As the Ringbearers make their way ever closer to Mount Doom, the Men of the West gather what strength they have left and march to challenge the Dark Lord and distract him. The final battle begins.
CJ
Scenario 23- The End of All Things
Particpants- Bilbo, Dori with Sting, Bard, Arathorn, Saruman, Dwalin, Alfrid, Grima, Eomer, 25x Warriors of Minas Tirith (1x Banner, 8x Shield, 8x Spear and Shield, 8x Bow) and 25x Warriors of Rohan (1x Banner, 8x Shield, 8x Throwing spear and Shield, 8x Bow)
Evil- Mordor Troll Chieftain, the Mouth of Sauron, Gollum, 3x Morannon Orc Captains and 50x Morannon Orcs (2x Banner, 12x Shield, 12x Spear, 12x Spear and Shield)
The remaining men, able to still fight, march on the Black
Gate. They wish to create a distraction for Sauron to buy Bilbo the time he
needs.
The Gate opens and hordes of orcs march out, enveloping the
forces of Good. Alfrid mutters some words in Bard’s ear, getting him charged up
with rage (up to 6 might). Saruman casts terrifying aura and they brace as the
orcs charge! The Troll chief and orcs
hit the front hard. Arathorn and Bard cut through the orcs before them, when
the troll barges four men to the floor and rushes Bard, but somehow fails to
cause any wounds (triple 2).
Bilbo begins the last stretch, but the Ring is attempting to
corrupt him and weigh him down. But the Hobbit perseveres. Back at the Black
Gate, Bard leads the charge, and a turn of Heroic Combats follow from Dwalin and
two orc captains. All three succeed and both orcs charge the Rohan banner,
while Dwalin grabs one of the captains and cuts him in half with his two-handed
axe. The Banner bearer is killed but the banner is picked up by another. Eomer
beats another Captain and causes a wound upon him. During all this, Arathorn
draws Anduril and charges the Troll Chief! He runs in and swings, but his blow
is parried aside and before he can follow up with another attack. The King of
Gondor is picked up and thrown through a crowd, Grima is saved from death by
his armour, an orc is killed by the impact but every Minas Tirith warrior is
unscathed. However, Arathorn lies still, his body broken and dead, Anduril lies
beside him.
Bard is in shock and just snaps himself out of it to dodge
the Troll the next turn (triple 1 to wound). Dwalin is enraged and takes off a
second captain’s head in one hard swing. Saruman, who has been fluffing his
magic throughout, fails again to immobilise the troll for Bard. And Eomer is
piled by orcs and takes a wound from them. As Bard struggles on with the Troll,
the Mouth of Sauron charges into the flank on his horse and begins killing
Gondorians and Rohirrim around him, hellbent on slaying Alfrid or Grima, whose
very presence was causing the captains difficulty with their commands. Saruman
finally pulls off a compel and the Troll stumbles away from Bard, who is
looking exhausted, having spent 5 of his 6 might.
Bilbo, despite the problems that the Ring is causing him,
continues to push forward with Dori and enters the doors into Oroduin. Back at
the Gate, the losses are taking their toll and Eomer takes another wound. A
morannon orc rushes through a gap and before anyone can stop him, buries his
blade deep in Alfrid’s gut. He collapses and passes as loyal soldiers slay his
killer. Bard is beaten by a captain and orcs, taking two wounds from them for
it. As Bilbo enters the chamber in Mt. Doom, he hears a familiar cry and Gollum
pounces on top of him, Bilbo’s combat experience from his quest to Erebor and
this show as he rolls a 6 and wins the fight, then causing a wound. Before his
loyal companion, Dori, slams his flail into Gollum’s chin, plunges Sting into
their attacker and pushes him over the side into the pit.
The battle is getting desperate as the small circle gets
smaller. Eomer charges the Mouth and brings him off his horse, then causing a
wound (1w, 0f). The Mouth retaliates by putting Eomer in the same position. As
Bilbo closes in on the platform, the rest of the Fellowship fight like demons.
Bard leads a last-ditch charge, in which Dwalin drops his two-handed axe and
draws two instead, immediately hacking a third captain to pieces and Grima
manages to push off an attacker with his elven dagger. Eomer stumbles over to
the Mouth and prepares to deal one final blow, but it never comes. The Mouth is
too quick and strikes him down where he stands. The Leader of Rohan falls, so
close to where the King of Gondor lies.
Bilbo draws the Ring and holds it over the drop. He stares at it as it speaks to him, giving visions of power, tempting, and intimidating him. Bilbo draws on his last reserves of might….and drops it. The Ring is destroyed!
Kills
Bilbo- 0 Arathorn- 1
Dori- 1 Dwalin- 5
Bard- 3 Alfrid- 0
Saruman- 2 Grima- 0
Bravest- Grima Fool- Arathorn
GOOD WIN
Endings
Arathorn, Alfrid, Eomer and Gollum are slain.
Arathorn’s son, a young Aragorn, is brought out of hiding
and coronated King after his father’s death, with assistance until he comes of
age through Ecthelion, the steward of Gondor. And his father becomes a man of
legend.
