Cosmology and mythology
Varda
Queen of the Stars, Queen of all the Valar. Wife to Manwë, King of Valar, leader of Anuir. With Manwë dwells Varda, Lady of the Stars, who knows all the regions of…
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Characters and genealogies
Vidugavia
Vidugavia (TA NA-TA NA) was a Northmen who called himself the “King of Rhovanion” and ruled a territory between the River Running and Mirkwood. He became an ally to Minalcar/Romendacil II in…
Characters and genealogies
Vidumavi
Vidumavi or Galadwen (TA pre-1255-TA 1332) was the daughter of the King of Rhovanion Vidugavia and the wife of 20th King of Gondor Valacar. Two years after her father helped the Regent of…
Objects and artifacts
Vilya
Vilya is the Ring of Air, a gold ring bearing a blue stone, and one of the Three Elven Rings. Elrond is its bearer in the later history of the Third Age.
History and events
War of Wrath
The War of Wrath is the final great conflict against Morgoth at the end of the First Age. The intervention that defeats him also transforms Beleriand, making the war an ending of…
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Watcher
A beast that guards the gates of Moria.
Characters and genealogies
Witch King of Angmar
The Witch-king of Angmar, also known as the Lord of the Nazgûl, was the leader of the Nazgûl (Ringwraiths) and Sauron's second-in-command during the Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. As the Nazgûl hovered on his great beast over the dying Théoden, the…
Cosmology and mythology
Yavanna
Queen of the Earth, Giver of Fruits, wife to Aulë.