Arnor INCLUDES:

• COLOR TERRAIN MAPS detailing the lands of Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur - a total of 10 pages.
• MYSTICAL AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS of Arthedain, including the healing Sisters of Nienna and the secret Lindalistyari.
• WARCRAFT used by the three sister kingdoms, including the Dagarim Aran and the Degerim Ereter of Arthedain, the "Raggers" of Cardolan, and the mercenaries who sell their services to the highest bidder - the Radh Crann-Sleagha, the Cruaidh Maraich, the Troich-Armchleasah, and the Forak-Eiginn.
• CASTLES, CITIES AND SITES including the eerie leaning hill of Cameth Brin, bustling and over-populated Tharbad, and the haunted Barrow-downs.
• RANGERS OF THE NORTH - their history, organization, duties, and how to create a Ranger player character.
• THE FATE OF THE KINGS, a series of exciting scenarios combining political intrigue with royal warfare.
• COLOR CITY MAPS depicting the streets, canals, bridges, and edifices of Tharbad; the avenues, gardens, and libraries of Annminas; and the earthen dikes, stone walls, and high guard towers of fortified Fornost Erain.

In the year 861 of the Third Age, Arnor was sundered. The death of the tenth and last Arnorian king, E�endur, left the North Kingdom's loyalties split among E�endur's three surviving sons. Amlaith of Fornost, the eldest of the three and thus the Prince most deserving of inheriting his father's full domain, won the Sceptre of Annminas but in the process lost half of Arnor's territory and much of her power. His brothers staked claim to the eastern and southern lands and successfully countered his attempts to reunify the realm.

Thus the North Kingdom split into three independent, neighboring but lesser states: Arthedain, Cardolan, and Rhudaur.

This realm module details the three sister kingdoms and their relations with one another. Much of the material covering Arthedain and Cardolan was previously available in Rangers of the North and The Lost Realm of Cardolan. The information on Rhudaur, together with more extensive lore concerning the inhabitants of sundered Arnor, has never appeared in previous modules.

 NOTE: ARNOR is a compilation of revised material from the following 1st Edition modules combined with new information: Lost Realm of CARDOLAN (1987), RANGERS of the North (1984), HILLMEN of the Trollshaws (1984), BREE and the Barrow Downs (1984), and Thieves of THARBAD (1985).
    

 NOTE: The SHIRE (1995) 2nd Edition Realm module was written based on ideas first detailed here.

 NOTE: ARNOR has been replaced and split into the two 2nd Edition volumes ARNOR: The Land (1997) and ARNOR: The People (1996).
 

Comments

Absolutely one of the best sourcebooks for any rpg- middle-earth or not. The maps are great, the attention to detail is wonderful. Tables out of the ying yang---for random encounters, weather, herbs, you name it. No stone was left unturned. ICE`s best.