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Trolls

2007-03-28T18:55:55Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Trolls''' are very large (around 9 feet tall) humanoids of poor intellect. They were bred "in mockery" of [[Ents]].

In ''[[The Hobbit]]'' they speak with thick Cockney accents. They turn to stone when exposed to sunlight and they enjoy eating [[Hobbits]] and [[Dwarves]]. While threatening, the trolls in ''The Hobbit'' serve as a comic element.

[[Morgoth]] created Trolls before the [[First Age]]. Trolls were very strong, but they turned to stone in sun light. Many Trolls died in the [[War of Wrath]], but some survived and joined the forces of [[Sauron]], the greatest surviving servant of Morgoth. In the [[Second Age]] and [[Third Age]], Trolls were among Sauron's most dangerous warriors. In the Third Age, Sauron created the ''[[Olog-hai]]'', which were more powerful than earlier breeds of Trolls. While most Trolls cannot bear exposure to sunlight without turning to stone, the Olog-hai apparently could; this attribute is mentioned in [[the Return of the King]] as making them particularly dangerous. During the [[War of the Ring]], Sauron used Olog-hai in the [[Siege of Gondor]] and [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. In the subsequent Battle at the Black Gate, the hobbit [[Peregrin Took]] killed a large Olog-hai troll. As a result of Sauron's ring being destroyed, [[Black Gate]] and the rest of [[Mordor]] collapsed to ruin during that battle. Most of the Trolls present at the battle were killed, with a very few escaping.

In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', several breeds are mentioned:

* [[Cave-trolls]] seem incapable of speech and it is not clear whether they can move in sunlight.
* Normal Trolls were strong and vicious, but stupid creatures created by Morgoth. Nobody knows how he managed to breed them though it is stated by [[Treebeard|Treebeard]] of the [[Ents]] that Trolls were "made in mockery of" [[Ents]], similar to the way that [[Orcs]] were bred from captured and tormented [[Elves]]. Tolkien did not discuss in detail the ways in which "good" beings could be corrupted to evil.
* [[Snow Trolls]] as well as Hill Trolls are mentioned, but it is not known how they are related to others, and their abilities.
* The [[Olog-hai]], unlike the original Trolls, seem incapable of speech (though it's said they know [[Black Speech]] and are able to move while exposed to direct sunlight. Apparently [[Sauron]] created them.
*The Stone-Trolls were a race of trolls in the service of sauron. See [[Stone-trolls]]

While in Norse mythology, the Troll was a magical creature with special skills, and are so accepted to this day in Norway, in Tolkien's writings they are portrayed as evil, with crude, bloodthirsty habits.

[[Category:Races]]

Trolls

2007-03-28T18:55:19Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Trolls''' are very large (around 9 feet tall) humanoids of poor intellect. They were bred "in mockery" of [[Ents]].

In ''[[The Hobbit]]'' they speak with thick Cockney accents. They turn to stone when exposed to sunlight and they enjoy eating [[Hobbits]] and [[Dwarves]]. While threatening, the trolls in ''The Hobbit'' serve as a comic element.

[[Morgoth]] created Trolls before the [[First Age]]. Trolls were very strong, but they turned to stone in sun light. Many Trolls died in the [[War of Wrath]], but some survived and joined the forces of [[Sauron]], the greatest surviving servant of Morgoth. In the [[Second Age]] and [[Third Age]], Trolls were among Sauron's most dangerous warriors. In the Third Age, Sauron created the ''[[Olog-hai]]'', which were more powerful than earlier breeds of Trolls. While most Trolls cannot bear exposure to sunlight without turning to stone, the Olog-hai apparently could; this attribute is mentioned in [[the Return of the King]] as making them particularly dangerous. During the [[War of the Ring]], Sauron used Olog-hai in the [[Siege of Gondor]] and [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. In the subsequent Battle at the Black Gate, the hobbit [[Peregrin Took]] killed a large Olog-hai troll. As a result of Sauron's ring being destroyed, [[Black Gate]] and the rest of [[Mordor]] collapsed to ruin during that battle. Most of the Trolls present at the battle were killed, with a very few escaping.

