Angmar

The Banner of Angmar

## History

Angmar was founded by **KingTulkas** immediately after the server opened. **KingTulkas** immediately signed an alliance with Gundabad, led by **Bubbarat**, in the hope of defending their lands against the Dwarves and Rangers, who were preparing for war. War was subsequently declared against them, and the enemy succeeded in destroying Gundabad, forcing **KingTulkas** to retreat with his followers back to Angmar. Unfortunately, after losing all of his alignment with the Angmar faction due to killing a troll, **KingTulkas** left the server.

Following the departure of **KingTulkas**, **Ekrexor** was proclaimed king, but he found little support within the faction. After failing to secure significant support, **Ekrexor** fled Angmar, and it fell into complete collapse. Thankfully, this collapse would come to an end when a new player known as **Illuvatars\_Bane** took control of Angmar. **Illuvatars\_Bane** rekindled the friendship with Gundabad, creating a close alliance with their new leader **SirWilsonGS**. Sadly, **Illuvatars\_Bane** was offered rulership of Gundabad in March 2015, which he accepted. In his place, he reappointed KingTulkas, now known as **Zorik\_Deathblade** as ruler. During this time period Angmar became part of the Dark Council.

Shortly after reclaiming the throne of Angmar, **Zorik\_Deathblade** began planning the Great War with his evil colleagues. After war broke out on July 13th 2015, he took a leading role, but was slain in battle in early August 2015. His second in command, **SexyBerry**, then became the new ruler, but vanished, leaving Angmar in chaos. The former Isengard player **Faylynn** laid claim to the throne, as did the server admin and former ruler of Gondor, **TheSmileBC** on August 28th 2015. An agreement was forged between the two, in which **TheSmileBC** became the ruler of Rhudaur, while **Faylynn** became the ruler of Angmar.

**Faylynn** began building Fort Angrist, while his lieutenant, **Er\_Murazor** continued the construction of Carn-Dum. Sadly, Carn-Dum was destroyed and **Faylynn** left Angmar in late June 2016. **Er\_Murazor** took control over the faction, continued building Carn-Dum, and convinced Rhudaur to join Angmar as a subfaction in late 2016.

**Er\_Murazor** took a brief break from leadership and named **Tactical\_Retreat** the Lord of Angmar on October 16th 2017, before returning and reclaiming the faction on December 1st 2017. Er\_Murazor soon became a member of the Kings Man plot which sought to create a new evil empire centered around Mordor, led by the former Angmar ruler **Faylynn**. He backtracked, however, and on February 8th 2018 instead joined the **Astrasi Empire.** Mordor was furious and on February 23rd 2018 backed Merfrid in launching a rebellion against Murazor.

Thanks to overwhelming support from both the Dark Alliance and the White Council **Merfrid** was forced to flee Angmar but **Er\_Murazor was** exhausted. As such he abdicated and named two Umbar players known as **Fuinor\_II** and **Herumor\_II** as his heirs.

### Allies:

Shadow ConfederacyGreater Mordor

In April 2018, **Er\_Murazor** left Angmar again, with **Fuinor\_II** and **Herumor\_I**I becoming co-sovereigns. On August 1st **Fuinor\_II** renounced his claim to the throne, and on October 22nd, **Herumor\_II** departed the faction and named **muddak** the new Lord of Angmar. In mid November 2018, **muddak** ordered for the creation of a four-way leadership system, consisting of him, Astrasi Emperor **stevethebuffalo**, and rising players **Refrocks** and **Jimeck,** with **Er\_Murazor** taking over rule of Rhudaur. This system would collapse on January 13th 2019 when **Refrocks** and **Jimmeck** ousted **stevethebuffalo** and **muddak** before forcing **Er\_Murazor** out of Rhudaur on February 5th 2019 and instating **MaxieTheBoss.** **Jimeck** became known as the Witch-King while **Refrocks** became known as the Iron King.

The pair led Angmar out of the Astrasi Empire on January 25th 2019, before leaving the Dark Alliance on January 26th 2019. They then proceeded to become founding members of both of the Shadow Pact and the Iron Pact. On March 11th 2019 **MaxieTheBoss** was replaced by **TruffleHistorian** as the War-King of Rhudaur, only to be replaced on April 22nd by **AngstromSolennel**. The pair also established a strong alliance with the Wind Dwarves to deter Dalish aggression, something championed by Jimeck.

**Jimeck** left the faction on March 27th, with **Refrocks** becoming the sole King. Ref quickly cut ties with the Winds and broke their alliance before launching a series of raids. Having lost Wind-Dwarven support the Coalition of Dawn declared war a mere 4 days later against their ally of Dunland. Angmar attempted to defend their ally but they were overwhelmed and left the war on May 26th 2019. **Jimeck** returned to **Angmar** two days later, and the faction left the Iron Pact on June 5th.

The reign of **Refrocks** and **Jimeck** ended on July 25th 2019 when **TruffleHistorian**, the former King of Rhudaur was named the sole ruler of Angmar, and he named **Yardyarm** as the Iron King to act as his deputy. **TruffleHistorian** quickly began pursuing peaceful agreements with the Wind-Dwarves, resulting in a struggle for power between him and **Yardyarm**. **TruffleHistorian** ultimately replaced **Yardyarm** with another rebel, **LaurenSappy**, on July 28th 2019. **LaurenSappy** became co-ruler and the threat of rebellion dissipated.

