Dunland

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Dunland is the home of the wild Dunlendings, who once lived in the fields of Rohan, until they were driven out by the Rohirrim.

## History

In the dawn of the server Dunland was founded by Evil\_Mogwai, who notably declared the first war on the server by declaring war on Rohan. The war later fizzled out and Mogwai supported his friend, b\_boymasterman in taking over Gondor. Mogwai built two fortresses: Fort Blackstone at South Dunland and another fortress at North Dunland while becoming an admin and founding the famous Dunlendism religion. Mogwai also fought to support Isengard when they were attacked by Rohan and her allies, although he was defeated.

Mogwai over time grew tired of JamesTurpin and his Northshire Republic, leading to Mogwai declaring war on June 18th 2015. The war ultimately ended in the collapse of the Republic after a failed assault on Fort Blackstone and Mogwai went on to fight alongside his evil brethren in the Great War when it began on July 13th 2015.

Over time Mogwai began to fall into inactivity and along with all of his men disappeared. A world reset occurred on November 17th 2015 and both of Dunland’s builds were destroyed. On November 27th 2015 SpoangityBob, the King of Khazad-Dum and an admin annexed all of Dunland for Khazad-Dum. Despite the objections of the Dark Council fearrippers was named Lord of Dunland and established Dungathol at North Dunland while TEDISLAME built Duneard at South Dunland.

On February 6th 2016 a player known as The\_\_Haze appeared in Dunland and on February 24th he was proclaimed War-Chief of Dunland by the powerful Lord Joetatoe of Isengard. After agreeing to respect Dwarven control over the waypoints the Dwarves agreed to cede the rest of Dunland over to him. Haze joined the Dark Council and began the construction of Galtrev while his players began constructing Dunmark. They all disappeared, however, and once again Dunland was leaderless.

On July 12th 2016 Telemmaite was proclaimed War-Chief of Dunland by Lord SpadeCompany. Tele joined the Dark Alliance and went on to found the Fort of Ravens in Dunland, the New Fort of Ravens in the Gulf of Harad, and convinced HellArcher to give up his fortress of Bronze Mountain to Dunland. During this time Tele recruited several players and was part of a shadowy organization known as the King’s Men. The King’s Men had the goal of replacing all of the evil leaders with a new Black Numenorean order but it later died out and Dunland became a neutral faction.

Over time Tele began to go inactive and his players disappeared so on December 23rd 2016 he abdicated in favor of hypno05, the last Dunlending. Hypno never wished to rule and in April 2017 passed rule onto the last Dunlending War\_King\_Of\_Fyre, but Fyre also fell into inactivity.

In September 2017 dday1944, an old member of Dunland from Mogwai’s era returned to the server. He found the faction neutral, the throne held by strangers, and Dwarves controlling both of Dunland’s waypoints, leading to a declaration of civil war. Dday was backed by the Dark Alliance, who wished to see a strongly evil Dunland, while War\_King and Hypno were backed by the Dwarves who wished to maintain their friendly relationship with their neighbors. The conflict was peacefully resolved and on November 11th 2017 carterisrad, a former Mordor Small Council member, became the new ruler of Dunland after having been a counselor for some time. In reality Carter was a puppet of Faylynn, the ruler of Mordor. Carter reformed the faction into “Greater Dunland” and named himself Potentate.

Carter’s reign was another disappointing era for Dunland as the faction fell into complete inactivity. Carter eventually lost his greatest ally of Mordor when Fay fell from power and on June 27th 2018 a player known as Zappa04 joined Dunland and formed a group known as the Council of Reformed Dunland. Zappa recruited numerous players while convincing others to come out of inactivity and join him before announcing the establishment of the Council of Earls to rule Dunland. On July 5th 2018 an election was held among the members of the Council of Reformed Dunland and Zappa, Wehra, and SirWilsonGS were elected Earls.

