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Khuzdul proper names analysed by Helge Fauskanger [1] Khuzdul names Translation Khuzdul names Translation Azaghâl: A lord of the Belegost Dwarves in The Silmarillion, ch. 20: Mahal: Aulë, known to the dwarves as the Maker. Azanulbizar 'Dimrill Dale' lit: "Shadows of streams/rills" or "Dark stream dale". Mîm: A Petty-Dwarf, possibly an 'inner ...
Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms: Metouro Lyon Sprague de Camp: Novarian series A Novarian city-state Michel Delving: J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings: Middlemarch, England George Eliot: Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life: Middlemarch is a town in Midland England. Middleton, South Wessex Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy's Wessex
J. R. R. Tolkien: The setting for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. See also Arda, of which Middle-earth is a part. The Hobbit: 1937: N P F R C G V Mid-World: Stephen King: The setting for King's The Dark Tower novel series "The Little Sisters of Eluria" 1998: N C V F Mushroom Kingdom: Shigeru Miyamoto: Primary setting of the Mario ...
A default setting for all RPGs taking place in the world of King Arthur, Merlin and Morgan le Fay. Jakandor: Sword and sorcery: Island of Jakandor Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Wizards of the Coast: 1997-1998 The setting was released in the form of three books, as part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Odyssey line. Uresia: anime fantasy ...
Arda began as a symmetrical flat disc, and was repeatedly transformed through cataclysmic interventions by the Valar and by the creator, Eru Ilúvatar.. Tolkien's stories chronicle the struggle to control the world (called Arda) and the continent of Middle-earth between, on one side, the angelic Valar, the Elves and their allies among Men; and, on the other, the demonic Melkor or Morgoth (a ...
By the time of The Lord of the Rings, Bree is the westernmost settlement of men in Middle-earth, and there is no other settlement of men within a hundred leagues of the Shire. [ T 1 ] Tom Bombadil knows of Bree, saying in his metrical speech "four miles along the road / you'll come upon a village, / Bree under Bree-hill, / with doors looking ...
Glorfindel: Noldorin elf-lord notable for his death and resurrection within Tolkien's legendarium. Gimli: Dwarven member of the Fellowship of the Ring and a major character in The Lord of the Rings. Goldberry: Mysterious entity known as the River-woman's daughter, wife of Tom Bombadil. Gollum: Possessor of the One Ring until taken by Bilbo Baggins.
Tolkien hints at true names in a few places in his Middle-earth writings. Thus, the Ent or tree-giant Treebeard says in The Two Towers that "Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language", [ 8 ] while in The Hobbit , the Wizard Gandalf introduces himself with the statement "I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me".