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Seven "Dwarven Kindreds", named after each of the founding fathers—Durin, Bávor, Dwálin, Thrár, Druin, Thelór and Bárin—are given in The Lords of Middle-earth—Volume III (1989). [ 28 ] In Decipher Inc. 's The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game (2001), based on the Jackson films, Dwarf player-characters get bonuses to Vitality and ...
In the latter days of the Third Age, this Kingdom under the Mountain holds one of the largest dwarvish treasure hoards in Middle-earth. [T 3] Dale, a town of Men built between the two southern spurs of Erebor, grew in harmony with the dwarves. [1] The Kingdom under the Mountain is founded by Thráin I the Old, who had discovered the Arkenstone ...
In the fictional world of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria, also named Khazad-dûm, is an ancient subterranean complex in Middle-earth, comprising a vast labyrinthine network of tunnels, chambers, mines and halls under the Misty Mountains, with doors on both the western and the eastern sides of the mountain range.
Aman and Middle-earth were separated from each other by the Great Sea Belegaer, analogous to the Atlantic Ocean. The western continent, Aman, was the home of the Valar, and the Elves called the Eldar. [T 1] [1] Initially, the western part of Middle-earth was the subcontinent Beleriand; it was engulfed by the ocean at the end of the First Age. [1]
The wizards of Middle-earth are Maiar: spirits of the same order as the Valar, but lesser in power. [T 3] Outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical and mental power, they are called Istari (Quenya for "Wise Ones") by the Elves. [T 3] They are sent by the Valar to assist the people of Middle-earth to contest Sauron.
Tolkien meant Arda to be "our own green and solid Earth", seen here in the Baltistan mountains, "at some quite remote epoch in the past". [1]In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of Arda, also called the history of Middle-earth, [a] began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the fictional universe.
In Middle-earth, Gandalf is a Wizard; the Norse name Gandálfr however was for a Dwarf. The name is composed of the words gandr ("magic staff") and álfr ("elf"), implying a powerful figure. [ 38 ] In early drafts of The Hobbit , Tolkien used the name for the character that became Thorin Oakenshield , the head of the group of Dwarves.
Moria: The Dwarven City is a 1984 fantasy tabletop role-playing game supplement published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Middle-earth Role Playing. Contents [ edit ]