...g and corruption of these rings is among the central events of the history of [[Middle-earth]].
...e or held, and heightened abilities, but those who bore rings answering to the One were ultimately subject to [[Sauron]]'s domination.
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The Archmaester's Archive</div>
<div class="am-tagline">An illuminated encyclopedia
of the great fantasy worlds</div>
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| title = Lord of Eregion; master of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain
| house = House of Fëanor (Noldor)
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...lkien|Tolkien]] worked on these legends throughout his life, and they were the labor he held closest, though he never completed them for publication.
...f the [[Two Trees of Valinor]] and around whose theft and recovery much of the [[First Age]] turns.
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...y the Elven-smith [[Celebrimbor]] alone and were never touched by the hand of [[Sauron]], which is why they remained unsullied by his evil.
...to ward off the decay of time and keep unstained the beauty of the things the [[Elves]] loved.
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...island kingdom of [[Númenor]], the forging of the [[Rings of Power]], and the first great wars against [[Sauron]].
...for it was in this age that the [[One Ring]] was made and the long history of its peril began.
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...Orcs, and the other peoples, and the stage on which the long wars against the Dark Powers, Morgoth and his servant [[Sauron]], are fought.
...gic, immortal beings, and the Powers of the world still walked openly upon the earth.
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...hed in three parts; ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' comprises the first two of its six internal books.
...heritance to the launching of a perilous mission that will decide the fate of [[Middle-earth]].
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...the seen world altogether, becoming wraiths enslaved wholly to the will of the [[One Ring]] and its master.
...y spread brought despair, sickness, and death, and few could stand against the fear that came with them.
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...[[Sauron]] in fair disguise, made the Rings, while Sauron in secret forged the [[One Ring]] to rule them all.
...s Hollin, the land of holly, where the holly-trees still grew as a sign of the Elves who once dwelt there.
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...shores of Middle-earth and the place of the great departures at the end of the Third Age.
...e the Elder Days and who tends the havens against the day when the last of the Elves will sail.
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| title = The Shipwright; Lord of the Havens
| region = The Grey Havens (Mithlond)
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...ises the third and fourth of the six internal books of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
...[Sauron]] and [[Saruman]], whose alliance and conflict shape the events of the book.
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...along with extensive appendices on the history, languages, and chronology of [[Middle-earth]].
...or]] and [[Arnor]], fulfilling the long-prophesied restoration of the line of kings.
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...h it he might rule and dominate the other [[Rings of Power]] and the wills of those who bore them.
...trument of Sauron's design and the object whose destruction is the goal of the great quest.
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...[Misty Mountains]] in the great Dwarf-realm of [[Moria]], mithril is among the most coveted substances in Tolkien's legendarium.
...of it also led, in part, to the awakening of the [[Balrog]] that destroyed the realm.
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...en|Tolkien]] would later develop on a grander scale in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
...g, which would later be revealed as the [[One Ring]] and become the center of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s greater work.
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...nd and was the scene of the rout of the Ringwraiths in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
...It marked the last great obstacle before the safety of Elrond's house, and the high valley beyond it was guarded by hidden watchers.
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...]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. He is widely regarded as the father of modern high fantasy. Across more than half a century he built [[Arda]] and
...in the British Army during the First World War, fighting at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, an experience that left a lasting mark on his writing.
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...healing. By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], it was little regarded by the common folk, who knew it as a roadside weed called kingsfoil and did not va
...an ancient saying in [[Gondor]] that "the hands of the king are the hands of a healer."
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