Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films. Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as Merry, is a Hobbit, a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, featured as a central character throughout Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings. Merry is one of Frodo's closest friends. He loves boats and ponies and has a great interest in the maps of Mid ...

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Barrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, based on the Old Norse Draugr. Barrow refers to the burial mounds they inhabited and wight is an Old English word for "human being" or "person" (it does not mean "spirit" or "ghost"; it is cognate to modern German "Wicht", meaning "unpleasant person"). Tolkien borrowed this concept from Norse mythology, see e.g. Waking of ...

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The river Adorn occurs in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. The river Adorn was one of the rivers which arose in the Middle-earth, and together with the river Angren (or Isen) formed the western border of the Kingdom of Rohan. The Adorn joined with the Isen about 150 Númenórean miles west of the Gap of Rohan. The triangle of land between the Isen, Adorn, and the White Mountains was nominally part of the Kingdom of Rohan, but in the late Third Age it was a contested ar ...

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Amon can refer to: Amun, Egyptian god, also known sometimes as Amon In the Bible, the governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). Amon of Judah, king of the Kingdom of Judah and son of Manasseh Amon a demon Amon, Formula One team Ammon_(nation) Amon also means "Mountain" or "Mount" in Sindarin, an artificial language by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other related archivesAmmon_(nation), Amon, Amon of Judah,

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Uinen was Ossë's wife in the Middle-earth mythos of J. R. R. Tolkien. She was a Maia spirit known as "The Lady of the Sea". Her hair lies spread throughout all waters, and her love is given to the creatures that live in salt streams and also the weeds that grow there. The mariners of Númenór would cry to her for help, because she was capable of calming Ossë, and they lived under her protection while their respect for the Valar endured. The Teleri had much love for Uinen, as she and Ossë had befriended them at the river Sirion. Uinen wept for the Teleri m ...

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The Dark Tower can refer to one of several things: The Dark Tower (series) — a series of novels by Stephen King. The Dark Tower (2004 novel) — the final novel in the above series. The Dark Tower (1977 novel) — a fragment of a novel by C. S. Lewis. The Dark Tower (game) — an electronic board game. Barad-dûr — the fortress of Sauron, the main adversary in The Lord of the Rings fantasy story by J.R.R. Tolkien. Other related arc

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Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films. Éowyn, Shield-maiden of Rohan, is a character in the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. She is also known as the Lady of the Shield-arm, White Lady of Rohan[1] and is later titled Lady of Ithilien. Éowyn - Biography. Éowyn, Lady of Rohan, a daughter of the House of Eorl and the niece of King Théoden of Rohan, is introd ...

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In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Ñoldor (meaning those with knowledge) are of the second clan of the Elves, the Tatyar. According to legend, the clan was founded by Tata, the second Elf to awake at Cuiviénen, his spouse Tatië and their 54 companions, but it was Finwë, the first Ñoldo to come to Valinor with Oromë, who became their king, and led most of them to Valinor. They speak Quenya. They are also known as Deep Elves, Gnomes, Golodhrim and Golug. The singular form ...

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SA may stand for: South Africa South Australia South America Sturmabteilung (SA, Storm Troopers as in Nazi Germany) Salvation Army San Antonio San Andreas Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) Seaman Apprentice Second Age of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth (usually written S.A.) Security Association in the IPsec networking protocol selective availability, the mechanism for deliberately degrading ...

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TA may refer to: TA is the IATA code for TACA airlines Teaching assistant Terampere or Tera-ampere, an SI unit of electric current (worth 1012 A) Terminal adapter - a device for connecting an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) channel to a computer. Territorial Army the Third Age of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth (usually written T.A.) Total Annihilation (computer game) Transactional analysis Traffic Announcement feature of Radio Data System Transportation Alternatives - a ...

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The Battle of Bywater was a fictional battle in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Battle of Bywater was a battle between the Hobbits of The Shire and a band of Ruffians who followed "Sharkey" (Saruman). Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) himself slew the leader, a squint-eyed orcish-looking brute. Peregrin Took (Pippin) also took part in this battle. The courage and skill they had discovered during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields had made them confident in their abilities, and this en ...

