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'''Mrs. Bracegirdle''' was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[The Shire]] who was one of the attendees of [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]]. Mrs. Bracegirdle was invented by [[Warner Bros.]] for [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film series]], where she was portrayed by [[Lori Dungey]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Mrs. Bracegirdle was one of the attendees of [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]]. When she greets [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]], he is surprised at the number of children she has.<br />
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There are two Mr. Bracegirdles known to have attended Bilbo's birthday party, [[Bruno Bracegirdle|Bruno]] and his son [[Hugo Bracegirdle|Hugo]]. Bruno may have had a wife since he had two children, but he was 88 years old and both of his children were adults. Hugo was 51 years old, though he is not known to have had a wife or children.<ref>{{App|Boffin}}</ref><br />
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<div>{{actor<br />
| image=[[Image:John Rhys-Davies.jpg|250px|John Rhys-Davies]]<br />
| name=John Rhys-Davies<br />
| lifetime=[[5 May|May 5]], [[1944]]<br />
| played=[[Gimli]]<br />
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British actor '''John Rhys-Davies''' (born 1944) played [[Gimli]] and provided the voice for [[Treebeard]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film series]]. He had originally auditioned for the role of [[Denethor]].<ref>[[Brian Sibley|Sibley, Brian]]. [[The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide]]. Houghton Mifflin (2001).</ref><br />
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==Quotes==<br />
{{quote|There is an energetic ferocity in Gimli that the film needs. It's often these minor characters who really have to impart a sense of energy and dynamism to a film so that the heroes can actually take their time to respond and be thoughtful and reflective.|John Rhys-Davies, Southland Times, October 12th, 2000}}<br />
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==Roles==<br />
* [[2023]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria]]'' - Gimli<br />
* [[2010]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest]]'' - Gimli<br />
* [[2004]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'' - Gimli, Treebeard<br />
* 2004 - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age]]'' - Gimli<br />
* [[2003]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' - Gimli, Treebeard<br />
* 2003 - ''[[Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King]]'' - Narrator<br />
* 2003 - [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (video game)]] - Gimli<br />
* 2003 - ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)'' trailer - Narrator<br />
* [[2002]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' - Gimli, Treebeard<br />
* 2002 - [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (video game)]] - Gimli<br />
* [[2001]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' - Gimli<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[2002]] - '''[http://www.cinemaclips.com/PFCS.htm PFCS Award]''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''<br />
* [[2003]] - '''[http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/ OFCS Award]''', Best Ensemble, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' <br />
* 2003 - '''PFCS Award''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''<br />
* [[2004]] - '''[http://www.bfca.org/ Critics' Choice Award]''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<br />
* 2004 - '''[http://www.nbrmp.org/ NBR Award]''', Best Acting by an Ensemble, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''<br />
* 2004 - '''[http://www.sagawards.org/ SAG Award]''', Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* '''[http://www.johnrhys-davies.com/ Offical Site]'''<br />
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<div>'''The World was Young, the Mountains Green''', more commonly known as the '''Song of Durin''', was a poem sung by [[Gimli]] when the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] traveled through [[Moria]]. Gimli stood up and sang this song when recalling the splendour of [[Dwarrowdelf]]. [[Sam Gamgee]] liked the song so much he wanted to learn it.<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref><br />
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==The poem==<br />
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">The [[arda|world]] was young, the [[mountains]] green,<br />
No stain yet on the [[Moon]] was seen,<br />
No words were laid on stream or stone<br />
