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Dorwinion

**Dorwinion**, also known as **Dor-Winion**, was a land in the vales of the Celduin, northwest of the Sea of Rhûn, that was famous for its great gardens and as the home of the finest wines in all of Middle-earth.

## Description and inhabitants

Its fertile climate, temperate latitude, and close proximity to the Sea of Rhûn made Dorwinion an ideal location for an agrarian society. Its people were descendants of the Edain, and they had close ties to the Northmen of Dale in genealogy as well as Avari elves.

## History

Dorwinion was known quite well for its high-quality and widely enjoyed wines that they were imported even by the Elves of the Halls of Thranduil in Mirkwood, the Men of Dale and Lake-town, and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain and of the Iron Hills.
Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains (also called Ered Luin) are a range of blue mountains to the west of Eriador and The Shire. They were home to Dwarves, namely the Firebeards and Broadbeams in the First Age, and refugees of Erebor in the Late Third Age.

## Geography

In the First Age, the Blue Mountains were an unbroken line separating Eriador from Beleriand. The Blue Mountains were ruined during the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, and in the south central end of the range the sea broke through. On the western side a small section of Lindon remained, and here the retreating Elves built the kingdom of Lindon

## History

Sometime during the Years of the Trees two Dwarven Fathers awoke under Mount Dolmed and founded the two westernmost houses of the Dwarves (the Firebeards and Broadbeams). They subsequently built two great city-states, Nogrod and Belegost. A Dwarven Road was built through Eriador to connect Belegost and Nogrod with the Kingdom of Durin's Folk in Moria.

The Dwarven cities of Nogrod and Belegost were also ruined when the mountains were broken, causing most of the Dwarves to migrate east to Khazad-dûm, leaving a remnant behind. However, there remained some Dwarves on the eastern side of the Blue Mountains in days afterwards, especially in the parts south of the Gulf of Lhun where they have mines that are still in use. In TA 1974, fleeing the fall of Fornost Erain, Arvedui briefly hid in old dwarven mines in the far north of the Blue Mountains.

It also became the new home for many of Durin's Folk who were exiled from their halls in Erebor by Smaug the Dragon who had driven them out. After the Battle of Moria, Thorin established his throne in the Southern range beyond the Shire and many of the wandering Longbeards joined him in his halls and they became prosperous in a fashion. Some local Dwarves joined their ranks, and Bombur, Bofur and Bifur hailed from these, probably from the Broadbeams. Erebor was retaken from Smaug by Thorin and company in T.A. 2941, and it can be assumed most if not all of Durin's folk relocated there, although Dwarves continued to cross the Shire to mine the Blue Mountains.
Ost-in-Edhil

Ost-in-Edhil (City of the Noldor) was the capital of the Elvish kingdom of Eregion in the Second Age. Established by Galadriel and Celeborn, it was the seat of Celebrimbor and the realm's craftsmen guild, the Gwaith-i-Mirdain. Located in the Hollin hills where the Sirannon met the Glanduin, the city was connected to the West Gate of Khazad-dûm by a road.

Here the Ñoldor created the Rings of Power with knowledge given to them by Sauron, posing as Annatar, the 'Giver of Gifts'. When Celebrimbor discovered Sauron's plan to ensnare them, he hid the rings and did not use them ever again and refused Sauron's demand to surrender all the others. This started the War of Sauron and the Elves, during which the city was besieged and destroyed in SA 1697. Imladris was built to the north, in effect replacing Ost-in-Edhil, and even contained a painting of the city in its prime.

The ruins of the top of the city survived and the Fellowship of the Ring passed them during the Quest of the Ring.
Seven Dwarf Families

The Seven **Fathers of the Dwarves** were the first of their race.

## History

The Vala Aulë created the Dwarves because he was impatient for the arising of the Children of Ilúvatar (Elves and Men) and he wished for children to love and instruct. It was the period known as the Sleep of Yavanna when Middle-earth was dark and silent and was roamed by monsters from Utumno. For this, Aulë made them strong and resistant and able to endure hardships; but as he had only a vague impression of the Children of Ilúvatar, his creations were structured differently, shorter and stunted.

He created seven Dwarves, and was teaching them the language he had devised for them (Khuzdul), but Aulë was not Ilúvatar who had the Flame Imperishable and his children were dumb, able to move and speak only if he wished so, and would remain motionless whenever Aule would think elsewhere.

Ilúvatar confronted him for his impatience. Aulë offered his creations to Ilúvatar and was ready to break them in repentance. But Ilúvatar accepted his offer and gave them life of their own, and the Dwarves started cowering and pleading for mercy despite Aule's will.

However, the Fathers of the Dwarves had to wait until the Elves first arrived, and Aulë laid them to rest in various places in Middle-earth. The eldest of all, Durin, "lay alone" at Mount Gundabad in the north of the Misty Mountains. He later founded the line of the **Longbeards** (or *Sigin-tarâg* in Khuzdul), the Dwarves which were most friendly to the Elves and Men, mostly referred to as Durin's Folk. His city was Khazad-dûm.

