In the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, the first creatures to ever exist are the Ainur, created by Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of everything. The Ainur are also known as the Holy Ones. When the world ...

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Tolkien's writings often pit heroic underdogs against overpowered evil. They show the unseen, undervalued, and ill-equipped, like Frodo or Bilbo, facing off against impossibly fierce enemies like ...

The Lord of the Rings was quite faithfully adapted, and it even included Tolkien's first major LotR villain, just not as expected. The children's book The Hobbit was released in 1937, while LotR was ...

The Rings of Power takes place during Middle-earth’s Second Age, but episode three made clear no one has forgotten about how the last age ended. The War of Wrath looms over every plot and character on ...

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power begins with an info dump. Elves! Trees! War! Destruction, death, and finally — a great peace. But is it enough exposition? Due to the unusually ...

“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has arrived, but with the first two episodes dropping, those not deeply versed in the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien likely have plenty of questions. Indeed, “The ...

There aren’t many Lord of the Rings characters more important than Morgoth. Despite that, most casual fans probably only have a faint idea of who he is and what he did during his time in Middle-earth.

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Warning: The following article contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 7. Yet you can’t keep a good villain down, and Morgoth subsequently entered Arda (of ...

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Morgoth looms over The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Though the War of Wrath ended with Morgoth’s defeat, his touch spreads across all of Arda into the Second Age and beyond. Morgoth, also ...