When [[Durin]] woke and walked alone.<br />
He named the nameless hills and dells;<br />
He drank from yet untasted wells;<br />
He stooped and looked in [[Mirrormere]],<br />
And saw a [[Durin's Crown|crown of stars]] appear,<br />
As gems upon a silver thread,<br />
Above the shadow of his head.<br />
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The world was fair, the mountains tall,<br />
In [[Elder Days]] before the fall<br />
Of mighty kings in [[Nargothrond]]<br />
And [[Gondolin]], who now beyond<br />
The Western Seas have passed away:<br />
The world was fair in Durin's Day.<br />
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A king he was on carven throne<br />
In many-pillared halls of stone<br />
With golden roof and [[silver]] floor,<br />
And [[runes]] of power upon the door.<br />
The light of [[sun]] and [[star]] and moon<br />
In shining lamps of crystal hewn<br />
Undimmed by cloud or shade of night<br />
There shone for ever fair and bright.<br />
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There hammer on the anvil smote,<br />
There chisel clove, and graver wrote;<br />
There forged was blade, and bound was hilt;<br />
The delver mined, the mason built.<br />
There beryl, pearl, and opal pale,<br />
And metal wrought like fishes' mail,<br />
Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,<br />
And shining spears were laid in hoard.<br />
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Unwearied then were [[Durin's folk]];<br />
Beneath the mountains [[music]] woke:<br />
The harpers harped, the minstrels sang,<br />
And at the [[Great Gates|gates]] the trumpets rang.<br />
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The world is grey, the mountains old,<br />
The forge's fire is ashen-cold;<br />
No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:<br />
The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;<br />
The shadow lies upon his tomb<br />
In Moria, in [[Khazad-dûm]].<br />
But still the sunken stars appear<br />
In dark and windless Mirrormere;<br />
There lies his crown in water deep,<br />
Till Durin wakes again from sleep.</poem><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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'''2001-2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gimli (portrayed by Vladimír Hajdu) sings the Song of Durin during the Fellowship's journey through Moria, as in the novel. The lyrics of the song are not entirely identical with the original English lyrics (especially when it comes to references to First Age events and locations), but follows the structure and ideas of the original lyrics closely. Gimli presents the poem in a half-reciting, half-singing manner. Its slow and melancholy tune is accompanied by flute (the main melody), a subtle sound of a hammer clanging against an anvil in the distance (indicating the rhythm) and occasional string instrument additions (for emphasizing mood).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Poems in The Lord of the Rings|Poems in ''The Lord of the Rings'']]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6UabeJ9ksM Rendition by J.R.R. Tolkien]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz9cETyteww Rendition by Douglas Livingstone (1981 BBC Radio production)]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48reRkVI-UE Rendition by Lonely Mountain Band]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfoa23skHg Rendition by Clamavi De Profundis]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-rb7NaVY58 Rendition by Franco Ezequiel Páez]<br />
* [[Colin Rudd#Song of Durin|Rendition by Colin Rudd]]<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn1oeEmzFhQ Rendition by Adele McCallister]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJN1b5ogBM Rendition] by [[John Rhys-Davies]] (and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgolX750KoA with] added music)<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzcaDdBNtTo Rendition by Vladimír Hajdu] ''(Gimli portrayer in 2000s Slovak radio series)''<br />
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First appeared in ''Historia de Númenor y la Tierra Media de la Segunda Edad'' (2022).<br />
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<div>Over the years, many visual and verbal '''references''' have been made to the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. While some of them predated [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Peter Jackson's film trilogy]], most of them are references to the movie (especially in the movie's portrayal of [[Gollum]]).<br />
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==Books==<br />
===[[wikipedia:A Song of Ice and Fire|A Song of Ice and Fire]]===<br />
