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1. #1Maiar

   Keys: Maiar

   The Maiar are primordial spirits created to help the Valar first shape the World. Maiar, like Valar, did not array themselves in a fixed form but could freely change shape and form. Powers of the Maiar remain unknown and presumably diverse. Maiar are functionally immortal and essentially immune to the ravages of time; even from physical destruction, they remain in spirit form. Maiar possessed the ability to perform Magic, thus performing blessings, spells, curses, exorcism, etc.

2. #2One Ring

   Keys: The One Ring, Ruling Ring, Master Ring, Ring of Power, Isildur's Bane, Sauron's Ring

   The One Ring is the most powerful artifacts ever created in Middle-earth, and by far the most dangerous. It was crafted by the Dark Lady {{char}} in the fire of Orodruin, also known as Mount Doom, in the Second Age. {{char}}'s intent was to enhance her own power and exercise control over the other Rings of Power. In this way, {{char}} hoped to gain lordship over the Elves and all other peoples of Middle-earth.

3. #3Aulë

   Keys: Aulë, Mahal, Návatar

   Aulë is an Ainu, one of the Aratar and the Vala responsible for fashioning and crafting the substances of which Arda, the world, was composed. He delighted in the nature of substances and in works of skill, but was not concerned with possession or mastery. Besides the shaping of Arda, Aulë's greatest works were the Two Lamps of the Valar, the vessels of the Sun and Moon, and the Dwarves. He also created Angainor, the chain of Melkor.

4. #4Morgoth

   Keys: Morgoth, Melkor, Dark Lord

   Melkor was the rebel Vala, the Dark Lord, and the prime mover of evil in Eä in the Elder Days. Since he could not control Arda, he sought to reduce it to a formless chaos. Defying his creator, Ilúvatar, and sowing discord among the Ainur, Melkor amassed many forces to achieve his vision. The First Age and preceding eras saw him destroy works of the Valar, such as the Two Lamps and Two Trees of Valinor, and clash with the Ñoldor for his theft of the Silmarils. Defeated by the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath, Morgoth was banished from Middle-earth into the Timeless Void, though it was prophesied that he would one day return. {{char}} was his lover, consort and chief agent.

5. #5Elder Days

   Keys: Elder Days, Eldest Days, First Age

   The Elder Days were the very First Age of Middle-earth. During the Second and Third Ages, this term referred to the times that preceded the Downfall of Angband at the end First Age, which began after the Awakening of the Elves, the Elder Children of Ilúvatar, upon the shores of Cuiviénen. They were discovered by Oromë, and the great changes came about: the Valar battled against Melkor and besieged his fortress Utumno that was destroyed, while Melkor was brought in chains to Valinor. When Middle-earth became freed from his grasp, the Elves were invited by the Valar to the West, and many answered this summon but some chose to remain in Middle-earth. When the Great Journey of the Elves ended, and they finally came to and settled down in Aman, the significant period of peace followed. Melkor was imprisoned in the Halls of Mandos, and the Eldar enjoyed the Two Trees of Valinor. Middle-earth was still covered in the darkness, but the Avarin and Sindarin Elves and the newly awakened race of the Dwarves dwelt there, building their civilizations. The Years of the Trees of the First Age came to an end when Manwë released Melkor from his imprisonment. Melkor then sowed enmity among the Elves and obtained the aid of Ungoliant; together, they killed the Trees and stole the Silmarils, and fled back to Angband. Valinor was plunged into the Long Night, and seeking revenge against Melkor, whom he named Morgoth, Fëanor led a great host of the Ñoldor out of it and back to Middle-earth near the end of the Age. The Valar made the Moon and Sun out of the last flower of Telperion and last fruit of Laurelin respectively, setting them in the heavens to give light to the World. And the Years of the Sun began, and Men awoke at the first rising of the Sun, and every following Age was counted in solar years. The First Age continued for almost another six centuries until it ended with the War of Wrath.

6. #6Valar

   Keys: Valar, Vala

   The Valar were the Powers of Arda who governed the world under the direction of Eru Ilúvatar. They dwelt on the western continent of Aman. The powers of the Valar were ambiguously mysterious. The Valar had similar and superior abilities to the Maiar, such as the controlling light and of fire, transforming into many forms, or trancing Men or Elves with their presence. The Valar together had the power to raise the vast island of Númenor up to the surface of the Sea.

7. #7Arda

   Keys: Arda, Earth

   Arda was a world in Eä where all the peoples of Middle-earth and Aman lived.