The Council of Earls began earning the support of the evil factions on the server before confronting Carter on July 16th 2018. A deal was initially struck in which the Council would succeed Carter upon his eventual resignation and would be able to veto his decisions. The Council soon grew impatient, however, and demanded Carter’s immediate resignation on August 9th 2018. Carter refused but after realizing the Council held the support of almost all the players and carried the support of the server resigned on August 11th 2018.

It seemed that the future of Dunland was bright when Wilson, who had served as one of the servers foremost players for years, X-Rayed to get himself banned so that he could never return and could move on with his life. Zappa soon disapeared, and Wehra fell into inactivity, as did most of Dunland's members. On September 3rd 2018 Beta 34 was released and numerous new waypoints were added to Dunland while their territory was expanded, but by now the faction's leadership was in disarray. On September 8th 2018 Wehra named AlexandruRadu, the last player in Dunland, the Duke of Dunland.

Alex was immediately faced with a significant crisis. The waypoints of Wulfburg and Dwarrowvale had been added within Dunland, North Dunland had been renamed to Duneard, South Dunland had been renamed to Firwold, Dunland had expanded to encompass Fords of Isen, and Freca’s Hold, Mouths of Isen, and Corsairs Landing had all been added nearby. Alex wished to take over all of these waypoints but Umbar had existing builds near Corsairs Landing and Mouths of Isen, Isengard had a build at Fords of Isen, the Dwarves still had builds at Firwold and Duneard, and Freca’s Hold lay within what was Rohirric territory.

Umbar, Khazad-Dum, Isengard, and Rohan quickly allied together to protect their interests. Dunland had no allies and while some factions such as Dale believed that they deserved to rule their own waypoints the aforementioned factions were members of the Coalition of Dawn, Dwarven Council, Astrasi Empire, Dark Alliance, and White Council, thus ensuring the backing of almost the entire server.

In the end the Partition of Dunland was ratified on September 16th 2018. The Dwarven build at Firwold was moved to Dwarrowdale, Firwold was given to Dunland, and all parties agreed to recognize Dunland’s control over Wulfburg. Freca’s Hold was given to Rohan and it was agreed that Umbar’s build at Corsairs Landing would remain. Due to a perceived lack of waypoints under Isengard control Umbar agreed to grant them Mouths of Isen and they retained Fords of Isen. Thus, of the 8 waypoints rightfully belonging to Dunland, they held only 2.

On September 20th 2018 Dunland became an evil faction once more and joined the Dark Alliance but Alex went inactive over time. Erynir arrived in Dunland in January 2019 and launched a civil war with the support of a large group of players before he and Alex agreed to become co-rulers. Erynir was considered the more powerful of the two.

Erynir disliked the Dark Alliance old guard and increasingly allied with Angmar and Dol Guldur. On January 26th 2019 Dunland left the Dark Alliance and founded the Iron Pact with the aforementioned factions and on January 31st 2019 Dunland once again became a neutral faction. This isolated Dunland, however, and on April 24th 2019 Dunland was invaded by Arnor. The war was disastrous for Dunland with 50% of the faction's territory falling as Arnor advanced in the west. Following this Erynir gave up his co-rule to former War-Chief Hypno05 and when Alex disappeared Hypno took up sole rule.

On July 14th 2019 Erynir returned to Dunland and was proclaimed its ruler by Hypno. The majority of the Free Peoples that had once invaded Dunland had by now joined the shadow and Erynir grew increasingly close to the Free Peoples before officially making Dunland a member of the Free Peoples on August 12th 2019. In this capacity Dunland took part in the Isengard-Arnor war on behalf of Arnor when it broke out on October 2nd 2019.

On February 7th 2020 Erynir abdicated as ruler of Dunland for Flanny\_Roscoe101, an old member of Dunland and longtime heir. Flanny immediately made Dunland a neutral faction once more and ruled until June 4th 2020, at which time Erynir once again took the throne. Erynir abdicated as ruler of Dunland for OGollum on June 11th 2020 only for Gollum to once again pass Erynir the throne on October 30th 2020. On November 2nd 2020 the waypoint of Dwarrowvale and the remaining Dwarven territory in Dunland was ceded to Dunland. Dunland was also given the rights to build at Duneard in the future.

