Welcome to January 18, 3019 of the Third Age. While the Fellowship is getting comfy in Lothlórien, I thought I’d catch you up a bit with the Enemy.
Most of these details come from Tolkien’s notes (as given in Hammond & Scull’s Reader’s Companion). It’s easy to pass over them, but I like these little details.
As we know, the Orcs pursued the Fellowship out of Moria. At the same time, they sent messengers to Saruman at Isengard. They mention what happened, as well as a run in with Gollum. They also sent birds to Sauron in Moria.
On this day, the messengers reached Isengard. They also apparently reach Moria (or Sauron somehow figures it out.
Saruman sends out Uglúk, the leader of the Uruk-hai scouts. Meanwhile, Sauron dispatches Grishnákh and the Orcs of Mordor. All seem to be on their way to the outskirts of Lórien. They can’t get it, but they sure can mill around outside all creepy-like.
Tolkien doesn’t explicitly say this in his notes, but it’s also pretty likely that at least one Nazgúl is en route.
Camera: Smena 8M
Film: Ilford HP5 (x-1/81); 100iso
It's a Dangerous Business, Frodo 