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Shadows of Isildur — a roleplay-intensive Tolkien MUD.

Connect at middle-earth.us, port 4500.


“If you’re looking for a game with good RP, great world, excellent building and over the top coding, Shadows of Isildur could be for you.”

Evilone

Greetings, Friend!

Online and serving the community since early 2002, Shadows of Isildur is a roleplay-intensive, completely free and non-commercial Tolkien-based MUD. Our world has been lovingly crafted, and our playerbase is active and of extremely high calibre. Come join us today!

We are reached only at middle-earth.us, port 23. For more information, click here.

About Us

We have created a vast, breathtakingly beautiful and stunningly detailed rendition of Tolkien's masterpiece. Originally opening in the year 2460 of the Third Age, Shadows of Isildur features the epic conflict between Minas Tirith, the bastion of the remnants of the fabled Numenorean Empire, and Minas Morgul, a dark and twisted nightmare under the iron-fisted rule of the dreaded Witchking of Angmar. With players living out the lives of those on both sides, our intense storylines are rife with conflict, strife, and heart-pounding rushes of adrenaline.

We are an RPI [Role-Play Intensive] MUD, which means a number of things that many of you may not be familiar with; most significantly, the death of one's character is permanent, and in-character behavior is required in-game at all times -- roleplay is absolutely mandatory, and strictly enforced. Finally, characters here are by application only - sometimes it may take a few runs to get a character approved, but we promise you that it will be worth the wait!

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For the latest updates, you should head on over to the staff announcements forum, or check out the archived issues of our newsletter, the Palantir Weekly.