mordor armies hiding in gondor

**Rastanolo** · January 06, 2012, 03:16 PM

I'm playing with gondor and tha palantir showed me twice gondor (mostly the western regions) where orc armies with the banner of mordor are hiding but not doing anything.
1) is it normal ?
2) what do they have to do with the books/films ?

**Khay** · January 06, 2012, 03:17 PM

Yes.
Using the palantir may trigger the spawning of stacks. Enjoy your challenge

**Emperor of Hell** · January 06, 2012, 03:18 PM

Don't be tricked by the dark lord. Don't let the palantir corrupt you. He can show you what he wants,

**StealthFox** · January 06, 2012, 03:32 PM

Yep, remember that Sauron is the great deceiver and he can show you things that may or may not be true.

**Rastanolo** · January 06, 2012, 03:42 PM

it did seem weird

thx !

**Mikail Mengsk** · January 06, 2012, 04:31 PM

Lore-wise, this isn't exactly true. Even Sauron can't make the Palantir lie. He can "drag" your attention when he wants to. For example, he forced Denethor into constantly see at the might of his forces, making him more and more desperate, but he couldn't have forced the Palantir to show non-existent armies.

**Emperor of Hell** · January 06, 2012, 04:34 PM

Maybe he just let you think those armies are in Gondor while they are really in Mordor

**lolIsuck** · January 06, 2012, 04:37 PM

One small problem, Mordor is black as hell and Gondor has all these nice forests with birds and little blue streams

**stevehoos** · January 06, 2012, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by lolIsuck

One small problem, Mordor is black as hell and Gondor has all these nice forests with birds and little blue streams

You have successfully channeled Emily Dickinson.

**k/t** · January 06, 2012, 10:20 PM

Oh, you people ruined Khay's joke. You should have let that guy find out for himself.

**Khay** · January 08, 2012, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by k/t

Oh, you people ruined Khay's joke. You should have let that guy find out for himself.

Ah, no big deal, we usually come to forums to have answers.
But i really loved the "OH

" moment i had the first time i watched in the palantir and my relief when i understood that i have been tricked, i wished him to experience it as well. Great time.

**Dwarven Berserker** · January 08, 2012, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Khay

Ah, no big deal, we usually come to forums to have answers.
But i really loved the "OH

" moment i had the first time i watched in the palantir and my relief when i understood that i have been tricked, i wished him to experience it as well. Great time.

Yeah I had exactly the same the first time I used the palantir

Luckely I figured out I had been tricked before I had rage quit

**Pinkie Pie** · January 07, 2012, 03:40 AM

Yes, you really should not have told him, first time I saw an orc army near Pinnath Gelin I hurried an entire stack west only to find the dark lord had played a tricksie and had used this time to take Osgiliath

**lolIsuck** · January 07, 2012, 04:33 AM

I just didn't believe it the first time so I didn't do anything. It showed half an orc stack near Lond Angren so I couldn't be bothered really

**Nastrael** · January 07, 2012, 04:40 PM

its not very convincing. anyone with half a brain (and a good deal of LotR lore stuffed into it) can call bullcrap on this XD but srsly show of hands, who HASNT seen some random ass stacks of non-existand orcs running rampant through your lands XD

**Pinkie Pie** · January 07, 2012, 04:41 PM

Actualy anyone who has read the books would realise that Sauron can not make you see something that does not exist and therefore anything you see in the Palanti should be real

Even he could not manipulate the Palantir like that due to their design being far above him.

**Nastrael** · January 08, 2012, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by martin616

Actualy anyone who has read the books would realise that Sauron can not make you see something that does not exist and therefore anything you see in the Palanti should be real

Even he could not manipulate the Palantir like that due to their design being far above him.

it doesnt really matter as long as you read the descrip for the palantir usage...
"oh it could have some bad effects? well ill look out for that"
*uses the palantir*
"ha its only turn 5 no way im payin any attention to those 5 fake mordor stacks...kudos KK kudos..."

**k/t** · January 09, 2012, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by Nastrael

it doesnt really matter as long as you read the descrip for the palantir usage...
"oh it could have some bad effects? well ill look out for that"
*uses the palantir*
"ha its only turn 5 no way im payin any attention to those 5 fake mordor stacks...kudos KK kudos..."

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