* Dareon, a recruit of the Night's Watch and a singer, could be a reference to [[Daeron]], the [[Minstrels|minstrel]] of [[Doriath]] from ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', though the ''e'' and the ''r'' are swapped.<br />
* Morghul, a young [[Dragons|dragon]] bound to Jaehaera Targaryen and the word for ''death'' in High Valyrian, could be a reference to [[Morgul]], the word for black arts, [[magic|sorcery]], and necromancy within the [[legendarium]].<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell|Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]===<br />
*In chapter 25 "The education of a magician", Mr. Norrel explains the bad idea of infusing magical power into physical objects in order to preserve it: "''Rings have long been considered peculiarly suitable for this sort of magic by virtue of their small size. A man may keep a ring continually upon his finger for years, without exciting the smallest comment —which would not be the case if he showed the same attachment to a book or a pebble— and yet there is scarcely a magician in history who, having once committed some of his skill and power to [[Rings of Power|a magic ring]], did not somehow lose that ring and was put to a world of trouble to get it back again''".<br />
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==Comics==<br />
* See: '''[[Tolkien's works in popular media/Comics]]'''<br />
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==Movies==<br />
===[[Wikipedia:17 Again (film)|17 Again]]===<br />
*Ned Gold (Thomas Lennon), best friend of the protagonist 17 year-old Mike O'Donnell (Zac Efron), courts Jane Masterson (Melora Hardin), the high school principal who shares a mutual interest in The Lord of the Rings. They even discuss the return of [[Gandalf]] the Grey as Gandalf the White in [[The Two Towers]] and converse in elvish.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:American Wedding|American Wedding]]=== <br />
*Cadence, the sister of the bride, asks best man Stifler to see the wedding ring. When he refuses, she calls him "[[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]===<br />
*[[wikipedia:Iron Man|Iron Man]] at one point refers to archer [[wikipedia:Hawkeye (comics)|Hawkeye]] as "[[Legolas]]".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Bones and All|Bones and All]]===<br />
*Maren can be seen reading ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Brick (movie)|Brick]]===<br />
*The Pin and Brendan briefly discuss Tolkien's writing style.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Bring It On Again|Bring It on Again]]===<br />
*Tina calls Whittier a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Cellular (movie)|Cellular]]===<br />
*Jessica's son bears a school bag with the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]] logo. ''Cellular'' was produced by [[New Line Cinema]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Clerks II|Clerks II]]===<br />
*Randal dislikes ''The Lord of the Rings'' - stating there is only one trilogy, and one Return - ''Star Wars'' and ''The Return of the Jedi'', respectively. He summarizes the movies as three movies of only walking and mentions the many endings of ''[[The Return of the King]]''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Date Movie|Date Movie]]===<br />
*Frodo, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and Gandalf try to pawn off the [[The One Ring|One Ring]], with Gandalf pleading that the Ring could "destroy all evil". Ignoring him, Frodo accepts fifty dollars; they then beat up Gandalf and run off to "get some wine coolers... and hookers!". [[wikipedia:Tom Lenk|Tom Lenk]] plays Frodo, [[wikipedia:Thomas Fitzpatrick|Tom Fitzpatrick]] Gandalf and Scott Bridges is Sam.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]===<br />
*Vanessa calls the heavy bearded mercenary "fat Gandalf".<ref>{{webcite|author=Kenneth Turan|articleurl=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-mn-deadpool-review-20160212-column.html|articlename=Review: Ryan Reynolds' 'Deadpool' mutant gets off to a fun start but eventually wears out his welcome|dated=11 February 2016|website=[http://www.latimes.com/ latimes.com]|accessed=29 April 2016}}</ref><br />
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===[[wikipedia:Stephen King's Desperation (film)|Desperation]]===<br />
*Upon encountering someone named "[[Peter Jackson]]", Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman) mentions he liked ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Donnie Darko|Donnie Darko]]===<br />
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*Drew Barrymore, portraying a literature teacher, writes '[[cellar door]]' on the board. Jake Gyllenhall, portraying Donnie Darko (the main character), asks 'what is that supposed to mean?' She explains: ''"This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that Cellar Door is the most beautiful."'' In the DVD commentary, director Richard Kelly vaguely attributes this remark to Edgar Allan Poe.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Drillbit Taylor|Drillbit Taylor]]===<br />
