The Justice of Angmar
May 2, 3019
Pushzog the loyal Mordor orc has reported to those on Top the treachery of Ashgaz and Bughrakh and the escape of the prisoners. Khamul is livid with anger and Angmar has long passed that point and has a deep, cold fury for both of them. The two accused wraithlings stand before Angmar, Khamul and two other wraiths, waiting for judgment
Angmar: *Angmar speaks first
to Pushzog*
Bughrakh: *trembling he stands beside mr peter*
Angmar: Pushzog, since these two wretches stand before
me, teach them manners. Rub these innsolent pups' noses in the
ground!
Ashgaz: *They huddle close together, and Peter finds
Sam's hand and squeezes it*
Bughrakh: *peter can feel sams hand trembling*
Pushzog: *his lips curls in satisfaction..his head still
bears the mark of their treacherous ways*
Ashgaz: *Peter decides not to struggle...very much...the
sooner he lets them punish him the sooner it will be over*
Pushzog: as you wish my Lord
Bughrakh: *oh how he wishes he were back in the shire*
Angmar: Pushzog, I have rendered them helpless. They
are harmless against you
Angmar: Do as I say
Pushzog: *he moves over to them and reaches out his hands
and grabs both of them by the backs of their necks*
Bughrakh: *cries out*
Ashgaz: *Peter's heart goes out to Sam. He remembers
how terrified he was the first times he himself was punished.*
Angmar: Pushzog, do not be afraid of them. They cannot
do anything now. They are my servants
Angmar: And I have ordered them to do nothing against
you. Their bodies will obey me, whether their minds do or not
Pushzog: *he takes the one who hit him over the head
and raises him up high in the air then slams him down on the
floor....they were once his master*
Ashgaz: *Peter winces as Sam hits the ground*
Pushzog: *he takes the other ans raises Ashgaz to his
face and remembers him to be the one who saved Khamul*
Bughrakh: *cries out again*
Bughrakh: *decides not to move*
Pushzog: such a shame *he slams him to the ground as
well*
Angmar: Pushzog, enjoy this moment. It will never come
again
Bughrakh: *is horrified for peters sake*
Angmar: Pushzog, this is your reward for reporting them
Pushzog: *looks to Angmar* what else will you have me
do my Lord?
Ashgaz: *Peter is not sure whether to be encouraged
or frightened*
Pushzog: *is in wonder of how hurt he wants them*
Angmar: Pushzog, nothing now. I will have something
for you later.
Angmar: Now I will deal with them
Ashgaz: *He stays on the floor, motionless and expressionless,
trying to brace himself*
Angmar: *He flips a coin to Pushzog* And you will see
a promotion too
Ashgaz: *whispers to Sam* We will get through this
Bughrakh: *sam does likewise.... fearing for the worst*
Angmar: *Angmar enjoys seeing the wraithlings humbled
by one they once commanded*
Pushzog: *smiles...was content with their knowledge of
his level of dedication*
Angmar: But Pushzog, do not let this go to your head
Angmar: Now, Ashgaz. You were the leader in this
Pushzog: understood my Lord
Angmar: You are a disgrace. You are worthless
Ashgaz: *raises his head*
Ashgaz: *lowers it again*
Angmar: You have betrayed us for the sake of a mortal
Pushzog: *moves aside totally*
Angmar: You should be executed for this
Bughrakh: *fear goes through sams heart to think of peters
fate at the hands of this fiend*
Ashgaz: *wonders how they can execute a wraithling..aren't
we undead?*
Angmar: But since that lies not within our power, we
will make you wish you were dead
Bughrakh: *sam begins shaking again*
Ashgaz: *He will not give them the satisfaction of seeing
his fear, not until he can't help it*
Angmar: *Now Angmar says a few words in Numenorian*
Angmar: *The Wraithlings find themselves thrown in the
air and then landing back upon the floor facing upwards*
Angmar: *And he brings this vision to both of their
minds*
Angmar: * Pushzog is pleased at the gold he has been
given and at the advancement of rank he has been given. He grins
wickedly, savoring their fate.*
Angmar: *Both of them see in the vision.... It is a
warm spring day and Arien smiles down on the happy group below.*
Angmar: *They can see themselves in the vision and they
think they are part of what they see*
Angmar: *All nature is rejoicing after the long, cold
winter. The blades of the cool, green grass are tossed by a gentle
wind and they seem to be waving and beckoning all to sit upon
them and relax in their coolness under the trees.*
Angmar: *He waits while the vision engulfs their minds*
Angmar: Now Ashgaz and Bughrakh, what do you see?
