Turbine, Inc. and Codemasters Online announced the details of the fourth free content update for subscribers to The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Book 12: The Ashen Wastes continues the epic story of The Lord of the Rings Online and adds substantial new features that provide players the ability to truly personalize their heroes such as new hairstyles and armor as well as an inventive new region, the Delving of Frór, that blends the challenge of a 12-player raid with the action of player-vs-player combat.

Some of the new features of the release include enhancements to the housing system introduced in Book 11 that allow players to customize their habitats to reflect their characters personas and epic quests that will see players discover the location of Narchuil, the ancient Ring Amarthiel lost at the Battle of Fornost. In addition to these features, there will also be over 100 new quests added to keep the excitement of Middle Earth going strong!