Imladris

* Castle
* Camp

"His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Evil things did not come into that valley."
—The Hobbit, "A Short Rest"

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**Imladris** is based around the elven inhabitants of Rivendell, and it is one of the two elven factions featured in the Edain Mod. This faction offers excellent quality, highly specialized troops at the price of unit size, production time and unit diversity.

Imladris**'** fortresses have a walkable ring of walls with several extension functions. Within the fortress there are 7 building plots, whilst outside of the fortress exists the possibility to build two unique defensive buildings. The Citadel provides important functions and can be expanded with various fields of study. On camp maps, Imladris has a ring of walls with a simple entrance. This faction typically fields a low number of excellent quality troops. The troop sizes, therefore, are smaller than in other factions.

Imladris can recruit the Elves of Lindon on settlements and the Dúnedain of the North on outposts.

## Strategic Points

### Castle

Rivendell is protected by an imposing fortress, that can be armed with healing fountains, towers and side gates at various building slots. The gate can on each side be upgraded with floodgates to blow nearby enemies away. The whole game principle of the faction is focused on the buildable Library, which collects knowledge during the game. By doing so it is provided with new fields of study and Loremasters. As the game progresses and more knowledge is collected, the variety of the faction grows. Units can use new skills or formations and improve already upgraded blades and arrows even further.

### Camp

The Rivendell Camp is similar to the Gondor Camp where the camp has on exit and is surrounded by thin walls. The camp can be equipped with four towers for defense and apart from that has access to the same buildings and abilities as the fortress.

### Outpost

Apart from the regular outpost, Rivendell can build a Dúnedain outpost which can be upgraded similarly to the Ered Luin Lake-town or Erebor's Dale. They can be upgraded with a food tent to produce resources, a tower which fires arrows at nearby enemies, a barracks to recruit Dúnedain troops and a healing tent, which heals nearby troops. The hero Halbarad can also be recruited.

### Settlement

On the settlements, Rivendell can build an Imladris Farm to produce resources and to reduce cavalry costs, a Hobbit Farm to reduce Dúnedain costs, which is protected by hobbits and a Lindon Watchtower to recruit Círdan and Lindon Guardians.

## Heroes

### Gildor

"Before long the Elves came down the lane towards the valley. They passed slowly, and the hobbits could see the starlight glimmering on their hair and in their eyes. They bore no lights, yet as they walked a shimmer, like the light of the moon above the rim of the hills before it rises, seemed to fall about their feet."
—The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"

**Gildor** was a Ñoldorin elf who met Frodo Baggins in the Shire. After hearing of the Black Riders, he allowed Frodo, Sam and Pippin to spend a night in the Elves' company.

**Recruitment location:**  Citadel

### Halbarad

"'Halbarad Dúnadan, Ranger of the North I am,' cried the man. 'We seek one Aragorn son of Arathorn, and we heard that he was in Rohan.'"
—Halbarad, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company"

**​Halbarad** was one of the Dúnedain Rangers who guarded the Shire in the Third Age. During the War of the Ring, he led 30 of the Grey Company (as well as the Sons of Elrond) to Gondor, where he was killed in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

**Recruitment location:**  Dúnedain Outpost with a Troop Tent Upgrade

### Arwen

"So it was that Frodo saw her whom few mortals had yet seen; Arwen, daughter of Elrond, in whom it was said that the likeness of Lúthien had come on earth again; and she was called Undómiel, for she was the Evenstar of her people."
—The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"

**Arwen** is the daughter of Elrond and Celebrían. During the Third Age, she loved Aragorn (a man) and chose a mortal life with him in Middle-earth rather than join her father in the Undying Lands.

**Recruitment location:**  Citadel

### Círdan

"Círdan the Shipwright was lord of the Havens and mighty among the Wise."
—The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"

**Círdan**​ was a Telerin shipwright who lived in Lindon. He was one of the oldest living beings in Middle Earth and was a guardian of the Elven Ring Narya, which he gave to Gandalf. Círdan prepared the ship that sent the Ring-bearers into the West at the start of the Fourth Age.

**Recruitment location:**  Lindon Watchtower

### Elladan and Elrohir

"And have you marked the brethren Elladan and Elrohir? Less sombre is their gear than the others', and they are fair and gallant as Elven-lords; and that is not to be wondered at in the sons of Elrond of Rivendell."
—Legolas, The Return of the King, "The Passing of the Grey Company"

**Elladan and Elrohir** were the Sons of Elrond and Celebrían born early in the Third Age. They were known for their close friendship with the Dúnedain of the North and joined the Grey Company as they journeyed to Gondor during the War of the Ring.

