Moria Orc chieftain imprisoned

Post date: Nov 11, 2015 2:7:21 PM

--By Thralin Strongfoot--

In a bold move the Iron Garrison Guards attacked an Orc stronghold last week, or so our raven messenger reports. Though it has been known to the garrison that Durin's Way harbors Orcs directed by the brutal White Hand Uruks of Saruman, none had foreseen such numbers. Thorth Splintershield, General of the Iron Garrison Guards wrote that, "though our numbers are less than desired, we could not let the Orcs grow more numerous, we had to strike now or face being over run in the months to come".

It will come as no surprise to all that the Iron Garrison Guard is fighting an ever more difficult battle. Latest estimates report thirty orcs to each dwarf. Though the amount of dwarven companies heading to Moria seems to be on the rise once more, since reports of new mithril veins reached the ears of many a company leader (though those reports are yet to be proven), it cannot be overstated that both the journey and especially the re-settlement of Moria are challenging, even for the hardest of dwarves.

As such, it was considered a great feat that the fifty dwarves of the Tenth Iron Garrison Guard completely destroyed the Orc camp, killing well over two-hundred Orcs. In addition, the commander of the Tenth dragged with him the Orc chieftain Garbâsh, as a prisoner. Garbâsh's troops alone are reported to have killed twenty-seven dwarves since the re-colonization of Moria began.

As one can imagine Garbâsh did not receive a warm welcome by the troops of the Iron Garrison Guards. General Splintershield wrote: "we have that foul orc with us now, and he has been crying like a baby this whole time… the foul beast! But I write this, Mahal be my witness, he will pay for what he has done to us, just as his legion paid for their crimes against us."

What the exact plans are with the Orc Garbâsh are unclear at present.