Fire and Ice - Part II

The Watcher of Carn Dûm

A scenario for Middle-earth Role-playing
By Craig Pay © 2000
 SCRUM DOWN!.........................................................13
INDEX AFTERMATH .............................................................13
INDEX................................................................................ 1 THE END…? ...................................................................13
A SURPRISE MEETING ....................................................13
BACKGROUND ................................................................... 2
NPC DESCRIPTIONS .......................................................15
INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 2
HISTORY ......................................................................... 2 THE NEW MOR-SEREG ...................................................15
3013, THE PRESENT DAY ................................................ 2 CAMTHALION ...........................................................15
GM’S INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 2 DÂGÛLROG ..............................................................15
THE JOURNEY ................................................................. 2 EBERVERHT ..............................................................15
PLAYERS’ INTRODUCTION ................................................ 2 RODRIC ....................................................................15
SARKAR ...................................................................15
LOCATIONS AROUND CARN DÛM ..................................... 3 CARMIL ....................................................................15
THE RANGERS’ RUINS ..................................................... 3 FARRENAR, THE VENGEFUL CULT MEMBER .............15
CARN DÛM, THE TOWN.................................................... 3 NUDAN.....................................................................16
DUMFA’S TEMPLE INN ............................................... 4 AKONID....................................................................16
KARL’S ‘SOOTHS YOU!’............................................. 4 FORTRESS BAD GUYS .....................................................16
HALGAR THE SMITHY ................................................. 4 GUARDS ...................................................................16
TOLRIC THE FARRIER ................................................. 4 INNER GATE TROLLS ................................................16
DERNOR THE HANDYMAN .......................................... 4 UNDEAD ...................................................................16
MOR THE LEATHERWORKER ....................................... 4 ELOEKLO, DEMON OF THE NORTH WIND ..................16
ROSAMUNDA THE SEAMSTRESS .................................. 4 ORCS ............................................................................16
EBRIC THE STOREKEEPER ........................................... 5 BOSS ORC ................................................................16
FREAWYN’S BROTHEL ................................................ 5 ORC .........................................................................16
LEODULF THE BAKER ................................................. 5 ORC SLAVES.............................................................16
RODGAR THE BUTCHER .............................................. 5 ORC MINERS ............................................................16
THE SQUATTERS’ SHACKS.......................................... 5 MISCELLANEOUS NPCS .................................................17
MAIN GATE ............................................................... 5 DUMFA THE INNKEEPER ...........................................17
MAIN WALL............................................................... 5 KONIHRABN THE ‘FUR TRAPPER’ .............................17
LOWER GATE ............................................................. 5 THE DWARVISH MASONS..........................................17
LOWER WALL ............................................................ 5 THE WATCHFUL RANGERS .......................................17
MIDDLE GATE ............................................................ 5 DÛMRA THE CRUEL EASTERLING .............................17
MIDDLE WALL ........................................................... 5 PUG THE PITIFUL ORCISH SLAVE ..............................17
INNER GATE ............................................................... 5 APPENDIX A - CARN DÛM TOWN MAP & KEY...............18
INNER WALL .............................................................. 5
HAUNTED MIDDLE RUINS .......................................... 6 LOCATION KEY ..............................................................18
CARN DÛM , THE FORTRESS ............................................ 6 APPENDIX B – NPC STATS .............................................19
THE UPPER FORTRESS ENTRANCE .............................. 6 TOWNSPEOPLE ..........................................................19
THE BACKDOOR ......................................................... 6 THE DWARVISH MASONS..........................................19
THE WARRENS ........................................................... 6 THE WATCHFUL RANGERS .......................................19
THE FORTRESS LEVELS .............................................. 6
LEVEL ONE ................................................................ 7
LEVEL TWO ............................................................... 7
LEVEL THREE ............................................................ 7
LEVEL FOUR .............................................................. 7
LEVEL FIVE ................................................................ 8
TRAPS ........................................................................ 8
RUMOURS ......................................................................... 8
EVENTS ............................................................................. 9
THE DWARVISH MASONS .................................................. 9
A LONG LOST FRIEND ................................................ 9
A FRIEND IS LOST AGAIN ........................................... 9
PUG THE PITIFUL ......................................................... 10
BASTARDS!.................................................................... 10
THE DARK STRANGER .................................................... 10
BACKGROUND .......................................................... 10
WHAT THE SPY’S KNOWS ......................................... 10
SHOO!...................................................................... 10
THE STRANGER ........................................................ 11
THE RANGERS ............................................................... 11
IN THE RUINS........................................................... 11
IN TOWN .................................................................. 11
INTO THE FORTRESS! ..................................................... 11
HEAVY WEATHER .................................................... 11
A LITTLE B & E ...................................................... 11
THE SUMMONING OF ELOEKLO ...................................... 12
GM’S BACKGROUND................................................ 12
PLAYER’S DESCRIPTION ........................................... 12
ELOEKLO IS HERE… ................................................ 12
ELOEKLO UNLEASHED! ............................................ 13

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BACKGROUND
INTRODUCTION
This scenario requires the Angmar sourcebook1.
The events take place in the winter at the end of the year
3013 and follow the events that took place in Fire and Ice
Part I – The Horn of Nimraug.
HISTORY
The Great Northern Wars of 1975 signified not only the
end of the Dunedain Kingdom of Arthedain in Arnor, but
also that of the Witch King’s Realm of Angmar. With the
fall of the Angmar’s capital at Carn Dûm came the
withdrawal of the Nine members of the dark cult of Mor-
sereg (Q. “Black Blood”) away from ancient Angmar and
South towards Mordor: all that is, save one soul,
Camthalion the immortal Avari who moved only a short
distance East to the town of Litash-Ishi-Durbaz.
A thousand years later and Sauron sent word to his loyal
servants to search for ‘that which was lost’, the One Ring.
For the Nine nights after Camthalion received the message
he repeatedly dreamed of his ancient home, Carn Dûm,
and of a green lidless eye surrounded by blood soaked
leaves. Taking this as a sign, on the tenth day Camthalion
gathered together eight of his loyal followers to form a
new Mor-sereg, his very own Cult of the Black Blood and
together they set out for Carn Dûm.
At Carn Dûm Camthalion and his followers immediately
ran afoul of a small resident tribe of Orcs. After many
skirmishes Camthalion and the Orcs come to an
agreement, the Orcs would have the Back Door and lower
tunnels, while Camthalion and his Mor-sereg would have
the upper caverns and safe passage through the lower
tunnels to the Inner Gate. Over the next few years
Camthalion gradually became Master of this Orcish tribe
and they in turn prospered and grew in size under their
new Master’s watchful eye.
3013, THE PRESENT DAY
It is now several score years later and Camthalion, calling
himself ‘The Watcher of Carn Dûm’, has established his
own spy network across Northern Ardor and the Southern
end of the Northern Wastes, his desperation for quality
‘employees’ creating a mish-mash of all sorts of different
races from Lossoth to meandering spirits. Like Saruman,
Camthalion imagines finding the One Ring for himself and
ruling Middle Earth as Lord of the Rings!
Meanwhile Mûrazôr, the Witch King and Leader of the
Nazgûl, receives a ‘waking dream’ in which he hears a
voice telling him that an artefact once lost has now been
found, in the frozen lands to the North he once ruled.
Could this be the One Ring? A powerful local contact of
his, Camthalion, has reported nothing to him. However,
Mûrazôr has been unsure of Camthalion’s loyalties for
some time now, so decides to send in one of his more
loyal servants, Konihrabn, to spy on Camthalion.
So the three-way intrigue begins. Camthalion the Big-Bad-
Guy and the Mor-sereg cult, the PCs as the outnumbered
Good-Guys and Konihrabn the lone Dark Spy versus
pretty much everyone else.
1
Editor's Note: All material relating to the Angmar sourcebook is
from 2nd Edition Angmar, 1995, and is copyright Graham
Staplehurst and Heike Kubasch.
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GM’S INTRODUCTION
The PCs are now chasing after Kylmyyskala (Lo. ‘Cold
Fish’) who, having stolen the smaller of the two palantíri
(that of Amon Sûl) from Nimraug’s cave, is now riding as
fast as she can on her White Warg towards her master, The
Watcher of Carn Dûm.
Along with her flies Dîndae the spirit wraith to act as both
guide and protector. Due to Dîndae’s vulnerability to
sunlight, and not to mention Kylmyyskala’s wish to stay
as hidden as possible, they travel at night, the Warg’s keen
eyes guiding them through the treacherous lands of
Angmar.
Kylmyyskala suspects that she may be followed and
wishes to get to Carn Dûm as soon as possible. She
believes her master, the Watcher, may be able to use the
palantír to reveal whether she is pursued and if so may
even be willing to help ambush her pursuers.
As they near Carn Dûm, Dîndae flies on ahead to
announce Kylmyyskala’s presence to its master, the
Watcher. Arriving at the main gate to Carn Dûm,
Kylmyyskala is welcomed by the Watchers’ guards and
escorted into the fortress.
Granted an immediate audience with Camthalion,
Kylmyyskala presents the palantír to him. Immensely
pleased with the gift, Camthalion immediately grants
Kylmyyskala a place within his newly formed Mor-sereg.
As the cult only ever has Nine members he has to eject
one of the other members, a Black Ranger named Farrenar
who has not been performing his duties as well as he
should recently. Camthalion orders Dâgûlrog his Black
Troll bodyguard to beat the miscreant and eject him from
the Middle Gate.
Camthalion then takes the palantír away to study.
THE JOURNEY
It is 250 miles East from Mulkan to Carn Dûm. With the
freshly fallen snow much of the terrain is treacherous and
is considered Rough for movement rates.
For Kylmyyskala and her Warg tirelessly travelling up to
16 hours every night this journey takes only 7 days. The
Warg travels at a Fast Ride rate over Rough ground for a
rate of 10 miles per 4-hour period for a total of 40 miles
per day.
Travelling at a steady but more careful rate the PCs make
the journey in 12 days. The PCs travel at Jog/Walk rate
over Rough ground for a rate of 7 miles per 4-hour period,
for 12 hours per day this gives a total of 21 miles per day.
Thus, the PCs arrive in Carn Dûm 5 days after
Kylmyyskala still yet safe from the prying sight of the
palantír whose powers still remain untapped by
Camthalion.
PLAYERS’ INTRODUCTION
Read the following introduction to the players…
It is 12 days since you watched Kylmyyskala, the
Dark Lossoth henkinimittäjä or ‘spirit namer’, flee
into the snowy Wastes on her White Warg with the
stolen palantír hidden beneath her furred robes.
Leaving the village of Mulkan, you set out across
the barren snowy landscape following the Warg
tracks, which head off in an Easterly direction.
The tracks are easy to follow in the freshly fallen
snow, but each day you seem to get left further and
further behind the fast running Warg.
After a few days a red mountain becomes visible
on the horizon to the East. This is Carn Dûm, tip
 of the most Northern of the Misty Mountains, once
proud and mighty capital of Angmar, Kingdom of
the Witch King!
And the tracks do indeed lead to the very front
gate of Carn Dûm. As you approach around the
mountainside you get an excellent view of the
ancient fortress. The outer wall seems mainly
intact with some evidence of recent repair and
three further walls step up the mountainside. The
main gates stand slightly open and you are greeted
by two watchmen, who look you over carefully.
One then steps forward and holding out his hand
says in Westron…
“Alf a silver per man and another ‘alf per ‘orse.
You’ll find the Inn up the main street. Don’t be
goin’ in th’ ruins ‘specially after sundown.”
