6. The Burning of the Westfold
[The scene changes to Isengard.]
[Saruman is standing in his chamber, his palm over the Palantír.]
Saruman: "The world is changing."
[View changes to the tower of Barad-dûr, showing orcs matching across a bridge.]
Saruman: "Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of Isengard and Mordor."
Saruman: "To stand against the might of Sauron and Saruman, and the union of the Two Towers."
[On top of the tower of Barad-dûr sits the Eye of Sauron.]
Saruman: "Together, My Lord Sauron, we shall rule this Middle-Earth."
[Orcs are working in the caverns of Isengard.]
Saruman (voiceover): "The old world will burn in the fires of industry. Forests will fall. A new order will rise. We will drive the machinery of war with the sword and the spear and the iron fist of the orcs."
Saruman: "We have only to remove those who oppose us."
[Saruman surveys the pits of Isengard.]
Saruman: "I want them armed and ready to march within two weeks!"
Orc: "But my Lord, there are too many! They cannot all be armed in time, we don't have the means."
Saruman: "Build a dam, block the stream, work the furnaces night and day."
Orc: "We don't have enough fuel to feed the fires."
Saruman: "The Forest of Fangorn lies on our doorstep. Burn it."
Orc: "Yes!"
[Saruman's holds an audience in his chamber.]
Dunlending: "We will fight for you."
Saruman: "Swear it."
[Dunlending cuts his hand with a large knife. Blood drips out of his fist.]
Dunlending: "We will die for Saruman."
[Saruman is standing in the middle of a group of Wildmen, who are holding torches and weapons.]
Saruman: "The horsemen took your lands. They drove your people into the hills to scratch the living off rocks."
[The group murmurs in agreement.]
Saruman: "Take back the lands they stole from you. Burn every village!"
[The crowd roars with approval.]
Saruman (voiceover): "It will begin in Rohan. Too long have these peasants stood against you. But no more."
[The Wildmen and orcs attack a village.]
[A woman calls out to her children.]
Mother: "Èothan, Èothan! You take your sister. You'll go faster with just two."
[She puts a little girl onto the horse in front of her brother.]
Freda: "But Papa says Èothan must not ride Garold. She's too big for him!"
Mother: "Listen to me! You must ride to Edoras and raise the alarm. Do you understand me?!"
Èothan: "Yes mama!"
Freda (crying): "I don't want to leave! I don't wanna go!"
Mother: "Listen to me. I will find you there."
Mother: "Quickly!"
[She looks as her children ride away.]
Mother: "Go child!"
[The army sets fire to the village. Èothan and Freda look back from a distance.]
Saruman (voiceover): "Rohan, my lord, is ready to fall."
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