The Endless Stair depicted in The Lord of the Rings Online
The Endless Stair was a long stairway in Moria built by the Dwarves.
History and description[]
The stair climbed from the tunnels far below Moria to the very peak of Zirakzigil in an unbroken spiral of many thousand steps. At its highest point, a windy chamber known as Durin's Tower was carved from the living rock of the mountain. After Moria's abandonment in the Third Age, the stair became legend among the Dwarves, and some believed it to never have been built, or that it had been destroyed and long lost. The uppermost section of the stair was destroyed in the battle between Gandalf and the Balrog on January 23-25 of 3019.[1][2]
In adaptations[]
Video games[]
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the Endless Stair can be observed at various location and altitude levels throughout Moria. Only the bottom of it is accessible, though, as the way above is blocked by rubble left by the Balrog's passage.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Eindelose trap |
| Albanian | Shkallët e pafundme |
| Amharic | ወሰን የሌለው ደረጃዎች |
| Arabic | درج لا نهاية لها |
| Armenian | անվերջ սանդուղքաբազուկ |
| Azerbaijani | Sonsuz merdiven |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | бясконцыя лесвіцы |
| Bengali | ছাত্রলীগ সিঁড়ির |
| Bosnian | Beskrajno Stepenište |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Безкрайното стълбище |
| Croatian | Beskonačne Stepenice |
| Czech | Nekonečné Schodiště |
| Danish | Den endeløse trappe |
| Dutch | Eindeloze Trap |
| Estonian | Lõputu Trepp |
| Faroese | Endaleysur trappa |
| Finnish | Loputon Rappu |
| French | Escalier sans fin |
| Georgian | გაუთავებელი კიბეები |
| German | Endlose Treppe |
| Greek | Ατελείωτη σκάλα |
| Hebrew | ה מדרגות אשר לא נספרו מרוב |
| Hindi | अंतहीन सीढ़ी |
| Hungarian | Végtelen Lépcső |
| Icelandic | Endalaus stigann |
| Irish Gaelic | Staighre gan deireadh |
| Italian | Interminabile Scala |
| Indonesian | Tangga tak berujung |
| Japanese | 無限階段 |
| Kannada | ಅನಂತ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು |
| Kazakh | Шексіз баспалдақ (Cyrillic) Şeksiz baspaldaq (Latin) |
| Korean | 끝 없는 계단 |
| Kurdish | Bêdawî derence (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Чексиз тепкич |
| Latvian | Nebeidzamo Kāpņu |
| Lithuanian | Begaliniai Laiptai |
| Luxembourgish | Endlos Trepplék |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | бескрајни скалило |
| Malaysian | Tangga tanpa henti |
| Marathi | सतत जिना |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Төгсгөлгүй шат |
| Nepalese | अनन्त सीढी |
| Norwegian | Trappen Uten Ende |
| Pashto | راماتوي او پله |
| Persian | پلکان بیانتها |
| Polish | Nieskończone Schody |
| Portuguese | Escada Interminável (Brazil) |
| Punjabi | ਬੇਅੰਤ ਪੌੜੀ |
| Romanian | Scara fără sfârşit |
| Russian | Бесконечные лестницы |
| Scottish Gaelic | Shuthain Staidhr |
| Serbian | Бескрајне Степенице (Cyrillic) Beskrajne stepenice (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | නිමක් නැති පඩිපෙල |
| Slovak | Nekonečné Schodisko |
| Slovenian | Neskončne Stopnice |
| Somali | Jaranjarada aan dhamaadka lahayn |
| Spanish | Escalera sin fin |
| Swedish | Ändlös Trappa |
| Tajik Cyrillic | басомад беохир |
| Tamil | முடிவற்ற படிக்கட்டு |
| Telugu | ఎండ్లెస్ మెట్లు |
| Thai | บันไดที่สิ้นสุด |
| Turkish | Sonsuz merdiven |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | нескінченні Сходи |
| Urdu | لامتناہی سیڑھی |
| Vietnamese | Cầu thang vô tận |
| Welsh | Grisiau Annherfynol |
| Xhosa | Ongapheliyo esiteji |
| Yiddish | סאָף טרעפּל |
| Yoruba | Lainipẹkun abagunke |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. V: "The White Rider"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"