Angmar: Speak, both of you!
Ashgaz: *says hesitantly* It looks like the Shire
Bughrakh: i see a warm spring day, sir
Angmar: Do you enjoy what you see?
Ashgaz: I would, but I'm sure it will have a horrible
end
Angmar: Speak! Impertient dog!
Angmar: You shall see more
Angmar: *Trees blossom forth in full bloom, promising
the delights of fruit in the fall. The small wild flowers wave
in the breeze as though tossing their heads in a merry song. Under
the trees, a little brook gurgles and sings on its way to The
Water.*
Angmar: *The grass feels cool on the feet of the five
hobbits as they walk across it towards the creek.*
Angmar: *It is a day of outing for Peter Bracegirdle
and his love Mary; Frodo, who has left Bag End and its books and
dear uncle; and even Sam has left his garden for the day and hopes
for a chance of a shy look at Rosie Cotton.*
Angmar: Now do you see it? Speak!
Bughrakh: *sam sees the vision and all looks well.. but
he knows it is some trick conjured up to torture them*
Ashgaz: *quietly* I see it sir
Angmar: What do you see? Speak!
Ashgaz: I see all of us back in the Shire.
Angmar: Ashgaz, are you happy?
Angmar: Bughrakh, are you happy?
Ashgaz: Yes, sir, I was happy then.
Bughrakh: i dont rightly know what to make of it, sir...
Angmar: *They have gathered in a little glade near the
creek. The girls have brought picnic hampers filled with everything
dear to a hobbit's taste - mushrooms in abudance, cakes, pies,
and delight of delights, coneys.*
Angmar: *Ample quanities of ale and mead have also been
brought along to add to the festivity of the occasion.*
Bughrakh: *sam is reminded of the vision he saw wilst
wearing the ring.... no no it is all false, just an illusion to
torment him*
Angmar: Snaga, is it not a good moment for you?
Angmar: Do you not like the delightful visions I can
bring to your minds?
Angmar: Speak!
Ashgaz: *Peter knows too that this will torture them
in the end. He wishes the stroke would come already*
Bughrakh: *swallows* i do not know what to make of it
sir
Angmar: Bugrakh, you knew what to make of things last
night when you and your friend pulled this treachery
Angmar: And Ashgaz, has not your master Khamul taught
you many things and this is how you have rewarded him?
Bughrakh: *sam does not want to appologize for doing what
was right, and freeing those men*
Ashgaz: *starts an impassioned protest--but knows it
will do no good, for Khamul hates him now*
Angmar: Ashgaz, you have been in authority!
Angmar: You have betrayed us!
Ashgaz: I meant no harm to Khamul, sir
Angmar: You have harmed us. You have allowed a criminal
to go free!
Angmar: For this, you shall have more visions
Ashgaz: I...I suppose I have
Bughrakh: *tears come to his eyes.... he decides it is
best to hold his tonuge*
Angmar: And you, Bughrakh, sought harm to our loyal
servant, Pushzog *nods to Pushzog*
Ashgaz: I put him up to it, sir
Ashgaz: He wouldn't have done it if it hadn't been for
me
Bughrakh: *sam hesitates not knowing what to say*
Pushzog: *bows to him then looks over to them both*
Angmar: Neither of you shall have authority ever again
Angmar: You shall have visions everlasting!
Angmar: *After enjoying a meal that would satisfy even
the most hungry hobbit, the group goes to the creek to wade and
splash.*
Angmar: *Peter helps Mary cross a narrow row of stones
over the creek and they sit on the other side with their feet
dangling in the water. Sam tries to stammer about the best ways
to "raise taters" while Rosie surpresses a laugh.*
Angmar: *Frodo wades in the creek by himself, off a
way from the others and looks down at the small fish that play
there.*
Angmar: Ashgaz, do you not like seeing Mary?
