Mission to Metalorn

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|name=Mission to Metalorn
|image=
|conflict=War of the Ring (Rise of the Cortosis Battle Droids)
|objective=Destroy the C-B3 factory
|date=November 14th, 1981, 8 months after the First Battle of Isengard
|place=Metalorn
|result=*The C-B3 factory is destroyed
*The Witch-king is captured
|side1=Galactic Republic
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
|commanders1=
|commanders2=
|ppl1=Frodo Baggins
|ppl2=*Witch-king of Angmar
*Doppelgänger of Saruman†
*Karoc†
*Vinoc†
*Vandalor†
*B1-Series battle droids
*B2 super battle droids
*C-B3 cortosis battle droids
*Droidekas
|casual1=None
|casual2=*Heavy
**Doppelgänger of Saruman
**Karoc
**Vinoc
**Vandalor
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The Mission to Metalorn occurred during the War of the Ring when Frodo Baggins was sent to Metalorn to stop the production of C-B3 cortosis battle droids by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. He succeeded in destroying the factory that produced them and captured the Separatist and Angmar leader Witch-king of Angmar.Star Wars: The New Droid Army
==Prelude==
After repelling an attack on Minas Tirith, Frodo Baggins was sent to Metalorn to capture the Witch-king of Angmar and end the threat of the C-B3 cortosis battle droids.
==The battle==
After landing on the planet, Frodo infiltrated the facility and found out the Separatists weren't just manufacturing a few of these new droids, but building an entire new droid army. After reporting this, Jedi Master Bilbo Baggins ordered Frodo to destroy the facility. While searching for the Witch-king, Frodo was confronted by two Dark Acolytes: the brothers Vinoc and Karoc. After defeating them in a lightsaber duel, Frodo eventually reached the factory power core. He planted a series of bombs and then continued his search for the Witch-king. He eventually found him, and after defeating his bounty hunter bodyguard Vandalor, captured him. He then made it out of the facility before it blew.
But as he escorted the lord of the Nazgul back to his ship, Frodo was confronted by a doppelgänger of Saruman the White. The two proceeded to duel. While it was evenly matched for a while, the doppelgänger began taunting Frodo with knowledge of his mother. Frodo struck the doppelgänger down with the power of the Ring, and brought the Witch-king back to Minas Tirith.
===Aftermath===
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine had the Witch-king once again placed under the watch of his personal guards when Frodo returned with him. Frodo reported the results of his mission to Jedi Masters Bilbo Baggins and Aragorn, who were pleased with how the mission turned out.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: The New Droid Army 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
*The New Essential Chronology
*The New Essential Guide to Droids
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
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*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles