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Encyclopedia Topics: Places and kingdoms

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Osgiliath

Osgiliath was the first capital city of Gondor. During the War of the Ring, the abandoned city gained strategic importance as a crossing point over the…

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Gondor

The Kingdom of Gondor was the most prominent kingdom of Men in Middle-earth, bordered by Rohan to the north, Harad to the south, the cape of…

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Carn Dûm

Witch-King's fortress in Angmar, the dread city populated by beasts and necromancers in service to the Lord of Angmar.

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Angmar

Angmar is the kingdom of the Witch-king, Sauron's greatest servant. It is barren and rocky, with thick clouds striving to block out the sun.Its capital is…

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Shire

Shire is a beautiful and fruitful land inhabited by Hobbits in Eriador. The landscape with downloads and woods is much like the English countryside. The Shire…

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Arda

The world in which all peoples of Middle-earth and of Valinor lived

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Númenor

Númenor was a kingdom of Men, established on an island brought up out of the sea by the Valar in the early Second Age, after the final ruin of Beleriand. The culture…

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