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Theyre a cursed nuisance, and were in a hurry. Evenings coming on, and we ought to get a move on. Orders, said a third voice in a deep growl. Kill all but not the Halflings; they are to be brought back alive as quickly as possible. Thats my orders. What are they wanted for. asked gafe voices. Why alive. Do they give good sport. I heard that one of them has got something, something thats 446 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS wanted for the War, some Elvish plot or other. Anyway theyll both be questioned. Is that all you know. Why dont we search them and find out. We might find something that we Baldurs gate 3 underground passage diagram use ourselves. That is check this out very interesting remark, sneered a voice, softer than the others but more evil. I may have to report that. The prisoners are not Baldrus be searched or plundered: those are my orders. And mine too, said the deep voice. Alive and as passags no spoiling. Thats my orders. Not our orders. said one of the earlier voices. We have come all the way from the Mines to kill, and avenge our folk. I wish to kill, and then go back north. Then you can wish again, said the growling voice. I am Uglu´k. I command. I return to Isengard by the shortest road. Is Saruman the master or link Great Eye. said the evil voice. We should go back at once to Lugbu´rz. If we could cross the Great River, we might, said another voice. But there are not enough of us to venture down to the bridges. I came across, said the evil voice. A winged Nazguˆl awaits us northward on the east-bank. Maybe, maybe. Then youll fly off with our prisoners, and get all the pay and praise in Lugbu´rz, and leave us to foot it as best we can through the Horse-country. No, we must stick together. These lands are dangerous: full of foul rebels and brigands. Aye, we must stick together, growled Uglu´k. I dont trust you little swine. Youve no guts outside your own sties. But for us youd all have run away. We are the fighting Uruk-hai. We slew the great warrior. We took the prisoners. We are the servants of Saruman the Wise, the White Hand: the Hand that gives us mans-flesh to eat. We came out of Isengard, and led you here, and we shall lead you back by the way we choose. I am Uglu´k. I have spoken. You have spoken more than enough, Uglu´k, sneered fiagram evil voice. I wonder how they would like it in Lugbu´rz. They might think that Uglu´ks shoulders needed relieving of a swollen head. They might ask where his strange ideas came from. Did they come from Saruman, perhaps. Who does he think he is, setting up on his own with his filthy white badges. They might agree with me, with Grishna´kh their trusted messenger; and I Grishna´kh say this: Saruman is a fool, and a dirty treacherous fool. But the Great Eye is on him. Swine is it. How do you folk like being called swine by the muckrakers of a dirty little wizard. Its orc-flesh they eat, Ill digaram. Many loud yells in orc-speech answered him, and the ringing clash of weapons being drawn. Cautiously Pippin rolled over, hoping to see what would happen. His guards had gone to join in the fray. In T HE UR U K-HAI 447 the twilight he saw a large black Orc, probably Uglu´k, standing facing Grishna´kh, a short crook-legged creature, very broad and with long arms that hung almost to the ground. Round them were many smaller goblins. Pippin supposed that these were the ones from the North. They had drawn their knives and swords, but hesitated to attack Uglu´k. Uglu´k shouted, and a number of other Orcs of nearly his own size ran up. Then suddenly, without warning, Uglu´k sprang forwards, and with two swift strokes swept the heads off two of his opponents. Grishna´kh stepped aside and vanished into the shadows. The others gave way, and one stepped backwards and fell over Merrys prostrate form with a curse. Yet that probably saved his life, for Uglu´ks followers leaped over him and cut down another with their broad-bladed swords. It was the yellow-fanged guard. His body fell right on top Baldkrs Pippin, still clutching its long saw-edged knife. Put up your weapons. shouted Uglu´k. And lets have no more nonsense. We go straight west from here, and down the stair. From there straight to the downs, then along the river to the forest. And we march day and night. That clear. Now, thought Pippin, if only it takes that ugly fellow a little while to get his troop under control, Ive got a chance. A gleam of hope had come to him. The edge of the black knife had snicked his arm, and then slid down to his wrist. He felt the blood trickling on to his hand, but he also felt the diaggram touch of steel Bqldurs his skin. The Orcs were getting ready to diagraj again, but some of the Northerners were still unwilling, and the Isengarders slew two more before the rest were cowed. There was much cursing and confusion. For the moment Pippin was unwatched. His legs were securely bound, but his arms were only tied about the wrists, and his hands were in front of him. He could move them both together, though the bonds were cruelly tight. He pushed the dead Orc to one side, then hardly daring to breathe, he drew the knot of the wrist-cord up and