Sylvanas Windrunner, a great Ranger General, appearing in her beautiful elven appearance. She has been around a long time, before the events of the forging of the rings. She was an elven lord who lives in Eregion as a general to Celebrimbor who rules over this land, serving by his side, she kneels before him. She serves him well and always had a problem with his new friend, the man named Annatar who is actually Sauron.
The first glimpse of her past shows she serves Celebrimbor in the palace but later on it shows that she was outside, standing on the cliffs and looking out at the view. She turns her head to the side, seeing an army of elves, marching towards the Fords of Isen to defend it against Sauron. She leads her army of elves against the enemy, sending thousands of elves to clash against legions of orcs.
Sylvanas seen charging into battle with her archers, firing one arrow after another, taking down as many orcs in front of her, killing so many orcs with that bow. She soon got closer to her enemy, which got her to place her bow on her back and draw out two daggers and starts cutting them down, one by one she kills them, having her warriors surrounding her to assist her. The battle against the orcs was rough and terrible on the Fords of Isen, soon to make things worse when the Dark Lord reveals himself onto the battlefield.
Sauron came forth in his dark form, swinging his mace forth and knocking many elves through the sky, getting the attention from Sylvanas. She stops her fighting and turns her head towards him, watching him killing her people, she did not like this at all, and so she drew out her bow again and started firing arrows towards him, getting his attention when feeling a few hits on his armour but they only bounce off him. Sauron swung once more at the elves on the side, allowing his orcs to advance forward while he walks towards her, walking through the orcs and goes straight towards her. Sylvanas continues attacking him with her arrows, only making things worse so she reverts to her blades and charges towards him. She got close enough for Sauron to swing his mace forward, only to miss when she kneels down and slides past him, cutting his leg with one of her blades then got behind him and strikes him again on the same leg. Sauron turns back and swings his mace down; getting Sylvanas to roll to the side to avoid it, seeing a single hit from his mace triggered the ground to shake, seeing cracks on the ground from his attack. Sylvanas strikes down two orcs in front of her then turns back and attacks Sauron, only to fail when he catches her by grabbing her by the neck, gripping onto her neck tight, he lifts her up in the air, holding onto her while she holds Sauron's hand, unable to break free and unable to breathe. Sauron lets go of her when she was close to death, collapsing onto the ground, falling on her knees, looking down at the ground while Sauron stands there looking down at her.
Sylvanas mutters to herself "Anar'alah belore" She then grabs her blades and raises her head to attack Sauron, only to fail when he swung his mace down at her, ending her life.
Her life was over and all Celebrimbor and Talion could see in her mind was darkness. Very soon, her past would continue even though she is dead, seeing her body sent to Dol Guldur, the fortress of sorcery. She was lying on a stone block while a shady human figure who plays as a necromancer, using this power to bring her back, making her far different from the wraith, turning her into a banshee who is now under the command of the Dark Lord.
Over the years, the banshee eventually returns to show a form of her own, appearing as what she was long ago but in a darker state. After she regain physical form, she went to war against the people of Middle-Earth by serving the Witch King. She came to his throne room, going down on one knee before the Witch King of Angmar who was sitting on his throne, giving her orders and not responding to those orders, showing no emotions whatsoever to him or the orcs in the room. After she got her orders, she rise up off the ground, turning back and walks away, getting the orcs to follow while the Witch King stays on his throne. Sylvanas came out of this fortress and outside into the light, there she comes walking through a pathway created by thousands of orcs in front of her, walking through while ignoring the orcs, walking at the frontline and mounting on a black horse and begins riding out into battle with the army of orcs. She sent this army towards Fornost, the capital of Arnor, leading the orcs to lay siege on this city.
Sylvanas leads an army of tens of thousands of orcs, sieging the city of Fornost, breaching the walls and the main gate with her war beasts and unleashing fiery siege weapons over the walls, dealing as much damage as they can. Sylvanas was right in the middle of the battlefield, standing on buildings, firing arrows down at the defenders, killing them all and giving the orcs the push through inside the city; she shows no mercy to anyone and continues releasing her arrows at her enemies.
