THE RACES THAT MAKE UP THE

ALLIANCES OF MIDDLE-EARTH

THE 2 ALLIANCES

MAIAR…4 ELVES…5MEN…6DWARVES…7ENTS/EAGLES…8HOBBITS/RIVERFOLK…9ARMY OF THE DEAD…10

CONTENTS-GOOD ALLIANCE

WITCH-KING/NAZGŬL…11ORCS/URUK-HAI…12BALROGS…13

CONTENTS-EVIL ALIANCE

THE MIAIR ARE THE CREATIONS THAT WOULD BE SENT BY THE VALAR TO BRING PEACE TO MIDDLE-EARTH AND GUIDE IT ’S CREATIONS. THERE ARE LOTS OF MIAIRS AND ARE RULED UNDER THE LORDS OF THE VALAR. UNFORTUNATLY NOT ALL USED THEIR POWER FOR GOOD.

MELKOR,ONE OF THE VALARS, SAW DARKNESS IN THE POWER. HE BETRAYED HIS KIND AND NOW PLAYS AS THE BACKBONE TO ALL CHAOS ON MIDDLE-EARTH WITH THE HELP OF THE BALROGS, A CREATION MADE OF THE SHADOW AND FLAME OF UDŬN. EVENTUALLY THE BALROGS WERE THEN DEFEATED BY THE ALLIANCES OF THE ELVES AND SO THE REMAINING BALROGS FLED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DWELLED IN THEIR CAVES. MELKOR IS NOW KNOWN AS MORGOTH.

THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE MAIAR WAS EŎNWE,OR SAURON, WHO JOINED HIM AND BECAME HIS PRINCIPAL LEUITENANT.

ONE OF THE MAIAR AULË, THE SMITH, DECIDED TO USE HIS POWER TO CREATE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CREATION. THE DWAVES. CREATED HIS THE REMAINING VALAR LORDS THEN TOLD OTHER MIAIRS TO SET OUT AND DEFEAT SAURON.CURUNĪR (SARUMAN THE WHITE) , OLŌRIN, (GANDALF THE GREY WHO SOON BECOMES THE WHITE). A IWENDIL (RADAGAST THE BROWN) , ALATAR AND PALLANDO(BOTH KNOWN AS THE BLUE WIZARDS).

MAIAR

ELVES ARE CONSIDERED THE WISEST OF RACES, AND L IVE FOR CENTURIES . THEY HAVE K INGDOMS OF THEIR OWN;LÓTHLÓRÉÍN-WHEN EREGION FELL , CELEBRON AND GAL ADRIEL DEC IDED TO CL AIM LORD-SHIP OVER LÓTHLÓRÉÍN.L INDON- RULED BY G IL- GAL AD- CONTROLLED C IRDÁN, THE GREY HAVENSEREGION-RULED BY- CELEBORN AND GAL ADRIEL- NEARBY THE GATE OF MORIA- WHEN SAURON HAD POSSES ION OF THE R ING, HE TARGETED THE K INGDOM OF EREGION AND IT FELL . THE ELVES FLED TO THE OTHER ELVEN K INGDOMS.MIRKWOOD-A MORE OR LESS FALLEN ELVEN REALM WHERE SAURON SENDS HIS SHADOW AND EVIL . ACROSS TO THE FORTRESS OF DOL GULDUR.R IVENDELL- RULED BY LORD ELROND- ELVAN STRONGHOLD- H IDDEN VALLEY.THEY ARE VERY PEACEFUL, AND TO SYMBOL ISE THIS , THEY CONTRUCTED THE R INGS OF POWER. SEVEN WERE G IVEN TO THE DWARVEN RACE, 3 FOR THE WISEST ELVES AND 9 , TO THE RACE OF MEN WHO WERE DOOMED TO DIE….THE R INGS OF POWER WERE MADE BY CELEBROMBOR, LORD OF CRAFTMAN-SHIP , AND ANNATAR. SAURON DISGUISED HIM-SELF AS ANNATAR, AND LEARNED FROM CELEBRIMBOR HOW TO CONSTRUCT POWERFUL OBJECTS AND THE USAGE OF DARK SORCERY. AS THE R INGS OF POWER WERE G IVEN OUT, ANNATAR FLED BACK TO MORDOR AND FORGED ANOTHER R ING IN SECRET FOR HIM-SELF THAT WOULD OVERTHROW THE POWER OF THE OTHER R INGS AND THEY WOULD FALL UNDER HIS SL AVERY.