The Rohirrim crown Eowyn, the last surviving Royal, as Queen
of Rohan after her heroics at the Pelennor.
20 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses. 316 total kills, 31 slain enemy heroes, 1 slain enemy monster. 6/9 original Fellowship members survived.
Sam
Scenario 23- The End of All Things
Particpants- Old Bilbo, Lotho with Sting, Hurin, Saruman, Haldir, Dain, Aldor, Grima, Eomer, 25x Warriors of Minas Tirith (1x Banner, 8x Shield, 8x Spear and Shield, 8x Bow) and 25x Warriors of Rohan (1x Banner, 8x Shield, 8x Throwing spear and Shield, 8x Bow)
Evil- Mordor Troll Chieftain, the Mouth of Sauron, Gollum, 3x Morannon Orc Captains and 50x Morannon Orcs (2x Banner, 12x Shield, 12x Spear, 12x Spear and Shield)
Note: Gollum is written in as Bilbo struggling to overcome
the Ring’s seduction.
Bilbo and Lotho finally close in on their destination. As
they struggle up the slopes, Bilbo feels the strain and the cracks in his mind
broaden. When he comes back, he is wrestling Lotho on the ground and has hit
him with a rock but failed to kill him. With Bilbo back under control, they get
towards the doorway. Bilbo again loses his focus but uses might to avoid caving
again.
Down at the Black Gate, the men of the West have formed a
defensive circle with Grima in the centre putting down the enemy. Saruman casts
terrifying aura on himself and calls out ‘For Smeagol!’ (not knowing of his
death). Dain rushes across the circle towards the Troll Chief’s side. As the
Orcs close in, Aldor looses an arrow that takes out a captain’s spearman and
Haldir fires a shot that gets into a gap of the Troll Chief’s armour and wounds
him.
Just as the fighting is about to begin, Saruman blasts an
orc and Haldir charges the troll chief. Two orc captains call heroic combats
but the Rohirrim warriors manage to fight them both back. Saruman takes a wound
from orcs and Hurin bloodies Anduril. Haldir beats the Troll but fails to wound
it. Saruman then turns and blasts the Mouth of Sauron off his horse causing a
wound. He then suffers for it as he takes another wound from orcs. Eomer takes
on a captain and deflects a strike with his shield, landing two of his own,
which is saved by fate. A loud cry of dismay is heard as the Troll Chief
smashes through the elf’s defence with an almighty strike, shattering his elven
blade, and Haldir’s limp corpse is casually tossed aside.
Seeing that their defences are taking losses and holes are
appearing, Saruman calls a heroic move to close up some of the bigger gaps.
Eomer, joins the move and tightens up his line of Rohirrim. But as the orcs
rush back in, the old warrior Aldor, who has been struggling under such numbers
is overwhelmed and takes a blade to the gut. He falls beside the leader of his
people. Grima is enraged at the death of the man, who had become a close friend
in their adventures, and lunges into the fighting, furiously stabbing an orc.
In his fury, he goes in too deep too quick and ends up with a similar fate to
his friend.
The Orcish captains sense blood and rush into the fray
against heroes (Hurin and Saruman). Hurin wins but fails to land any blows upon
his foe. He and Eomer both rally their men and once again, tighten up the
ranks, the latter is finally wounded and the former attacks the Mouth of Sauron
and a captain at the same time. With a loud warcry, Anduril swings and knocks
back the captain before swinging back and taking off the head of the Mouth.
Dain finally gets a chance to rush the Troll Chief and with a mighty flurry of
strikes from his hammer reduces it to 1w, 0f. Many of good’s warriors fall.
Back at Mount Doom, Lotho sees Bilbo again teetering on the
edge of madness. They once again end up fighting as Lotho pushes Bilbo up
against the wall and slowly struggles him down the corridor. Bilbo again tries
to fight on the walkway above the lavaflow, this time he gets the upper hand
and nearly ends up sending them both over the edge, but Lotho’s yells finally
get through to Bilbo…seeing how close they are now and driven by purpose, he
approaches the end of the walkway…
At the Black Gate. Eomer rushes to Dain’s side and stands
before the Troll, but the troll overcomes them both and hurls Dain across the
fighting, where he lands upon Saruman’s spearman. The White Wizard overcomes
the difficulty of fighting alone and slays the captain before him. The Banner
of Minas Tirith falls nearby as it was forced to the frontline. Hurin, refuses
to lose hope due to this and strikes down another captain nearby. The strain is
showing for the forces of Good, which is exacerbated by the sudden death of the
White Wizard, when he is overcome by orcs and has his throat cut! Hurin is also
overwhelmed and finally wounded and Dain rended by the Troll, going down to 1w,
0f. Suddenly, there is a very real chance of the forces of Good being
obliterated!