If asked about bearing arms and armour within the
watchman just grins and says,
“You ain’t in sunny Bree now. You just go ahead
and do whatever takes yer fancy now. Hur hur.”
LOCATIONS AROUND CARN DÛM
THE RANGERS’ RUINS
Located outside the Lower Walls, in the ruins 1500’ to the
South West of the Lower Gate. See ‘The Watchful
Rangers’ NPCs for other encounter locations and stats.
The base for a dozen or so Rangers allied with the Free
Peoples, though there are only ever D6 + 3 here at any one
time, the others being out scouting or wandering around
within the town itself.
Two granite stone buildings stand adjacent to each other
and lay well hidden behind a tangle of brush and a large
oak tree, requiring a Medium (+0) Perception roll to notice
up to 100’ away or a Very Hard (-20) Perception roll
beyond that. Even up close both buildings look
abandoned. A secret path winds through the tall 5’ brush
and though horses are led along here on a regular basis,
the Rangers have made such a good job of covering the
tracks that the path requires a Very Hard (-20) Perception
roll to be found, reduced to a Medium (+0) Perception roll
if a Very Hard (-20) Track roll is made first.
The smaller 40’ by 40’ window-less building is used to
stable the Rangers’ few D3 + 1 horses, it has a rough flat
sloping roof and a large single hinging wooden door
barred from the outside. The larger 50’ x 50’ building has
a single thin window on each of the North, West and
Southern walls, shuttered on the inside. The interior is a
single great hall, with cloaks and blankets hung to form
privacy screens. The roof is pitched and though it looks on
the verge of collapse, is structurally sound and completely
weatherproof. A series of covered slits run along the
length of the roof ridge to allow the Rangers’ fairly
invisible smoke to drift away unseen on the breeze.
If anyone gets too close to their encampment, D6+1 of the
Rangers will confront the trespassers and warn them away,
half of them hiding in the bushes bows with drawn and
arrows notched. Only Elves or other exceedingly
trustworthy souls would be invited in.
The Rangers also keep an eye on who is entering Carn
Dûm’s Main Gate. If anyone suspicious is noticed a party
of D3+1 Rangers will usually set off to town to spy on the
new arrival.
CARN DÛM, THE TOWN
Until recently Carn Dûm was completely ruined and
abandoned, occupied only by the Spirits of the long since
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dead, a few passing Orc patrols and the occasional Troll
gang. The regular appearance of spirits and other undead
was so common as to keep away all living creatures, either
allied with the Enemy or the Free Peoples alike.
When Camthalion arrived several years ago his first base
before exploring the Orc infested fortress was the ruined
town and he used his abilities to control the undead to rid
most of the town of these malevolent entities.
A thousand years ago Carn Dûm was a thriving town,
surrounded by Easterling camps and home to many
thousands of townspeople and troops. It is now a pale
shadow of it former self. The only occupied buildings run
along either side of the main street (see Appendix A -
Carn Dûm Town Map), all the other buildings in town
are ruined and unoccupied. There are no purely residential
dwellings; each occupied building runs some form of trade
with the owners living on the premises, usually in a dingy
back room.
Ownership of a building in town happens pretty much by
occupation. Then a few days later the new occupier gets a
visit from one of the Watcher’s Guards to inform them of
their new tax rate. Such taxes are rather informal and
usually assessed based more on what can be afforded than
any logical rule.
So, Carn Dûm is still a ghost town, with a few unfortunate
occupants. But it is slowly growing in size. Think of a
fantasy version of one of those nearly deserted Wild West
frontier towns.
Daytime Encounters: Roll once per hour.
D10 Daytime Encounters
1-2 D3+1 of the Watcher’s Guards,
patrolling town and maybe pestering some
of the shopkeepers for their monthly ‘tax’.
Most likely to be either at Temple Inn
taking in a ‘free’ refreshment or leaving
the brothel
3-4 D6+1 Farmers, in from ‘The Country’
wandering around, bartering goods with
shops, usually food for tools and metal
goods. Most likely to be selling their wares
to either Leodulf the Baker (flour or grain)
or Rodgar the Butcher (livestock).
5 D3+1 Lossoth, down from ‘Up North’
bartering wares with shops, usually salted
fish for tools and weapons.
6 A Merchant and D3 guards, up from
‘Down South’ selling wares to any who
will buy, and most likely to be selling his
wares to Ebric the Storekeeper.
7-8 D6+1 Easterlings, in from ‘The Country’
or from further East, hanging around town
probably bartering horses for tools or more
likely weapons. They are also likely to be
getting drunk at Temple Inn and generally
causing trouble around town.
9-0 Town NPC, choose one of the town’s
NPCs at random.
Nighttime Encounters: 10% per hour.
D10 Night-time Encounters
1-5 D3+1 Guards on a brisk patrol.
6 D6+1 Easterlings, possibly up to no good or
maybe just about to pitch a tent in a ruined
building.
7 Town NPC, choose one of the town’s NPCs
at random. Probably in a hurry to get home.
8 Prostitute, one of Freawyn’s ladies out
touting for business.
9 Victim, unconscious or dead and lying in a
pool of their own blood. Could be one of
Freawyn’s ladies or maybe an innocent
Farmer.
0 Possible Undead, roll again on the Middle
Ruins nighttime encounters table.
Entry to the town is via the Main Gate - see below.
DUMFA’S TEMPLE INN
Based in the old Dark Temple, hence the name and run by
Dumfa the friendly Dunlending, see NPCs. The only
occupied two storey building in town; the upper level has
a dozen or so double occupancy rooms and an open
landing and staircase a little like a Western style saloon.
Downstairs and below the open landing is the lounge area,
which contains several tables, an almost permanently lit
fire and a long bar. Through a door to the back is the
kitchen area and through a second door a large bathing tub
which can be booked for an hour at a time.
Sensitive souls with even a trace of Elvish blood staying
here stand an increasing chance per night of a bad dream
or nightmare. Such dreams typical involve sacrifice of
either the dreamer or some other innocent such as a child
or young women. Roll an open-ended D100 each night,
+25% the second night, +50% the third night and so on. A
roll above 100 is a bad dream and anything above 150 is
such a severe nightmare as to give the PC –20% to any
social interaction, spell casting and resistance rolls the
following day.
The prices are rather over the odds at half a silver piece
per night but as this is the only Inn in town, visitors have
little other choice. However, the price does include
lodging for the night in a shared room of only two, a warm
bath, an evening meal including beers, breakfast the next
morning, stabling for a horse and insurance against theft.
Stabling is included in the price and Dumfa has an
arrangement with Tolric, the local Farrier to keep visitors
horses in his paddock. Dumfa will openly discuss the
pricing and explain that the ‘insurance’ goes straight into
the Watcher’s coffers, which in fact it does.
KARL’S ‘SOOTHS YOU!’
Located on the main street through Carn Dûm this strange
little shop is run by Karl, a giant 6’ tall bearded
Dunlending who sells sooths for 1sp each. Karl is no
charlatan he is actually gifted with ‘The Sight’.
If a sooth is purchased make an open-ended D100 roll
adding the PC's IT stat bonus. Sooths with a result less
than 50 are spurious or even downright untruths. Those
above 50 contain some truth though this may be hidden
within a riddle or some other mysterious statement. Those
sooths with a result above 100 contain a valuable truth of
some future event important to that PC.
The actual wording of this sooth is up to the GM. It may
well be used as an aid to help the PCs towards a goal in
the scenario.
Karl also sells lucky charms in the form of various
potions, bundles of herbs and special 'lucky twigs'. All
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such charms have one use only, using them involves
drinking or spilling the potion, throwing the herbs into the
air or snapping a twig. Each costs 1sp and adds either +5
to a primary skill, +10 to a secondary skill or +20 to a
specific use of a skill, for example a love potion, or an
herb for making horses jump higher. Again the choice is
up to the GM.
These charms are Karl’s main source of income, but he
only makes just enough to make staying in Carn Dûm
worthwhile. However, he has foreseen a time of greater
prosperity, which is why he’s staying put.
His residence consists of one big room with a single great
door out onto the main street. This room is littered with
cushions for seating, tools and various bits and pieces for
making up his charms. To the back of the room is a rough
fireplace, bed pallet and cooking utensils.
HALGAR THE SMITHY
Halgar is the town’s weapon smith, armourer and
toolmaker. He is a small but stocky chap with the look of
someone you’d never trust. The locals joke that his
bloodline has some Petty-Dwarf in there somewhere,
though few would actually know what a Petty-Dwarf truly
is.
His goods are of average to good quality (+0 to +10 non-
magical) and at normal prices (x1 to x50). He gets cheap
ore from the Warren Orcs and makes an evening trip to the
Backdoor every 10 days or so. The Rangers know of these
outings and are helping spread occasional rumours in town
that he's not to be trusted.
TOLRIC THE FARRIER
The town's only supplier of horseshoes, Tolric does brisk
business with the many Easterlings that pass through
town. Buys raw metal from Halgar the Smithy and would
like to know where he gets his cheap ore.
Adjacent and behind his building is a large paddock.
Tolric has an amicable deal with Dumfa the Innkeeper to
stable horses for any of Dumfa’s customers’ horses while
they are staying at the Inn.
He has Light, Medium and Heavy Horses for sale, D3+1
of each type at any one time.
DERNOR THE HANDYMAN
A carpenter, mason and general handyman, Dernor is a
quiet and, some would say, rather simple Angmarean man.
He is actually a good solid craftsman who takes a
determined pride in his work.
MOR THE LEATHERWORKER
Mor makes and sells everything from boots to armour. He
is the archetypal Carn Dûm resident, he has no family and
lives here because he has little prospects elsewhere. His
home and business is at the furthest point away from the
rest of town, due to the terrible smell that drifts out when
he is curing leather.
ROSAMUNDA THE SEAMSTRESS
The poor widow Rosamunda and her seven children
moved to town after their farmstead was raised to the
ground by an Orc raiding party while all the menfolk died
defending it. Her eldest child, a young lad called Gundric
has just turned 17 and is eager to seek the revenge of his
father’s and uncles’ deaths by getting out of town and
hunting down as many Orcs as he can find.
Their abode is split into two large rooms to the front and
back of the building. The main door from the street leads
into their ‘front room’ that serves as a living space out of
‘shop hours’ and becomes ‘the shop’ during daylight
hours. From this room a heavy curtained doorway leads
through into a grubby living space that serves as kitchen
and sleeping area. At night curtains hung from the rafters
serve as privacy screens.
EBRIC THE STOREKEEPER
Think of the archetypal Wild West general store. Sells
anything and everything that's not sold elsewhere in town.
Ebric is an elderly gentleman with no immediate family.
He’s been here longer than anyone else in town and is a
good source of general knowledge and rumours.
His building is tidy and one of the best kept in town. A
fairly heavy and well-locked front door leads into a large
but cramped room full of shelves stacked with anything a
shopper could want (even an assortment of various +5 or
+10 weapons, arrows and armour at normal prices [x10 for
+5 and x50 for +10]). From this room a further heavy door
leads to a small hallway with doors off to two bedrooms, a
kitchen, storeroom, bathing room and a small dining room.
This place feels empty, like it needs filling with a bustling
family. Indeed this is something that Ebric has always
wanted but he has never managed to find a partner. He is
now looking for an ‘heir’ to fill his shoes. He’s not
looking to sell the business, he realises it’s not worth that
much and he has enough savings to retire on.
Farmers from out of town visit him on a weekly basis to
sell him grain or already ground floor. Merchants
infrequently visit to sell him herbs, spices and any
hardware that cannot be made in town by either Halgar the
Smithy or Mor the Leatherworker.