8. #8Middle-earth

   Keys: Middle-earth

   Middle-earth is the habitable parts of Arda after the final ruin of Beleriand, east across the Belegaer from Aman. This continent was north of the Hither Lands shown in the Ambarkanta, and west of the Eastern Sea. Regions of Middle-earth include: Lindon, Eriador, Forodwaith, Rhovanion, Rhun, Gondor, Rohan, Mordor, Enedwaith, and Harad.

9. #9Mordor

   Keys: Mordor

   Mordor was a black, volcanic plain in the southeast of Middle-earth to the east of Gondor, Ithilien, and the great river Anduin. Mordor was chosen by {{char}} as her realm because of the mountain ranges surrounding it on three sides, creating a natural fortress against her enemies preventing them from easily invading it.

10. #10Barad-dûr

    Keys: Barad-dûr, The Dark Tower, Lugbúrz

    Barad-dûr is {{char}}'s central stronghold in Mordor, serving as her seat of power in Middle-earth in the Second Age and late Third Age. Barad-dûr was sustained by dark magic and was the greatest fortress in Middle-earth with wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black tower of adamant.

11. #11Mount Doom

    Keys: Mount Doom, Orodruin, Amon Amarth

    Mount Doom is a volcano in Mordor where the One Ring was forged by the Dark Lady {{char}}, and the only place in which it could be destroyed. Mount Doom was located on the Plateau of Gorgoroth in northwestern Mordor. It stood about 4,500 feet with its base about 3,000 feet tall. It was connected to Barad-dûr through the steaming fissures of Sauron's Road.

12. #12War of Wrath

    Keys: War of Wrath, the Great Battle

    The War of Wrath, also called the Great Battle, was a clash of Elves, Men, Dwarves and Ainur against the forces of the fallen Vala Morgoth, marking both the end of the First Age and of Morgoth's rule in Middle-earth. It was the largest battle to ever occur in Arda. It resulted in the expulsion of Morgoth from Arda and the ruin of Thangorodrim, but the violence and tumult of the clashes between the forces of the Valar and of Morgoth shattered the northwestern portion of Middle-earth, Beleriand, causing it to sink beneath the ocean. While Morgoth's hordes were utterly routed, several of his forces managed to escape. Morgoth was taken to Aman by the Valar and tried for his crimes. In the end, the Valar un-housed Morgoth by beheading him and thrust him through the Door of Night, beyond the Walls of the World and into the Timeless Void. The Door is forever guarded by Eärendil. Morgoth's defeat marked the end of the First Age.

13. #13Door of Night

    Keys: Door of Night, Moritarnon, Tarn Fui

    The Door of Night (also called Moritarnon or Tarn Fui) is a place set at the utmost West of Arda near the Void. The Door was created by the Valar at the time of the making of the Sun and Moon. It was vital in the cosmology of Middle-earth, forming the border between Arda and the Void, as well as being the final prison of the renegade Ainur Morgoth Bauglir. The Sun was to pass through the Door of Night as it travelled above Arda. When the Sun passed through the Door, night would fall upon Middle-earth. The Moon would then rise from its resting place and continue on its path over the world. The Sun would traverse the border of the Wall of the World, re-entering the world in the East, at the Gates of Morning. At the same time, the Moon would be sinking in the West and a new day would begin.

14. #14Gates of Morning

    Keys: Gates of Morning, Gates of Morn

    The Gates of Morning, also known as the Gates of Morn, is a place that once lay in the Burnt Land of the Sun situated in the absolute east of Arda. Gates of Morning is a mighty arch made "all of shining gold and barred with silver gates"; it was swathed often in a "wealth of glowing vapours.

15. #15Burnt Land of the Sun

    Keys: Burnt Land of the Sun, Lands of the Sun, Easterness

    The Burnt Land of the Sun, also known as the Lands of the Sun, Easterness, the Eastland, and the Eastern Land, was an empty land in the far east of Arda where the sun rose at dawn. The land was separated from Middle-earth by the waters of the Eastern Sea. Nothing is known of its geography except that there was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the Walls of the Sun that corresponded symmetrically to the Pelóri, the Mountains of Aman in the far west.

16. #16Walls of the Sun

    Keys: Walls of the Sun, Mountains of the Sun

    The Walls of the Sun, also called the Mountains of the Sun, was a great, curve-shaped mountain range in the Burnt Land of the Sun in the far east of Arda. It corresponded symmetrically to the mountain range Pelóri in Aman, though it was not as tall. The Walls of the Sun's highest peak was Kalórmë, directly across Arda from which lay the mountain of Taniquetil in Valinor. Across the Eastern Sea from the Wall lay Middle-earth.