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Bag End was a smial (or hobbit hole) in Hobbiton, at the end of Bagshot Row. Bilbo Baggins inherited the home from his parents, Bungo and Belladonna Baggins, who built the smial in 2889 Third Age. The hobbit hole is noted to have a green door with a round brass knob, all but countless rooms with round windows, and a garden. Although hobbits are known to be of small stature, larger visitors are often seen, indicating that the ceilings are certainly taller than expecte ...

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Bree is a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, east of the Shire and south of Fornost Erain. Bree was a very ancient settlement of men in Eriador by the time of the Third Age of Middle-earth, but after the collapse of the kingdom of Cardolan, which had claimed it, Bree continued to thrive without any central authority or government for many centuries. Bree was the most westerly settlement of men in all Middle-earth by the time of the War of the Ring, and became one of only three or four inhabited settlem ...

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Beleg is one of two fictional characters from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. This article deals with the Sindarin elf. For the King of Arnor see Beleg. Beleg, dubbed Cúthalion for his extraordinary bowmanship, was a Sindarin Elf who served in the army of King Elu Thingol of Doriath. He "followed no man", and "could not be restrained" in the Dagor Aglareb, when he alone of Doriath went forth. Together with Mablung he was one of the great captains of the Sindar, ...

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Beorn was a skin-changer, a man who could assume the appearance of a great black bear. He lived with his tame horses in a wooden house between the Misty Mountains and Mirkwood, to the east of the Anduin. His origins lay in the distant past, and Gandalf suspected he and his people had originally come from the mountains. He was on good terms with Radagast. Beorn named the Carrock and created the s ...

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Huan was a great Hound. Huan was given by the Vala Oromë the Hunter to his friend Celegorm, one of the Sons of Fëanor. Huan was as large as a small horse, and accompanied Celegorm on his huntings. When the Ñoldor under Fëanor rebelled, Huan went with his master to Middle-earth. Huan had been granted special powers by the Valar, and was allowed to speak three times before he died. It was also prophesied that he could not be killed unless i ...

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In the fictional works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Avari are a branch of the Elves. When Oromë found the Elves that awakened in Cuivienen (see: Awakening of the Elves), he summoned them to come with him to Valinor. All the Minyar and most of the Tatyar and Nelyar were persuaded and followed Oromë into the west on the Great Journey. The remainder of the Tatyar and Nelyar remained suspicious of the Lords of the west, seeing them only in their wrath, or they simply refused to depart from their own lands, and spread gradually throug ...

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Vala can mean: Völva, a priestess in Norse mythology a Scandinavian earth spirit a poem, Vala, or the Four Zoas, by William Blake The singular form of the plural term Valar in J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction. Asteroid 131 Vala. Vala is a place on the island of Aegina Vala, a former princely state in India Vala Mal Doran is a fictional character in the television show Stargate SG-1 from the oak tree. Other

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Baran may refer to: Baran District, India A Kurdish name meaning 'to rain' in English A Polish surname, (feminine: Baran/Baranowa, plural Baranowie), one of the most popular surname in Poland and 3rd most popular in Subcarpathia (8,022). Baran is also name of a movie by Majid Majidi, released in 2001 a member of the House of Bëor in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien; see Baran (House of Bëor). Other related archivesBar

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The Battle of the Pelennor Fields was a battle for the city of Minas Tirith in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It was the greatest battle of the War of the Ring, and indeed the largest of the entire Third Age. After the fall of Osgiliath there was no longer a barrier against the forces of Mordor, which moved on the Pelennor Fields before the city on March 15, 3019 of the Third Age (N. B.: not a date in th ...

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J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth contains thousands of places. Some of the interesting minor places in the Middle-earth legendarium are described below. Almaren (meaning blessed place) was an island in the Great Lake, the home of the Valar in the middle of Arda. It was at the place where the light of the Two Lamps mingled. Almaren was attacked and damaged by Melkor, and the Valar moved far to the West, to Valinor. According to some traditions, the island of Almaren survived the attack,

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