The Rise of the Witch-king

The Battle for Middle-earth II: Rise of the Witch-king is the expansion pack for The Battle for Middle-earth II. In the plot-line of this game, the Witch-king of Angmar creates a kingdom from nothing and raises an army from the inhabitants of the north, who are Wolves, Trolls, Orcs, and varying Black Númenoreans; with the purpose of destroying the Dúnedain realm of Arnor. Electronic Arts developed and published the game in 2006, The third part of the Middle-earth strategy game. after announcing its release at the San Diego Comic-Con of that year.

In Skirmish mode, there are now seven playable Factions to choose from with the addition of the Angmar faction.

Unlike the two preceding games, The Rise of the Witch-king is compatible only with PC, and not also with Xbox 360.

Campaign
Main article: Angmar Campaign

The campaign of The Rise of the Witch-king is of the story before and during the war that the Witch-king was to wage between Angmar and Arnor, before Sauron returned openly to Mordor.

Unlike BFME 2, there is only one Campaign, in which the player plays the conquest of the Witch-king and his faction. The campaign's finale is "the Epilogue".

Angmar Heroes

 * The Witch-king of Angmar
 * Morgomir, another Ringwraith, who is the Witch-king's second
 * Rogash "Troll of the North", a great troll of frozen lands in the north who comes into the Witch-king's service at the time of the birth of Angmar
 * Hwaldar, a leader of evil Hill-men from Rhudaur who has sided with Angmar
 * Karsh, a previous captain of Arnor, turned into a wraith during the Witch-king's conquest
 * Shade of the Wolf, The Ice Werewolf, the hero from angmar, You can summon for a while, as an aid after reaching enough points, playing for Evil in the "Battle" mode and War of the Ring.

Units added to existing factions

 * Men of the West: Rohan Spearmen, Knights of Dol Amroth
 * Elves: Lindon Horse Archers, Noldor Warriors
 * Dwarves: Dwarven Zealots, Prince Brand
 * Mordor: Black Orcs, Black Riders (together as a unit of 6, on horseback), Haradrim Lancers
 * Isengard: Warg Pack, Uruk Deathbringers
 * Goblins: Fire Drake brood (a group of three smaller Fire Drakes), Azog of Moria

War of the Ring updates

 * The Ring Heroes (Galadriel and Sauron) became recruitable
 * Two new historical scenarios: Historical and Fall of Arnor

Maps
In The Rise of the Witch-king there are a total of sixty-nine regions of Middle-earth that can be battled throughout and explored. For all RotWK maps, see Category:RotWK Maps.

New cast

 * Andy Serkis as Angmar's Witch-king
 * Gregg Berger as Rogash and King Arvedui
 * Cam Clarke as King Arveleg
 * Keith Ferguson as Morgomir
 * Lloyd Sherr as Hwaldar
 * Jason Connery as Karsh
 * Michael Gough as the voice of Black Numenoreans

External link

 * Jj.png The Rise of the Witch-king at Amazon
 * The Battle for the Middle-earth Online Discord community