Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26274215-20161004161233/@comment-26428291-20161006064004

AlteOgre wrote: Rayn Turammarth wrote: AlteOgre wrote: Most relevant notion I favor in this proposal thread is that concerning the west of Rohan being infested with Isengard controlled forces. Saruman started his campaign of raids in Rohan about 40 years before Bilbo's birthday party, the set starting date for the mod. This justifies both the already present Rohan Uruk Highlands and a possible new sub-biome in the west of Rohan where Rohirrim are less in control and Dunlendings and Orcish forces of Isengard show their presence day and night. When such a sub-biome would be created, the spawning rate of Isengard Uruks in the rest of Rohan could be reduced imo.

As far as I can judge the 'Besieged Rohan' sub-biome could cover the Fords of Isen area, the entire West-March, and the western tip of the Westfold, but not up to the Hornburg.

Invasions of Dunlending raiding parties in Rohan would be a nice addition too.

Note that the Uruk Highlands could also use some more Dunlending population and a little less elite troops to make it fit lore a little bit better, imo. How's this for a 'Besieged Rohan' biome(s)?



 Aranwë Tûrammarth  Utúlie'n aurë! In the west, yeah, even a little more expanded to the east fo the Isen.

The Eastfold, nah, I don't think Mordor would have bothered to set signfificant troops in the west part of the Emyn Muil, let alone organize raids in Rohan. Although the Fellowship was attacked by a Mordor Orc party at Sarn Gebir ... yet, their presence in the Ered Nimrais is already highly disputable ... ;)

Also note that the Fellowship was assaulted by a party from Isengard when they arrived at Parth Galen. It may make sense to split Emyn Muil into two zones, west and east, with distinguishing Orc presence. The common occurence of bandits there doesn't make sense to me either by the way.

This recent thread addresses the above subject. There have been other interesting proposals on the Anduin and Emyn Muil area, especially regarding the Nen Hithoel sub-biome, but I can't even find them ... Éomer, when questioned by Aragorn by the Eastemnet was empty had said he had moved all his his folk away from the area, due to Mordor orcs raiding the horse-herds, stealing the black horses for service of Sauron and the Nazgûl.