Ragnor
In the assault of the Dagor Bragollach, the Men of Dorthonion were overrun by Morgoth’s forces. Their lord, Barahir, took the...
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Radhruin
After Morgoth overran the highlands of Dorthonion, its lord Barahir refused to abandon his land. With a ragged and desperate band, he...
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Radbug
An Orc of the Tower of Cirith Ungol in the service of Shagrat. After the battle in the Tower between Shagrat’s garrison and the...
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Radagast
One of the Five Wizards, Radagast was said to have been the fourth of the Wizards to appear in Middle-earth. Like all his Order, he carried...
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Rabbits
Long-eared, furry animals, also called ‘coneys’, that were as common in Middle-earth as they are today. A favourite dish of the
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Northmen of Rhovanion
A once-populous race of Men who lived along the eastern fringes of Mirkwood, and the lands eastward to the River Running, during the...
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Min-Rimmon
One of the seven beacon-hills of Gondor, on the northern flanks of the White Mountains. With Eilenach and Amon Dîn, Min-Rimmon was one of...
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Lord of the Rings
A title given to Sauron, the deviser of the Great Rings, and maker of the Ruling Ring in Orodruin. Curiously, given that this title gives...
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King of Rohan
Title of nineteen recorded lords of the land of Rohan, from Eorl the Young who founded that land to Elfwine, son of Éomer Éadig who...
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Fellowship of the Ring
The nine who set out from Rivendell on the Quest of Mount Doom, under the leadership of Gandalf, seeking to destroy Sauron’s One...
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Company of the Ring
The nine companions who set out from Rivendell on the Quest of Mount Doom. They were: Aragorn (Aged 87) when the Company set out Chieftain...
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Companions of the Ring
The Nine Walkers who set out from Rivendell on the quest to take the One Ring to its destruction in Mount Doom. Frodo Baggins was the...
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Anson Roper
The son of Andwise Roper (that is, the ‘Uncle Andy’that Samwise refers to in The Lord of the Rings). We know almost nothing of...
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