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Eriador
The Shire
Rolling green hills, round doors, and pipe-weed. The homeland of the Hobbits and birthplace of the greatest quest in Middle-earth.
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From the rolling hills of the Shire to the volcanic wastes of Mordor — every landmark has a story.
Eriador
Rolling green hills, round doors, and pipe-weed. The homeland of the Hobbits and birthplace of the greatest quest in Middle-earth.
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Eriador
Imladris — the Last Homely House. Here Elrond Half-elven holds council and the Fellowship is forged.
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The Misty Mountains
The ancient Dwarf kingdom beneath the mountains. Darkness, Balrogs, and the bridge of Khazad-dûm.
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Lothlórien
The Golden Wood. Time bends here. Galadriel's realm where mallorn trees bloom silver-gold.
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Mordor
The Land of Shadow. The Eye is always watching. Where the One Ring must be destroyed.
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Gondor
The White City — seven concentric rings of stone rising to the Tower of Ecthelion.
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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair.”
The Fellowship, the Wise, and the Dark — every major figure in the War of the Ring.
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Three Ages of Middle-earth, the Free Peoples, languages, and the cosmology of Arda.
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