What do you think is the emergeant faction?

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Since the team is no telling, let's speculate!

I say the Valar - for when the bad guys think they've won.

[Beorn]

I think it will be the Smeagol faction; Hundreds of Smeagols marching from their pools and attacking anything looking like golden or has rings

[Ulrich Liechtenstein]

moleman!!! they EMERGE from the underground to take their place in Middle-earth... or chinese!!

[Thangaror]

Gah, we already have a hint: WINTER is coming!

Or the Pink Wargs ofc.

Or maybe TATW's messed-up Easterlings?

[Beorn]

For me, Winter Came this morning via torrent a totally legal way

[Gen. Chris]

Dorwinion

[Jagmodo]

I think that the emerging faction could be:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The EVIL NARNIANS!

Just look at him. This evil look, horns, hooves... He’s a real devil!
And they HAVE means to “emerge”.


Seriously, I think that Gen. Chriss could be right. This was discussed once before at the WIP Screenshot Thread, and it looks like a reasonable/smart guess.

[Thangaror]

Dorwinion

Pah. Party pooper!

Like the Evil Narnians.

[Ulrich Liechtenstein]

Dorwinion

im probably wrong but arent Dorwinion like... dudes that make wine? why would they raid people?

come on we need a tip, they take this chosen territiories becouse of religious reasons or are they barbarian horde like?

[Gen. Chris]

im probably wrong but arent Dorwinion like... dudes that make wine? why would they raid people?

come on we need a tip, they take this chosen territiories becouse of religious reasons or are they barbarian horde like?

Oh you're right. But I'm pretty sure it will be Dorwinion

[Ulrich Liechtenstein]

Oh you're right. But I'm pretty sure it will be Dorwinion

If your theory doesnt involve drunk kung fu wine induced monks from Dorwinion i dont see any logic in it

maybe... Cultist cruzades? i have no idea

[Thangaror]

im probably wrong but arent Dorwinion like... dudes that make wine? why would they raid people?

That is supposed to be the reason that they shouldn't go rebel? Really, I don't see any logic in THAT.

Regarding your logic:
The Greeks were drunkards and boy-lovers and yet waged many a war.
The Romans were drunkards and boy-lovers and yet waged many a war.
The French are drunkards, speak a *** language and yet waged many a war (and except for the Napoleonic ones they always got their asses kicked).


http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Bladorthin.html

[Ulrich Liechtenstein]

Regarding your logic:
The Greeks were drunkards and boy-lovers and yet waged many a war.
The Romans were drunkards and boy-lovers and yet waged many a war.
The French are drunkards, speak a *** language and yet waged many a war (and except for the Napoleonic ones they always got their asses kicked).


http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Bladorthin.html

The French lost the Napoleonic wars by getting their asses kicked by Russian winter and then twice by the Duke of Wellington. If they can be classified as warfaring Drunkards they done a very poor job at that

The link you provided does explain alot of things but the fact that the emergent faction will (as well as i could understand the mechanics of it) target especific regions and will probably spawn next to this region (cuz aradan said they would be fast about it).

what makes no sense is why a estabilished "kingdom" with a capital and such would target settlements not close by? maybe they got drunk and lost their way back home...

again very interesting link though

[Thangaror]

what makes no sense is why a estabilished "kingdom" with a capital and such would target settlements not close by? maybe they got drunk and lost their way back home...

again very interesting link though

If Dorwinion is part of Dale it makes sense to me. Also we do not know the conditions that trigger the emergence. If you compare to vanilla BI, you also have the Romano-British. I haven't played BI for long, so I never encountered a faction emerging and I do not know how it 'works'.

[athanaric]

If Dorwinion is part of Dale it makes sense to me. Also we do not know the conditions that trigger the emergence. If you compare to vanilla BI, you also have the Romano-British. I haven't played BI for long, so I never encountered a faction emerging and I do not know how it 'works'.

Yeah maybe if Dale is destroyed, Dorwinion will emerge as a faction.

[Ulrich Liechtenstein]

Yeah maybe if Dale is destroyed, Dorwinion will emerge as a faction.

Ow i like this. This will explain some of the things aradan said, like "they wont be very menacing" as in "they wont jump in the midlde of your map and take your cities"

ok im convinced i think it will be dorwinion too. Lorewise they are strong enough to resist most of the third age without great losses, but are they strong enough to rebuild Dale and confront the other "bigger" factions?

[athanaric]

Ow i like this. This will explain some of the things aradan said, like "they wont be very menacing" as in "they wont jump in the midlde of your map and take your cities"

ok im convinced i think it will be dorwinion too. Lorewise they are strong enough to resist most of the third age without great losses, but are they strong enough to rebuild Dale and confront the other "bigger" factions?

Well I'm not privy to inside information, but if they are the emergent faction, they'll probably get privileged access to Dalic units, and maybe some Easterling units, too. Oh and IMO their faction colour should be bordeaux, for obvious reasons

[Beorn]

seconded here

[Jagmodo]

And their factions symbol what? A bottle? And when we are at that I am realy interested what new factions symbols could be.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Rome Total War: the Wine Maker Invasion.


Special elite unit: Belligerent drunk guy.