War of Attrition  

'Listen to me carefully Name, the tower of Dol Guldur is our ultimate objective, but it is not fated to fall to us this day. We have not the power to bring down those walls -- not as long as the Eye of Sauron is turned towards Lothlorien -- and soon Mirkwood will be overrun with Enemy reinforcements.

'We are here to draw the enemy's ire and to inflict as grievous a wound as we may before we are driven back across the Anduin. The Orcs of Dol Guldur will eventually fall upon the Golden Wood, but we can and will delay that day.

'Thus our true goal here is to destroy as much of the garrison of Gathburz as possible before hten: soldiers, supplies, leadership ... whatever we can lay to ruin before we are forced to retreat. Every Orc you slay here is one less to ford the Anduin when they come against Lothlorien in the coming days.'

The battle upon the slopes below Dol Guldur rages fiercely. As the Malledrim attempt to lay siege to its walls, the Orcs of Gathburz launch one counterattack after another in an attempt to drive them back.

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