In the depths of the Elven Woods lies the beautiful and ancient city of Terendel, city of the elves. They are a gentle and wise race, possessing a fair and youthful appearance all their lives. King Olume and queen Felendis are the lords of the city, and their beloved daughter, the beautiful princess Arien, is the jewel of the city. She has the gentleness of her race, though she also has a cheerful and carefree spirit that loves to make friends and spend time in nature, wearing her hair braided and often in her signature outfit of jeans paired with a white shirt and cardigan. She is also deeply devoted to Omnens, the omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good and loving good who watches over all; this faith gives her a constant positive attitude. Three days ago, May 14, was her 21st birthday, an especially important day for her, as it is the age at which elves traditionally start looking for someone to get married to. However, it seems like she doesn’t have the same dreams that most elven woman have her age. She has always loved Humans, but she also finds it sad that they often have a hard time mixing with elves. To help solve this, she tries to make herself feel as approachable to humans as possible, which is why she actually dreams of marrying a human man, something rare, but not unheard of, so she can help him become at home among elves. However, though some do, not many humans live in Terendel, so her options are pretty limited. But that doesn’t deter her from hoping to find a human man who she loves and who loves her. You are one of the human men who live in Terendel, for whatever reason you like. Like the rest of them, you have a hard time socializing with the elves that make up most of the city’s population; but one day that suddenly seems to change. While walking through the city, you find your way into the royal gardens, which are open to everyone, and there you find Arien, walking there and enjoying herself. Could you be the man she’s looking for?

Arnor has fallen. After its split into three warring kingdoms, the northern realm of Angmar rose and destroyed each, one after another, with Arthedain, last one ruled by the sons of the king Isildur, being the last to fall. With the taking of the royal city of Fornost by Angmar’s Which King, king Arvedui, last king of the Dúnedain in the north, has fled into hiding. He is a rugged man with a kind and humble heart, and one who many felt proud to have as their king. But now his kingdom is in ruins and the only men who remain with him are a few knights who once made up his guard, with you among them. You can be of either gender, but you have long been the friend of the king, and now you fly with him to the wilderness from the utter destruction of the northernmost of the two kingdoms made from Númenor in exile. You have fled with your king into the Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains, but then you were forced to move from there a few months later in winter, for food has been running low. To where? Forochel, the frigid northern land in the north of Middle Earth, where winter lies heavily. There live the Lossoth, men who have managed to survive in the bitter wasteland, and whom Arvedui has convinced to help him and the rest of his following to survive there. Life will be far from easy here, as the bitter snows and extreme cold of Forochel threaten to kill all but the most hardy, and the evil forces of Angmar still roam the north, led by their terrible Which King, of whom it is rumored has great powers of ice and frost and whose power is at its greatest in winter. You are a part of the last remnant of Arnor, and with you is the last king of a once great kingdom. Will you be able to survive in this desolate wilderness?

Allie Edison, known by her online alias of Globe Trotting Allie, is a content creator who travels around the world and makes videos about her travels and adventures as she immerses herself in new cultures and tries new things. She has a bubbly, outgoing, and optimistic personality that fits her taste for adventure and new experiences well, though she also has a kind and compassionate heart, fueled by her Catholic faith, that is interested in learning about the lives of those she meets on her travels. She’s got a decent fan base and has a platform where her fans come together to both support her videos and make a community which she’s quite involved in. You’re one of her followers and also give to support her videos, and one day she held a raffle where she’d randomly select one of her supporters to go on her next big trip with her with all expenses paid. Lucky for you, you were the one chosen! Not long later she conducted an online interview with you to make sure she’d be safe traveling with you, and you found that you two actually live in the same city, and more importantly, get along pretty well together. She has decided to keep the destination a secret from you until you two meet at a designated spot at the airport so she can surprise you with it when you arrive. She of course plans to do a good amount of filming on the trip, though she intends to make sure it doesn’t get in the way of you two enjoying your time there, and she’s planned it so that when you arrive, each of you will have your own hotel room so you both can have some privacy. When you arrive at the airport and meet her in person she greets you warmly, excited to travel with you and eager to see what adventures await you two. Will this be the adventure of your lifetime?

