"Dáin all unite under the Dwarven-Elven alliance for a final battle in Dol Guldur, the stronghold of Sauron in Mirkwood, aided by the Ents and Eagles. The Good forces and its three combined armies overcome the defenses and destroy the fortress, eliminating the last threat in the North. Tolkien Enterprises granted the publisher of ""The Battle for Middle-earth II"", Electronic Arts, the rights to develop ""The Lord of the Games"" video games based on ""The Lord of the Rings"" books on July 22, 2005. This agreement was complementary to a separate arrangement made between the two companies in 2001. That"
"Mirkwood Mirkwood is a name used for two distinct fictional forests on the continent of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. One of these occurred in the First Age of Middle-earth, when the highlands of Dorthonion north of Beleriand became known as Mirkwood after falling under Morgoth's control. The other Mirkwood, and the more famous of the two, was the large forest in Wilderland, east of the Anduin. It had acquired the name Mirkwood during the Third Age, after it fell under the influence of the Necromancer; before that it had been known as Greenwood the Great. This Mirkwood"
"on the western eaves of Mirkwood. Rhosgobel and the surrounding forest feature in the film """". Woodmen (Northmen) also lived in Mirkwood. They are mentioned in ""Unfinished Tales"" as arriving too late to rescue Isildur's party, and in ""The Lord of the Rings"" as victims of Gollum. In ""The Hobbit"" they are mentioned as re-populating the valleys of the Misty Mountains west of the Anduin. Mirkwood Mirkwood is a name used for two distinct fictional forests on the continent of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. One of these occurred in the First Age of Middle-earth, when the highlands"
"another. In ""The Silmarillion"", the forested highlands of Dorthonion north of Beleriand eventually fell under Morgoth's control and was subjugated by creatures of Sauron, then Lord of Werewolves. Accordingly, the forest was renamed ""Taur-nu-Fuin"" in Sindarin; this literally means ""Forest under Deadly Nightshade"", but Tolkien poetically translates it as ""Mirkwood"". Beren, who is a foundational character of Tolkien's legendarium, becomes the sole survivor of the men who once lived there as subjects of the Noldor King Finrod of Nargothrond. Beren ultimately escapes the terrible forest that even the Orcs fear to spend time in. Beleg pursues the captors of Túrin"
"Fangorn Fangorn (Sindarin: [""Fangaorne""]; """"Beardtree"""") in J.R.R. Tolkien's ""Legendarium"", was a forest located in the fictional world of Middle-earth and was the home of the tree shepherds, the Ents. It was named after the oldest Ent, Treebeard or Treebeard after it. Tolkien did, however, state that there was confusion about the two. The Forest of Fangorn provided an important role in ""The Lord of the Rings"" novel as did Mirkwood and Lothlórien in the Third Age, a time when Sauron challenged Middle-earth to battle and domination. The forest provided the means by where adventure expanded with the breaking up of"
"Dorthonion In the fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Dorthonion (""Land of Pines""), poetically Orod-na-Thôn (""Mountain under Pine""), was a highland region of the First Age, lying immediately to the north of Beleriand, and south of the plains of Ard-galen (later Anfauglith) that extended north to Morgoth's stronghold of Thangorodrim. Within the stories it later became known as Taur-nu-Fuin (""Forest under Night""), or Mirkwood. Dorthonion is notable in its function as a dangerous stage and scene in the adventures of many major characters in several of Tolkien's books and other works such as ""The Silmarillion"", ""The Lays of"
"mythology. The true name of the Vala was Irmo. Lórien, strictly speaking, was the name for his habitation, his gardens in Aman the Blessed Realm. The name was given also to the forest of Middle-earth that was the kingdom of Galadriel and Celeborn. The Centauri God of the Underworld mentioned by Londo Mollari in The Parliament of Dreams is called Mogath, a name that resembles the epithet given to the first Dark Lord of ""The Silmarillion"", Morgoth. Morgoth, in the first stages of Tolkien's mythology, was also a ruler of a particular version of the Underworld. In Tolkien's books, Morgoth"
"forest of ""Greenwood the Great"" was called ""Mirkwood"". This name is supposedly a translation of an unknown Westron name. The renaming had arisen round , when 'the shadow of Dol Guldur' fell upon the forest, and people began to call it Taur-nu-Fuin (Sindarin: ""forest under deadly nightshade"", i.e. ""mirk wood"") and Taur-e-Ndaedelos (Sindarin: ""forest of great fear""). The shadow was the power of Sauron who, under a concealed identity, established himself at the fortress of Dol Guldur in Southern Mirkwood. The presence of Sauron's minions drove the Elves (now led by Thranduil, son of Oropher) further northward, so that by"