Two others were laid to rest in the Ered Luin or *Blue Mountains*, and they founded the lines of the **Broadbeams** and the **Firebeards** who later lived in Nogrod and Belegost. The other four Fathers of the Dwarves were laid to rest in two pairs in Rhûn; lands at least as far east of Mount Gundabad as it lay east of the Blue Mountains. They founded the lines of the **Ironfists**, **Stiffbeards**, **Blacklocks**, and **Stonefoots**.

It was said that the Seven Fathers would be reincarnated after generations among their own folk. Durin for example was said to be reincarnated six more times.

Of the Fathers of the Dwarves, only Durin is said to have "lain alone".
Dis

**Dís** was a Dwarf woman of Durin's Folk.

## Biography

Dís was the daughter of Thráin II and sister of Frerin and Thorin II Oakenshield, as well as the mother of Fíli and Kíli. She was born in the Lonely Mountain on TA 2760, and was later driven into exile by Smaug in TA 2770.

Dís is mentioned by Kíli after he has been captured by Wood-elves, and is being kept prisoner in a cell. He talks about her to Tauriel, one of the elves, and explains that a Dwarf-runed talisman he was holding is meant to remind him of the promise he made to his mother to return.

When Fíli, Kíli, Oin and Bofur arrive in the Lonely Mountain following Smaug's demise, Thorin welcomes Fíli and Kíli as his sister-sons.
Black Arrow

The **Black Arrow** was an heirloom of the house of Girion, Lord of Dale, passed down to Bard, his descendant.

All but one of the Black Arrows are spent on Smaug as Girion, Lord of Dale attempted to shoot him down in defence of the city. One of his shots managed to break off an armored scale protecting the left side of the dragon’s chest. However, Girion was himself killed by Smaug before taking a final shot. It is later revealed that the last Black Arrow was kept as an heirloom by Girion's descendants.

After Thorin and Company accidentally release Smaug upon Lake-town, Bard the Bowman, a direct descendent of Girion, retrieves the arrow from his home and attempts to reach Lake-town’s windlance ballista, intent on slaying Smaug.  However he was arrested by the corrupt Master of Lake-town  before reaching the weapon, prompting his son Bain to instead hide the arrow in a boat, narrowly avoiding it being seized by the Master’s guards.

Bain retrieves the arrow in the midst of Smaug’s assault upon Lake-town, bringing it to Bard whilst he is attempting to shoot down the dragon with regular arrows fired from a longbow.  During this exchange, Smaug attacks the belltower they are standing on, shattering the limbs of Bard’s bow. Improvising, Bard attaches his bowstring to the ruined tower’s posts and, using his son as a stand, fires the arrow into the weak spot on the dragon’s chest, puncturing his exposed skin and piercing his heart. Enraged, Smaug soars into the sky before succumbing to the arrow’s wound, his corpse falling onto the town’s burning ruins, crushing the Master and sinking his boat.
Mister Worrywort

**Master Worrywort** was a Hobbit of the Shire.

In TA 2941, Worrywort appeared selling tubers near the market at the Green Dragon Inn, when Bilbo Baggins shopped at the market after encountering Gandalf he asked Worrywort if he saw the wizard and he replies that he hadn't, which his neighbor would later run when he thought he saw Gandalf. When Bilbo was leaving to join Thorin II Oakenshield and the other Dwarves on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Worrywort asked where he was off to. Later, he was the first to greet Bilbo when he returned to Shire. But he quickly figured out that Bilbo should be dead and shouldn't appear at that moment.
Beorn's house

**Beorn's Hall** was the home of Beorn during the Third Age.

## Description

The hall was located near the Carrock, in the land between the Anduin and Mirkwood. It was made of wood, with two long wings and a south-facing veranda. An assortment of outlying buildings and beehives surrounded the hall, as well as a belt of ancient oaks and a thorn-hedge which provided security.

## History

In the year TA 2941, Thorin and Company, led by Gandalf, came to the hall in search of shelter following their escape from a pack of Wargs. Beorn granted their request, and provided the company with supplies and guidance before their departure into Mirkwood. Some months later, following the Battle of Five Armies, Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins returned and stayed through the winter as Beorn's guests.
River Running

The **River Running**, called **Celduin** by the Elves, was a major river of Rhovanion.

## Geography

The river originated beneath the Lonely Mountain and flowed south to the Sea of Rhûn. The Redwater and the Forest River out of Mirkwood were both tributaries of the River Running.

The river was 600 Númenórean miles long and ran from the Lonely Mountain south through the Long Lake, where it was joined by the Forest River, and thence through the eastern outskirts of Mirkwood. It then flowed southeast through apparently uninhabited regions of Rhovanion to its confluence with the Redwater. After this confluence, the River Running passed through the land of Dorwinion and emptied into the great inland Sea of Rhûn.
Lond Daer

**Lond Daer Enedh** (originally **Vinyalondë)** was the main Numenorean port and stronghold on the shores of Middle Earth in the early-to-mid Second Age. It lay at the mouth of the Gwathlo on the outskirts of Enedhwaith.

## History

It was founded by Aldarion and the Venturers in SA 750 under the name **Vinyalondë**, the New Haven, and allowed further exploration down the shore line as well as up the Gwathlo (then Gwathir). Through this port, the Numenoreans establishe contact with the Elves (Aldarion was said to have met Galadriel in a voyage up the Gwathir) and the Gwathuirim or primitive Men of the area.