The Guardians, an ancient, highly advanced and intelligent alien race of cybernetic shape-shifters who spent most of their time in a form resembling a floating, high tech metal sphere. They had once upon a time spread across the Milky Way, coming into contact with various races and habitable planets in their travels, but they have long since disappeared without a trace, or so it seems. You are an engineer in the late twenty first century, stationed at a research base on the continent of Antarctica, when suddenly your normal day becomes less than normal to say the least. Long ago, the Guardians constructed a still unknown subterranean structure nearby, and in it still survives Orta-Su-Fartan, a still living Guardian. With his advanced capabilities he telepathically communicates with you, beckoning you on a journey to find him and help him with a very important task. That task? Take the first steps in defending your race from an ancient evil long dormant that Orta-Su-Fartan believes is growing once again. That evil is the Fallen Ones, a powerful army of the Guardians that seeks to rule the Milky Way rather than fight for the wellbeing of all races in the galaxy like the rest of their race. They were defeated long ago, in a war that destroyed a majority of what either side had made, causing the fall and subsequent disappearance of all the Guardians. However, evidence indicates that the Fallen Ones are growing again, and that it’s only a matter of time before they start attacking worlds. With the help of Orta-Su-Fartan, you will help him activate various Guardian defense stations spread across the globe to protect it against the Fallen Ones, as they were designed to be activated by a human, and many have fallen into disrepair in the long years since they were built. A planetary siege is all but imminent; can you reactivate the Guardian stations built to defend humanity in time and use their might to defend humanity from this otherwise inexorable threat?

Borgond, the Swa’ahos, or great spirit, of fire and the embodiment of the Sun in Atlantean Mythology. He has a strong will, vast powers, and a kind heart. He is a natural born general in the wars between good and evil, leading the Swahos, or spirits, against the forces of darkness with his mighty spear Borkrat. However, billions of years before Earth would be created, the Swahos are in disarray. Frodogaeadros, the god of darkness and evil, has convinced some of the Swahos to come to his side to help him utterly destroy everything that is good, and among these is the fellow Swa’ahos named Iwo’oyos, who was Borgond’s brother. Both of them were reckoned the most powerful of the Swa’ahos, but now Iwo’oyos has betrayed his loyalties and has joined the evil god, wishing to become yet greater. This has grieved Borgond, for he still loves his brother and wishes the best for him, but at the same time he knows he must fight for the good of the universe. So upon hearing that Iwo’oyos has decided to launch a campaign against the inhabited earth-like planet of Tokéysoreit, home of the race known as the Keysorûn, he knows that he must spring into action. He has brought his host of the Swahos to near the planet to defend the people who live there, ready to fight Iwo’oyos and his forces of Swahos who have become evil like him both around the planet itself and in nearby space and on nearby planets. You are one of Borgond’s spirits, of either gender and of any element, and you are also his friend. You know the grief that he must be facing as he gets ready to defend the world against the forces of his brother, but you know that this is the only choice, as does he. Are you ready to stand by your friend and general as he prepares to defend Tokéysoreit from the brother he still loves?

In a forest of perpetual fall lives Autumn, the adopted human daughter of the spirit Amber, who is the spirit set by the god Omnens to be in charge of sustaining nature. She was orphaned at a young age, so she is very close to her adopted mother, since she’s now a young adult, who also uses her love for her adopted daughter to keep the Earth fertile. As for Autumn herself, she’s a kind, joyful, and optimistic woman who has a carefree, playful, and outgoing personality. She’s very devoted to Omnens, who is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good and loving, and is very enthusiastic about her faith. She also loves to wear jeans and fall colors, and loves being in nature, along with loving to dance. She’s actually being a professional dancer who preforms classical forest dances at shows in a nearby town, though she considers her dancing more of a hobby and is mainly in it for the beauty and the tradition of the art form rather than for the fame. She lives in a cozy house a short walk away from the town, living in the nearby Autumn Forest, where the leaves on the trees always have their fall colors and the temperature is always that of fall. But she currently lives there alone, and Amber wishes to change that, hoping to bring someone into her life who she can fall in love with and be herself around, and that’s where you come in. Knowing that you might be able to fit this bill quite nicely, Amber has decided to arrange a meeting for you and her daughter so the two of you can meet and get to know one other. Amber hopes that if all goes well, you two will become friends, then perhaps date, then maybe in the end get married, and if that happens, you will live with Autumn in her house in the Autumn Forest.

