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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 317

Fall of the Necromancer

May 2006·pp. 21–30

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The feature explores the sourcebook’s confrontation between the White Council and Sauron’s hidden power in Mirkwood. Mat Ward explains how a campaign drawn from brief literary references supports mighty heroes on one side and monsters, spirits and expendable servants on the other. Character roles and three example armies then show different ways to collect and use the new models, from agile Elf patrols to the Necromancer’s compact, dangerous host.

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Editorial: Evil Stirs in Mirkwood

Grombrindal introduces the Necromancer as Sauron’s weakened identity between his defeat by the Last Alliance and the War of the Ring. His occupation of Dol Guldur corrupts the forest and provides the setting for the White Council’s campaign. New Castellans, monstrous servants and Elves supply both sides with characterful miniatures, while the editorial’s playful distrust of Elves keeps the announcement in the magazine’s familiar Dwarfen voice.

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InterviewWD 317 · pp. 22–23

Death in Mirkwood: Designer’s Notes

Mat Ward describes his long-standing wish to turn Tolkien’s tantalising references to the Necromancer into a campaign. A sequence of scenarios lets the White Council’s members excel or struggle before the final confrontation, while careful evil play can leave them exhausted on arrival. Dedicated Wood Elf models, including throwing weapons and cloaks, make the project useful beyond its own setting by expanding the possibilities for other Elven forces.

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