*Emmitt, who is very small, is not very fond of being called a Hobbit.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Duplex (film)|Duplex]]===<br />
*Alex comments that a stool that is too small for him was designed for a Hobbit.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Epic Movie|Epic Movie]]===<br />
* Leading up to the final battle, Legolas and [[Gimli]] can be seen at the Gnarnian camp. <br />
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===[[wikipedia:Futurama: Bender's Game|Futurama: Bender's Game]]===<br />
*In this tv-movie, Bender comes up with the world "Cornwood", and the entire plot then shifts to ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
* The map of Cornwood is actually one of [[Gondor]] and [[Mordor]] mirrored, where [[Mount Doom]] is replaced by the "Geysers of [[wikipedia:Gary Gygax|Gygax]]".<br />
*A toilet-bowl version of [[Minas Tirith]] is called "Wipe Castle"; it even has a mad leader.<br />
*Main characters Fry and Leela are renamed Frydo and Leegola.<br />
* Professor Farnsworth becomes the Great Wizard Greyfarn.<br />
*Amy Wong is Gynacaladriel, queen of the Nympho's<br />
*The object that needs to be destroyed ("in the Geysers of Gygax from whence it came") is an anti-backwards crystal. It has the shape of a [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]]-die, and is therefore called "the Die of Power". A heavily Gollum-like Frydo refers to it as "my duodecalicious" (referring to its twelve sides).<br />
*The Die doubles as a ''[[palantír]]''.<br />
*The character Mom has been renamed to Momon, mirroring ''[[Sauron]]''.<br />
*The [[Argonath]] are one heroic statue and a stack of garden gnomes. A rickety bridge hangs in between them.<br />
*A walking tree, named Treedledum, appears. He ends up as firewood.<br />
*Moria is portrayed as "the Cave of Hopelessness". The gang is attacked by [[wikipedia:Mork & Mindy|Morks]] there.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Heartbreak Kid (2007 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]===<br />
* Eddie refers to a couple of kids as "homophobic hobbits".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The House That Dripped Blood|The House That Dripped Blood]]===<br />
*During the thunderstorm, John Reid ([[Christopher Lee]]) reads the [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/dmiller/000467.htm 1968 one volume paperback] of ''The Lord of the Rings''. It was purportedly Lee's own copy.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Imaginationland Episode I|Imaginationland: The Movie]]===<br />
*This South Park three part episode turned movie features several homages to ''The Lord of the Rings''.:<br />
*Episode Two, "The Drying Of The Balls", opens with an aerial shot of mountains, followed by the titles in [[Fonts|"Ringbearer" font]], similar to the opening of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''. The music accompanying the scene is based on the film's soundtrack.<br />
*There's an [[Ent]] among the good characters.<br />
*[[Sauron]] and the [[Balrogs|Balrog]] are one of the evil imaginations.<br />
*One of the orcs resembles those from the [[Rankin/Bass]] productions.<br />
*Castle Sunshine is an exact replica of [[Rivendell]] as featured in the movie trilogy.<br />
*Gandalf is a member of the Council of Nine, along with Jesus, Aslan, Popeye, Wonder Woman, Luke Skywalker, Zeus, Morpheus (from ''The Matrix'') and the Tooth Fairy.<br />
*During the Battle of Castle Sunshine, several visual references are made to Peter Jackson's [[Battle of Helm's Deep]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Inkheart (film)|Inkheart]]===<br />
*Elinor Loredan claims she has been to many places. After listing several real cities, she mentions [[Middle-earth]], distant planets and Shangri-la.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Juno (film)|Juno]]===<br />
*Juno compares Paulie Bleeker's mother to Samwise Gamgee: "Bleeker's mom was possibly attractive once, but now she looks like a Hobbit. You know, the fat one, that was in '[[wikipedia:The Goonies|The Goonies]]''." The last part is a reference to [[Sean Astin]], who made his big break in the 1985 movie ''The Goonies''.''<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Judge John Deed|Judge John Deed]]===<br />
