Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-25975584-20160315050114

Now, first off, this is a remake, not a clone, and as such, you may use your old characters. But, the factions will be shuffled a bit, and the lore changed.

Sauron the Great, now Sauron the Fallen. As the Easterlings betrayed the Elves, so had the Dark Men betrayed their master. They squabbled over the pieces, they carved up vast empires, and not even the united west could stand against them. But then again, the west was broken into a thousand fragments, destroyed, and ruined, but certainly not forgotten. There was hope amongst the Men of the West, rumors, and hearsay that a lord of Gondor had escaped disaster, and rules Eriador... But, that was put aside for the present, serving their cruel, foreign masters, in whatever way said masters saw fit.

Factions:

High Empire of the Haradrim: Little more than scattered principalities loosely governed by an emperor, however these folk are a force to be reckoned with, ruling most of the wide lands of the south, beyond the Red Desert, and the Poros.

Rhunnic Kingdoms: Most of the fractious Easterling tribes joined together at first, before splintering into ethnic fragments, and warring ceaselessly over old, and new turf, however, the feuding is put aside in the face of external threats, but never more than that.

Variag Empire: The lord of the Variags was the one who threw down Sauron, the one who rules Mordor, the one who wrested the Red Desert from the Haradrim. He rules eastern Gondor, and Rohan, and is fighting fiercely against "the filth" for the west of it. However, his forces are mostly stationed along the frontiers defending their lord's borders, he has little time for more than the campaign, and appears to be focusing (oddly enough) on his economy, and the integration of his new subjects. For he knows his realm cannot survive without it.

Principality of Umbar: Vastly wealthy, ruling many ports along the coasts of all Middle Earth, and fielding vast mercenary armies, woe betide any who attacked these people.

Federation of Eriador: A vast realm stretching from Enedwaith, to Eastern Gondor, and Rohan, and to the eastern edge of the Misty Mountains, these folk have been holding their own, but at great cost.

Rules:

1. No arguing, all arguments are solved by me, no ifs, ands, or buts.

2. Small factions are allowed, but not much bigger than Dale was.

3. Have fun!

4. There will be an "invasion from the beyond" later in the RP (winks at the other old timers.) 