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The One Ring ~ IntroductionIntroduction“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.”The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, II – The Shadow of the PastThe hour is late in the Third Age of Middle-earth. Sauron’s reach grows long, and he seeks to cover the land in a seconddarkness. From the icy vastness of the White Mountains in the north to the great desert wastes of the far south, from thedread-cloaked forests of Mirkwood to the wide plains of the east, he calls forth his servants to do his will, Man andGoblin, Troll and Orc, the living and the dead. And the fate of the world balances upon the edge of a knife, a riddle in thedark. Yet all is not lost. For there are yet brave men, and free, the Lords of Gondor and the Riders of the Riddermark, whowould seek to turn back the gathering tide. In the mountains, Dwarves set aside hammer and pick and their search for goldto take up arms once more, so that battle rages in the deeps even as it sweeps over the lands above. And the Elves, whoremember still their bitter struggle against the Ancient Enemy many ages past, rouse themselves from the twilight slumberof their fading years to stand once more against the might of Sauron.A shadow hangs heavy over Middle-earth. Yet hope still remains, so long as there is found courage in the hearts of thosewho would be free. Hope, too, so long as the Ring is not yet discovered. And thus the fates of many are tied and bound toits doom.WelcomeWelcome to The One Ring, a new Legends module set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.This is an exciting module for us to have developed, combining as it does the depth and complexity of the Legendsgaming engine with the richness and wonder of Middle-earth, to create a game that, we feel, is truly able to do justice toJ.R.R. Tolkien’s vision.To turn a work of fiction into a game is always a challenging task. But we have remained true to Tolkien, from the placingof towns and cities, to the characters that populate the world and the forces they command. Sometimes we have addednew material in order to make the game more balanced, or taken inspiration from ICE's works (creators of the MiddleearthRole-Playing system), but when we have done so it has always been within the context and style of the world thatTolkien created.We hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we enjoyed creating it. Welcome to The One Ring!Page 3