FREAWYN’S BROTHEL
Freawyn is a big, bold Northwoman. She runs a clean
house of D6+1 ladies with strict rules, backed up by her
two bouncers.
The Brothel is a frequent haunt of the Watcher’s Guards.
LEODULF THE BAKER
Run by Leodulf a tall thin man of mixed Easterling and
Angmarean blood. He bakes good quality and well-spiced
food. Leodulf regularly buys from Rodgar the Butcher
(meat for his pies) and Ebric the Storekeeper (for flour and
spices).
Four of the Watchers Guards call in every afternoon for
supplies for the Fortress.
RODGAR THE BUTCHER
A typical portly town’s butcher. Farmers from out of town
call in every day or two to sell him their produce, mainly
chickens and goat, but some sheep and the odd young bull.
THE SQUATTERS’ SHACKS
Squatters have claimed these half-ruined buildings. The
D3+1 residents per shack change on a weekly basis.
MAIN GATE
Two of the Watcher’s Guards stand watch here, opening
and closing the gates at sunrise and sunset. They make a
charge of half a silver piece per person or horse, some of
which actually makes its way into the Watcher’s coffers.
In the case of emergency they bar the gates and sound the
emergency using a horn.
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MAIN WALL
The outer Main Wall has had much repair work done and
because of this is Very Hard (-20) to Climb. However
most people would be allowed entry through the Main
Gate so this should be unnecessary.
LOWER GATE
Two of the Watcher’s Guards bar entry through this gate
to anyone they’ve not been told about from the Fortress.
This large gate is closed at all times with a smaller in-built
personal door opened upon knocking. Only persons with a
pre-arranged invite to the Watcher are allowed entry.
Forcing an entry through this gate would not actually be
that difficult, the guards have to actually open the door a
little to see who is calling. If trouble happens the guards
will stand and fight until one goes down then the other
will attempt to run for it and sound his horn if possible.
LOWER WALL
The Lower Wall is in such a state of severe disrepair that it
is a Routine (+30) Climb.
MIDDLE GATE
Four of the Watcher’s Guards bar entry through this gate
to anyone they’ve not been told about from the Fortress.
This large gate remains closed at all times and again entry
is by pre-arranged invite only. Within this gate is built a
smaller personal door with a ‘face-hole’, which is opened
upon knocking.
Forcing entry through this gate is more difficult as the
guards can use the face-hole to look over visitors. Conning
or bribing the guards might work.
MIDDLE WALL
The Middle Wall has had some repair work carried out
and as such is a Medium (+0) Climb. However, there are
still some sections in disrepair, which can be found with a
successful Hard (-10) Perception roll, these sections are an
easy Routine (+30) Climb.
INNER GATE
As with the Backdoor this entrance has been damaged by
seismic activity and is now nothing more than a hole in the
ground surrounded by huge chucks of stone rubble. This
hole delves 30' down a Hard (-10) Climb until it
eventually becomes a rough 5' wide tunnel which
meanders to and fro for about 200' in a generally Easterly
direction until it straightens out and becomes the West
Entrance in the Orc Warrens.
Two of the Watcher’s trolls hide just inside the cave
entrance. From the outside it looks deserted and anyone
approaching from the outside must make a Perception roll
versus the Trolls’ Stalk/Hide 50 skills to notice them.
Conversely if the PCs are sneaking around, the Trolls must
roll their Perception 45.
The Trolls have been told to allow entry only to those
accompanied by at least two of the guards from the Middle
or Lower gates. However, they are rather stupid and their
ability to tell the difference between a guard and someone
else dressed as one of the guards is rather poor. They
could also be bluffed rather easily.
INNER WALL
As well repaired as the outer Main Wall making it a Very
Hard (-20) Climb.
HAUNTED MIDDLE RUINS
The ruined remains of the Main Barracks - roll D100 for
each building to reveal how much % of each remains.
Daytime encounters: Mainly guard encounters and the
very occasional ‘walking dead’ victim. 50% chance per
hour.
D10 Day-time Ruins Encounters
1-4 1 Guard on route and not paying attention
5-7 2 Guards on general patrol
8-9 3 Guards searching around
0 1 Lesser Ghoul - initially looks like
someone wounded and lying in the
shadows calling for help
Nighttime encounters: Frequent encounters mainly with
spirits, and other undead. The Orcs and guards keep clear
of this spooky and dangerous place at night. Roll once in
the first hour and then 50% per hour thereafter.
D10 Night-time Ruins Encounter
1-3 2 Guards on a very brisk patrol
4-6 1 Lesser Ghost
7-8 D10 Lesser Ghouls
9 D10 Skeletons
0 1 Minor Wight
Undead stats as per p. 152 Angmar sourcebook.
CARN DÛM , THE FORTRESS
For a description of this area you must use the Angmar
sourcebook.
THE UPPER FORTRESS ENTRANCE
There is an entrance up the side of the mountain that leads
directly into The Hall of the Fell Beasts on High
(Location No. 19, Level 5 Angmar sourcebook). However,
it requires five rather tricky Sheer Folly (-50) Climb rolls
from inside the Middle Wall.
THE BACKDOOR
This once impressive entrance has been ruined by
numerous seismic events and has now been reduced to a
thin vertical cave surrounded by rubble. The cave is
guarded by D6+1 Orcs at any time that make little effort to
stay hidden from view, though they stick to the shade of
the cave entrance during the day. If attacked the rather
over-confident Orcs will fight until half of their number
are down, then they will suddenly panic and flee either
into the Warrens or away from the mountain, whichever
presents the easiest route of escape.
The Orcs have no real means of raising the alarm other
than at least one of their number running off to find the
rest of their tribe within the Warrens, by which time an
attacker could have easily gained access to the Fortress.
Not many people know about the Backdoor and it is
because of this that the Orcs have never had to defend it
from any attacker since they’ve lived here, which is over
100 years. The Watcher is completely unaware of this
slack attitude from the Orcs and would be horrified if he
knew what potential risk this offers to the security of the
Fortress.
The cave is full of Orcish excrement and contains nothing
of value; it is approximately 40’ tall and 10’ wide at the
entrance tapering back 50’ to a thin 3’ wide by 8’ tall
tunnel at the rear. This tunnel meanders for a further 100’
where it then forks in two, the exit to the right straightens
out and eventually leads to the East Entrance in the
Warrens. The fork to the left ascends and eventually
becomes a set of broken stone steps leading to the entrance
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on Level 1. A Perception roll (Medium +0) reveals that
there are many tracks using the right-hand exit but not the
left and a further Tracking roll (Medium +0) reveals that
these tracks all belong to the Orcs.
THE WARRENS
The lowest Warrens level is controlled by the Orcs.
Encounters: 50% chance per half hour when travelling
through this area.
D10 Warrens Encounters
1-2 Orc tribal family unit, 2D6 as ‘Orc
Slaves’, 1D6 as ‘Orcs’ and one ‘Boss Orc’.
‘Slaves’ will not fight unless provoked,
will run away if possible or huddle into a
corner. The others will all fight to the
death to protect their family.
3-4 Single ‘Orc Miner’ at work, clearing a
tunnel of rubble, hunting rats or collecting
mushrooms. Will run off if confronted.
5-7 D6+1 Orc Miners at work will confront
and attack the PCs. 50% chance of turning
and running each time one of them goes
down. Last one standing will automatically
turn and run when all his comrades are
down.
8-9 D3+1 Orc Patrol will confront and attack
the PCs. 25% chance of turning and
running each time one of them goes down.
Last one standing will automatically turn
and run when all his comrades are down.
10+ Tough Patrol with D6+1 Orcs and one
‘Orc Boss’ will confront and attack the
PCs. Will stand and fight as long as their
Boss stays standing. 50% chance that all
will turn and run if their ‘Boss’ goes down
and 25% chance each time one of their
comrades goes down after that.
Modifiers: Orcs that manage to run away will warn the
others, however as they are not very organised it takes
time for word to spread and be taken seriously. For every
Orc that escapes from an encounter with the PCs add a +1
to the Encounter table roll above. This represents Patrols
being doubled and family units being moved to more
hidden areas. Once this gets to +9 the PCs will constantly
be able to hear the shouts and screams of the Orcs in the
distance, the Warrens are on ‘full alert’ and every
confrontation will be a tough one.
Note that although Orcs can see very well at night, they
can only see 10’ in the absolute darkness that exists in the
caverns of Carn Dûm. Therefore one of their party always
carries a lit torch of lantern for the others to see by.
THE FORTRESS LEVELS
The Orcs are forbidden from entering any of the Fortress
Levels, a rule which most of them obey. Therefore the
Fortress Levels are much less busy than the Warrens.
Unless noted otherwise all rooms are empty and unused,
with a thick layer of dust on the floor. There is possibly
some indication of old decoration and what the room may
have been used for all those years ago. It is highly unlikely
that the players will find anything of any value as the
rooms have been swept clean years ago by previous
residents and ignore any references within the Angmar
sourcebook to guards being at specific locations.
Finally, if the PCs are spending too much time wandering
around feel free to block off various areas with prior cave-
ins.
Encounters: 50% per hour when travelling up through
Levels 1 through 4. There are no encounters on Level 5,
other than the ritual taking place in the Council Chamber.
D10 Fortress Room Contents
1-3 Orcish encounter, roll again on the
Warrens Encounter table. Although the
Orcs shouldn’t be on these levels, some
can’t resist the temptation.
4-5 Possible Undead/Guards, roll on the
Middle Ruins Night-time encounter table.
Although Camthalion has cleared most of
the Fortress of undead, some still exist
usually on the lower Fortress Levels.
6 An Interesting Find. Any PC that makes
a Sheer Folly (-50) Perception roll notices
something strange about a crack in the
wall or floor which turns out to contain
something of interest. Make a single roll
on the MERP Money & Gems Treasure
Size table, and then roll on the Normal
Relative Richness table. Then make a
further roll on the Normal Magic Items
Relative Richness table.
7-10+ D3+1 Guards, maybe they’re avoiding
work or maybe they think this room might
contain something of value, which is
certainly doesn’t. They will stand and fight
any intruders until only one of their
number is standing. This last one will run
to try and sound the alarm.
Modifiers: Add the Level No. to the D10 roll on this
table. i.e. +4 for Level 4, +2 for Level 2 etc.
LEVEL ONE
This Level was originally the first line of defence for the
Fortress. The three steel portcullises that used to block the
central corridor have long since rusted apart. This level is
silent and unused. It is a no-mans land between the Orcs’
Warrens and the Watcher’s Upper Levels. The Orcs know
that they shouldn’t come here, but rumours are constantly
circulating that this Level is empty (True) and full of
centuries old treasure (False).
LEVEL TWO
This level used to house Carn Dûm’s craftsmen. None of
the fabled treasure or books that used to be housed here
still remain. The underground lake and baths are both still
intact, though the baths are no longer warm. However,
both are now choked with thick green and foul smelling
algae, which would make swimming a Hard (-10) and
disgusting task. Boats that used to be here rotted away
centuries before.
The guards use the Kitchen (3) and Dining Hall (5) areas
for eating, as well as the Assembly Hall (14) and adjacent
rooms for sleeping. There are D6+1 Guards in this area on
the night of the ritual. As the PCs will probably be
approaching via the stairway (1) they will have to defeat
these guards to pass by. Normally there would be more
guards, but the others are either patrolling elsewhere in the
Fortress or have sloped off into town to enjoy themselves
while their Masters are not looking.