However, within a few centuries, the deforestation of the outlying regions to construct ships became cataclysmic, angering the natives who began attacking the haven with increasing ferocity, destroying it several times, and frequently burning the great wood-stores in "hit-and-run" attacks. Upon being rebuilt, shortly after the death of Tar-Aldarion, the city was renamed Lond Daer, the Great Haven. As such, it was one of the two beachheads of the Númenórean forces in Eriador that were used to support the Elves around S.A. 1700.

Lond Daer's shipyards were starved of timber following the war, as the forces of Sauron had burnt almost all of what remained in Enedwaith and Minhiriath. Once its shipbuilding yards were no longer practicable, Lond Daer declined in importance, and the Númenórean hunger for ever more wealth shifted focus to the establishment of newer havens to the south, Pelargir and Umbar. Following this, Lond Daer was once again renamed, being now one of several major ports in Middle-earth, and was known as Lond Daer Enedh, or "Great Middle Haven". Despite this, Númenor still maintained traffic on the Gwathló as far as the city of Tharbad.

After the Downfall of Númenor, Elendil founded the realm of Arnor in the lands north of Lond Daer, but the haven was now redundant, and fell into ruin. Instead, control over the region was maintained from Tharbad. The ancient ruins of Lond Daer were still visible as late as the end of the Third Age, however
Mountains of the East

The **Orocarni** (also called the **Red Mountains**) was a mountain range in the far north-east of Middle-earth made by the Valar after Melkor destroyed the Two Lamps.

## Geography

On the western slopes of the Orocarni grew the *Wild Wood*, and near a great waterfall of a river that flowed into the Inland Sea of Helcar lay the bay of Cuiviénen, where the first Elves woke. At their northern edge, the Orocarni came close to the Ered Engrin , similar to Ered Luin in the far north-west. The locations of the four Dwarven clans who lived in the East are unknown; they might or might not have resided in the Orocarni. Since it is known that the other four Houses awoke in mountains in the East, the only mountain range in the East was, in fact, the Orocarni. This suggests that the other four Houses did indeed awake in these mountains. The distance between their mansions in the East and the Misty Mountains, specifically Gundabad, was said to resemble Gundabad's distance from the Blue Mountains in the West.
Turgon

**Turgon** was a Ñoldorin Elf of Gondolin, second son of Fingolfin, brother of Fingon, Aredhel, Argon, and father of Idril. In Middle-earth, Turgon was the King of Gondolin and the High King of the Ñoldor. For centuries of the First Age, Turgon remained successfully hidden from Morgoth until a betrayal from within Gondolin brought its downfall.

## Biography

In Eldamar Turgon was friendly with the sons of Finarfin and opposed Fëanor's plan to pursue Morgoth after the theft of the Silmarils, but eventually he chose to follow them to Middle-earth and became one of the exiles. His wife Elenwë was lost crossing Helcaraxë, but Turgon and his daughter Idril came to Nevrast, where he built Vinyamar and gathered to him one-third of the Ñoldor of Fingolfin and a large number of Sindar.

In the year 50 of the First Age, Turgon was instructed by Ulmo to prepare a secret kingdom and was shown the hidden valley of Tumladen in the Encircling Mountains. After 52 years of secret labor, Turgon led his people into Gondolin, where he ruled for over 500 years, largely ignoring the events of the Wars of Beleriand.

About two hundred years after Gondolin was wrought, Turgon's sister Aredhel journeyed to meet with the Sons of Fëanor. She was lost, however, and returned with her son Maeglin a few years later. After the deaths of both Eöl and Aredhel, Turgon took Maeglin under his wing and made him the Lord of the House of the Mole. Maeglin secretly loved Turgon's daughter Idril, who rejected his advances.

Aside from the misadventure of Eöl, the splendor of Turgon's reign in Gondolin was undisturbed until Dagor Bragollach, when Turgon was brought his father's body by Thorondor. Two years later Thorondor brought him Húrin and Huor, whom he fostered for a year and then allowed to return to Dor-lómin. At this time, Turgon foresaw the doom of the Ñoldor, and he secretly sent mariners to try to obtain the mercy of the Valar. None of these missions was successful and only one of the mariners, Voronwë, survived the Shadowy Seas paving the way for Tuor's coming to Gondolin.
Turgon joined the Union of Maedhros with an army ten thousand strong and fought alongside his brother Fingon in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, but the sacrifice of Húrin, Huor, and the Third House of the Edain enabled him to retreat without revealing the location of Gondolin. When Tuor came to Gondolin in FA 496, Turgon welcomed him, but in his pride, he refused to follow the advice of Ulmo to flee to the Havens of Sirion. Now the full malice of Morgoth was directed toward Turgon, last of the House of Finwë to control a realm in Middle-earth. At last, aided by the treachery of Maeglin, Morgoth discovered the location of Gondolin, and Turgon was slain defending the city.
Nori

**Nori** was a Dwarf of Durin's Folk. He had a brother named Dori as well as a cousin named Ori, and was a remote kinsman of Thorin Oakenshield. His hood was purple, he played the flute, and he was very fond of regular and plentiful meals like his hobbit friend, Bilbo Baggins.