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*In season 3, episode 1 (Health Hazard), Judge John Deed (actor [[Martin Shaw]]) asks a child what book he is reading, and the boy responds: "Lord of the Rings" and the Judge says "Really? That is impressive for seven. What book you are?" boy said: "Two Towers" and the Judge "Wow! I was eleven before I read the first book".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Kiss Kiss Bang Bang|Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]===<br />
* Harry Lockhart, played by Robert Downey Jr., says: "Don't worry, I saw [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|Lord of the Rings]]. I'm not going to end this 17 times." This is a reference to the many plot points that were tied up at the end of the third film.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Kronk's New Groove|Kronk's New Groove]]=== <br />
*In one scene where Kronk gives a naked Rudy one of Yzma's Scam Youth Potions, he imitates the posture of [[Gollum]], even saying "[[Precious|My Precious!]]".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Lego Movie|The Lego Movie]]===<br />
* Emmet, Wyldstyle, Vitruvius and Batman are travelling to Cloud Cuckoo Land. To get there they have to go through a fantasy-themed land called "Middle Zealand", a reference to [[New Zealand]] and Middle-earth where The ''Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy was filmed.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Lizzie McGuire Movie|The Lizzie McGuire Movie]]===<br />
*During the trip to Rome, Ms. Ungermeyer refers to her students as Halflings.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]===<br />
*When Susie is looking at Ray Singh from the bookstore, a poster for the 1973 [[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] edition (with [[Peter S. Beagle]]'s introduction) is featured predominantly in the store's display. ''The Lovely Bones'' was directed by Peter Jackson.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Martian (film)|The Martian]]=== <br />
*A secret meeting of important NASA executives was called "Project Elrond", named after the [[Council of Elrond]] in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''. This also occurs in the [[wikipedia:The Martian (Weir novel)|novel]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls|Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls]]===<br />
*At the end of the film, Mike asks Julie to marry him. The moment she puts on the ring, she is transported into [[Wraith-world|another world]], where a voice commands her to "remove the Ring, precious".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Mosaic (film)|Mosaic]]===<br />
*Maggie dislikes the stereotype that all drama club geeks have "all 10 hours of Lord of the Rings on DVD".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Net (1995 film)|The Net]]===<br />
*One of the IRC participants Angela chats with has the nickname ''Gandalf''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Outlander (film)|Outlander]]===<br />
*One character is named "Boromir", unusual for a setting in 10th century Scandinavia.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Rise of the Guardians|Rise of the Guardians]]===<br />
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*[[Tolkien fandom|Tolkien fans]] have suggested that the portrayal of the headquarters of Santa Claus in the film is reminiscent of Tolkien's illustration of the same in ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]'', to the point of likely being a direct reference.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?8530-Father-Christmas-Letters-(merged)&p=508364#post508364|articlename=Father Christmas Letters|dated=|website=[http://www.thetolkienforum.com/ TheTolkienForum.com]|accessed=31 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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===[[wikipedia:Run Ronnie Run|Run Ronnie Run]]===<br />
*Jeff Goldblum mentions hobbits in passing.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Sandlot 2|The Sandlot 2]]===<br />
*The movie starts with an opening narration modelled after [[Galadriel]]'s opening monologue in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Shadowlands (1985 film)|Shadowlands]]===<br />
*Though Tolkien himself is absent from this movie about [[C.S. Lewis]], [[wikipedia:Douglas Gresham|Douglas Gresham]] can be seen reading a copy of ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Shrek 2|Shrek 2]]=== <br />
*Fiona's wedding ring lands on her finger as it had on Frodo's in the Prancing Pony in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. In fiery red letters, "I love you" then appears on it.<br />
* In the DVD menu, one of the subtitles for the movie, as suggested by Donkey, is "Shrek 2: The Fellowship of the Donkeys".<br />
