Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20160819225557/@comment-26210095-20160824230905

"This is only the tip of the iceberg. A Ranger of Ithillien reported seeing a small party of black-clad men go into the ruins of the Dark Tower. He followed them, but he lost them in the high passes of the Ash Mountains. We do not know what they sought there, or if they found it. The woodsmen of the Anduin have reported spiders again spinning their foul webs in Dol Guldur. Some evil has taken residence there, the nature of which we know not. Furthermore.." He says, shifting uncomfortably. "Certain... cults have arised among some of the Men of Gondor. We have tried to stamp them out, but they regrow the second we turn our backs. Both ignorant peasants and men of High Numenorean race have fallen to this... cult. The most disturbing thing I found was given to me in a report sent by a Ranger of the North by raven. I will read it to you. This Ranger never returned from his expedition."

He begins to read.

"We have journeyed through the fell land of Angmar without incident. We reached the lands of the North. Lost six men to an Orc raid. Lossoth fleeing south. Dead things in the woods. Dead things in the water. Send aid at once. Asked Lossoth about threat in the north. Only responded with four words.

The Dead Are Walking"

Eldarion lets the silence settle in.