Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34030170-20190813135326

My second Evil suggestion in two days. Anyway, I feel like this idea has probably been suggested before, but I wanted to put my own spin on it.

Morgul Horses
Their fur is black, their manes are wild, and their eyes glow evilly. Unlike other horses, there's very little variation with this particular breed: only the look of their tangled manes and the colour of their eyes. Quite rarely (but not as rare as the white Warg), a special variant can spawn: as jet black as the rest of them, but for the head, white as bone, even closely resembling a skull. These horrifying steeds have slightly better stats than their cousins, but only outmatching the horses of the Rohirrim in their health.

Spawning
These horses only spawn in the Morgul Vale, and less commonly in Udûn stables. Men in Mordor, and the Black Númenóreans, can spawn riding them.

Stats
The Morgul horses are very quick, but not as fast as the horses of Rohan. But their health is still higher than the lesser mounts of Middle-earth.

Items
Mordor Horse Armour - Dark, threatening armour, with spikes around the shoulders and head. Can be crafted on a Morgul crafting table with Orc steel. Has 14 armour points. This is the most common armour found on Morgul horses. Morgul horse armour is reserved for the elite guard of Minas Morgul.

Udûn Horse Armour - Black armour, with spikes running down from the forehead to the nose, and wings on the sides of the head similar to those found on Black Númenórean armour. This is much less commonly found on horses in Udûn stables, and can be crafted using Black Uruk steel. Has 16 armour poins. The special units of Udûn would use this.

Mordor Lance - Can be carried by NPCs spawned riding Morgul Horses. Has identical stats to the Rohirric lance, and can be crafted using a stick and two Orc steel ingots in a diagonal pattern on a Morgul crafting table.

Structures
Morgul Stables - Small structures found along the Morgul Vale, made of Gondorian and Númenórean brick.

Udûn Stables - Long, black structures found in Udûn, made of charred wood and Mordor brick. the special skull-headed variant spawns slightly more commonly in these.

Units
Mordor Horse-rider - Men clad in Mordor armour, minus the helmet. Spawns only in the Morgul Vale and Udûn, and in invasions. They have identical stats to the riders of Rohan, and can be hired for +250 alignment and 50 silver coins.

Black Númenórean - These elite units hardly ever spawn naturally, but can be hired for high prices. These soldiers are clad in Black Númenórean armour, and, depending where they were spawned or hired, their horses wear Morgul or Udûn horse armour. Once dismounted, they'll equip a Morgul Blade, with which they'll deal a single hit before switching weapons.

They have identical stats to the Swan Knights, and can be hired mounted from Morgul/Udûn Horse-masters for +500 Mordor alignment and 80 coins. Black Uruk captains will also sell them as footsoldiers for +450 alignment, and 60 coins.

Morgul/Udûn Horse-master - These very similar NPCs only spawn in stables. They wear Black Uruk armour except for the helmet, and only sell mounted units.

Note: none of these units can spawn with ranged weapons or spears.

Closing
I've had this idea in my head for ages now, so I finally decided to write it down. Let me know what you think of it, as always. 