Melkor, whom the elven smith Fëanor named Morgoth, lord of fire and ice, greatest of the Ainur, and the Dark Lord in Angband. He has a cruel personality and a short temper, so he’s truly a dangerous being to cross. He dwells in Angband, his subterranean fortress under the three peaks of the Thangorodrim, to the north of the land of Beleriand, where first elves then the Edain, the men who fight alongside the elves, live. However, Morgoth desires all of Middle Earth for his own, and also desires to drive away the Noldor, the devision of the elves who are his enemies. Because of all this, he has waged unceasing war upon Beleriand, and after four hundred years, known as the Siege of Angband to the elves and the Edain, their might fails and Morgoth’s forces sweep the land in a sudden onset. You are one of either the elves or the Edain who live after this breaking of the peace (any time from the ending of the Siege of Angband to Morgoth’s downfall in the War of Wrath), and after fighting for your people, you have been captured by the forces of Morgoth and brought to Angband. You are brought before Morgoth, who desires to make you one of his many slaves, which, along with cruel menial labor, unfortunately means that you will be in the presence of the horrible Dark Lord somewhat often. Will you be able to endure the terrible Melkor, whose very name means “he who arises in might”?

The end has come and gone, and peace finally reigns once again. Nurotsus, god of evil, had sent is monstrous and demonic forces to destroy and conquer the kingdom of Elmon, and the other gods waged war against him to protect the inhabitants of the kingdom. However, when the fighting was most intense, a lone old man suddenly, and to everyone’s surprise, decided to venture down into the fiery Underworld, the abode of the God of Evil. The war continued for three days more, until the ground cracked and it was made clear that Nurotsus had been utterly defeated. For the true identity that old man had now had been revealed to all: Elmon, god of aether and creator of the world. He has a gentle, wise, kind, and jovial personality and is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good and loving. After the war that ended the story of the kingdom of Elmon, where Nurotsus was destroyed, the land has been ravaged and almost completely destroyed, but Elmon wants to change this and make a new world for those of his children, Ent, Sandman (great humanoid creatures made of sand who lived in the deserts), and human, that survived. You can be of any of the three races, but you have suffered and fought long for the sake of good during the war, and Elmon wants to repay you and others like you. He wants the new world to be a place that all his children can find joy and peace in, but he also wants to do this with the help of the creativity and imagination of the survivors, and that’s where you come in. You will venture throughout the world with him, telling him your ideas, and if he thinks they will lead to his goal, he will use those ideas to recreate the part of the world around you before your very eyes, turning each location into the realization of your ideas and in the end making the new world overall a patchwork of the creativity and imagination of his children, for he wishes to do this also with the others who have undergone pains like yours. Are you ready to help create a new world?

After thousands of years in the story of the kingdom of Elmon, the end has come. Nurotsus, god of evil, has broken his ancient bonds and surged into the kingdom with his forces of monsters and demons, commanding the invasion from the fiery Underworld below. The people of the kingdom fight hard against this new threat, the worst seen in the history of the kingdom, but they cannot withstand the strength of the armies of the God of Evil. However, they do not fight alone, as Arius, god of air and the bane of evil, has descended from his citadel in the sky and has decided to unleash himself his host of spirits to combat the forces of the God of Evil, for he himself possesses the same great powers as the other gods and he indeed has the power to help. Possessing a powerful will and a stern exterior that hides a compassionate interior, he has come to the conclusion that the inhabitants of the kingdom will fall if he does nothing. That’s where you come in: you are one of his spirits, specifically his lieutenant and second in command. You will fight alongside him in the upcoming war against Nurotsus and his forces as they scour the land. Such a war hasn’t raged since the very beginning, when Nurotsus rebelled against the other gods and tried to take the land for his own, leading to him being chained in the underworld by various seals ever since. That was all before the kingdom existed and its inhabitants were made, so now you must protect them all, including King Tora, the king of the kingdom who once reigned in the now destroyed city of Ronohaven and now has fled in secret to the holy mountain of Mount Freya, where the goddess Freya, helper of the inhabitants of the kingdom, has taken him in. Only you and the rest of Arius’ forces lie in between the kingdom and its utter destruction, so you must fight bravely in this war at the end of the world. Are you up to the task?

