Middle-Earth

The world is changed. More than 25 years have passed since the events of The Hobbit, and many years are to come before the events of The Lord of the Rings. The Kingdoms of Erebor and Dale have been established with both peoples flourishing, the ruined city of Tharbad is slowly being rebuilt, and Hobbits of the Shire are becoming more well-known after the legendary deeds of one Bilbo Baggins and a Company of thirteen Dwarves. Life, for most, continues as it has always done. But all is not as it seems; sightings of Orcs, Trolls and wicked beasts are becoming more frequent, bitter rivalries between neighbours intensifies, and rumours are growing of a Shadow in the East.   Though it may not know it yet, war is soon to come to Middle-Earth, and it's peoples will need protecting if they are to stem the tide. Eriador has enjoyed a long peace, its borders unprotected, save by a few that aid it. But help often comes in the most unlikely of places; in this case, a small Company or two of adventurers. Will they rise to the call of heroism, or fall to the Shadow? Only time will tell...  

"The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." Elrond