Perhaps the most elusive member of The Company of Thorin Oakenshield, Nori is often in trouble with the Dwarvish authorities. Deciding it might be a good time to leave town, he readily joins the Quest for the Lonely Mountain, not realizing the journey ahead may well lead him into far more trouble than he has left behind. Nobody ever quite knows what the quick-witted and wily Nori is up to, except that it's guaranteed to be dodgy and quite possibly illegal. Despite rarely seeing eye-to-eye with his brothers Dori and Ori, he is nonetheless immensely loyal and will protect them by whatever means possible.

## Biography

### Early life

Nori, as was his brother Dori, was a capable flutist, and both seem to have carried their flutes with them. Both shared Bilbo's liking for regular meals. Before the Quest for the Lonely Mountain, Nori lived in Thorin's Halls in the northern Blue Mountains with his two brothers.

### Quest of Erebor

In TA 2941, Nori, along with Dori and Ori, became part of Thorin and Company, befriending Bilbo Baggins and traveling with him in search of Smaug's treasure in the Lonely Mountain. After their experience in Goblin-town when the company was pursued by Wargs and Orcs and forced to climb up into some trees, Nori was the first realize that Bilbo had been left on the ground and pointed him out to his brother Dori who rescued Bilbo.

Nori did little to distinguish himself during the Dwarves's adventures in the wild, though he shared the same array of experiences as the others of the Company: captured in turn by Trolls, Goblins, Spiders, and Elves, they eventually reached the distant Lonely Mountain and recovered it for Durin's Folk. Afterwards he remained in the Kingdom under the Mountain, and Glóin reported that he was still there seventy-seven years later, at the time of the War of the Ring.

Nori fought in and survived the Battle of Five Armies and returned to the Lonely Mountain where he established himself and grew rich. During the War of the Ring, Nori was still living in the Lonely Mountain, and possibly fought in the Battle of Dale against the Easterlings.
Eastfold

The **Eastfold** was a region of Rohan which bordered with the Westfold via the Snowbourn River on the west and bordered with Anórien in Gondor to the east.

The areas of the Eastfold that were not within the White Mountains were tall grasslands and had a modest climate. The main parts of this land was the historic region of the Folde which hosted the Rohan's originally capital of Aldburg was part of this land, as with the Irensaga, Dwinorberg, and Dunharrow. The Great West Road that ran from Isengard through Gondor and then into Harad passed through the Eastfold.

Hirgon, an Errand-rider of Gondor, braved his way through the Eastfold to bring the Red Arrow to Théoden at his camp.
Forest River

The **Forest River** was a river of Rhovanion.

It ran approximately two hundred miles in length that ran from the Grey Mountains in Rhovanion through the northern portion of Mirkwood forest and through the mountains of Thranduil's underground realm, before joining the River Running at the Long Lake. The Enchanted stream flowed into the Forest River about ten miles west of the Elvenking's Halls.
Battle of Gwathlo

The **Battle of the Gwathló** or the **Battle of Gwathlo** the decisive battle of the War of the Elves and Sauron that brought an end to Sauron's power for many centuries.

## History

After being driven back from the Grey Havens and after heavy losses at Sarn Ford, Sauron's forces regrouped and joined with his forces in Tharbad where they were assailed by the pursuing forces of Gil-galad and Númenor and then by another force of Númenóreans sailing up the Greyflood and attacking from their rear.

In the battle Sauron and his armies were utterly routed. The remaining survivors narrowly escaped but were assailed again by the Númenóreans in the east of Calenardhon and destroyed, leaving Sauron with little more than a bodyguard to escape back into Mordor.

The ensuing victory left Sauron's power crippled but not destroyed and he slowly rebuilt his strength over a thousand years until the thirty-third century, when he challenged Ar-Pharazôn for the over-lordship of Middle-earth.
Iron Hills

The **Iron Hills** were a range of great hills in the north-east of Wilderland. The Hills were the source of the river Carnen and rich in iron. It was also home to a Dwarf-realm of the Longbeards.

The Iron Hills were rich in iron, but probably not in gold; the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, although prosperous, were not as wealthy as their other cousins.

## History

The Longbeard Dwarves of Khazad-dûm colonized the Iron Hills in the First Age. The Hills were their primary source of iron-ore. The Dwarf-road through Greenwood ran north-east to the Hills for the dwarf-traders and merchants between Khazad-dûm and the Hills.

Also in the First Age, some Men who migrated out of the east—"laggard kindred" of the Edain—chose to settle in the lands between the Iron Hills and Mirkwood, becoming the Northmen of Rhovanion.

After Sauron destroyed Eregion in the Second Age, the Longbeards sealed Khazad-dûm and Orcs took control of the northern Misty Mountains and the Grey Mountains. This ended communication between the Iron Hills and Khazad-dûm for some time.

In TA 1981 the last of the Dwarves living in Khazad-dûm fled from the Balrog who had slain kings Durin VI and Náin I. Some of those who escaped wandered as far as the Iron Hills and resettled there.

In 2570 dragons began afflicting the dwarves in the north and in 2589 King Dáin I was slain by a cold-drake outside his halls in the Grey Mountains. Due to these depredations, in 2590 Grór son of Dáin left the Grey Mountains and established a Lordship in the Iron Hills.

