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This Day in Middle-earth April 28, TA 2941 Bilbo Baggins Leaves Bag End On April 28 in the year 2941 of the Third Age, a hobbit named Bilbo Baggin..

Galadriel — Lady of Lothlórien, bearer of Nenya the Ring of Water, the mightiest of the Elves who remained in Middle-earth after the fall of Gil-gal..

Tom Bombadil — called Iarwain Ben-adar by the Elves, Forn by the Dwarves, and Orald by Men, all meaning the same thing: Eldest, Oldest and Fatherles..

Helm Hammerhand — born TA 2691, ninth King of Rohan — was the last ruler of the First Line of Rohirric kings and the man who gave Helm's Deep its na..

Tauriel — Captain of the Guard of the Woodland Realm of Mirkwood — is a character created by Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh for The ..

Legolas Greenleaf — son of Thranduil, Prince of the Woodland Realm of Mirkwood — was a Sindar Elf who volunteered to represent his people in the Fel..

Thorin II Oakenshield was the King of Durin's Folk, leader of the Company of Dwarves, and rightful heir to the Lonely Mountain. Son of Thráin II and..

The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies were filmed entirely in New Zealand, across more than 150 locations on both the North and South Islands. ..

Gollum — born Sméagol, of the Stoor hobbit-kin — possessed the One Ring for 478 years. He found it at the bottom of the Gladden Fields in TA 2463, m..

Gimli son of Glóin was the sole Dwarven member of the Fellowship of the Ring, representative of the race of Durin's Folk in the greatest quest of th..

Sauron — born Mairon, the Admirable — was not created evil. He was a Maia: a divine spirit of the same order as Gandalf, made before the world began..

Gandalf — known to the Elves as Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgrim — was not a human wizard who had learned magic. He was Olórin, a Maia: an angelic spiri..