
The Monolith team worked with Middle-earth Enterprises, Peter Jackson and the artists at the Weta Workshop to make sure that the portrayed settings, characters and story align within canon. The story involves the Rings of Power, but is separate from Tolkien's canon. Talion discovers that the wraith who revived him is Celebrimbor (voiced by Alastair Duncan), the greatest Elven smith-master of the Second Age and the maker of the Rings of Power, who also seeks revenge against Sauron. The player will encounter Gollum (voiced by Liam O'Brien) in the game, discovering that Talion and Gollum have a lot in common. Mordor is not yet a barren wasteland in this story. The family of Talion (voiced and motion-captured by Troy Baker), a ranger of Gondor responsible for guarding the Black Gate of Mordor, is killed by Sauron's armies, but Talion is revived with "wraith-like abilities" and heads into Mordor to exact his revenge. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. The game takes place between the events of J.R.R. Due to this, events and characters depicted in the game are not canon. It also incorporates several events from the legendarium, though heavily modified. The game is a significant departure from Tolkien's written works, with many characters and events written specifically for the game. Meanwhile, the wraith inside him, Celebrimbor, struggles to remember his forgotten past, which will allow him to increase in power. Possessed by an immensely powerful wraith, Talion becomes a revenant, rising from the grave to avenge the murder of his family. At its center is Talion, a ranger who loses everything, including his mortal life. The game was designed to fill the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and is described as a story of revenge, slaughter, and mystery set entirely in Mordor, the land of shadow. Its sequel, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, was released on October 10, 2017. The game was released on Septemfor Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 18, 2014. Games which takes place in the world of J.R.R.

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a third-person action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros.
