Could we have individual characters go on quests? I mean, if we're gonna do LOTR, we gotta do it properly with edgy straw-haired shieldbearers and OP hobbits and all that good stuff.
One of the quests should be to restore Arnor, which wouldn't be a faction at the beginning. Also, I think that land expansion should be more limited this season. In Middle-Earth, much of the land was unclaimed wilderness, such as the Lone-Lands or Enedwaith.