Over the next few centuries Grór and his people built the hills from just an ancient mining colony to a great realm, especially after the destruction of Erebor in 2770 when the Dragon Smaug scattered the Longbeards who dwelt there. Most of the survivors subsequently went to their kinsmen in the Iron Hills, swelling its numbers.

Before the death of Smaug in TA 2941, the dwarven realm in the Iron Hills was the only force in the north-east of Wilderland capable of offering a large and strong enough resistance to the forces of evil. Sauron sought to secure his flank from them by conquering Erebor and rallying Smaug to his cause, which would have allowed him to secure the lands of Angmar.

In 2941 Lord Dáin Ironfoot led his warriors in the Battle of Five Armies near Erebor. The battle was won, but Thorin was slain and Dáin became the new King under the Mountain and King of the Longbeards as Dáin II. He relocated to Erebor with many of his people, and re-established it as Durin's folk's greatest and strongest dwelling in the north.
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Mereth Nuin Giliath

**Mereth Nuin Giliath**, the Feast of Starlight is an occasion celebrated by the Wood Elves of Mirkwood because of their sacred love of the light of stars, like the mutual love of light among the Elves, which they witness as the world becomes still and the eternal starlight illuminate the sky as seen above the forest.

This was happening during the Quest of Erebor, as mentioned by Tauriel to an imprisoned Kili.
Yazneg

**Yazneg** was a fierce Orc captain and Warg-rider. In the film he is the right hand and second-in-command to Azog the Defiler, leading his Hunter Orcs after Thorin Oakenshield and his band of Dwarves.

### The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Yazneg's early life is not known of; the only thing known is that he was born in Gundabad or Moria around the time of the War of Dwarves and Orcs. Yazneg was first seen spying on Thorin and the other Dwarves, after they make camp on a rocky outcrop in the Lone-lands. Yazneg then orders his lieutenant, Fimbul, to report the Dwarves' location back to their master, Azog.

Later he was seen leading an all-out assault on the Dwarf party in an attempt to kill their leader, Thorin - however the Orcs are distracted by the wizard Radagast the Brown, using his Rabbit-pulled sled to outrun the Orcs and their Wargs. This distraction does not last as Yazneg is able to detect the Dwarves and focuses his attack on them in a last-ditch effort to claim the head of their leader, Thorin Oakenshield, for his master. Just as Yazneg and his Orcs are going to strike the Dwarves in their hiding spot, Elrond and his Elvish bodyguards arrive and kill many of the attacking Orcs and Wargs, causing Yazneg and his subordinate, Fimbul, to flee for their lives.

After being ambushed by the Elves and failing to kill Thorin, Yazneg and Fimbul travel back to Weathertop where the Orc hunters have made their camp.

Yazneg then reports to his commander, Azog, of the Elvish ambush and Thorin's escape. Upon hearing of Yazneg's failure to kill the Dwarf leader, Azog makes an example of the Orc by picking him up off the ground by his throat and throwing him to the Wargs, where he is torn apart and killed. Fimbul the Hunter then succeeds Yazneg as Azog's right hand.
Battle of Dale

The **Battle of Dale** was one of the conflicts happening in the east during the War of the Ring.

## History

### Background

Prior to the events of the battle, the Nazgul had tried recruiting Dale and Erebor. However, they both refused to side with their enemies and remained Free People of Middle Earth. They even demanded to find Bilbo Baggins and the One Ring. This had worried Dáin that Bilbo was endangered and sent Glóin and his son Gimli to the Council of Elrond. Meanwhile, everyone prepared for war.

### Events

March 17, 3002, while Sauron dealt with his enemies in the west, he sent Easterlings to attack Dale, with Brand leading the people of Dale and Dáin Ironfoot was in charge of the Dwarves of the lonely Mountain. However, there were too many enemies to attack, so the Kings were forced to retreat inside the Lonely Mountain. However, after days of hiding, Dáin and Brand rallied their forces and went out to fight. However, Brand was mortally wounded and fell to the Ground. Ironfoot then died protecting his friend.

By March 25, men of Rohan and Gondor had easily defeated the main Power of Sauron, being able for it to be diverted from Lorien and Rivendell. There, Dain and Brand's sons were able to ally with each other and defeat their enemies.

### Aftermath

Dale had to be rebuilt afterwards. Thorin and Bard II were made Kings of their respected cities after the death of their fathers. They had sent ambassadors to King Elessar's coronation. The Dwarves were led south by Gimli and later lived in Aglarond.
Black Speech

**Black Speech** is the language of Mordor. It is spoken by Sauron, and his creatures of the dark. It is also used as an inscription on the One Ring.

## History

### Before the Wars of Middle-earth

Sauron created the dark and twisted language.

### Quest of Erebor

Sauron and Azog both spoke in this dark language when they were discussing Battle plans and what to do with the Dwarves.

Whenever someone used the One Ring, they could understand Black Speech.

