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ISENGARD
t h e
b a n d ú r h o t h
o f i s e n g a r d
‘[W]hispers of a nameless fear… .’
— Galadriel,
The Fellowship of the Ring film
Ill-omen has always hung about
Orthanc, from the time it was raised
to the end of the Third Age. Saruman
is a potent force for evil, but there is
another power in Isengard, a shadow far
older. The Black Chamber in the tunnels
beneath Isengard holds an accursed
tenant, a prisoner who longs to loose its
wrath upon the world again.
m o r gay a m a r, t h e
s h a d ow u n d e r
o rt h a n C
attriButeS: Bearing 16 (+5)*,
Nimbleness naught, Perception 12
(+3), Strength naught, Vitality 15
(+4), Wits 15 (+4)*
reactionS: Stamina +7, Swiftness
+3, Willpower +10*, Wisdom +6
SKillS: Conceal (Hide Treasure) +5,
Intimidate (Power) +12, Language:
Warg-speak +6, Language: Orkish
(Isengard-dialect) +6, Observe
(Sense Power) +5
flawS: Grasping, Hatred (living things)
SPellS: Sense Power (ability), no others
while bound. If loosed, Fog Raising,
Misdirection, Power of the Land,
Shadow of Fear, Wind-mastery
SPecial aBilitieS: Baleful Influence,
Beguiling Shadow, Bound
courage: 3
renown: 1 (The Dúnedain who raised
Orthanc deliberately destroyed all
record of the demon that plagued
the building of Angrenost. Even
Saruman himself is only vaguely
aware of its existence.)
tn equivalent: 15
Unique Special Abilities
Baleful influence: Morgayamar’s
malice taints the very air of Nan
Curunír, imparting a +2 bonus to all
Weariness tests for casting Sorcery
spells within the bounds of the
Wizard’s Vale. Nan Curunír also
counts as a place of darkness with a
+2 bonus for purposes of fear tests, as
described in the core rulebook on page
233, Table 9.20.
Beguiling ShaDow: While the
bandúrhoth cannot speak or make any
physical manifestation, its presence
lures astray the hearts of the virtuous.
Anyone who dwells in Isengard for
over a month finds their judgement
clouded by Morgayamar’s malice and
suffers a –5 to all Corruption checks.
BounD: Trapped in an enchanted
prison, Morgayamar has less freedom
of action than other bandúrhoth. It
cannot see or sense anything in Nan
Curunír save through the use of Sense
Power, and cannot cast spells or directly
communicate with any living thing.
Should the Black Door be opened,
however, the demon will immediately
be freed, gaining the ability to cast all
of its spells, and to call out to Orcs
and Wargs for aid.
Description
In the First Age, Morgoth charged
Morgayamar (‘Dark Abiding Dread’)
with standing watch at the southern
end of the Misty Mountains.
Morgayamar was bound to his post
by Morgoth’s power, and could
not depart even after his master
was thrown down. Over centuries
Morgayamar diminished, finally losing
form and becoming a bandúrhoth,
a hateful spirit that broods over the
Wizard’s Vale. Indeed, its lingering
presence first drew Orcs to dwell
beneath Methedras. (For more information
on bandúrhoth, see pages 16–7
of Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic.)
When Curugond raised
Angrenost, Morgayamar plagued the
effort at every turn with foul weather,
accidents, and enraged beasts. When
Curugond discerned the source of
Orthanc’s woes, he led a force of
magicians and craftsmen into the caverns
under Nan Curunír, where they
found Morgayamar’s Heart Chamber.
The Dúnedain could not drive the
demon out, but rather bound it
with spells, rendering it impotent
behind the Black Door (see page 55).
Curugond was careful to keep the
demon’s existence secret, but a single
account of its presence survives in the
archives of the White Tower, along
with the unique Opening-spell that
could unlock the Black Door.
The Angrenostim never discovered
Orthanc’s secret tenant, though the
demon’s influence cast a shadow over
their destinies. Dunlendings shunned
Orthanc’s masters as practitioners of
dark magic, and the Rohirrim sensed
foulness in the Wizard’s Vale. Saruman
is the latest master of Orthanc to fall
into Morgayamar’s dark web.
If the demon is freed, it will terrorize
the Wizard’s Vale, trapping
all who enter, tormenting them with
spells, and calling wolves and Orcs to
its service. To defeat the bandúrhoth,
someone must venture to the deepest
caverns, enter the Heart Chamber
once more, and best the demon in a
contest of will.
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