![]() Then Brûz announces that HE's the new Overlord and Ratbag does a complete one-eighty, loudly declaring that Brûz can't be Overlord. ![]() Anything but That!: In Shadow of War, Ratbag has gotten tired of being Overlord, after realizing just how tiring it is to feed, train and make sure you don't get killed by your troops.And he made it into the next game as well! And survived it too!.In the game proper, he's been promoted to an actual story character. Ascended Extra: Ratbag originally started out as simply one of the possible generated orcs in the initial demo of the game for the purposes of highlighting the Nemesis System.Achievements in Ignorance: According to his Appendix entry, one of the reasons Ratbag became an Overlord was self-delusion and inability to realize what he was incapable of.While seemingly executed by one of the Black Captains, Ratbag winds up becoming the Overlord of Núrnen in Shadow of War, whereupon he and Talion cross paths again. After Talion rescues him (against the Ranger's better judgment), he teaches him "the ways of the orc" with how promotions and power struggles work in return, Talion gets him installed as a Warchief. Was Once a Man: Poor Sméagol was a Hobbit until a certain gold ring came along.Īn ambitious but useless excuse of an orc, Ratbag attempts to advance through the ranks of Uruk society via underhanded means but consistently fails due to his complete lack of combat prowess.True Sight: Due to his bond with the One Ring, Gollum can see and communicate with Celebrimbor and the Wraith World.Justified since Gollum's Sméagol persona only emerges due to the kindness of Frodo Baggins in the books the Wraith is barely civil towards Gollum (and Talion is flat-out antagonistic towards him), so Sméagol has no reason to appear during the events of the games. Split Personality: His two sides bicker occasionally, but the schism between the two isn't as emphasized as it usually is.Exposition: While he doesn't provide any traditional info dumps, it turns out that he knows a lot of things that aid Talion and Celebrimbor in their quest, like the locations of Celebrimbor's artifacts or the command structure of the local orc army. Exact Words: He considers Celebrimbor, not Talion, the "Bright Lord".Gollum: But we didn't! We would never hurt the Bright Lord! We makes up for it now, yes? Immediate Self-Contradiction: When Talion runs into him again at the beginning of Shadow of War and confronts him about his attempted murder of him at the end of Shadow of Mordor:.Hobbits: Gollum was once a Stoor Hobbit who lived on the banks of the Anduin River, but 500 years of exposure to the One Ring's power have changed him into a monster.By the time of Shadow of War, he's become a minion of Shelob, whom he refers to as the Dark Mistress. Fair-Weather Friend: Gollum hides when Uruks and Caragors come around and tries to bash Talion's head in when he learns Celebrimbor also wants the Ring for himself.Deadpan Snarker: Gets in a few jabs at Talion while singing a tune on the way to recover an artifact.Continuity Nod: Gollum is Shelob's minion in Shadow of War, which foreshadows his actions in the books.The Cameo: His voice is briefly heard during Shadow of War's Golden Ending when he inadvertently destroys the One Ring.The Olog makes quick work of him, but it's the opening Talion needs to retaliate. Big Damn Heroes: In Shadow of War, he attacks an Olog who is about to crush Talion.A terrifying, pitiful creature that used to be a Hobbit, centuries of exposure to the One Ring have mutated Gollum and given him a burning desire to always be with his "Precious." He assists the "Bright Lord" and Talion by retrieving artifacts that help the former remember who he is, and thus, bring him closer to reuniting with the One Ring.
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