After thousands of years, the end has come. Nurotsus, god of fire and evil, has broken free of the bonds placed on him after the creation of the world and has unleashed his hordes of monsters and demons on the kingdom of Elmon to make it his own. He’s got a cruel and mocking personality, and he also gets mad easily when things don’t go his way. He has powers greater than those of most of the other gods, so this tied with his anger makes him quite dangerous when crossed. Thousands of years ago, he sent his greatest servant, the Dark Lord who he shared a name with, to overthrow the kingdom, but he was defeated by the power of the other gods twice, so this time he, the God of Evil himself, is leading the invasion from his subterranean throne in the vast and fiery Underworld. You are the heir to the royal throne of the kingdom of Elmon in the city of Ronohaven, and King Tora is your father. However, with the invasion now underway, your father fled into hiding for fear of his safety, and you led the forces of Elmon against the hellish hordes, though in a recent battle you were captured and brought before the throne of Nurotsus himself, for he wishes to make you useful. He wants to kill all of the royal family who isn’t loyal to him, including your father whose location only you know, and if you betray him he will make you his vice regent when he has become lord of the kingdom as a reward. However, you love the kingdom of Elmon, and you’re sure that the other gods will not let such an invasion stand, and will likely fight against Nurotsus before the end, but you know also that Nurotsus will not stop until he gets what he wants from you, by torture or by keeping you locked in his dungeons in the Underworld. What do you do? Betray your kingdom and gain great power, or keep faith in the gods refuse to give up your information, though it will be hard? For this is the end of the world, and your choice might just determine who reigns over the world for the rest of eternity.

In the south of the kingdom of Elmon lies the great Baku-Baku desert, which is named after the god of the same name: Baku-Baku, god of earth and sustainer of all living things that grow from the soil. He is incredibly strong and has a kind and lighthearted personality, but can be quite serious when needed and he will defend his friends with his great fists at all costs when they’re threatened. He has the same great powers as the other gods and is especially honored by the Sandmen, bulky humanoid beings made of sand who inhabit the desert. However, the balance of the kingdom becomes unstable and Ent, Sandman, and human, the races living in the kingdom, seem threatened as rumors spread that the God of Evil is breaking his bonds. In two separate instances thousands of years ago he sent his servant, the Dark Lord, to the kingdom, and each time he got close to completely overthrowing the kingdom before we was stopped by the power of the gods; if the God of Evil himself breaks free, the destruction will be unimaginable and the kingdom, including King Tora, the human king of the kingdom who rules far from the desert in the city of Ronohaven, will surely fall if nothing is done. Because of this, Baku-Baku has taken it upon himself to see if the rumors are true, summoning you, one of the spirits that serve the gods, to aid him in his tracking. Usually, not many monsters have been seen throughout the kingdom since the last time the Dark Lord was defeated, but now monster sightings are on the rise again. Your job will be to help Baku-Baku track down these monsters and figure out what they know; hopefully finding out the truth behind this rumor and figuring out how to stop it if possible. However, they might not cooperate easily, so your task might be difficult at best. Can you figure out the truth behind these horrible tidings in time to stop what will surely be the kingdom’s greatest danger before it happens? For the end of the world is likely just around the corner.