At the end of the day, Fornost was in ruins and the orcs have now taken over this place, leaving no survivors in this place. The Witch King was so pleased of this success, coming to Fornost where he comes to the main chambers where Sylvanas waits for him, coming forth to congratulate her as she kneels before him.
After the fall of Fornost, Sylvanas rides with the Witch King by taking their army of orcs out of Fornost and travel to the west of the city, travelling to the west near Lake Evendim where an army of Gondor awaits them. They charge towards the armies of Gondor, fighting against them in the open fields, there they soon realise that this is an ambush. A cavalry of Gondor rode out of the hills, surprising the legions of orcs, catching them by surprise. Another army joins the battle from the north, having an army of elves to help flank the enemies position of the north, Sylvanas would soon realise that the one commanding the army of elves happens to be her sister, Vereesa Windrunner.
Sylvanas stays on the battlefield, fighting against everyone with her bow, shooting many soldiers dead with her arrows while the Witch King fled, knowing they are losing this fight. Sylvanas continued attacking, targeting the elves until she stops and aims her arrow towards Vereesa, seeing her looking back at her as she too aims her arrow back at Sylvanas. Vereesa appears more shock than Sylvanas was, having Sylvanas to fire first while Vereesa did not, taking a hit in the chest, collapsing to the ground while she moves towards her with another arrow at the ready. She got closer to her and there Vereesa fired an arrow at her but missed, getting Sylvanas to evade it and cause her to fire an arrow at her. Before that happen, an elf arrives and surprises them both, appearing in front of Sylvanas was Lor'themar Theron, he leaps down and strikes her bow in half. Sylvanas drew two daggers and charges against Lor'themar, clashing blades against each other, having Lor'themar showing no mercy to a fellow elf and with that, he gain the upper hand against her and finally slew her, slicing through her chest and sending her falling back onto the field.
Darkness came to Sylvanas when she died once again, seeing nothing but the black void until a light came once again to Sylvanas. She opens her eyes, appearing in the most haunted fortress in Mordor, a fortress where the Tower of Sauron lies. She has awoken yet again, before the events when the enemy took over the Black Gate. She rises up on the stone block she lays on, seeing the Mouth of Sauron, the one who is a necromancer who serves the Dark Lord well. There was also the three Black Captains who stands together in this haunted place, once the Mouth of Sauron completed the ritual, he backs away for the Black Hand to come towards her and lend his hand out to help her off the stone block. The moment Sylvanas takes his hand, the bond between her past and the domination of Celebrimbor would break, ending the flashbacks and the locked past of Sylvanas.
After the bond was broken, Celebrimbor let go of her, causing her mind to return to her, bringing her mind back to what she was long ago. She was no longer a walking corpse who serves Sauron's army; instead, she had a mind of her own now, thanks to Celebrimbor on unlocking it. Once she was free, she quickly attacks by grabbing his arm and gets back up, quickly punching him across the face, sending him to the ground, giving her time to make a run for it, escaping the two.
Sylvanas flees from the sight of the two but they decide to give chase after her, not obtaining the information they desire. Talion and Celebrimbor tracks her down by following the tracks of blood she spilled, following the tracks where it leads however, an unwelcome guest suddenly interrupts the chase by knocking Talion off the ground. The Uruk captain that he ordered to leave returns to confront Talion, carrying a spear and shield at the ready, betraying Talion and Celebrimbor, as he has no desire on serving them anymore.
Sylvanas eventually found an area where she could stop and take a break, hiding in the caves in the east, looking at herself through a reflection of water that was near her. She stares at her reflection for a while, soon to lower her head and look down at her body, looking at her bloody chest due to the hits that Talion delivered to her.
"They will pay…." Sylvanas mutters to herself when looking back at her reflection, soon to rise up off the ground while still looking at herself "They will all pay… For what they have done to me."
Sylvanas turns back and was about to leave the cave but she stops when only taking two steps forward, realising she is not alone here and it is not Talion. She turns towards the darkness in the cave, holding onto her bow and holding the arrow that is still in the quiver, waiting for whatever comes out of the darkness to reveal itself to her. The creature from the darkness reveals itself to her, appearing as Shelob, the great spider, slowly coming out of the darkness in her spider form but she would soon revert to a woman.
