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o r C s i n i se n ga r d
‘He has taken up with foul folk,
with the Orcs.’
— Treebeard, The Two Towers
Orcs are everywhere in Isengard.
Some serve as scouts, soldiers, and
Warg-riders, while others work
as craftsmen in the forges under
Isengard or as keepers in the breeding
pits. Several different breeds of Orcs
can be found in Isengard, as detailed
below. Where the descriptions in this
chapter do not specify one breed or
another, assume the Orc in question
is an Isengard Orc.
a spy in isengard
‘It is difficult with these evil folk to know when they are in league,
and when they are cheating one another.’
— Aragorn, The Two Towers
The Lidless Eye of Sauron is not blind to Saruman’s designs. When
their minds are linked through the palantír, Sauron can penetrate the
White Wizard’s defences and discern his hidden agenda. The Lord of
Barad-dûr is no stranger to spy-craft and infiltration, and has placed
a spy in Isengard to watch Saruman’s efforts and alert him to any
treachery. As this agent is unknown to Saruman, the Narrator must
determine his identity. To individualise this villain, add the following
template to an existing NPC, adjusting inconsistencies as appropriate
and redistributing skill points required to qualify for order abilities
and edges.
mordor-spy
adVanCements: +5–7
statistiCs: additional elite order spy; additional order abilities
Friends in Low Places, Watchful Companion (message-bird); add
edge Ally (Sauron); add flaw Dark Secret (allegiance to Sauron);
+2 ranks Inquire, +2 ranks Language: Black Speech, +1 rank
Lore/Other (Sauron), +1 rank Observe, +2 ranks Search, +4
ranks Stealth
equipment: Message-bird, Morgul-knife (see page 197 of the core
rulebook and page 93 of Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic)
Isengard-orcs
The majority of Saruman’s Orcs
are Mountain-breed Orcs, recruited
from the Misty Mountains and from
Mount Gundabad. Their resilience
serves them well in forges and battlefield
alike. Mountain-breed Orcs
are described on page 39 of Fell
Beasts and Wondrous Magic.
Orcs of the Red Eye
The Lord of Mordor has sent
Mordor-orcs to aid his new ally, but
Saruman has little interest in them. He
finds them inferior to his Isengard-orcs
and suspects them as spies. Mordororcs
are described in the core rulebook
on pages 290–1 and in Fell Beasts and
Wondrous Magic on pages 38–9.
The White Hand
Orcs of the Deep
A few Orcs who originally dwelt
under Methedras still remain in
Isengard, though many have fallen
to toil, to their peers, or to Saruman’s
temper. Discomforted by daylight
more than other Orcs, Deep Orcs
rarely leave Isengard’s caverns. Deep
Orcs possess the characteristics of
Moria Orcs, found on pages 76–8 of
the Khazad-dûm book in the Moria
boxed set. Narrators can also use
standard Orcs from the core rulebook
(pages 290–1), or Fell Beasts
and Wondrous Magic (pages 38–9),
by assigning an additional –2 penalty
in daylight.
u ru k-hai o f
i se n ga r d
‘We are the fighting Uruk-hai! . . . We
are the servants of Saruman the Wise,
the White Hand: the Hand that gives us
man’s-flesh to eat.’
— Uglúk, The Two Towers
The emergence of Uruks from
Mordor in TA 2475 terrified
Saruman, who had just won a victory
against Sauron in the East. Saruman
devoted himself to obtaining captive
Uruks, learning their nature,
and devising a means of combating
this new threat. As the Shadow
took root in Saruman’s heart, however,
he began to admire the Uruks.
He contemplated raising an army of
them to oppose Sauron, using the
weapon of the Enemy against him,
and eventually began breeding Urukhai
in greater numbers than ever in
Mordor. By the time of the War of
the Ring, Saruman had bred a new
strain of Uruk-hai, one he considered
to be the paragon of the breed. The
following sections detail the various
types of Uruk-hai that can be found
in Isengard and its environs.
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