Thread:The Second Age Server/@comment-29212992-20161128231905/@comment-5672886-20161129205553

ZTrok wrote: So basically the dwarves can't take over the world and pigs cannot rule factions ;P Well, who knows - Dwarves might take over the world one day, that wouldn't be too impossible, as long as it would make sense canon-wise to some extend. Don't expect that Dwarves would suddenly like to live outside mountains in large cities, where they would farm. That would be to break the canonicity a bit too much. Again, we start out in SA1600 (or whatever it was) and everything from before that went EXACTLY as described by Tolkien. But what happens from then could end up totally different of course, as we go further throughout the branches of time. Ever heard of the butterfly effect? It basically tells you that every small change could lead to a major change in future. Expect the same here; small changes in the Númenorean rule in the server's timeline might lead to the fact that Númenor would never be flooded, unlike in the real lore. But again, those small changes has to make sense in both roleplay and canonicity. Númenor cannot simply suddenly declare war against their dearest friends in Lindon and join Mordor in the conquest against the world - it would make no sense canon-wise. But of course, it wouldn't be a too impossible idea, it just cannot happen in an instance. It would have to happen slowly as the Númenoreans might grow more corrupted, powerhungry and so on, just like they did in the real lore, when they invaded Aman.

So I hope you understand what I'm saying here. Simply put, as War Pig said, the answer to your question would be yes - the server will certainly be able to have its own timeline.

However, it should be made in a way that would make sense canon-wise and RP-wise, no sudden weird decisions that wouldn't make sense to these aspects such as Mordor helping the Elves in attacking the Dwarves. Orcs and Elves HATES each other, so that would never make sense. Not in an instance at least, who knows if an Elven king of a small kingdom would be cursed by Sauron in some way, making him indirectly helping Mordor in taking over the world. That wouldn't be too impossible, just look at how Sauron managed to curse various Human kings (9 ringwraiths), set up the fall of Númenor and much more.

I hope this segment gave you some explanations and I'll look forward to be seeing you on the server!

-Fish