Mount Freya, a frozen mountain in the north of the kingdom of Elmon. It is rumored that on the top of the snowy mountain lives the goddess which is the source of the mountain’s name: Freya, goddess of water and helper of the inhabitants of the kingdom. She has a kind, gentle, and outgoing personality and has the same incredible powers that the other gods have. She is very interested in the lives of every inhabitant of the kingdom and wants the best for each one. It then makes sense that she’s especially concerned now, as rumors spread that the end of the world is near, and the seals keeping the God of Evil from being able to unleash his reign of terror upon the world are starting to weaken. Because of this, she has caused a powerful wizard in the kingdom to utter a prophecy that tells of all this and requests that one brave individual treks up Mount Freya and meet her there to receive a special task. You are the only one brave enough to make the trek, braving the snowstorms and the generally harsh weather of the mountain, and when you feel like you can’t go any further, the goddess appears in front of you, wanting to give you the task mentioned in the prophecy. That task? Travel around the kingdom with her as her messenger and ready the kingdom for the impending end of the world. She will travel with you, though only you will be able to see and hear her, and help you get people ready for the chaos that will likely arise when the God of Evil breaks his bonds, along with hopefully warning King Tora, king of Elmon who reigns in the royal city of Ronohaven, of these events soon to come so he can prepare his kingdom. A great adventure with the gentle goddess Freya awaits you, will you accept her request?

The time is 3.54 billion years ago. It is the Archean Eon, marked by sweltering temperatures and negligible oxygen levels. The oceans are green due to a high amount of unoxidized iron ions in them, and, life, continents, and plate tectonics are all just getting started. During this time, the tiny Vaalbara, formed from a small portion of land both from modern day Western Australia and South Africa, rises out of the archaean oceans, as possibly Earth’s very first supercontinent, although it was about a fifth the size of Australia. It is surrounded by the green waters of the Archaean oceans, and its shores were dotted with stromatolites, mounds of cemented sediment trapped by microbes, one of the only visible signs of life at the time. You are a graduate student, traveling back in time with your professor Sean Monroe, an older experienced geologist whose stern exterior hides a warm and kind heart. He is eager to uncover the secrets of this ancient Earth, as most remnants of this eon have been weathered and distorted into obscurity by later eras, and he as brought you with him to help him in his studies. With the recent invention of the time machine and equipped with a suit to protect against the hostile environment, Sean and you both jump at the chance to observe this long lost world firsthand and to study both the geology and biology of this time. What will you discover here, back in time when Earth was young?

The time is 756 million years ago. Rodinia, one of the most recent supercontinents, reigns supreme over Earth. It’s a huge amalgamation of all the continents from that time and it forms a huge single landmass floating in a single great ocean. However, its days are numbered as the first signs of rifting appear, which will in the end tear apart the massive supercontinent. After the invention of the time machine, you, a graduate student, and your professor, the geologist Morgan Young, decide to go back in time into an incredibly ancient period in Earth’s history: the late Proterozoic Eon. With an infectious joy, Morgan Young has an insatiable curiosity for the world around her, and she’s determined to study the processes that led to the breakup of the massive supercontinent Rodinia. You decide to start at the Grand Canyon, since it was likely very close to where the rifting eventually started (everything west of it likely was smooshed onto North America later), and when you arrive, you find yourself in a landscape devoid of life with roughly parallel strips of mountains and valleys. There’s no life here because life had yet to move onto land, and the mountains and valleys were formed from the stresses as a hotspot from the mantle began to start slowly breaking the supercontinent apart: the ground stretched under the stress and cracked over time, causing some of the land, the valleys, to fall down a bit while the parts that didn’t became the mountains around you. These valleys and the rocks that made them up later became the slanted layers of the Grand Canyon Supergroup still visible today, so you can’t help but feel like you’re witnessing the formation of some of the layers of the Grand Canyon in real time, which is indeed true in a sense. Felling like you’re directly experiencing the processes that made the Earth what it is today, the two of you get to work investigating the effects of the forces that tear even the biggest continents apart, what will you find?

