Third Age Total War: Dagor Dagorath(We're Recruiting! Details in first Post!)

[Elite KryPtik]

Hello everyone! I'm pleased to announce our new submod project for Third Age, based on the end-times/Ragnarok style final battle of Tolkiens Legendarium, The Dagor Dagorath, "Battle of Battles"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qryx5sryIo4
This project aims to revamp nearly everything about base Third Age, starting by allowing you to fight not just across Middle Earth, but all of Ennor, and Numenor, and even Valinor! In order to achieve this lofty goal liberties must be taken in a lore-sense, because Tolkiens version has the battle essentially being pre-decided for the Hosts of Valinor by Eru Illuvatar, which really doesn't work for a total war setting. I have developed my own version and history of the Fourth Age leading up to the Dagor Dagorath in order to coincide with this and create a version of the setting for Total War.


TEAM AND RECRUITMENT
Our current team consists of:
Myself: Team Lead/Director.
Haman: Coder, Balance Design.
Skeletor: Coder, Balance Design.
And we are eager to expand this number! We are looking for another coder, a 3d-modeller(or more than one if available) interested in working on a high-fantasy setting featuring all of the epic monsters Tolkien has created, a texture artist to create some new terrain types, from Mountains to Forests, a CSM artist to make new settlements, and a battle-map maker for the same reason. If you're any of these and at all interested, please join the discord server using the below link and talk to me!


MAIN PROJECT FEATURES
- Battle across Valinor, Numenor, and all of Ennor(Middle Earth), from the frozen northern wastes of Forodwaith to the parched mountains of the southern Ered Mithrin beyond Haradwaith.
- Interesting, varied rosters across 18 new(or revised) factions.
- Epic scope and scale, battles and troop counts that trivialize any other conflict in the Tolkien Legendarium.
- Command Ainur, Maiar, Balrogs, Dragons, Giant Spiders, other monsters of Morgoth, heroes and villains from the First, Second, Third AND Fourth Ages, and eventually even Morgoth and Eru Illuvatar themselves!
- Brand new soundtracks, both for new and existing factions.
- Completely mapped custom tile array to simulate underground tunnel wars between Dwarves and Goblins throughout the Misty Mountains.
- Hotseat friendly mindset from the outset.


PLANNED FACTIONS
FORCES OF LIGHT
Hosts of Valinor
FEATURES: Command the Valar against Morgoth, wield awesomely powerful special units, command legendary Elf Heroes, and use Eru Illuvatar himself post campaign victory to conquer the rest of Evil.
Kingdom of Gondor
FEATURES: Lead Gandalf and other Heroes against Sauron and Mordor, fight on many fronts against 4 enemies, excellent infantry block gameplay.
Kingdom of Rohan
FEATURES: Command arguably the best cavalry in the entire mod, Lead Orome, Theoden and other cool heroes, Special Aglarond dwarves.
Free Peoples of Eriador:
FEATURES: Lead a united faction of Dunedain, Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits against a renewed Angmar and the terrifying Brood of Glaurung.
Kingdom of Dale
FEATURES: Work closely with Dwarven allies in Erebor, excellent Archer gameplay, fight against a variety of enemies on 3 fronts.
Durin's Folk
FEATURES: Fight in multiple theatres spread out across Ennor. Unique tunnel battles with Goblins, other secrets to be revealed in the future.
Ered Mithrin Dwarves:
FEATURES: Unique dwarves of the distant south that focus on Ranged Combat and have a good navy, slow but safe start.
Elves of Lothorndian
FEATURES: Fight many battles under the trees against foul Giant Spiders, amazing archers, poor armor and cavalry.


FORCES OF DARKNESS
Hordes of Morgoth
FEATURES: Command the Mornuro, Morgoth's challengers to the Valar, to sack and destroy Aman, and kill Eru Illuvatar himself. Huge hordes of units, 2nd best orcs, special monstrous units.
Mordor
FEATURES: Command Sauron, a small number of Maiar, and massive legions of Orcs and Uruks to conquer Gondor. Vampires and Werewolves. Huge hordes of units, 2nd worst orcs.
Mountain Goblin Hordes
FEATURES: Command Durin's Bane and numberless swarms of Goblins to overwhelm the Northern Folk, all led from Utumno, Morgoth's risen first age fortress. Quantity over Quality is teh name of the game.
Easterlings of Rhun
FEATURES: Secure and unite Rhun and Old Khand, lead your people in a conquest of the Free Peoples, and then prove your worth to Morgoth by conquering the other Men of Darkness.
Southrons of Harad:
FEATURES: Secure and unite Harad and Umbar, lead your people in a conquest of the Free Peoples, and then prove your worth to Morgoth by conquering the other Men of Darkness.
Brood of Ungoliant:
FEATURES: Send swarms of terrifying Giant Spiders to devour the Elves of Lothorndian, and then on from there. Command Ungoliant, the massive Spider who once humbled Melkor himself.
Brood of Glaurung:
FEATURES: Lead an army of Dragons in the name of your dark master. Command various scourges of the ages, Glaurung himself, Scatha, Smaug, and Ancalagon the Black.


UNAFFILIATED LEAGUE
Fallen Numenor
FEATURES: Lead an Army of the Dead to conquer the seas, and take revenge on all those who have wronged you. Very Easy campaign.
Sarumans Realm
FEATURES: Unite the clans of Wild Men, breed the fighting Uruk-hai, crush the malcontents of Rohan, Eriador and Gondor, and eventually steal a piece of the Secret Fire for yourself! Very Hard Campaign.
New Angmar
FEATURES: Gather disenfranchised Men of every nation, lead the terrifying Fel Orcs, the most powerful Orcs in Arda, and either redeem The Witch King in the eyes of Eru, or secure your independance through Saruman's empowerment. Extreme Difficulty Campaign!


More information will come with time of course, but that is all for now. Thanks for Reading!


LINKS
My YouTube channel, where Dev Diaries will be uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSU...M-UdX28d7F8Dhg
The Discord Channel for the Mod: https://discord.gg/brT9eefuFX
NOTE: WE WILL NOT BE ANSWERING DIRECT QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT AT THIS TIME!
Our ModDB page, for updates and a download host: https://www.moddb.com/mods/third-age...dagor-dagorath

[Elite KryPtik]

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