"of the Third Age, as told in ""The Fellowship of the Ring"", Gandalf tells Frodo Baggins that Sauron needed to recover the One Ring in order to ""cover the lands in a second darkness""; the first darkness referring to the night itself, Sauron's invasion of Eriador, or Morgoth, the Great Enemy, during the First Age. Around the end of the War of the Elves and Sauron, the great forests in Enedwaith and Minhiriath, which the Gwathló flows through, have been completely destroyed. The Númenóreans since Tar-Aldarion had already been felling many trees for shipbuilding, incurring the wrath of the locals"
"named Fangorn Forest. Additionally, Fangorn translated in the fictional language of Sindarin from ""fanga"" meaning ""beard"" and ""orne"" meaning ""tree"". Sindarin was a language Tolkien created and described the Elves of Middle-Earth to possess; who ""awoke"" the Ents and taught them language. In other parts of Middle-earth Fangorn Forest was called the ""Entwood"" by the Rohirrim. Fangorn Forest apparently had several names as told by Treebeard who referred to the forest by various Quenya names in ""Lord of the Rings"", some of which were ""Ambaróna"", ""Tauremornalómë"", ""Tauremorna"" and ""Aldalómë"". """"Ambaróna"""" means ""uprising, sunrise, orient"" from """"amba"""" meaning ""upwards"" and """"róna"""""
"forests West of the River Sirion he is captured and tortured by Túrin's men, until Túrin returns and releases him. Although Beleg beseeches Túrin to return to Doriath, where he has been pardoned and would be welcomed, Túrin still pridefully refuses and Beleg loyally chooses to stay with Túrin. Together, with Túrin wearing the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin, they lead a band of men against the invaders of Morgoth. The land where the ""Two Captains"" dwell becomes known as Dor-Cuarthol, the ""Land of Helm and Bow"", but the small realm was destroyed two years later. When Túrin is captured by Morgoth"
"Mountains. The Ring gave him long life and changed him over hundreds of years into a twisted, corrupted creature called Gollum. Gollum lost the Ring, his ""precious"", and as told in ""The Hobbit"", Bilbo Baggins found it. Meanwhile, Sauron assumed a new form and took back his old realm of Mordor. When Gollum set out in search of the Ring, he was captured and tortured by Sauron. Sauron learned from Gollum that ""Baggins"" of the Shire had taken the Ring. Gollum was set loose. Sauron, who needed the Ring to regain his full power, sent forth his powerful servants, the"
"with the Orcs there. Part of the Ents' anger was caused by Saruman's Orcs chopping down the trees at the south and west side of the forest. It was especially notable in that Fangorn Forest was embodied by Treebeard, whose deliberate and slow moving character anthropomorphised Tolkien's deep invented history and placed its vast time in a contrapuntal humour with the 'hasty' immediacy of the Hobbits' drama in the War of the Ring. In ""The Two Towers"", Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas entered the forest to search for Merry and Pippin. They encountered an old Man dressed in white. At first"
"known to have a strong hatred of Orcs, and, after Saruman's betrayal of the Ents, of Saruman as well. During his initial encounter with the two hobbits, he is so agitated that he misidentifies them as orc spies. Spirits were sent by Eru Ilúvatar to inhabit the trees, which the Vala Yavanna had created along with other plants or ""olvar"". The Vala longed for their protection since Morgoth or ""Melkor"" was destroying the trees and olvar, which could not defend themselves from him. The Ents were created by Ilúvatar at the behest of Yavanna as the ""Shepherds of the Forest"""
"Dol Guldur Dol Guldur () (Sindarin: ""Hill of Sorcery"") was Sauron's stronghold in Mirkwood in the fictional world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. It is first mentioned (as ""the dungeons of the Necromancer"") in ""The Hobbit"". The hill itself, rocky and barren, was the highest point in the southwestern part of the forest. Before Sauron's occupation, it was called Amon Lanc (""Naked Hill""). It lay near the western edge of the forest, across the Anduin from Lothlórien. In a passage that appears to apply the name ""Dol Guldur"" principally to the fortress rather than the barren hill it rose"
"attacked by the White Council, Sauron withdrew from Mirkwood to Mordor. During the War of the Ring the Elves and Men of Rhovanion held off an invasion by Sauron's forces, and after Sauron was defeated Mirkwood was cleansed again, and renamed ""Eryn Lasgalen"", or ""Wood of Greenleaves"". The Kingdom of Rhovanion, a realm of Northmen, came to prominence in the mid-13th century of the Third Age. About this time Vidugavia, ""the most powerful of the northern princes"" called himself King of Rhovanion, though he directly ruled only the part of Rhovanion that lay between Mirkwood and the River Running. Esgaroth"
