Mordor

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## Overview

These dark lands have long been the seat of the Dark Lord, from where his evil legions suppress the Free People's of Middle-Earth, it is an old and feared faction which has its origins in the beginning of the server, having several names such as "Mordor" or the infamous "Mordoran Dominion".

Mordor is now also known as "Greater Mordor," to represent the multitude of lands joined together under the dominion of Sauron, these lands being Mordor, Angmar, Dol Guldur, and the Half Trolls.

## History

Although players started living in Mordor following the launch of the Official Server, no official leadership took over until October 25th, 2014, in which the two most powerful Mordor players: ItsSecret and 13\_BigNOOB\_37 faced off in a leadership poll. Although BigNOOB was initially announced the victor, it was found that there was voter fraud in the election, and Mordor was split with ItsSecret taking East Mordor and Minas Morgul, and BigNOOB taking over the rest of West Mordor. BigNOOB would later leave, however, and ItsSecret became the complete ruler of Mordor.

Due to Mordor being a small and weak faction, ItsSecret chose to take a more neutral stance in faction politics rather than wage wars alongside his evil peers. This angered the powerful lord of Barad-Dur, Morishi, who declared civil war against ItsSecret. While ItsSecret managed to stay in power, he later abdicated and Morishi returned and conquered Mordor. He joined the Black Council shortly afterwards.

The Great War erupted on July 13th, 2015, and Mordor led by Morishi participated, although it did not play a major part. Shortly after the war ended, Morishi and his second-in-command was banned for stealing from ItsSecret and the majority of the other members left while Barad-Dur was reset.

The last Mordor player, nox\_sidere, took over Mordor and on July 31st, 2015, the new Queen Nox joined the newly formed Astrasi Empire. Mordor’s presence in the Empire, however, angered the Black Council realms of Isengard, Angmar and Dol Guldur, who wished to instate chris800 to the throne. Nox was backed by the Astrasi and Gundabad, and the Black Council at last was forced to accept Queen Nox.

On August 29th 2015, Queen Nox left Mordor, thus starting the First Mordor Integrium. Joetatoe took over as temporary leader until a suitable candidate could be found, and aidansebastian, the King of the Grey Dwarves, was chosen as the new ruler and named King on September 1st of the same year.

Mordor under the new Kings direction then left the Astrasi Empire on September 1st 2015 but conflict soon emerged when ItsSecret donated the factions only build, Minas Morgul, to Gondor. Minas Morgul was reclaimed after Aidan used his admin powers to aid Morgoth\_The\_Black in claiming Minas Tirith and trading it for Minas Morgul on November 17th 2015, but not before the fortress was destroyed. Aidan went on to found the fortresses of the Black Gate (The Black Gate was besieged and a video can be found here) and Carach Angren but Aidan was eventually forced to resign as Lord of Mordor by order of the Admins after he threatened to ban those who wished to depose his friend, the Grey-Dwarven King Smiturion. Aidan's trusted second in command, BDdeuce became the Black Captain but BD failed to increase the strength of Mordor and soon went east to Khand.

Mordor was once again left leaderless following the departure of BD, thus starting the Second Mordor Integrium. Like Aidan filled the void left by Nox, Rumil of Harad filled the one made by BD, and became the new Queen on February 20th 2016. Rumil would later marry Sebrom, and the two became co-sovereigns. The pair decided to exit the Dark Council and established the fortress of Cirith Ungol before deciding that Mordor was not for them and Sebrom departed to the Gladden Fields whole Rumil founded the Lossoth. They then named aidansebastian the new Lord of Mordor.

Aidan's second reign was marked by increasingly close relations with the Khaganate and construction began on Barad-Dur. Aidan went to war with Gondor, but soon fell inactive. Shockblaster was named regent on October 10th 2016 and Shock sued for peace before leaving the server, causing the Captain of Barad-Dur, MysteryFTW, to take over temporarily. After returning Aidan abdicated in favor of Canacx on March 1st 2017.