17. #17Timeless Void

    Keys: Timeless Void, The Void, Outer Void

    The Timeless Void, also known as the Outer Void, is a conception of the state of Not-being, outside Creation or Eä. Eru Ilúvatar dwelt in the Timeless Halls, which were separate from the Timeless Void. After Eä was created, the Timeless Void still existed beyond it.

18. #18Timeless Halls

    Keys: Timeless Halls, Heaven, Heavens

    The Timeless Halls is the place where Eru Iluvatar lives. The Timeless Halls is similar to the concept of a 'Heaven'. The Halls is also the home of the Ainur that chose not to descend into Eä, and instead chose to remain with Eru.

19. #19Eru Ilúvatar

    Keys: Eru Ilúvatar, Eru Iluvatar, Eru, The All High, the All-Powerful, The Father of All, the One who is above all thrones

    Eru Ilúvatar is the supreme being of Eä. He is the single creator of existence, all-knowing and all-powerful, and the only entity with the power to create souls. Though the Ainur attempted to shape and govern Eä according to Eru's general will (which they understood imperfectly), he never allowed those who exist within the world to do as they will, and only rarely was known to intervene in the affairs of Eä. Eru is transcendent, existing beyond the world. He first created a group of angelic beings, called in Elvish the "Ainur," who were co-actors in the creation of Arda through a holy music and chanting called the Music of the Ainur. He alone could create independent life, or reality, using the Flame Imperishable. Though the Ainur were the ones who created the Music, all of the possibilities and variations of that Music had their utmost origins within Eru himself. He created the bounds of Eä which lay amid the Void. He then gave the Ainur the option to go into Eä and fashion it as they would. The greatest Ainur who chose to do so were called the Valar, and they controlled the shaping of Arda.

20. #20Angband

    Keys: Angband

    Angband is the ancient fortress of the Dark Lord Melkor in the depths of the Iron Mountains that was built after the destruction of the Two Lamps as an arsenal of Utumno. It would later be the Dark Lord's primary stronghold, the capital of his dark realm known as Dor-na-Daerachas. From this fortress, Melkor relentlessly sought to dominate Arda throughout the First Age. Angband would be destroyed by the Host of the West at the conclusion of the War of Wrath. Angband was a primarily subterranean stronghold under the three volcanic mountains of Thangorodrim, the largest mountains in Middle-earth. Before the Great Gate, there was a somber court area flanked by frightening cliffs and walled by the towers of a great battlement. Through the gate, there was a long great tunnel leading to a 'labyrinthine pyramid' of stairs to corridors, tunnels, and smithy chambers. A tall chimney went from Morgoth's gigantic blast furnaces and smithies, up through the mountain to the smokey towers of Thangorodrim. There were also many tunnels leading to the slave quarters or vaults. At the foundation of Angband was the entrance "to the seat of Morgoth in his nethermost hall".

21. #21Beleriand

    Keys: Beleriand

    Beleriand was a vast region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age. Originally, its name referred only to the area around the Bay of Balar, but in time the name applied to the entire land. The root of its name, Beler or Balar, is believed to refer to the Maia Ossë, who often dwelt at the shores of Balar. The War of Wrath at the end of the First Age brought the destruction of the entire continent (except Lindon and several island realms), and its descent into the Sea. To the west and south, Beleriand had a long coast with the Great Sea Belegaer; to the north were the highlands of Hithlum, Dorthonion, and hills of Himring; to the east the Blue Mountains reached nearly to the Sea. The land of Nevrast in the northwest was sometimes considered part of Beleriand. Sirion, the chief river of Beleriand running north to south, divided the region into West Beleriand and East Beleriand. Only a small section of Ossiriand remained, and was known as Lindon. In addition, the graves of Túrin Turambar and Morwen also survived as the island Tol Morwen. Part of Dorthonion became Tol Fuin, and the Hill of Himring became Tol Himling. All of these together were known as the Western Isles.

22. #22Western Isles

    Keys: Western Isles, Tol Morwen, Tol Himling, Tol Fuin

    The Western Isles are three islands off the coast of Lindon in Middle-earth. The islands are Tol Morwen, Tol Himling, and Tol Fuin. Tol Fuin is the largest; Tol Morwen and Tol Himling are much smaller. Tol Himling and Tol Fuin are close to one another, while Tol Morwen was about one-hundred and fifty miles southwest of them.

23. #23Days before days

    Keys: Days before days, Years of the Valar

    The Days before days, also known as "Years of the Valar", are the first of the three great time periods in Arda. They are part of the Valian Years and began after the Ainulindalë, preceding the Years of the Trees. Before the creation of the Two Trees of Valinor there were 3500 Valian Years, or 33,537 solar years, in the history of Arda.

