NEWS: The Downfall of Karbauk

The feud between Karbauk, the Ashjaki chieftain, and Muzgash, the Zaghbuurz chieftain, came to an end the other day. Muzgash and Gulgoth sought out Narthaug, priest of Lugburz, and met in private with him for a brief time. The priest then left to find Gruumsh, the High Ordainer of Dol Guldur, and he too met in private with Muzgash and Gulgoth. After this short meeting, they emerged and Gruumsh demanded that Karbauk be brought before him. He instructed Muzgash to list his accusations of treason: claiming the personal protection of Gruumsh; accusing an officer of treason without call; hiring low snaga to hunt for Gulgoth when he could make no true accusation against him; sending orcs to try to kill Muzgash himself; and, worst of all, selling his authority to a lower officer, a dratul of the Ghashdruin, to whom Muzgash said he and Gulgoth had seen Karbauk kowtowing "Like it was one of the Nine!" Karbauk denied all these things, but Gruumsh offered immediate punishment: Karbauk was demoted to Snaga, then removed from the Ashjaki and forbidden to ever even join a tribe again, then forbidden from ever carrying weapons and armor without Gruumsh's permission, and finally ordered into the Black Pits, the Dungeons of Barad-dur. Muzgash and Gulgoth and Narthaug escorted the Snaga to the Pits personally, and left him there for Gruumsh's tender care.