Of War, Entry Three

Entry Three

Time: Dusk
Location: The Sanctuary
Status: Fully recovered
Situation: Eve of total war
Moral: Low
Personal notes:

Carn Dum as been unleashed and we have so little time to steel ourselves and ready the defences. The Heirs of Ruin, Azgarzir the iron Prince and Nalokha the dark maiden, have taken the throne of Angmar and laid claim to the armies’ of Angmar. I had hoped our war would contain them in that forsaken land in a vain attempt to have them turn on one another, but they forged an alliance and drove us out of Angmar...

*Isilorbor rolls his left shoulder, grimacing in pain and takes a sip of wine next to him*

Their armies are now at the Passes of Angmar, ready to lay siege to Esteldin. They number in the thousands, and we are but a few hundred at the most, counting whatever Knights are still alive and the rangers, plus any and all allies in the North Downs. We need allies, and we need them now. If Esteldin falls, the North Downs and maybe all of Eriador with it...

*Takes a calming breath and closes his eyes, fighting to calm himself down and carries on*

I will take supreme command of the Free Peoples in fighting the Heirs of Ruin, I have heard that The Green Company will fight with us, but we will need more. I will send massagers to any armies or fighting forces that will join this war...

*Pulls a map of Eriador and looks at the red arrows of the Heirs of Ruin Armies and the fewer green arrows of the Free Peoples*

Orcs are coming from Angmar into the Enntmoors, the Free Peoples already there are very hard pressed to hold them back, I fear that it will not last long without reinforcements. Angmarim are moving into Forochel, but are held up in their stone fort by the Lossoth. They can hold out, from the reports by a Knight Chapter that is up there, but if they break out a winter war will start. Akallabeth’s scattered army is all over Eriador, splinter forces of his once powerful army are in the Trollshaws and Eregion, they will attack us from behind our lines and cause massive damage, they must be hunted down and destroyed.

*Looks at another report on his map table and scoffs, throwing it on the table with a dismissive sigh, but looks very worryingly at it*

Since Skorgim Dourhand’s death, his Dwarves are waiting for another Lord to come and take his place. There is great unrest in Ered Luin, the port city of Kheledul is amassing something. Reports say that it is nothing to worry about, but if the Dourhands pick a new king to lead them, then we will be hard pressed to battle them. Already there is a war waging in the Misty Mountains, Goblins have struck and a large gorilla war is being fought.

Attacks will take place all over Eriador soon; I can feel it like a cloak of ice around my skin. There’s attacks will happened at the same time, and the hammer will fall hardest on Esteldin. I have to put all my forces at my immediate call to Esteldin, the Free Peoples will have to hold their own lines alone.

*Sighs sadly and turns the page, adding a few more notes before closing his journal and walking away *

Attacking Angmar was a mistake....