Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-27168578-20160117102355/@comment-27097330-20160123150918

Tybereous wrote: Morgoth the first dark lord wrote: (Answer in WotS) I did.

Why in the name of all sanity did Annatar attack Isengard?! Think of it from a tactical perspective. With Fornost taken the Isen is the last line of defense before Rohan, and then Gondor. Isengard commands it. As long as Isengard stands with allies, attack from the north is stopped. This stops Sothog's troops from performing a pincer movement and taking Gondor from all sides. But Oryis is an ally of the Shadow Empire, and they are in a perfect position to take Isengard without having to trouble the approaching Shadow army. Therefore it was pivotal that they took Isengard.