Divide and Conquer

Divide and Conquer
Platform	Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms
Mod Type	Total Conversion, Lord of the Rings, Mod Foldered
Era	Third Age
Mod Leader	Arachir Galudirithon
Release Status	Full Release 1.01
Forum / Thread	Here

Divide and Conquer is a total conversion submod for Third Age Total War focusing on new factions, plenty of new units, numerous new events and depicting Middle-earth in a unique way. Play any one of 26 factions, from the Dúnedain of the North to the Haven of Umbar.

Features

Factions and cultures

There are 26 playable factions in this submod that can generally be divided into two groups: The "good" factions and the "evil" factions. This is the morality axis Tolkien himself based his legendarium on and Divide and Conquer stays true to this. This does not mean that the player cannot choose who to ally with and who to fight, but there are certain limits, e.g. an alliance must first be broken via diplomacy. Wars between evil factions and more frequently between good ones are indeed not unheard of, either through AI choices or through scripts. Additionally the Clans of Enedwaith faction starts with neither allies nor enemies and can therefore choose sides freely. Ar-Adunaim, who replaced Umbar from previous versions, start as a neutral horde nation, therefore they can choose where they land and which side they will join - when controlled by A.I., however, they always land in Umbar and become aligned with evil. Variags of Khand can become one of the good nations if they accept Blue Wizards in an event.

Factions Overview: Morality (v4.5)

	Good	Evil	Neutral
1	Kingdom of Gondor	Shadow of Mordor	Clans of Enedwaith
2	Principality of Dol Amroth	Shadow of Mirkwood	Ar-Adunaim (replaced Umbar)
3	Northern Dúnedain	Dominion of Isengard	-
4	Kingdom of Rohan	Orcs of Moria	-
5	Bree-land and the Shire	Orcs of Gundabad	-
6	Kingdom of Dale	Haradrim Tribes	-
7	Vale of Dorwinion	Variags of Khand (initially)	-
8	Vale of Anduin	Easterlings of Rhûn	-
9	Dwarves of Khazad-dûm	Dunlendings	-
10	Dwarves of Erebor & Iron Hills	Remnants of Angmar	-
11	Dwarves of Ered Luin	Haven of Umbar (replaced by Ar-Adunaim)	-
12	High Elves	-	-
13	Woodland Realm	-	-
14	Realm of Lothlórien	-	-

Furthermore, factions can be classified according to culture. There are nine cultures in the game, plus one "other" culture, scarcely seen in some settlements. Cultures are mostly either good or evil, so Dúnedain, Northmen, Dwarves and Elves are only good factions, while Followers of Melkor and Men of the East are evil. Middlemen culture is split between good Breeland, evil Dunlendings and neutral Clans of Enedwaith. Ar-Adunaim start neutral with their unique culture called King's Men, but when controlled by AI, they always join evil factions. Variags of Khand can switch cultures from evil Men of the East to the good-alligned Nomadic if they accept Blue Wizards in an event.

Factions Overview: Cultures (v4.5)

	Dúnedain	Northemen	Middlemen	Dwarves	Elves	Followers of Melkor	Men of the East	King's men	Nomadic
1	Kingdom of Gondor	Kingdom of Rohan	Bree-land and the Shire	Dwarves of Khazad-dûm	High Elves	Shadow of Mordor	Haradrim Tribes	Ar-Adunaim	Variags of Khand (after event)
2	Principality of Dol Amroth	Kingdom of Dale	Dunlendings	Dwarves of Erebor & Iron Hills	Woodland Realm	Shadow of Mirkwood	Easterlings of Rhûn	-	-
3	Northern Dúnedain	Vale of Anduin	Clans of Enedwaith	Dwarves of Ered Luin	Realm of Lóthlorien	Dominion of Isengard	Variags of Khand (initially)	-	-
4	-	Vale of Dorwinion	-	-	-	Orcs of Moria	-	-	-
5	-	-	-	-	-	Orcs of Gundabad	-	-	-
6	-	-	-	-	-	Remnants of Angmar	-	-	-