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What is the Middle-Earth Roleplaying Project?
Welcome to the Middle-Earth Roleplaying Project - There and Back Again (MERP) mod. This is a Total Conversion modification for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, based on the magnificent world of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings. MERP was being created for The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, and we have released Beta 0.2.6 for Oblivion (see below).
Who are we?
The MERP team is making an addition to Skyrim. That is, the world of Middle Earth! We are adding all of Middle-Earth in it's entirety, obviously including such places as: The Shire, Eriador, Gondor, Rohan, The Rhovanion, Moria, Mordor, and many other locations!
We have a very large, dedicated, and talented team working to create the world of Middle Earth!
Our Goal
Our goal as a team is to realize the world of J.R.R. Tolkien as closely as we can to his vision. We hold the lore to a very high standard and will not compromise the lore as often as we can. We do use the visual appearance of the films, but if there is a conflict then we always take the books over the movies. We work very hard to bring a quality product even better than the original Oblivion game. We want to make our work look as though professional game developers have created this, an open-world Middle-Earth RPG like no other!
Currently, we have a completed heightmap of Middle Earth (over 10 times the size of Skyrim!) that we will be populating once the Creation Kit is released for Skyrim. Our goal is to create detailed landscapes, towns, interiors, new playable races, weapons and armor, and more!
Preview
With the release of v0.2.6, we are planning to create a trailer for it. In the meantime, June 10 trailer is our old trailer for Beta 0.2.4. You can also find some older trailers of our work on our MiddleEarthRP channel. Check out our Autumn 09 trailer, and this older Beta trailer.
Here is an image of our new heightmap for MERP Skyrim:
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Also check out this video showcasing MERP & Blade, a per-conceptual sub-mod for Oblivion that is planned to be created for MERP Skyrim. It's goal is to give MERP more Mount&Blade-esque combat!
Here are also some screenshots of our work for MERP Oblivion:

I would also advise that you check out our Moddb page for more videos, screenshots, music, the latest news, and more!
Download the MERP Beta
MERP Beta version 0.2.6: Download it HERE!
This is our final release of MERP for Oblivion (with a possible mini-patch or two to fix any bugs). From here on, we will be working on developing MERP for Skyrim!
More Information
To contact us, or see more of the MERP mod, you can go to:
Our developer's forum
Our Moddb page
Our most recent Bethesda forum thread
We are always looking for more help. If you'd like to join the MERP team, please feel free to make an account on our developer forum and check out our Application section HERE!
Any questions, comments, suggestions, etc. are appreciated.