Sylvanas mutters out her name "Shelob…" Then draws out an arrow, ready to fire at her
"Calm yourself, ranger of the west." Shelob said while continuing to approach her
"I know you… You are the daughter to the great spider Ungoliant."
"So you have heard of me…" She stops "Then you know I am not an enemy to you."
"Yeah right." Sylvanas still aims her bow towards her, holding onto the string of her bow with only two fingers, ready to release her arrow.
"I am not your enemy here. You and I have suffered from the Dark Lord; he used you just as he used me. He wanted to sacrifice me so he could get what he wants; you of all people understand that."
"I am not like you. I am not a monster."
"And yet you have looked at yourself for a while." She turns to the side and takes a few steps "Sauron used you over and over again, using you to kill whoever stands in his way, especially your kind." She looks back to her "I know you plan on going after the ones who have wronged you from your death, I can help you if you could just lower your bow."
"And why should I trust you?"
"Because I want them to suffer…" She lend her hand out to her "They all need to suffer."
Sylvanas looks down at her hand for the moment then back to Shelob, soon to lower her bow and place her arrow back into her quiver then slowly lend her hand out, getting Shelob to grab her. Sylvanas gasps and looks up at the ceiling, seeing a vision of a future that has not happened just yet. She sees herself, walking across this large bridge with the Mouth if Sauron by her side, walking together with an army of Uruks behind them. She soon notice Talion standing at the end of the bridge, holding his sword with one hand to it, having five Warchief captains behind him and an Overlord standing next to him with his two flaming axes.
The vison ends before anything could happen between Sylvanas and Talion, Sylvanas backs away from Shelob and both lowers their hands down. Sylvanas soon notice someone coming inside the cave, getting her to look back to the entrance, noticing Talion arriving in the caves, seeing Celebrimbor appearing next to him as they proceed through. Sylvanas turns back to Shelob, seeing her no longer here anymore. She looks towards Talion and Celebrimbor, walking together in the caves while speaking to each other.
"You know this woman…." Talion said to Celebrimbor "Why didn't you recognise her?"
"Most of my past is still a blur to me, once I saw through her mind; my past came back to me. Her name I cannot remember, all I know is that she was one of the deadliest rangers who once serve under my command when battling the Dark Lord Sauron."
"My name is Sylvanas." She calls out to them, getting them to stop and look forward as she comes out of the shadows, holding onto her bow with one hand but she places it onto her back. She stares at Celebrimbor with her red eyes, looking at him as he looks back at her, remaining silent for the moment but she speaks out. "You are Celebrimbor."
"Sylvanas…." Talion looks back to Celebrimbor "She can see you."
"You are Sylvanas Windrunner, one of the old dynasties of the Second and Third Age." Celebrimbor said
"So you have heard of me."
"The last time I saw you was when you were about to confront the Dark Lord Sauron…. You died."
"Yes… I died and soon brought back to life…. Twice."
"You came back to life to fight in the Angmar War." Talion said "And now you are back in Mordor." Talion steps forward "We saw what happened to you and your past…"
"I was brought back… I once serve to fight against the Dark Lord… But because of what he did, he turned me into this…. Monstrosity."
"You are not the only one who cannot rest right now." Talion said "Not until we defeat the Dark Lord."
Sylvanas lowers her head and notices him carrying the One Ring, seeing it glowing in blue. "That ring…. Where did you get that?"
"We forged it." Celebrimbor said while Talion raise his hand up, closing his hand and showing the One Ring.
"This ring is going to destroy the enemy. That is why we have created this ring, to challenge Sauron's ring."
"You think you two could defeat the Dark Lord? You are insane."
"We have already claimed two fortresses and branded many captains and warriors to our ranks." Celebrimbor said "Once we dominate these lands, Sauron will be on his knees."
"We will dominate Mordor and then we will end this once and for all." Talion said
"You two… You are actually serious?"
"First we need to eliminate his servants, starting with the necromancer." Celebrimbor steps closer to her "Where is he?"
"You can help us." Talion said "Tell us where the necromancer is hiding and who else is he planning on bringing back from the dead?"