Angmar: And Bughrakh, do you not enjoy the sight of
your Rosie?
Ashgaz: *whispers* Yes sir...she is beautiful
Bughrakh: yes sir i like seeing them, but i know its all
a vision and not real
Angmar: *Peter picks flowers and braids them in a chain
and sets them upon Mary's head. Rosie splashes Sam in the face
with water and then dances across the creek to Peter and Mary
on the other side.*
Angmar: *Sam then joins them and on the other side picks
flowers, braids them into another chain and shyly places them
upon Rosie's head. Peter says to Mary, "Dear Mary, I have
crowned you queen of the May!" and Mary giggles in happiness.*
Angmar: Ah, your dear ones. Have I not brought you happiness
to see them once again?
Bughrakh: *the tears in his eyes now run down his cheeks...
he feels nostalgic... but he knows it is all to torment him*
Ashgaz: *Peter is also succumbing to the visions in
spite of himself*
Angmar: *Watching the small fish dart in the creek,
Frodo follows them farther down the stream. In the shade under
a giant tree, he stops and watches them and wonders, "How
many different kinds of fish there might be in Middle Earth."*
Angmar: *Wondering if Bilbo has a book on it, his thoughts
wander back to Bag End as his feet take him farther downstream.*
Angmar: *As he takes one step along the creek bottom,
he feels his feet suddenly go out from under him and he finds
that he is falling into deep water. "How can this be?"
he asks. "The creek cannot be this deep here."*
Angmar: Ah, Frodo...... He is in the vision. Are you
not glad to see him?
Bughrakh: this is mighty unnatural sir ....
Ashgaz: I hope that is not really happening to him,
sir
Angmar: Ah, would you like the sight of what is happening
to him now at this moment?
Bughrakh: *fear and anger go through him as he thinks
of what could be happening to mr. frodo*
Ashgaz: Of course not. He's in deep water and he can't
swim.
Angmar: *The vision goes on*
Angmar: *He sinks over his head and frantically tries
to swim up, but he finds his feet are entangled in some kind of
weed along the bottom and he cannot shake it free.*
Angmar: *The fish dart by his eyes as they swim by almost
as though they were mocking him because he does not have fins.
The current pulls him down farther down the stream.*
Angmar: *On the opposite shore, the thought hits Sam,
"I haven't seen Master Frodo for a while. Where can he be?"
He then calls Frodo's name, but there is no answer. Alarm crosses
the faces of the hobbits.*
Angmar: *Peter says, "We must search for him. He
must be lost." Indeed, farther down the stream, Frodo is
lost. Fearful thoughts of how his parents died by drowning fill
his frenzied mind.*
Angmar: *The water fills his lungs as he kicks frantically
to free himself, but he cannot prevail. In his last efforts, his
lungs expel the last remaining oxygen and he hangs there, suspended,
trapped by weeds.*
Angmar: Have you seen enough?
Bughrakh: *sam is reminded of the time he himself almost
drowned in the anduin* yes sir, no more
Angmar: Oh, Bughrakh, there is more.... much more
Ashgaz: *He knows it is a vision but the sight of Frodo
drowning is still deeply disturbing*
Bughrakh: *mutters..* i feared as much..
Angmar: *The other four search one side of the bank
and then the other, and then Mary says, "Look at those strange
fish swimming. She seems hypnotized by the sight and soon all
look at the fish as they play and dart in the water.*
Angmar: *Something calls to them.... "Frodo is
down here... come and find him," and drawn against their
will, they all enter the water and find themselves caught in the
same dark pond as Frodo was and meet the same fate.*
Angmar: So, have you learned from your vision?
