![]() Find a crate of whetstones somewhere here at Adambel, by the campfires to the north, and deliver its contents to idle soldiers throughout the encampment. We must be ready, with sharp blades and sturdy armour prepared to turn aside their attacks. Isildur: 'It has been some time since Sauron sent his Orcs against us, but they may return at any moment. King Isildur of Gondor is at the encampment of Adambel. Shade of Isildur: Forgive the interruption. We would learn our mistake before long, but that is further ahead in my tale.' We knew not what approached, and we let the long years of the siege lull us into complacency. 'Sauron needed do nothing but wait for the Rhúnhoth hordes to arrive, and wait he did, secure in his tower and confident his victory would arrive with the Storm. Even now, the Storm of Wrath moved in the direction of Mordor, chasing the defeated Thíuda and Longbeards before it. He knew what we did not: the Ghâzab Bôron had won a decisive battle against the armies that had gone to face it. Nay, it was with purpose that he waited in Barad-dûr, biding his time. Sauron did not hide from us out of fear, and he did not think to outlast us with time alone. Shade of Isildur: 'Alas! It is with the benefit of looking back that I know now what I did not know then. The shade of Isildur has interrupted the telling of his tale with a brief aside.
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