"You certainly usually find something,

if you look, but it is not always quite

the something you were after."

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- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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Sauron has been defeated during the War of the last Alliance, but his spirit remains intact and lives within walls of Barad-Dur. His hordes were wiped out by the last alliance of men and elves, but surviving orcs fled and hid in the depths of Mordor. After years, plains of Udun and Gorgoroth started turning green and blossoming, forgetting the horrors of war...

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The steward of Gondor have established a garrison of rangers at the Black Gates, to ensure that the passage to the realm is guarded in case of a new threat.

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But the spirit of Sauron is slowly regaining power. The Dark Generals have appeared - close servants of Sauron, wielding part of their master's power. In the grim depths of Mordor they started forging new army and preparing for the return of their dark master.

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Orcs freely roam steppes of Mordor once again, attacking rangers and settlers, pillaging their homes, spilling their blood and enslaving their families. New citadels are towering above the horizon.

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A group of orcs had been sent to the Southern lands of Mordor - Nurn, in search of lost ancient artifacts, which shall serve their master in regaining strength. Upon discovering that, rangers have realized possible consequences of such powerful findings: rangers have attempted an expedition to the south, following orcs, in order to prevent them from possessing the artifacts.

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The drums of upcoming war thunder again...