*In the scene right after Fiona drinks the tea her father gives her, you see the camera pan over a torture chamber where Shrek, Donkey, and Puss are being held captive. The outside of this fortress looks like [[Barad-dûr|Barad-dur]], the chamber where Gollum was tortured in the first movie of LOTR.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Six Degrees of Separation (film)|Six Degrees of Separation]]===<br />
*As part of his con that he is a literature student, Paul mentions a dislike for ''The Lord of the Rings'' and other fantasy. Ironically, one of the wealthy and conned people is played by [[Ian McKellen]].<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:The Smurfs (film)|The Smurfs]]===<br />
*Gargamel is found a prisoner in a New York prison facility. A [[moth]] flies into his cell and he asks it to bring a swarm of [[Eagles]], reminiscing [[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|the scene]] from ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' where Gandalf is trapped on the summit of [[Orthanc]]. The next day, instead of the Eagles, the moth brings a swarm of flies that carry Gargamel out.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Superhero Movie|Superhero Movie]]===<br />
*One of the social cliques mentioned is the "Frodo's", kids dressed as Hobbits.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Taxi (2004 film)|Taxi (2004)]]===<br />
*Features a Gollum-like "My Precious".<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Transamerica (film)|Transamerica]]===<br />
*Kevin mentions erotic themes in the movie trilogy; the phallic nature of Barad-dûr and the vagina-shaped [[Eye of Sauron]], as well as the perceived homosexuality of Frodo and Sam.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:X-Men Origins: Wolverine|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]=== <br />
*In the rear window of Hudson's truck, a sticker reads "[[Riddle of Strider|Not all those who wander are lost]]". In this film, [[Dominic Monaghan]] also stars.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Amazing World of Gumball|The Amazing World of Gumball]]===<br />
* The episode "The Helmet", which resolves around a hat with magical abilities, takes several cues from Peter Jackson's movies. Gumball's obsessive behaviour mirrors Gollum's, and Darwin and Anais' destruction of the hat by throwing it in a garbage compactor is based on Sam and Frodo's scene at the [[Cracks of Doom|Sammath Naur]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:American Dad!|American Dad!]]=== <br />
*"Dungeons and Wagons" features a ''World of Warcraft''-like game. The "heroes" fight a troll in a cave, which turns to stone after being exposed to sunlight. One of the characters is a wizard named Flandag - Gandalf backwards. Hayley appears as a character called "[[Morwen (disambiguation)|Morwen]] Nerdbane".<br />
*In "All About Steve", an obsessed terrorist dresses as Frodo.<br />
*In the episode "Escape from Pearl Bailey", as the four nerds struggle to escape from the jocks and cheerleaders, Debbie yells "You shall not pass", before blocking the road of the jocks with a goth dance.<br />
*"Black Mystery Month", a ''Da Vinci Code''-homage, ends with President Jimmy Carter falling in lava, and a backpack with evidence with him. He grasps for it much how Gollum grasped for it in the film.<br />
*In "Return of the Bling", Roger reveals that he had used performance-enhancing steroids and the 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal. Stan and Steve attempt to return the medal to the IOC because it was illegitimately won, but Roger follows them onto a plane and hijacks it in order to stop them. Throughout the episode, Roger begins referring to the medal as "his precious" and has also taken on the appearance of Gollum due to his hair and costume burning in the plane crash. At the end of the episode, Roger grabs the medal from Stan and ends up falling into the Olympic Torch (which consists of fake flames.) After that he bites off Stan's finger because that's what Gollum did in the actual ''Lord of the Rings''.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]===<br />
*In "The Magic Bullet", Jasmine considers herself verbose, and then compares it to the prologue of ''The Fellowship of the Ring''.<br />
*In "Damage", Andrew compares Spike's resurrection and gained strength to Gandalf's transformation into Gandalf the White after the death of [[Durin's Bane|the Balrog]].<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]===<br />
*In episode 3, "Diversity Hire", one of the missions mentioned by the team is "Operation Frodo". It turned out to be just blowing up a weapons truck; reviewing footage, one technician remarks the bad guys should have been wearing "Bilbo's coat of Dwarven [[mithril]]". The technician wants to go on to explain his pun, but is cut short.<br />
*A recurrent character, Bilbo, is a Tolkien enthusiast and makes Lord of the Rings-related puns whenever possible.<br />
