After the battle of the last alliance and the downfall of Sauron, Greenwood the Great, the former name of Mirkwood, had enjoyed a long time of peace and prosperity. But in the year TA 1050 a shadow crept over it, turned green to grey and light to darkness. Mirkwood the Men called it. Now it was home to the some of the most dark and savage creatures in all of Rhovanion.