Exclusively Evil: It comes from The Lord of the Rings.

Although Orc blood is described as black in the books, all the blood in the game is red. It makes some conversations sounding a bit Out of Character, when the leader of an evil faction asks the player politely to do a random quest and nearly apologizes when the player answers that he won't be able to do it.

Affably Evil: Some parts of dialogs (especially all which is related to quests common to all sides) are the same for every factions.

Female commanders are Miriel (Mirkwood), Galadriel (faction leader of Lothlorien) and the Black Numenorean Beruthiel (Mordor).

Hirable companions feature Faniul from Dale, Luevanna from Mirkwood, and Galmyne from Rohan.

There are also a few female commanders and hired blade among the Elven and Human NPC:

Action Girl: Elves and most Human player characters can choose to be one, although this isn't adviced because of graphical issues (see Obvious Beta below).

Tropes used in The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle Earth) include: The current version (3.0) have been released in October 2011, the latest update (3.13) have been released in March 2012. When he reachs the level 8, the War of the Ring begins. Then, like in the original Mount & Blade, the character will have to hire soldiers, buy gears, and do quests to gain fame with the factions of his side. The player creates a character and begins alone near a camp / town of the mini faction that he chose, already attached to it (lowest rank), and equiped with bad quality gear and a few food. It features three sides (Good, Sauron, Saruman - Sauron and Saruman begin as allies) divided in several smaller factions (Gondor, Rohan, Mirkwood, Harad, Rhun, Mordor, Moria, etc). It puts the player in the middle of the War of the Ring, with a lot of factions, units, and towns. Its draws its inspiration from The Lord of the Rings, especially the books (although some clothings and city appearances come from the movies). The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle Earth) is a Game Mod for Mount & Blade, a Strategy Game with tactical action and RPG Elements.

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