

Shelob relinquishes the ring back to Talion, granting him the power to build an army via Celebrimbor's bright hand. But once the human city is lost to Sauron’s forces, the game starts rolling forward with graug-like momentum. It is easy to play for 10 hours in this starting area, as there are many collectibles to grab, challenges to complete, and captains to cleave. Talion starts his fight in the human city as it is being invaded by an orc army, but there is little he can do to stop it being taken over by the Nazgûls seeking a powerful artefact within the cities’ keep.

The giant spider has no love for Sauron, so the pair (or trio) forms a tentative alliance. Her power rivals her cunning, and she provides Talion with visions of Gondorians suffering in the city of Minas Ithil. As fate would have it, the newly forged ring is almost immediately taken by the spider-woman known as Shelob. At the end of the last game the interlinked duo were going to make a new ring of power. Once again, the undying Talion and his ghostly companion, Celebrimbor, return to build an army of converted orcs to battle the dark forces of Sauron.