ELVES

THE RE ARE SEVE RAL K INGDOMS WHE RE THE ME N OF M IDDLE - EARTH OB IDE . THE MA IN K INGDOMS ME NT IONE D IN TOLK IE NS BOOK S AND F I LMS ARE ;ROHAN; THE K ING OF ROHAN IS THE OD EN SON OF THANGE L AND I T ’S CAP ITAL C ITY I S E DORAS , OR THE GOLDE N HALL .THE Y ALSO HAVE A FORTRE SS OF RE FUGE , WHERE THEY FLE E TO , WHE N WAR I S U P ON THE M.HE LMS- D EE P. A FORTRESS CARVE D FROM THE ROCK AND STONE OF THE WHITE MOUNTA INS , G IV ING ROHAN AN E NTE RANCE TO THE GL ITTER ING CAVE S .GOND OR; THE CAP ITAL C ITY OF GONDOR IS A FORTRE SS MADE OF STONE , M INAS T IR ITH , SOUTH FROM THE WHITE MOUNTA INS AND WAS BU ILT BY I S I LDUR , P RE V IOU S RULER OF GONDOR. HE ALSO BU ILT M INAS I TH I L WHICH TAK E N BY THE NAZGÛL .THE RE MORE K INGDOMS OF ME N. BUT THAT OF WHICH HAVE JO INE D WITH THE EV I L ALL IANCE .DALE ; MOSTLY K NOWN AS L AK E -TOWN, I S ONE OF THE B IGGEST P L ACE S OF TRADE IN M IDDLE E ARTH. I T I S MENT IONE D MOSTLY IN THE HOBB IT 2 . I T I S ON A L AK E AND IS THE K INGD OM L A ID IN FRONT OF THE GRE AT DWARVEN K INGD OM, ERE BOR.RHÛN; TH IS FALLE N RE ALM AP P E ARS IN TWO TOWE RS , AS E ASTE RL INGS .ANGMAR ; TH IS I S THE K INGDOM OF THE W ITCH- K ING , WHERE HE FE LL AND FLED TO M INAS MORGÛ L , MORDOR.U MBAR ; THE CORS A IRS , P IRATES , THEY A ID S AU RON BY THE COASTS AND SEAS .

MEN

DWARVES

THE DWARVES WERE MADE BY A MAIAR THAT USED HIS SKILLS OF CRAFT, TO GOOD. AULË, THE MIAIR, THE SMITH. THE DWARVES WERE A GREAT RACE THAT HAD CLAIMED MANY KINGDOMS, BUT SOON TWO OF THEM WERE CLAIMED BY ANOTHER RACE, MORE SUPIRIOR THAN MEN AND GOBLINS, ORCS OF MORDOR AND THE URUKS OF ISENGARD. THEIR KINGDOMS WERE;• THE MINES OF MORIA- AZOG-

BALIN-BALROG• EREBOR- THROR-SMAUG-

UNKNOWN?• IRON HILLS- DURIN’S FOLK-

GRÓR• BLUE MOUNTAINS- THRAIN-

THORIN• MISTY MOUNTAINS- DURIN’S

FOLK

EAGLES, THEY ARE PART OF THE GOOD ALLIANCE AND ARE KNOWN AS THE GUARDIANS OF MIDDLE-EARTH. THEY ARE KNOWN MOSTLY FOR RESCUING THE TWO YOUNG HOBBITS FROM THE FURY OF THE SLOPES OF MT.DOOM. IN THE FILMS, IT IS GANDALF THAT SUMMONS THEM, WITH A BUTTERFLY. THEY APPEAR IN TWO TOWERS AND THE RETURN OF THE KING, SAVING THE ROHIRRIM FROM THE HELL HAWKS AND NAZGÛL.THE ENTS/HUORNS ARE THE ENCHANTED TREES OF FANGORN FOREST THAT SLEEP, MOVE, AND WHISPER AND TALK. THEY ARE LOCATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ISENGARD. THEY APPEAR IN THE TWO TOWERS, THE LAST MARCH OF THE ENTS. AS THEY FIND OUT THAT SARUMAN HAVE BEEN BURING OTHER ENTS TO BURN FOR ISENGARDS INDUSTRAIL REVOLUTION. THEY DESTROY AND CLAIM ISENGARD AS THEIR OWN. SARUMAN WAS LEFT IN HIS FORTRESS TO DIE AFTER LOOSING THE POWER OF THE VALAR.

EAGLES + ENTS

HOBBITS ARE SMALL BEINGS THAT NEVER DO ANYTHING UNEXPECTED…THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE SHIRE, NEAR GUNDABAD AND THE LONELY MOUNTAIN. AFTER THE WAR OF WRATH, THE RACE OF THE HOBBITS WERE WELL RESPECTED IN MIDDLE-EARTH, DUE TO THEIR BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE. RIVERFOLKS FIRST CAME IN APPEARANCE, IS WHEN SMÉGOL AND HIS COUSIN, DÉAGOL GO FISHING IN THE GREAT RIVER, ANDUÍN. IN THE TWO TOWERS FILM. LATER ON IN THE FILM, YOU FIND OUT THE STORY BEHIND SMÉAGOL, HIS SECRETS AND WHAT HE DID FOR THE RING…

