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Weathertop

**Weathertop**, also known as **the watch tower of Amon Sûl** is a location in middle-earth that was the way that Aragorn and his allies used to get to Rivendell and the temporary hideout of Azog

## History

Weathertop was once a watchtower, but soon was abandoned.

Years after its former glory, Azog the Defiler lived at Weathertop for a while. When his second-in-command, Yazneg reappeared and foolishly reported his loss to Azog. The Defiler grew angered and threw the orc at his Wargs and joined the hunt himself to hunt down the dwarf king, Thorin Oakenshield.

Sixty years later, Aragorn and his hobbit companions, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin rest there for one night. Strider left the hobbits with weapons while scouting around. While Frodo slept he suddenly is awoken by the smell of fire and Merry, Pippin and Sam cooking food. Frodo put out the fire with his foot, but it was too late. The Nazgul had found them and attacked the four hobbit travellers. While there, the Witch-king stabbed Frodo there when the Hobbit refused to give them the Ring. However, the Hobbits were rescued by Aragorn, who had returned from his hunting. The hobbits later begged Aragorn to heal Frodo. However, it was beyond even Aragorn's healing skills, and claimed he needed Lord Elrond's elvish medicine to survive.

A few months later, Pippin and Gandalf discussed the oncoming war. When the white wizard mentions the Witch king of Angmar, he explains to Pippin that the Witch king stabbed Frodo on Weathertop.
Battle of Dagorlad

The **Battle of Dagorlad** was a major battle of the War of the Last Alliance in the late Second Age.

## History

The battle took place in the year SA 3434. It was fought between the army of the Last Alliance under Gil-galad and Elendil against an army of Orcs and other creatures loyal to Sauron, on the plains of Dagorlad just outside Mordor between Emyn Muil and Cirith Gorgor. The Last Alliance joined with Anárion's army from Gondor, which was holding Osgiliath and Minas Ithil, and they marched to Dagorlad. Oropher and Amdír, annoyed by Gil-galad's command, prematurely charged at the enemy and were driven back, and Amdír along with many Galadhrim Warriors died in the Dead Marshes. Eventually, the Alliance was able to drive back the the enemy forces and win the battle, proceeding then to attack the Black Gate and advance into Udûn.
Elven Road

The **Elf-path**, also known as the **Elven Road**, is a path built by Elves during the Third Age of the Woodland Realm.

## History

The path was built by the Elves in the Third Age of the Wood-land realm probably when Sauron occupied Dol Guldur and the forest became filled with evil things. Being the safest route through northern Mirkwood, Gandalf chose this way for Bilbo and Dwarves to take to the other side during their quest to Lonely Mountain.

Beginning at the eastern end of the High Pass, it ran across the Vales of Anduin, through the Forest Gate into Mirkwood, and led straight through the forest to its end on the banks of the Celduin.

The Enchanted stream ran through the path nearly three quarters of the way through.

### The Company of Thorin Oakenshield

Before he left, the wizard Gandalf warned Bilbo Baggins and Thorin and Company to take the path, as it was the safest route through Mirkwood to the Lonely Mountain. However, Nori accidentally leads the company off the path, causing them to look for the path again.

Thorin was captured by these Elves, while the remaining company, with the exception of Bilbo, were snared by Giant Spiders. Bilbo rescued them with the help of his magic ring, but they were soon captured by the angry Elves and imprisoned by their king. With the aid of the ring, Bilbo eluded the Dwarves' captors. Weeks later, he found a way to free them: by stealing the keys from the guard when he and the Butler Galion, drank their supply of wine. Soon after they were freed, the Company fled in barrels and floated on the river that ran along with the Elf-path.

However, a small battle ensued as the Company made their escape.

### Fourth Age

It may have survived into the Fourth Age.
Dark Days

The **Dark Days**, as mentioned by Haldir, also known as **the Dark Years** were a period of time between SA 1693 and 3434, with a brief lull during Sauron's captivity in Númenor from 3262 to 3319.

During those years, Sauron wielded the One Ring and controlled many of the Free Lands of Middle Earth, most notably parts of Harad, Rhun and Anorien. He was unable, however, to overrun Rivendell or Lindon, the great Elvish strongholds remaining in Middle Earth.

These, aligned with the Elendil, king of the Faithful who escaped the deluge of Numenor, formed the Last Alliance which overthrew Sauron and ended the Dark Days.
Ar-Pharazon

**Ar-Pharazôn the Golden** was the twenty-fifth and last King of Númenor. He was the son of Gimilkhâd, who was the younger brother of the twenty-fourth King, Tar-Palantir.

## History

Ar-Pharazon was born SA 3118 to Gimilkhâd. While he would marry Tar-Míriel, they had no children.

Durning his reign, he was said to be the greatest Numenorean king: he was generous and made the realm prosperous and mighty. So much so, in fact, that he was able to capture Sauron and take him prisoner to Númenor.

Ar-Pharazon was also the most vain king: he usurped the throne, and took his own cousin, Miriel, by force as his queen. Fearing his own mortality, he allowed himself to fall to Sauron's false promises of immortality, leading him to establish a worship of Morgoth, including human sacrifice. The "faithful" - those Numenoreans who opposed this worship and Ar-Pharazon's disregard for the Valar - were heavily persecuted by the King and his Men.

At last, he was compelled by Sauron to take his armada and sail to Valinor in an attempt to overtake it and claim immortality. In so doing, he forced the hand of the Valar to call upon Eru to change the world. Arda was made round, Valinor made inaccesible to mortals and Numenor was lost in a deluge.

