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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor DLC expansion The Bright Lord will feature an all-new campaign focussed on Talion’s companion Celebrimbor the Elven Lord, reports The One Ring.
Taking control of Celebrimbor, players will battle through a ten mission campaign set thousands of years prior to events of the main game, culminating with a face off with Sauron.
“During the main story of Shadow of Mordor, we showed flashbacks to Celebrimbor’s life, and in particular his involvement with the Rings of Power and his downfall within Mordor. It was very exciting for us to be able to go back and actually play elements of this story,” explained Monolith’s director of design, Michael de Plater.
de Plater also detailed the new abilities available to players when taking control of Celebrimbor.
“The main new abilities revolve around wielding the power of the One Ring,” he explained. “This increases your powers of Domination, so you have an aura which can force enemies to fight for you, you can also use the Ring to enter the Wraith world and slow time so you can battle enemies from the shadows and you can use your followers to heal yourself in combat. Additionally Celebrimbor is even more powerful with his bow. All of this increased power is very important as your enemies are also stronger, this is a time when the power of Sauron is at its height within Mordor.”
The DLC will also include a new skin to play as Celebrimbor in the main Campaign, whilst in Challenge Mode it will be possible to play with the new Celebrimbor abilities.
The Bright Lord is expected to release soon. If you’re yet to pick or Shadow of Mordor you can buy it now from Amazon.co.uk.
Source: The One Ring
