Turn 9: DOOM

Dread crawls throughout the land, stealing into the hearts of men, elf, dwarf and even the most wretched orc, as the Lord of Middle Earth strides forth from the land of the Corsair.

The Pirate King declares the ring for his own and with it, the domination of all Middle Earth. Tremble before him.

Orcs are cowering before the sun and fleeing to the hills as the Eye no longer watches over them and even the Dark Lords most loyal followers, the Nazgul are brought to heel by the power of the Ring. The winged Nazgul fly South to join their master at the Havens of Umbar.

However, before the full power of the ring became apparent, more than seventy thousand orcs streamed onto the Old Forest Road. The Elves stood to the last man in order to save their liege lord. The swiftest horse carried the Lord Celeborn to the Elven Kings Halls even as orc claws reached for his throat. More than 55,000 Elves lost their lives. Truly a tragedy to the Elven people.

Imladris is under siege as Orcs surround the great home of Lord Elrond. 26,000 Orcs were chased back to the crags of Carn Dum as massive Elven reinforcements poured on to the Ettenmoors. Just over 7,000 returned to their pits.

A massive Mordor army invaded the lands of Umbar. The force is seriously weakened as the Lord of the Ring approaches them.

Gondor rejoices as the once fair city of Osgiliath is retaken without loss.
A large force sallied forth from Lorien defeating 7000 orcs in the vale of Anduin.
Strange sounds come from the north as songs of war, drinking and gold echo throughout the valleys. Wargs and Uruk hai are commonplace as the forces of Saruman increase.

All Mordor forces fight with 50% efficiency. The Pirate Kings personal army fights as though double in strength.