Luckily, the faithful led by Elendil secretly set sail to Middle Earth beforehand, and established the realms of Arnor and Gondor. Sauron, too, survived the deluge and returned to Mordor before being overthrown by Elendil's son, Isildur, in the Battle of Dagorlad.

He died SA 3319 on the shores of Aman at the age of 102.

## The Lord of the Ring

### The Fellowship of the Ring

His name is seen on one of the scrolls that Gandalf is looking through when finding information about the One Ring.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic action-adventure film, and the first entry in the Lord of the Rings trilogy,. While the first to be released, narrativelly it follows both The Lord of the Rings prequel TV series and The Hobbit trilogy. Directed, co-produced and co-written by Sir Peter Jackson, it is based on The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien.

It stars Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Liv Tyler as Arwen, Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, Sean Astin as Sam Gamgee, Cate Blanchett as Lady Galadriel, John Rhys-Davies as GImli, Billy Boyd as Pippin Took, Dominic Monaghan as Merry Brandybuck, Orlando Bloom as Legolas, Christopher Lee as Saruman the White, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Sean Bean as Boromir, and Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins and features Andy Serkis as the voice of Gollum.

## Summary

*Main Article: The Fellowship of the Ring (synopsis)*

The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. But fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who inherits the Ring and steps into legend. A daunting task lies ahead for Frodo when he becomes the Ringbearer - to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged.

## Cast

* Noel Appleby as Everard Proudfoot
* Sean Astin as Sam
* Sala Baker as Sauron
* Sean Bean as Boromir
* Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
* Orlando Bloom as Legolas
* Billy Boyd as Pippin
* Marton Csokas as Celeborn
* Megan Edwards as Mrs. Proudfoot
* Michael Elsworth as Gondorian Archivist
* Mark Ferguson as Gil-galad
* Ian Holm as Bilbo
* Christopher Lee as Saruman
* Lawrence Makoare as Lurtz
* Brent McIntyre as Witch-King of Angmar
* Ian McKellen as Gandalf
* Peter McKenzie as Elendil
* Sarah McLeod as Rosie Cotton
* Dominic Monaghan as Merry
* Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
* Ian Mune as Bounder
* Craig Parker as Haldir
* Cameron Rhodes as Farmer Maggot
* John Rhys-Davies as Gimli
* Martyn Sanderson as Gate Keeper
* Andy Serkis as Gollum/Witch-King of Angmar (voice)
* Harry Sinclair as Isildur
* Liv Tyler as Arwen
* David Weatherley as Barliman Butterbur
* Hugo Weaving as Elrond
* Elijah Wood as Frodo
Mountain Cat Geography

"Same person, different channel."

Mountain Cat Geography is a YouTube channel division of Mountain Cat Gaming.

All of its videos are found on Mountain Cat Gaming, but only the geography ones are posted here.

## History

Mountain Cat Geography was created on November 23rd, 2019, as a division of Mountain Cat Gaming.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

***he Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*** is a 2012 epic action-adventure fantasy film, directed, co-produced and co-written by Sir Peter Jackson and based on Professor JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit and associated writings from The Lord of the Rings.

A prequel, *An Unexpected Journey* forms the first feature film of the Middle Earth Cinematic Universe, and was shot concurrently with its two sequels, *The Desolation of Smaug,* released in 2013 and *The Battle of the Five Armies* in 2014. It stars Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian Holm, Sir Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis as Gollum.

## Synopsis

*Main Article: An Unexpected Journey (synopsis)*

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) lives a simple life with his fellow hobbits in the shire, until the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) arrives and convinces him to join a group of dwarves on a quest to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor. The journey takes Bilbo on a path through treacherous lands swarming with orcs, goblins and other dangers, not the least of which is an encounter with Gollum (Andy Serkis) and a simple gold ring that is tied to the fate of Middle Earth in ways Bilbo cannot even fathom.

## Cast

* Ian McKellen as Gandalf
* Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
	+ Ian Holm as Old Bilbo
* Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield
* Ken Stott as Balin
* Graham McTavish as Dwalin
* William Kircher as Bifur
* James Nesbitt as Bofur
* Stephen Hunter as Bombur
* Dean O'Gorman as Fili
* Aidan Turner as Kili
* John Callen as Oin
* Peter Hambleton as Gloin/Bert (voice)
* Jed Brophy as Nori
* Mark Hadlow as Dori/Bert the Stone-troll (voice)
* Adam Brown as Ori
* Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
* Hugo Weaving as Elrond
* Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
* Christopher Lee as Saruman
* Andy Serkis as Gollum
* Sylvester McCoy as Radagast
* Barry Humphries as Great Goblin
* Jeffrey Thomas as Thror
* Michael Mizrahi as Thrain
* Lee Pace as Thranduil
* Manu Bennett as Azog
* Conan Stevens as a Gundabad Orc
* John Rawls as Yazneg
* Stephen Ure as Fimbul
* Timothy Bartlett as Master Worrywort
* William Kircher as Tom
* Peter Hambleton as
* Mark Hadlow as William
* Bret McKenzie as Lindir
* Stephen Ure as Grinnah
* Kiran Shah as Goblin Scribe
* Benedict Cumberbatch as the Necromancer and Smaug
* Glenn Boswell as Dwarf Miner
* Thomas Robins as Young Thrain

### Extended only

* Luke Evans as Girion

* Dan Hennah as The Old Took
* Stephen Gledhill as Old Gammidge
* Tim Gordon as Old Hobbit
* Oscar Strik as Little Bilbo
* Sonia Forbes-Adam as Belladonna (Took) Baggins
* Erin Banks as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
* Brian Hotter as Otho Sackville-Baggins
* Eric Vespe as Fredegar Chubb
* Mervyn Smith as Tosser Grubb
* Ruby Acevedo as Cute Young Hobbits
Gwaith-i-Mírdain

The **Gwaith-i-Mírdain**, also known as the **Jewel-smiths** or "**Elven-smiths**", referred to a group of Ñoldor living in Eregion during the Second Age.

