How Gollum still alive?

[SKY]

is it 2,500 years after the Fourth Age over? How come Gollum in the game?

[Boris the Blade]

Smeagol was born in ~2430, the game takes place in ~2950, so he is about 500 years old. Wiki says, that the Ring extended his life greatly.

[SKY]

so when the main character die at the beginning of the story mode he got sent back into fourth age era?

[Boris the Blade]

No. 4-th Age starts after the destruction of the One Ring, while game takes place in 3-rd Age, right before the events of LoTR movies.

[SKY]

ohhhhhh i thought at the intro of story mode the lady said 2500 years later after sauron had vanish.

[Boris the Blade]

Yes. But Sauron has been vanished twice. 3-rd Age starts with 1-st defeat of Sauron, 4-th Age starts with his final death.

[Ghosrath]

then how are there uruks in the game, saruman created them during the LotR

[Boris the Blade]

Originally posted by Ghosrath:

then how are there uruks in the game, saruman created them during the LotR

Saruman created his own breed of uruks much later by "upgrading" uruks of Mordor.
"The Uruk-hai, described as large black orcs of great strength, first appeared from Mordor about the year 2475 of the Third Age, when they briefly took Ithilien and the city of Osgiliath. These original Uruks were of Sauron's breeding, but Saruman bred his own, which could endure sunlight. All Uruks were larger and stronger than other breeds of orc and consequently looked down upon and often bullied them."

[DeLyX Hardiee]

Originally posted by Boris the Blade:

Originally posted by Ghosrath:

then how are there uruks in the game, saruman created them during the LotR

Saruman created his own breed of uruks much later by "upgrading" uruks of Mordor.
"The Uruk-hai, described as large black orcs of great strength, first appeared from Mordor about the year 2475 of the Third Age, when they briefly took Ithilien and the city of Osgiliath. These original Uruks were of Sauron's breeding, but Saruman bred his own, which could endure sunlight. All Uruks were larger and stronger than other breeds of orc and consequently looked down upon and often bullied them."

Bet I could talk with you about the lore for ages. Favorite fantasy world for sure. It's so good :)

[Henry Crabgrass]

How are people getting hold of this info? Where do you even start? The books only say so much.

[Steely]

Originally posted by The Pizza Man:

How are people getting hold of this info? Where do you even start? The books only say so much.

You read more books and have conversations with people who read other books.

[SKY]

I actually really start to get interesting in this Tolkien works on more deep level. If i want to start read his books in order which one should i begin with? any suggestion? so many books lol +__+

[Boris the Blade]

Originally posted by Sky1739:

I actually really start to get interesting in this Tolkien works on more deep level. If i want to start read his books in order which one should i begin with? any suggestion? so many books lol +__+

The Hobbit or LoTR will be the best choice, The Silmarillion is quite hard to read.

[Caaros]

Shadow of Mordor takes place between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Same with the upcoming sequel.

[lesoo7]

He was sustained and corrupted by the dark power of the one.

[Henry Crabgrass]

Originally posted by Drom:

Originally posted by The Pizza Man:

How are people getting hold of this info? Where do you even start? The books only say so much.

From my experience, about 90%+ of all this "extra detailed" info is from Silmarilion, which is basically a Bible of Middle-Earth

I didn't even know this existed! Wow. The more you know.

Originally posted by Boris the Blade:

The Hobbit or LoTR will be the best choice, The Silmarillion is quite hard to read.

That's a shame but I might still keep an eye out on Amazon or something.