Canacx recruited numerous new players and handed out many Lordships, resulting in the rise of fortresses across Mordor. Unlike his predecessors, Canacx was closer to the Dark Alliance than the Khaganate, and in July 2017 he decided to abdicate in favor of Faylynn, the former ruler of Angmar and an old Dark Council stalwart. Fay renamed Mordor to the Mordoran Dominion and on August 4th 2017 Mordor had war declared upon it by Rohan. Mordoran forces seized Helms Deep, and although they were driven back a peace was signed on August 22nd 2017.

Among the reforms of Fay and Canacx was Mordor's ranking system. Traditionally Mordor was ruled by a leader who took the name of King, Queen, or Black Captain with their primary supporters being composed of a handful of Nazgul of Lords. Fay and Can created a much more centralized system in which Lord Sauron ruled Mordor, supported by their deputies the Witch-King and the Mouth of Sauron. A small council was formed which consisted of players such as the "Master of Coin" or the "Master of Production" who ran parts of Mordor's government. The Nazgul were relegated to generals, commanding groups of troops, while all local fortresses were stripped of their commanders and put directly under the governments control.

Fay's increasingly close relations with the Dark Alliance, however, angered the Khaganate and Aidan convinced his old friend, SeanALewis, to launch a rebellion against Faylynn on September 13th 2017. Sean was given Aidan's fortresses of Carach Angren and the Black Gate, and Sean was joined by the Mordoran Lord of Eastern Guard Laeonathan. Sean then purchased Cirith Ungol from Rumil for 64 gold blocks despite Rumil being offered 64 mithril blocks by the Dark Alliance. Upon learning that he had been lied to by Aidan on September 30th, however, Sean laid down his weapons and became a Nazgûl of Mordor. During this time Aggaunder rose to become Mouth of Sauron and Fay's most trusted deputy.

Now with the Dominion united behind him, Fay launched an ambitious plot designed at achieving server-domination for Mordor. On September 3rd 2017 the Ethir Anduin was occupied by Mordor, and on November 5th 2017 war was declared against Gondor with the goal of seizing Ithilien. Rebellions were sponsored in the Druwaith Laur, Lebennin, and Dol Amroth, while Carterisrad777, a Mordor council-member, took over Dunland. The Kings-men plot was then launched with the goal of getting Umbar, Angmar, the Tauredain, and the Moredain to join a Mordor-centered alliance rather than the Astrasi Empire. This would have greatly expanded Mordor's borders, placed them in control of much of Gondor, and given them vassals across evil.

While the plan went well in the start, the Druedain rebellion was put out, Angmar and Umbar increased their ties to the Astrasi, the Moredain and Tauredain refused to join a Mordor-centered Union, and the Mordoran army collapsed with the Black Gate falling to Gondor. Fay sued for peace on June 4th 2018 but the Dark Alliance, now knowing that Fay had attempted to not only destroy the Astrasi but also puppeted Dunland, were now after Fay. Fay made Mordor a neutral faction on June 6th 2018 to avoid them but this was met by widespread contempt. Facing civil unrest, Fay fled Mordor on June 25th 2018 and reappointed Canacx.

Canacx inherited a broken kingdom with few allies and almost no players. He made the Dominion evil once again, and attempted to rebuild the faction. Unfortunately, he soon grew discouraged and abdicated along with the entirety of his leadership on September 18th 2018, thus starting the Third Mordor Integrium. Astrasi Empress shamiir took control of Mordor and quickly began looking for new leadership. SeanALewis, who had just returned to the server was chosen as the new Sauron on October 2nd 2018, with wolfking\_nl serving alongside him as Witch-King. The Small Council was retained but the positions of Mouth and Nazgul were abolished.