## History

In SA 750, a group of Ñoldor from Lindon led by Celebrimbor settled in Eregion near Khazad-dûm. Interested in the making of crafts and jewels, they drew close to the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and worked with them in an alliance of friendship and peaceful commerce. Only Fëanor surpassed them in cunning for creating wrought items, and Celebrimbor, his grandson, was the most skilled of this group. Their chief city was Ost-in-Edhil. They prospered and grew immensely wealthy for centuries, but Sauron,ever hungry for dominion over Middle-earth, was jealous of their power. He approached them in SA 1200 disguised as Annatar (The Lord of Gifts), and the Ñoldor, ever eager for more knowledge, accepted his gifts and instruction. They also followed him because though they loved Middle-earth, they wanted to have the bliss of Valinor. The smiths thought the land of their exile could be made as beautiful as Eressëa with Annatar's skills.

With this new knowledge, they forged most of the Rings of Power with the help of Sauron. Celebrimbor alone forged the Three Rings, which were not corrupted by Sauron's hand. However, in SA 1590, the smiths were betrayed and deceived when Celebrimbor discovered that Sauron forged the One Ring to rule all the others. They then took off and hid their rings, which aroused the wrath of Sauron. He demanded the rings' return and, in SA 1695, declared war on them. By SA 1697, Eregion was destroyed and Celebrimbor was slain along with many of his Jewel-smiths. Some of the Mírdain were evacuated to Rivendell with the help of Elrond; their subsequent fate is unknown.
Boromir

**Boromir** was a valiant warrior of Gondor for his prowess in combat and skill on the battlefield. He was the eldest son of Denethor II, who was Steward of Gondor during the War of the Ring, and his wife Finduilas. Even the people of Rohan admired him, particularly Éomer. He was the older brother of Faramir.

## Biography

### Before the War of the Ring

Boromir was born in the year TA 2978. He was the eldest child of Denethor II, the last Ruling Steward of Gondor and his wife Finduilas, and would have succeeded as Steward after Denethor's death, had he lived. When Boromir was only ten years old, his mother died. Consequently, his father became grim and came to prefer Boromir over his brother, Faramir. Despite this fact, Boromir looked after his younger brother and they became very close. Boromir devoted himself to leading his people and fought in the battle for the eastern part of Osgiliath in TA 3018. He, his brother, and two others were the only survivors of the unit that held the bridge until its destruction; they had to swim the river Anduin to reach safety.

### War of the Ring

Following the battle Boromir set out from Minas Tirith to Rivendell to decipher a riddle.

He first appears at the Council of Elrond, where he suggests that Gondor use the One Ring as a weapon against Sauron. Although he squabbles with Aragorn over the kingship of Gondor, he joins the Fellowship of the Ring when it assembles. As the Fellowship travels toward Lórien, Boromir proves his worth as a fighter but continues to be tempted by the Ring. When the group arrives at Caras Galadhon, Galadriel speaks to him telepathically of the fall of Gondor. At the end of the first film, Boromir tries to take the Ring from Frodo as Saruman's Uruk-hai attack the Fellowship. Frodo escapes by using the Ring, and Boromir dies defending Merry and Pippin from the orcs. As he passes, he apologizes to Aragorn and acknowledges Aragorn's birthright to the throne of men. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli then lay his body in a rowboat that floats down the Anduin.
Battle of Greenfields

The **Battle of Greenfields** was a battle that took place in the Northfarthing of the Shire in the latter half of the Third Age, and was the only time the Shire was ever attacked by the Goblins of Mount Gram.

## History

In TA 2747, a band of Goblins from Mount Gram led by their King Golfimbul invaded the Shire. The hobbits were prepared and met them with a force led by Bandobras Took in the Northfarthing. According to the traditional story, Bullroarer charged the ranks of the Goblin army on horseback and with a wooden club knocked Golfimbul's head clean off, sending it sailing a hundred yards through the air and down a rabbit-hole, thus winning the battle and simultaneously inventing the game of golf.

No other battle occurred within the borders of the Shire until the Battle of Bywater on November 1, 3019, over two-hundred years later.
Battle of Cair Andros

The Orcs crossed the river at night in boats, and immediately joined battle with Faramir's men, slaying the Men of Gondor easily and brutally defeating them in battle (as opposed to the book were they fought valiantly). By morning, the Men of Gondor lost almost 350 of their men and then abandon the city and retreat in a miserable failure. The Nazgûl riding on top of their Fellbeasts killed 50 more soldiers, but Gandalf rescues them. At Minas Tirith, Denethor orders Faramir to retake Osgiliath. Faramir leads a cavalry company of the 100 remaining men and tries to retake Osgiliath, but runs into a shower of arrows from the orcs. The whole company is killed except Faramir, who is dragged back to Minas Tirith by his horse, unconscious with two arrows in him.
Glamdring

**Glamdring** (**Foe-hammer** or **Beater** by the Goblins and Orcs) is an Elven sword wielded by Gandalf.

## Background

**Glamdring**, Orcrist and possibly Sting were forged for Turgon, king of the Elvish city of Gondolin the First Age. It was one of the finest blades in Middle Earth, made for the wars with the Orcs. However, it was lost with Turgon during the sack of the city.

