Board Thread:Bug Reports/@comment-27200931-20170323175128/@comment-26172435-20170323175936

I assume the timeline is of determining relevance here. Easterlings besieged Erebor and Dale during the War of the Ring, after Bilbo's famous birthday party, which marks the beginning of the mod's timeline. This could imply and justify there was still a 'neutral stance' between the Rhúdel and their buddies on the one hand, and Dorwinion and Durin's Folk on the other, as implemented in the mod.