Sean and Wolf immediately joined the Dark Alliance and renamed the faction to Mordor. Over this period new projects were started and many new players flowed in. After completely revitalizing Mordor, Sean resigned on January 2nd 2019. Wolfking, MateoKusel, and the former King of Dale Laeonathan then formed a ruling triumvirate with taking Sean's rank of Sauron and Mateo taking the vacant position of Mouth of Sauron. On January 28th, these three leaders helped found the Shadow Pact due to the fall of the Dark Alliance. On February 2nd 2019, wolf and Lae resigned as leaders, leaving MateoKusel as the sole ruler.

Mateo never took up the title of Sauron, instead abolishing it and leaving the title of Witch-King vacant. Mateo also allowed Nalleboi to create a subfaction known as the "Wicked Dwarves" which built a city known as Stalgrad in the Mordor mountains. For a time the Wicked Dwarves served as one of the primary PvP forces of Mordor.

A mere two days after Mateo took over as sole leader, the Dwarves of the Mountains of the Wind declared war on Mordor on February 4th 2019. Mordor quickly seized the Wind Dwarven capital, although they were driven out and a treaty was signed. Mordor saw a period of heavy decline as many players, including all of the Wicked Dwarves, left Mordor, leaving Mateo and a few inactive members as the remaining remnants of a once great power.

In early July 2019, however, dozens of veteran warriors of the Free Peoples joined Mordor, making Mordor the strongest faction on the server. The position of Witch-King was recreated for MicMic06, the leader of these new arrivals, while other new arrivals like Laeonathan, Jag\_sic, and HarrMac took up senior positions within the government. Mateo then decided to advance against the free peoples on another front, and on October 2nd 2019, Mordor joined the Isengard-Arnor War in support of their ally Isengard. Mateo also tried to resurect the Wicked Dwarves by splitting the faction into three subfactions: Black Numenoreans, Orcs, and Wicked Dwarves.

On November 30th 2019, MateoKusel resigned as the Mouth of Sauron and Gothmog HarrMac took the long vacant position of lord Sauron. A large reorganization of the faction quickly followed in which MicMic06 retained his position of Witch-King and was made equal to Quartermaster Jag\_sic, who became the Mouth of Sauron. The Small Council was also greatly weakened as many senior Mordor members were given the rank of Nazgul and granted command over vast territories. These players formed the Nazgul Council which replaced the Small Council as Mordor's dominant administrative body. On January 31st 2020, Mordor left the Shadow Pact, due to a vote of the Nazgûl Council.

The Wicked Dwarves saw a stratospheric resurgence under the command of Raymond during the start of Harr's tenure. Fearing that his faction could become bitterly divided between Wicked Dwarves and non-Wicked Dwarves Harr abolished the subfaction system. He intended to keep Stalgard inhabited but its members drifted away and the Wicked Dwarves have never truly risen again.

In April 8th 2020, Mordor founded the Alliance of the East along with Khand, Rhudel, the Half-Trolls, and Angmar. On June 10th 2020, the Shadow Confederacy was established by Dol Guldur, the Half-Trolls, and Mordor.

On June 12th, HarrMac stepped down and was succeeded by the Mouth of Sauron, Jag\_Sic. The Witch-King, MicMic06, demanded a vote within the Nazgul Council, which consisted of Mordor's 8 most loyal and veteran members, over the succession of Harr. In this he was supported by Lieutenant of Morgul Adamoy, the Nazgul Rnegade, veteran PvPer LilNail, and the PvPer factions of Khand and Rhudel. Jag, with the support of the rest of Mordor, including 5/8 of the Nazgul Council, and the rest of the server as a whole, refused to hold the vote.

Mic temporarily dropped the issue but Jag began distancing Mordor from Khand and Rhudel, blocked LilNail from joining the Nazgul Council, and tried to create a series of new discord rules aimed at Mic loyalists, Khand players, and Rhudel players who continued to post memes like "NalleForGothmog" and "MicForSauron." He also tried to push through a measure that would force all Mordor players to pledge to Mordor on the server stating that he wanted to be the "evil SquatchThunder" (alluding to the absolutist High King of the Blue Dwarves.) This was unanimously vetoed by the Nazgul Council and when Jag protested a huge argument broke out, something which further weakened Jag after the council refused to budge. These actions turned many previously loyal players against Jag and on June 27th 2020 Mic threatened civil war if the vote wasn't held. The Nazgul Council now turned against Jag, unanimously demanding that he hold a vote within the Nazgul Council to prevent civil war.