In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', several breeds are mentioned:

* [[Cave-trolls]] seem incapable of speech and it is not clear whether they can move in sunlight.
* Normal Trolls were strong and vicious, but stupid creatures created by Morgoth. Nobody knows how he managed to breed them though it is stated by [[Treebeard|Treebeard]] of the [[Ents]] that Trolls were "made in mockery of" [[Ents]], similar to the way that [[Orcs]] were bred from captured and tormented [[Elves]]. Tolkien did not discuss in detail the ways in which "good" beings could be corrupted to evil.
* [[Snow Trolls]] as well as Hill Trolls are mentioned, but it is not known how they are related to others, and their abilities.
* The [[Olog-hai]], unlike the original Trolls, seem incapable of speech (though it's said they know [[Black Speech]] and are able to move while exposed to direct sunlight. Apparently [[Sauron]] created them.
*The Stone-Trolls were a race of trolls in the service of sauron. See [[Stone-Trolls]]

While in Norse mythology, the Troll was a magical creature with special skills, and are so accepted to this day in Norway, in Tolkien's writings they are portrayed as evil, with crude, bloodthirsty habits.

[[Category:Races]]

Trolls

2007-03-28T18:54:29Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Trolls''' are very large (around 9 feet tall) humanoids of poor intellect. They were bred "in mockery" of [[Ents]].

In ''[[The Hobbit]]'' they speak with thick Cockney accents. They turn to stone when exposed to sunlight and they enjoy eating [[Hobbits]] and [[Dwarves]]. While threatening, the trolls in ''The Hobbit'' serve as a comic element.

[[Morgoth]] created Trolls before the [[First Age]]. Trolls were very strong, but they turned to stone in sun light. Many Trolls died in the [[War of Wrath]], but some survived and joined the forces of [[Sauron]], the greatest surviving servant of Morgoth. In the [[Second Age]] and [[Third Age]], Trolls were among Sauron's most dangerous warriors. In the Third Age, Sauron created the ''[[Olog-hai]]'', which were more powerful than earlier breeds of Trolls. While most Trolls cannot bear exposure to sunlight without turning to stone, the Olog-hai apparently could; this attribute is mentioned in [[the Return of the King]] as making them particularly dangerous. During the [[War of the Ring]], Sauron used Olog-hai in the [[Siege of Gondor]] and [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. In the subsequent Battle at the Black Gate, the hobbit [[Peregrin Took]] killed a large Olog-hai troll. As a result of Sauron's ring being destroyed, [[Black Gate]] and the rest of [[Mordor]] collapsed to ruin during that battle. Most of the Trolls present at the battle were killed, with a very few escaping.

In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', several breeds are mentioned:

* [[Cave-trolls]] seem incapable of speech and it is not clear whether they can move in sunlight.
* Normal Trolls were strong and vicious, but stupid creatures created by Morgoth. Nobody knows how he managed to breed them though it is stated by [[Treebeard|Treebeard]] of the [[Ents]] that Trolls were "made in mockery of" [[Ents]], similar to the way that [[Orcs]] were bred from captured and tormented [[Elves]]. Tolkien did not discuss in detail the ways in which "good" beings could be corrupted to evil.
* [[Snow Trolls]] as well as Hill Trolls are mentioned, but it is not known how they are related to others, and their abilities.
* The [[Olog-hai]], unlike the original Trolls, seem incapable of speech (though it's said they know [[Black Speech]] and are able to move while exposed to direct sunlight. Apparently [[Sauron]] created them.
*The Stone Trolls were a race of trolls in the service of sauron. See [[Stone Trolls]]

While in Norse mythology, the Troll was a magical creature with special skills, and are so accepted to this day in Norway, in Tolkien's writings they are portrayed as evil, with crude, bloodthirsty habits.

[[Category:Races]]

Giants

2007-03-28T11:41:10Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Giants''' were perhaps the most mysterious of the [[Races]] of [[Middle-earth]], Giants are mentioned only fleetingly by [[Tolkien]], but sufficiently often to show that they did exist in his world. They lived in the [[Misty Mountains]], and maybe the [[Ettenmoors]].

The only sign of [[Giants]] that is definite happened during the [[Quest of Erebor]], when [[Bilbo]] and the [[Dwarves]] were traveling through the [[Misty Mountains]]. This could just be a figure of speech, for there was also a thunderstorm at the time, and that could have been causing the rocks to fall.[[Bilbo]] said that this was the act of [[Giants]]:

''across the valley the stone-giants were out, and were hurling rocks at one another for a game...''

That is fairly unlikely, though. The [[Dwarves]], [[Bilbo]], and even [[Gandalf]] act as if the [[Giants]] are real. [[Thorin Oakenshield]] is even worried about being picked up by one, and [[Gandalf]], the wisest one there, suggests that they find a friendly Giant to deal with the [[Goblin]] problem in the [[Misty Mountains]].

