I mean it's not like the wraith of the elf that forged the one ring is bound in his body with him. Oh wait...

That elf never forged the One Ring. Sauron did that on his own.

No Sauron actually manipulated Celebrimbor into helping him forge the rings. He basically did the thing in group projects where one person does all the work but the other gets the credit cause he wrote his name down instead.

Just don't take the game too seriously. Think of it as a spin off to the main story that doesn't have to follow the main story. Like an alternate reality or something

I can probably enjoy it as a fantasy game, but not as something from the Middle Earth stories.

Not trying to pick on you, but what would your ideal Middle Earth game be? I would love an open world RPG that would allow you to create your own character and takes place during the Third Era. Maybe even the First. Have you heard of the game LotR: The Third Age?

[quote]Not trying to pick on you, but what would your ideal Middle Earth game be? I would love an open world RPG that would allow you to create your own character and takes place during the Third Era. Maybe even the First.[/quote] Oh I know you aren't picking, and your question is perfectly valid. Honestly, I am on board with a game that follows a Dunedain Ranger. Ideally, it should be set in the region of Eriador (Shire, Breelands and such) and the Rangers could be locked in a bitter struggle with orc tribes, trolls, and maybe even a cult that worships the Witchking, or the descendants of the traitors of Rhudaur (one of the provinces of the old Northern Kingdom). Or, another idea would be having the game set in Rhovanian (Erebor, Dale, Mirkwood) and the main character could be a scout of one of those three kingdoms (player's choice along with associated race). It can be set parallel to LOTR with the main character making strikes against the men of Rhûn and their Mordor allies. The game would climax in the 3 day siege of Erebor by the combined might of Rhûn and Mordor. Just quick thoughts. [quote]Have you heard of the game LotR: The Third Age?[/quote] I have but I never had a chance to play it.

It's a drake he rides not a dragon. Also the elf wraith I forget his name in the game lore was the one who helped sauron make them

Drakes are still dragons, and he way Tolkien wrote dragons, they would never allow a mortal to ride them. Also, why would this elf lord wraith not choose someone more powerful to forge the ring with, like Galadriel?

Drakes aren't dragons. Drakes are small 6 limber creatures (wings and legs) that don't breath as much fire as much fire as dragons as they have smaller throats and have longer necks

GI could be wrong, but I believe the terms were used interchangeably in Tolkien's work. I know they were for the movies (the universe in which this game takes place)

It seems we are both wrong. After just rewatching the video the dragon or drake in question is actually a wyvern. It has 2 distinctive legs where as a drake and a dragon have 4 legs.

I'm not entirely sure there is a set standard for dragons and dragon like critters. Is there?

Well there's a few. Dragons are usually bigger stronger and breath more fire. Drakes are drastically smaller. Think about fellbeast small(fell beasts are the wyverns the nazgul ride). But they would be faster and probably act more like a pack. A wyvern can very in size. Most are bigger than dragons but don't breathe as much fire. Oh and wyverns a only have 2 legs

Is that from Tolkien's writings though?

Bottomline, is that this game just divorces itself from the LOTRs lore...and I probably won't play it. 1. The hero is a fusion of the himself and Celebrimbor. The Elven-smith who forged the Rings of Power. Including the three Eleven Rings that were untouched by Sauron. So the forging of a ring of Power isn't the issues. Here are the problem.s 1. Sauron forged the One Ring by embuing it with a large amount of his essence as a Maiar ( think Angel....Saurman and Gandalf were both Maiar/Angels though less powerful than Sauron. That was why Gandalf was able to come back as Gandalf the White after dying in his battle with the Balrog of Moria). SO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ONE RING, DESTROYED A LARGE PART OF HIS POWER. Including his ability to manifest physically in Middle Earth. So the whole reappearance of Sauron in Modor is a slap in the face to Middle-Earth lore. 2. While Elves can embue objects with part of their own essence without diminishing themselves (that is why Eleven objects are "magical"), Celebrimbor---as an Elf---is nowhere near the power level of even a diminished Sauron as a Maiar. The herald of Manwe ( chief of the Valar---Archangels, think Archangel Michael) once leveled a curse upon the most powerful High-elf Lord ever to have lived (Feanor) as he left the Undying Lands to pursue and exact revenge upon the First Dark Lord Morgoth (another Valar) for murdering his father and stealing the Silmarils. He was cursed because he murdered fellow Elves (the First Kinslaying) to steal ships for the journey back to Middle-earth. Manwe---through his herald----told the proud and stubborn (though immensely powerful) Feanor: " [i]"You have not the power to slay him. Even if you were THREE TIMES GREATER THAN YOU ARE, you would still not be his (Morgoth's) equal. "[/i] He said this to FEANOR. A High-elf Lord so powerful that---in the Battle Under The Stars----he got cut off from the rest of his army. Slew an entire army of Orcs...and took on the Lord of the Balrogs (Gothmog) and Its personal GUARD of Balrogs..... By himself....and KILLED the most powerful Balrog ever, before dying himself. His half-brother Fingolfin later challenged Morgoth himself to a single combat and gave Middle-Earths version of Lucifer/Satan Himself a permanent limp before being killed. Celebrimbor though a grandson of Feanor was not born in the Undying Land but in Middle Earth and therefore was nowhere near that level of power. (The only Elf in Middle-earth that was anywhere near the power level of Elves of the First Age by the time of LORs was Galadriel. Feanor's half-sister. Which is why she was both terrified and impressed by Frodo's willingness to give away the One Ring to her.) So the notion of Celebrimbor's ghost being able to forge a Ring of Power to rival even an diminished Sauron is just a non-starter.

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