Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-29680750-20170806070151

1.	Dunland and Gundabad

The relationship between Dunland and Gundabad is complicated by the Dunnish alliance with Isengard, as it is stated that Saruman hired many of the orcs of the Misty Mountains. However it is my belief the Dunlendings are still at war with Gundabad. I find it extremely unlikely that any people whether Rohirrim or Southron would willingly agree to take part in the Wizards experiments even if they believed it was the only way to destroy their greatest enemy. Much easier to believe is that the cunning wizard chose instead to hire orcs unaffiliated with him to capture Dunlendings for his tests. As this would be without the people of Dunland’s knowledge it would only strengthen their ancestral hate for the common Orc, while allowing them to still follow Saruman. This scheme makes a lot of sense as in his planned takeover of Middle-earth Saruman wishes to put his allies and enemies up against each other and if Rohan had fallen, Dunland would not have been far behind.

2.	Dunland, Bree and the Dunedain of the North

Dunland and Bree, being both factions of middlemen, are undoubtedly related. It is stated that the Stoors of the Shire went to visit Dunland on occasions and so it seems likely to that Breelanders did the same. However in the mod the chances of a return trip seem very low as there are many leagues filled with enemy Rangers. This alignment triangle would be a lot more interesting than the Dwarven one as there is much more contact between these peoples, with Bree relying almost entirely on the Rangers for their protection. This is why the addition of Bree would be so interesting: it further pushes the interesting relationship Dunland has with the people’s and races of Middle-earth. Perhaps the Rangers should only attack Dunlendings in bands of 10+ and then only the Warriors. Any solutions?

Please feel free to point out mistakes here and tell me if you disagree with anything here. I am particularly interested in what you think of No.1 though I doubt it’s not been mentioned somewhere before. 