**AngströmSolennel** was replaced as War-King of Rhudaur by **Glaad5678** on February 21st 2020 while on March 30th 2020, **LaurenSappy** stepped down as Iron Queen and left Angmar. Two days later on April 2nd 2020, **Glaad5678** was named Iron King and **AngströmSolennel** was again named War-King of Rhudaur. On April 16th 2020, Angmar joined a war against the Wind Dwarves on the side of Khand. They joined the Alliance of the East and exited the Shadow Pact during this period.

On May 31st 2020, **Maxietheboss** stepped down as Witch-King and appointed **Jimeck** as the new Witch-King of Angmar. On April 7th 2020, **Glaad5678** stepped down as the Iron King of Angmar and granted his powers to **Jimeck**, thus abolishing the position of Iron King. Jimeck joined the Shadow Confederacy on September 1st 2020 but abdicated October 13th 2020 and **MaxieTheBoss** was once again named Witch-King. **MaxieTheBoss** abdicated as Witch-King on December 5th 2020 for **TruffleHistorian**. During this period Angmar was expelled from the Alliance of the East on December 11th, causing them to help found the Black Ring Alliance.

On March 31st 2021, **TruffleHistorian** and **AngströmSolennel** stepped down as Witch-King of Angmar and War-King of Rhudaur respectively, handing the reigns over to **Monster\_Duck** as Witch-King and **fargamer2** as War-King. Monster later abdicated on June 19th 2021 for **valkorian0**, while **fargamer2** abdicated his position as War-King of Rhudaur and was replaced by **\_draqon**.

On May 4th 2021 the Forodren Gwaith declared war on Angmar. Angmar suffered 2 defeats but was ultimately able to exit the war with their territory intact on August 25th 2021. On August 23rd 2021 Angmar joined the Durins Folk-Mordor War on the side of Mordor. On June 28th 2021 the Taurethrim-Mordor War erupted, leading to the collapse of the Black Ring Alliance, and Angmar fought alongside Mordor throughout the war.

On August 8th 2021 **valkorian0** returned power to **Monster\_Duck** and after disputes between **Monster\_Duck** and **\_draqon**, **\_draqon** left the faction on September 8th 2021. **Monster\_Duck** thus took over sole rule of Angmar and merged Angmar into Mordor to form Greater Mordor on December 26th 2021. He continued ruling as the Witch-King, albeit as a subject of Sauron, until being banned on February 14th 2022. He was succeeded by **Rhrim**.

On July 31st 2022, **Rhrim** stepped down in favor of **Shakespeare\_Dano**.

## Major Builds

**Carn Dûm** - Seat of the Witch King and capital of Angmar. It proudly bears the title of greatest orcish build on TOS! Its designing by the Rivendell Architecture firm is unrivaled in splendor and beauty.

**Cródaedún** - Seat of the War King and capital of Rhudaur. It is a dark wooden fortress that sits atop a rocky hill and looms over the surrounding trollshaws.

**Amon Rhudaur** - A hillman fortress set in the Coldfells directly on the river Hoarwell.

**Khorok-Azgoth** - An ancient fortress clad in black stone on the eastern edge of Angmar. Once the capital of Angmar and home of its prestigious ruler Jimeck.

**Burzum-Ishi** - Home to RulieS, a large dark fortress set in Angmar proper which serves as recruit housing and a stronghold in Western Angmar. It is a relatively new build, but its value is great.

**Angard, the Cursed Fort** - Home to a dark sorcerer, Angard is one of Angmar's oldest continuously inhabited builds. A large dark fortress with many ramparts, towers, and gulduril mines beneath. This faction build is filled with years of history thanks to Mackgeo's upkeep.

**Dol Craban** - A gray and forlorn castle from the time of the North Kingdom. Now inhabited by hillmen, Dol Craban and the adjacent settlement of Ravensdeep serve as a strongpoint in the Ettenmoors.

**Dwarves:**
Durin's Folk •
Kingdom of Khazad-dûm •
Kingdom of Durin's Folk•
The Dwarves of the Mountains of the Wind •
Dwarves of the Red Mountains •
Blue Dwarves •
Dwarves of the Grey Mountains•
Northern Longbeard Dwarves

**Elves and Ents:**
High-Elves •
Rivendell •
Galadhrim •
The Avari Elves •
Wood-Elves •
Dorwinion •
Fangorn

**Orcs and Uruks:**
**Angmar** •
Dol Guldur •
Gundabad •
Mordor •
Isengard

**Northmen and Dúnedain**
Gondor •
Kingdom of Dale •
Rangers of the North •
The Riders of Rohan •
The Republic of Lebennin •
Dol Amroth •
Dunland •
Hobbits •
Bree •
Wood-Men of Mirkwood

**Peoples of Harad and Rhûn:**
Half-Trolls •
Morwaith •
Near Harad •
New Taurethrim Empire •
The Golden Easterlings of Rhúdel •
Eastern Tribes (Far Rhun Easterlings) •
The Variags Of Khand •
Umbar

**Disbanded factions:**
Kingdom Of Anduin •
Galdhrim •
Fire elves •
Kingdom of the Golden Wash •
Kingdom of the Isles •
Rúnandor •
Smaland •
The Northshire Republic •
Clans of the Northmen •
Lossedhil •
The Brotherhood •
Dwarves of Erebor •
Dwarves of the Iron Hills•
The Gladden Fields •
Vanwar •
Thartorogrim •
The Scourge