- Saruman is back at it again. We get a quick tour of Orthanc as orcs dig uruk-hai from the giant pit in the ground, smiths turn out weapons, and armor and Fangorn Forest is burned to keep up with the industrial needs.
- Saruman is also enlisting the help of some unruly men—he's encouraging them to burn the peasant villages on the outskirts of Rohan.
- It seems the horse lords are his next target.