Ouch
Lottie, why so fast?
I was hoping to persuade you to pick Gondor - for it sure wasn't "underestimating" Mordor, well, at least by the times of Denethor - but they, if some, were during centuries the self-centered ones who thought they were the only lineage worthy of the great Men of old scorning their northern brothers and thinking they only could stand against the foul forces of the East etc. They were the "shield of the West" and none else could do anything but them...
But it seems I'm late now...
Well, next time then.