## The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

In the late Third Age, the sword somehow landed in possession of the Trolls, William, Tom, and Bert, where it was found in a Troll-Hoard by the Great East Road by Gandalf, during the Quest of Erebor.

Meanwhile, Orcrist was given to Thorin, the leader of the Company, and Sting was a sword Gandalf found and gave to his companion, Bilbo Baggins.

During the Company's visit to Rivendell, Elrond - a descendant of Turgon - identified the swords by name and heritage. The Goblin King later identified it as "beater" when Gandalf dispatched the Great Goblin.

## The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Gandalf later had Glamdrin, which he used to dispatch Durin's Bane, an ancient evil Balrogs.

He used it during the Battle of Gondor as well.
Kingsfoil

**Athelas**, also known as **Kingsfoil** or **Asëa Aranion**, was a healing herb that grew throughout Middle-earth.

## History

Athelas was first brought to Middle-earth by Númenóreans, but by the end of the Third Age the knowledge of its healing properties was lost among all but the Rangers of the North and the Elves, and it was commonly considered by most men and hobbits to be a useless weed. According to folklore in Gondor, it was especially powerful in the hands of the king. It was used by Aragorn when he secretly entered Minas Tirith upon his return to Gondor to heal those (such as Éowyn) who had been touched by the Black Breath, an act that enhanced his reputation and strengthened his claim to the crown.

Aragorn also used Athelas to ease the pain of Frodo's wound when he was stabbed by a Morgul-knife at the Weathertop camp. The scent of the leaves also calmed the minds of the other Hobbits. Additionally, athelas was used after Moria when Aragorn tended to Frodo and Sam's injuries. After the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Aragorn used Athelas in the Houses of Healing to revive Faramir, Lady Éowyn, and the hobbit Merry, who were all under the shadow of the Black Breath.

Some Men of Gondor used an infusion of Athelas for headaches.
Harlindon

**Harlindon** was the southern division of the Elven realm of Lindon. The Elf-haven and harbour of Harlond lay on the northern coast of the region. Like the rest of Lindon, it was a remnant of Beleriand.

## Description

Harlindon was a green and fair land on the northwestern shores of Middle-earth. It was located west of the Blue Mountains and south of the Gulf of Lune which divided Lindon into the northern Forlindon and the southern Harlindon. At the head of the Gulf lay the seaport Grey Havens. There were woods at the foot of the Blue Mountains and a haven in a small inlet on the southern shores of the Gulf of Harlond.

At the beginning of the Second Age, Celeborn and Galadriel lived in Harlindon before they moved to Eregion in SA 750.
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

The **Sackville-Baggins** were a wealthy Hobbit family of the Shire in the late Third Age.

## History

The family was founded by the marriage of Longo Baggins to Camellia Sackville, heiress of the Sackville family headship. Their son, Otho Sackville-Baggins, adopted a double name, kept by his wife Lobelia (née Bracegirdle). The family was never well-liked as they were extremely obnoxious, snobby, rude, and greedy. They were obsessed with acquiring the luxurious Bag End from their cousin Bilbo. They had almost succeeded in TA 2942 when Bilbo had disappeared a year earlier and was thought to be dead. When this was not so, the family became more and more detestable and for years denied that the Bilbo living in Bag End was the real Bilbo Baggins. They were even more envious of Bilbo's wealth when he adopted Frodo as his heir.

Frodo Baggins disliked them as they resented his inheritance. When Frodo went away in September, TA 3018, they had finally gotten Bag End. Lobelia's son Lotho had gained control of the Shire through alliance with Saruman. When he was murdered, Lobelia was the last significant member of the family and after her death the brief-lived family disappeared.
Bain

**Bain** was a Man of Dale and the second king of the renewed Kingdom of Dale.

## Biography

Born in the year TA 2925 of the Third Age, Bain was a man of Dale, son of the famed Bard the Bowman. Bain is present with his sisters when his father returns home with Thorin and Company. After hearing the Dwarves recite the tale of how Lord Girion used Black Arrows against Smaug, Bain added that Girion once managed to dislodge a scale off the dragon. Later, as his father returned from a tapestry shop, having discovered Thorin's true identity, Bain informs him that the Dwarves had left to raid the armoury.
The next day, as the Dwarves set off for the Lonely Mountain with the support of Lake-town, Bard's house again became host to Fili, Kili, Óin and Bofur, as Kili was gravely ill from Morgul poison and no one in town was willing to help. As night fell, they felt the ground shake as the Dragon awakened. Bard then reveals that he had one last Black Arrow in his possession. As he and Bain made their way to the Dwarvish wind lance atop the Master's mansion, he asked his father why he never told him about the Black Arrow, to which Bard retorts that he didn't need to know. But as the town guard begins searching for Bard, Bain helps his father in hiding the Black Arrow while Bard is captured and imprisoned by the order of the Master of Lake-town.

Unfortunately, the Dwarves of Erebor awake and infuriate Smaug, who flies out angrily with the intent to destroy Lake-town.