24. #24Valian Years

    Keys: Valian Years, Valian Year

    The Valian Years referred to the measurement of time prior to the destruction of the Two Trees, encompassing both the Years of the Trees and events before the Two Trees first bloomed.

25. #25Ainulindalë

    Keys: Ainulindalë, Music of the Ainur

    Ainulindalë (Quenya: "Music of the Ainur",) is the era before the creation of the World and before the beginning of Time. First Eru Ilúvatar made the Ainur by manifesting his thought as living beings through his Imrahil. Upon their creation, when nothing else yet is made, Ilúvatar teaches the Ainur the art of 'Music', which becomes their life and work. The maturation of the Ainur and the cultivation of Heaven becomes filled with the making of Music. With each Ainu comprehending at first only those secondary ideas and themes most closely related to that primary idea-theme-thought of Ilúvatar’s which pre-figured itself, these creative musical elaborations only gradually, through exposure to each other, become collaborative. Through listening and contemplation, the Ainur became aware of each other, their musics, and the cultivation and adornment of other themes. After a time of Music, Ilúvatar proposes a first 'great' design/theme/plan to all the Ainur at once. He charges them with the collective elaboration of this great design/plan/theme.

26. #26Ainur

    Keys: Ainur, Ainurs

    The Ainur, also known as the Holy Ones, are beings encompassing both the Valar and the Maiar. They were the first and mightiest beings created by Eru Ilúvatar long before the beginning of the World. They are primordial spirits who existed with Ilúvatar, and with him created the world through the Ainulindalë, the Music of the Ainur. After the creation of Arda, many of the Ainur descended into it to guide and order its growth; of these there were fifteen more powerful than the rest. Fourteen of these great Ainur became known as the Valar, or "Powers of Arda". The fifteenth, Melkor, turned aside from that path and became the first Dark Lord. The many lesser Ainur that accompanied the Valar into Arda are known as Maiar, some who chose to follow Melkor and became Balrogs.

27. #27Second Age

    Keys: Second Age

    The Second Age was the time-period of Arda that began after the climactic banishment of Morgoth into the Void by the Lords of the West (the Valar) and ended with the defeat of Sauron and his army by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, a century after the Downfall of Númenor. The Second Age lasted for 3,441 years in total. This age was characterized by the rise (eventually with increased insolence) of Númenor, and Sauron's return and rise and power in Middle-earth, the emergence of the Ringwraiths, and the early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves. The One Ring came into existence during this period.

28. #28Downfall of Númenor

    Keys: Downfall of Númenor, Fall of Númenor, Drowning of Númenor, Akallabêth, Atalantë, Mar-nu-Falmar, Land under the Waves

    The Downfall of Númenor, also called the Fall or Drowning of Númenor, was the utter destruction of the island of Númenor, a divine punishment by Eru Ilúvatar to the Númenóreans for breaking the Ban of the Valar. Ar-Pharazôn, the King of Númenor, had been coerced by Sauron to assault the Undying Lands which ultimately led to the island's destruction and death of most of its people in SA 3319. After its fall, Númenor is called Akallabêth or Atalantë in Quenya, meaning "the Downfallen", Mar-nu-Falmar ("Land under the Waves"). {{char}}'s plan to destroy Númenor had been overwhelmingly successful, and though she too was caught by the flooding, her spirit survived and, at some point, took another form, returned to Middle-earth.

29. #29Númenor

    Keys: Númenor, Elenna, Isle of Elenna

    Númenor was a kingdom of Men, established on an island that was brought up out of the sea by the Valar in the early Second Age, after the final ruin of Beleriand. The culture of the Númenóreans originated there shortly afterwards. Númenor was the kingdom of the Númenóreans, the Dúnedain, located on an island in the Great Sea, between Middle-earth and Aman. The land was brought up from the sea as a gift to Men. The island was called originally Elenna, or Isle of Elenna ("Starwards"), because the Dúnedain were led to it by the star of Eärendil, and because the island was in the shape of a five-pointed star. At the center of the island the mountain Meneltarma was used by the Dúnedain as a temple to Ilúvatar. The largest city and capital of the island was Armenelos. The island had only two rivers: Siril, which began at Meneltarma and ended in a small delta near the town of Nindamos, and the Nunduinë, which reached the sea in the Bay of Eldanna near the human haven Eldalondë.

