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A Light from the Shadow (Tolkien CKII)

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Well my plan would up to a year depending on travel times but I think both the threats eliminated and the potential spoils are worth the loss of a year of orc uplifting.
 
You know on second thought I think we should raid Minas Morgul before Erebor. After all unlike Samug the Witch King has agency, he gathers information, makes plans and acts accordingly. If word of Smaug's death should reach him he may relocate the palantir and other treasures further into Mordor where we could not find them. Samug on the other hand just sleeps on a pile of gold.

Another advantage of doing it in this order is that it would take less time.

We could (in Istar guise):
  1. Bypass Lothlorien by the North (since we should have some kind of Character witness when we appear before Galadriel)
  2. Pass south of Mirkwood into the Wilderness
  3. Cut straight South until we hit Ithilien
  4. Handle our business in Minas Morgul
  5. Head back the way we came and go through the Wilderness all the way North to Erebor
  6. Go West until we hit the Northern Misty Mountains and Mount Gundabad or Mount Gram (we'll have to decide which orcs we want to start with)
 
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Ok vote closed : You begin in 2799.

Also to clarify some things that could have been misunderstood.

You are the most powerful incarnate in Arda at the moment it's true but like Glorfindel is able to kill you, the Nazgul when confronted in the darkness of their fastness could also destroy you.

Granted estimating you encounter the Nine together, I would rule you would kill at least six of them before succumbing. Gandalf and Saruman could in the situation kill two or three.

And by killing I mean, truly kill the Ring must pass to a new owner, not disrobing them.
 
*looks at the traits, sees darkness that doesn't terrify, fire that doesn't burn indiscriminately, and a human form to facilitate diplomatic solutions*

Why, brute force of course! :V
 
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We are a Balrog, so we can brute force our way through, but the blessings given by Nienna lend themselves well to subtlety. Gandalf is way better on the latter part, though.
 
So the Witch King could kill us if he had the other Nazgul with him (there would be rolls). Do you guys still think it is worth it to try and get that palantir? (remember it is also denying Sauron his only palantir, he is not really a giant eye)

Incidentally Mien of the Mourner does have a combat application, it allows us to fight in battles in Balrog form without causing our own troops to break.
 
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Another avenue that might be worth exploring is asking Gandalf for the Ring of Fire (even just as a loan). I think that would enhance us enough to significantly lower the risks of attacking Minas Morgul.
 
Actually as the Palantir is for Sauron's use I think it makes more sense to have it in Dol Guldur then Barad Dur.
 
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Actually as the Palantir is for Sauron's use I think it makes more sense to have it in Dol Guldur then Barad Dur.
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This far back in the timeline Dol Guldur has not been built yet. It is 142 years before the events of the Hobbit.

Edit: checked there is no clear date for the founding of Dol Guldur so it may be built already, damn.
 
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Prologue 1
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    • As you speak your oath to Nienna, pledging yourself to She who is Compassion, you see her smile with a sadness you do not yet understand. She takes your disembodied essence in her hand, soothing it with her song. She says : « I accept your oath and your service. Redempton needs more advocates in this world and only those ho have travelled the darkest road can truly lead others into the light. Painful will be your journey, full of hardships and obstacles for every soul that walk under me share in my mourning. Nevertheless you will be granted a new form to be the symbol of your rebirth. Anorestel I name you : Fire of Hope for if you can redeem yourself, perhaps my brother will at the end. »

    Her song breaks around you leading your naked spirit to its home in the caverns of Moria. You do not regain your body for the Song of Nienna changes it as it changes you. You tower still over the throngs of the livings, being twice the height of the tallest Men. Basalt and obsidian is your skin, black now not like unnatural darkness but like the men of Morenor. Like a dark bird are your wings. Sweet and lambent are your flames, burning bright as the moon in heavens. As a great king of many men is your face, scarred and charred by wounds but possessed of a sad majesty.

    Your mind has changed also. Now in place of dark dreams, you see glimpse of machines and gears. Great edifices carrying water to cities, fire that burns even on water, crops that wil abols famine, flame that burns disease. All that and more you remember having heard in the song of Aulë and Melkor at the beginning of time ere the Discord was a thing.

    The main changement is the most drastic. Before you were nailed to your body as if he was not a fana, a flesh vestment, but an hroa a body of flesh like the Children of Illiuvatar. Now while still you cannot rejct it like mortal do their clothes, you can alternate between your accustomed form and that of a bearded man clad in violet robes, back bent by the burdens of the road, bones aching with the woes of the world, crying not for himself but for others, a staff like a cypress branch in hand.

    While you ponder your new abilities, you hear the rumours of conflict. You dimly remember that Azog, the Boldog-spawn that declared himself « King » over these dead halls gave offense to the dwarves, beheading a visitor and warning his companion to his presence. In retrospect that was quite the foolish move as the dwarves made war on the Orcs, slaughterng them in great numbers. Completely awake you think upon your next move.

    [] Let the battle play out.

    [] Go to the East-Gate and decide on what you should do.
     
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    • [X] Go to the East-Gate and decide on what you should do.

    Time to begin our task.

    Edit: oops accidentally C&P-ed the wrong thing. Now fixed.
     
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