### Council of Elrond

Gandalf speaks it briefly when Boromir was about to grab for it, Elrond and the Council are shaken. The Elven Lord on knew that tongue had never been spoken in Rivendell. However, Gandalf instead responded that the foul language spreads through every corner of the West and that Ring is all but evil and that Sauron's influences are around every corner in Middle-earth.
Bats

The **Bats of Dol Guldur** were large bats that lived in Dol Guldur, appearing similar to fruit bats or flying foxes.

The Necromancer sent the bats after Radagast who was searching for the dark magic. In the end Radagast manages to get away on his sled pulled by rabbits.

The bats swarmed in Gundabad, and rallied alongside the orc army led by Bolg. In the battle, they aided the orcs in fighting the Dwarves, Elves, and Men. One was later shot down by Legolas, who managed to hitch a ride on it, and the rest were chased off or killed by the Great Eagles.
Skirmish at Amon Hen

A **skirmish** was fought at Amon Hen between the Fellowship of the Ring and a small force of Uruk-hai in the year TA 3019. It resulted in the death of Boromir and the breaking of the Fellowship.

## History

### Prelude

Frodo was given an hour alone to decide how the Fellowship would proceed in their quest. However, after an hour had long past, Frodo had still not returned. Boromir, who had earlier abandoned the remaining members of the Fellowship without their knowing, then returned. He recounted that he had seen Frodo an hour before, that he had tried to convince Frodo to bring the Ring to Minas Tirith, and that they then had an argument, resulting in Frodo putting on the Ring and vanishing. This story roused the suspicions of Aragorn, who guessed correctly that Boromir had not told the entire truth. At the conclusion of Boromir's story, Merry and Pippin immediately ran off to locate Frodo while Legolas and Gimli searched for the Ring-bearer in a different direction. Fearing that the Fellowship would be scattered and lost, Aragorn commanded Boromir to follow Merry and Pippin. Aragorn then instructed Sam to follow him to the Seat of Seeing, but Sam was unable to keep up with him. Thinking on his feet, Sam returned to camp and saw a boat seemingly push itself into the river. Realizing that an invisible Frodo was pushing the boat, Sam caught up to Frodo, and convinced him to let him accompany him to Mordor. Merry and Pippin, encounter Frodo and aware of his intention to leave the Fellowship, willingly create a diversion to allow Frodo to escape -- they are eventually forced to stand and fight with Boromir, who protects them in an effort to redeem himself for his earlier mistake. Despite a valiant stand, Boromir is eventually incapacitated and mortally wounded by three of Lurtz's arrows. Before the Uruk-hai commander can finish off Boromir, Aragorn appears and the two of them engage in a brutal fight culminating in Lurtz being decapitated. However, Boromir is beyond saving. As in the book, he admits to attempting to take the One Ring by force and begs forgiveness, lamenting that the strength of Men will fail and that Sauron may succeed. Aragorn swears that Minas Tirith will not fall, nor will the strength of Men fail. Boromir accepts Aragorn as his king, before succumbing to his wounds and passing away.
Mount Doom

**Mount Doom**, or **Orodruin**, was a volcano in Mordor.

Melkor created Mount Doom in the First Age, and its sulphurous fumes made the surrounding landscape arid, creating what would later be known as the Dark Land of Mordor.When Sauron chose the land of Mordor as his dwelling-place in the Second Age, Orodruin was the reason for his choice. Inside its cone, were the Sammath Naur leading to the Crack of Doom, a fiery chasm where the One Ring was forged.

It stood alone in an empty plain, the Plateau of Gorgoroth and was connected to the Dark Tower with Sauron's Road, rising about 4500 feet with its base about 3000 feet tall. The Road approached the east side of the base at a causeway and then wound up like a snake; at that point the Road seemed damaged by the lava and re-repaired several times.

The mountain erupted in SA 3429 signalling Sauron's attack to Gondor and it took the name Amon Amarth "Mount Doom". In TA 3001 Mount Doom reawakened and the last inhabitants of Ithilien terrified fled over Anduin. From then on it erupted sporadically until the end of the Age.

The Fellowship of the Ring's quest in the War of the Ring was to destroy the Ring at Mount Doom.
Thror's Map

**Thror's Map** was the map used in *The Hobbit* by Thorin and Company in their Quest to regain the Lonely Mountain.

## History

The map was drawn up at an unknown time by Thrór and his son Thráin. Elrond believed it was written on a midsummer night under a crescent Moon with the Moon-letters giving the directions on how to open the door. It illustrated the Lonely Mountain, the river that flowed from it, the lands surrounding it, and lastly the existence of the secret-entrance on the western side of the mountain. It survived the destruction of the kingdom in TA 2770 by Smaug and was kept by Thrór as an heirloom of his people. In TA 2790 when Thrór grew old and decided to go off on an adventure of his own to the Mines of Moria, the map and Key to the Side-door were given to his son Thráin for safe-keeping. In TA 2841, Thráin left his home in the Blue Mountains with a small company to try his luck with the map, intending to reach the Lonely Mountain despite the threat from Smaug, but he never got there. Instead, he was taken prisoner by the Orcs of Dol Guldur and imprisoned in its dungeons by Sauron. Sauron took his Dwarven Ring of Power.

