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"Swords are no more use here"
"They have a cave troll!"
"They have a cave troll!"
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Moria - A Jouney In The Dark
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- Archian
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- Dec 30, 2020
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- Dec 30, 2020
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| Khazad-dûm, also commonly known as Moria or the Dwarrowdelf, was an underground kingdom beneath the Misty Mountains. It was known for being the ancient realm of the Dwarves of Durin's Folk. It was the greatest kingdom ever built by the Dwarves. Throughout the beginning of the Third Age, the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm expanded its treasure, but its numbers began to dwindle. The majority of their wealth was based on their hoards of Mithril of which they mined in their deepest tunnels, and as the centuries went by the Dwarves delved ever deeper for the precious metal. In TA 1980, they dug too deeply and greedily for Mithril and to their loss they unearthed a nameless terror in the depths beneath the city. This dreadful creature wrought destruction throughout the city wiping out most of the Dwarves and slaying King Durin VI. Thereafter the creature was named Durin's Bane. After the Dwarves had left, Khazad-dûm gathered dust and stood dark and empty, but for the sinister creature that lurked in the depths. This was when it was named Moria, the Black Pit. |
| The monster, later revealed as a Balrog of Morgoth, remained alone in Moria for nearly five centuries until it was populated once again, but not by Dwarves. The Orcs, refugees from the north, began to raid the abandoned city of its treasures and made a decision to occupy it. They came upon the Balrog and began to worship it as their deity. Mordor started to send out troops of Orcs and Cave Trolls to populate Moria, making an evil place for them to multiply. During the Battle of Azanulbizar, many of these Orcs were felled in the valley beneath the eastern gate of Moria in TA 2799, and the numbers were reduced dramatically. But the Balrog still remained and many Orcs and Trolls with him, and so Khazad-dûm stayed evil for the time being. When the Hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin; the Men Aragorn and Boromir; the Dwarf Gimli; the Elf Legolas; and the Wizard Gandalf set out from Rivendell on the Quest of the Ring, they were forced to make their way through Moria after the failed attempt of climbing Caradhras (Redhorn) where they were pursued by Wargs. They entered through the western-gate near a lake with dark waters from which a tentacular monster emerged and attempted to kill Frodo. When inside, the Fellowship passed through many tunnels and great halls until finally reaching a chamber and a book, explaining the last accounts of the Longbeards.[8] They were then taken by surprise as Orcs and cave trolls pursued them through Moria to the Bridge of Khazad-dûm where the Balrog rose from the depths. Gandalf bravely confronted the creature and the two briefly dueled on the bridge before plunging together into the abyss below. |
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Hello community!
Since I started modding Warcraft 3 over 12 years ago, I've worked on or been a part of several projects with titles such as Dawn of Chaos, Flickering Light, Diablo 3 The Fallen Angel, Lands of Conflict, Fall of Argus, Dragon Wars, Moria: A journey through the Dark, Battle for Middle Earth, The Black Book, etc. etc.
Most of these projects was never finnished. But it's a shame to let all those years of work go to waste.
Thusly I've made the decision to make my unfinnished projects open source. Some of these projects include resources that has never been released before.
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Holy hobbits!!!
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I forgot to approve this it seems.
Well done, more than useful!
Well done, more than useful!
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Hey, nice template. Is there any funmap based on it? If not you could make your own. I am not exactly sure where Balin's tomb is from the movie with some light shining on his grave. You could also add the entrance with the lake and the water creature or a really big hall before the bridge and the stairs where the Balrog stands to recreate the scene from the movie where all Goblins come down from the columns. There are custom models for the sea creature (see my Minas Tirith map) and custom icons for the fellowship with faces from the movie. This would make an amazing multiplayer funmap for 9 players since the terrain looks better than in almost all the maps I have seen. You could also add music from the movie but only from the Moria part AND recreate the fall of Gandalf and the Balrog and the fight on the top of the mountain and you could add some part of the Elven forrest in which they have to run in the extended edition. Then you can play the whole Moria scenario from start to finish.
Sooo much potential for a great funmap. I personaly like Lord of the Rings maps which focus on a special battle/event from the movie, so this could be the greatest version of the Moria fight.
From searching here I find the following: Warcraft 3 Custom Maps (multiplayer, campaigns, etc.) and Balin's Tomb seems to be the most popular but it already starts in Balin's Tomb and not before. Your terrain seems much better. The Orcs in the map are basically Murloc models. By now there are great custom models from Russian websites.
Sooo much potential for a great funmap. I personaly like Lord of the Rings maps which focus on a special battle/event from the movie, so this could be the greatest version of the Moria fight.
From searching here I find the following: Warcraft 3 Custom Maps (multiplayer, campaigns, etc.) and Balin's Tomb seems to be the most popular but it already starts in Balin's Tomb and not before. Your terrain seems much better. The Orcs in the map are basically Murloc models. By now there are great custom models from Russian websites.
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How come I haven't seen this masterpiece until now ? Looks outstanding. This is real proof that the WE is really a powerful tool with many possibilities. I love this! 
5/5 no doubt
5/5 no doubt
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