This is the first installment of the second series of games in the LOTR trilogy. It takes place not too long after The Return of the King, but in an alternate timeline. At the beginning of the game, King Elessar is assassinated by a rogue Orc Bowman, and you play as a Knight of the King, Arador Ambrosius, and journey with an army to Mordor to find out what the "Stone of Arda" is and who is now commanding the Orc Armies after the fall of Sauron.