Ashgaz: *gasps coming out of the vision*
Bughrakh: *grits teeth... it is not real it is not real
it is not real* yes sir
Angmar: Pushzog, you are very faithful and loyal
Angmar: You know Mordor rewards the faithful
Angmar: I only wish these two were still mortal so you
could kill them
Pushzog: *he nods and grates a slow smile*
Pushzog: thank you my Lord..i wish the same
Bughrakh: *shudders... tears coming down his face... how
he hates being here*
Angmar: *Angmar lets them continue looking at the vision*
Angmar: *The vision begins again*
Angmar: *Their fea's wander as ghosts upon Middle Earth,
but they still feel they have bodies. Soon all of them find themselves
lost in the dreadful Helcaraxe, the grinding ice that once lay
between Aman and Middle-earth in the north of the world.*
Angmar: *The frigid air chills them in their wet clothes.
The ice sighs and moans. One misstep and they are lost in the
icy water forever. All are on different flows of ice. *
Angmar: * Frodo says, "Over here! Jump! We will
be together" and watches in terror as Sam jumps and misses
by mere inches. "Sam!!" Frodo screams but he hears nothing
but the ice and it speaks with a fell voice.*
Angmar: *The ice that Peter and Mary are on divides
in two and the grinding ice's cold currents drag them apart. Into
the ice mist, Peter sees Mary and the look in her eyes is of pure
terror. "Mary!"*
Angmar: Speak and tell me what you see!
Bughrakh: i see our horrible deaths, sir...
Angmar: Ashgaz, do you like what you see?
Bughrakh: *the vision leaves him shaken with horror and
sadness... he cries some more*
Ashgaz: *his voice grates with hatred* It is horrible,
sir
Angmar: Your dear Mary, once again after so long
Angmar: How touching, Ashgaz
Ashgaz: *glares at Angmar*
Angmar: Now, you will see the present......
Angmar: Sauron, our Master, gives me visions of what
goes about
Ashgaz: *whispers to Sam* I'm sure it will be another
horrible vision. I hope it isn't the real present!
Angmar: I see your friend Frodo hanging in chains
Bughrakh: oh you know i do too mr. peter but these devils
only live to torment people
Ashgaz: *They see Frodo as he hung for six hours chained
by the neck and wrists*
Angmar: Bughrakh, I see you are confused once again.
Were you confused last night too?
Ashgaz: *unable to eat or sleep and barely able to breathe*
Bughrakh: *the horrible vision fills his mind...* poor
mr. frodo! *he say out loud dispite himself*
Bughrakh: *bites lip... does not want to answer his question*
Angmar: Your treachery last night brought this upon
him again!
Angmar: But surely you enjoy seeing your friend once
again, though it is in a vision
Ashgaz: *wants to burst out with curses against all
of Mordor*
Ashgaz: *barely restrains self*
Bughrakh: *barely auidable* i am sorry for mr. frodos
sake, sir
Angmar: You have been very wicked, both of you
Ashgaz: Why do you not punish us? Why do you punish
him?
Ashgaz: He has done nothing
Bughrakh: please do not hurt my master, sir. tell them
to leave him alone
Angmar: Snaga Ashgaz, I hate all mortals. I hate you
for defying me!
Ashgaz: I know
Ashgaz: I know you have always hated me
Bughrakh: yes, mr. frodo has done nothing... he is not
responsible for the fix we have gotten ourselves into. he does
not deserve our punishment
Ashgaz: *stops self from saying "and I have always
hated you"*
Angmar: *Angmar knows every thought they think and hates
them the more for it*
Angmar: Snagas, you know it is in my power to keep you
here forever with one vision after another going through your
heads
Angmar: Answer me!
Ashgaz: Yes, we know you have that power.
Bughrakh: we wouldn't like that, sir.
Ashgaz: *the thought fills him with terror*
Ashgaz: *He looks to Khamul*
Angmar: Or would you rather Sauron, your master, dealt
with you?
Ashgaz: *but Khamul's face is hard*
Ashgaz: Oh, no, sir
Angmar: *Khamul can say nothing for he is before his
superior, and he is controlled by his Ring, which fully posesses
him*
Ashgaz: *He is sure that Sauron would be even worse*
Bughrakh: no sir
Angmar: Now you two.... You are worthless for anything....
anything!
Angmar: You are a curse to Mordor!
