I can't be blamed for the CRF.
MELE Starter Rules; Characters and Companies. wrote:During play, you may organize your characters into groups called ‘companies’. A company’s size is equal to the number of characters in it. A company is limited to a size of seven.
This is simply under the character and company rules. However, under the actual heading of "Limitations on Company Composition," there's:
Limitations on Company Composition
Unless at a Darkhaven, a Ringwraith may not be in a company with other characters.
In the standard rules, under the same heading
LIMITATIONS ON COMPANY COMPOSITION
There are three other limitations on the types of characters that can be in a company.
• Unless at a Darkhaven, an Orc or a Troll cannot be in a company that contains an Elf, a Dwarf, or a Dúnadan - and vice versa.
• Unless at a Darkhaven, your Ringwraith’s company may only contain your Ringwraith and Ringwraith followers (see pages 34-5).
• Unless at a Darkhaven, a company may only contain one leader. A leader is a character with the keyword “leader,” in its text box.
These limitations also apply to moving companies.
Note: If two companies end up at a non-Darkhaven site and combining those companies would violate the limitations on company composition, one of the companies that just moved must return to its site of origin. Similarly, an effect that causes such a violation is cancelled (e.g., We Have Come to Kill).
Company size is treated separately from company composition in the rules. So again, the question remains.
It may be helpful to bring up Orders from the Great Demon, the "Balrog" version.
Balrog specific. Playable on a company. May be played with a starting company in lieu of a minor item. This company may contain an additional leader who does not count against the company size maximum.
Circumvents company composition and company size rules. On the other hand, the Balrog doesn't have to worry about mixing up races -- he
can't have elf, dunadan, etc. characters. Likewise, there's no card that makes the Balrog a leader.
Orders from Lugburz differs in that it does nothing about company size but has to do a bigger job circumventing company composition. Normally, you cannot have a Troll and a Dunadan at the same site. But if they are both leaders and Orders from Lugburz has been played on the company, the phrase "The company may contain a Troll Leader" seems like it would apply -- and cut through both racial and leader company composition limitations.