In Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor players portray the role of Tailon. Tailon is the Ranger of the Black Gate and it is his duty to watch over Mordor. The story is told that Mordor was untouched and undisturbed for ages but all of that changes abruptly. While everything in life seems grand, it is all stripped away in minutes. From this point on it is the goal of the player to achieve delivering a vendetta against all of those that have wronged you. The idea is to get through a series of battles and uncover truths. These truths will help the player to understand his life to rebuild himself as a legend once again. This compelling
story line makes the player want to fight harder to help Tailon regain what is rightly his, which is his good name,
values and life.