Utumno
Also called Udûn (for example in Gandalf’s words on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm), Utumno was the ancient northern fortress of Melkor,...
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Uttermost West
A name given in Middle-earth to the Undying Lands of Aman in the far west, the dwelling-place of the Valar. VN:F [1.9.11_1134]please wait...
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Usurper
The title given to Castamir, a descendant of King Calmacil who led a revolt against Gondor’s true King, Eldacar, and usurped his...
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Usurpers
A name given to Men by the Elves, who, though they were born into the world millennia after the Firstborn, were destined to achieve its...
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Urwen
The second child of Húrin and Morwen was a golden-haired daughter. In the account of her brother Túrin in The Silmarillion, she is...
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Urulóki
imageCaption” style=”width:291px”> Glaurung, first of the Urulóki The fire-drakes; dragons who breathed fire. Glaurung,...
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Uruks
A term for the large soldiers more fully referred to as Uruk-hai VN:F [1.9.11_1134]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
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Urui
The Sindarin name for the eighth month of the year, used in the calendars of the Dúnedain, and equivalent to Quenya Urimë, or...
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Uruk-hai
The great soldier-Orcs that first appeared in the late Third Age; they were larger and stronger than their forebears, and could withstand...
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Urimë
The eighth month of the year, according to the Stewards’Reckoning of Gondor, following Cermië, and preceding Yavannië. On a modern...
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Urthel
One of the men of Barahir’s house who remained with him in Ladros when Morgoth overwhelmed Dorthonion. He survived until only a final...
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Upbourn
One of the small villages that lay in the White Mountains, in the valley of the River Snowbourn known as Harrowdale. This placed it close...
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Unwilling, the Avari
The Avari, those of the Elves who refused the Great Journey to Valinor and remained wandering in the lands around Cuiviénen. VN:F [1.9.11_1
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Unnumbered Tears
The Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the great battle in the late First Age in which the last hope of Elves and Men for the defeat of Morgoth was swept...
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