down against the blade of the knife. It was sharp and the dead hand held it fast. The cord was cut. Quickly Pippin took it in his fingers and knotted it again into a loose bracelet of two loops and slipped it over his hands. Then he lay very still. Pick up those prisoners. shouted Uglu´k. Dont play any tricks with them. If they are not alive when we get back, someone else will die too. An Orc seized Pippin like a sack, put its head between his tied hands, grabbed his arms and dragged them down, until Pippins face was crushed against its neck; then it jolted off with him. Another 448 T HE L ORD Baldurs gate 3 underground passage diagram F THE R INGS treated Merry in the same way. The Orcs clawlike hand gripped Pippins arms like iron; the nails bit into him. He shut his eyes and slipped back into evil dreams. Suddenly he was thrown on to the stony floor again. It was early night, but the slim moon was already falling westward. They were on the edge of a cliff that seemed to look out over a sea of pale mist. See more was a sound of water falling nearby. The scouts have come back at last, said an Orc close at hand. Well, what did diagam discover. growled the voice of Uglu´k. Only a single horseman, and he made unddrground westwards. Alls clear now. Now, I daresay. But how long. You fools. You should have shot him. Hell raise the alarm. Here cursed horsebreeders will hear of us by morning. Now well have to leg it double quick. A shadow bent over Pippin. It was Uglu´k. Sit up. said the Orc. My lads are tired of lugging you about. We have got to climb down, and you must use your legs. Be helpful now. No crying out, no trying to escape. We have ways of paying for tricks that you wont like, though they wont spoil your usefulness for the Master. He cut the thongs round Pippins legs and ankles, picked him up by his hair and stood him on his feet. Pippin fell down, and Uglu´k dragged him up by his hair again. Several Orcs laughed. Uglu´k thrust a flask between his teeth and poured some burning liquid down his throat: he felt a hot fierce glow flow through him. The pain in his legs and ankles vanished. He could stand. Now for the other. said Uglu´k. Pippin saw him go to Merry, who was lying close by, and unerground him. Merry groaned. Seizing him roughly Uglu´k pulled him into a sitting position, and tore the bandage off his head. Then he smeared the wound with some dark stuff out of a small wooden box. Merry cried out and struggled wildly. The Orcs clapped and hooted. Cant take his medicine, they jeered. Doesnt know whats good for him. We shall have some fun later. But at the moment Uglu´k was not engaged in sport. He needed speed and had to humour unwilling followers. He was healing Merry in orc-fashion; and his treatment worked swiftly. When he had forced a drink from his flask down the hobbits throat, cut his leg-bonds, and dragged him to his feet, Merry stood up, looking pale but grim and defiant, and very much alive. The gash in his forehead gave him no more trouble, but he bore a brown scar to the end of his days. Hullo, Pippin. he said. So youve come on this nuderground expedition, too. Where do we get bed and breakfast. Now then. said Undeground. None of that. Diaggam your tongues. No T HE UR U K-HAI 449 talk to one another. Any trouble will be reported at the other end, and Hell know how to pay you. Youll get bed and breakfast all right: more than you can stomach. The orc-band began to descend a narrow ravine leading down into the misty plain below. Merry and Pippin, separated by a dozen Orcs or more, climbed down with them. At the bottom they stepped on to grass, and the hearts of the hobbits rose. Now straight on. shouted Uglu´k. West and a little north. Follow Lugdush. But what are we going to do at sunrise. said some of the Northerners. Go on running, said Uglu´k. What do you think. Sit on the grass and wait for the Whiteskins to visit web page the picnic. But we cant run in the sunlight. Youll run with me behind you, said Uglu´k. Run. Or youll never see your beloved holes again. By the White Hand. Whats the use of sending out mountain-maggots on a trip, only half trained. Run, curse you. Run while night lasts. Then the whole company began to run with the long loping strides of Orcs. They kept no order, thrusting, jostling, and cursing; yet their speed was very great. Pazsage hobbit had a guard of three. Pippin was far back in the line. He wondered how long he hnderground be able to go on at this pace: he had had no food since the morning. One of his guards had a whip. But at present the orc-liquor was still hot in him. His wits, too, were wide-awake. Every now and again there came into his mind unbidden a vision of the keen face of Strider bending over a dark trail, and running, running behind. But what could even a Ranger see except a confused trail of orc-feet. His own little prints and Merrys were overwhelmed by the trampling of the iron-shod shoes before them and behind them and about them. They had gone only a mile or so from the cliff when the land sloped down into a wide shallow depression, where the ground was soft and wet. Mist lay there, pale-glimmering in the last rays of the sickle moon. The dark shapes of the Orcs in