"hills or mountains in Tolkien's work, as in ""Dol Amroth"" and ""Dol Baran"". The word ""guldur"" signifies ""black magic"": ""gûl"" means ""sorcery, magic"", from the stem ""ngol"" or ""nólë"" meaning ""long study, lore, knowledge""; and ""dûr"" means ""dark"". Dol Guldur appears on the maps published with ""The Lord of the Rings"". The hill rose above the River Anduin across from Lórien within the great forest east of the River. Sauron's influence caused a great shadow of sickness and death to fall over the forest, which became known as Mirkwood. To the northeast on the other side of the forest lay"
"Lord Sauron. Aragorn led the Fellowship of the Ring following the loss of Gandalf in the Mines of Moria while fighting the Balrog. When the Fellowship was broken, he tracked the hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took with the help of Legolas the elf and Gimli the dwarf to Fangorn Forest. He then fought in the battle at Helm's Deep and the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. After defeating Sauron's forces in Gondor, he led an army of Gondor and Rohan against the Black Gate of Mordor to distract Sauron's attention so that Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee could have"
"Doriath In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Doriath is a forest realm of the Sindar in Beleriand ruled by King Thingol and his queen Melian. It serves as a principal stage for the stories of the First Age, such as The Tale of Beren and Lúthien from ""The Lays of Beleriand"", and parts of ""The Children of Húrin"" and ""The Silmarillion"". It is called the ""Fenced Land"" because of a girdle of enchantment Melian put about it, allowing none to enter the kingdom without her leave or Thingol's. Doriath (Dôr Iâth, meaning Land of the Fence) was a land"
"band of guerrillas in opposition to Morgoth, and retreated to the high mountains of Ladros. The pine forests, under Morgoth's influence, gradually became dark and dangerous, and were named ""Taur-nu-Fuin"" (the Forest under Nightshade, i.e. ""Mirkwood""); it was said that the forest was haunted, and that those who entered would be trapped and lost, or driven mad with terror. As Barahir's forces were driven back, and more and more of Dorthonion fell to Morgoth (a process which was complete after a few years), the name Taur-nu-Fuin was increasingly applied to the whole plateau. Allied forces under Maedhros regained Dorthonion shortly"
"Morgoth Morgoth Bauglir (; originally Melkor ) is a character from Tolkien's legendarium. He is the main antagonist of ""The Silmarillion"" and ""The Children of Húrin"", and is mentioned briefly in ""The Lord of the Rings"". Melkor was the most powerful of the Ainur, but turned to darkness and became Morgoth, the definitive antagonist of Arda from whom all evil in the world of Middle-earth ultimately stems. Sauron, one of the Maiar of Aulë, betrayed his kind and became Morgoth's principal lieutenant. Melkor was not called ""Morgoth"" until he destroyed the Two Trees of Valinor, murdered Finwë, the High King"
"captured by Aragorn and brought as a prisoner to Thranduil's realm. Out of pity, they allowed the creature some freedom to roam the forest (under close guard). Gollum escaped custody during an Orc raid, and fled south to Moria in search of the One Ring. After Sauron's destruction at the conclusion of the Third Age, Mirkwood was cleansed by Galadriel and became known as Eryn Lasgalen, Sindarin for the Wood of Greenleaves. Mirkwood was inhabited by Elves from the earliest times, and by the Fourth Age it was one of the few remaining Elf-realms in Middle-earth. These were mainly Elves"
"Shire and in nearby Bree. Tolkien says that there were three kinds of Hobbit: the Stoors, Fallohides and Harfoots. The hobbits who appear most prominently in Tolkien's stories are Bilbo Baggins and his nephew Frodo Baggins, who each have an important role in the quest to destroy the One Ring of Power forged by Sauron; another is Sméagol, who took the One Ring after it was found in the Anduin. Frodo is told by Gandalf that Sméagol was part of a Hobbit-like riverfolk, but long possession of the ring corrupted and deformed him into the creature Gollum. By the time"
"Lothlórien and Mirkwood subsequently managed to rid the great forest of all the forces of evil. Thranduil and Celeborn then met in the midst of the forest and renamed it Eryn Lasgalen, or Wood of Greenleaves, and divided it among several parties. Thranduil's kingdom remained in the northern part of Mirkwood, from the northern edge to the Mountains of Mirkwood while Celeborn expanded Lothlórien into the southern portion of Mirkwood and named it East Lorien. The forest between the two elven kingdoms were given to men, although this area probably expanded as the elven realms diminished with their populations gradually"