In the ensuing election Nazgul's PizzaKingOfPizza and xlikeaboss001 nominated Crysite, a competent builder, PvPer, and merchant for leadership as a compromise candidate. Jag endorsed Cry, Adamoy launched his own campaign, and both Rnegade and LordRich threw their support behind Crysite, leading to his 6-1-1 victory. Both Jag and Mic soon left the faction with Rnegade, Pizza, and Boss being promoted into the spots left empty by Harr, Jag, and Mic.

On July 4th 2020, Mordor forces attacked a Dorwinion coronation along with members from the Easterlings and Khand. This would begin to stir up some tensions within Middle-Earth as this proved to be an immediate and decisive victory. On November 3rd 2020, Mordor would declare war on Dorwinion to expand territory but proceeded to immediately back off realizing that their forces were too few in number.

On August 30th 2020, Mordor's relations with Dol Guldur strengthened under its new management with an immediate focus towards gearing up and sending players while also helping to design official builds. Mordor would begin to focus more on strengthening the relations within the Shadow Confederacy. On October 9th 2020, Crysite would host the first Confederation Tournament to showcase the combative talents of all members within the alliance, resulting in the victory of the leader of Dol Guldur, Adamoy.

On December 29th 2020, Mordor left the Alliance of the East. After a discussion within the Nazgûl Council, Mordor joined the newly established and rapidly growing Black Ring Alliance.

On May 7th 2021, Mordor declared support for the Easterlings and Khand in their war against the Wind Dwarves. This conflict would ultimately come to an end on June 18th 2021 in a white peace.

On June 28th 2021, Mordor would end up leaving the Black Ring Alliance after catching wind of Umbar, an allied faction, planning to declare war. On that same day, Half-Trolls and all of Harad declared war on Mordor to take back Mordor's tile at Tol Torog. This was done at a time Mordor was weak because the Eastern Empire, Mordor's closest ally, had just lost most of their pvp-proficient players due to bans.

On July 31th 2021, the forces of Mordor beat the combined Haradrim forces on a field battle near Tol-Torog. The war ended 8 days later after Mordor agreed to sell their Tol-Torog tiles for 600k and an NAP between the two factions.

One August 23rd 2021, Mordor declared war on Durin's Folk and most of the Free People factions came to their aid. After a close battle in Rhun near the Iron Mountains on October 3rd the allies of Durin's Folk won their battle for them. The war would come to a stall after the battle.

On November 11th 2021, after a long reign Crysite resigned as Sauron and Evillee who was Mouth of Sauron at the time, replaced him.

On December 26th 2021, Evillee merged Angmar into Mordor (while keeping the discord roles) bringing the two factions closer together as Greater Mordor. That same day, Durin’s Folk and Mordor ended the war with a white peace.

On March 8th 2022, Mordor, under the wisened leadership of Evillee, was able to get every evil faction to officially join the Shadow Confederacy, making evil truly united.

On July 26th 2022, Evillee convinced the Half Trolls to relinquish the faction to him, and Evillee placed Shakespeare\_Dano in charge of the Half Trolls. A day later on July 27th, Shakespeare\_Dano announced that the Half Trolls were leaving the Astrasi Empire and joining Greater Mordor under the enlightened leadership of Evillee, thus putting years of Half Troll independence to an end.

On August 11th 2022, Greater Mordor, under the wizardly leadership of Evillee, was able to get Dol Guldur to submit to Lord Sauron and join Greater Mordor.

## Ranks

Mordor is ruled by Sauron, assisted by members of the Small Council.