The Moon-letters on the map 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.*

In TA 2850, Gandalf went to Dol Guldur in secrecy and found Thráin dying in captivity but before he died he gave Gandalf the map and the key to the secret entrance, and entrusted him to pass it on to his son Thorin. The map was presented to Bilbo during their visit to Bag End in late April, 2941 and used throughout their adventure.
Beorn

**Beorn** (Unknown-Before TA 3019) was a skin-changer who helped Thorin and Company and fought in the Battle of the Five Armies. He later re-founded the skin-changer line, and named them Beornings. He had a son later named Grimbeorn, starting the family all over again.

## Background

Beorn was born to unknown parents before TA 2941. He lived there peacefully until Azog had captured all skin-changers using them as slaves. Beorn eventually escaped, leaving his species endangered.

## The Hobbit (film series)

### The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Beorn is first seen by Bilbo Baggins when he was sent by the leader of his company. At first, the hobbit was terrified to be seen by Azog, but then heard a growling from the left. He saw that he wasn't the only one seeing Azog the Defiler and went to warn the others. Beorn later chased them from their hiding spot all the way to his house. Before he could furthur harm Bilbo and his friends, the dwarves pushed the door. Ori asked what that was and Gandalf answered that their host had taken bear form. IT was also revealed that Beorn was under no enchantment but his own.

However, by morning, Beorn changed and let Thorin's company sleep on. He started chopping wood before being approached by Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf (then known as Gandalf the Grey. He later lends them ponies before talking with the grey wizard, who reveals that the dead have been seen previously walking. Gandalf talks of Saruman's belief while Beorn asked what Gandalf thought. Before they could furthur speak, Beorn told them their hunters were not far behind and bid them farewell.

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

Later, Beorn was recruited by Radagast the Brown and fought in the Battle of the Five Armies. He also showed his respects by attending Thorin's funeral. He later travelled with Bilbo and Gandalf, until they left him after winter passed.

### Later life and death

Beorn later sparked the second generation of the Skin-changers, also marrying a wife and having a son named Grimbeorn. He later died by the time of the War of the Ring, and his son in charge of the household.

## Personality

Beorn was respectful of all life forms, with the exceptions of orcs, goblins and enemies of the Free People of Middle-earth. That was also during the fact he didn't like dwarves and saved a mouse from Bofur. He used to have a farm with many animals, and refused to even kill any of them. Beorn also appeared to love and respect all of his kin before they were all killed by the Defiler. He was also soft-spoken and collected. Even though he had a grudge against Dwarves, he still assisted Thorin's company by letting them stay in his home and eventually giving them ponies to ensure their safety.

However, in bear form, Beorn was hardly ever calm and had little control of himself. According to Dori Beorn is unnatural and under some dark spell, but Gandalf says he is under no enchantment but his own.
Narvi

**Narvi** (mid-Second Age) was a great Dwarven craftsman.

## History

Narvi lived in Khazad-dûm during the height of its glory. He formed a friendship with the Elf-lord Celebrimbor, the master artificer of neighboring Eregion. Together they made the mighty Doors of Durin that guarded the West-gate of the Dwarven city.
Master of Lake-town

The **Master of Lake-town** or "**The Master**" was the original leader of Lake-town when Bilbo Baggins and his companions arrived. He is described as being greedy, but not undeserving of his position in terms of intelligence and charisma. He was an acquaintance of Bard the Bowman, and the captain of the town archers, allowing him to remain in Lake-town while the Lake-men recovered from their ordeal with Smaug.

In TA 2941, when the growing civil unrest that concerned his leadership, and threatened for an election, the Master used a network of informants throughout the city to spy on Bard, as he was jealous of the bargeman and was suspicious that he was responsible for the growing threat to his authority.

When Thorin and Company are arrested for stealing weapons from the Lake-town armory, the Master is quick to label them as enemies of the state. However, the revelation of Thorin’s royal linage and his promise of a share in the riches of the Lonely Mountain, persuades the Master to welcome the Dwarves, seeing the situation as a chance not only to restore his ailing popularity, but also as a way of increasing his own wealth. Providing the Dwarves with weapons and equipment the Master bids them farewell, trusting to their gratitude upon the successful completion of their quest.

Later, as Bard attempts to reach the windlance ballista atop the Lake-town Town Hall, guards sent by the Master arrest him under fabricated charges. Bard manages to escape, only to be knocked unconscious by the Master himself, who subsequently has him incarcerated. His every whim is attended to by his personal assistant and councilor Alfrid Lickspittle, who performs tasks that the Master deems beneath himself, such as emptying his chamber pot.

After Bard is arrested under fabricated charges, the dragon Smaug attacks Lake-town. The Master tries to escape on a boat with all of the town's gold as an act of cowardice, along with Alfrid, the captain of the guards Braga, and a few guards. But when Smaug is killed by the Black Arrow shot by Bard, the Master, his boat, and everyone on it (except Alfrid, who was abandoned shortly before that) are crushed to death under the weight of the dragon's dead body.

#### Personality

Taking great pride in his power and position, the Master cared only for his own prosperity and gain. His pompous attire manifests as an outward expression of his greed, displaying his wealth for all to see. Harboring a powerful sense of his own self-importance, the Master dresses his guards in regalia every bit as pretentious as his own. Despite his democratically held position, the Master suppressed all challenges to his authority.