Ashgaz: *bows his head, breathing heavily*
Bughrakh: *feels a slight bit of happiness and hope to
hear that he is a curse to mordor*
Angmar: *Angmar's eyes glow with a fiery light*
Ashgaz: *Peter wants to be a curse to Mordor as well...but
Khamul and Madurz...*
Angmar: Do you both know I can give you worse visions!
Bughrakh: yes, sir i figure it would be in your power
to do such a thing
Ashgaz: *strained whisper* Yes sir
Angmar: Do you both know that we can command your bodies
against your wills to do whatever we tell them to?
Ashgaz: *Peter's head jerks up with a look of horror*
Ashgaz: *barely audible* Yes sir
Bughrakh: *gulps* yes sir i have heard that
Angmar: If I did not already know that you would somehow
manage to fail, I would give you pleasant visions of cutting the
hearts out of the men of Rohan and Gondor
Bughrakh: *shudders at that thought* no sir! that would
be horrible
Ashgaz: *shudders*
Bughrakh: ...and besides we would fail somehow
Ashgaz: Our failure, sir, is that we cannot be cruel
Ashgaz: It is not in our nature
Angmar: *Looks at Bughrakh.... sends a fiery bolt at
him in the spirit world*
Bughrakh: *reels in pain at the fiery bolt*
Ashgaz: *Peter catches him as he slumps*
Angmar: What I should do to you both is banish you and
force you to wander throughout all of Middle Earth for eternity
Ashgaz: *looks to Khamul again with alarm*
Angmar: Or better still, send you to the Barrow Downs
where your spirits would inhabit the bodies of the dead Cardolain!
Bughrakh: *clutches peter ..... remembers the barrow downs
and the horrible experience he had there*
Ashgaz: Please, sir...do not do that, I beg you
Ashgaz: *tries to comfort Sam*
Bughrakh: oh no sir! that would be horrible, and unnatural....
we want no part in that
Ashgaz: *curses himself for begging*
Angmar: Our will would force you to posess the bodies
of men dead for hundreds of years... Skeletons some of them
Angmar: Should I give you that for punishment?
Ashgaz: *shakes his head*
Ashgaz: I have heard that the barrow wights kill people
Ashgaz: You know we would fail in that
Bughrakh: the barrow downs is a horrible place, mr. frodo,
mr. brandybuck, mr. took and i all went there, and barely escaped
alive
Angmar: Both of you, do you even know what the Barrow
Wights are?
Angmar: Speak if you know
Ashgaz: I do not know
Bughrakh: i have heard they were evil spirits, sir....
the tales of that place reach even to the shire and they make
your blood run cold
Angmar: But curses! You still have your bodies!
Angmar: You are not even good for that!
Ashgaz: *sighs with relief*
Angmar: Useless!
Bughrakh: *is happy that he still has a body...... unbelivably
happy*
Ashgaz: At one time...
Angmar: I accuse you both of being in league with the
blasted wizard and the Valar! How you have done this, I do not
know, but you have done it!
Ashgaz: my master Khamul thought I was a good house
servant
Ashgaz: *tears start into his eyes remembering Khamul's
past kindness to him*
Ashgaz: I do not know of which wizard you speak
Bughrakh: it is true, sir, that i know gandalf, but i
have not seen him for months.... and i am just a simple halfling
and do not know the valar
Ashgaz: and I have never sen the Valar
Ashgaz: We freed the prisoners on our own
Angmar: I do not believe you!
Ashgaz: and I admit it was my idea
Angmar: This is ome work of the accursed Valar that
has brought you here to bring doom to us!
Ashgaz: and I made Sam---Bughnrakh help me
Ashgaz: No, sir
Ashgaz: That's not true
Bughrakh: we only know tales and stories of the valar
Ashgaz: We acted as hobbits last night
Ashgaz: that is all
Ashgaz: We cannot let go of our...hobbitness
Angmar: *What the Wraithlings do not know and will never
know is that Angmar is almost afraid of them, becuase he truly
believes that they are in league with the White Wizard and the
Valar*
Bughrakh: no, sir, even though the morgul blades may have
peirced our hearts the shire always stays with us
Bughrakh: we are a simple people... gardeners and farmers....
not warriors or... *he thinks murderers but says nothing... trails
off*
Angmar: Rise now and face me!