LEVEL THREE
This level used to hold Carn Dûm’s supplies of food,
weapons, armour and anything that might be needed in the
event of a siege. Camthalion has again used this level for
that same purpose, however a cave-in has blocked the
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corridors (34 and 35) that used to lead to the main
storerooms, so the Meeting Hall and Stage (14 and 15)
have now been used instead. Stacked along the walls are
sacks of grain, barrels full of water or salted meats,
bundles of arrows as well as a few rather ordinary
broadswords, hatchets, helmets and shields.
Three rooms on this level (26, 27 and 28) are used to hold
and torture any captives that are currently being kept.
None of the other rooms on this level are used.
LEVEL FOUR
This once well-furnished level used to house Carn Dûm’s
conjurers. Rooms used to include a fabulous library,
magical forges and a harem. All that may have
disappeared centuries ago, but Camthalion has had many a
craftsman working hard here to restore most of the rooms
on this level to a normal clean living environment. All
rooms are now clean, though empty.
All members of the Mor-sereg, except Camthalion and
Dâgûlrog live on this level.
The corridors leading East (37) and South (21, blocked at
15) were blocked off centuries ago by a cave-in too large
to ever clear again. Here is a brief description of rooms in
use:
Foyer (5 and 6). The axanaw vine is long gone, but the
fountain in the center of this room has been recently fixed
by the Dwarvish Masons.
Forges (13). Again the Dwarvish Masons have recently
fixed these, though little work has been done with them.
Holy Fountains (14). These no longer flow, the Dwarves
were unable to mend them.
Runes (22 and 23). These deadly Runes were partially
scrubbed away years ago and no longer function. Enough
of a pattern remains to reveal some indication of a sign,
but not it’s purpose.
Great Hall of the Eye (24). The black marble columns
and the depiction of the lidless eye have now been almost
completely repaired. This is where Camthalion leads the
others to worship his Lord Sauron. The ritual to summon
Eloeklo is definitely not to take place in this area, lest
Sauron somehow spy on it.
Halls and Holy Stores (26, 27 and 28). These areas are as
described in the Angmar sourcebook, though only three
books exist on the shelves written in Black Speech.
Mor-Sereg Quarters (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 54 and 55).
These are the rooms occupied by the seven members of
the Mor-Sereg that reside on this level. What used to be
the Essence Forge (47) has had the wide entrance blocked
in to become a normal doorway. What was once the
hidden Treasury (55) has had a hole knocked through to
serve as a doorway. These rooms have surprisingly
nothing of value. The members of the Mor-sereg take their
valuables with them; they do not yet trust the guards not to
steal something.
Kitchens (51). Behind the Dining Hall are the Kitchens,
occupied by three unfortunate slaves brought all the way
from Litash who cook for the Mor-sereg. Their loyalty
comes from severe religious brainwashing received in
Litash and they would never try to escape. If released they
would wander around aimlessly, perhaps starving to death
or maybe turn to scavenging for the rest of their dark lives.
Dining Hall (52). The Mor-sereg and sometimes even
Camthalion himself come to eat here. The room is simply
set up with a large long table, basic chairs and little else of
value.
Stores (53). On a regular basis Camthalion has a guard
bring up a small selection of the best of the stores from the
level below to fill this room. Sometimes he has special
orders brought in from town or even further afield,
something that the guards quietly complain about.
LEVEL FIVE
Camthalion trusts no one to enter this level without his
constant company, so little work has been done here. He
had a few slaves clean the place, who were then sacrificed.
This ritual is the first time that the entire Mor-sereg have
been allowed on to this level at once, usually only one or
two are escorted here by Dâgûlrog.
Camthalion eats and sleeps little nowadays, turning more
like his wraith-like Master each year. When he does eat he
has Dâgûlrog bring his food to the Inner Dining Hall (3)
where he sits alone in the darkness, the silver lamps that
once lit this room having disappeared centuries ago. Again
when he infrequently sleeps he does so on a thick pile of
animals skins in the Witch King’s Hall (21), a room now
scattered with the broken stone remnants of the strange
fish-like statues that used to fill this room.
The most important room on this level is what used to be
the Council Chamber (11). Camthalion had his slaves
repaint this room with a huge green lidless eye,
surrounded in blood soaked vines.
TRAPS
Over the years many of the traps in Carn Dûm have either
fallen into disrepair or been disarmed by a variety of
visitors and residents.
Some are even now being repaired by Dwarves in pay of
the Watcher (see the ‘Dwarvish Masons’ NPCs and
Event).
Roll D10 for each trap the PCs encounter:
D10 Description
1-2 Warning and roll D6: 1-2 Disarmed or
Seized, 3-4 Intermittent, 5-6 Working.
3-4 Dismantled
5-6 Disarmed or Seized
7 Locked
8-9 Intermittent
10+ OK
Modifiers
+0 Warrens and Levels 1, 2 and 5
+1 for Levels 3 and 4
Warning: Roll D6, Written in either Orcish (1-2) or
Westron (3-4) is the word for trap and a big arrow points
straight to the trap. ‘Kurth’ is the Orcish word for trap. On
a 5-6 there is just a symbol such as a skull or maybe just
an arrow.
Disarmed or Seized: Hidden as usual but no longer
works. At the most there is a click or a grinding noise as
the mechanism attempts to work. Such a trap could be
reactivated with a Disarm Trap roll.
Dismantled: Obviously visible, for example a pit trap
could just be a hole in the ground and a flame trap exposed
piping. No longer works and would take considerable time
to repair.
Locked: The trap doesn’t go off and may remain
completely unnoticed. The key is probably long lost, but
could be unlocked with a Pick Lock roll equal to the
Disarm Trap roll normally required.
Intermittent: Hidden as usual but only goes off 25% of
the time. Each time the trap would normally go off a
Perception roll may reveal a clicking or grinding noise as
in Disarmed or Seized above.
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RUMOURS
By listening to different people’s rumours the PCs get to
figure out where Kylmyyskala has taken the palantír and
how they will then get into the fortress.
Some of these rumours are True and others not so. Use
them to answer the PCs questions to NPCs, or offer them
as hints to either help or hinder. Roll 1-25 (D100 divided
by 4) or just pick a rumour to suit a situation.
1. The Lord of Carn Dûm is called ‘The Watcher’ and
has lived here longer than anyone else. No one knows
who the Watcher is. True, nobody in Carn Dûm town
knows of the Watcher’s true identity. Only Dâgûlrog
knows of Camthalion’s true history.
2. The Watcher lives in splendid ancient chambers,
within and near the top of the mountain that used to
be used by the Witch King himself. The walls are
painted with gold and he sits on piles of jewels and
coin worthy of a dragon’s hoard. False, there’s not
one scrap of cash left.
3. People only go into the fortress and never come out.
Not entirely true, see the ‘Bastards!’ Event.
4. Carn Dûm used to be ruined, but people started
coming back about fifty years ago. No-one can
remembers whether the Watcher came with the first
or whether he was already here. Partially True, the
Watcher was the first to come here other than the
Orcs.
5. The only way into the fortress is via the Inner Gate
and you have to get past all three walls up the
mountainside. Not entirely true, there are other ways
in. See the ‘Wall’ and ‘Gate’ Locations.
6. The lower parts of the mountain caves are full of
Orcs and the Watcher has some sort of deal with
them. True.
7. The lowest level in the mountain is called the
Warrens and rightfully so. They say that many have
entered and after getting lost have starved to death
trying to find their way out. True-ish, the PCs could
easily get themselves lost in the Warrens. Which is
why they need a map from the Dwarves or to take
Pug along with them.
8. A few days ago a stranger appeared at the Main Gate,
a Northern barbarian woman riding a huge white
wolf! She was escorted through town and up to the
Fortress by some of the Watcher’s guards. True, this
is Kylmyyskala.
9. There’s some kind of religious ceremony taking place
in 3 days time (or 2 days or 1, or that night depending
upon which day this rumour heard on). True, see
‘The Summoning of Eloeklo!’ Event.
10. Hundreds of years ago there used to be a second
entrance to the fortress on the other side of the
mountain. Then it was guarded by legions of Orcs.
True, this is ‘The Backdoor’ Location.
11. Some of Sauron’s spies are living in the ruins to the
Southwest of town. False, this is the Watchful
Rangers. Many in town are suspicious of these folk.
12. An encampment of Rangers is hiding amongst the
ruins Southwest of the town. But don’t poke your
nose in there; they ruthlessly kill anyone who disturbs
them. True and False, there is a Ranger
encampment, but only Orcs and bandits get killed on
sight. Others are politely escorted away.
13. The Watcher of Carn Dûm is actually Sauron
himself! False, good grief!
14. The Watcher of Carn Dûm is the Witch King, come
back to his ancient ruin! Also False.
15. The Watcher of Carn Dûm is a powerful ally of either
the Witch King or Sauron. True.
16. The Watcher of Carn Dûm is nothing more than a
conman, some petty local warlord who has set
himself up as the ‘Lord’. Anyone busting in past his
lackeys would find easy pickings in the fortress.
False.
17. The dead walk the Middle Ruins at night. True, see
the ‘Haunted Middle Ruins’ Location.
18. Anyone wishing to get to the Inner Gate would find it
easy enough or so I’ve heard. Firstly, there’s an
ancient gateway to the North of town through the
Lower Wall, which the guards don’t know about.
Then the Middle Wall is dead easy to climb over.
True and False, there is no gateway it was found and
blocked up some time ago, but the Middle Wall is
easy to climb. See ‘The Middle Wall’ Location.
19. High on the mountain is an entrance into the fortress
and the climb up there is fairly easy going. True and
False. There may be an entrance but the climb is a
hard one, see ‘The Upper Entrance’ Location.
20. Life may be a little hard up here, but it’s about to get
much worse down South, there’s War brewing again!
True.
21. Don’t go trusting Karl the Soothsayer, he’s a spy in
pay of the ‘Watcher’. False.
22. Karl the Soothsayer has a secret stash of money in
that shop of his, how else do you think he manages to
feed himself, selling a few naff charms? False, Karl
makes just enough to feed himself, he’s waiting for
things to get better.
23. Why do you think the Temple Inn is called what it is?
Because that’s where all the dark sacrifices used to
happen! There was this Ranger stayed there once,
nearly went mad and had to leave, said it was of bad
memories or something? True, see ‘The Temple Inn’
Location.
24. It’s said by some that Halgar the Smithy is once
related to them devious little Petty Dwarves. Maybe
True once, but so long ago it’s of little importance
now.
25. People say that when Leodulf the Baker gets short on
filling he nips along to one of them Shanty Shacks at
the end of town, knocks one of them poor souls on
the ‘ead and pops ‘em in a pie! False, far too Sweeny
Todd.
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EVENTS
THE DWARVISH MASONS
A LONG LOST FRIEND
This event can occur any evening in Temple Inn.
On entering the Inn the PCs notice a group of four
Dwarves huddled in one corner, sat around a table supping
at their ale with their hoods pulled down low over their
heads. Although Dwarves are not as rare a sight as Elves
they are normally uncommon enough to turn at least a few
heads in any Inn. However no one seems to be taking any
notice of them at all and if anyone, such as Dumfa the
Innkeeper, is asked…
“Them’s workin’ for the Watcher, doin’ stone
repair and such like. Mostly keeps ‘emselves to
‘emselves.”
If any of the PCs is a Dwarf one of the Dwarves then
stands and with a look of surprise on his face, calls out to
the PC in Khuzdul…
“Cousin! Been a long time. Come sit with us and
share a tale or two.”
It would appear that they are stonemasons and Jari their
leader is a cousin, perhaps once or twice removed, of the
Dwarven PC. The Dwarves do not take warmly to any
other non-Dwarven PCs, but will allow them to sit next to
them, though they will continue to talk to their Dwarven
cousin in Khuzdul.