Smaug reaches Lake-town and begins mercilessly burning and destroying the town and its people. Bard is able to free himself by using a rope made of cloth and using it to latch onto the nearest moving object (in this case, the Master of Lake-town's neck), and break open the door. Running on the rooftops to the highest tower, Bard uses all of his arrows unsuccessfully shooting at Smaug, but, right after Bard runs out of arrows, Bain appears with the Black Arrow and hands it to his father. Using the pieces of the destroyed tower to build a make-shift crossbow, Bard puts the shaft on Bain's shoulder as a base for the arrow. Bain bravely stands straight so Bard can correctly tilt the arrow toward Smaug, who touches onto the ground in front of the tower and mocks the father and son. As Smaug charges forward, Bard launched the arrow into the weak spot on the dragon's chest, nearly taking out Bain's ear, but causing Smaug to tumble out of control past Bard and Bain and into several burning houses. Smaug, terrified, lifts into the air, but dies and falls back to earth, crushing Lake-town. Bard and Bain survive, however, and Bain proves his worth helping Lake-Town survivors and later participating valiantly in the Siege of Dale.

It was during his time as king, after his father's passing, that many party gifts of different varieties were ordered for use at Bilbo's Farewell Birthday Party in TA 3001. Bain presumably died in TA 3007, as that was when his son, Brand, became king. Brand would later fight in the War of the Ring at the Battle of Dale, where he was slain.
Blue Wizards

The **Blue Wizards** (or the ***Ithryn Luin***) were two mysterious characters of Middle-earth, named as such because they both wore sea-blue robes.

## History

The existence of five Wizards is only mentioned briefly in *The Lord of the Rings*. In J.R.R. Tolkien's *Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age* it is told that aside from Saruman, Gandalf, and Radagast, there were "others of the Istari who went into the east of Middle-earth, and do not come into these tales." Tolkien also writes in *Unfinished Tales* that the two Wizards were sent to the East whose names were "Alatar" and "Pallando". Alatar was a Maia of the Vala Oromë who chose him to go to Middle-earth. Alatar asked his friend Pallando to join him on his mission.

The time that the Blue Wizards arrived in Middle-earth is uncertain. In *Unfinished Tales*, Tolkien wrote that the five Istari came to Middle-earth together in TA 1000. However, in *The Peoples of Middle-earth*, they are said to have arrived in the Second Age, around the year SA 1600, the time of the forging of the One Ring. Their mission was directed at weakening Sauron's forces in the eastern and southern parts of Middle-earth, whereas the other Istari were focused on the west.

It is also uncertain whether they failed in their mission, but it seems most likely. In *Unfinished Tales* Tolkien writes that, "indeed of all the Istari, one only remained faithful," referring to Gandalf. Also in letter 211, he said, "what success they had I do not know; but I fear that they failed, as Saruman did, though doubtless in different ways; I suspect that they were founders or beginners of secret cults and 'magic' traditions that outlasted the fall of Sauron". However, in a text found in *The Peoples of Middle-earth*, alternate set of names are given, **Morinehtar** and **Rómestámo** (or *Rome(n)star*), "Darkness-slayer" and "East-helper". It is not clear whether these names were intended to be replacements for Alatar and Pallando, or whether they had a second set of names (for instance, their names used in Middle-earth).
Berserker Orcs

The **Orc Berserkers** were part of Azog's army and minor antagonists in *The Hobbit* film series.

## Roles

### The Hobbit (film series)

#### The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

They appear at the last minute during the Battle of Five Armies. They are about to attack Bilbo when Dwalin rushes into his defense. While Dwalin killed the Berserker Orcs, Bilbo used the rocks to knock them down.
Dunland

**Dunland** is a region of hills to the North-East of Rohan.

## Inhabitants

Dunland was inhabited by the Dunlendings, an ancient but wild people who harrassed the people of Rohan (most notably at the times of Helm and Théoden) for robbing them of the more fertile lands of Calenardhon. It was also the habitat of the Crebain, a race of crows, which Saruman (whose stronghold of Isengard was beside Dunland) later used as spies.

It was also briefly the home of the Dwarven refugees of Erebor, who settled there after failing to reclaim Moria to the North. They worked there in the service of men as merchants, miners and toy-makers before their leader Thorin led them west to the Blue Mountains. It seems that some Dwarves continued to nevertheless live there, as Bofur was quick to use this as an excuse for Thorin and Company's presence in the Misty Mountains (when inquired by their captor, the Goblin King), saying that they were overdue to visit distant relations of his.

## History

In TA 2941, Thorin heard rumours that his missing father, Thrain, was seen in the wilds near Dunland, and went looking there, in vain. It was during this visit, in which he drew near the Misty Mountains, that he was spotted by spies of The Necromancer, and contacted by Gandalf, thereby inciting the Quest of Erebor.

The Dwarves also continued to deal with the inhabitants of Dunland, as Kíli recalls escorting merchants there, who were trading for the region's furs with silver.

During the War of the Ring, The Dunlendings swore allegiance to Saruman and attacked the Westfold of Rohan, burning many of its villages to the ground.
Eregion

### Inhabitants

Noldor (Galadriel, Celebrimbor, members of the Gwaith-i-Mirdain), Sauron (as Annatar), Celeborn

Eregion was a kingdom of Feanorian High Elves in south-east Eriador, ruled by Celebrimbor in the mid-Second Age. Maintaining a great friendship with the nearby Dwarvish realm of Khazad Dum, the Elves of Eregion were renouned as craftsmen, headed by a craftsmen guild, the Gwaith-i-Mirdain. Their crowning achievement (and cause of their downfall) was the Forging of the Great Rings.

