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For questions about the trilogy of movies or books, 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King'. Always use in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag and, for movie questions, the relevant movie tag, e.g. [fellowship-of-the-ring].
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Why was the balrog so mad?
As noted in the quote below, Balrogs are Maiar that have "fallen", i.e. they were persuaded by Melkor/Morgoth to join him in his rebellion against the other Ainur. Sauron were also amongst these fall …
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What happened to Isildur when he put on the One Ring?
Isildur became invisible too. From Unfinished Tales, the Disaster of the Gladden Fields chapter:
Isildur turned west, and drawing up the Ring that hung in a wallet
from a fine chain about his n …
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What does this quote by Galadriel mean?
Tasarinan and the lands that lie under the wave are both references to Beleriand that sunk as part of the war of the Valar on Morgoth.
I took this to be a reference to an afterlife where the world is …
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What Happened to Mordor's Human Army?
While not as plentiful as Orcs, and not as prevelant in the movies, Men took the field in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields:
Southward beyond the road lay the main force of the Haradrim, and
the …
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What exactly are the Watchers that guard the Tower of Cirith Ungol in Mordor?
No, we never receive any further information about the Watchers other than what is in LotR.
There are roughly three scenarios:
They were built and magicked into sentience by the Gondorians when the …
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Is there any evidence regarding Aragorn having a beard in Tolkien?
The initial description of Aragorn (Strider) from the Fellowship of the Ring does not mention any beard:
As Frodo drew near be threw back his hood, showing a shaggy head of dark hair necked with
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What's the difference between the terms "oliphaunt" and "mumakîl"?
"Oliphaunt" is only used by the Hobbits, and is derived from their legends of such beasts.
Mûmak is used by the Gondorians in the Westron tongue, adopted from the Haradric term:
Of the speech of …
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Can Sméagol's family tree be tracked all the way to the hobbit families at the time of Bilbo?
There isn't any indication that the Hobbits who settled in that area had any future contact with the Shire and Bree or the Hobbits who lived thereabouts. Given the troubled history of the Gladden Fie …
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Did Elves know of Ents?
Yes, they did. Gandalf had consulted with Treebeard in the past, so the existence of the Ents were definitely known among the Wise. Celeborn shows no astonishment when greeting Treebeard in the Retu …
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Does anyone call Sam Samwise?
Yes, "Samwise" is used in a number of places. It's mainly used in formal manner to emphasise something (by Frodo), or by suitably formal people who would use one's first name - Faramir and his men.
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Why were the Elvish Rings of Power not made by Sauron?
As far as I can tell in canon, the Three were created without Sauron's influence more because of an accident of timing rather than any conscious decision on Celebrimbor's behalf.
We definitely know t …
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How did Smeagol turn into Gollum?
The simple answer is "the One Ring", both directly and by Gollum's long life spent in trying conditions.
Gollum lived for many times longer than the usual Hobbit - spending close to 500 years under t …
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How could the One Ring betray Isildur?
Galadrial is paraphrasing Tolkien himself in the Silmarillion:
Isildur himself escaped by means of the Ring, for when he wore it he was invisible to all eyes; but the Orcs hunted him by scent and …
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"The line of Nimloth is older far than your line, King Elessar"
Nimloth, Sindarin for "white blossom", was the name of the White Tree of Númenor. Nimloth was a seedling of Celeborn, which was a seedling of Galathilion, which was created by Yavanna in the image of …
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Why must the water of the Mirror of Galadriel not be touched?
We can only hypothesize because it's never made explicit why the water of the Mirror should not be touched. The first reference to not touching definitely shines no light on it:
`But come, you sh …
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