[[Category:Races]]

Giants

2007-03-28T01:19:04Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Giants''' were perhaps the most mysterious of the [[Races]] of [[Middle-earth]], Giants are mentioned only fleetingly by [[Tolkien]], but sufficiently often to show that they did exist in his world. They lived in the [[Misty Mountains]], and maybe the [[Ettenmoors]].

The only sign of [[Giants]] that is definite happened during the [[Quest of Erebor]], when [[Bilbo]] and the [[Dwarves]] were traveling through the [[Misty Mountains]]. This could just be a figure of speech, for there was also a thunderstorm at the time, and that could have been causing the rocks to fall.[[Bilbo]] said that this was the act of [[Giants]]:

''across the valley the stone-giants were out, and were hurling rocks at one another for a game...''

That is fairly unlikely, though. The [[Dwarves]], [[Bilbo]], and even [[Gandalf]] act as if the [[Giants]] are real. [[Thorin Oakenshield]] is even worried about being picked up by one, and [[Gandalf]], the wisest one there, suggests that they find a friendly [[Giant]] to deal with the [[Goblin]] problem in the [[Misty Mountains]].

[[Category:Races]]

Hummerhorns

2007-03-25T19:39:53Z

Tar-Amandil:

According to a Hobbit Rhyme, a race of winged insects called Hummerhorns was said to have battled a knight on a quest. Their size is never described, so that is all that we know of them.

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2007-03-24T21:05:33Z

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Iron Hills

2007-03-24T19:14:06Z

Tar-Amandil:

The '''Iron Hills''' were a range of hills in the northeast of the known parts of [[Middle-earth]], in the middle part of both [[Rhovanion]] and [[Rhûn]], east of the [[Lonely Mountain]]. It was home to a dwarf mining community, and in the [[Battle of Five Armies]], [[Dáin II Ironfoot]] sent reinforcements to Thorin from here. The Iron Hills were the last remains of the [[Iron Mountains]] where [[Morgoth]] dwelt. They were founded by [[Grór]] son of [[Dáin I]], after the Dwarves were exiled from the [[Grey Mountains]]. The Iron Hills were colonized by Dwarves around the year 2500 of the [[Third Age]]. The [[Longbeard]] Dwarves lived here.

The '''Iron Hills''' was the main dwelling of Durin' folk in the East, and was also the strongest kingdom in [[Wilderland]] before the death of [[Smaug]]

The [[Dwarves of the Iron Hills]] were known for making a flexible iron armor from of course, the rich iron supply in the hills.

[[Category:Hills]]
[[Category:Dwarven Kingdoms]]
[[Category:Rhovanion]]

Hummerhorns

2007-03-24T19:05:38Z

Tar-Amandil:

According to a Hobbit Rhyme, a race of winged insects called Hummerhorns was said to have battled a knight on a quest. Whether these ferocious insects were of giant size, or the knight was diminutive in size, or of a diminutive race like Hobbits or Dwarves, or if the tale was just for the humour of the Hobbits who wrote the rhyme, that cannot be learned.

Hummerhorns

2007-03-24T18:23:36Z

Tar-Amandil:

According to a Hobbit Rhyme, a race o winged insects called Hummerhorns was said to have battled a knight on a quest. Whether these ferocious insects were of giant size, or the knight was diminutive in size, or of a diminutive race like Hobbits or Dwarves, or if the tale was just for the humour of the Hobbits who wrote the rhyme, that cannot be learned.

Hildor

2007-03-24T18:19:54Z

Tar-Amandil:

When the sun firts shone in the World, there came the rac of Men far to the East of Middke-Earth. They were late-comers to the World, for many other races had come before them. Therefore, the elves named men Hildor, which means "Followers".

Gallows-Weed

2007-03-24T18:11:52Z

Tar-Amandil:

In the swamplands of Middle-Earth was where the evil phantoms called Mewlips lurked, and the Gorcrows, a race of birds, flew. In these swamps also grew the Gallows-Weed. In Hobbit Lore, this tree-hanging weed is only known by name, but its physical description is never talked about or described. Few people who ever entered these marshes, and thus even saw these Gallows-Weeds, ever returned, thus there was no description of them.