Eregion was destroyed in the War of Sauron and the Elves, when Sauron besieged it to acquire the other Rings, which were withheld by Celebrimbor. Imladris was founded north of it by Elrond, as a forward post against Sauron's forces. Years later, the Fellowship of the Ring traversed the now deforested, empty lands of Eregion during the Quest of the Ring.

## History

Eregion was founded in the year 750 of the Second Age. It was home to High Elves of Feanorian descent who didn't wish to live under the rule of the High-king Gil-galad in Lindon. It was ruled by Celebrimbor, the last living descendant of Feanor in Middle Earth. Established in the south-east corner of Eriador, Eregion was known for its Holly trees, and therefore called Hollin.

The capital of the realm was Ost-in-Edhil, city of the Noldor. Its society was seemingly arranged into guilds, the most prominent of which being the craftsmen guild, the Gwaith-i-Mirdain. Indeed, Eregion's forging industry led to a great friendship with the nearby Dwarf realm of Moria. Celebrimbor helped build the Doors of Durin leading from his realm into Moria, and a high-road was constructed between the doors and Ost-in-Edhil.

In 1400, against the advice of the other Elf-lords, Celebrimbor accepted the mysterious figure Annatar, who offered help and wisdom. Together, they concieved the idea of forging Rings of Power which would help the Elf-Lords rule their lands and slow down the fading of the Elves. By 1500, they had forged ninteen Rings, although the last three, intended for the Elf-Lords, were made by Celebrimbor while Annatar was away.

Unbeknowst to Celebrimbor, Annatar went to Mordor where he forged a Master Ring to control the others. When he put the Ring on, he revealed himself as the Dark Lord Sauron. Feeling this, Celebrimbor sent the three Elven Rings to Galadriel, Cirdan and Gil-galad (and, according to the Dwarves, sent one ring to Durin III in Moria). Sauron came in 1693, overrun Eregion and besieged Ost-in-Edhil, finally capturing Celebrimbor and the other Rings.

Refugees from Eregion either went through Moria (which then shut its impregnable gates against Sauron's forces) or north to the forces of Gil-galad, marshalled under Elrond. Here, Elrond established Rivendell as a forward post against Sauron and it later became his household and the last remnant of the civilization of Eregion.

Years later, the Fellowship of the Ring coming out of Rivendell, traversed the now empty, deforested lands of Eregion on their way during the Quest of the Ring.
Goblin town

**Goblin-town** was a Goblin dwelling which lay under the Misty Mountains, ruled by the Great Goblin. It was constructed in a network of caverns, partially burrowed by the Goblins, under the mountains near the High Pass, with exits to the pass itself via the Front Porch, and to the eastern slopes of the Mountain via the backdoor or Goblin gate. The town was built on wooden terraces, huts and flying walkways, with the Goblin King's throne at the hub, and much of its material wealth came from scavenging travelers and the nearby Woodsmen. The lower parts of the caves included the Goblin chasm, and lower still, the subterranean lake where Gollum lived, living partially off of scraps that fell from the town above.

## History

Around TA 2480, Orcs and Goblins from Angmar started making secret strongholds in the mountains blocking the passages towards Eriador. Gollum had found his way in the cave below, feeding himself on raw fish and Goblins that he killed.

The main gate of the town was in one of the passes of the Misty Mountains, but by TA 2941 travellers learned to avoid that dangerous road and the goblins opened another under the safer High Pass (the Front Porch).

During the journey to Lonely Mountain, Thorin and Company rested in a cave and were captured by the Goblins. They were brought before the Great Goblin, who accused them of spying, and was enraged when he found that Thorin was carrying Orcrist, a sword the Great Goblin remembered from Gondolin. With the help of Gandalf, the Great Goblin was slain and Bilbo and the Dwarves escaped, pursued by force of Goblins. A force of Goblin mercenaries would join Azog's army in the Battle of the Five Armies, operating catapults and occupying Thorin and Dwalin on Ravnehill.
Elven-queen

The **Elven-queen** was the Queen of Mirkwood, wife of Thranduil, and the mother of Legolas.

## Character information.

The queen of Mirkwood may have been either a Lady, Princess or someone with a high status before becoming the Queen of Mirkwood. She was beloved by her son and husband. Thranduil gathered the White Gems of Lasgalen for her, but she never got to wear them.

During the Woodland Realm's War with the Kingdom of Angmar, the Elven-queen, defending by Orcs to Gundabad, where she died. After this, Thranduil receded from the world, caring only to preserve his realm and family, and the Woodland Realm (which was later known as the forest of Mirkwood became neutral with the war on Sauron. There was no grave for her son nor her husband to grieve, although Thranduil had a statue of her likeness posted at the Elven gate.

Thranduil was never given back the necklace that he had commissioned from Thrór for her. During the Quest of Erebor and the Battle of Five Armies, he was obsessed with retrieving it, to the point of marching to war. Ultimately, he had forgotten that his relationship with his son was of greater importance.

## The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

In the Battle of the Five Armies, Azog recently declared war on the heroes, causing Legolas to take his friend and elven companion Tauriel to Gundabad. When they were there, Legolas recalled his mother and told Tauriel that she died there after being tortured, and he is upset that he cannot ever grieve for her at her grave.