30. #30Númenóreans

    Keys: Númenóreans, Númenórean, Numenoreans, Numenorean

    The Númenóreans were descendants of the Edain, the most noble race of Men in the First Age. These people were given the island of Númenor at the beginning of the Second Age by the Valar. The Dúnedain would be their immediate, noble descendants in Middle-earth. The Valar gifted them with far longer life (400-500 years or more average), greater height, and greater wisdom. Most of Númenor were golden-haired and tall, with fair skin and blue eyes, while the North-western regions of the island were settled mostly by the people of the House of Bëor, who were generally dark-haired with grey or brown eyes. The Númenóreans were also on average very tall; with six foot, four inches being the average among them. They also aged more slowly than other Men and when they felt their period of vigour ending, were able to lie down and surrender their lives peacefully. Númenóreans had highly advanced technologies and knowledge in various fields of art and science. Númenórean construction techniques were particularly remarkable to be able to build magnificent structures. Seemingly, their techniques were further developed under {{char}}'s influence as they were able to develop “devised engines.

31. #31Dúnedain

    Keys: Dúnedain, Dúnadan, Dunedain, Dunadan, Great People of the West, Men of the Ancient Houses, Men of the West, Men of Westernesse, Kings of Men

    The Dúnedain (S: "west-men", singular Dúnadan), are the descendants of the Númenóreans who inhabited Middle-earth in the Second and Third Ages. The Dúnedain were lords of long life, great power, and wisdom; far superior to the Men of Middle-earth among whom they dwelt and whom they ruled. They were from the beginning far fewer in number than the lesser men. They were tall, pale-skinned, with dark hair, shining grey eyes, and proud faces. The Third Age marked the beginning of the waning of the Dúnedain, in which their gifts of wisdom, nobility, and long life were slowly withdrawn due to the Downfall of Númenor and their mingling with lesser men. In the beginning of their history, the Dúnedain were blessed with a lifespan thrice the life of lesser men, yet this ever-diminished over the course of the Third Age.

32. #32Undying Lands

    Keys: Undying Lands

    The Undying Lands were a realm inhabited by Ainur and Eldar. The area included the continent of Aman and the island of Tol Eressëa. The ocean Belegaer separated the Undying Lands from the western shores of Middle-earth. With very few exceptions, only immortal beings were allowed to live in this realm.

33. #33Aman

    Keys: Aman, The blessed realm, Aman's shores

    Aman (Quenya; "blessed realm") is a continent that lay west of Middle-earth (before the Changing of the World), across the great ocean Belegaer. It contained Valinor, home of the Valar and Maiar, as well as Eldamar, home to the three kindreds of Elves: the Vanyar, the Ñoldor and the Teleri. The island of Tol Eressëa lay just off the eastern shore. Aman was generally thought to be a crescent shaped continent with the concave portion to the east facing the rest of known Middle-earth. Aman's Regions are Araman, Valinor and Avathar. North and south of Valinor are largely unpopulated. Eldamar is the eastern coastal region around the Bay of Eldamar of uncertain borders. It extended into the Calacirya to the hill of Túna on which the Ñoldorin city of Tirion was built. Ungoliant's lair is located in the Pelóri range somewhere south of Hyarmentir. Notable features[ Helcaraxë - icy and watery waste to northeast Oiomúrë - a dim land between the western side of the Pelóri range and the western shore of Araman Pelóri Mountains - range of mountains that runs nearly the full north to south range of the continent Calacirya - a cleft and pass that breaks the mountain range inland from middle of the Bay of Eldamar Hyarmentir - the highest peak of the range in southern Aman Taniquetil - the highest peak in all of Arda, just south of Calacirya Outer Sea (Ekkaia) - the seas to the west of Aman Bay of Eldamar - large bay on the central eastern side Enchanted Isles - chain of islets in the seas to west of Valinor surrounding the Bay of Eldamar Shadowy Seas - magically darkened and sleep inducing seas around the western inner edge of the Enchanted Isles]

34. #34Valinor

    Keys: Valinor, Land of the Valar

    Valinor (Quenya; or Valinórë, meaning "Land of the Valar"), the Land across the Sea, is the realm of the Valar in Aman; the place to which they migrated from their former kingdom Almaren after the destruction of the Two Lamps by Melkor. It was known also as the Undying Lands, as Elves, later joined by the Ring-bearers, dwelt there in eternal bliss. After the destruction of the island of Númenor and the Changing of the World in the Second Age, the Undying Lands were no longer a physical part of Arda. Only the Elves could sail there by the Straight Road, if in ships capable of passing out of the Spheres of the Earth. The major city of Valinor is Valmar, where the Vanyar and the Valar resided. Two other cities are Alqualondë and Tirion, the respective homes of the Teleri and the Ñoldor. The important island of Tol Eressëa was off its east coast. Each of the Valar haave their own region of the land where they resided and altered things to their desire.

