordor Uruk-hai
Evil- Gorbag and 24x Orc warriors
Lotho approaches the gates of Cirith Ungol beginning his
attempt to rescue Bilbo as a mutiny breaks out inside. Shagrat and Gorbag both
call heroic moves to try and seize the ‘Shiny Shirt’, Shagrat is too fast and
he snatches it, Gorbag chases. The Uruks and Orcs scrap killing a few of each
other.
Shagrat and Gorbag again call heroic moves and again Shagrat
takes it, pouncing on Gorbag and surrounding him with Uruks. The orc calls a
heroic strike, while Shagrat chances going without, Gorbag gets up to Fight 9
and feints. But Shagrat’s gamble pays off as the orc rolls a 3 highest, he then
uses the might he saved to guarantee Gorbag’s demise as he picks him up,
smashes him against a wall and then tosses his limp body over the ramparts. The
Uruks rally at this and many orcs are killed.
The orcs gain priority and manage to corner a few Uruks, while giving chase to Shagrat, Lotho is sent to tie up and kill one…but he rolls double 2 and is thumped unconscious by the Uruk, unexpectedly ending the game. The Uruks hold the Mithril coat and under Shagrat’s dominance tear the orcs apart but fail to spot Lotho as Bilbo is forgotten in the mayhem. Once he awakes, Lotho quietly makes his way up the tower and saves the Ringbearer.
Kills
Lotho- 0
Bravest- Lotho
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Lotho is fully replenished.
Scenario 18- The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Participants- Bilbo and Lotho
Evil- Orc captain, Orc taskmaster and 24x orc warriors
Now getting close to their objective and disguised in Orc armour, Bilbo and Lotho make their way across the Plateau of Gorgoroth…but then they see an orc battalion coming straight at them. They creep behind a rock quickly, out of sight, but they’ll have to rush past. As they prepare to run in front, the Taskmaster calls an unexpected halt to the march and the Hobbits feel their hearts in their mouths but luckily no suspicion is aroused. Then the captain calls a heroic move, and the battalion is suddenly all around them. They manage to slip out the back and with some luck that they are long overdue, manage to get outside of spotting range behind them and slip away in Turn 8.
Kills
Bilbo- 0
Dori- 0
Bravest- Bilbo
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Will
Scenario 14- The Dead Marshes
Participants- Frodo, Pippin and Smeagol
Evil- Ringwraith on Fellbeast and 6x Dead Marshes Spectres
The Hobbits follow Smeagol who leads them through the Dead Marshes.
Little do they know that Spectres lurk within. They walk their way through
until spotted by two Spectres in a bottleneck, they all charge one and Frodo
calls a Heroic combat. Smeagol deals the killing blow and they push on. They
spot a Fellbeast miles away starting to fly in their direction.
Smeagol takes on the two Spectres that now pursue them and receives two wounds, saved by his fate. The next turn he charges, passing his courage with his might and kills one. The Fellbeast is suddenly right beside them and spots Frodo and Pippin, who get the final priority and escape.
Kills
Frodo- 0
Pippin- 0
Bravest- Frodo
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Frodo and Pippin are fully replenished at the Rangers' hideout.
Scenario 15- Osgiliath
Participants- Faramir, Madril, Damrod, Mablung, Anborn, Frodo, Pippin, Smeagol, 13x Minas Tirith warriors, 12x Rangers of Gondor and 6x Osgiliath veterans
Evil- Ringwraith on Fellbeast,3x Orc captains and 37 orc warriors
The group is lead by the Rangers, now led by Madril in Faramir’s
absence, he calls a heroic march as the orcs attack, desperate to protect the
Ringbearer. The Gondorians hold the line and many orcs are slain, the buildings
become warzones in minutes. Anborn starts sniping and taking out orcs. Smeagol
leaves the group and joins the fighting, strangling a 2h orc.
There’s a deafening shriek as the Ringwraith arrives, Mablung throws himself at it but the Fellbeast picks him up and shakes him to death. It uses it to heroic combat and land upon a watchtower, spotting Frodo. He and Pippin rush towards the alley that is too narrow for the Fellbeast but is quickly a logjam of orcs at the end. The Ringwraith swoops down, compelling a Minas Tirith warrior aside and lands in combat with Frodo. Frodo thinks fast and calls a heroic defence, as a result he only takes a single wound from the furious assault.
