Third Age: Divide and Conquer[]
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The fires of war ignite.[]
In the south, the proud men of Gondor and her fiefs stand, a great bastion of hope and salvation against the darkness in the east. The evil men of Harad and Khand stir, their hearts filled with fear and hatred from ages past. The great enemy lingers, resurgent in his power the dark lord Sauron gathers all to his cause as the dreaded Witch King makes his presence in Minas Morgul known once more. Greater threats may lurk in the south as news spreads of black ships sailing up the coast on a dread tide, what purpose they may have remains to be seen. To the north of Gondor are the lands of the horse lords, the Rohirrim. Whilst a large and prosperous kingdom, they have in recent years become stagnant, blissfully unaware of the true evils that walk their lands. To their west the clans rise. Chief among them, the Dunlendings, simple in mind but brutal in heart, lust for revenge upon the horsemen for past slights. So too do the fisherfolk of Enedwaith gather, pondering what it is they shall pursue with their new found unification. However, perhaps the greatest enemy of Rohan could come from within, as the true intent of the white wizard Saruman remains to be seen. In the north are the sleepy lands of Eriador. A land once witness to many great battles and the glorious kingdom of Arnor, now lies all but abandoned. Few towns remain, dotting the Breeland where all travellers are welcome, assuming they have the coin. Unbeknown to the Breelanders and Shirelings however, the northern Dúnedain stand watch, shielding the naïve men of Eriador from the evils that lay in the far North. And stand guard they must, as the forges of the once dormant fortress of Carn Dûm spur to life, issuing forth new legions of evil men under the command of a lieutenant of Sauron, Agandaûr. The men of Angmar are not the only evil in the north however as a new group of foul orc folk, the Snow Orcs, flock from the far north and take up residence in Mount Gundabad. They aren't the only creatures of darkness who inhabit the mountains though, as the loathsome Goblins Issue forth from their pits with their brutal machines of war. None understand their threat greater then the men of the Anduin, who live in the shadow of the mountains and have endured both the goblins and the newly roused forces of Dol Guldur. For as the Witch King presides in Minas Morgul, so too does Khamûl the Easterling command in Mirkwood. All is not lost though, as both the elves of Thranduil's realm as well as those from Lothlórien ready their arms in preparation for the onslaught on the Dark Lord. So too do the men of Dale prepare; having just been reforged, their coffers still lay bare, however with time and good leadership perhaps they may rise again. To the east, the halls of Dorwinion flow with the wine of their own making. An illustrious people, they know little of the war that is to come. For the Easterlings come under the banner of the great dragon, adorned in their splendid golden armours. The free men are not alone however, as underground the Dwarves work, thirsty for vengeance against those who displaced their peoples and infest their ancestral homes. They march from both the Ered Luin and the lonely mountain, ready for war. Rumors even tell of a company of Dwarves preparing to march back to the longbeards true ancestral home, the mighty stronghold of Khazad-dûm. So too do the High Elves gather, ready to relive the glories of old and to rid Middle Earth of evil once and for all. However amongst all this, buried somewhere within the haystack that is Middle Earth, lies a small trinket of immense power, of which this world has never seen. This is a time of great strife and reckoning, a time of blood and battle, a time of TOTAL WAR!
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