Characters and genealogies
Ciryandil
Ciryandil (TA 820-TA 1015) was the 14th King of Gondor and 3rd Ship-King. He continued his father Earnil 1st work of building more ships and amassing a large fleet. He was slain during the siege…
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Durin’s Bane
A Balrog that slept deep down in the depths of Khazad-dum, but the Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. He obtained his name by slaying Durin VI. Afer an epic battle…
Cosmology and mythology
Eä
The World created by Eru Iluvatar, the "universe" in which was Arda created.
Characters and genealogies
Earendil
Earendil (TA 48-TA 324) fourth King of Gondor. Son of Cemendur, he ruled for 86 years, before being followed by Anardil upon his death. The only information and evidence of his reign…
Characters and genealogies
Earnil 1
Earnil 1 (TA 736-TA 936) was the 13th King of Gondor and the 2nd Ship-King. He took both titles after his uncle Tarannon died without an heir to the throne Earnil was the son…
Cosmology and mythology
Elbereth
Elvish name for Varda. Of all of the Great Ones who dwelled in this world, the Elves held Varda most in reverence and love. They named her Elbereth.(Valaquenta, The Silmarillion)
Characters and genealogies
Eldacar
Eldacar originally Vinitharya (TA 1255-TA 1490) was the 21st King of Gondor and the first King not of full Numenorean heritage. He was the eldest son of Gondorian Valacar and Vidumavi daughter of…
Characters and genealogies
Elendil
Elendil (SA 3119-SA 3441) known as Elendil the Tall or the Fair or Voronda meaning the Faithful. In Quenya Elvish Elendil means either “Elf-friend” or “Star-Lover”. He held the title of High…
Characters and biographies
Elrond
Elrond is the Half-elven lord of Rivendell, son of Eärendil and Elwing, brother of Elros, and father of Elladan, Elrohir and Arwen. He chooses the fate of the Elves and survives into…
Peoples and creatures
Elves
The Elves (Quendi) awoke under the starlight of the Years of the Trees and they are the oldest race in Middle-earth. What differentiates them from Men and Dwarves is immortality. Oromë named…
Peoples and creatures
Ent
Ents or Ent-Folk are living creatures within Middle Earth that date as far back as the First Age, Years of the Trees. They were brought to sentience by Yavanna (Quenya for “Giver…
Characters and genealogies
Éowyn
Éowyn was a shieldmaiden of Rohan, daughter of Éomund and Théodwyn, younger sister of Éomer and niece of King Théoden. After the War of the Ring, she married Faramir and had one son with him, Elboron.
Places and kingdoms
Erebor
The Lonely Mountain, known in Sindarin as Erebor, referred to both a mountain in northern Rhovanion and the subterranean Dwarven city contained within it. In the latter half of the Third Age,…
Characters and genealogies
Eru Ilúvatar
The supreme being who was there at the beginning of all time. Ainulindalë, the first part of the Silmarillion, starts with: There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar;…
Cosmology and mythology
Estë
Estë was one of the Valar. She was the healer of all hurts and weariness. She was a wife to Irmo and they dwelled in the silver-lit gardens of Lórien. Grey is her…
Places and kingdoms
FANGORN FOREST
Fangorn Forest is a large area on the Southeastern portion of the Misty Mountains. The entire area spans the land between the Misty Mountains, the Gap of Rohan, and where Limlight River…
Characters and biographies
Fëanor
Fëanor is the eldest son of Finwë, a prince of the Noldor and the maker of the Silmarils. His exceptional gifts, fierce possessiveness and rebellion shape much of the tragedy of the…
Characters and biographies
Frodo Baggins
Frodo Baggins is the hobbit entrusted with carrying the One Ring from the Shire towards its destruction in Mordor. He is Bilbo Baggins’s younger cousin and adopted heir, rather than his biological…
Characters and biographies
Galadriel
Galadriel is a great Elf of the Noldor, daughter of Finarfin and Eärwen, and the bearer of Nenya, one of the Three Elven Rings. With Celeborn she governs Lothlórien during the War…
Characters and genealogies
Gandalf
Gandalf is one of the Istari, the emissaries sent to assist the peoples of Middle-earth against Sauron. He is a Maia, known in the West as Olórin, and appears in Middle-earth in…
Characters and genealogies
Glaurung
The Great worm created by Melkor, the mightiest dragon in Middle-earth. Created in the depths of Angband, Glaurung was able to cast spells, control minds, and even erase memories.
Characters and genealogies
Gollum
"In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole ..." are famous opening lines from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.But actually, there was a Hobbit…
Places and geography
Gondolin
Gondolin is the hidden city founded by Turgon in the enclosed valley of Tumladen during the First Age. Its concealment makes it one of the most enduring refuges of the Noldor in…
Places and kingdoms
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 Andrast and the Sea to the…