96 heroes in total (if I count well, counting also the upgraded heroes which are in fact different units)

*=boosted hero in the scenario


FOR PLAYER 1 (Blue, Gondor):

1: Frodo Baggins (the one ring bearer, first restricted in the Shire area before Gandalf comes back from the Great archives, he can receive boosts by triggering some missions)

2: Samwise Gamgee (can be boosted by receiving magic weapon after some special unit killed, he is the most loyal and handful friend of Frodo)

3: Gandalf the Grey (he got the most of missions to trigger of the scenario, he can be improved to Gandalf the White with better stats)

4: Gandalf the White* (triggered by going on Durin's bridge and killing the Balrog and going out of Moria by destroying the Durin's tower, upgrade of Gandalf the grey; Gandalf can make some mission only as the White, like healing Theoden or free Eomer and his army from banishment)

5: Peregrin Took* (can receive boosts by killing some unit, bow to Denethor in Minas tirith, he can also wake up the ents on certain condition and lit the beacons of Gondor)

6: Meriadoc Brandybuck* (can receive some boost by killing some unit, bow to Theoden in Edoras, he is also necessary to trigger the Ents waking up)

7: Boromir (first restricted in Osgiliath region to defend it, he must participate as the representant of humans, in the council of Elrond)

8: Denethor (as stewart of Gondor poisoned by the palantir and Sauron's mind, he is a hero with no attack; he triggers Boromir to go out of Osgiliath after Frodo arrives in Rivendell, to join the council of Elrond and take back the ring of power)

9: Faramir (brother of Boromir, made in Gondor's wonder: the White tower and kings hall on the top of Minas Tirith, he is the captain of Gondor's rangers and can match the nazguls except the Witch king after Imperial age)

10: Tom Bombadil (triggered by Frodo arriving to his house, with restricted area on his land, he repels evil powers by singing songs and make them sleep)

11: Aragorn (triggered by Frodo in Bree, he can beat the black riders except the Witch king after Minas Morgul reaches imperial age)

12: King Elessar (upgrade of Aragorn trigered by Rivendell's blacksmith)

13: Legolas (triggered by the council of Elrond, he can be boosted in Lorien by receiving a bow of the Galadhrim, he got awesome fast and huge long range attack)

14: Gimli (triggered by the council of Elrond, he is an infantry with great armor and attack)

15: 6 ents and Treebeard (trigered by Peregrin and Meriadoc in Fangorn forest)

16: the King of the Deads* and the army of the deads* (25 special boosted warriors, converted and triggered by king Elessar for a short amount of time; note that only him got a boost on his attack when he is in the mountain to overpass the deads armor representing their etheral corpse, with his reforged sword Anduril and that the mountain is then locked and he get also pirates of Umbar ships to go out of mountain on the other side)

17: Smeagol (triggered by "killing" Gollum, triggered by Frodo, he got leading triggers to show the ways)


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FOR PLAYER 2 (red, Mordor):

1: 5 orc chieftains and 1 troll chieftain (1 per castle)

2: Old Man Willow (a kind of nasty half-ent half-tree with very restricted area (he got his roots in the ground) in the old forest swamp of the Shire)

3: the Balrog of Morgoth (with restricted area in low level of Moria; when he falls into the lake in the pit, when Gandalf attracts him and break the Durin's bridge, he is extinguished and become weaker)

4: the Watcher (in water guarding the west gate of Moria, with strong multi range attack)

5: Grond* (hero siege ram trigered by tech and building a preset wonder with +5000 hp)

6: Sauron* (he can't be made at start, he is triggered when Frodo is killed or converted in Mount Doom and back to Barad Dur, meaning that he takes back his ring to get physical form)

7: Gollum* (triggered by Frodo passing on a special path)

8: Boromir (converted on certain condition)

9: an elite cave troll and an orc chieftain (with his army coming from the low levels of Moria (spamed on the high level), triggered by any blue unit going in Mazarbul's chamber).


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FOR PLAYER 3 (green, Rohan):

1: Eomer (a strong heavy cavalry hero who can even beat the nazguls except the Witch king after imperial age of player 6; he can be baned by Grima Wormtongue with some elite units and so all have restricted area to stay in on Rohan's fronteer, the Wold)

2: Eowyn (as maid, she must stay in Edoras but still got a sword to defend herself)

3: Eowyn the warrior (disguised as man, a heavy cavalry hero triggered by going in Dunharrow camp after Theoden is healed by Gandalf the white; she only can delete the magical Witch king armor by chalenging him on Pelenor's fields)

4: King Theoden (on a horse, he can't be made in wonder, he must be healed from Grima's poison by Gandalf the white; ha can boost the whole Rohan army if he reaches the Pelenor's fields after receiving the call of Gondor thanks to the Minas Tirith beacons trigered by Merry and Gandalf the White on the top of Minas Tirith).


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FOR PLAYER 4 (orange, Harad or Rhun):

1: Dragon Khan (a Rhun hero cavalry (khan=chief) in Rhun fortress)

2: Haradrim chieftain (on mumakil) or Dragon Khan again (made in wonder south: Harad camp)


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FOR PLAYER 5 (teal, Rivendell) :

1: Glorfindel (a very ancient and strong elf warrior, he must participate to the council of Elrond)

2: Arwen (beware: she got no attack; if she dies, Elessar will be demoralized and become weaker)

3: Lord Elrond (on feet, made in wonder : « Lord Elrond's House »; a strong sword infantry, he must participate to the council of Elrond, that he initiated himself, after Frodo arrives in Rivendell)

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FOR PLAYER 6 (purple, Minas Morgul) :

1: 8 black riders which can be upgraded to nazguls and got also a unique civ bonus to boost their attack: "the Morgul blades" (they can be produced and reproduced ever and ever in castle, but only 8 at once, one more will be deleted when going out of castle); they make strong splash damage only on enemies: they are very strong together so and especially on buildings!)

2: Shelob (restricted in his cave)

3: The Galgal Spectre (in french, «Barrow wight » or cairn ghost in English, with restricted area on Barrow downs hills, in the South West of Bree; as the ghost of a dead king he guards the treasures of old kings tombs and got huge armor as etheral body, like the Witch king in imperial age). 

4: The King of the deads* with 6 dead warriors* (restricted in the mountain, they can stop Elessar to trigger their conversion and spam for blue by killing him before a certain amount of time after the King of the deads meets him).

5: The Witch King of Angmar (made in wonder, he dies forever, but gain a huge boost (especially a magical armor of invulnerabilty) when reaching third age (=lotr imperial age); he is the commander of Sauron's forces before he takes back his ring; with his strong splash damage he can kill entire armies alone with only one strike)


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FOR PLAYER 7 (grey, Isengard) :

1: Grima Wormtongue (he got no attack but at start Isengard is allied with all players and he can trigger some nasty things, scout, spy, open allies gates, steal cattle from allies, etc.)

2: Saruman* (made in wonder, the « Tower of Orthanc » (which is boosted too), he must stay in Isengard walls before Gandalf the grey arrives to it and triggers orc buildings foundations; he is stronger than Gandalf the Grey, but not the White)

3: Ugluk*: first uruk hai raider created, he gets a boost of 300 hps and +30 attack, to lead others.

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FOR PLAYER 8 (yellow, Lorien) :

1: Haldir (a hero guarding the forest with sword)

2: Celeborn (the king of Lorien with spear)

3: Galadriel* (the queen of Lorien, made in wonder, « Caras Galadhon », she got one of the strongest attack but make splash damage even on allied units and doesn't have lot of hit points or armor).

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