Brambles of Mordor

2007-03-24T17:59:34Z

Tar-Amandil:

In Mordor there was Gorgoroth, where the furnace and forge of the Ring lord sauron were held. It was bragged that nothing grew on said poisoned land, but the "Red Book of Westmarch" says that there were some plants that did grow there. In sheltered places twisted tree-forms and stunted grey grasses grew. The leaves were shrivelled with Sulphur vapour and maggot hatchlings. Nowhere in Middle-Earth did brambles ever grow so large and fierce. These Brambles of Mordor were ugly with foot-long thorns, which were barbed and sharp as the knives of the orcs that came from Mordor. They sprawled over the land like coils of steel wire. They were truly the flowers of Mordor, for thy represented Mordor exaclty; cruel, fierce, and disgusting.

Belain

2007-03-24T15:44:34Z

Tar-Amandil:

Within [[Arda]] since the beginning, there was a race of guardians known as the [[Valar]] in the High Elven Tongue. They were called the Belain by the Grey-Elves of [[Beleriand]]. Belain means "Powers".

Valaróma

2007-03-24T15:39:50Z

Tar-Amandil:

The fabled hunting-horn of [[Oromë]], the [[Huntsman of the Valar]]. It could be heard above all other horns, and when the [[Eldar]] heard it they knew that once again the hunter was pursuing the servants of [[Morgoth]].

User:Tar-Amandil

2007-03-24T12:02:10Z

Tar-Amandil:

Hello. My Name is Tar-Amandil, and I consider myself to have an encyclopdedic understanding of Tolkiens works, books, and the movies. I love Tolkiens work more than any other books on the planet, and I am glad to help teach people about the wonderful world of Tolkien, which is what we are doing here.

Valaróma

2007-03-24T11:56:42Z

Tar-Amandil:

Iant Iaur

2007-03-24T11:53:19Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Iant Iaur''' was a stone bridge which was built in ancient day by the people of [[Doriath]] on the Northern borders of their land. It crossed the [[Esgalduin]] into [[Dor Dínen]].At the time that it was originally constructed, which was long before [[Morgoth]] returned to [[Middle-Earth]], it known by another name; Esgaliant, the "Esgalduin Bridge". Later, in the fourth age, the valley where it stood, an the surrounding hills to the north, became a place of terror and dread. After that, the bridge was used very little. All the same, it still stood, and it became known as Iant Iaur, which means "Old Bridge".
[[category:Bridges]]
[[category:Beleriand]]

Vëantur

2007-03-24T11:44:41Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Vëantur''' was a famous Númenórean mariner and navigator. He was Isildur's second cousin and captain of the moon tower. He served as captain of the king's ships under under Tar-Elendil, the fourth of the kings of Númenór.He as the first Númenórean to achieve voyage back to Middle-Earth. His famous ships name is Entulessë. He lived on the southern side of the firth of Romenna, and his house had its own quay where small boats could dock.

[[category:Númenóreans]]

Watchwoods

2007-03-24T11:44:11Z

Tar-Amandil:

The Watchwoods are located around [[Orthanc]] , or [[Isengard]]. They were made by [[Treebeard]] to prevent [[Saruman]] from escaping when the [[Ents]] attacked. The Watchwoods are under [[Treebeard]]s command, and they are either [[Huorns]] or [[Ents]].

Tol Brandir

2007-03-24T11:39:28Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Tol Brandir''' was an unclimable island with a huge pinnacle in the center of the long lake calle Nan Hithoel. It stood between the hills of [[Amon Hen]] and [[Amon Lhaw]] and looks over the [[Falls of Rauros]]. Their sides glow sometime around mid-afternoon.

[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Islands]]

Tol Brandir

2007-03-24T11:38:56Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Tol Brandir''' was an unclimable island with a huge pinnacle in the center of the long lake calle Nan Hithoel. It stood between the hills of [[Amon Hen]]and [[Amon Lhaw]] and looks over the [[Falls of Rauros]]. Their sides glow sometime around mid-afternoon.

[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Islands]]

Vëantur

2007-03-24T11:34:40Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''Vëantur''' was a famous Númenórean mariner and navigator. He was Isildur's second cousin and captain of the moon tower. He served as captain of th king's ships under under Tar-Elendil, the fourth of the kings of Númenór.He as the first Númenórean to achieve voyage back to Middle-Earth. His famous ships name is Entulessë. He lived on the southern side of the firth of Romenna, and his house had its own quay where small boats could dock.

