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ISENGARD mixing rooms The hinges of the doors to the mixing rooms are leather, and the great rings used to pull them open are leather-wrapped wood. No metal at all is permitted inside, for in them the Fire of Orthanc is mixed by senior Orcs entrusted with the formula by Saruman himself, and even a single stray spark could cause great disaster. Large wooden tables dominate the first mixing room, and mortars and pestles sit atop these surfaces. Minerals dug out of the mountainside or mined within the caverns themselves are brought here and ground into fine powder, then collected in large glass bowls. Each table but one is assigned to a particular mineral, and these are kept well separate to prevent accidental combination. At the final table the craftiest Orcs combine the components, measuring each carefully, mixing slowly with long wooden spoons. The result is Blasting Fire, which is collected into small barrels bound with leather rather than iron. When one cask has been filled—and no more than one is ever open at a time—its lid is attached and it is carried either to the second mixing room for further refinement, or to the fire storage room for safekeeping. Three Orcs transport each barrel. Only one is needed to carry it, but the other two march alongside to ensure no one runs into the carrier, and that no metal or flame nears the volatile concoction. In the second mixing room—which contains tools and implements similar to those in the first—raw Blasting Fire is refined and manufactured into Fire of Orthanc, Brightfire, Rockets, and Thundershells (see box). The Orcs of the mixing rooms receive as much respect as the Orcblacksmiths of the forges, and perhaps more, for their job is as important and much more dangerous. Mixing-orcs may not be disturbed while sleeping, on Saruman’s direct order, for they need all their wits about them while working. 0 fire stor age Until Saruman had need to store Blasting Fire and its derivatives below Isengard, this chamber was unused by the Orcs. It is roughly oval-shaped, with a low ceiling. Water from an underground stream bubbles up from the rocks to one side and drains back out somewhere else, but so slowly that the floor of the room is submerged. Because of the water the air is very moist, and droplets bead the walls. The room is also colder than most of Orthanc’s underground. In the centre of the room a large rock juts up, its uneven surface only a few feet above the water. Upon this rock sits a wide wooden pallet supported by sturdy wooden legs. Upon this pallet are stacked casks of Blasting Fire, Fire of Orthanc, and other incendiaries produced by Saruman’s Orc-mixers, for here sparks are difficult to create, and a cask which opened by accident would quickly become too damp to ignite. The Orcs must wade into the pool to bon olivier (order #42065) 8
the fire of orthanC ‘How? How can fire undo stone? What kind of device can break down a wall?’ — Gríma Wormtongue, The Two Towers 1 The Fortress of Iron Saruman has long known the secret of the Fire of Orthanc (or Blasting Fire), having helped invent it while working with Dwarves of the East. Blasting Fire (baraznâd in Khuzdul) is a potent mixture that combusts and explodes when touched with the slightest spark or flame. Since his return from the East, Saruman has devised new applications of this craft. All the substances below can be created using the Craft: Alchemy (Mixing) skill, if ingredients are available. Appropriate TNs are listed for each form, along with a time to prepare a given quantity. A mysterious red ore found only at Baraz-lagil (shipped in quantity to Orthanc by Vigdís’ kin) is one crucial ingredient. Sulphur, phosphor, bat droppings, and other ingredients are also used. Mixers of Blasting Fire must take care: a disastrous failure results in an explosion that can cause from 2d6 to 12d6 points of damage. (Roll 2d6, then roll that many dice for the actual damage.) blasting fire ‘Several of the Ents got scorched and blistered. One of them… . got caught in a spray of some liquid fire and burned like a torch… .' — Pippin, The Two Towers A thick, tarry substance, Blasting Fire is described in the core rulebook on pages 242 and 245. There are great devices among the engines under Isengard that can spray streams of this hellish concoction. (TN 15 to mix one ounce in a day.) fire of orthanC ‘A gaping hole was blasted in the wall . . . “Devilry of Saruman” cried Aragorn. . . . “[T]hey have lit the fire of Orthanc beneath our feet.”’ — Aragorn, The Two Towers A refined, concentrated version of Blasting Fire, the Fire of Orthanc does not adhere and burn, it instead explodes with tremendous force. A pound of Orthanc-fire inflicts 5d6 damage to any within 3 yards of the explosion, reduced by 1d6 per 2 yards distance away. The Fire of Orthanc inflicts 10 points of Structure damage per pound to fortifications. At Helm’s Deep, Saruman employed a great mine filled with 20 pounds of Fire to breach the Deeping Wall. Fire of Orthanc is difficult to make and dangerous to store. Saruman rarely mixes it in quantity, and he used most of his supply at Helm’s Deep. (TN 20 to refine one ounce of Blasting Fire into one-quarter ounce of Fire or Orthanc in one day.) bon olivier (order #42065) 8
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