Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-25344655-20160525185438/@comment-25606723-20160528160901

Heart, this is absolute bullshit.

Do you have any idea how many went insane? Any idea? And how many are still broken, but keep there sanity only by distracting themselves with other things? Ty's a broken, crazy, suicidal, bitter, tortured soul. He hides it well most of the time, because that's what he was trained to do. But he is broken. The original Tormented Elves are all similar to this in some respect. The next generation, although inheriting the lust for death from their fathers, are slightly less broken. The only things that keep them together is their need to live, as much as they hate life, and their need to do something, anything, to redeem their actions in the First Age.

You are right about my elves being broken. But you are wrong about them working together for a common purpose. They are not animals.

Balanced? YES ABSOLUTELY! They can't attack anything down south for their lives! They have almost impenetrable defense and a great spy network, granted,but they have almost 0 power in the south.

Awesome? YES ABSOLUTELY! Interesting and Tolkien-friendly lore, good characters, and yes, balance. What more do you want?

Contradicts Tolkien? NO! Never, ever is it it said that something couldn't rise from the ashes of Utumno. Nothing is ever said about Utumno, in fact, after it's defeat! So my faction is perfectly viable. It is never said that Morgoth did not preserve a select few to replace Orcs for spy networking and assassinations. Orcs are clumsy morons when it comes to individual stealth. Plus I have a certain creative license.