Board Thread:Suggestions Forum/@comment-25994755-20150208233441/@comment-25841881-20150209212427

AlatarOfGram wrote: on the roads there could be a dwarven adventurer mob. much like thorin and co. who would wear a little chainmail and wield a sword or axe. these would be the ones trying to recliam their homeland. maybe better AI because they are skilled fighters.

Not better AI. Read this FAQ excerpt:

Can you make NPCs that lead other NPCs into battle / better hired unit AI / etc.?
Sir or Madam, you have unrealistic expectations of what can be done in Minecraft. This is a voxel-based sandbox game, not a war game. Whenever someone asks for something like this, it makes me wonder whether if you'd ask the developers of your favourite RTS or FPS game to add building blocks and fully deformable terrain to their game...

Such a feature could in theory be added but it would take a long time indeed to develop and debug it. Time which, at the moment, is more wisely spent building up the world of Middle-earth.