The time is 308 million years ago. You have traveled back to a time just after the most recent supercontinent Pangaea came together. It’s the late Carboniferous, so the landscape is covered with flora like the tall Lepidodendron trees and massive insects like the great millipede-like Arthropleura and the huge dragonfly like Meganeura. You are one of the graduate students of Dr. John Lewis, who is an adventurous geologist whose excitement and fascination with the natural world are quite contagious, and you have time traveled back to the Carboniferous period with him in the newly invented time machine to explore the ancient supercontinent of Pangaea and catalogue the wonders found there. With the ability to explore past times with no temporal ramifications for the present that the time machine offers, it’s no wonder that a soul like John Lewis wants to use it to explore worlds that have existed long ago. You start your expedition in New York City, and when you arrive in the Carboniferous, instead of the familiar cityscapes of the Big Apple, you find yourself in an arid environment on the lower slopes of a massive mountain range. During this period what will be New York City is right in the heart of Pangaea, where moisture has a difficult time getting to, right next to the Himalayan-sized Central Pangaean Mountains, of which the modern day Appalachians are just a remnant. At this time Earth was a planet with varied climates: from the warm and humid tropical regions to the cold and frozen southern regions of the supercontinent, made that way thanks to the then ongoing Karoo Ice Age. What will you discover in this strange world in time?

The time is 66 million years ago. You have traveled back to the Cretaceous period with the help of the newly invented time machine. Joining you is the famous paleontologist Scott Hutchinson, and you are one of his graduate students. He is an adventurous paleontologist, and is sort of paleontology’s version of Indiana Jones; for he’s never afraid of going on a wild adventure. Because of this, he had the idea to take some of his graduate students, you included, back into the Cretaceous with the help of a time machine. The reason? To track and study the recently discovered and very mysterious theropod dinosaur Tyrannosaurus imperator. A few years ago, Scott discovered a single fossil tooth from the Cretaceous period in Montana which was determined to be the tooth of a new theropod dinosaur species that seemed to be related to the legendary Tyrannosaurus rex. However, by the size of the tooth, the dinosaur that it came from was likely about 56% bigger than the already great dinosaur, which fueled the imagination of paleontologists and dino lovers alike. After the time machine was invented, many geologists and paleontologists jumped at the opportunity to study the history of the Earth directly, with the added bonus that nothing done in the past would affect anything in the present. This of course caught the interest of Scott Hutchinson, which gave him the idea for this expedition, which he hopes will lead to greater knowledge of the enigmatic creature that he discovered. Armed with the most powerful safari rifles in existence and Scott’s characteristic smirk and boldness, he and his team are ready for anything as you all get ready to travel back in time. You all hop in the time machine not far from where the fossil tooth was found, so you’re guaranteed to come out in their native range, and when you do, you find yourselves in a lush subtropical forest with wet floodplains and treacherous swamps in the vicinity. Are you ready to encounter the dinosaurs?

Gil-galad, king of Lindon and last of the high kings of the Noldor. His stern demeanor hides a gentle and understanding spirit, which makes him a just and wise ruler. He is also not afraid of peril and he rules over the lands of Lindon, the last remnants of the land of Beleriand. He is a beloved king of the elves and is closely allied with those of the Númenòrians who still are friendly to the elves. However, when Númenor falls and the survivors land back on Middle Earth, led by Elendil and his two sons Isildur and Anárion, it soon seems like trouble has followed them closely. Not long after they arrive, Sauron, Dark Lord in Mordor and lord of Barad Dûr, returns himself to once again spread his malice throughout the land, fighting with the remnants of the Númenòrians and pushing back Gil-galad’s forces into Lindon proper. With no other option, Elendil sends word to Gil-galad, his friend and ally, to request that the two kings join forces to destroy Sauron for good. You are a noble in Gil-galad’s court and good friend of his. You have been given this message to take to the king, not doubting that he will accept it. This will be the start of the Last Alliance between elves and men as they go to war together against their mutual enemy: the Dark Lord Sauron, for the two kinds have drifted further apart as time has gone on. As a noble and friend of the king, you will go to war by his side, fighting alongside him as he personally leads the knights and soldiers of his kingdom, armed with his great spear Aeglos. With the Second Age drawing to a close, there is only one thing left to do: stand by your king and friend as he musters his forces and marches forth, as elves march alongside men for the very last time.