Ashgaz: *Peter rises and helps Sam up*
Bughrakh: *is helped up... still holds peters hand and
trembles*
Angmar: What should be your punishment!
Angmar: Speak!
Bughrakh: *looks to peter in alarm*
Ashgaz: *very confused...he did not expect this. Maybe
it is another trick*
Ashgaz: I...I do not know, sir
Angmar: What would be fitting?
Angmar: For the crime of treachery?
Bughrakh: *sam gulps... does not knowhow to answer this*
Ashgaz: *Peter still does not believe they have committed
any crime*
Ashgaz: *that they acted rightly in freeing the prisoners*
Ashgaz: *stammers, unsure what to say*
Angmar: Have you no tongue?
Ashgaz: You could...*swallows* put me back in the snake
pit
Ashgaz: but just me
Ashgaz: because I made Sam do it
Bughrakh: punish me, sir, do not harm mr. frodo. leave
him out of this. he has done nothing
Angmar: The snake pit! Is that what you want?
Ashgaz: No
Ashgaz: *Now Peter is shaking too*
Angmar: Your fate is determined already
Angmar: *He rises and stands as a grim judge*
Bughrakh: *shrinks to peters side, shaking more*
Angmar: *He waits, enjoying their discomfort*
Ashgaz: *puts his arm around Sam*
Ashgaz: *They huddle together*
Angmar: You, Ashgaz and Bughrakh.....
Bughrakh: *fears the pronouncement of doom.... feels slightly
faint...*
Angmar: For the treachery and betrayal that you committed
last night.....
Angmar: You shall both be sent with an escort of two
of the Nine.....
Angmar: To Lugburz!
Angmar: Where you shall dwell eternally in the presence
of the Great Eye!
Bughrakh: *falls backward in a swoon*
Ashgaz: *catches Sam*
Angmar: Unless there is any here who can tell me why
I should not do this
Angmar: *He looks to the other wraiths*
Ashgaz: *kneels on the floor holding Sam and trying
not to weep in front of Angmar*
Ashgaz: *looks desperately at Khamul*
Angmar: Your guards await you
Ashgaz: *wills him to remember the orc attack*
Angmar: *They can hear the shrill raspy voice of Number
Three, laughing and gloating*
Ashgaz: Master...
Ashgaz: Khamul!
Bughrakh: *sam starts to come to slowly*
Angmar: *Khamul is silent*
Ashgaz: I was as loyal to you as I could be!
Ashgaz: I cared for you even though you took me from
all I loved
Angmar: *Khamul speaks then*
Bughrakh: *grabs peters waistcoat, crying and moaning
and babbling unintelligibly*
Angmar: *Khamul* O Great Morgul Lord, I will speak for
my servant
Ashgaz: *Peter hugs Sam and comforts him*
Angmar: *Khamul* Had Ashgaz not taken a blade meant
for me, you would have lost your humble servant
Angmar: *Khamul* And is not one of the Nine worth many
more than one of these?
Angmar: *Angmar beckons Khamul to come to him and speaks
into his ear quietly*
Bughrakh: *sits up, wiping the tears away with his sleeve.
watches the wraiths fearfully*
Ashgaz: *Peter's eyes never leave Khamul*
Angmar: *Khamul listens and then stands beside Angmar*
Angmar: *Angmar then speaks to the wraithlings*
Angmar: Khamul, your master speaks well. I will lay
aside the judgement on you for his sake
Angmar: But the other one.... Bugrakh.....
Bughrakh: *swallows hard and waits for his pronouncement
of doom*
Angmar: Bughrakh, useless slave
Angmar: Khamul speaks for you too
Ashgaz: *looks gratefully to Khamul*
Angmar: Why, I do not know, but he says you could be
useful
Ashgaz: *holds Sam protectively*
Bughrakh: *looks at the wraith* thank you sir
Ashgaz: Master, thank you...I have no words...thank
you
Angmar: You two wretches will be given another chance
to prove yourself, but only one, and if you fail it, you shall
go to Lugburz!
