LotRO Lead World Builder Previewed New Swanfleet Zone Ahead Of "Before The Shadow" Expansion

The upcoming map is an area of gorgeous wetlands that has seen many historic events.

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Swanfleet Region

The Lord of the Rings Online will receive the "Before the Shadow" mini-expansion centered on players discovering the rising threat from Mordor and Saruman's Uruks across the new Swanfleet and Cardolan zones. In the case of the former, Lead World Builder "Scenario" at Standing Stone Games previewed the map for players across an hour-long stream, which later received a detailed blog post on the LotRO website.

Swanfleet is a gorgeous area of wetlands between the Mitheithel and Glanduin rivers, once home to the Elf-realm of Eregion. Only after Sauron's devastating wars of the Second Age and environmental destruction caused by Men did Swanfleet return to its natural state. Players will be venturing into the zone during its recovery from many scarring conflicts, searching across marshes, two dilapidated cities, and dark shores to investigate the ominous figures rumored to be hiding in the shadows of Swanfleet.

The Lead World Builder Scenario gave players a more visual look at Swanfleet last week, taking his character on a brisk stroll from corner to corner as he illustrates its historical significance. The zone itself is massive. Many viewers in the YouTube comments noted, "Swanfleet looks so beautiful" and expressed they couldn't "wait to run through the new region." Fleshed-out details on Swanfleet have yet to be officially released, but players making new characters will have the option to kick off their adventure in the wetlands if they purchase the Before the Shadow mini-expansion.

You can watch the entire stream with Scenario below!

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Anthony Jones
Anthony Jones, News Editor
Anthony Jones is a gaming journalist and late 90s kid in love with retro games and the evolution of modern gaming. He started at Mega Visions as a news reporter covering the latest announcements, rumors, and fan-made projects. FFXIV has his heart in the MMORPGs scene, but he's always excited to analyze and lose hours to ambitious and ambiguous MMOs that gamers follow.

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