Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26240225-20150729174558

Ah the North Lands. From the elegant swamps of swanfleet to the last realm of Lindon, to the great mountains of mist, to the dark land of Angmar. Those that live in these lands area a hardy kin, like the Dunedain of the old kingdom, and the tough hobbits from the shire. Even the high elves from the shores, and the evil men from Carn Dum and the hills below. But of the orcs? (since Tolkien writes that orc and goblin are interchangeable, I may say both, but they are basically the same thing, like string and yarn or etc.) Northern orcs are evil folk, described as "cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted. They make no beautiful things, but they make many clever ones. They can tunnel and mine as well as any but the most skilled dwarves, when they take the trouble, though they are usually untidy and dirty. Hammers, axes, swords, daggers, pickaxes, tongs, and also instruments of torture, they make very well, or get other people to make to their design, prisoners and slaves that have to work till they die for want of air and light. It is not unlikely that they invented some of the machines that have since troubled the world, especially the ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once, for wheels and engines and explosions always delighted them, and also not working with their own hands more than they could help"  pg 59

As we can see from this passage in the Hobbit, orcs from these parts are geniuses at the craft of the forge and the anvil. No longer should the be slain by the swords of the dunedain, for the craftmanship of orcs (second only to dwarves) should produce mauling weapons of crude materials and rusty metals, to inflict infections unto their enemies. They also built great settlements under the mountains which could be implemented into the mod as huge generated structures of crude citites within the mountains. Within their holds would be grand torture machines that would have captured men, and sometimes skeletons who have revealed weakspots in fortresses, making Gundabad invasions higher. But Gundabad I feel should be a subfaction, along with another new subfaction under the wing of the new Misty Mountains Orcs faction. In the Hobbit orcs of the mountain Gundabad are not given a heavy descritption, but those who are, are described as " ''goblins of huge size with scimitars of steel." pg 256''

These units are from Gundabad, and rightfully should be large as they are descendants of the uruks of Morgoth from Angband in much darker days. As we should remember, Gundabad belonged to Dwarves, but was taken by the remnants of the washed up host of the Thangorodrim. Bolg was a great orc, and so was his host from Gundabad. But fear not elf-friends! These orcs' numbers have dwindeled and only occupy the mountains surrounding Gundabad, and the ruined hold itself. They spawn in small numbers, but do not underestimiate them. They are organized unlike their wandering kin to the south, and are armed in uniform armor wrought in an evil design with spikes protruding from their back that inflict damage, and a bouble pronged crest on their helmet, but rusted from weather. There weapons are great and can slice through a man like cheese on a wheel. Those orcs that we see now in the mod are the wandering hordes of the misty mountains and should not be changed, from their size, or where they spawn. I only ask that they not spawn with leather or bronze armor, or bronze and iron weapons and wooden bows. I ask that they maintain their current health but are equipped with a better assortment of armor like dwarven from confiscated holds. The second subfaction that I had mentioned earlier is this: The goblins of Mount Gram. They spawn in the ettenmoors along with Misty Mountain orcs and Hillmen. They are the same size  as MM orcs, but have their own uniform armor and weapons. They have a semi-hardy set of armor that is wrought in the guise similarily to that of the orcs of Angmar. They wield scimitars and clubs of steel. They however, do not ride wargs, they ride a smaller but faster version called wild wolves. Just as Gol-fimbul and his kind rode when they invaded the shire. Please try to read it and give feedback. If I unintentionally vioalted the FAQ I apoligize in further notice (though I am sure I have not done so as I am feeding you the reader with canon lore) Thank you very much and regards from the wild lands of Rhun.

-TBE 