The sky is brilliant red, dancing with the colors of sunset and mingled with the threat of a coming storm. Men stand quietly on the […]
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Explore Mirkwood. Watch the Eldar prepare for their greatest battle. Wander through Gondor with the Numenoreans as they raise their kingdoms in exile. Heed the thunder of hooves as they arrive from the east.
Middle-earth Unplugged looks at aspects of Middle-earth with greater depth than simple encyclopedic rewrites of cold hard facts.
Rhudaur and the Little Folk
Almost 200 years ago the sons of High King Eärendur divided the former realm of Arnor between themselves. Amlaith, the eldest, defiantly asserted his claim […]
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Horror In the Woods – How Men Live in Mirkwood
Our journey begins just after dawn. Our guides lead us down to the river when the morning fog is still thick upon the water. They […]
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Thunder from the East
It’s cool along the banks of the Anduin, the largest river in Middle-earth. In the early morning a mist rises up and crawls across the […]
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Gondor Rising: Echoes of Númenor in Middle-earth
The shores and river valleys are quiet now but the memory of the Great Cataclysm are still raw and unnerving. Whenever the western skies darken […]
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The Eldar Get Their Game On
The winding, tree-sheltered dirt road wanders north from the Vale of Sirion along the base of the Ered Wethrin. Some call it the “King’s Road”. […]
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