Wastelands of Mordor One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous… Continue reading MORDOR
Category: ENVIRONMENT
GONDOR
MINAS TIRITH WHITE CITY / CITY OF KINGS Minas Tirith Tall ships and tall kings, three times three. What brought they out of the foundered land over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree. https://youtu.be/eVCR3X6OfSc Map of Middle Earth Location of Minas Tirith Gondor was the most prominent kingdom of Men in Middle-earth, bordered… Continue reading GONDOR
ORTHANC / ISENGARD
Isengard A strong place and wonderful was Isengard, and long it had been beautiful [...]. But Saruman had slowly shaped it to his shifting purposes, and made it better, as he thought, being deceived - for all those arts and subtle devices, for which he forsook his former wisdom, and which fondly he imagined were his… Continue reading ORTHANC / ISENGARD
LOTHLORIEN
"There are no trees like the trees of that land. For in the autumn their leaves fall not, but turn to gold. Not till the spring comes and the new green opens do they fall, and then the boughs are laden with yellow flowers; and the floor of the wood is golden, and golden is… Continue reading LOTHLORIEN
MORİA
KHAZAD-DUM West Gate of Mines of Moria, Doors of Durin, Elven Door Moria... You fear to go into those mines. The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame. "-Saruman https://youtu.be/YkrsubNxvTU Map of Middle Earth Khazad-dûm, also commonly known as Moria or the Dwarrowdelf, was an… Continue reading MORİA
RİVENDELL
IMLADIS Rivendell ( house of Elrond) "Elrond's house was perfect, whether you liked food or sleep or story-telling or singing (or reading), or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness. ... Evil things did not come into the secret valley of… Continue reading RİVENDELL
THE SHIRE
“I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don't feel like that now. I feel that as long… Continue reading THE SHIRE
Inhabitants and Locations
Lord of the Rings began with a long journey throughout the vast lands of Middle Earth. Through that journey, readers are introduced to many different aspects of the exotic environment of Middle Earth. While quest literature allowed Tolkien to present different locations and surroundings through the journey, they allowed readers to get a better grasp… Continue reading Inhabitants and Locations