*At the end of Season 9, set in an alternate [[1938]], the protagonists come to the feet of the Tarako mountain and make allusions to the [[Back Door]] of [[Erebor]] and the [[thrush]]; when they enter the gallery, they wonder if [[Smaug]] will show up; they refer to ''The Hobbit'' as it was a famous cultural phenomenon the previous year, known by all, except Noah, who has been stranded on the island for four years and therefore doesn't know the book.<br>The end of that episode involves a fight above a lava vein over a powerful native idol; eventually the idol falls into the lava as well as the villain and the protagonist, reminiscent of the One Ring and Gollum.<br />
*In the episode "Cubert" of Season 10, the protagonists find a mysterious cube in space, and one wonders if it's made of mithril.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]===<br />
*In the season two episode "Acts of Vengeance", Thor, Odin and Heimdall investigate the Dwarf realm Nidavellir after Surtur destroyed it. One of the cave's defences resembles the [[Bridge of Khazad-dûm]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]===<br />
*The first of the First Ones is called [[Irmo|Lorien]].<br />
*The God of the Underworld is called [[Morgoth]].<br />
*In the episode "The Geometry of Shadows", Elric says "There is an old saying: "Do not try the patience of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger", [[Gildor Inglorion]]'s warning to Frodo Baggins.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Being Erica|Being Erica]]===<br />
*The premise of "Being Erica" is as follows: Erica gets "sent back" by her therapist to relive all the awful moments of her past and set them straight. Episode 2.06, "Shhh...Don't Tell" features Fiona, an old classmate of Erica. She is sitting in the school hallway reading the black cover paperback edition of ''The Two Towers''. Erica tries to open up a conversation about the book and "the movies" - but because the flashback is set before the movies, Fiona asks her if she means the [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|Bakshi version]] instead. The flashback is set in Erica's final year in high school, in the 1980's; about 2 decades before the black cover paperbacks were published.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Big Bang Theory|The Big Bang Theory]]===<br />
* Leonard dresses as Frodo in "The Middle Earth Paradigm".<br />
*In "The Financial Permeability", Leonard tries to tag along. As a (bad) argument, he says that Frodo only succeded because Sam, [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] went with him.<br />
*Sheldon has a [[Sideshow Collectibles|Sideshow]] ''Gollum'' statue on his desk in episode 3.11, "The Maternal Congruence".<br />
*In "Precious Fragmentation", the gang finds the ring and have a contest as to who gets to keep the One Ring. Leonard even utters "My Precious" [Gollum style]<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Black Books|Black Books]]===<br />
*Bernard frequently refers to bumbling assistant Manny Bianco as "Lord of the Rings", "Gandalf" and several other bearded characters, in reference to Manny's unkempt appearance.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Bones (TV series)|Bones]]===<br />
*In "The Man in the Morgue", Seeley Booth dismisses voodoo as "and then we just toss the ring into the molten river, and blah blah blah"; a reference to the end of the One Ring.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Breaking Bad|Breaking Bad]]===<br />
*In the episode "Phoenix", Jesse and Jane are contemplating the need to leave the United States after a drug deal gone bad. Jesse, who is high at the time, suggests New Zealand, because that's where they made ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]''. He then totally loses it by suggesting Jane can paint the local castles and he can become a bush pilot.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]===<br />
*In "Gone", Warren creates an invisibility ray. He nearly zaps Jonathan with it, who gets angry. Warren tells him off with "Cheer up, Frodo."<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]===<br />
*In the episode "Burple Nurples", Chowder makes treats too vile that the only place where Mung Daal can destroy them is "Mount Fondoom", a giant fondue pan-shaped volcano.<br />
* In the episode "The Sleep Eater", Schnitzel and Mung Daal guard a fridge from a [[wikipedia:Night eating syndrome|sleep eating]] Chowder. When confronted by a giant hairy version of Chowder, Mung Daal yells "You Shall Not Pass!", and causes the ground to shudder with a giant fork. Chowder simply bends the fork and eats Mung Daal and Schnitzel.* In the episode "The Garage Sale", Chowder freaks out when he discovers much of his stuff is being sold and becomes obsessed over keeping them. At one point, he clutches his cooking pot and rubs it while calling it 'His precious' before coughing his name similar to Gollum.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Colbert Report|The Colbert Report]]===<br />