HOBBITS + RIVERFOLK

AT THE TIME MINAS TIRITH WAS BEING RULED BY ISLIDUR, AND HE POSSESED A SPECIAL BLACK STONE THAT CALLED UPON KING OF THE MOUNTAINS (ROHAN) , BALDOR, WHENEVER THEY WERE IN NEED OF AID. IN THE FIRST AGE WHEN SAURON ROSE FROM MORDOR, ATTACKED MINAS TIRITH AND WHEN ISILDUR CALLED UPON BALDOR TO HONOUR THEIR OATH, HE REFUSED, AND SO THE ARMY FLED TO THE MOUNTAINS. IS ILDUR CURSED THEM, THAT THEY WILL NOT REST IN THE GRAVE, UNTIL THEIR OATHS WERE HEL FULFILLED. THEY FLED TO THE HILLS OF ERECH, PATHS OF THE DEAD, WHICH THEN BECAME A TERROR TO LIVING MEN. BALDOR NEVER RETURNED TO HIS FATHER,BREGO WHO DIED OF GRIEF A YEAR LATER.

ARMY OF THE DEAD

THE WITCH-KING WAS THE START OF ONE OF THE DEADLIEST RACES OF MIDDLE-EARTH. WHEN THE 9 RINGS OF POWER WERE GIVEN TO THE RACE OF MEN, THEIR HEARTS FELL INTO THE EVIL OF THE RINGS UNDER SAURONS DARK SCORCERY. WHEN THE K INGDOMS OF MEN FELL, THEIR K INGS PASSED INTO A DIMENSION OF SHADOW, BECOMING THE NAZGÛL. AS THE REALM OF ANGMAR WAS FALLING THE WITCH-KING KNEW THAT HIS POWER WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH TO OVERTHROW THE K ING AND SO HE WENT TO MORDOR AND BECAME ONE THE SERVANTS OF SAURON. THEY WOULD RIDE ON HORSES AND FLY ON HELL HAWKS, SCREECHING DEATH, SEARCHING FOR THE RING. THE WITCH-KING WAS SLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF PELLENNOR BY MERRY AND EOWYN. HOWEVER HE RISES ONCE AGAIN IN THE FORTH AGE. (THIS IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE F ILMS)

WITCH-KING/NAZGÛL

THE ORCS ARE EASY TO PRODUCE WARRIORS THAT ARE MADE OF S AP , DUST AND STONE WITH IN THE ORC FORGES OF MORDOR. THEY ARE THE F IGHTERS THAT MAKE UP THE ARMIES OF THE EV IL ALL IANCE . ORCS ARE LOCATED IN TWO MAJOR PL ACES ; M INAS MORGÛL AND BARAD-DÛR. THEY ARE PRODUCED ON MASS SCALES , TENS OF THOUS ANDS AT A T IME . THE L IEUTENTANT OF MORDORS ARMIES IS GOTHMOG, WHO RES IDES AT M INAS MORGUL. HE APPEARS IN THE RETURN OF THE K ING WHERE HE DRAWS OUT THE ARMIES OF MINAS MORGÛL AND MARCHES TO OS IG IL IATH.

THE URUK HA I , KNOWN AS THE URUKS , F IRST EMERGE WHEN S ARUMAN LOOKS INTO H IS PAL ANT ÍR , AND IS TOLD BY S AURON TO MAKE H IM AN ARMY WORTHY TO F IGHT ALONGS IDE MORDOR. THEY ARE MADE OF S AP AND ASH, IN ISENGARD. THEY ALSO TRY AND CREATE ANOTHER TYPE OF URUK CALLED BESERK , THE STRONGEST OF THEM ALL . THERE IS A BESERK IN THE BATTLE OF THE HORNBURG, WHO CARR IES THE SPARK THAT IGN ITES THE EXPLOS IVES IN THE CULVERTS .

ORCS/URUK HAI

BALROGS, THE ANCIENT RACE OF SHADOW AND FIRE. THEIR FLAMES WERE CREATED IN UDÛN, NEXT TO MORDOR, BECAUSE THEY WERE SERVANTS OF SAURON BEFORE THE NAZGÛL. THE BALROGS WERE ORIGINALLY JUST SPIRITS OF THE ISTARI, BUT BEFORE THE COMING OF THE ELVES, MORGOTH CORRUPTED THEM AND SO THEY BECAME EVIL AND MENNACING. WHEN THEY WERE CREATED, SOME OF THEM FLED TO ANGBAND, AND LURKED IN THE PITS. WHEN MORGOTHS FORTRESS IN ANGBAND WERE DESTROYED BY THE VALAR, MOST OF THE BALROGS WERE KILLED. THOSE THAT SURVIVED, WERE SCATTERED IN THE EAST AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. IN THE FILMS, A BALROG APPEARS TO BE FOUND DWELLING IN THE MINES OF MORIA. THE DWARVES, MINED TO DEEP WHEN THEY HAD AWOKEN THE BEAST. THE ONLY BALROG THAT IS KNOWN TO NAME IS CALLED LUNGORTHIN, WHO IS LORD OF THE BALROGS.

BALROGS