[[category:Númenóreans]]

Last Alliance of Elves and Men

2007-03-24T02:17:39Z

Tar-Amandil:

'''The Last Alliance of Elves and Men''' was formed in 3430 of the [[Second Age]] (S.A.) in response to the threat of conquest by the Dark Lord [[Sauron]].

Sauron had been contending with the [[Elves]] for mastery of Middle-earth for over 1200 years. Fearing the establishment of the powerful kingdoms in exile — [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]] — by his hated enemies, the [[Dúnedain]], Sauron launched a preemptive attack on Gondor in S.A. 3429.

In response, [[Elendil]], High King of the Dúnedain, formed an alliance with [[Gil-galad]], the High King of the [[Eldar]], to repel Sauron's assault. [[Durin's folk]], under command of King [[Durin IV]], also aided Elendil and Gil-galad by sending a host of Dwarves from Three of the Seven Houses of Dwarves.

The three kingdoms assembled their armies in Arnor and marched on Sauron's forces. In S.A. 3434 they defeated Sauron's army in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]], breeched the [[Morannon]] into [[Mordor]], and besieged the Dark Lord's fortress of [[Barad-dûr]]. The siege lasted for seven years, during which [[Anárion]], Elendil's son, was slain. It culminated in Sauron leaving his fortress and engaging in direct combat. There were three objectives to this war: to unmake the ring, to destroy sauron, and to remove the foundation of the dark tower.

Sauron was felled by Gil-galad and Elendil, who both perished in the assault themselves. Elendil broke his sword [[Narsil]] as he fell. Using the hilt-shard of the sword, Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron's finger. Bereft of the power of the One Ring, Sauron's spirit dissipated and would not take form again in Middle-earth for a thousand years.

With the victory over Sauron, and the death of Gil-galad and Elendil, the Last Alliance was dissolved. Durin IV survived the war and afterwards returned to [[Khazad-dûm]], and the remaining Númenóreans resettled their kingdoms.
[[Category:Organizations]]

Trollshaws

2007-03-24T00:43:15Z

Tar-Amandil:

[[Image:Robert Goldsmith - The Trollshaws.jpg|thumb|''The Trollshaws'' by [[Robert Goldsmith]]]]
'''Trollshaws''' are the upland woods, consisting at least partly of beech trees, that lay to the west of [[Rivendell]] between the Rivers [[Hoarwell]] and [[Loudwater]]. They were the haunt of [[Trolls]], three of which famously waylaid [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and his companions during the [[Quest of Erebor]].Years later, Frodo and his companions found them on the way to Rivendell, but the Trolls, from the distractions of Gandalf, ahd been turned to stone by the sun. On the hills of the trollshaws were shalow caves, and on the top of some of the hills there were castles and towers that had been built by the men of Rhudaur.

It seems there were few if any Trolls that lived in the shaws by the late [[Third Age]]. They were probably driven back into the [[Ettenmoors]] (which was Troll country) to the North, probably by the [[Dúnedain]] [[Rangers]] and the [[Elves of Rivendell]].

[[Category:Forests]]
[[Category:Regions]]
[[Category:Eriador]]

Aelin-uial

2007-03-24T00:23:38Z

Tar-Amandil:

In [[The Silmarillion]], '''Aelin-uial''', a [[Sindarin]] name translated as ''Meres of Twilight'' ([[aelin]] = lake, [[uial]] = twilight), was a marshy confluence of the river [[Aros]] into [[Sirion]], south of [[Doriath]].

The Aelin Uial is the maze of lakes and fens formed where the river Aros met the sirion, before it fell beneath the Andram. These were Lands heavy with magical enchantment and spells, from two main sources; the Girdle of melian guarding Doriath to the North of the Aelin-Uial, and also from the power of Ulmo the Vala, which was very strong in this area and Sirions waters. it was here that Turgon and Finrod were given the idea of building their hidden strongholds at Gondolon and Nargothrond, which was an Idea put into their dreams by Ulmo. The Aelin-Uial was under the control of Doriath, a Sindarin Kingdom. Thingol's Marchwardens kept secret ferries among the reeds, wich they could use to cross in between Sirion's eastern and western banks unseen by anyone. at the southernmost end of the Aelin-Uial, the waters of Sirion came together once more from the many,many routes they took through the marshland and, at the place called the Falls of Sirion, fell lots of water in a waterfall down into the Earth.It was destroyed in the War of Wrath, which in turn occured at the end of the first age.