This is their story…
“We have travelled here from the Blue Mountains
to the West on a contract to carry out masonry and
mechanical works for this so called Lord who calls
himself ‘the Watcher’. Never actually met him
though, his lackeys take us blindfolded from the
Inner Gate to wherever in the Fortress work’s
needed, mainly stone masonry and mechanical
works fixing locks, traps and door mechanisms
and so on. And look here…”
With that Jari pulls out a silver coin from a pouch around
his middle.
“A solid Mithril coin. There’s three more of these
as payment when we’re done, that’s one each,
worth as much as 100 gold nowadays. A small
fortune indeed!”
The Dwarves know that there are Orcs in the lower
Warrens, which they are disgusted about but they’re
convinced that the Watcher has nothing to do with them
and that they’re treated more as pests to be kept under
control. Perhaps their greed has blinded them somewhat.
Most useful, even though they have been taken
everywhere blindfolded within the Fortress, Mim is gifted
with a keen sense of direction which means that they could
be persuaded to sketch out a fairly accurate map of the
lowest Warrens, 1st and 2nd Levels of the Fortress.
Talk continues for the rest of that evening with the
Dwarves perhaps even warming to the other non-Dwarven
PCs and talking to them in Westron.
A FRIEND IS LOST AGAIN
This event can occur anytime after the ‘A Long Lost
Friend’ Event. Preferably on the day of the ritual see ‘The
Summoning of Eloeklo’.
If any of the PCs happen to be anywhere near the Middle
Gate on the third day, they notice a small disturbance near
the front of the gate. Mim, Nothri and Farin are standing
there in an obvious state of distress. When asked they
explain that Jari has been taken to the fortress alone and
that they’ve all been sacked, without pay! The guards said
something about breach of confidence.
The Watcher has heard a rumour that the Dwarves have
been talking to someone in town, perhaps even about the
layout of the fortress, and his punishment is to take the Jari
captive. He needed a live sacrifice for the ritual anyway
and it means he no longer has to pay the rest of them.
If one of the PCs is a Dwarf related to Jari, these events
may well distress them and serve as a push to get the PCs
into the Fortress.
PUG THE PITIFUL
This event can occur any night just outside Temple Inn.
Tied up outside the Inn and under the window of the PC or
player most likely to be suckered in for a ‘good cause’ is
the feeble figure of a small Orc called Pug. Starting every
evening just as the PC is about to drift off to sleep, Pug
starts whinging and crying about how sorry his life is and
carries on pretty much all night. See Pug’s NPC
description for sample quotes.
Pug’s owner, Dûmra, is also staying in Temple Inn. If any
of the PCs complain to him about Pug’s noise he will go
out and spend several minutes beating Pug until he is
quiet. Occasionally Dûmra staggers out from the Inn after
an unprofitable gambling session and again beats Pug into
near unconsciousness.
Hopefully the PCs will take pity on this poor wretch and at
the very least release him. Pug originally comes from Carn
Dûm and if the PCs think of it he may be a useful guide
through the Orc warrens. Pug is bright and might even
lend his services as a guide to the PCs if they don’t seem
sure about releasing him. He knows that the Backdoor is
not guarded very well, though he wouldn’t want any of his
Orcish tribe members harmed by the PCs. He might even
intervene and persuade the Orcs to let him and the PCs
pass through.
However, if Dûmra even gets a sniff of any plan to release
Pug or if he suspects that any of the PCs have had
anything to do with such a plan, he will immediately
launch into threatening behaviour and violence, only
stopping if badly wounded or outnumbered.
Pug will attempt to escape at any opportunity, but any
threat of violence will send him into a foetal position
crying and whinging.
BASTARDS!
This event can occur at anytime in Temple Inn.
Staggering into the Inn comes the sorry figure of Farrenar
(see the NPC descriptions). One of his arms is in a sling
and he has a grubby bandage around his head. After
buying two pints of ale from the bar and fumbling around
for several minutes trying to pick up both with one hand,
he resorts to making two trips back to a table near the fire
where he sits down and starts mumbling into his pint.
Several double trips later Farrenar becomes quite loud
pointing at different people in the Inn and shouting…
“Bastards… they all Bastards!”
And then going back to drinking his ale.
If approached Farrenar is sullen but looking the PCs up
and down holds out an empty pint glass…
“Ale for a poor cripple?”
He’s obviously no cripple, looking more like a ranger, just
badly beaten up. But a few more pints will persuade him
to part with his story…
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“I was one uv thur group shee… Watcher’s inner
circle… Mor-sereg like the old days he says. But
dis short smelly chick shows up with this pretty big
gem and He says I ain’t been doin’ so well lately…
lettin’ them farmers kids go ‘n all so He gets ‘is
big stupid furkin troll Dâ… Dâgûl… gûlrog
what’sis name to beat’s be up… furkin ‘urt! Did!
Be gettin’ anuvva job now…”
After failing to extract full payment from a local farmer
Farrenar was ordered to put the farmer’s children to his
sword, but unable to go through with this request he let
them go and told the Watcher that they escaped. Correct in
not believing him the Watcher was just waiting for the
first opportunity to get rid of Farrenar without disrupting
the nine required members for his Mor-sereg. The
Watcher had Dâgûlrog his troll bodyguard beat Farrenar
and thrown out of the Middle Gate. The only reason he
didn’t have him killed outright was the possibility that he
might have to resort to using him on some errand again in
the future.
THE DARK STRANGER
This event can occur anytime around town or in Temple
Inn soon after the PCs have arrived in town.
BACKGROUND
A few years ago Sauron passed word to all his servants
that the One Ring was no longer lost and must be found.
His dark servants started a search which was to last many
years.
As the palantíri are uncovered in the events that took place
in The Horn of Nimraug, Mûrazôr the Witch King and
Leader of the Nazgûl receives a ‘waking dream’ in which
he hears a voice telling him that an artefact once lost has
now been found, in the frozen lands North he once ruled.
Could this be the One Ring?
Mûrazôr has a supposedly loyal servant, Camthalion, in
Carn Dûm. Why has Camthalion not sent word of this?
Has he heard nothing? Or is he hiding something? Over
the last few hundred years Mûrazôr has become
increasingly distrustful of his once loyal servant
Camthalion, but has remained undecided how to act,
preferring to wait and observe from distant Mordor.
At Sauron’s instruction the Nine will soon be travelling
North to the lands that used to be ancient Arthedain in
search of the Ring. While there he can travel to Carn Dûm
for a one-to-one discussion with Camthalion. Meanwhile
he sends word to a more loyal servant, a spy by the name
of Konihrabn, to travel to Carn Dûm and find out what is
going on.
WHAT THE SPY’S KNOWS
Soon after Konihrabn arrives in town, a strange looking
Lossoth woman arrives riding a White Warg and is then
escorted into the Fortress by Camthalion’s guards. Soon
after the PCs arrive, apparently in hot pursuit and looking
to follow the Lossoth woman into the Fortress. What is
going on? He will start by watching the PCs…
SHOO!
One of the tools of Konihrabn’s trade is the use of small
animals and birds for spying on others.
Konihrabn grabs the attention of a local Magpie and
instructs it to follow the PCs and keep an eye on them.
Have the PCs make Hard (-10) Perception rolls to notice
that a curious looking black and white bird seems to be
following them around. If the PCs make it obvious that
they have noticed they are being spied on, the Magpie flies
away and does not return.
THE STRANGER
After using the Magpie to rather unsuccessfully observe
the PCs, Konihrabn decides to act more in person.
Have the PCs make Hard (-10) Perception rolls to notice
that Konihrabn appears to be watching them. He carefully
watches the PCs from a dark corner in Temple Inn.
Sometimes even following them at a distance when they
leave. Repeat this event until the PCs decide what to do.
If the PCs approach Konihrabn, he will slip into his cover
story that he is a travelling fur trapper. Then, if pressured,
he will do a very good job of convincing them that he is
actually a bit of a rogue and maybe adventurer, with some
skills that the PCs might find rather useful. He says he
noticed them arriving the other day and that they seemed
to have been following the ‘strange Northern woman who
arrived some days before’. He might even then start to
persuade the PCs towards going into the fortress to
recover ‘whatever it is they are looking for’, with him
along to help, of course!
Once in the fortress with the PCs he will back them up
until they recover the palantír in the final scene. Then at
the first opportunity he will attempt to steal it for himself
and make an escape, to later rendezvous with his Master,
Mûrazôr who he knows is travelling north to meet him.
However, if there is any chance of risking his own life he
will simply escape and supply Mûrazôr with the
information that the PCs have a palantír. He is intelligent,
very loyal and cannot be dissuaded from his task. He seeks
only the prestige from his Master of recovering such a
fabulous item.
THE RANGERS
See the ‘Watchful Rangers’ NPC descriptions. The
Rangers are a good source of True rumours and could
even be persuaded to accompany the PCs into the Fortress.
The Rangers did observe Kylmyyskala entering the Main
Gate with her White Wolf. A party of Rangers set off
immediately but by the time they arrived in town she had
entered the Middle Gate bound for the Fortress interior.
IN THE RUINS
If the PCs decide to investigate the Ranger Ruins (see the
‘Rangers Ruins’ Location) they may well be confronted by
D6+1 of the Watchful Rangers, half of them hiding in
nearby bushes with bows drawn and arrows notched. If
any of the PCs are openly wearing an eresselen, from the
previous Horn of Nimraug scenario, the Rangers will take
a serious interest. Only their leader Flamgar wears such a
badge of authority and they will question the PCs until
they are convinced of their sincerity and how they came in
possession of such a valuable item.
IN TOWN
In town the PCs may find themselves being observed by a
small D3+1 group of the rather shady looking Rangers,
until the Rangers are sure that the PCs are not agents of
the Enemy. If any of the PCs is wearing an eresselen
openly the Rangers will continue to follow them until they
leave Carn Dûm, waiting for an opportunity, such as a
dark alleyway, to approach them and question them as to
how they came across such an item.
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INTO THE FORTRESS!
The PCs should eventually figure out that they must make
their way into the Fortress to recover the palantír. There
are a number of ‘pushes’ to get the PCs to realise that they
must go into the fortress:
• Konihrabn could intervene and persuade the PCs to
go in and ‘get whatever it is they are after’.
• The Dwarven Masons might be asking them for help
to rescue their friend.
• The Rangers will not be enthusiastic about going into
the Fortress, unless the PCs have persuaded them that
there really is a palantíri in there (in which case they
will tool up to go in there anyway and the PCs can
‘come along if they want’).
• Pug the Pitiful might even catch on to what the PCs
are after and try persuading them to go in. All he
really wants though is to get in so he can escape and
rejoin his tribe.
• Perhaps Gundric (see ‘Rosamunda the Seamstress’)
starts hanging around the PCs and encouraging them
to go in and ‘kill the evil Orcs!’.
HEAVY WEATHER
Before the PCs set off for the Fortress they will notice that
the weather seems to be getting a little worse, with cloud
starting to gather around the summit of Carn Dûm.
Have any PC with a Weather Watching skill make a
Medium (+0) roll. A success indicates that this weather is
a little unusual and not predicted.
This is the start of the Summoning of Eloeklo, the most
powerful Maiar storm spirit in the entire North.
A LITTLE B & E
Quite how the PCs get in is up to them. They could enter
via the Front Gate, Back Door or even try the upper
entrance, though this is fraught with danger.
