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Moria (Middle-earth)

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In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given at the beginning of the late Third Age to an enormous and by then very ancient underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or mansions, that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains. [1]

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Alan Lee (illustrator)

Alan Lee (born 20 August 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer.

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Anduin

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Anduin is the Sindarin name for the Great River of Wilderland, the longest river in the Third Age (the original Sindarin name means Long River).

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Aragorn

Aragorn II, son of Arathorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Arda (Tolkien)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Arda is the name given to the Earth in an imaginary period of prehistory, wherein the places mentioned in The Lord of the Rings and related material once existed.

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Balin (Middle-earth)

Balin is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Balrog

Balrogs are fictional creatures who appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

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Beleriand

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age.

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Caradhras

In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Caradhras, also called the Redhorn (the literal English translation of the Sindarin name), and known in the Dwarves' language as Barazinbar, is one of the mightiest peaks in the Misty Mountains.

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Celebrimbor

Celebrimbor is a fictional character In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

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Crypt

A crypt (from Latin crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building.

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Dáin II Ironfoot

Dáin II Ironfoot is a Dwarf and king of Erebor in J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy legendarium concerning Middle-earth.

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Durin

Durin is the name of seven Kings of Dwarves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Dwarf (Middle-earth)

In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Earth in an imagined mythological past.

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Elf (Middle-earth)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past.

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Eregion

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Eregion or Hollin was a realm of the Noldorin Elves in eastern Eriador during the Second Age, located near the West Gate of Moria under the shadow of the Hithaeglir (Misty Mountains).

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Eriador

Eriador is a large region in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth.

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Fathers of the Dwarves

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth, the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves were the first of their race.

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Fëanor

Fëanor is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium who plays an important part in The Silmarillion.

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First Age

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the First Age, or First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar is the heroic period in which most of Tolkien's early legends are set.

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Fourth Age

The Fourth Age is one of the divisions of history in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth.

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Frodo Baggins

Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, and the main protagonist of The Lord of the Rings.

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Galadriel

Galadriel is a fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien, appearing in his Middle-earth legendarium.

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Gandalf

Gandalf is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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Gimli (Middle-earth)

Gimli is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured in The Lord of the Rings.

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Gollum

Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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History of Arda

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of the fictional universe of Eä began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the universe.

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Ilex aquifolium

Ilex aquifolium (holly, common holly, English holly, European holly, or occasionally Christmas holly), is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia.

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Iron Hills

The Iron Hills are a fictional range of mountains in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Khuzdul

Khuzdul is a constructed language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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List of Middle-earth rivers

Middle-earth, the main setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, contains many rivers, some of which are described below.

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Lonely Mountain

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Lonely Mountain (Sindarin Erebor) is a mountain in the north of Rhovanion.

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Lord of the Rings (board game)

Lord of the Rings is a board game based on the high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

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Lothlórien

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien or Lórien is the fairest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age.

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Man (Middle-earth)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fiction, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the terms Man and Men refer to humankind – in contrast to Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other humanoid races – and does not denote gender.

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Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are a combination of role-playing video games and massively multiplayer online games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual world.

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Meriadoc Brandybuck

Meriadoc Brandybuck, usually referred to as simply Merry, is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured throughout his most famous work, The Lord of the Rings.

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Michael D. C. Drout

Michael D. C. Drout (born 1968) is Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of the Medieval at Wheaton College.

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Middle-earth

Middle-earth is the fictional setting of much of British writer J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Middle-earth dwarf characters

Many of the fictional characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium are dwarves, a short stocky race inhabiting the world of Arda (the Earth in an imagined mythological past).

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Middle-earth objects

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy legendarium includes several noteworthy objects.

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Middle-earth Orc characters

The following is a list of the Orcs of Middle-earth, created by fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien and considered to be part of the Middle-earth canon, which were given an individual name or title by the author.

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Middle-earth wars and battles

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings include many wars and battles set in the lands of Aman, Beleriand, Númenor, and Middle-earth.

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Minor places in Arda

The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contain references to numerous places.

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Minor places in Beleriand

J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contains many locations.

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Minor places in Middle-earth

The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contain references to numerous places.

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Misty Mountains

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Misty Mountains are a mountain range, and one of the most important features of Middle-earth's geography.

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Mithril

Mithril is a fictional metal found in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, which is present in his Middle-earth, and also appears in many other works of derivative fantasy.

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Mordor

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (pronounced; from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow) was the region occupied and controlled by Sauron, in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river.

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Morgoth

Morgoth Bauglir (originally Melkor) is a character from Tolkien's legendarium.

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Moria (Middle-earth)

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given at the beginning of the late Third Age to an enormous and by then very ancient underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or mansions, that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains.

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Moria (video game)

The Dungeons of Moria, or just Moria, is a roguelike computer game inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings.

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Moriah

Moriah (Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region by the Book of Genesis, in which context it is the location of the sacrifice of Isaac.

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MUD

A MUD (originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based.

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Nandor (Middle-earth)

In the fictional world of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Nandor (singular Nando) were Elves of the Teleri, the third clan of Elves.

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Númenor

Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in English author J. R. R. Tolkien's writings.

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Noldor

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Noldor (also spelled Ñoldor, meaning those with knowledge in Quenya) are High Elves of the Second Clan who migrated to Valinor and lived in Eldamar.

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One Ring

The One Ring is an artefact that appears as the central plot element in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).

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Orc (Middle-earth)

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Orcs are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings—Morgoth, Sauron and Saruman.

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Peter Jackson

Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer.

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Pyrrhic victory

A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat.

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Rhovanion

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Rhovanion or Wilderland was a large inland region of north-west Middle-earth.

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Roguelike

Roguelike is a subgenre of role-playing video game characterized by a dungeon crawl through procedurally generated levels, turn-based gameplay, tile-based graphics, and permanent death of the player character.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sauron

Sauron is the title character and main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

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Sindar

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the fictional Sindar (meaning Grey People, singular Sinda, although the latter term was not generally used by Tolkien) are Elves of Telerin descent.

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Sindarin

Sindarin is a fictional language devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth.

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Smaug

Smaug ("All these diphthongs were 'falling' diphthongs, that is stressed on the first element, and composed of the simple vowels run together. Thus... au (aw) as in loud, how and not laud, haw.") is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit.

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Sun and Moon (Middle-earth)

The fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien of Middle-earth fame included Earth's sun and moon for the cosmology of his myths of Arda.

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The Complete Guide to Middle-earth

The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion is a reference book for the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, compiled and edited by Robert Foster.

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The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

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The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows and OS X set in a fantasy universe based upon J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings.

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The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria is the first retail expansion pack for the MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online released on November 18, 2008.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic adventure fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

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The Two Towers

The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

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Thráin II

Thráin II is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Tolkien's legendarium

Tolkien's legendarium is the body of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoetic writing that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings.

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Troll (Middle-earth)

Trolls are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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Unfinished Tales

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth is a collection of stories and essays by J. R. R. Tolkien that were never completed during his lifetime, but were edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1980.

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Watcher in the Water

The Watcher in the Water is a fictional creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium; it appears in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings.

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Westron

Westron, or the Common Speech, is a fictional language in the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moria_(Middle-earth)

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