* Sauron - Lord of Mordor.
* Mouth of Sauron - His Heir and right hand.
* The Witch King of Morgul - The servant in charge of ruling Angmar in the place of Lord Sauron.
* Khamûl - The servant in charge of ruling Dol Guldur in the place of Lord Sauron.
* Torogost - The servant in charge of ruling Half Trolls in the place of Lord Sauron.
* Gothmog - General of the Armies of Mordor.
* Quartermaster - Responsible for the Mordor Treasury and operating the East Middle Earth Trading Co.
* Lieutenant of Morgul - High ranking captains of Mordor, there can be up to 2 of these. They are not considered to be among the ranks of the Nazgûl.
* Nazgûl - Up to seven of these, they rule regions and are the backbone of the realm.
* Mordor Captain - A senior Red Eye player with permission to build at a waypoint.
* Order of the Red Eye - A milestone for members, this signifies a member who has shown some worth to Mordor as a whole, and is privy to information in the Red Eye council.
* Uruk - A member who is slightly more experienced.
* Orc - Normal member of the faction.
* Snaga - Recruits, bottom tier. Their only goal is to work for the alignment requirement.

## High Ranking Players

The lands of Greater Mordor are vast and their numbers are too many to list, for the sake of simplicity only Nazgûl ranking members and above are listed on this page.

### Nazgûl Council

* Shakespeare\_Dano - Sauron
* Jag\_Sic - Mouth of Sauron
* \_Nakhal - Witch King of Angmar
* Azalog - Khamûl of Dol Guldur
* Crysite - Torogost of Half Trolls
* Jag\_Sic - Quartermaster
* DiamondSander - Lieutenant of Morgul
* Spooky0\_0 - Lieutenant of Morgul
* SirUnlikely - Nazgûl
* 21Watts - Nazgûl
* Vacant - Nazgûl
* Vacant - Nazgûl
* Vacant - Nazgûl
* Vacant - Nazgûl
* Vacant - Nazgûl
* Vacant - Nazgûl

## Joining Requirements

Players need to gain 100+ alignment with Mordor, unlock Mordor, and get a discord account. They will then need to contact any member of the council.

## Builds

The vast lands under Mordor's control house many great fortresses. For builds specific to Angmar, Dol Guldur, or the Half-Trolls, their respective wiki pages should be consulted.

* Barad-Dûr - The massive citadel of the Dark Lord, capital of Mordor.
* Minas Morgul - The citadel of the Nazgûl of Mordor.
* Black Gate - A huge gate guarding the north-western part of the dark lands of Mordor.
* Eastern Guard - A fort which makes protects the north-eastern entrance into Mordor.
* Stalgrad - The fortress of the Wicked Dwarves (Mevans visited and liked it :D)
* Durthang - A huge fortress in north-eastern Mordor.
* Carach Angren - A fortified hill protecting the southern entrance into Udûn.
* Thorband - The prison-capital of Nurn, looming over great slave-tilled fields.
* Fornurnen - A slave-city close to the shores of the Sea of Núrnen.
* Harnurnen - A huge mining area of the men of Nurn.
* Amon Angren - A hill upon which stands a fortress of the Nazgûl.
* North Ithilien - A ruin that sits in the northern parts of Ithilien.
* Amon Hen - A ruin in the wasteland of Emyn Muil.
* Vale of the Fell Beasts - A valley deep in the shadows of Mordor
* Rauros - A village of Vale-Men occupied by Mordor.
* Crossroads of the Fallen King - A castle of the Black Númenóreans.
* Narroth - A fortress in Central Mordor.
* Tol Torog - Mordor's outpost in the far south. From here Mordoran armies control the northern island of Pertorogwaith.
* Mornost - A Mordoran Watchpost along the Mordor Mountains.
* South Undeeps - A war-camp along the border with Rohan.

## Provinces

Brown Lands:

Udun: Jag\_Sic

Morgul Vale: SirUnlikely

Gorgoroth: Shakespeare\_Dano

Nan Ungol: Vacant

Lithlad: Vacant

Nurnen: Vacant

The Brown Lands: Vacant

Angmar Nazgûl: 21Watts and \_Nakhal

**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