35. #35Tol Eressëa

    Keys: Tol Eressëa

    Tol Eressëa, known also as the Lonely Isle, is a large island located off the eastern coast of Aman.

36. #36War of the Last Alliance

    Keys: War of the Last Alliance

    The War of the Last Alliance was fought by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men against the Dark Lady {{char}} in response to her threat of conquest. It finished the Second Age, and lasted for twelve years, with four distinct stages. The conjoined army of Elves under Gil-galad, High King of the Ñoldor, King Oropher of the Woodland Realm and King Amdír of Lothlórien joined with Elendil's host from Arnor and Gondor to create the most significant force assembled in Middle-earth since the landing of Ar-Pharazôn. After this war, the Elves of Middle-earth could never muster a force of this strength again.

37. #37Dwarves

    Keys: Dwarves, Dwarven, Dwarf, Khazâd, Casari

    Dwarves are a race of Middle-earth also known as the Khazâd (in their own tongue). They are the oldest of the Free Peoples of the World. The Dwarves were made by Aulë, whom they themselves called Mahal, meaning “maker.” Aulë wished above all for the Children of Ilúvatar to awaken so that he could love and teach them. But he was impatient, and in his impatience he chose to craft the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves in secret, in a hall under the mountains of Middle-earth. He made them similar in aspect to himself, and furnished them with tremendous strength of will and spirit. Dwarves are a short, stocky race, a little taller than hobbits, but much broader and heavier. Most had thick, luxuriant beards in which they took great pride, and in some cases forked or braided them and tucked them into their belts. Dwarven women were alike in manner, voice and appearance to their menfolk. Dwarves are a proud and stern race. Dwarves have the ability to learn new artisanal skills quickly, especially those dealing with metal or stone. Dwarves are taught special skills by the Vala Aulë and spent most of their time crafting, smithying and mining in their massive underground cities. The Dwarves' reputation as soldiers and warriors are legendary and renowned. Having innate hardiness, resistance to fire and great strength. As a society most Dwarves received military training and each Dwarf realm maintained a standing. Dwarven armies were highly disciplined and well organized, often forming an shield-walls and phalanxes.

38. #38Men

    Keys: Men, Human, Humans, Atani

    Men (initially named Atani) are one of several races inhabiting Arda. They are the humans of Middle-earth, and the second of the Children of Ilúvatar; but the fourth of the Free Peoples of the World. Mankind was created by the supreme God, Ilúvatar, awaking in Hildórien at the rising of the Sun after the Elves, Dwarves, and Ents had been made.

39. #39Haradrim

    Keys: Haradrim, Southerns, Southrons

    The Haradrim, known in Westron as the Southrons, are the race of Men from the Haradwaith, south of Gondor. Most of them are hostile to the Dúnedain, whose ancestors had oppressed them. The Haradrim are bold, fierce, and grim. They are tall and dark-skinned with black hair and dark eyes. The men of Near Harad were brown-skinned, with black hair and dark eyes, while the men of Far Harad were black-skinned and compared to "half-trolls". Many Haradrim warriors are seen in bright clothing, such as scarlet robes decorated with golden ornaments. Scarlet and red was also the color of their banners. The Haradrim had tamed the massive Mûmakil beasts and used them in warfare. The Haradrim are skilled horsemen, though not of prowess near to the Rohirrim. Most of the Haradrim people are under the dominion of {{char}}, worshipping her as a god and fearing her power. But some tribes refused to serve him, becoming followers of the Blue Wizards instead and engaging in magic cults.

40. #40Elves

    Keys: Elves, Elf, Elven, Eldar, Quendi

    The Elves are the first and eldest Children of Ilúvatar, considered the fairest and wisest of the earthly race of Arda and closest in kin to the Ainur. They were the third of the Free Peoples of the World. Oromë referred to the Elves that chose to follow him during the Great Journey as Eldar, because when they awoke the stars were the only lights in the sky. Elves are immune to illness and not subject to age after reaching their prime. They can be killed only in violence or by extreme despair, when Elves died, they would pass to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor. Elves are immortal, their bodies did not visually age once they had reached maturity. Elves come of age at around fifty years old, and generally marry around this age. Elves who marry late or never are said to have strange fates. Elves can tell in the eyes and voice of another Elf whether they are married, and it is against an Elf's nature to take another's spouse by force; one so forced would reject bodily life and die. Because of the union of souls that occurs when Elves marry, and because of the eternal nature of Elven souls, they do not divorce or have multiple marriages. Elves are unusually beautiful in face and body. There is little physical difference between males and females, except for means of reproduction. They have far better vision and hearing, and have skills and abilities beyond what is possible for Men. Many could craft seemingly magical objects. Elves possess ethereal grace and various powers. Elves are light of foot, can travel long distances without leaving tracks, and often can walk lightly across snow. In communication, Elves put great attention to detail. Part of their bodily expression was called mátengwië or hwermë, meaning "language of the hands". When interacting amongst themselves, Elves would pay attention to this first. Even finger movement could determine meaning.

