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Much work and research was put into the background material, going back to Tolkien himself and keeping everything true to the original vision. Much work had to be made to clear out the modern take on orcs, like the image you get from [[Wikipedia:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)|the Lord of the Rings movies]]. In line with all this research [[Björn Axén]] also reinvented the "black tongue" used by many Swedish orc larpers since the 1990s, putting in an enormous amount of work and linguistic knowledge to create a working language that stays as true as possible to the source material.
[[File:utumno_lilaUtumno lila.jpg|right|thumb|Utumno was featured in an ad campaign by one of the leading brands of coffee in Sweden.]]The game was played for 24 hours, starting in the evening, and was a rather high-paced and physically exhausting experience.
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