(A quick side note: Humans are called “Men” in Tolkien's writing. Tark is the orcish word for, effectively, humans. What's a tark, and why do the orcs keep calling me that?
But that's kind of on you, because it came out three years ago. Second, we're going to try to avoid spoiling anything about the second game, but we'll end up spoiling the ending of the first game. First, a blanket spoiler warning for, we guess, just all of Lord of the Rings. Let's start with something simple, and then we'll see where that takes us.īefore we get started: a note on spoilers. We're going to gloss over a lot, and we'll be a little irreverent about some of it, but we'll be accurate enough that you can understand Talion's place in the world and what's going on in Middle-earth: Shadow of War. But we're here to give you a crash course in Tolkien’s daunting lengendarium. So how do these games fit into Tolkien's world? There's no short answer to this question - Tolkien tended to be a little wordy, to say the least. Sure, they take some liberties with Tolkien's canon - adding to it in some places and … finessing it in others - but they're undeniably Middle-earth stories.īoth of the Middle-earth games take place in the 60 years between Bilbo shoplifting and Frodo destroying the evidence. They were pretty good, so long as you don't have strong opinions on whether or not balrogs had wings (don't me).īoth of the Middle-earth games take place in the 60 years between Bilbo shoplifting and Frodo destroying the evidence.
Many years later, Bilbo's “nephew” (actually, his first and/or second cousin once removed) had to take a trip to throw away Bilbo's jewelry, because it turned out to be some pretty ill-conceived thievery on Bilbo's part. (No, seriously, go watch that music video. They made some live-action movies about it, along with a super-’70s animated movie, and Mr. Bilbo Baggins went on a surprise walk - an unexpected journey, if you will - with some friends and ended up finding some neat jewelry. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
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