41. #41Elvish languages

    Keys: Elvish languages, Elvish Elvish language, Elvish

    Elvish is a term used to refer to the languages spoken by Elves. Some of the languages are Sindarin and Quenya.

42. #42Fellowship of the Ring

    Keys: Fellowship of the Ring, Company of the Ring

    The Fellowship of the Ring is formed as a brotherhood and expeditionary group consisting of representatives from each of the Free Peoples of the World near the end of the Third Age. Its purpose was to escort the bearer of the One Ring to Mordor so that it might be cast into the fires of Mount Doom, the mountain in which it was forged, so that it would be destroyed and ultimately eradicate the Dark Lady {{char}}. The Fellowship was also known as the Company of the Ring, the Nine Walkers, or simply the Company. Each of the members of the Company were representatives of their respective races, with Legolas and Gimli being the only Elf and Dwarf chosen, respectively. The members are Gandal, Frodo Baggins (Ring-Bearer), Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Boromir.

43. #43Belegaer

    Keys: Belegaer, Sundering Seas

    Belegaer, also known as the Sundering Seas or the Great Sea, was the sea of Arda that lay west of Middle-earth.

44. #44Orcs

    Keys: Orcs, Orc, Goblins, Goblin, Uruk, Uruks, Uruk-hai

    Orcs are the primary soldiers of both Dark Lord and {{char}}' armies, and their most common servants. The Orcs were once Elves, taken by Morgoth during the Years of the Trees of the First Age. With dark powers, tortured and cruelly deformed, twisting them into the first Orcs. Orcs referred to themselves in the Black Speech with the term Uruk, which generally referred to the strongest of their kind, such as the Uruk-hai and Uruks of Mordor, yet "Orc" appears to be an insulting term when it is used to address an Uruk, but not as an insulting term when it is used to describe the race as a whole. Orcs are cruel, sadistic, black-hearted, vicious, and hateful of most things, particularly of those who are orderly and prosperous. They are short in stature (unless of the Uruk variety) and humanoid in shape. They are generally squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, bow-legged, with wide mouths and slant eyes, long arms, dark skin, and fangs. They are roughly humanoid in shape with pointed ears, sharpened teeth and grimy skin. Their appearance is considered revolting by most of the other races. Orcs made no beautiful things, but many clever ones including machines, tools, weapons, and instruments of torture. They are delighted by wheels, engines, and explosions, and could tunnel and mine as well as any but the most skilled Dwarves, though they are often untidy and dirty.

45. #45Black Speech

    Keys: Black Speech, Dark Tongue of Mordor

    The Black Speech, also known as the Dark Tongue of Mordor, was the official language of Mordor. {{char}} created the Black Speech to be the unifying language of all the servants of Mordor, used along with different varieties of Orkish and other languages used by her servants. The Black Speech exists in two forms, the ancient "pure" forms used by {{char}} herself, the Nazgûl, and the Olog-hai, and the more "debased" form used by the soldiery of the Barad-dûr at the end of the Third Age.

46. #46Children of Ilúvatar

    Keys: Children of Ilúvatar

    The Children of Ilúvatar were Elves and Men (Quendi and Atani), the two earthly races created by Eru Ilúvatar, the supreme being of the universe. After the themes of Ilúvatar and the proclamation of Eä, Eru set all the firstborn of Elves and Men in places of the world that even the Valar could not find. Elves were the first of the Children of Ilúvatar to appear in Middle-earth, whereas Men were not to follow until the late First Age, with the creation of the Sun and Moon, many thousands of years later.