The Master is shown to have a good head for business, a talent expressed in the films through the toll gates he has constructed, and the taxes he has levied. He also displays a keen political mind befitting someone of his position, recognizing the arrival of the Dwarves as a way of bolstering his own failing popularity.
Staddle

**Staddle** was a village in Bree-land, located on the southeastern side of Bree-hill.

Likely founded during the settling of Bree-land, it was populated by both Men and Hobbits by the late Third Age. Staddle was populated primarily by men and hobbits who made a living from pipeweed, which the hobbits were especially fond of smoking. It was on the south-eastern side of Breehill, sitting south of Combe and Archet. It was the only of the villages (other than Bree itself) visible from the East Road.

Around the quest of Erebor, Staddle was ransacked by three Trolls: William, Bert and Tom. Thorin and Company reached the ruins of a farm on the outskirts of Staddle
Dwarven windlance

The **Wind Lance** was a giant ranged weapon used by the Men of Dale and of Lake-town in the Third Age.

They were crafted by the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain. The wind lance itself resembles a giant crossbow or ballista (an ancient Roman weapon).

Lord Girion of Dale mounts black arrows on to the Windlance and fires them at Smaug during a flashback. One of the arrows hits its mark but only loosens a scale. Girion is killed before he can finish Smaug off with the final black arrow.

The Dwarves see the wind lance on the top of the tower.

Smaug destroys the windlance, which forces Bard to use his son, Bain, as the bow for the Black Arrow.
Goblin gate

The **Goblin-gate**, also known as **Back-door** by the Goblins, was a stone door serving as the lower eastern passage to the Goblin-town in the eastern side of the Misty Mountains. It was located near the Eagle's Eyrie and west of the Carrock.

The gate was built by the Goblins of the Misty Mountains both as a means of escape from their tunnels and as a way to access and harass the Wilderland. Gandalf led Thorin and Company through that exit to escape the goblins. Bilbo Baggins also escaped from Gollum by using the One Ring to evade the creature, which he could kill but decided to spare.
Celeborn

**Celeborn** was the maternal grandfather of Elladon, Elrohir, and Arwen, husband of Galadriel and father-in-law of Elrond. Celeborn was the co-ruler of Lorien with his wife. Celeborn later welcomed the Company of the Ring into Lóthlorien and gifted them with Elven cloaks. Three years later, Celeborn departed Middle-earth with Galadriel, Gandalf, Elrond, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.

## Biography

### Early Life

Celeborn was most likely born in the Year of the Trees, before the sun was created by the Valar. Sometime later, Celeborn met, fell in love with and married Lady Galadriel. Together, they settle d in Lothlorien and had a daughter named Celebrian. Soon enough, their daughter married the Lord of Rivendell, Elrond. Through the two of them, they had two grandsons, Elladan and Elrohir, and a granddaughter named Arwen Undómiel. They were also once expecting Celebrian to visit them. However, their daughter never made it to Lothlorien, as her comany was waylaid by Orcs. It internally damaged Celebrian, who retreated to the Grey Havens.

### Rise of Sauron

For a specific amount of time, Celeborn helps nurse his wife Gladriel back to health after her duel with the Dark Lord on Dol Guldur
Back Door

The **Side-door** or **Secret Door** was a hidden entrance to the Dwarven kingdom of the Lonely Mountain, located on a shelf of the mountain's western side. It accessed a long tunnel that led down to the Bottommost Cellar.

## Description

The Side-door was made as if to look as if it were a natural rock face on the mountain; its surface was flat and smooth, lacking any clues that it was a door. It was five feet high, with a key-hole about three feet from the ground.

## History

The Side-door was built sometime during the reign of Thrór with the support of his son Thráin. Its purpose was likely for a means of escape. According to Thorin, Thrór and Thráin were the only ones who knew about it and used it to escape when Smaug attacked and claimed the mountain and all its wealth. The door could only be opened with a key, and then only on the last light shone upon it on Durin's Day. When Thorin and Company reached it, they recognized it for what it was and the Dwarves eager to get inside attempted to force it open without success.

As a ray of sun struck the door, a piece of rock would flake off to reveal the key-hole, allowing the door to be opened. Bilbo passed through the door and down to Smaug. Anticipating that Smaug would find out how he got in, the Dwarves shut the side-door to the outside and retreated down the tunnel just in time before Smaug attacked the entrance, smashing the rock face to bits, destroying the side-door and everything around it with lashings of his great tail, and sealing them in the mountain.
Attack of the Wargs

**Wargs attacked Thorin and Company** while they fled from the Misty Mountains.

After Bilbo rejoins the group once outside the Goblin Town, the moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog, Fimbul and his Hunter Orcs army. After taking refuge in cliff-side trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of Thorin's Company hanging over the cliff-side. Gandalf uses his staff to set some pinecones on fire and the Company throw them to the Orcs. Unfortunately, it doesn't help much. Thorin then charges towards Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, trying to kill the Hobbit. Then Fili, Kili, and Dwalin rush in and attack them, while the others follow and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by eagles, who fly them to safety on the Carrock. Azog then continues his hunt with the rest of his Orc army.

## Post-Attack of the Wargs

After the attack, Thorin apologized to Bilbo and hugged him in an a form of apology and beginning their friendship.