Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
It is the year 3019 of the Third Age, and the War of the Ring has begun.
Via Tzeentch or some other cruel god being a twat, Ghengis Khan along with some of his top generals (Subutai among them) arrives via portal with ten tumen of Mongol horesmen (a hundred thousand troops) right in the heart of the Shire. Once they've finished slaughtering half the population, brutalised the rest, and grazed their horses, the Great Khan decides to bring this new land entirely under his rule, as fate has ordained the Mongols masters of all.
So, a hundred thousand of some of history's scariest soldiers have turned up on Rivendell's veritable doorstep and laid waste to the Shire. Aforementioned warriors now wish to trample all Middle Earth beneath their mounts's hooves. How does Middle Earth react? Can the Free Peoples halt this advance, or will Mordor have to be an unlikely saviour? Because, given the military record of the Mongols, I'm not sure there's much Middle Earth can do. Massive fortified cities and huge mountain ranges are "been there, done that" territory for the Mongols. And it's the largest cavalry force seen since the War of Wrath most likely, so Rohan is most certainly stuffed. In short, in my view, LOTR's soundtrack goes from this to this.
I could see Genghis having some trouble as he is now very much on Gandalf's shit list, mind you. An angry Istari is nothing to sneeze at. And Minas Tirith would be a bastard to siege even with gunpowder armies. Then of course there are the unending legions of Mordor. But they are an infantry heavy force and the Mongols have faced far worse odds.
Via Tzeentch or some other cruel god being a twat, Ghengis Khan along with some of his top generals (Subutai among them) arrives via portal with ten tumen of Mongol horesmen (a hundred thousand troops) right in the heart of the Shire. Once they've finished slaughtering half the population, brutalised the rest, and grazed their horses, the Great Khan decides to bring this new land entirely under his rule, as fate has ordained the Mongols masters of all.
So, a hundred thousand of some of history's scariest soldiers have turned up on Rivendell's veritable doorstep and laid waste to the Shire. Aforementioned warriors now wish to trample all Middle Earth beneath their mounts's hooves. How does Middle Earth react? Can the Free Peoples halt this advance, or will Mordor have to be an unlikely saviour? Because, given the military record of the Mongols, I'm not sure there's much Middle Earth can do. Massive fortified cities and huge mountain ranges are "been there, done that" territory for the Mongols. And it's the largest cavalry force seen since the War of Wrath most likely, so Rohan is most certainly stuffed. In short, in my view, LOTR's soundtrack goes from this to this.
I could see Genghis having some trouble as he is now very much on Gandalf's shit list, mind you. An angry Istari is nothing to sneeze at. And Minas Tirith would be a bastard to siege even with gunpowder armies. Then of course there are the unending legions of Mordor. But they are an infantry heavy force and the Mongols have faced far worse odds.