Rómestámo the Blue

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"A wise and cunning wizard, Rómestámo accompanied his friend Morinehtar eastwards in an attempt to ward its inhabitants from the devices of Sauron."
—Age of the Ring team

Rómestámo was one of the two Blue Wizards who travelled to the East and South alongside his friend and fellow Blue Wizard Morinehtar. The Two Wizards journeyed to these distant lands with the mission of hindering Sauron's operations by protecting those people in these regions who resisted Sauron's influence and rule, as well as ensuring that the forces of the East and South serving Sauron did not outnumber the West. Known as the East-helper, Rómestámo preferred a more subtle approach in his strategies against Sauron's forces compared to the more martially-inclined Morinehtar, but the two were equally vital in curbing Sauron's power in the East and South and played an important if indirect role in the downfall of the Dark Lord. At the time of the later stages of the War of the Ring, both Blue Wizards happened to be in the East, specifically near Dorwinion, where they would rally the people of Dorwinion and the Kinn-lai to defend against the forces of Darkness.

Rómestámo the Blue is a recruitable hero and one of the two Faction Leaders (alongside Morinehtar) for the Adventure: Dorwinion subfaction of the Woodland Realm. He is recruitable from the Dorwinion Fortress.

## Abilities

**Ithryn Luin** - Modifier Type: Leadership. When near each other, the Blue Wizards gain +50% armour. Passive ability.

**East-helper (R)** - Modifier Type: Leadership. Nearby friendly units gain +25% armour. Passive ability.

At level 3, can be activated to heal nearby friendly units and replace one dead unit per battalion. Left click to activate.

**Hindrance to Evil (T)** - Modifier Type: Passive debuff. Nearby enemy units suffer -33% damage and -25% armour. Nullifies enemy leaderships. Passive ability.

At level 6, target enemies' special ability timers are reset to just used. Left click then left click target area.

**Cobalt Shard (C)** - Places down a Cobalt Shard, which can be manually detonated, stunning enemy units for 5 seconds and causing damage over time for 20 seconds. Cobalt Shards may also detonate if destroyed by enemy units. A maximum of 3 Cobalt Shards may exist at a time. Left click to activate.

## Strategy

Rómestámo the Blue is one of the two Blue Wizards, both of whom are powerful heroes for the Adventure: Dorwinion subfaction. In contrast to Morinehtar, Rómestámo's skills are more focused on supporting allies and debuffing enemies, although they are still very impactful on the battlefield. If he is fielded alongside Morinehtar, the two of them both gain a significant armor bonus thanks to **Ithryn Luin**, making them significantly harder to kill. **East-helper** provides a passive armor buff to nearby allies, and if Rómestámo is level 3 allows him to heal nearby allies as well. **Hindrance to Evil** is a powerful debuff that significantly weakens nearby enemies with a damage and armour debuff that also nullifies their leaderships, and at level 6 can be cast on heroes and/or elite units with powerful abilities to reset them and signifcantly cripples their effectiveness. Rómestámo does have some offensive magic in the form of his **Cobalt Shards**, which require some finesse to place but if utilized properly can cause havoc on enemy armies by stunning them and inflicting prolonged damage over time. Together with Morinehtar, Rómestámo can swing the tide of battle in his favor with his subtle but powerful abilities.