"Mordor In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced ; from Sindarin ""Black Land"" and Quenya ""Land of Shadow"") is the realm and base of the arch-villain Sauron. It was located in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth, east of the great river Anduin. Orodruin, a volcano in Mordor, was the goal of the Fellowship of the Ring (and later Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee) in the quest to destroy the One Ring. Mordor has three enormous mountain ranges surrounding it, from the north, from the west and from the south. The mountains both protected the land from"
"the Second Age. The mountain represents the endpoint of Frodo Baggins' quest to destroy the Ring, which is recounted in ""The Lord of the Rings"". The mountain's chambers are the site where the One Ring was originally forged by Sauron, and the only place it can be destroyed. When Sauron began searching Middle-earth during the Second Age for a permanent dwelling place, his attention was immediately drawn to Mordor, and especially to Orodruin, whose power he believed he could use to his advantage. He subsequently established his kingdom based around Orodruin and ""used the fire that welled there from the"
"Middle-earth. However, the elves were unaware that Sauron, Morgoth's closest ally, had survived his master's defeat, and in the guise of Annatar had been the one who taught the Elven-smiths, led by Celebrimbor, how to forge the Rings, whilst, in secret, he forged his own One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom, a Ring far more powerful than any of the others. However, in order for the One Ring to be powerful enough to control the other Rings, Sauron had to transfer most of his power into it. As soon as he put it on, the elves became aware"
"Hobbit"" and ""The Lord of the Rings"" were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for ""J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring"", George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor. White Mountains (Middle-earth) The White Mountains are a fictional mountain range in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, where they lie primarily in the Kingdom of Gondor, but partly"
"people fled to the Havens of Sirion. Along with much of the rest of Beleriand, the land itself eventually sank into the sea after the War of Wrath. Several different versions of the details of this history exist in Tolkien's drafts, and in many cases the author's final intent is not known. Doriath In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Doriath is a forest realm of the Sindar in Beleriand ruled by King Thingol and his queen Melian. It serves as a principal stage for the stories of the First Age, such as The Tale of Beren and Lúthien from"
"over two thousand years. The Third Age saw the rise in power of the realms of Arnor and Gondor, and their decline. By the time of ""The Lord of the Rings"", Sauron had recovered much of his former strength, and was seeking the One Ring. He learned that it was in the possession of a Hobbit and sent out the nine Ringwraiths to retrieve it. The Ring-bearer, Frodo Baggins, travelled to Rivendell, where it was decided that the Ring had to be destroyed in the only way possible: casting it into the fires of Mount Doom. Frodo set out on"
"features significantly in ""The Hobbit"" and in the film """". The term ""Mirkwood"" is taken from William Morris, influenced by the forest Myrkviðr of Norse mythology. Projected into Old English, it appears as ""Myrcwudu"" in Tolkien's ""The Lost Road"", as a poem sung by Ælfwine. Tolkien also used the term Mirkwood in another unfinished work, ""The Fall of Arthur"". Forests play an enormous role throughout the invented history of Tolkien's Middle-earth and are inevitably an important episode on the heroic quests of his characters. The forest device is used as a mysterious transition from one part of the story to"
"he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Númenor. This age was characterized by the rise of Númenor, the rise of Sauron in Middle-earth (which saw the creation of the Ringwraiths), and the early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves. The 3441 years of the Second Age are, for the most part, unchronicled. Besides the hints about the Second Age found in ""The Lord of the Rings"", several shorter writings fill in some of the gap between the downfall of Morgoth at the end of the First Age and the"
"Fierce fighting raged throughout the forest, and there was ""great ruin of fire"" as woods were set alight during the battle. King Thranduil led his elves to victory and defeated the orcs, then with the help of Galadriel advanced on Dol Guldur after Sauron's fall, and destroyed the evil place. Battle of Mirkwood The Battle of Mirkwood, also known as Battle Under the Trees, is an incident in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. In his legendarium it takes place during the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age. Mirkwood is situated to the"