Aragost and Mhenuk spy on activity in the yard of Ynarri’s Drift. Meanwhile, Glock and Mhutvak deal with tensions inside the Tirthon.

Featuring Jacob (not the same one) as Mhenuk, Greg as Aragost, John as Mhutvak, Jacob as Glock, and Bryan as the gamemaster.

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Now inside the relative safety of the Tirthon, the dwarves and Aragost settle in to endure what promises to be a long siege. The Tirthon’s Captain, Marendil, proposes a cavalry sortie to scatter the attackers before they can entrench.

Featuring Greg as Aragost, John as Mhutvak, Jacob as Mhenuk, and Bryan as the gamemaster.

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio. Middle Earth Roleplaying and The Dark Mage of Rhudaur published by Iron Crown Enterprises under license.

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Denied access to the Tirthon until morning, the caravan holes up at Ynarri’s Drift, a tavern at the foot of the hill. A Dunadan warrior, Aragost, joins them for dinner, having also arrived too late to gain entrance to the tower.

Featuring Jacob (not the same one) as Mhenuk, John as Mhutvak, Bryan as the gamemaster, and introducing Greg as Aragost.

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio. Middle Earth Roleplaying and The Dark Mage of Rhudaur published by Iron Crown Enterprises under license.

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Winter snows delay the caravan, and the dwarves must contend with the harsh wilderness in a land that civilization has abandoned.

Featuring Jacob as Glock, Jacob (not the same one) as Mhenuk, and Bryan as the gamemaster.

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio. Middle Earth Roleplaying and The Dark Mage of Rhudaur published by Iron Crown Enterprises under license.

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Dark Mage of Rhudaur is a module for Middle Earth Roleplaying, published by Iron Crown Enterprises under license. In Episode One, “Before the Snow Falls, part 1,” four dwarves on a pilgrimage to Khazad-dûm find themselves short on coin in Rhudaur. To finance the last leg of their journey, they accept a job as caravan guards transporting supplies to the Tirthon, a fortress on the East Road.

Featuring James as Bofin, Jacob as Glock, Jacob (not the same one) as Mhenuk, John as Mhutvak, and Bryan as the gamemaster.

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio.

Errata: Bryan looked up that story about hunting wolves and discovered that there’s no evidence for it. It may have been based on a different hunting method involving whale baleen coiled up and frozen in fat: Baleen Wolfkiller: Fact or Fiction?

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