The Noldor
First Age Civilization
Units (1 2)
Buildings (1 2)
Equipment (1)

Refuge

The refuge is the civic center of any Noldorin settlement. A refuge was often a peaceful place of gathering, feasting, and song for a Noldorin civilization, for example Elrond's hall in Imladris would have qualified as a Noldorin refuge. The Refuge is also the primary resource deposit for the Noldorin economy. As with all civic center buildings in TLA, the refuge will be the primary contact point for all diplomatic relations. Civic centers like the refuge are a prerequiste for building cities - they create a "Home Area" around their perimeter that allows the player to build other buildings near it. The refuge also will grant some population slots to the player.

Units Trained: Citizen, Scout, Herald, Work Cart
Equipment Built: Work Cart
Resource Deposit for: all depositable resources.
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Dwelling

The sole function of the Noldorin dwelling, as with any dwelling, is to provide the Noldor with extra living space. So in TLA, the dwelling will increase the total population allowance for the civilization, allowing more units to be trained.


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Mineshaft

Mineshafts in TLA are unlike mines in most other games of the same genre. In order to mine mineral deposits, the Noldor first must find a deposit on the ground, identifiable by characteristic sparkles, rocks, metallic glints, etc. Then the Noldorin citizens can build a mineshaft anywhere over this mineral. Similar to the mine in AoK, the mineshaft will gather whatever resource it is built on top of. In order to actually mine resources, however, a player must actually send citizens into the mines to work. The Noldor were known, especially in the first age, for their mining of various metals in the mountains of Middle-earth.

Resources Gathered: Gold, Silver, Iron, Stone, Gems

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Artisan's Guild

The Noldorin artisans created fantastic masterpieces of jewelry during their many thousands of years. In TLA, these artisans will work within the Artisan's guild, a small shop in which the trade good jewelry is produced. Like mineshafts, in order to use the Artisan's guild, you must actually send citizens into the artisan's guild, essentially instructing them to become artisans.

Resources Gathered: Jewelry

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Sanctuary

The sanctuary is the healing center of the Noldorin civilization. It is here that Songweavers are trained to practice their crafts of healing and it is hear that songweavers refine their bardic skills. Units garrisoned within the sanctuary will be healed much more quickly than if they are garrisoned in any other building. It is also in the sanctuary that songweavers can write lays and epic poems with which to memorialize fallen leaders, preserving some of their bonuses.

Units Trained: Songweaver

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Marketplace

One of the most useful buildings of any civilization, not excluding the Noldor, is the Marketplace. It is here in the marketplace that a Noldorin player can sell his resources at market, allowing him to buy other resources that he lacks. In this building he can build and outfit caravans, and can set them up with trade routes. And the marketplace also functions as a resource deposit center for any depositable resource. Inside the marketplace, Noldor are always at work increasing their trade returns and productivity, so plenty of trade-related research will be facilitated here.

Equipment Built: Caravan
Resource Deposit for: all depositable resources.

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