47. #47Hobbits

    Keys: Hobbit, Hobbits, Halflings, Halfling

    Hobbits, also known as Halflings, are a mortal race of Middle-earth. Though their exact origins are unclear, they were found in the northern regions of Middle-earth and below the Vales of Anduin. At the beginning of the Third Age, hobbits moved north and west. Most of their race eventually settled the land of the Shire, founded in the year TA 1601, though some among the Stoors remained in the Anduin Vale. They were the fifth and last of the Free Peoples of the World. Types of hobbits are Harfoots (most common Hobbits). The Stoors (Who live near water or on flat land, with broader and heavier in build) and The Fallohides (Who preferred trees and woodland). Most Hobbits live longer lives than Men. The average lifespan of a Hobbit was about 100 years, though it was not unusual for a Hobbit to live as many as three decades beyond that. The most distinguishing feature of Hobbits was their short stature. They are smaller than Dwarves and are usually between two and four feet in height. Hobbits' are were slightly pointed and their furry feet had leathery soles, so they generally didn't need (and rarely wore) shoes or boots. A typical Hobbit has a round, jovial face; ears only slightly pointed and 'elvish'. Hobbits are skilled listeners and have good eyesight. Although they are inclined to be fat and did not hurry unnecessarily, they are nimble and deft in their movements. All Hobbits could walk around very quietly. Their hair usually ranged from a light or dark brown to blonde or a golden red and was almost always curly. Hobbits are very shy, but capable of amazing things. Most Hobbits enjoy farming, food, ales, parties and the giving and receiving of presents. They are usually friendly and happy-go-lucky. Hobbits prefer a quiet, normal, and peaceful life. They also have developed a keen taste in the smoking of Pipe-weed and blowing smoke rings. Hobbits, particularly those of the Shire are very insular and suspicious of other people from other places and anything that disturbs the peace.

48. #48Witch-king of Angmar

    Keys: Witch-king of Angmar, Morgul-lord, Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgûl

    The Witch-king of Angmar, or Lord of the Nazgûl, was the leader of the Nazgûl (Ringwraiths) and {{char}}'s deadliest servant. He was once Man, one of three noble lords of Númenor, who were corrupted by the Nine Rings of Power and thus became the undying Wraiths bound to the will of the Dark Lord. After {{char}}'s defeat by the Last Alliance, the Witch-king eventually reappeared in the Third Age's 14th century to found the evil realm of Angmar, where he gained his infamous epithet and ruled for almost seven centuries until the three successor states of Arnor were finally conquered. The Witch-king returned to Mordor to facilitate {{char}}'s return to power, then took Gondor's city of Minas Ithil and refortified it as Minas Morgul, and snuffed out the line of Kings of Gondor. The Witch-king wears a distinctive steel helmet and black armour, and wields a giant flail and flaming Morgul-blade in battle. As a Nazgûl, the Witch-king has a wide arsenal of powers. He is surrounded by an aura of fear. Any weapon that struck the Lord of the Nazgûl would be destroyed, and its bearer would be poisoned. He could sense the presence of the One Ring, though he could be distracted and so led to focus on other things. He could inspire a fighting-madness in his own soldiers, while simultaneously causing his enemies to rout in terror. The Witch-king is also a feared sorcerer, having powers over the physical world. The Witch-king is so powerful that he could resist the bolts of light that Gandalf the White employed as a key anti-Nazgûl offensive technique by that point in the war.

49. #49Nazgûl

    Keys: Nazgûl, Nazgûls, Ringwraiths, Ringwraith, Úlairi, ring-servants, ring-servant

    The Nazgûl (Black Speech for "Ringwraiths") or Úlairi (Quenya), also known as the Black Riders or The Nine, were the dreaded ring-servants of the Dark Lady {{char}} in Middle-earth throughout the Second and Third Ages, who in the later years of the Third Age dwelt in Minas Morgul and Dol Guldur. The Nazgûl were sustained by the power of Sauron. The Witch-king in particular was difficult to slay, for any weapon that struck him would be destroyed. The Nazgûl's own weapons included Morgul-blades, in the form of long swords or daggers. Their arsenal of deadly armaments was not confined to physical means; they also had powerful voices, which brought terror into the hearts of mortals and a general aura of dread. They wore hauberks of silver mail and had enhanced senses of hearing and smell. The Nine could not see during the day as mortals; instead they saw shadowy forms. At night they saw shapes and forms invisible to mortal eyes, and were to be feared the most at that time. Their presence could be felt as a troubling of the heart, and they could more keenly feel the presence of others. In their function, they particularly sensed the presence of the Ring at all times, and were drawn to it especially if it was put on.

50. #50Quenya

    Keys: Quenya

    Quenya is the language spoken by the non-Telerin Elves who reached Valinor. Sindarin however, almost like Quenya's simplified form, lasted many ages longer being spoken by Elves - and it is Sindarin, not Quenya, that is referred to by the modern term. The written script alphabet of the Elven languages is typically Tengwar, known also as the Fëanorian characters. An older script alphabet, the Sarati was used also.

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