Board Thread:Suggestions Forum/@comment-25619598-20141203204251

Now, let me have it said beforehand that this is NOT:

a) A request for iconic weapons, like Sting or Anduril

or

b) A request for factions associated with this suggestion. They are dead. Boo-hoo. Deal with it.

Throughout Middle-Earth, many weapons were found as relics from bygone ages, (*cough* The Hobbit *cough*). Perhaps the players could find such relics?

Gondolin: Weapons forged by the Elves long ago, these are personified by the weapons Orcrist, Glamdring, and Sting. They could be found in new Gondolin Ruins in Lindon (just a bunch of cracked Elven bricks made to look like a ruined tower, chest in middle) or in Troll Hoards. Swords could resemble Orcrist, glow with orcs near, etc. and daggers could resemble Sting. Just make them really REALLY rare.

Khazad: Mithril weapons from the long lost Dwarves of Moria. They could be found in small Ruined Khazad Mines (like Dwarven Mines, but using a new Khazad Dwarf Brick/Pillars [darker and more grey], spawns Gundabad Orcs [or Moria Goblins when they are added {if}], chest at end). Swords resemble Thorin's (remember the one he held when Smaug was breaking down the gates?) and Axes resemble Gimli's Walking Ax (the one sided one).

I believe there may be other ones, but I am not sure. Achievements could be...

"Made by the Smiths of Gondolin" = Find a Gondolin blade

"Lost Treasures of Moria" = Find a Khazad Weapon

Perhaps, when killing enemies in said regions, they have a chance to drop a Gondolin/Khazad Relic Shard, and at the faction's crafting table you could craft them too. 