Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-32497263-20170821043901

The Half-trolls of Pertorogwaith are a warlike and brutal faction. They owe loyalty to Sauron and Sauron only. Sauron created the Half-trolls to improve his armies of Morgul-spawn in the Second Age. Now Sauron calls them to war, and they always speak of going to war in the north, because Mordor is already attacking Gondor. And yet, they only remain in their land, not invading other lands. If they always want to go to war, why do they not invade other lands?

Thus, the main topic here is about the hordes of Pertorogwaith launching invasions in Gondor and Far Harad (as well as a few new biomes for Harad, which have been affected by their invasion during the early Third Age).

Far Harad-  Because the Troll-men have enemies in Harad, such as the Taurethrim and the (future) Cerinrim, it would be fitting for them to attack Far Harad. The Half-trolls would commonly invade the neighboring Far Harad Forest (which should get a different name; Eryn-na-Torogrim would work, as it is mentioned by name on the map label) as well as the Far Harad Wasteland. They would uncommonly invade the Far Harad Savannah (because they are not completely allied with the Morwaith), Bushland, and the Jungle Edge. They would rarely invade the Jungle itself.

Gondor-  Before anyone starts on how distant Far Harad is from Gondor, I just wanted to say that it would be lore-friendly, because the Half-trolls were mentioned in The Return of the King book, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (...and out of Far Harad black men like Half-trolls with white eyes and red tongues). But yes, distance will play a part here in terms of invasion frequency. The Half-trolls would uncommonly invade Harondor. They would rarely invade Ithilien, Gondor and its fiefdoms.

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New biomes-  I mentioned the Eryn-na-Torogrim and Far Harad Wasteland biomes, and on these I will elaborate. The Eryn-na-Torogrim would be a different biome from the forests randomly found in  the Savannah, which would remain the same. Here there will be no Morwaith NPC’s, save for occasional warriors patrolling the area, and Half-trolls would occasionally spawn at night. This forest would also be more desolate, with frequent clearings and half the trees being dead. Patches of waste would also generate. This is because of the Half-troll invasion between the War of the Last Alliance and the War of the Ring.

The Wasteland is a completely different story. Any trees here are dead and/or charred. There are no Morwaith NPC’s here at all, and Half-trolls would spawn more commonly at night as well as occasional patrols during the day. The grass is the same color as in Pertorogwaith.

<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">An argument against Half-troll invasions is about how tough it would be to fight against. But tbh, think about how tough a Half-troll invasion would be when compared to an Isengard invasion. To go further, compare a Half-troll invasion to your average Mordor invasion. <ac_metadata title="Out of Far Harad..."> </ac_metadata>