
The objectives are usually tantalizingly close to the fellowship - "Oh, that's our campsite, yeah, so come find us in the Mines of Moria! Oh, wait, we moved on." Gandalf narrates the scenes "speaking" to Berethor, usually encouraging him to try and catch up with the group. Their activities and encounters all follow the Fellowship, even at one point finding the campsite used by them when in the mountains (in the first film). And so on for the other three characters all are made in the shape of other, similar characters. Elegost is one of Aragorn's fellow rangers. Idrial is an elf woman serving Galadriel. Berethor is the captain of the Gondor Citadel Guard, and is looking for Boromir.

The main characters are not the main characters of the Lord of the Rings, but rather similar characters that share many connections with them. An attempt to cross the Lord of the Rings with a Final Fantasy-style RPG, the Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is in most ways stuck in the shadow of many other greater things.