**Recruitment location:**  Rivendell Barracks

### Glorfindel

"'I thought that I saw a white figure that shone and did not grow dim like the others. Was that Glorfindel then?'
'Yes, you saw him for a moment as he is upon the other side: one of the mighty of the Firstborn. He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes.'"
—The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"

**Glorfindel** was once a Lord of Gondolin during the First Age of Middle-earth. During the Fall of Gondolin he fought and slew one of the Balrogs, perishing in the process. Because of his noble actions in life he was sent back to Middle-earth in the Second Age by the Valar.

**Recruitment location:**  Green Pasture

### Elrond

"He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer."
—The Hobbit, "A Short Rest"

**Elrond Half-elven** was the Lord of Rivendell during the Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. He was the Herald of Gil-galad in the War of the Last Alliance and an ally of Arnor in the Angmar War. In the early years of the Third Age, Elrond married Celebrían, daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn, and together they had three children, the twins Elladan and Elrohir and Arwen Undómiel. With his Ring, Vilya, he preserved and protected Imladris from all evil. He fostered the Heirs of Isildur in their exile and his home was a place of rest and counsel for all the Free Peoples. Elrond was a prominent and powerful member of the White Council and assisted both the Company of Thorin Oakenshield and the Fellowship of the Ring.

**Recruitment location:**  Library

## External Buildplots

### ​Buildings

Recruitable hero: Halbarad
 Hobbit Farm | Settlement
Defended by Hobbits.
2 Farms: **-10%**
3 Farms: **-15%**
4 Farms: **-20%**
5 Farms: **-25%**
 Lindon Watchtower | Settlement
Trains Lindon Guardians.
Recruitable hero: Círdan
 Garden of Imladris | Settlement
2 Farms: **-10%**
3 Farms: **-15%**
4 Farms: **-20%**
5 Farms: **-25%**
6 Farms: **-30%**

## Spellbook

**Due to recent changes by Fandom, the hover mechanics of the spellbooks no longer works. Below you can see how the spells are arranged in the game. To find more about each power scroll down to the tabber.**

**Tabber**

* Breeze of Manwe
* Miruvor
* Journey to Valinor
* Summon Hobbit Allies
* Sanctuary
* Influence of the Evening Star
* Protection of the Bruinen
* Tom Bombadil
* Luthien
* Formation of the Firstborns
* Last Alliance

## Strategy

Imladris is one of the more difficult factions to learn, but the power it yields is more than adequately rewarding of the patience needed to learn its strengths and weaknesses. It's a more defensive army than that of Lothlórien, and does not value speed and numbers. Instead, it favors quality over quantity, and thus all of their soldiers are expensive and slow to train, and are recruited few in number. However, Imladris armies are extremely powerful. Rivendell elves are to Lothlórien elves just as Isengard Uruk-Hai are to Mordor Orcs. They are much more powerful, and a lot more expensive. As such, the main priority with Imladris is to form a sizable economy with a stable income and ample defenses before battle.

It also goes without saying that Imladris puts an emphasis on heroic units, much like Lothlórien does. In fact, when their ring hero gets the ring, it spawns a whole team of hero units with mighty powers. When you don't have the time or resources to invest in Elrond or Arwen however, Imladris has access to the loremasters, which can be trained, specialized, and combined to make for powerful support units to your elven forces.

**Fighting Against Imladris**

With such strong regular troops, it can be difficult to wipe out an Imladris army. The key to fighting them is to exploit the fact that their regular troops are very expensive and it takes a long time to reach their late game upgrades. Never let an Imladris play build up for a long time. The weaker their economy, the longer it takes for them to fully expand their army, so always try and attack their outer structures. It can be easy to think that, outnumbering the Imladris army can be enough to defeat them but in reality, Imladris units can easily fight against much larger numbers (especially in the early game). Their small battalions render them vulnerable to archers in the early game since their cavalry is expensive and their main archers need a level 2 barracks (which then needs all the tier 1 library upgrades). Flanking damage is also a good way to wipe out their battalions faster, which can make mobile or spam factions a good choice against Imladris.