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This book was written by Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, and Jeff Quick, and was released in October 2003 published by Wizards of the Coast. [2] Cover art was by Sam Wood, with interior art by Kalman Andrasofszky, Matt Cavotta, Mike Dubisch, Wayne England, Matt Faulkner, Vance Kovacs, Vince Locke, Raven Mimura, Jim Pavelec, Vinod Rams, Richard Sardinha, Stephen Tappin, and Joel Thomas.
Balin: Dwarf companion of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit.Slain during an attempt to retake Moria.; Bard the Bowman: Man of Esgaroth who slew Smaug the dragon.; Beorn: Skin-changer who resides in the region of Mirkwood and takes the form of a great bear.
The Watcher in the Water is a fictional creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth; it appears in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings. [T 1] Lurking in a lake beneath the western walls of the dwarf-realm Moria, it is said to have appeared after the damming of the river Sirannon, [T 1] and its presence was first recorded by Balin's dwarf company 30 or so years ...
The name "Moria" means "the Black Chasm" or "the Black Pit", from Sindarin mor, "dark, black" and iâ, "void, abyss". [T 1] The element mor had the sense "sinister, evil", especially by association with infamous names such as Morgoth and Mordor; indeed Moria itself had an evil reputation by the times in which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set.
Barrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth. In The Lord of the Rings, the four hobbits are trapped by a barrow-wight, and are lucky to escape with their lives; but they gain ancient swords of Westernesse for their quest.
Throughout The Silmarillion, the Eagles are associated with Manwë, the ruler of the sky and Lord of the Valar.It is stated that "spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles" brought news from Middle-earth to his halls upon Taniquetil, the highest mountain in Valinor, [T 4] and in the Valaquenta of "all swift birds, strong of wing".
Tolkien's Corsairs were inspired by the Barbary Pirates or Corsairs of the North African coast. [1] Map by Jan Janssonius, c. 1650. Harad is a large land in the south of Middle-earth, bordered to the north by (from west to east) the lands of Gondor, Mordor, Khand and Rhûn.
The Underdark is a subterranean realm of enormous size inhabited by many different types of creatures such as drow, mind flayers, and aboleths. [5] It extends far beyond the dungeons created by surface dwellers, and consists of caverns, tunnels and large complexes. [7]