"I'm afraid Saruman is to blame."
Gandalf, who also understood what was happening, quickly spoke up.
Saruman's spiritual body had attached itself to the Palantír and flown over with a speed they could not match, even with a large army at their command.
Whether it was Sauron deciding to take the initiative to strike upon seeing his own sorry state, or Saruman himself doing the persuading,
the Land of Darkness had already launched an attack on Gondor!
"It seems the Land of Darkness has no shortage of strong Orcs that aren't afraid of sunlight anymore..."
The first appearance of these strong Orcs was in the last few years of Denethor I's reign, and they had been driven back by Boromir at the time.
Although troublesome, their numbers were not great.
Now, after so many years of nourishment, they might have cultivated quite a significant number...
"I fear it's not just the strong Orcs."