"Zog is just a tool. He is just a pawn, a servant to the real necromancer who owns Mordor." She walks towards them but goes past Talion, getting the two to look back at her "Leave them to me."
Talion looks back at her "Not alone you're not."
"Why do you care?" She stops before leaving but does not turn her body back to the two "I was someone you wanted to get rid of."
"You might be useful to us in the future." Celebrimbor said "You help us then we might help you on getting rid of the necromancer."
"We can take out his acolytes and his totems, weakening him while you finish him off." Talion said
Sylvanas stops and turns her head to the side "Why should I trust you two?"
"Like we said before…" Talion steps forward "You are not the only one who cannot rest; we are all in this because of the Dark Lord. We plan to wipe him out, to destroy everything he has created in this land, to turn it against him and destroy him."
"Hmn…" She looks forward "Dominate Mordor… But leave the two necromancers to me."
"It's a deal then." Talion said "But you may need our help."
"Do whatever you want… I am going to Seregost." She departs from the cave and leaves their sight.
Talion and Celebrimbor looks back to her and watches her leave, having Talion to speak first "I don't trust her… I know she has a serious grudge against Sauron but there is going to be a time that she will be a problem."
"She is doing us a favour on getting rid of the necromancer." Celebrimbor said "We'll get rid of her when the time is right."
"But first we need to deal with the captains." Talion starts walking out of the cave, having Celebrimbor to return inside of him
Sylvanas travels to Seregost while Talion stays in Cirith Ungol for a time, soon to travel back to Nurnen where he must deal with an unwelcome invasion from captains who are attacking his fortress. Talion stays there for the time being after it was over, dealing with a rebellion from his branded Uruks, eventually returning to Cirith Ungol where he deals with some mess then would travel to Seregost. This will be a while before Sylvanas could see Talion again, for that; she decides to play along with Zog the Necromancer for a time, waiting for the right opportunity to kill him.
In the North East of the fortress of Seregost lies two captains, the ones that Zog wants to be turn into undead before he could reveal himself to Sylvanas. One captain is an Uruk with a sword on his back and carries two dual crossbows, making him one of the previous captains who once controlled an outpost in this region. The second captain is an Olog-Hai, a large brute that shows his armour is engrave onto his skin, covering most part of his body, making him want to embrace more pain as he was in love with pain.
Sylvanas began to make her move on the pack of Uruks, targeting those who are patrolling around, using her stealth with her Caragor to eliminate them quietly. She used her Caragor to devour their heads, killing them quickly and quietly, killing three Uruks in the area while firing an arrow at another one through the head. The next time she fired another arrow would get the rest of the Uruks attention, getting them away from the campfire and moves towards the location where Sylvanas it, noticing their sentries are down. The Uruk captain who walks with two Uruks behind would be the one to be attack first, having Sylvanas coming down from above from a tent, using the Caragor to tackle him to the ground while she stays on top of the tent, firing her arrows at the two Uruks then another towards an archer nearby. She turns to her Caragor, seeing the captain striking the Caragor across the face, causing it to move away from him. The captain draws out two crossbows and fires at the Caragor, damaging it a bit and slowing it down for the Olog-Hai captain to come to the side and crush the Caragor with his bloodied spike mace. The Olog-Hai crushes the Caragor and looks towards Sylvanas, taking two hits with the arrows but he did not flinch.
The Olog-Hai calls to her "You think these little arrows can hurt me. I endure pain! Give me more pain, please. I want it!"
The other Uruk captain calls to her also "They never told me how pretty you are… It is going to be a shame that I have to have to rip that pretty head of yours off your pretty body." He sighs a bit "But I am going to enjoy it."
Sylvanas retaliates by firing an arrow through the knee of the captain, he yells loudly when the arrow went through his knee and reach the other side, sending this captain collapsing to the ground. The Olog-Hai moves to the tent and swings his large mace down at her, getting her to move to the side and jump off before the tent collapses. She fired another arrow while in the air towards the captain who slowly got back up; he took another arrow through the side of his waist, giving him more pain. Sylvanas lands perfectly to the ground, looking to the injured Uruk then towards the Olog-Hai who comes charging towards her, swinging his mace down at her but she rolled out of the way, she then drew two more arrows and fired while staying on one knee, hitting the Olog-Hai on his arm.
