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It is 1 of the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, and after the fall of Sauron, many things are occurring.

Before we get to the storyline..

RULES, READ THEM!

1. You may forge rings of power, but one a character and it can only give you one enhanced ability.

2. You can die in battle (But we wont do battles until we get settled)

3. No Metagaming/Godmodding, normal rules for RP

4. Keep in mind the storyline, so don't have lindon come and attack Angmar with an army of 100,000 elves when they clearly don't have the power to do so yet.

5. limit of 1 character (So we don't get to crowded)

6. Sauron and Morgoth cannot return (Morgoth maybe at the end of RP)

7. Try and keep it to THIS world (Yes I am reminding myself of this as well)

8. No pet dragons/Fellbeasts

9. You get 3 warnings then you are gone.

10. Your powers are limited to your character (Example you cant be a dwarf and control a navy unless you use turns to train them.

11. Battles will probably work like this: if it is 1 v 1 I will flip a coin, tell you who will win, and you may direct the battle. I will also roll a die to tell the severity of your troops and injuries.

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In the southern reaches of Harad...

Near Harad has been split and is at a civil war with itself over whose side to choose. Those in the north wish to join Gondor and the Reunited kingdom, the southern side want to stay allied with the dark powers because they think that Sauron will return.

Far Harad is tearing itself apart, save a few isolated tribes, the Moredain and the Limwaith banding together and attacking the Tauredain. The Cerinrim are the only neutral party in this war, but they are at war with the Half-trolls who are on their borders.

The Half-Trolls are weak after the fall of Sauron, and with the isolation they have in Pertorogwaith, because of the Cerinrim guarding their borders, looking for Half-trolls to sacrifice to the 'wargod' and they have no navy. So they have such resorted to cannibalism, save for a northern region for some unknown reason.

The eastern plateaus of Rhûn...

The Easterlings of Rhûn are the least affected by Saurons fall, and are the prime evil force against the free peoples. One band of Easterlings broke off from the rest and became the 'free easterlings' and settled east of the Orocarni.

The Dark Elves have lived on much like they have in the past age, being quiet and secretive, learning from their dwarven neighbors (Of which they have close alliances with), unlike their other Elven kin, they have adopted a more dwarvish appeal to things, loving more hard cut rock and a heavy sword over wooden treehouses and a bow.

The Ironfists and Stiffbeards to the north of Orocarni have grown attuned to the cold lifestyle of Northern Orocarni, more than most dwarves at least. They live more on the peaks and are shipping Weapons and armor to their more defensive kin to the south. Recently, a large vein of gold of which to rival Erebor has been found in Nanan Kûzek, their capital.

In the south the Blacklocks and Stonefoots are sending their superior stone to the other clans of middle-earth, for the stone found there was the strongest found in an age. They, being further south, live more on the foothills and the lower mountains.

Of Gondor, Rohan and Mordor

Gondor is flourishing, king Elessar leads a very kind rule over the lands, Osgiliath has been purged of any remaining orcs, and the mountains of Mordor are watched carefully by the Gondorian forces. For Mordor may be beaten, but dark magic still lies on the realm of Mordor.

Rohan has taken Isengard back from the filth of Saruman after Treebeard and the Ents kindly killed all opposing forces. All remaining Uruk-hail, who would be lucky to keep their race alive, has run for the hills of Dunland, which has stayed its war with Rohan but is still prone to Barbaric ways.

Mordor is diminished, the only thing keeping the race alive is the dark magic of Sauron and the nine. The orcs after the loss of their leader began fighting over who will be the next dark lord.

Of Rhovanion

The Woodland realm, the Beornings, and Lothlorien each took a part of Mirkwood. Fangorn was offered a piece, but Treebeard said there is not enough of our number to sustain such a large amount of land. The Woodland realm, being the least amount of elves to sail west (Not counting the dark elves of course) took northern Mirkwood. The Beornings took a small strip of the middle, and Lothlorien taking the Southern part of Mirkwood. Naming it South Lorien.

The dwarves of Durin's folk are expanding west into the Grey Mountains once more, the dragons seemed to have disappeared and the orcs power diminishes, and the dwarves rebuild their long ancient homes. Rumors even begin to spread of a company, heading to take Moria...

Of the Misty Mountains and Angmar

The Mountain orcs of the Misties have both diminished and have been unaffected, the new Goblin King still controls the Misties, but they have had to seal their holes and gates increasing in numbers and killing more orcs.

Angmar is in a war with the Dunedain of the North, the victor will assume dominion of Eriador. So far they are at a stalemate, they are not winning nor losing, the orcs and men of Angmar have sheer numbers but the men of the north have stealth and quality.

Of the realms west of the Mountains

Imladris has emptied, its members travelled west, and leaving the once mighty kingdom, open for anyone, or anything, to take residence in. All weapons, food, and other supplies there, waiting for a new owner.

The Shire's reputation for being peaceful and unnoticed has been utterly smashed to pieces, not only because of Frodo's expedition, but also because of the Scourging of the Shire, where long story short, Saruman took over the shire and was killed. Now the Dunedain are urging the Hobbits to ready for war if the remnants of Angmar get past them, but the Mayors will not have it.

Lindon is emptied save for the main lands around the water and Ered Luin. Their power is regrowing largely with support from the dwarves and the dunedain.

Ered Luin has rebuilt Belegost (Or Nogrod? I forgot which one sunk into the sea and which one was just destroyed) and the population is finally coming back. 