Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26240225-20160211221534

Gandalf states that there are far more ancient things than orcs under the mountains, that gnaw at the roots of Arda, and hes not just talking about Balrogs. Gandalf also states that he encountered creatures that not even Sauron knew about, for they are far more ancient than he, and Sauron knew of Balrogs. These said mysteries are Nameless Things. Nameless Things are ancient beings created at, or by the Ainulindale at the beginning of the world. On Tolkiengateway, Nameless Things are drawn by Heather Hudson as tentacle like beings with eyes protruding from their heads like an angler fish's bioluminescent bait line. MERP also illustrates them as reminiscent to science fiction horror beings, or lovecraftian creatures like the shoggoth. In LOTRO, Nameless Things like Ancient Enemies (Gwathnor, Voideaters) which dwell in the hellish deeps of Khazad Dum. Before you bang me like the hammer of grond because of my use of noncanon sources, remember, that Nameless Things are canon, but aren't explained alot concerning detail in the book. So in order to compensate for this flaw (like the modmakers do in far harad and the east) we must look to noncanon sources like MERP. I'm suggesting the implementation of these beings in the deepest depths of the Misties, but in order to stay true to what lay below the endless stair, we must revamp the deep parts of the Misties too model the environment these creatures lived in. Below a certain level (I have no idea of the dimensions and height of the Misty Mountains so I can't say at what level the environment should change) the environment should change to vanilla caves, to brown walls of ancient rock and caves of black water. Pillars of gnawed rock should also spawn, indicating the presence of these beings shaping the roots of Ambar as we know it. Nameless things would come in three forms, Tunneling Nameless Things, Gnawing Nameless Things, and Swimming Nameless things. These three genuses of Namless things would look like this, in order:

As, you can see primeval things are very nasty; and hostile to all player, good or bad, and all mobs, good or bad.

The Deeps of the Misty Mountains would look like this:

Nice.

Feedback is nice, as always. -TBE 