"Come on!" The Olog-Hai shouts out, turning his body towards her "Keep it coming, these arrows won't hurt me!"
The Olog-Hai charges to her while she switches to her daggers instead of her bow, she evades his attack with his mace, sending the mace hitting the snow. She quickly places her foot on the mace and jumps up at the Olog-Hai, sending one of her daggers straight through the eye of the Olog-Hai, sending him back a bit but when he tries to grab her, she strikes him again with her other dagger, slicing his face and sending him collapsing back. She rolls forward when the Olog-Hai fell to the ground, she only held onto one of her daggers while the other one was still lodge into the neck of the Olog-Hai. Sylvanas suddenly threw the dagger she was holding towards the other captain the moment she rolled off the Olog-Hai, showing that she was keeping an eye on the other captain while fighting this one. Her dagger hit through the chest of the Uruk captain, stopping him where he was and looks down at it, when looking back up, Sylvanas starts shooting a few arrows through him, hitting his other knee and hitting his chest three times while she walks towards him.
The captain fell on his knees, lowering his head while Sylvanas stood in front of him, placing her bow on her back and taking the dagger out of his chest, the captain raise his head out and said "No fair… How do you have so many arrows?"
The captain attacks, even though he was weak, he still tried to kill her but failed. Sylvanas blocks his attack with her dagger, quickly using an arrow from her quiver to hit his arm and drop his sword, once he is unarmed, she delivers the kill by slicing his neck, sending him collapsing to the floor. After he is dead, she drops her dagger and quickly turns around while drawing out her bow, aiming towards the Olog-Hai who slowly rises up while still having the dagger through his eye. She fires another arrow at the Olog-Hai, hitting his other eye, blinding him and making him go enrage. Sylvanas takes her dagger and moves around the Olog-Hai while he continues swinging his mace around, waiting for the right time; she attacks him from behind, cutting the back left of his foot to send him down on one knee. She comes in front of the Olog-Hai, fires one more arrow, sending it through the mouth and sending the Olog-Hai to fall back, collapsing back onto the snow, and was not coming back up.
Sylvanas sighs once it was over, she places her bow on her back and takes her daggers and places them at the back of her waist. She walks around the area to make sure that there is no survivors, seeing only dead bodies from her kills, killing only a handful of Uruks and two captains. She ends up staying here for a time, waiting for Zog the Necromancer to arrive.
Half an hour went by and there is no sign of Zog or any of the acolytes, causing Sylvanas to wait more but she did not stand there waiting for him. She collected her arrows that are still good to her off the dead Uruks, using them again at more Uruks who happen to come across this area, having Sylvanas to go and kill them all, after that she returns to the dead Uruks and notice that the acolytes are finally here.
Sylvanas approaches the group while holding onto her bow with one hand "Where is Zog?" She calls out to them, seeing them continue walking towards the bodies. She calls out "I will not ask again!"
The acolyte's stops and looks towards her, soon to draw out these crossbows and aims them to her. Before they attack, a Nazgul came down from the sky in its black and greenish form, crashing in between the two and when rising up out of the darkness, showing its white spiritual form. He looks towards Sylvanas and raise his hands in front of him, holding something that is not there but something would appear, showing this long polearm with a curved blade at the end like a glaive.
The Nazgul speaks out to Sylvanas "Do you honestly think that we would not know that you have broken our bonds with you?" He lowers his spear, holding it with one hand while taking a few steps to the side then back while looking towards her "You serve the Dark Lord and his bidding, you serve him and the Nazgul. You will return to us, even if we have to tear you to pieces."
"You do not scare me, wraith." Sylvanas responds "I've walked the realms of the dead. I have seen the infinite dark. Nothing you say. Or do. Could possibly frighten me."
The Nazgul holds his weapon with two hands at the ready "So be it."
"Do you mind if I get involve?" A familiar voice called out to the group, getting Sylvanas and the Nazgul to turn their heads to the side, seeing Talion approaching them with his sword drawn, looking towards the Nazgul.