Sillmarilion

[Warhammer]

Good grief I would love this!

All the Wizards were Maiar. Saruman was sent by Aule, and was of the same class of Maiar as Sauron. Radagast was sent by Nienna(?) to protect the trees and animals in the tumults that were to follow. Pallando and Alatar were sent by Orome. Gandalf was sent by Manwe himself, but he was a Maiar of one of the other Valar.

Tom Bombadil was not a Maiar, but I don't think they explained exactly what he was. Melian was the other Maiar that figured prominently in the Silmarillion, she was married to Thingol.

[Pratputajao]

Well it seems you are correct on the origin of Bombadil warhammer. At least according to the encyclopedia of Arda. In my "Lords of Middle earth" compendium for MERP (Middle Earth Role Playing game) he is listed a Maiar. However he is never listed among them. He was never said not to be Maia though....He could be Vala as there were Lesser unnamed Vala? But again no one knows. Tolken himself said he left Bombadil an enigma-- 'And even in a mythical Age there must be some enigmas, as there always are. Tom Bombadil is one (intentionally).'-- Interesting. Kind of a mystery like where did Ungoliant come from? Thanks for the correction

Anyway I would love this too and am surprised no one has made a mod like this for any game? You dont get any more High fantasy than the Silmarillion

[llamabeast]

Modding dominions is very easy, and quite a number of modded nations have already been created. I'm working on one myself - it's good fun. The time consuming part is indeed creating the graphics, although the face that only two fairly low-res sprites are needed per unit makes it reasonably manageable.

I think Foodstamp already did a Rohan mod - you can probably find it in the mods forum.

[Taqwus]

Hardest part might be dodging the lawyers, if they ever notice.

[NTJedi]

Taqwus said:
Hardest part might be dodging the lawyers, if they ever notice.

I contacted Tolkien Enterprises for permission on creating a Mordor nation for our dominion3 community, but they denied my request.

[Wahnsinniger]

Then just make one and pass it around the forums. Without a link to it on a website then it isn't official enough to be able to go after, no? Its not like it'll be "officially suported" by Illwinter or anything.

[Lingchih]

You guys are nerds.

Just joking. I would love a Silmarillion mod. Maybe change the names slightly, to avoid litigation? I know there was a Civ 2 mod that was very Tolkien based, but with the names changed. And it survived for a long time, and was very popular.