Erynir’s final reign ended on November 28th 2020. He had by now dominated Dunland for nearly 2 years but over this time all that had been constructed had been a modest town at Firwold and a non-waypoint city at Dun Larach. Upon his abdication he established a duumvurate consisting of wolfking\_nl and 3herokids.

Wolf was a former War-Chief of Gundabad and favored closer relations with evil while Hero was a former Wind Dwarven Lord and wanted Dunland to remain neutral, if not leaning towards the Free Peoples. Wolf immediately moved to sideline Hero to take full control over the faction, causing Hero to give up his claim to his close friend Faylynn on December 27th and leave the faction. Fay had previously been a Nazgul of Mordor and also wanted to strengthen the factions ties with evil but while Wolf was associated with Gundabad and the ex-Shadow Pact factions Fay was loyal to the Shadow Confederacy and the Black Ring Alliance.

The pair agreed to become evil and join both the Shadow Confederacy and Black Ring Alliance on January 18th 2021 but continued fighting. Faylynn was supported by the factions old guard, who had despised Gundabad and its allies ever since the fall of the Dark Alliance, while Wolf was supported by the factions newer members, many of them he had fostered and recruited. In the end the two sides held a vote over leadership. Wolf endorsed Lord\_Biscuit as a compromise candidate and he attracted a number of undecided voters and reluctant Fay supporters, leading to his victory on April 14th 2021. Fay accepted his appointment and fears of civil war eventually blew over.

Under Biscuit Dunland took part in both the Taurethrim-Mordor War that began on June 28th 2021 and the Durins Folk-Mordor War that began on August 23rd 2021. As with other Shadow Confederacy members they left the Black Ring Alliance on June 28th 2021. On July 31st 2021 Biscuit signed the Treaty of Freca’s Hold in which Dunland purchased the waypoint and surrounding area from Rohan for 200,000 coins. On January 16th 2021 he signed the Treaty of Corsairs Landing with Umbar in which Dunland was given build rights to Corsairs Landing and control of the surrounding area in exchange for 100,000 coins and a permanent alliance. The city of Dwarrowvale was also established.

## Relationships and Allies of Dunland

Dunland is a member of the Shadow Confederacy.

## Builds

**Firwold** A small Walled Village with many cottages, and a large Crypt. In said crypt is a large stockpile of supplies.

**Dwarrowvale**

**Wulfburg (designed)**

**Frecas Hold (designed)**

**Bronze Mountain** is a peak on the border of Misty Mountains and Dunland. Telemaite declared that it woi;d become the capital of the Dunledings after HellArcher gave it to him. It now has 2 levels with a third being built.

First level, Hall of Archer, with entrance, storage, barracks, arrmory, throne room and kitchen was fully made by Hellarcher.

   Second level, Hall of Wulf, consist the main hall, where the statue of Wulf stands. it's the biggest hall of the build, in size of 25 by 24 and 20 high. It also houses all the player rooms and the storage room filled with chests and all crafting tables found in Middle-Earth.
Third level the, the hall of Light houses the arena brewery and the farms extra things will be added to it.

   First picture: Hall of Hellarcher

Second picture: Hall of Wulf

Third picture: Hall of Light

**Dun Larach**Dun Larach formerly Fande Gryten, is situated on the outskirts of Dunland's western border. Dun Larach is the capital of the Dunlending kingdom and is the most developed. When walking in you are greeted with magnificant buildings lined with shining stone mined from the halls beneath. You will find several houses, a stable, a smithey, a tavern, a crypt, and a large manor of the High-Jarl. Beneath the upper city lies the halls of Dunakok. After the fall of Erebor Thorin and his people moved to Dunland. There influence and techniques infatuated the Dunlending people and many began to copy the Dwarven designs. Beneath the Earth lies a variety of halls, rooms, and dwellings. All of Dun Larach was constructed by Flanny\_Rosco101, but was founded by Erynir in early 2018.

Picture 1: The Crypt of past Dunland Kings in Dun Larach.

Picture 2: Hall of Redemption

**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