Dain, heavily wounded and unable to lift his hammer due to a
broken arm, snatches a fallen orcs mace and charges the Troll again. But due to
his state, it’s more an act of defiance than a real threat. The Troll picks him
up one last time and slams the dwarf into the floor. The King under the
Mountain has fallen. The victorious Troll then sees Hurin, bloodied and tired
before him. Wanting to make the hat-trick, he charges, roaring at the Warden of
the Keys. Summoning the last of his energy, Hurin ducks the Troll’s swing and
stands, driving Anduril under the Troll’s chestplates and up through its heart!
Bilbo staggers up to the precipice and raises the Ring, but immediately feels the madness rising again, threatening to take over and force him to keep the Ring. Before he can give in though, a hand lashes out and smacks it from his grasp. The Ring flies through the air and falls down into the volcano below. As Lotho drags Bilbo away from the edge before he can leap in after it. The Ring is destroyed!
Kills
Bilbo- 0 Haldir- 0
Lotho- 0 Dain- 0
Hurin- 8 Aldor- 1
Saruman- 2 Grima- 1
Bravest- Hurin Fool- Aldor
GOOD WIN
Endings
Haldir, Dain, Saruman, Aldor and Grima are all slain in
battle. Each is returned to their homeland for burial, besides Saruman, who is
cremated and scattered to the wind.
Eomer takes his place as the King of Rohan, in place of his
uncle Theoden and former heir, Theodred.
Hurin earns his place as a true hero of Gondor and takes on
the role of Steward in place of Denethor and Faramir.
Bilbo and Lotho return to the Shire. Bilbo is eventually taken across the seas to the west and Lotho gains the position that he craved as tales of his exploits become legend.
14 wins, 1 draws, 8 losses. 261 total kills, 30 slain enemy heroes, 3 slain enemy monsters. 1/9 original Fellowship member survived.
Will
Scenario 23- The End of All Things
Particpants- Frodo, Pippin with Sting, Boromir, Gandalf, Faramir, Irolas, Damrod, Denethor, Eomer, 25x Warriors of Minas Tirith (1x Banner, 8x Shield, 8x Spear and Shield, 8x Bow) and 25x Warriors of Rohan (1x Banner, 8x Shield, 8x Throwing spear and Shield, 8x Bow)
Evil- Mordor Troll Chieftain, the Mouth of Sauron, Gollum, 3x Morannon Orc Captains and 50x Morannon Orcs (2x Banner, 12x Shield, 12x Spear, 12x Spear and Shield)
The armies of Gondor and Rohan circle up outside the Black Gate. They spot the Mouth of Sauron dangling a Mithril coat and blowing raspberries at them.
'Pippin!' yells Damrod.
'No!' cries Denethor.
Gandalf silences them. And Boromir stares silently at the forces of Mordor before slowly turning and whispering 'For Gondor...'. The entire army of the Free Peoples charges towards the Orc lines.
Evil gives chase and the Mouth of Sauron slams into a pair of Rohirrim. Good opens fire, killing three orcs with their volley. The Mouth calls a heroic combat and then after spending his second might to kill the first warrior, fails to kill the second. On the left flank, several Rohirrim are slain. But at the front, the cluster of heroes hits the orcs hard.
The next turn the Mouth fluffs a second fight and this time loses his horse to two Rohirrim. The Troll Chief barges four men of Minas Tirith back, punching a large hole into the circle! Many more of the Rohirrim are overrun and slain. Gandalf finally succeeds in casting and blasts the orcish banner away!
Frodo and Pippin are getting close to the Crack of Doom and have so far been unhindered.
Boromir, Irolas and a Morannon Captain call heroic combats. The Captain punches another hole in the defences and flanks a couple of Minas Tirith warriors.
Irolas goes next and manages to charge the Troll chief. He is then closely followed by Boromir, who adding in the fight 7 and Anduril for elven blade, has suddenly turned the fight heavily in favour of good! Both sides roll a 6 and good snatches the win on a 3! Irolas spends a might to cause a wound and Boromir causes three more on the trapped Troll, spending a might to cause a 4th and guarantee that the beast is slain! The Sword of the King of Gondor brings down the biggest threat!
To the rear the Rohirrim desperately hold back the tides! Gandalf still continues to fail with his magic (clearly his staff was integral to his abilities) and calls a heroic move to reorganise the defences. The Mouth sees an opening and casts immobilise on Boromir, using the chance to surround Irolas and go in for the kill! The man of Gondor calls a heroic Defence with his final might. As a result he only takes a single wound and survives the ambush. Boromir, who was also assaulted, repels an attack too.
Continuing his streak, Gandalf fails again with his last will point to cast (1 successful spell all game). Good continues to hold on, and do so well, with only Irolas injured.
Frodo and Pippin edge closer as the Ring attempts to weigh its bearer down. But Frodo is resilient.
Boromir lunges out of the crowd at the Mouth and after a couple of turns of jabbing and parrying, Anduril gets through the defence and claims a second hero!
Kills
Frodo- 0 Faramir- 2
Pippin- 1 Irolas- 3
Boromir- 8 Damrod- 2
Gandalf- 3 Denethor- 2
Bravest- Boromir Fool- Gandalf
GOOD WIN
Endings
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