Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20161215005656

This is the fourth suggestion in the series detailing improvements to various biomes of Middle-earth. Here we shall be covering the Emyn Muil. The prior suggestions can be found here:

Dead Marshes

Barrow-downs

Old Forest

Biome Improvements:

Currently, the biome is a tangled mess of boulders, with a few trees and lakes scattered about. The boulders, first of all, though interesting could do with some improvements. Actual hills, along with more-common-than-usual ravines and  the Rugged terrain generation could work wonders at actually making this biome impassable. A cliff should be found at the eastern edge of the Marshes, and twisted cliffs and gullies should be found all throughout.

An ambience of wind hissing over rocks would sound spooky and cold-like the land itself.

The frequency of lakes and water should be made null, as well. These would not survive in a tangled labyrinth of stone.

Trees should be found more frequently, albeit twisted and deformed. These would include fir and beeches. Stumps should also appear.

Mordor orcs should no longer spawn in this biome, and neither should invasions. Bandits should be limited to the western side, a new sub-biome, and should be rarer.

The western subbiome would have less tangled stone and ravines, and more normal hills, grass, and boulders. At the western edge it would fall in a great cliff.

Finally, another subbiome should be added called Tol Brandir. No animal or person would spawn here.

New Biomes:

A new biome should be added next to the Nen Hithoel, called Parth Galen. It would be very green, and Gondor Ruins would be relatively common. Rowan (a new tree found in many forests, especially Fangorn and here), Oak, and Birch trees would spawn, along with many boulders. Hills would become rocky above a certain height. The biome itself would be split into East and West subbiomes, whith Mordor orcs spawning rarely on the Eastern side.

Thank you for reading this suggestion! As always, comments, kudos, and constructive critiscism is welcome.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 00:56, December 15, 2016 (UTC) 