Board Thread:Middle-Earth Roleplays/@comment-26237442-20171007172331/@comment-26237442-20171010201113

The blockade of UruKhazad has a serious knock on effect on trade, as caravans can now travel solely through the fords of Isen or around western Gondor. The previously middling population of the Fangodhrim (non-tree inhabitants of Fangorn) swells quickly as the ent's famous garden tower becomes a hub of trade (if somewhat restricted due to the ents meditative, hermit like ways demanding that travveler keep disturbance to a minimum and respect the forest).

The Evendim empire's road network gets a similar influx of traffic on it's Southern Roads. Tarrifs and tolls give a significant boost to Fornost's treasury.to the South and East the Status quo is maintained, although there is a considerable increase in sea traffic occurs as a result of war in the North.

In the lands of the Northmen and dwarves of both the Iron Hills and Erebor, armies amass to lift the siege of the Misty mountains. Even the Grey Kings Gorik and Althuzar seem at least partially mobilised.