Board Thread:Roleplay Ideas/@comment-25606723-20160720012139

The Fourth age. A time of peace. A time of unification. A time of preperation.

That time is over.

A new power has found it's way back to it's old fortress in the nigh-uninhabited Fell Lands of Angmar, formally Reunited Kingdom land. It gathers it's strength, preparing to break the long peace. This is not it's story.

A group of strange elves reaches the northern borders of the shire with tales of sadness and tragedy in a place called Utumno. This is not their story.

Elessar III, the third great king of the Reunited Kingdom, arguably Gondor's greatest king to date, grows concerned. He is plagued with dreams of rings, some plain, some of silver, some of gold, some fancy and inlaid with gems, some plain bands. Nineteen in all. And one gold band, inlaid with fiery writing in Black Speech, in the center of them all. This is not Elessar's story.

Umbar and North Harad, chafing under the Reunited Kingdom's rule, plot to overthrow the throne of Elessar. This is not their story.

The fires of Mount Doom are stirring. This is not it's story.

You, the players. Men, Elves, and Dwarves of Middle Earth. The Catalysts. This is not your story, though you may influence it's outcome.

And the Rings preside over all, watching, plotting towards an unknown purpose. This is their story. Those who would change it, beware.

"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie." 