Back in the alleyway, Frodo calls a heroic combat and rushes towards the escape as the Ringwraith barges to get closer. As he is about to get away, however, a lone orc arrives in the narrow escape route and the fellbeast lands before them. Several Minas Tirith warriors and rangers are slain and orcs pour back into the alley. Pippin is defeated in combat and hit hard to the floor. Not long later, the Ringwraith attacks Madril and hurls him through multiple people, including Frodo, but only an orc is killed. Madril survives on 1w, 0f, the Ringwraith has exhausted its will and flees. Madril stands and slays the last captain, after multiple more turns of fighting, good gets the upper hand and Frodo escapes Osgiliath with the injured Pippin and Smeagol.
Kills
Frodo- 2
Pippin- 0
Bravest- Frodo
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Pippin is fully restored.
Frodo- 1m, 1 wound
Scenario 16- Shelob's Lair
Participants- Frodo and Pippin
Evil- Shelob and Smeagol
The hobbits are split up as Gollum causes tensions to rise.
While separated, Frodo comes face to face with the massive arachnid, Shelob.
She rushes towards him and Frodo throws a stone at her but misses. She slams
into him and Frodo is knocked flying, the Ring flies into a dark corner as he
lies unconscious.
Meanwhile, Pippin is heading back but is set upon by Smeagol, who manages to grab Pippin but fails to wound. The next turn, Pippin slashes and injures his foe. They wrestle and fight for another three turns until Gollum clubs him over the head and starts to rush over to Frodo but is spooked by the arrival of orcs. Shelob also flees as one of their archers fires at her. They find Frodo and drag him away. Pippin starts to give chase, finding the Ring as he goes, and follows them to Cirith Ungol.
Kills
Frodo- 0
Pippin- 0
Bravest- Pippin Fool- Frodo
EVIL WIN
Carried stats
Pippin is fully restored.
Frodo- 1m, 0f, 1 wound
Scenario 17- Cirith Ungol
Participants- (Pippin), Shagrat and 15x Mordor Uruk-hai
Evil- Gorbag and 24x Orc warriors
With Frodo up inside the tower of Cirith Ungol, it doesn’t
take long before they find his mithril coat and fighting breaks out over it.
Gorbag leaps forward and snatches it, before running round the corner. Shagrat
and an uruk slay an orc and use a heroic combat to give chase. The orcs and
uruks rip into each other all around the fortress. Gorbag calls another heroic
move to escape Shagrat and leaps over the edge of the wall, closely followed by
his pursuer. While Gorbag takes two wounds but survives on fate, Shagrat lands
almost perfectly, before standing and slaying the orc. He now has the shiny shirt!
Pippin rushes into the gates and promptly ends up facing two
uruks, which he pushes back, but fails to kill either. An uruk faces four orc
spears and manages to kill one, before being overwhelmed and letting them rush up
the opposite stairs. The outer walls are cleared of uruks allowing the archers
free rein. They shoot an uruk out of combat in thanks. But then follow up by
shooting two of Shagrat’s opponents dead in a row.
Suddenly, after a turn of brutal fighting, only Shagrat and two uruks remain against 12 orcs. Both those uruks end up being shot by the archers and Shagrat cuts his way through the horde, having another shot by the archers for him. And before long, only a single orc remains (besides the four archers). The orc gets priority and bravely charges Shagrat, but something unexpected happens and a small hobbit in Gondorian armour also charges, trapping him against the wall. Shagrat is completely thrown by the arrival of this creature and subsequently loses the combat, before taking 5 wounds!! (3 from Pippin)! And collapses dead, killed by the unlikeliest of creatures. The orc snatches the shiny shirt and flees, as Pippin rushes past to go save Mr Frodo.
Kills
Pippin- 2
Bravest- Pippin
EVIL WIN
Carried stats
Scenario 18- The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Participants- Frodo and Pippin
Evil- Orc captain, Orc taskmaster and 24x orc warriors
As the Hobbits make their way across the plains of Gorgoroth, they freeze on hearing the clanking of armour. Realising that there is an orc contingent marching, they try to hide but have no luck and are forced to have a roll of the dice. Their hearts are in their mouths as the orcs halt at the command of the taskmaster and Pippin lets out a yelp as he stubs a toe, very nearly giving them away (6 rolled onto a 4). As they move just getting out of sight, an orc looking back again almost spots them (5), but luck is on their side and they slip away (Turn 9).
Kills
Bilbo-
Dori-
Bravest- Bilbo
GOOD WIN
Carried stats
Pippin is fully replenished.
Frodo- 2f
Our Ringbearers have now all passed into the Black Land and approach the final stretch, now we'll turn our attention back to the rest of the Fellowships as they play their parts during this period in defending the White City in 'Battle of the Pelennor'.
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