What is Return of the Shadow MUD?
Return of the Shadow is a game based on the Fourth Age of Arda, J.R.R. Tolkien’s wonderful world of fantasy. Game play takes place after the destruction of the One Ring. After Sauron’s fall, a period of peace was laid about the land, and the Elves, Humans, Dwarves, and Hobbits prospered. However, these times of peace were forever threatened by a growing danger in Greenwood the Great. Once again, Orcs and other hideous things squirmed in dark places and began to multiply; the mighty forest became Mirkwood again. In response to these troubling events, the Free Peoples of Arda took alliance once again to combat the still unknown force behind the ever-rising threat from the forest–a threat which became known as the Shadow. As a player of RotS, you get to decide whether you will aid the Free Peoples in their fight against the Shadow or fester in the depths on Mirkwood as a minion of its power. Since the Shadow is fledgling and has not come to its true power, players who choose to side with