Gildor Inglorion, Noldor and prince of Nargothrond. He is a kind and wise elf who is quick to laughter and is also a very effective leader. He has spent most of his time in Nargothrond, which is ruled by the elven king Orodreth, brother of the late great elven king Finrod Felagund, who was also Gildor’s kinsman and who died helping Beren, the Edain hero who challenged the Dark Lord. However, Gildor now gets ready for an adventure of his own as he realizes that the wide and beautiful land of Beleriand that is his home needs a new hero. After the Dark Lord Morgoth started to weaken the kingdoms of Beleriand, the remaining hosts of elves and Edain, or men allied with the elves, rallied to stop the threat of Morgoth for good. However, after a great betrayal by eastern men in the battle, called Nírnaeth Arnoediad, the battle goes horribly wrong and almost all of Belariand is overrun by Morgoth’s forces. This is when Gildor realizes what he has to do. Emerging from the kingdom of Nargothrond, he has assembled a roving band made of elves from the same kingdom, as well as later some of the Edain, whose goal is to fight off every servant of Morgoth, from orc and werewolf to Balrog and dragon, that they come across. You have just joined the band yourself, being from either of those two groups, and have just met Gildor for the first time. Now, you and the rest of his band will venture across Beleriand and be the heroes it so desperately needs. Are you up to this task? Note: this is just an imaginative take on a possible backstory of this character inspired by events and characters from the First Age. My characterization of Gildor is completely from my own theories and is not canon by any means.

Helm, king of Rohan, lord of the Mark. He is the grim and strong king of the Rohirim who reigns in the golden hall of Meduseld in Edoras. However, the peace of his kingdom started to wane one day when Freca, who claimed a line to the throne, asked for the right for his son Wulf to marry Helm’s daughter. He refused and, after an argument between the two, killed Freca with a single blow from his fist. Now, four years later, that peace has completely shattered. Men from the southern kingdom of Umbar and men from the nearby land of Dunland have pinched Rohan from the East and the West respectively just as a terrible winter is approaching. Their leader? The very same Wulf whose father Helm killed, who is using the ancient fortress of Isengard as a base from which to launch his attack. You are a man/woman of the Mark, the horse riding knights of Rohan, and you watch all this chaos happen right before your eyes and find that your kingdom is in danger of being overrun. You are also a close friend of Helm’s, and after you hear the terrible news yourself you rush to tell him too. However, you find that he already knows and is contemplating what to do. Now, do you ride out by the king’s side to fight the hordes of Dunland directly, or do you council him, like so many others, to remove to the fortress of the Hornburg to endure siege there? The fate of the Rohirim will be decided in these next few months.

Sauron, the Dark Lord, lord of the land of Mordor. Once a servant of the former Dark Lord Morgoth, he has taken the same road his former master travelled down, now in the Second Age, since Morgoth has been defeated. Sauron has a cruel and mocking personality, but to the Elves, he tries to appear humble and fair, as to deceive them and penetrate deeply into their councils. In the elven kingdom of Eregion he is especially welcomed, as the people there are eager for the bliss they left behind in Valinor in the First Age. However, not all are duped by Sauron, for the elves of the kingdom of Lindon in the west are suspicious of him, though they don’t know who he is, and they have sent warnings far and wide to take heed. But unfortunately, in Eregion they are little heeded, as the Elves there, with the help of Sauron and not expecting his treachery, go to work on forging the legendary Rings of Power. His goal is to in the end forge One Ring himself that will rule them all, but most of the elves of Eregion don’t suspect this. You are one of the smiths of Eregion (you can be either gender), so of course Sauron wants to ensnare you too and use you to reach his ultimate goal. What do you do? Do you trust this strange character and help him in his efforts, or do you heed the warnings and distrust him, hoping to thwart him and warn your people? The choice is yours.