Let them wander around the Warrens levels perhaps
guided by either Pug the Orc or the Dwarves. Then let
them navigate up through the levels, making random
encounter rolls, until they reach the levels inhabited by the
Mor-sereg (see ‘The Fortress, The Upper Levels’).
As they approach the uppermost Level have them make
Perception rolls starting at Very Hard (-20) and getting
progressively easier to hear the following…
From the depths of the mountain itself comes a
rhythmic beating, like the sound of a distant
mighty heartbeat…
A while later and further Perception rolls reveal…
The sound is clearer now and is no great
heartbeat, but the sound of a drum being slowly
beaten and along with this a steady chant in some
unknown Dark language.
And…
Outside there must be a terrible storm brewing for
even within the depths of the mountain you can
hear the distant howling of the wind.
These are the sounds of a ritual that Camthalion is leading
to summon Eleoklo. As Eloeklo’s Fana starts to
materialise a storm is forming around the summit of Carn
Dûm.
As the PCs climb up through the Fortress levels the sound
of the ritual gets gradually louder and louder.
THE SUMMONING OF ELOEKLO
GM’S BACKGROUND
Camthalion knows what a palantír is when he sees one and
knows that it is capable of seeing anywhere the viewer
wishes. He knows that Sauron has his own and suspects
that Saruman does also. His immediate thought is to use it
to seek out the One Ring for himself. However, now that
he has his own, he still doesn’t know how to actually use
it. After a few days study Camthalion realises that learning
to control the palantír will require much further study in a
library away from Carn Dûm, such as exists at Litash.
Time is something he does not have, his master Mûrazôr
the Witch King or even worse Sauron himself may find
out at any time. He needs to learn how to use the palantír
now.
So he decides to summon an ally that he has only used
occasionally in the distant past that he thinks may be able
to help him.
That ally is the most powerful storm spirit in the whole of
the North, an immortal and evil Maiar spirit by the name
of Eloeklo.
Any PC who has lived in the North who sees Eleoklo will
instantly know it for what it is: the stuff of childhood
nightmares. Other PCs can feel the power of this Maiar.
Imagine a similar feeling to seeing a Balrog, on a slightly
lesser scale.
PLAYER’S DESCRIPTION
The PCs can follow the sounds of the ritual towards their
final goal, what used to be the Council Chamber (room
11, Level 5) of the Fortress.
As the PCs near the final chamber the sound of the drum
beating, the chanting and the howling wind has risen to an
almost unbearable level, making it difficult for them to
talk to each other.
A Routine (+30) Stalk/Hide roll is likely to succeed and
the view that meets the PCs may surprise them…
You round the corner and look into a strange
circular chamber illuminated by candlelight.
Painted on the floor is a great green lidless eye,
surrounded with blood soaked vines. The air is
thick with a pungent herbal smoke that makes your
head feel light.
PC’s with either Foraging or Herb lore skill can make a
Medium (+0) roll to identify that the smoke smells like
Breldiar. Normally this is a flower found in volcanic areas
which can be eaten picked straight from the stem, but
would appear to have been made into incense sticks that
are burning all around the chamber. These incense sticks
were actually made in Litash, to the east of Carn Dûm,
from flowers picked on the slopes of the volcanic
Gundalok pass at the very Eastern end of Angmar.
Name Codes Form/Prep Cost
Breldiar m-V-4 Flower/Ingest 25gp
Effects: AF7. Subtracts 30 from maneuver and
melee. Adds 50 to spells and missile attacks.
Euphoria. Lasts 1 hour.
In case the PCs decide to take some of the incense sticks
away with them, note that this herb has an Addiction
Factor of 7%. Each subsequent use after the first in any
week gives a 7% chance of addiction, doubling with every
subsequent use after the 2nd in that week. Addiction will
result in a -50 when not using the herb, a loss of the
beneficial effects of the herb, a lack of ability to resist the
herb when under stress and unpleasant, possibly violent
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withdrawal symptoms without usage. There are bunches of
Nine incense sticks burning equally spaced at Nine points
around the room, for a total of 81 sticks. Each stick is
equivalent of one dose and burns for one hour. The sticks
are all about half burnt when the PCs enter the chamber.
Camthalion keeps this herb for use in only the most
difficult summoning rituals to aid the casting of all the
groups’ magic. All of the Nine Mor-sereg have inhaled
enough of the herb to be full under its effect. This could
well be an advantage for PCs wishing to close and use
melee, but a disadvantage if they decide to stand back and
use magic or missile attacks. If they think of it, PCs can
cover their mouths with a cloth and remain unaffected for
several minutes.
Around the chamber stand nine individuals. It is
these Nine that are chanting and one of their
number, a huge black skinned and plate armoured
troll is striking a drum in rhythm with the
chanting.
The others are a varied bunch indeed, mostly Men,
local and one an Easterling. But there are two
more that stand out. The first is the familiar figure
of the small Lossoth woman you have been
chasing for the last two weeks and behind her sits
her great White Warg.
If the spirit wraith Dîndae survived from the last scenario
have the PCs make a Hard (-10) Perception roll to notice it
skulking around near Kylmyyskala’s feet. It is immune to
the effects of the Breldiar smoke.
However, standing in between her and the great
black troll is the most unusual figure of all. The
tall gaunt figure of… what must be an Elf, but a
strange looking one indeed with slanted eyes as if
from the East and wearing a resplendent green-
scaled cloak! He seems to be leading this ritual
and lying prone on the floor in front of him is the
figure of Jari, the missing Dwarven mason.
And on a stone pedestal in the centre of all the
Nine sits the palantír!
ELOEKLO IS HERE…
Suddenly, the chanting and drum beat stops. All that can
be heard is the distant sound of the howling wind, which if
the PCs make a Perception roll now seems to be getting
closer… Then a blast of frigid air blows in from the
outside via the Hall of the Fell Beasts on High (room 19,
Level 5) and straight along the corridor leading directly to
the Council Chamber. Any PCs standing in the way and
with the option of diving out of the corridor must make a
Hard (-10) MM roll to get out of the way or take an ‘A’
Cold critical. Any caught in the blast must make a further
Very Hard (-20) MM roll or be blown over.
This blast of cold air is focused on the centre of the
Council Chamber just above the palantír on its stone
pedestal. Above this it starts to form a dense whirling
cloud.
What happens next is now up to the PCs; they may well
have already reacted.
From the folds of his green-scaled cloak Camthalion takes
out a long thin knife and bending down to Jari holds the
knife at his throat. Looking up at the cloud Camthalion
speaks in Quenya…
“Eloeklo Demon of the North Wind, Master of the
Wind-horde and immortal tyrant of the Northern
Waste… I am unworthy to have called you and
have not done so for many centuries. In exchange
for this small offering and my continuing loyalty I
ask of you only to show me what the palantír
 knows. Give me the knowledge to control it… so I
may find that which my Master once lost and
which has now been found again.”
In this invocation when Camthalion refers to the ‘finding
of that which was lost’ he is referring to using the palantír
to find the One Ring.
The shape of a huge figure then starts to form within the
cloud and the howling wind seems to intensify. On its
pedestal a dull glow starts to appear from the very centre
of the palantír as if an image is starting to form.
ELOEKLO UNLEASHED!
At some point the PCs should intervene or Camthalion
will slit Jari’s throat and learn how to control the palantír.
If they need a push perhaps the spirit wraith Dîndae spots
the PCs and launches to the attack. Perhaps one of the
other Mor-sereg notices the PCs and loses their
concentration. Whatever the event, the ritual is disrupted.
The stability of the ritual is extremely important in
keeping Eloeklo bound and under control. Any disruption
is likely to lose Camthalion’s control of Eloeklo. As soon
as any interference in the ritual occurs Eloeklo, extremely
angry at being forcibly summoned, appears in it’s fully
demonic form ‘a semi-transparent horned and fanged
demon some three times larger than a Man’ surrounded by
a whirling frigid cyclone. Eloeklo then lashes out at its
summoner, Camthalion.
The battle is a mighty one indeed! Camthalion hurls dark
tendrils of raw power Channelled straight from his Dark
God Morgoth at the Maiar with seemingly little effect,
while Eloeklo strikes again and again with his mighty
whip at Dâgûlrog who bravely stands in between Eloeklo
and his Master.
Meanwhile, a stray blow from Eloeklo clips the stone
pedestal bearing the palantír and it crashes to the floor,
sending the palantír, still glowing, rolling across the floor
to come to rest exactly halfway between Kylmyyskala and
the PCs!
SCRUM DOWN!
Kylmyyskala immediately drops her concentration and
rushes to grab the palantír before the PCs get it first.
Camthalion and Dâgûlrog are busy defending themselves
from Eloeklo. The other members of the Mor-sereg start
attacking the PCs using whatever method they favour
most.
If the PCs have any sense they should get in, grab the
palantír and run for it.
Dâgûlrog falls a few rounds later, how many is up to the
GM - either pick an appropriate moment or roll 2D10.
Eloeklo then turns and starts picking off other random
targets. At some point Eloeklo, satisfied with stealing
several souls and feeling his Fana beginning to weaken,
leaves the same way he came in, knocking anyone over as
before. Again when this occurs is up to the GM. Eloeklo
usually waits around for 2D10 rounds after the last prey
has presented itself, then leaves. The PCs and/or members
of the Mor-sereg could simply be hiding during this time
with Eloeklo drifting around the chamber, sniffing and
listening for any sound. A second 10th Level Fear roll
might be required to avoid making a noise.
If the PCs decide to hang around and tackle Camthalion,
he starts making his way towards an exit, blasting anyone
stupid enough to get in his way. In the PCs try, don’t be
afraid to kill or maim any that get in his way. Likewise a
lucky strike could take Camthalion out and award that PC
with some serious bonus Experience Points. Escaping to
the side of the mountain Camthalion makes good his
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escape in some imaginative way, such as on the back of a
Fell Beast that appears out of the night sky.
If the PCs look like they are getting a beating and need
help, the Watchful Rangers could appear at the last
minute.
AFTERMATH
The PCs may fight until all have been defeated or they
may leave early on, hopefully with the palantír intact.
Leaving the Council Chamber they are free to navigate
their way out of the Fortress with little or no hindrance.
Word has spread amongst the Orcs and Guards of a great
army laying waste to the entire Fortress and most have
fled! A few remain, wandering the halls in a daze or in
search of something valuable perhaps. Such folk run or
drop to the floor in fear as the PCs approach bearing the
glowing palantír.
At some opportune moment read the following to the
bearer of the palantír…
You feel your eyes drawn to the palantír, even if
you resist, like some great force is pulling you in
and you see a vision…
‘A green land, to the South of here, rolling hills
and strange mound-like dwellings. Little people
wander around, not Dwarves… but Hobbits. And
on into one of the strange little homes atop a hill.
In to a parlour where one of the little folk sits in
front of a fire, looking at something in his hand…
a ring. A gold ring. Even from your viewpoint you
can see strange writing as if etched in pure light
about the inside of the ring. And the little person
looks over his shoulder, straight into your eyes
with a look of pure fear…’
Then the vision is no more and the light fades from
the palantír.
This is a vision of Frodo holding the One Ring and though
the PCs will not be aware of the importance of this vision,
the players will be.
During the ritual Camthalion requested Eloeklo to instruct
him how to use the palantír to find ‘that which was once
lost’, the One Ring. Somehow, call it either Luck or Fate,
Eloeklo has called forth an image to the palantír of the
exact location of the One Ring with Frodo in the Shire,
something that Sauron and his palantír will never achieve.
Perhaps there is some ancient link between this Palantír of
Amon Sûl and the One Ring, this was after all called the
‘Chief Stone of the North’, indicating that it was the most
important of all the Northern palantíri.