front grew dim, and then were swallowed up. Steady now. shouted Uglu´k from the rear. A sudden thought leaped into Pippins mind, and he acted on it at once. He swerved aside to the right, and dived out of the reach of his clutching guard, headfirst into the mist; he landed sprawling on the grass. Halt. yelled Uglu´k. There was diagrwm a moment turmoil and confusion. Pippin sprang up 450 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS and ran. But the Orcs were after him. Some suddenly loomed up right in front of him. No hope of escape. thought Pippin. But there is a hope that I have left some of my own marks unspoilt on the wet ground. He groped pzssage his two tied hands gte his throat, and unclasped the brooch of his cloak. Just as long arms and hard claws seized him, he let it fall. There I suppose it will lie underfround the end of time, he thought. I dont know why I did it. If the others have escaped, theyve probably all gone with Frodo. A whip-thong curled round his legs, and he stifled a cry. Enough. shouted Uglu´k running up. Hes still got to run a long way yet. Make em both run. Just use the whip as a reminder. But thats not all, he snarled, turning to Pippin. I shant forget. Payment is only put off. Leg it. Neither Pippin diagrsm Merry remembered much of the later part of the journey. Evil dreams and evil waking were blended into a long tunnel of misery, with hope growing ever fainter behind. They ran, and they ran, https://strategygamespc.cloud/for/when-is-the-next-steam-sale-for-rust.php to keep up the pace set by the Orcs, licked every now and again with a cruel thong cunningly handled. If they halted or stumbled, they were seized and dragged for some distance. The warmth of the orc-draught had gone. Pippin felt cold and sick again. Suddenly he fell face downward on the turf. Hard hands with rending nails gripped and lifted him. He was carried like a sack once more, and darkness grew about him: whether the darkness of another night, or a blindness of his eyes, he could not tell. Dimly he became aware of voices clamouring: it seemed that many of the Orcs were demanding a halt. Uglu´k was shouting. He felt himself flung to the ground, and he lay as he fell, till black dreams took him. But he did not long escape from pain; soon the iron grip of merciless hands was on him again. For a long time he was tossed and shaken, and then slowly the darkness gave way, and he came back to the waking world and found that it was morning. Orders were shouted and he was thrown roughly on the grass. There he lay for a while, fighting with despair. His head swam, but from the heat in his body he guessed that he had been given another draught. An Orc stooped over him, and flung him some bread and a strip of raw dried flesh. He ate the stale Baldurs gate 3 underground passage diagram bread hungrily, but not the meat. He was famished but not yet so famished as to eat flesh flung to him by an Orc, the flesh of he dared not guess what creature. He sat up and looked about. Merry was not far away. They were by the banks of agte swift narrow river. Ahead mountains loomed: a tall peak was catching the first rays of the sun. A dark smudge of forest lay on the lower slopes before them. T HE UR U Https://strategygamespc.cloud/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-monk-guide.php 451 There was much shouting and debating among the Orcs; a quarrel seemed on the point of breaking out again between please click for source Northerners and the Isengarders. Some were pointing back away south, and some were pointing eastward. Very well, said Uglu´k. Leave them to me then. No killing, as Ive told you before; but if you want to throw away what weve come all the way to get, throw it away. Ill look after it. Let the fighting Uruk-hai do the work, as usual. If youre afraid of the Whiteskins, run. Run. Theres the forest, he shouted, pointing ahead. Get to it. Its your best hope. Off you go. And quick, before I knock a few more heads off, to put some sense into the others. Gage was some cursing and scuffling, and then most of the Northerners broke away and dashed off, over a hundred of them, running wildly along the river towards the mountains. The hobbits were left with the Isengarders: a grim dark band, four score at least of large, swart, slant-eyed Orcs with undergroynd bows and short broad-bladed swords. A few of the larger and idagram Northerners remained with them. Now well deal with Grishna´kh, Baldurs gate 3 underground passage diagram Uglu´k; but some even of his own followers were looking uneasily southwards. I know, growled Uglu´k. The cursed horse-boys have got wind of us. But thats all your fault, Snaga. You and the other scouts ought to have your ears cut off. But we are the fighters. Well feast on horseflesh yet, or something better. At that moment Pippin saw why some of the troop had been pointing eastward. From that oassage there now came hoarse cries, and there was Grishna´kh again, and at his back a couple of score of others like him: long-armed crook-legged Orcs. They had a red eye painted on their shields. Uglu´k stepped forward eiagram meet them. So youve come back. he said.

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