Woodmen of Mirkwood

The flag of the Woodmen.

The Woodmen control all land in green.

The Woodmen of Mirkwood are a faction of men who live in Mirkwood and the Eastern Anduin. They are led by GajaTheMessiah who rules from the town of Wildborstede.

## Members

* Chief GajaTheMessiah
* JakubMaybe
* summersharry
* Noloite
* DaddyDaggy
* Zrxes
* WhenTheDayIsDone
* Taterpops101
* Laeonathan
* Glaad5678
* AyraNox
* Sir\_Pandahead
* Nargushk

#### Unofficial Members

* PizzaKingOfPizza
* Herodain
* RaymondWang
* Starfire1234
* Carninfindion

## History

The Woodmen of Mirkwood were originally founded in March 2016 by **summersharry** and **bald\_beagle** with summersharry as chief. They started building the town of Skogsbrynet at the River Gate waypoint, and built up a strong friendship with the other Northmen, which included joining the Council of the Northmen.

The Woodmen continued to grow, developing a small base of loyal players, which included **Delvax** who began building a town in the Vales of Anduin. Unfortunately, this would not last. The Council of the Northmen collapsed and the player base began shrinking. In late 2018, summershary abdicated in favor of **jakub8899**.

After several months of jakub being inactive and the faction being completely dead, jakub returned and began rebuilding the Woodmens power. In these days the Woodmen developed an extremely strong alliance with Dale and started building a new town north of Skogsbrynet. Veteran players were also recruited including renowned warrior **KefinLOTR**.

This suddenly ended, however, when on November 5th 2018 jakub took the throne of Dale and brought his players with him. A day later, summersharry returned and retook the throne. Although for several months the faction was stagnant, he later returned, began recruiting once again, and abandoned Skogsbrynet in favor of a new town called Athalburg in the Eastern Anduin. Additionally, the town of Carrock was established by **SpeedySC**.

On April 24th 2019, summersharry ended the long period of Woodmanish isolationism by joining the Dunlending-Arnorian War on behalf of Arnor. A war was planned against Dol Guldur following this victory, but the war collapsed after many players, including several from the Woodmen, switched to Evil factions. This caused the Woodmen to fall into a state of decline, although they still supported Arnor in the Isengard-Arnor War which began on October 2nd 2019.

This decline would end when several players joined the Woodmen. A Woodmen expedition set out east and founded the town of Wildborstede on the isle of Wilborney, on February 24th 2020. Wildborstede was designated as the new capital, and the old settlement of Athalburg has been left largely abandoned.

In late October of 2020, **Noloite** founded the settlement of Gatwald at the entrance to the Old Forest Road, east of Old Ford. MacIsCheesy established a homestead at the Woodmanish Anduin Crossroads around this time. Construction on Gatwald was finished as of the 19th of November 2020, and the settlement has seen many invasions take place from orc natives who have been driven out by Woodmen Imperialism, and are desperate to reclaim their lands and free an Orc captain being held captive at Gatwald.

In Early March 2021, work was begun on establishing a settlement at Old Ford, with this project largely headed up by MaybeJakub and GajaTheMessiah.

On April 3rd 2021 summersharry abdicated as Chiefteen of the Woodmen in favor of GajaTheMessiah.

**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