Between Sauron and Saruman, the continent is pressured from two sides, unable to mount a proper unified front. and the rest of Middle-Earth is no better off than my homeland, if the news is to be trusted. The Shadow rises in the East, the Corsairs of Umbar grow bolder by the day, wicked men descend upon Gondor's southern and eastern borders. You'd think that a small thing in the greater schemes. *(Yeah, that's not exactly a Gondorian name, but Helen Garland's a character I've used in a number of settings (usually as a paladin), so she stays.) XDįrom the journals of Helen* of Minas Ithil: So, hey, I figured I'd try a Where I Play while staying in-character. I recently got into Mount&Blade, and tried out mods - and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Last Days of the Third Age, a mod for playing in Middle Earth during the War of the Ring.