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The Third Battle of Minus Ithil
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 * "I was shocked that they didn't even check their flanks. I was shocked because all I knew of Orcs was that they wiped us out at Leon, and at Tree Hill. Were those Orcs somehow more intelligent then the idiots we met on those fields?"


 * -William Lovie III.

With the forces in place the armies of Gondor, Lucerne, and High Forest moved into their positions. At this point as the Gondorians moved into the open of the field the Orcs noticed them quickly, and did exactly what was believed they would do. The Orc commander Urgreek Madd ordered his forces to charge the Gondor soilders and in this way the entire Mordor army except the few thousand archers that moved in behind the chargind Orcs. The Orcs were now moving away from their position outside Minus Ithil, and towards the Gondorians, which meant the plan was going perfectly. The Gondor archers opened up on the orcs but the numbers were immense, and the Orcs kept coming and coming. When the orcs finally reached the lines, the Gondor soilders used delaying tactics and simply held the Orcs in place. With the orcs engaged the Lucernians and Sindar launched their attacks.



The Ambush

 * "After they charged it was a simple ticking of the clock before we massacred them. Though they didn't know it yet the Orcs were dead the moment they entered that field without looking."


 * -Jamie Lannister

With the Orcs embroiled in combat with the Gondorians they were completely focused in front of them and missed the Lucerne cavalry as it left the forest, and they definetly missed the High Forest trees as they charged out as well. The first signs the Orcs had that things were changing was when the cries of battle appeared behind their lines, and the Lucernian cavalry along with the Trees of High Forest slammed into their rear, while acurate archery fell into the core of the Orcs.

Death of Ugreek Madd



 * "I was pulling my sword out of the last Orc to fall to my blade when I felt the air around me calm, and then the subsequent slash towards my head had me flying backwards to avoid it. When I turned around I saw what could have been an Orc, or could have been a giant staring at me."


 * -Aragorn Elessar II.

As the Orcs realized they had become caught in a trap Ugreek Madd looked along the battle line for the commander of the opposing force hoping to end his enemy and route the army in one fell swoop. Ugreek would see Aragorn Elessar the king of Gondor slashing and killing all along the line, and would smile before making his way towards the King. The two would come face to face, and despite Aragorn's superior skill he was pushed back and fell to the ground seemingly defeated. As the men around him watched their King seemingly defeated the entire battle line just stopped, as the men and Orcs watched the titanic fight between these two amazing fighters.


 * "Like every Orc in history his downfall was his arrogance, and stupidity. Had he of kept the advantage up instead of laughing and hollaring he would have killed the King of Gondor and most likely routed the entire force in one fell swoop."


 * -Aragorn Elessar II.

But as Ugreek reached him and raised his mace, Aragorn suddenly lunged up and stabbed the Orc through the chest before swiping across and nearly cleaving him in two. Ugreek coughed out blood before falling backwards dead. Aragorn looked around at his men who seemed to be still shaken, and without another second thought he screamed out a battle cry and flew back into the Orc lines followed by the rest of his force behind him. The Orcs for their part were now broken as a force, and all along the line begin to realize they were defeated.

Massacre
With the Orcs realizing they were surrounded and Aragorn having killed the Orcs leader the nature of Orcs led them to a full scale retreat. The defeat was hopeless as they were utterly surrounded, and as they ran they were cut down in their thousands by the vengeful attackers, and those that managed to break the line were taken down by the acurate fire of the Sindar Elven archers.

Aftermath
Nearly 39,000 Orcs were destroyed in the battle with the loss of just a few hundred in the Gondor Army meaning the battle was far more then just a victory. The Battle cemented the alliance between the three nations and in this way led to the continuation of the Journey which would not lead the alliance towards the Lucernian city of Tree Hill where they would lead their army in the liberating battle of the Second Battle of Tree Hill.


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