Pronunciation:EYE-LEEN-OOIAL

[[Category:Swamps]]
[[Category:Beleriand]]

Stone of Erech

2007-03-23T21:26:19Z

Tar-Amandil:

[[Image:Abe Papakhian - Stone of Erech.jpg|thumb|''Stone of Erech'' by [[Abe Papakhian]].]]
The Stone of Erech is also known as The Black Stone. It is the standing stone where the king of the mountains swore an oath to Isildur. It was large and spherical in shape, and half of it was underground. The other half that was visible/above ground was approximately as tall as a man. It was located on the hill of Erech.

The hill of Erech was located in Gondor, at the beginning of the Blackroot Vale in the white mountains. The head of the Blackroot Vale was where the entrance to the Paths of the Dead was located. The stone was brought to the hill of Erech by Isildur, who rescued it from the sinking Númenor.

In the very early days of Gondor, the king of the men who lived in the white mountains swore an oath of allegiance to Isildur on the Stone of Erech. This oath was betrayed when Isildur called upon them to fight Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance. That caused Isildur to curse them to remain undead until they had fulfilled their oath. They haunted the Paths of the Dead for 3000+ years.

It was on the Stone of Erech that Aragorn called on the King of the dead, and the other accursed, to fulfill their oaths so that they could rest in peace. This occurred at midnight.In the Books, they only helped Aragorn take over the Ships of Saurons allies from the south.They were finally put to rest by Aragorn for fulfilling their oath where they had not done so before.

[[Category:Stones and Rocks]]
[[Category:Gondor]]]]

Ash Mountains

2007-03-23T21:23:35Z

Tar-Amandil:

A Mountain range on the southern border of Mordor. It went 500 miles from East to West, and Barad-Dûr stood at the end of a spur of the Ash mountains, and Gorgoroth was enclosed by another Spur of these mountains. The west end of the ash Mountains met the mountins of Shadow. between the Mountains of shadow and the Ash Mountains are Cirith Gorgor, another name for "The Haunted Pass".

[[Category:Mountains]]
[[Category:Mordor]]

Iron Hills

2007-03-23T21:19:28Z

Tar-Amandil:

The '''Iron Hills''' was a range of hills in the northeast of the known parts of [[Middle-earth]],in the middle part of both rhovanion and Rhûn, east of the Lonely Mountain.It was home to a dwarf mining community, and in the battle of five armies, Daín II Ironfoot sent reinforcements to Thorin from here. The Iron Hills rae the last remains of the Iron Mountains where Morgoth Dwelt. They were founded by Grór son of Daín I, after the dwarves were exiled from the grey mountains. The Iron Hills were coloniczed by dwarves around 2500 Third Age. The Longbeard Dwraves lived here.

The '''Iron Hills''' was the main dwelling of Durin' folk in the East, and was also the strongest kingdom in [[Wilderland]] before the death of [[Smaug]]

The [[Dwarves of the Iron Hills]] were known for making a flexible iron armor from of course, the rich iron supply in the hills.

[[Category:Hills]]
[[Category:Dwarven Kingdoms]]
[[Category:Rhovanion]]

Moon Letters

2007-03-23T21:14:25Z

Tar-Amandil:

Moon Letters, according to Elrond of Rivendell, are rune-letters that can only be seen when the moon shines behind them, and what is more, with the more cunning sort it must be a moon of the same shape and season as the day when they were written. An example of these moon-letters would be on the map that Gandalf gave Thorin of the Lonely Mountain and surrounding areas. The moon letters were the more cunning type mentioned above, and they were written on a midsummers eve in a crescent moon. They said:
"Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks and the setting sun with the last light of durin's day will shine upon the key-hole".

White deer

2007-03-23T20:29:32Z

Tar-Amandil:

Hind is a deer with 2 fawns that surprised Bilbo and the dwarves on the quest of Erebor when they first entered Mirkwood forest.

Elf-maidens

2007-03-23T20:25:43Z

Tar-Amandil:

Elf-Maidens are mentioned only in a song sung by the elves of Rivendell when Bilbo stopped there on his way home from his adventures in the quest of Erebor.
Elf-Maidens is a term used to describe un-married elves.

Elf-maidens

2007-03-23T20:25:28Z

Tar-Amandil:

Elf-Maidens are mentioned only in a song sun by the elves of Rivendell when Bilbo stopped there on his way home from his adventures in the quest of Erebor.
Elf-Maidens is a term used to describe un-married elves.

Elf-maidens

2007-03-23T20:25:13Z

Tar-Amandil: