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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..

Aragorn II Elessar — known as Strider in Bree, Thorongil in Gondor, and Estel in Rivendell — was the heir of Isildur and the rightful King of Gondor..

Arwen Undómiel — the Evenstar — was the daughter of Elrond Half-elven and Celebrían, granddaughter of Galadriel, and the most beautiful of the High ..

The One Ring — also called the Ruling Ring, the Master Ring, and Isildur's Bane — was forged by the Dark Lord Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom in t..

Galadriel — Nerwen, Artanis, Alatáriel, the Lady of the Golden Wood — is the oldest of the named figures still walking in Middle-earth during the ev..

Middle-earth is not a backdrop. It is a character — ancient, layered, and as carefully constructed as any person in the story. J.R.R. Tolkien spent ..