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ISENGARD
vas supported by poles cut from the
surrounding woods or brought to
the site by the work detail. Wooden
structures are shabbily built, mortarless
cabins with dirt floors. They are
usually erected without peg or nail to
facilitate tear down, after which the
materials can be dragged across the
Vale by horses or Orcs, and then reassembled
in a new location.
Most tents and buildings serve as
housing and storage, though some
also function as smithies and toolrepair
workshops, stables, and guard
posts. The number of workers manning
these camps ranges from ten
to fifty, depending upon its assigned
task. Long-term details working far
from Isengard also retain a transport
team responsible for hauling the
camp’s yield to Orthanc, and returning
with replacement supplies and
fresh workers.
The camps operate primarily during
the night time hours, although
workers may be forced to work through
the daylight hours when Saruman’s
projects require more materials.
b a r r ow o f t h e
f o r g ot t e n k i n g
In the decades before the War of
the Ring, Saruman has spent much
energy gathering new allies, spies,
and guardians. Though he believed
himself safe within the impenetrable
tower of Orthanc, he knew Nan
Curunír itself must be protected so
that he might amass and equip his
fell armies without interruption.
To that end, he made pacts with
many evil creatures, not the least of
which include a Barrow-wight from
the Barrow-downs in the far north.
Saruman created a new barrow in
the hills along the eastern side of the
Wizard’s Vale and had the ancient,
mummified noble transported to it
in secret.
Since the arrival of the Wight,
tales have circulated among the Men
and Orcs of Nan Curunír of disap-
pearances along the south-eastern
plains of the valley in the deep of
the night—lone travellers as well as
entire squads of the White Hand
have gone suddenly missing, never
to be heard from or of again.
Enemies and allies of Saruman
alike have much to fear from the entity
known only as the Ghast, a being
of great evil and power bedecked
in old ceremonial armour, with the
ability to travel the earth without
even touching the ground. Of those
lost in eastern Nan Curunír, no trace
has ever surfaced, their fates forever
secreted away in the night.
Those unfortunate enough to be
victims of the Ghast are lured or
dragged to its barrow, there made
the victims of dark rites that sap
away their very strength, until no
life remains. Their flesh eventually
decomposes, leaving only their possessions
to recall their presence in
the deep barrow. The Ghast takes
no interest in these items, save as a
measure of his kills. His mound of
treasure ever grows.
The Ghast’s statistics are those of
a typical Barrow-wight, as described
on pages 294–5 of the core rulebook
and pages 14–5 of Fell Beasts and
Wondrous Magic, with the following
adjustments. In addition, the Ghast
knows all of the additional spells
listed in the basic Wight statistic
block.
creature aDvancementS: +9
StatiSticS: +2 Stamina, +2
Willpower, +5 ranks Unarmed
Combat: Brawling (Drain), +4
ranks Armed Combat: Blades
(Longsword), +2 ranks Intimidate
(Fear), +1 point Courage, additional
special ability: Flight (see
page 78 of Fell Beasts and Wondrous
Magic), additional unique special
ability: Drain (see below)
Drain: The Ghast can wring the
strength from a victim’s body by
means of an evil ritual it can only
attempt within its unhallowed
barrow. To do so, the Ghast must
make an attack test to grab the
target (see ‘Grab’ on page 229 of
the core rulebook). Each round
the Ghast may spend a full-round
action to drain a held target of
4 Strength. Victims reduced to
0 Strength must make a TN 10
Stamina test each round to avoid
death, though they otherwise
regain lost attributes normally.
tn equivalent: 20
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