Thranduil mentioned to Legolas before he left to join Aragorn with the rangers of the North that his mother loved him more than anything, even life

## Family

* Thranduil (husband)
* Legolas (son)
* Oropher (father-in-law)
Red Book of Westmarch

The **Red Book of Westmarch** was a red-leather bound book written by the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and his household-heir Frodo Baggins, (with supplemental information later added by Samwise Gamgee) which chronicled both their adventures, as well as background information which the Bagginses had collected.

Bilbo Baggins started the book recounting his quest to Erebor, which he entitled *There and Back Again*. He later gave the book to Frodo at Rivendell after completing it. Frodo organized Bilbo's manuscript and used it to write down his own quest of the War of the Ring.

## Description and history

Bilbo's translations of legends from the Elder Days were also added to it, as were various Hobbit poems and a significant amount of background information on the realms of Arnor, Gondor and Rohan, added to it by Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck.

After Bilbo and Frodo left for Valinor, the Red Book passed into the keeping of Samwise Gamgee, mayor of Hobbiton. The book was left in the possession of Sam Gamgee's eldest daughter, Elanor Fairbairns, and her descendants (the *Fairbairns of the Towers* or *Wardens of Westmarch*). Several copies, with various notes and later additions, were made and the original was kept in a red case (with a three-volume Elvish Translation and a fifth volume [genealogical tables and commentaries]). Copies were passed on to future generations, of which one, the "*Thain's Book*", is the most important.

The copy which was kept at Great Smials, however, was made in Gondor by the scribe Findegil in FO 171, and was said to have been requested by Peregrin Took's great-grandson.

From the cover it was properly red colored; and had signature print on the top, shaped as a shine of light. It also had stitch patterns and beautiful marks around the edges. Bilbo Baggins' initials BB were imprinted on the cover in gold and it was very smooth, soft and silky to the touch. On the inside, there was a page of contents; writing each story by the four owners. There is a chance that *The Adventures of Tom Bombadil* (a book of poems) was written by Samwise Gamgee. However it is unknown what Elanor Gamgee wrote.
Entwash

The **Entwash** was a great river of Rohan, notable for its large inland delta.

## Description

The river had its sources in the springs that arose on Mount Methedras, the southernmost peak of the Misty Mountains, near Treebeard's home.

Leaving Fangorn forest, the river flowed past the Wold of Rohan, and then headed south, dividing Rohan into Westemnet and Eastemnet. At the latitude of Edoras it was joined by the river Snowbourn, and then flowed east towards Anduin, which it joined just south of the Falls of Rauros, in the huge inland delta known as the *Mouths of the Entwash*. The Mering Stream or *Glanhír* met one of the Entwashes' arms there. The influx of water was so great that at the other end of the Anduin the marshes of Nindalf (Wetwang) and the Dead Marshes arose.

The Entwash was named for the Ents of Fangorn, but the origin of the name was largely forgotten by the Rohirrim.
Moon-runes

**Moon-letters** were special Dwarven runes written in ithildin that could only be revealed by the Moon at a certain time. They are only mentioned in *The Hobbit* when Elrond held up Thror's Map to read to Thorin and Company.

## Description

Moon-letters were a system of writing invented by Dwarves - they were ordinary runes, but written in such a way that they could only be read when the light of the moon shone behind the writing. Some moon-letters could be read by any moonlight, but it was possible to make the writing even more secret. More sophisticated moon-letters could only be read by the same shape of moon, or at the same time of year, as when they were written.

Moon-letters were written with silver pens. The substance ithildin, made the from the precious metal mithril, reflected only starlight and moonlight.

An example of these moon-letters would be on the map of the Lonely Mountain and surrounding areas that Gandalf gave to Thorin Oakenshield. The moon letters were of the more secret variety, and were written on a midsummer's eve under a crescent moon. They read:

"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."
Destruction of Lake-town

The **city of Lake-town** was destroyed by the dragon Smaug.

## History

Smaug was enraged by the actions of Thorin and Company and, to punish them, set his eyes on destroying Lake-town and its citizens.

When Smaug came to the city, the Master packed up his treasure and left by boat. He was however crushed under Smaug's caracass when Bard slew him, but not before the dragon conflagerated the whole of the town and many of its people.

The survivors fled by boat to the shore, where they lived in tents before Bard came and ordered them to leave for the ruins of Dale. He asked Thorin for remunerations to be taken from the trasure hoard, but was refused. Thranduil came to his aid, but only with the intention of recruiting the people of Laketown to his cause of forcing Thorin to surrender some of the riches of the mountain to him. This led to the siege of Erebor and a small skirmish with the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, before Azog's Dol Guldur Army showed up.

Many of the refugees were killed by Azog's forces, but at the end of the Battle of the Five Armies they were victorious. They resettled Dale, with Bard and his line through Bain as their kings. Laketown was however also rebuilt and repopulated at this time, as Bilbo would later hoped to revisit it.
Hobbiton

### Inhabitants

Bandobras Took, Mungo Baggins, Belladone Took, Bungo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, Master Worrywort, Old Gamidge, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, Rosie Cotton

**Hobbiton** was a village in the central regions of the Shire, within the borders of the Westfarthing. It was the home of many illustrious Hobbits, including Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, and Samwise Gamgee.

## Geography

Hobbiton was located on both sides of the Lake in the Shire-water, bordering on the outskirts of Tighfield and Bywater. The Bywater Road passed through both villages and connected them to the East Road to the south.