Make note of which PC saw this vision. They will not be
aware of it but they have learned something of how the
palantír works. In effect they have earned a single rank of
Use Palantír skill (an Intuition based Lore skill).
THE END…?
The PCs will eventually leave the Fortress and possibly
even return to Carn Dûm. If they do they find the town rife
with rumours about what events have happened within the
Fortress, but life is continuing as it did before. Some of the
Watcher’s guards are even in town negotiating with the
townspeople to offer their services as town’s guards in
return for food and lodging.
A SURPRISE MEETING
In The Horn of Nimraug, Gandalf sent Alaric ‘up North’
to investigate some strange possible future event about to
unfold. Having not heard from Alaric for some time, and
hearing ‘whispers on the wind’ that an ancient artefact has
been discovered ‘up North’, Gandalf decides to visit in
person to see just what is going on.
Gandalf arrives in Carn Dûm just as the PCs have left the
Fortress with the palantír, perhaps while they are back at
Temple Inn and deciding what to do next.
If the PCs are out in the wilderness instead, have them
make a Very Hard (-20) Perception roll to see the shape of
an Eagle high in the sky. A couple of hours later, Gandalf
comes trudging through the snow into their camp, perhaps
causing quite a stir until they realise who he is.
Either way, Gandalf introduces himself and enquires about
Alaric’s whereabouts, appearing visibly upset when the
PCs talk of Alaric’s death. If the PCs are wondering how
he knew who they were, they are carrying much of
Alaric’s equipment, which Gandalf immediately
recognised, especially Alaric’s staff. And again if they ask
how Gandalf knew that they were here in Carn Dûm he
answers…
“Well you’ve not really been that, ahh, quiet now
have you? And whenever there’s something to be
heard, you can always guarantee that there’s
someone, or something, there to hear it… which is
never really a good thing.”
He will then persuade the PCs to show him what they and
Alaric were chasing after. As soon as Gandalf sees the
palantír he exclaims…
“My, my! Well I’ve not seen this old thing for
some time. Not since that weak willed Arvedui ran
off with it… mmph, anyway, enough of that.”
Realising he has spoken out loud, he quickly shuts up. He
is, after all, talking about events that took place over a
thousand years ago. In fact Gandalf himself was granted
the use of this very same palantír by the Arthedain
Dunedain when it sat in the watchtower at Amon Sûl.
The players may even recall Alaric telling them the tale of
Arvedui’s fateful journey North to escape from the
invading Witch King’s forces and his death in the icy
waters of the Bay of Forochel. Gandalf talks of ‘weak
willed Arvedui’ as if he knew him, which of course he did
but will deny.
He then turns to the PC who saw the vision of the Shire in
the palantír…
“And now we will find somewhere a little more
private to talk and you will tell me what you saw in
the palantír.”
If this event is happening at Temple Inn he will adjourn to
a room upstairs, making sure that windows are shuttered
tight, if out in the wilderness a tent will have to do. Then
he will question the PC until all is revealed about what
was seen in the palantír even if Gandalf has to shoo away
the others so they can discuss the matter privately. If asked
how he knew that the PC has seen something…
“When you look into something that old, it forever
reflects in your eyes. I have used this very stone
before and I have met those who have used others
like it… [he pauses with a quiet, almost sorrowful
look in his eyes]… Those that know how to look
for such things can see it.”
Then Gandalf asks for the palantír to be given to him and
if the others are elsewhere, he calls them around to watch.
He places the stone on a convenient surface, then moves it
this way and that, sitting back every now and then as if
making sure it is the correct way up. The PC who saw the
vision before can now make out the small sign of the
invisible ‘upper’ and ‘nether’ poles on the surface of the
palantír which Gandalf seems to be lining up to point
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straight up and down. None of the other PCs can see these
points.
Seeming finally satisfied with the position of the
palantír, Gandalf settles back to watch… and a
steady glow appears in the centre of the stone,
then an image begins to form…
‘…flying South away from Carn Dûm, the flat
plains of Angmar, scattered settlements, ruined
ancient towns and fortresses. Gentle rolling hills
now, North-East Arthedain, and then woodlands,
the infamous Trollshaws. Somewhere near lies
hidden the legendary vale of Rivendell and to the
West, Bree. Then a flat grassland plain and in the
distance a group of horse riders, all dressed in
Black and heading North-West towards Bree. One
breaks off from the rest and heads North, you
know heading straight for Carn Dûm.
‘Then he has changed, not cast off his black cloak,
but changed. Now he wears armour as if made of
silver under long grey robes and upon his head a
crown… He looks up, his eyes shining as if with a
light of their own and a shrill cry emerges from
thin barely parted lips that makes your blood run
cold…’
With that Gandalf knocks the stone to the floor and the
vision vanishes. Taking out his pipe and lighting it from
the fire, he walks away silently to ponder what he has seen
and blow a few smoke rings into the air. Minutes later, or
when a PC asks, he replies…
“What you just saw is something that may be
happening now, or in the past, or perhaps soon…
or maybe never will. There is no way to tell.
“What is certain however, is that this rider is one
of the Enemy. Who or what, is of no concern to
you, but I believe he comes to find the palantír.
Alaric’s advice to seek a Haven was wise, but
Rivendell would be foolhardy. The Rider is
perhaps not far from there now.
“But there are others… [then mumbling to
himself] …the Havens, mmm a long way, open
country across the North and trouble from the
others perhaps. Lothlorien, but to cross the
Mountains [looks at the PCs] …mmm… [again a
long pause].
“Ah hah! I have it! My old memory nearly lets me
down. You will travel north, to Evermist! Few
legends even tell of it, none will suspect.
“Perfect! You must leave at once! Travel
northwest from here to a village called Ruskea
Vene. Be careful who you talk to there, but hire
someone trustworthy to guide you around the Bay
to an inlet which the Lossoth call Pitkävesi. At the
head of this inlet lies a hidden valley that may be
difficult to find. This is Evermist; you will know
when you are there. Give the palantír to the
Master of this place, Nestador, and it will be safe.
Your job will then be done.”
If the PCs need persuasion to complete this mission
Gandalf will remind them that the Enemy will seek them
out whether they keep the palantír or not, if only to silence
them. They are now unfortunately involved. Anyway, they
will have the silent thanks of all the Free Peoples of
Middle Earth, and the Noldor of Evermist have bountiful
wealth to grant in exchange for such a fabulous gift.
The events now continue with the third and final scenario
in the Fire and Ice campaign, Escape to Evermist.

NPC DESCRIPTIONS
In addition to descriptions in the Locations sections, here
are some additional descriptions of the more important
NPCs. Stats are listed separately.
THE NEW MOR-SEREG
Three Masters of the Art (Magic-users), three Masters of
the Dark Paths (Black Rangers) and three Masters at Arms
(Warriors, including Dâgûlrog the Troll).
CAMTHALION
29th Level Avari Elf Evil Cleric
Stats: See Angmar sourcebook, description on p. 49 and
stats on p. 146. Note that this NPC uses Rolemaster spell
lists.
Description: The Watcher of Carn Dûm, immortal Avari,
Dark Cleric and former member of the original Mor-sereg.
Favoured attack: Camthalion has a vast and lethal array
of spells to 29th Level that he can use to easily kill any one
target of his choice per round. His favourites include:
• Absolution Pure (20th Level RM Evil Cleric spell that
removes soul from target, range as usual, i.e. 300’+,
rather expensive to cast requiring 20 of his 87 PPs).
• Black Channels I – Tauric Finger (10th Level RM
Evil Cleric spell which blinds target for 1-10 days,
range 50’, this cheaper spells costing only 10 PPs).
• Black Channel II – Finger of Sart (15th Level Evil
Cleric spell which permanently paralyses foe and
would require the attention of a high level Animist
for a cure, range 75’, still fairly expensive at 15 PPs a
shot).
• Black Channel III – Desert Curse (25th Level Evil
Cleric spell which boils the target’s blood, range 50’,
extremely expensive at 25 PPs a shot, so kept for
special occasions!).
• His Jo is also a Daily II Sleep X item, which he tends
to keep for an emergency once his PPs have run out,
casting at his pursuers as he makes an escape.
Camthalion also has some much cheaper options for when
he’s running out of PPs:
• Dark Stunning (2nd Level Evil Cleric – Dark
Channels, equivalent of MERP Open Channelling –
Calm Spirits – Stunning, 1 round of stun per 10% of
resistance roll failure).
• Shock Bolt (7th Level Open Channelling –
Sound/Light Ways, rather expensive on PPs
considering the limitations).
• Earthwall (7th Level Animist – Creations, good for
blocking an escape).
Camthalion’s chance of success against anyone of Level
19 or less, even with 0 rounds preparation and allowing
for some resistance to Channelling is still 100% unless he
fumbles (on an UM 01-02). His main vulnerability is his
lack of PPs. Though more than capable of taking down a
number of individual foes over subsequent rounds, if
rushed he could be pinned down by sheer weight of
numbers of eventually forced to expend his PPs then
becoming much less powerful.
If ever forced into melee he favours his 100 OB Jo,
parrying and calling for assistance. He is, however, rather
proud and could easily be tempted to a duel.
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DÂGÛLROG
18th Level Olog (Black Troll) Warrior
Stats: As per Hoerk Tereg p. 150 Angmar sourcebook, but
with Black Plate armour and a Black 2H sword. MM stays
at +5 MM. Dâgûlrog’s combat tactic is to use half his OB
to protect Camthalion from either Eloeklo or the PCs.
Description: Camthalion’s bodyguard.
Favoured attack: He always uses half of his 175 OB with
his 2-H Sword to parry any blow against Camthalion.
EBERVERHT
8th Level Black Númenórean Evil Cleric
Stats: As per p. 150 Angmar sourcebook but has 24 PP
and +16 Base Spells OB. Use Rolemaster spell lists for
this NPC.
Favoured attack: At range Eberverht prefers to emulate
his Master, the Watcher, as much as possible using:
• Black Channels I – Tauric Finger (10th Level RM
Evil Cleric spell which blinds target for 1-10 days,
range 50’, to Eberverht this spell is actually very
expensive and he can only cast it twice before
resorting to a cheaper alternative).
• Dark Stunning (2nd Level Evil Cleric – Dark
Channels, equivalent of MERP Open Channelling –
Calm Spirits – Stunning, 1 round of stun per 10% of
resistance roll failure).
Close in he resorts to using his 70 OB Mace, typically
keeping back 50 OB to parry and protect himself.
RODRIC
7th Level Dúnadan Astrologer
Stats: As per p. 150 Angmar sourcebook with the
additional information that he has 7 PPs and 29 Directed
Spells OB. Use Rolemaster spell lists for this NPC.
Favoured attack: At range he uses his only attack spell, a
Shock Bolt (5th Level Astrologer – Starlights list). When
confronted in melee he drops to his knees and begs for
mercy, he is the least combat experienced of the Mor-
sereg. With his 7 PPs and his +4 spell adder he can cast
this 5 times.
SARKAR
15th Level Rural Man Black Ranger
Stats: As per p. 147 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range he favours his 85 OB
composite bow firing every round, close in he drops this in
favour of his 90 OB short sword keeping back 30 OB for
parrying.
CARMIL
8th Level Northman Black Ranger
Stats: As per p. 147 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range he favours his 70 OB
composite bow firing every round, close in he drops this in
favour of his 70 OB short sword keeping back 25 OB for
parrying.
FARRENAR, THE VENGEFUL CULT MEMBER
6th Level Rural Man Black Ranger
Stats: As per p. 147 Angmar sourcebook.