Angmar: *Khamul nods to Ashgaz*
Angmar: *Angmar sits back in his seat*
Angmar: You, Bughrakh, will remain as my slave. Serve
me well
Bughrakh: *cringes inwardly* yes sir i shall do that sir
thank you sir
Angmar: Now bow before me and pledge your loyalty to
me!
Ashgaz: *shares a tortured look with Sam*
Bughrakh: *he does not want to have any part in this...
to be loyal to the one who tried to stab his master at weathertop*
Ashgaz: *feels like a traitor but has no other choice...he
bows*
Bughrakh: *he bows reluctantly*
Bughrakh: i..... pledge........ my....... lo.....yalty......
to you....master....
Bughrakh: *each word spoken betweeen gritted teeth*
Angmar: You, Bughrakh, will stay with me, perhaps for
hundreds of years, where you will be watched constantly. Now get
out of my sight!
Ashgaz: *Peter watches Sam, hoping he will see him again*
Bughrakh: but where shall i go sir?
Angmar: Crawl under my chair, where you shall stay like
a trained dog!
Ashgaz: *gives Sam a sympathetic look*
Bughrakh: *hisses at the indignity but says* yes sir...
thank you sir
Bughrakh: *crawls under his chair like a trained dog...
feeling miserable each inch he goes*
Ashgaz: *still on his knees before Angmar*
Angmar: You, Ashgaz, bow before me and pledge your loyalty
or I swear in the name of Melkor that if you do not, Frodo Baggins
shall suffer 10 lashes for it!
Ashgaz: *gasps*
Ashgaz: *He bows again*
Ashgaz: I pledge...
Bughrakh: *moans* no, dont hurt mr. frodo!
Ashgaz: *can barely go on; he looks at Khamul, then
continues*
Ashgaz: my loyalty...
Bughrakh: *sits under chair, feeling terror for mr. frodo*
Bughrakh: *fights back tears*
Ashgaz: to you...
Ashgaz: ....Angmar
Ashgaz: *hides his face in his hands*
Bughrakh: *feels sympathy for peter*
Ashgaz: *pictures Frodo unhurt in the dungeon*
Angmar: Remember this, you two, if you ever are guilty
of the slightest hint of treason, you shall go to Lugburz and
you shall not return!
Ashgaz: Aye sir
Bughrakh: *he wishes he were in lugburz with mr frodo,
but knowing the nazgul, they probably would make him watch mr
frodo be tortured*
Ashgaz: *Peter shakes and wishes Sam were still by his
side*
Angmar: *He turns to Khamul* Now take your wretched
servant and get him out of my sight!
Ashgaz: *Peter goes to Khamul and kisses his hand*
Bughrakh: *feels lonely and miserable... curls up in a
little ball and cries*
Angmar: *Khamul nods to Ashgaz, then motions him to
follow him*
Angmar: *Before going he bows to Angmar*
Ashgaz: *Peter follows him, looking sadly over his shoulder
at Sam*
Angmar: *Khamul says* Come, Ashgaz
Ashgaz: I come, Master
Bughrakh: *sam uncurls himself and sadly waves at peter
as he goes*
Ashgaz: *Peter furtively returns the wave*
Ashgaz: *and smiles through his tears at Sam*
Khamul: Ashgaz, do not ever do this again
Khamul: I cannot help you again
Ashgaz: *nods, still shaking*
Ashgaz: *He wonders what will happen if he ever sees
Niethan again*
Bughrakh: *feels wretched in this horrible world where
he gets punished for doing right and helping people*
Ashgaz: *but then again, Niethan escaped*
Khamul: *Khamul says* Ashgaz, you will find a small
tent behind mine. It will be yours. Do not betray us
Khamul: And try to earn Angmar's trust. I implore you
Ashgaz: *He will probably never see Niethan again...he
regrets this because he had offered to free him from the curse*
Ashgaz: Thank you, Master
Ashgaz: Thank you so much
Ashgaz: I will try my best.
Khamul: *He nods, and then goes into his tent*