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set their payloads upon it, a task they
loathe but dutifully carry out.
Two Orcs always stand guard
before the fire storage chamber, and
the door here is made of wood and
leather just as the mixing room doors
are. The door has neither lock nor
keyhole. No one except the Orc-mixers,
Móg, and Saruman himself are
allowed to pass the doors of this
chamber (Khidiz was also permitted
before he disappeared), and the
guards have strict orders to kill anyone
else who tries to pass them. The
only other way into the fire storage
chamber is through the underground
water supply, and those channels are
so narrow even small fish cannot slip
through them.
dungeons
Near the mixing rooms stands a
long hallway with many alcoves,
each a small cell with thick
iron bars and a sturdy iron
door. The bars have enough
space between them for
food and cups of water to
be shoved through, but are
close enough to prevent
even a Hobbit from wriggling
free. These are the
dungeons of Isengard, fashioned
so upon Saruman’s
command.
The dungeons are relatively
new, carved from the rock in fits
and starts in the decades leading
up to the War of the Ring. Most prisoners
have been Men, Dunlendings
and others who once served Saruman
,but could not abide his obvious and
growing corruption. These Men were
placed in the dungeons to keep their
discontent from spreading, and tortured
to death by the Orcs.
Saruman has had no important
prisoners save Gandalf the Grey, held
atop Orthanc because of its magical
protections. Apparently Saruman
expects to have more in the future,
however, and intends for them to be
held by the Orcs, for he has ordered
that the dungeons be cleaned of old
bones and other debris, and that the
Orcs refrain from killing their prisoners
in the future.
The Orcs have little use for the
dungeons, with the last of their original
captives dead, but are prepared to
oversee any new prisoners their master
sends to them. In the meantime, they
occasionally use the cell alcoves to
separate quarrelling Orcs who would
fight if allowed back into the warrens
together. As Saruman is a powerful
Wizard, it may seem likely that
his dungeons would be ensorcelled,
but this is not the case. Thick bars
and solid walls are the power behind
these cells, and few can break free once
locked within.
treasury of isengard
Saruman is not much enamoured
with material wealth for its own sake,
but he recognises its power over others,
and so maintains much that is
valuable. The Orcs who mine the
mountains find not only iron, copper,
and coal but also gold, silver, and precious
gems. The gold and silver ore
is brought to the forges and cast into
coins and heavy bars, while the gems
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are cut by Orc-craftsmen. Despite
their large size and crude manners,
Orcs can be deft with their hands,
and the gems they fashion are wellcut
and polished until they reflect
torchlight off every facet.
The treasury is a small, circular
chamber with a high arched ceiling,
and a thick iron door. Two guards
stand here at all times, allowing
workers to deposit treasure, but
only Saruman or one bearing a
writ from him to remove anything.
Within the room, the valuables are
not kept in any order. Gold and
silver are tossed onto the floor in
great mounds. Bars are set to one
side, but not neatly, resulting in a
haphazard pile that slides into the
coins, and has coins woven within
it. Gems are kept in great tall barrels
stood on one end. The Orcs do
not sort the rocks, however, and
the gems are mixed within the
barrels—and many miss the
barrels altogether.
Much as Saruman
loves order, he has never
reprimanded the Orcs
for keeping so untidy a
treasury, nor attempted
to organise the room’s
contents. Most likely it
amuses him to have so
much wealth that it can be
strewn so carelessly about,
showing how little such
things mean to him, when
most would kill to possess even
a portion of the room’s contents.
pens
Although the Orcs who originally
migrated from beneath the Misty
Mountains did not bring Wargs with
them, once Saruman discovered them
and began to hatch his plans, he parlayed
with many packs of the highly
intelligent wolf-creatures, enticing
them to Isengard to play a role in his
army. As Wargs are known creatures
of darkness, they were brought to
Isengard by underground ways. Most
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