Denethor and Pippin Took at Minas Tirith). Gandalf the White), or as static NPCs in particular locations (e.g. None of them are controllable by the player, some appear only in brief cameos (e.g. Despite Eriador not being featured directly, the mod contains some small-scale Eriador factions that plausibly took part in the War of the Ring, such as the army of Rivendell and the Dúnedain Rangers of the North.Ĭharacters from The Lord of the Rings and related works make appearances throughout the total conversion as non-player characters (NPCs). Other factions have a more "single region" scope (Rohan, the Woodland Realm, Lothlorien) or are fairly localised (Beornings, people of Lake Town and Dale, the Dwarves). Of the Free Peoples, Gondor is the largest faction, and includes several regional subfactions which offer different military strengths. The Last Days features a large number of various factions, varying in the size of their territory, manpower and military specialisations. Reflecting this, the campaigns of the War of the Ring's two main sides are dubbed "The Dawn of a New Era" (Free Peoples) and "The Twilight of Man" (Mordor and vassals). Īvailable playable races include Men, Elves and Dwarves for the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth, and the orcs of Mordor, orcs of Isengard, warriors of Harad and Khand, etc. The mod development team took extra care to give each location its unique sense of place.
Major and minor Third Age locations from Tolkien's legendarium, such as Edoras, Minas Tirith, Dale, Caras Galadhon, etc., can be fully visited and explored (and depending on the current situation, fought in). This corresponds to the battlefields of the War of the Ring from the books. (The TC derives its title from the fact that the War of the Ring signified the end of the Third Age.) Due to the geographic scope of the war within Middle-earth, the game world only includes Rhovanion (and the eastern side of the Misty Mountains), Gondor, Rohan, Mordor and parts of northern Harad and the East. The Last Days focuses on the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary combatant, male or female, who takes part in the fighting and various military campaigns during the War of the Ring. Many particular designs were also filled in by the modding team's own imagination. Art designs for the mod were mostly inspired by existing Tolkien illustrations, and to a lesser degree by some of the visuals from the film adaptations. Tolkien, especially The Lord of the Rings and other works detailing the Third Age. The total conversion is based primarily on the literary works of J.R.R.
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