Say, perhaps, Gandalf didn’t return, and the Rohirrim weren’t able to aid Gondor, and Shagrat caught Sam? If Sauron won, what would he do? Populate the Earth with orcs, then rule? I wonder if he just wanted power of ruling, as he once was Mairon, aide of Aulë, corrupted by Melkor. Maybe he saw what he was doing as just?
Any opinions?
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First Age:
0–????
The Silmarillion
473–501
The Children of Húrin
1810
The Faithful Stone
1960–1969
Beren and Lúthien
1996
Unfinished Tales: Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin
2010
The Fall of Gondolin
Second Age:
740–1098
Unfinished Tales: Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife
3319
The Fall of Númenor
????
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Third Age:
2
Unfinished Tales: The Disaster of Gladden Fields
1856–2510
Unfinished Tales: Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan
2941–2942
The Hobbit
3018
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3019
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Bilbo's Last Song
Fourth Age:
223
The New Shadow
Second Age:
500–1500~
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S1
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2
Third Age:
2835~
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2941–2942
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2999–3017~
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
3012
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
3018
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3019
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Fourth Age:
1–1000~
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
Did anyone wonder that even though Arda was mostly populated by European looking people since it is based on Celtic and Northern European culture, is it still possible that races like elves and dwarves can still have different skin tone or background which differs from the main population? Probably not many of them, but they still exist.
Firstly for the elves, it's true that most of them have pale skin due to their specific origins, like the Sindarian and Noldor and those that dwell in Valinor. But what about the Avari? I always think they are a special case since they never enter Valinor nor Beleriand (only very few of them). Instead, they dwell in the East, have their own tribes and lifestyles and wander all across the wild lands of Middle earth. And they're probably considered more tribal and wilder than the Noldor and even Sindarian. Since they dwell in the East, which has distinctive climate and geography, is it possible that their appearances and physique would alter due to the harsher environment they live?
As for the dwarves, since they are divided into 7 houses and scattered in different corners in Arda, I suppose it is possible that they might have descendants which has different skin tones and cultures too. They may almost look identical, but we can interpret this as looking "identical" amongst their race.
Look, to anyone to watch ROP, I'm not saying that it's fine for them to randomly cast the characters without considering Tolkien's lore and cultural elements he placed in the story. But if they really want to do it, they should have added a reasonable background for each of these character. Eg. It's more logical to say thag Arodir is an Avari from the east instead of from Beleriand, and Dis should be from a dwarf house which has black descendants (Amazon had chances to dive in since these parts are left unexplained sometimes). Just like how the Harad look different from the men of Gondor and Rohan because of their cultural and geographical background too.
Ever since I started listening to podcasts about the history of middle earth, they fail to mention how Illuvatar came into existence. Is it even mentioned?
Why didn't the Valar imprison Morgoth in the end in the Halls of Mandos from where nobody (nor Valar) can escape? Why did they send him into the void from where he escapes in the end for the Dagor Dagorath, when they could keep him in the Halls of Mandos instead and chill?
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Beware! The Lordanium oftheria Ringadones virus is the thing that's taking this wiki by storm. (I only have a mild case, but maybe I can't say the same for the rest of you.)
SYMPTOMS INCLUDE:
Rereading the books and rewatching the movies like a maniac (mild case)
Being active on this wiki (mild)
Pretending to do what the characters do at specific moments (medium case, checkup may be recommended)
Having a crush on one of the characters (mild to medium)
Writing fanfiction (mild)
Drawing fanart (mild, becomes medium when you pester people to see it)
Persuading everyone around you to join in the fandom (HIGH CASE, see a doctor now)
Quoting the books and movies at random times (mild)
Creating OCs (medium-high case, see a doctor asap)
Placing yourself into Middle-Earth and acting as one of the characters (HIGHEST CASE, GET TO THE ER IMMEDIATELY.)
MORE SYMPTOMS TO COME..
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Hey guys, hope you are all doing well! I recently found this "Interactive Map" of Middle Earth and I found it pretty cool so I thought I would share it! You can scroll around on the map and also select: Paths, Forests, Mountains and more! I found it really cool! Sure, it doesn't have all of the locations but its still kind of neat!
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When were The Elves leave Middle-Earth?
I heard that Ringers are fans of the movie trilogy and Tolkienists are fans of the books. i love the books AND the movies, either way i’m a middle-earth geek lol
I think it's not perfect,but what do you think about it,and what could I improve?
A map of middle-earth I made yesterday. Took me about 6-7 hours. Super fun and turned out great!!
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