Hobbiton houses 44 Hobbit-holes or Smials, the biggest of which lies on the Hobbiton Hill (or "The Hill"), being Bag-End. In fact, the ground excavated in the digging of Bag End was used to erect Bagshot Row, which leads up to it and to several of the other Smials in the town, forming Underhill.

Hobbiton does also contain buildings above ground level, including Sandyman's Mill which stood on the north side of the Water, near the bridge, and the Green Dragon Inn on the outskirts of the town across from it.

## History

Described as one of the oldest settlements in the Shire, Hobbiton may have been founded shortly after the Shire itself in TA 1600. Alongside the de-facto capital Michel Delving and the ancestral home of the Tooks in Tuckborough, it was one of the biggest settelments in the Shire. Bungo Baggins built Bag End in the Hill around TA 2880, creating Bagshot Row in the process and greatly expanding the settlement around the hill.

The garden in Underhill served as the location for several parties for distinguished Hobbits, chief among them the birthdays of "Old Took", who had many relatives in Hobbiton. In particular, his grandson Bilbo Baggins, who attended one such party at the age of three. Gandalf the Wizard would grace these parties, bringing fireworks.

In TA 2941, Gandalf met Bilbo and offered him to join an adventure. That evening, Bilbo became the host of both Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield, and the next day joined the Quest of Erebor. Returning in June TA 2942, he stopped an auction of his effects, which was held on the pressumption that he died abroad. In TA 3000, Bilbo held his own Birthday Party, during which he used his Ring to vanish before his guests. This compelled Gandalf to convince Bilbo to leave his Ring behind for Frodo, before Gandalf left himself to uncover the Ring's origin, returning to Hobbiton in TA 3001, sending Frodo and Samwise Gamgee on the Quest of the Ring, from which they returned in TA 3002, having saved Hobbiton from a forseeable doom of becoming enslaved to Sauron and turned into a forced labour camp. Samwise settled back here with his wife Rosie Cotton, while the ailing Frodo had to leave for the Grey Havens.
Ori

**Ori** was the brother of Dori and Nori and one of the twelve companions of Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield.

After the Quest of Erebor, Ori followed his distant relative Balin on a quest to reclaim Moria. However the colony was short lived and Ori and several other dwarves were killed by the Orcs that lived in Moria. His death presumably was reported and heart-broke his brothers.

*Younger brother to Nori and Dori, Ori is a talented artist, and can often be found drawing and writing in his journal. It is Ori who chronicles much of the journey through The Wild to the shores of the Long Lake and the slopes of The Lonely Mountain. Polite and well-bred, he is used to being bossed around by his older brother Dori and is usually biddable, although occasionally he can surprise his fellow companions with his courage and determination. Ori is said to be the youngest in the company.*

## Biography

### Early life and Quest of Erebor

Ori lived in Thorin's Halls in the northern Blue Mountains for many years. In the year TA 2941, Ori became a member of Thorin's Company and travelled with Thorin, Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and the other dwarves on the quest for the Lonely Mountain, culminating in the death of Smaug. Finally, he and the other dwarves of Thorin's Company fought in the Battle of Five Armies, which he survived.

### Final days

Ori was one of the several Dwarves that accompanied Balin to Moria in TA 2989 to begin a colony there. Though it saw initial success, the colony was destroyed in TA 2994 when the Balrog ( Durin's Bane) and Orcs began to press back from the initial fight. After Balin died, Ori and others lived just long enough to bury him properly in a stone tomb before dying themselves in the last stand in the Chamber of Mazarbul. Ori recalls his last moments in *The Book of Mazarbul* which Gandalf reads from when the Fellowship passes by Balin's Tomb some twenty-four years later. His body is left clutching the scarred, bloodied, and shredded book; a warrior-scribe to the last breath.
Narsil

**Narsil** is the sword wielded by Elendil, one of the Kings of Gondor and briefly, by Isildur.

Elendil held it with him until his death during the Last Alliance of Men and Elves. Isildur attempted to wield the sword after his father's death. However, it was broken in half and smaller pieces when Isildur attempted to lift it but Sauron stepped on it. Isildur used the blade that had remained on the handle and severed Sauron's finger that had the One Ring on it

The shards were collected by Elrond, who kept it on a pedestal and near a painting of Sauron's defeat.

## The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

When Bilbo is exploring Rivendell, he came across Narsil's shards, but he was more mesmerized by the painting of the Ring.
Battle under the Trees

**Battle under the Trees** is a battle that took place during the War of the Ring conflict. It took place on March 15, 3002 in Mirkwood.

During the battle, Dol Guldur invaded Mirkwood, but the Elves took their stand and fought their forces. It was a victory for the Free Peoples, leading peace to enter Mirkwood once more after Sauron's demise.

## History

On March 15, 3019, the realm of Thranduil was invaded by the forces of Dol Guldur. The majority of the Orcs were sent to Lothlórien, with the remainder attacking the Woodland realm, trying to secure the Elven king's flank. Easterlings were supposed to arrive and overwhelm the Elves, but they were occupied in battle with the Dwarves and Men at the Lonely Mountain. The Elvenking himself repelled the attack, and there was a long battle from which ensued a "great ruin of fire" among the woods. King Thranduil and his people emerged as victors, and he announced a New Year of the Elves.

### Aftermath

On the day of the New Year, Thranduil and Celeborn met in the forest where they renamed Mirkwood as Eryn Lasgalen, The Wood of the Greenleaves. Thranduil gave the southern part of his realm to Celeborn, and kept the northern part as far as the mountains for himself and his people. The woodlands in between were given to the Beornings and Woodmen.