Description: His face is covered in bruises and his arm is
in a sling from his beating by Dâgûlrog. Won’t willingly
talk, unless plied with drink. However, he won’t ever say
anything about Camthalion and if pressed, will leave.
Favoured attack: At range he likes using his 45 OB spear
and closer in his 60 OB hand axe.
Possible encounter locations: Carn Dûm town, most
probably on the way to the Inn to drink his sorrows.
Quotes: “Bastards! Who? Err, I really can’t say” And a
few drinks later: “Anywaysh… the boss ‘as got this lil’
cult and they’re gonna be raisin’ this spirit or summat’ in a
couple of evenings.” “The Boss, they all call ‘im the
Watcher… uh, no I said too much… bye.”
NUDAN
6th Level Dunlending Warrior
Stats: As per p. 147 Angmar Sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range he throws a 90 OB spear
every round (taking the -30 OB penalty per round for
shifting equipment) of which he usually carries 3. Once
he’s run out he charges in screaming a blood curdling
curse with his 95 OB hand axe keeping back just 25 OB
for parrying.
AKONID
5th Level Easterling Rogue
Stats: As per p. 148 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range he uses his 95 OB composite
bow firing every round, while close in he spins his 90 OB
Usriev (acts as either a spear or 2-H sword) around his
head grinning madly and hissing while keeping back just
20 OB for parrying.
FORTRESS BAD GUYS
GUARDS
2nd Level Warriors
Stats: As per ‘Footmen’ p. 150 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range they use their 50 OB short
bows, but they are seldom organised enough to get to use
this weapon. Instead they tend to rush in brandishing their
50 OB broadswords, not bothering to parry and relying
entirely on their shields and armour for protection. Once
half their number is down they will turn and run. If they’re
backed into a corner they use their entire OB to parry
while screaming for help.
INNER GATE TROLLS
18th Level Sharkai Hill Trolls
Stats: As per p. 151 Angmar sourcebook but replace 175
OB Flail attack with 175 OB club attack, and add 50
Stalk/Hide and 45 Perception skills.
Favoured attack: 175 OB Club attack. Ouch! Describe
just how big and lethal looking these guys are to the
players. If the PCs still decide to go for a straight fight, it’s
their own undoing.
UNDEAD
Stats: For any of the undead either from the Haunted
Middle Ruins or within the Fortress itself, refer to stats on
p. 152 Angmar sourcebook.
ELOEKLO, DEMON OF THE NORTH WIND
Stats: See Northern Wastes sourcebook, p. 170 for stats
and p. 62 for description.
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Description: Eloeklo Demon of the North Wind, Master
of the Wind-horde and immortal tyrant of the Northern
Waste! Infuriated at being forcibly summoned, it seeks
any opportunity to break free of the ritual that binds it and
attack it’s summoner.
Favoured attack: In cloud form he can batter his
opponents with a 180 HBa attack. However, he usually
prefers to appear in demon form, ‘a semi-transparent
horned and fanged demon some three times larger than a
Man’ then he can use his 175 OB whip attack which does
an ‘E’ Cold critical with every successful strike instead of
any normal criticals. Eloeklo is blind and uses senses
similar to smell and hearing to find his prey. Each round
Eloeklo must make a Perception roll to be able to see an
opponent, his skill being +30 while in demon form and
+10 while in cloud form.
PCs from ‘up North’ or those who make an appropriate
History skill roll may be aware of this limitation and can
effectively hide from Eleoklo with a successful Stalk/Hide
roll. The GM may even wish to demonstrate this to the
players. For example, in the round following an
unsuccessful Perception roll by Eleoklo, have an unlucky
NPC (or PC if the GM is feeling cruel) make a noise,
Eleoklo turns and with a crack of It’s whip the unfortunate
drops to the floor.
Eleoklo must also make another Perception roll if anything
breaks his concentration such as the utterance of the name
‘Elbereth’ or contact with a lit torch.
Finally, all who see Eleoklo in demonic form must resist a
10th Level Fear spell or run, a fumble could indicate
paralysis or even death from a heart attack.
Quotes: [roar, howl… swwwwwish crack] usually
followed by a scream and a thud as a disembowelled body
hits the floor.
ORCS
BOSS ORC
6th Level Uruk Warriors
Stats: As per ‘Trûpalog’ p. 151 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range 80 OB thrown spear every
round of which he carries 5, close up 100 OB hand axe
keeping back 25 OB for parrying.
ORC
4th Level Orc Warriors
Stats: As per ‘Sulmog-vrás’ p. 151 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range 55 OB thrown spear every
round of which they carry 3, close up 85 OB scimitar
keeping back 25 OB for parrying.
ORC SLAVES
2nd Level Orc Warriors
Stats: As per ‘Thopur-dorashk’ p. 151 Angmar
sourcebook.
Favoured attack: At range 20 OB thrown spear every
round of which they carry 2, close up 50 OB scimitar
keeping back nothing for parrying.
ORC MINERS
4th Level Orc Warriors
Stats: As per ‘Larag-môsh’ p. 150 Angmar sourcebook.
Favoured attack: 75 OB bash keeping back nothing for
parrying.
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DUMFA THE INNKEEPER
2nd Level Dunlending Warrior
Stats: As per p. 147 Angmar sourcebook.
Description: A friendly soul though aware of the stark
reality of working in such a challenging environment.
Only encounter location: Temple Inn.
Quotes: “Tis a hard life now, but things can only get
easier.” “A top up sir?” “Alf a silver per night includin’
brekkie and insurance.” “Insurance? Well, ‘gainst bein’
burgled. Everyone pays it, best to really.”
KONIHRABN THE ‘FUR TRAPPER’
9th Level Angmarean Scout
Stats: See Northern Wastes sourcebook, description on p.
68 and stats on p. 170, except for the following corrections
and changes.
Description: Konihrabn is a very loyal servant of
Mûrazôr, Witch King and Leader of the Nazgûl. He has
come to Carn Dûm disguised as a fur trapper to look into
rumours that a powerful magical artefact has come into the
Watcher’s possession. He suspects that the Watcher might
be thinking about hanging on to the item rather than
informing the Dark Lord.
He has a +25 Black Mithril Short sword, which gives him
a total 117 OB (92 natural, +25 magical).
He also carries a small +20 target shield to give a total
55/45 melee/missile DB (15 natural, +20/10 shield, +20
magical).
Favoured attack: 117 OB short sword keeping back 80
OB for parrying until he’s sure he can make a killing
strike.
Possible encounter locations: Anywhere in Carn Dûm
town.
Quotes: “Shhh… sleep long and silent my friend
[removes blade from victim’s ribcage]” Doesn’t talk
much. “Don’t trust them Rangers, nothing but horse
thieves and bandits.”
THE DWARVISH MASONS
Their leader Jari is a 4th Level Dwarven Warrior. The
other three Mim, Nothri and Farin are 3rd Level Dwarven
Warriors.
Possible encounter locations: Sitting in a corner of the
Temple Inn, in Carn Dûm town or wandering around town
heads down under their hoods.
Quotes: If you’re not a dwarf: “[silence]” If you are a
dwarf: “Cousin, it’s been a long while. Sit down and tell
us your story.”
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THE WATCHFUL RANGERS
5th Level Northman Rangers
Description: They could possibly come to rescue the PCs
if they were losing a fight in the Warrens with the Orcs.
Or D3+1 Rangers could be persuaded to accompany the
PCs into the Warrens to recover the palantír, if they were
persuaded that it really exists.
Possible encounter locations: D6 + 3 in the Ranger
Ruins, or D3 + 1 either outside Carn Dûm or in town.
Quotes: “These ruins are our home. I can see you are
good people, so you would do well to leave now and tell
no-one of what you have seen.” “You want to get in
where? Why?” “A palantír, mmm, highly unlikely.”
DÛMRA THE CRUEL EASTERLING
7th Level Easterling Warrior
Stats: See Angmar sourcebook, description on p. 82 and
stats on p. 148.
Description: He rides a stout Easterling pony and carries
an Usriev. Behind him he pulls Pug the Orcish slave on an
iron chain.
Possible encounter locations: In town, most likely in or
around the Inn.
Quotes: To Pug, his Orc slave (see below): “Stupid cave
pig! [thwack] You bring me back bad luck again!
[thwack]” “Mmm, you wanna wager on that?” “[drunken
hic] What you [hic] starin’ at… huh?”
PUG THE PITIFUL ORCISH SLAVE
4th Level Orc Warrior
Stats: As per ‘Larag-môsh’ p. 151 Angmar sourcebook,
but without any armour or weapons.
Description: Pug originally comes from Carn Dûm where
he used to work as a miner in the caves and secretly yearns
to go back there, willing to bargain with PCs to lead them
into the tunnels in exchange for it’s freedom but once in
the tunnels will escape at the first opportunity.
Possible encounter locations: See the ‘Pug the Pitiful’
Encounter.
Quotes: “It is sorry for me…” “1-2-3 counts me fingers
an’ toes ‘as been broken.” “Naughty Master, beats me ‘e
does. Done nuffin’ wrong. Shows ‘im ‘is way, watches
‘im at night we’ me’ good eyes, still ‘e beats me.”
“[whimper] Sore head now, can’t be sleepin’ tonight now.
Says I bring bad luck on ‘im last night: but ‘e is gamblin’
‘is own luck away.” “Vury close to home now, can smells
it, wishes could be going back there.”
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LOCATION KEY
1 Main Gate
2 Tolric the Farrier
2a Tolric’s Paddock
3 Temple Inn
4 Karl’s ‘Sooths You!’
5 Dernor the Handyman
6 Halgar the Smithy
7 Rosamunda the Seamstress
8 Ebric the Storekeeper
9 Freawyn’s Brothel
10 Leodulf the Baker
11 Rodgar the Butcher
12-15 Squatters’ Shacks
16 Mor the Leatherworker
17 To the Middle Gate

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APPENDIX B – NPC STATS
Name Lvl Hits AT DB Sh Gr Melee OB Missile OB MovM Notes

TOWNSPEOPLE
Average Townsperson 1 34 No 0 N N 43ha 28sb +10 Mixed Blood
Each has between +50 and +80 in a skill associated with their trade.
Dumfa – see Angmar sourcebook p.147
Gundric 3 60 No +15 N N 69bs 49sb +15 Northman Warrior
Eldest son of the seamstress Rosamunda, 17 years old and eager to avenge the death of his father and uncles. Owns a rusty old broadsword, a
battered short bow and 10 arrows. Surprisingly skilled for someone so young. Spends most of his spare time practising his sword skills.
Bouncers – as per ‘Footmen’ p. 150 Angmar sourcebook.

THE DWARVISH MASONS

Jari 4 70 Ch 45 Y10 A/L 80wh 59xb 5 Dwarven Warrior
Mim, Nothri and Farin 3 60 Ch 30 Y -/L 60wh 50xb 0 Dwarven Warrior
Each has skills associated with trade varying between +50 and +80 in Disarm Traps, Pick Lock and Stone Masonry.

THE WATCHFUL RANGERS

Flamgar the Leader 8 95 RL 60 Y5 N 105bs 95cp 20 Dúnedain Ranger
Flamgar is a full blood Dúnedain and loyal Ranger allied with the Free Peoples of Middle Earth. He knows many languages, including
Westron, Sindarin, Labba and Dunael. He knows 4 Ranger spell lists and wears an eresselen hidden beneath the fold of his cloak.
Rangers 5 85 RL 40 Y5 N 80bs 85cp 10 Northman Ranger
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Each Ranger knows 2 Ranger lists to 5 level.

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