4th age of Middle Earth
With the free time I have now. I have started to fill in the LOTR RPG projects I set out a few years ago. Undaunted by the lack of decipher input inot the mainstream I thought I would try to stir the pot with my take on the 4th Age.
I am planning on first building a rough atlas for back drop and general info. Usung the net I have found and very ineteresting set of essays on middle earth. Not only do they stand up to scrutiny but they illumnite a possible notion of the 4th age,
A rough sketch is as follows
My campaign will beign in the 452 Fourth age ( a year before the passing of eldarion ( who I treat as a peredhil similar to Elros) The elves that remain are in Greenwood the great and eregion (consolidation of wandering companied and nandor of eraidor).. dwarves have thrived and are beginning to look at the long lost homes ( kick off for dwarven campaigns against the goblins of the misty mountains and grey mountains)...
The Dunedain have colonized and expanded power within the borders of the re-united kingdom... (yes still time to clean the goblins, orcs and undead from the corners of the realm).. fought a few wars and generally have thrived ... basically its been all quiet on the western front of middle earth.
I themeatically am introducing the Al queda of Middle earth--- Black Numenorians --- as Morgul lords ( sith lords per se) Angmar ( cliche isn't it), Nurn and Dunland are the prime developing strongholds of dark power emerging in a walk-crawl-run type chronicle evolvement.
What I am brain storming about is the following notions...for prime movers in the Saga..of the age
Re-introductions of winged drakes.
I need a Balrog or two to emerge from the depths ( later of course)
Powerful necromancer or two (maybe the blue wizards gone bad)
and that drow angle .. EVIL ELVES??????
Anyway that should get somebody out of RPG asystole.
Vaughan
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