Dorwinion

**Dorwinion** is probably one the more unknown places in the LOTR lore. But those who have dived into the knowledge of the East should know this is a Realm of Men and Elves. They are mostly known for their Wine and their admiration and love for it. They aren't drunkards, but drink sparingly, preferring to sell than drink. **Icarus (e\_0\_s)**  is the current Lord of Dorwinion.

## History

As soon as Dorwinion was added to the mod, five young and energetic players decided to band together and claim the land: **Swain (Xway101), Mistborn, Rakkety\_Tam (penguin\_palace), Methenor (Lord\_Mithalvaiel), and Gundark1709.** They built the city of Caras Falathrim south of the Golden Ford waypoint, and they got quite far.

Methenor was originally going to be king, but Swain betrayed him and exiled him to Lothlorien. However, the other claimants were relatively unaffected by this.

After a while, however, Xway101 felt the urge to become a dwarf player once again, and his claim quickly fell apart from there.

For a long time, Dorwinion lay empty, with no man or elf trying to become king. That all changed, however, when **Calimehtar (e\_0\_s)** joined the faction 4 months later, after leaving Gondor. He got the former Dunland players **Hallas (reddieeddie) and Ingold (flyingfroggy12)** to help. **Thalias (SiDeus)** also supported the claim. They founded the city of Caras Winion in central Dorwinion around the year 1436.

Everyone on the server knew that e\_0\_s was claiming Dorwinion, and evil players were interested in having the land. Near Harad tried to trick Dorwinion into signing a non-agression pact, and e\_0\_s did sign it, but he was very suspicious of the Near Haradrim, and dramatically burned the pact.

Mordor (under the rule of bossninja4) was also interested briefly in taking over Dorwinion, and would frequently visit the land to harass Dorwinion members and kill NPC's. That all changed with the Battle of Victory Hill, *Proelium Victoriae Collis.*

e\_0\_s had recently put construction on hold in Caras Winion, and was walking the streets of Caras Falathrim when he noticed bossninja4 and two other Mordor players near the city. He yelled at them in chat in his typical angry style, and he rallied a High Elf, **Arvegil (dr\_destructor, commander of Gondor), Tepelstreeltje (Nain II of Durin's Folk), SiDeus (now part of the Woodland Realm) and TechPriestOztin (Aemilius the Bannerman of Dorwinion)** to hunt down the scum. They charged out the gates of the city and into the surrounding forest.

After about five minutes of running, they found the orcs perched atop a tall hill in the forest. Tepelstreeltje took command, and told the High Elf and Aemilius to stay at the foot of the hill and annoy them with arrows. The rest charged up the hill. e\_0\_s was low on hearts, and he asked for food. An orc taunted him, saying he had a stack of bread. e\_0\_s charged from behind a cypress tree and threw a spear at the orc, nearly killing him. The orc battered him with his axe, and e\_0\_s had half a heart left when Arvegil killed him. Arvegil was then immediately killed by bossninja4, who then killed SiDeus. The remaining Mordor player killed the High Elf sniper and Aemilius. e\_0\_s was hiding behind a birch tree regenerating his hearts, when Tepelstreeltje unleashed his death-rage and brutally assaulted bossninja4. e\_0\_s then ran up do help him, and they killed Sauron together. However, the remaining Mordor player had escaped. e\_0\_s perceived he was hiding in a cave on a nearby hill. The two ran over there, and the Mordor player was brutally murdered by Tepelstreeltje.

Having sold Caras Falathrim to the men of Dale, the members of Dorwinion finally claimed with their capital city, Caras Winion. However, with the newly-added Easterlings on the rise, war may be imminent...

Dorwinion declared war on Gundabad (being lead by **Lugher (ratking18**)). No sieges have happened yet.

## List of Players

* e\_0\_s (Calimehtar Icarus)
* reddieeddie (Hallas)
* flyingfroggy12 (Elu)
* Derenor (Lukeage2000)
* Ciryahir

## Cities

* Caras Winion
* Random Moredain city (up for sale! Ask e\_0\_s for details)