*During the week [[3 December|3]]-[[6 December]], ''The Colbert Report'' hosted "Hobbit Week". There were many [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] references, and interviews with Ian McKellen, [[Martin Freeman]], [[Andy Serkis]], and Peter Jackson.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Danny Phantom|Danny Phantom]]===<br />
*In the season finale/TV film "Reality Trip", a fan at a convention yells "You shall not pass".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]===<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Dexter's Laboratory|Dexter's Laboratory]]===<br />
*In the episode "D&DD" (a "[[Dungeons and Dragons]]"-themed episode), Dexter is forced to play "Hodo, the Furry-footed Burrower", a Hobbit parody.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]===<br />
*In "Last of the Time Lords", The Master refers to a speedily aged Tenth Doctor as "Gandalf".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Dollhouse (TV series)|Dollhouse]]===<br />
*Echo failed a test on medieval literature because she didn't know what "Mid-Evil" was - she mistakes Middle-English with Middle-earth by saying "like Hobbits?".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Drawn Together|Drawn Together]]===<br />
*In the episode "The One Wherein There Is A Big Twist", Clara puts on [[The One Ring|an invisibility ring]].<br />
*The ring returns in "The Other Cousin", where Foxxy hangs over the edge of a cliff, much like Frodo in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', and asks Clara to give her her hand. Clara refuses, and takes the ring instead. Though the visual reference is to ''The Lord of the Rings'', the lines are taken from ''Aladdin''.<br />
*In "A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special", it is revealed that the parents of Xandir live in a [[Bag End]]-like house.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]===<br />
*The fantasy-episode "M.M.O.R.P.D." features, among other fantasy characters, "Scamwise of the Wee People" (voiced by [[Wikipedia:S. Scott Bullock]]). Duck Dodgers refers to all the Cadet's friends as "Fellowship of the Dinks", and on their way to fulfil their quest, they encounter a [[Ents|walking talking tree]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:DuckTales (2017 TV series)|DuckTales]]===<br />
*In "The Impossible Summit of Mount Neverrest", Louie calls the eponymous mountain "Mount Certain Doom".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Evil Con Carne|Evil Con Carne]]===<br />
*In "No No Nanook", Hector Con Carne and his gang (on a dog sled) try to escape the Mounted Police by going through an ice cave. There, Gollum leads Frodo down the path, referring to him as "precious" and "master" before attacking him to get the Ring. At that point, Con Carne's sled runs them over and flattens them. They get up, and in bandages, continue their way. Only now, they are run over by the mounties. Gollum uses "Schlemiegel" and "Halfling" rather than "Smeagol" and "Hobbit". Billy West provided his voice; Frodo does not have any lines.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Extras (TV series)|Extras]]===<br />
* In Orlando Bloom's episode, he mentions his rise in popularity that came with his part as Legolas, though most of the rest of the episode deals with ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' and a supposed dislike of Johnny Depp.<br />
*In Ian McKellen's episode, Andy is cast in a play opposite McKellen. His role as Gandalf is mentioned several times, as well as New Zealand and Peter Jackson.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Fairly OddParents|Fairly OddParents]]===<br />
*In "Wishology", Timmy's second wish "trilogy wish" is ''The Lord of the Rings''. Timmy and Wanda become Frodo and Sam, [[Daran Norris|Cosmo]] becomes Gollum, and Poof an [[Elves|Elf]]. The One Ring says "Made in New Zealand".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]===<br />
*In the episode "Sibling Rivalry", Stewie pushes the kid on the ground and says "Cry, cry like Sauron when he lost his contacts." The scene then shifts to a cutaway showing the Eye of Sauron frantically searching for his lost contact.<br />
*In the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire", Quagmire falls in love with Joan, the maid. It's his first idea of how love could be, they hold hands as [[Aragorn]] and [[Arwen]] did in the first film. Joan then speaks faux-Elvish (untranslatable: "''Day univen hablendeth hal univen led hansed de-un, Quagmandir''"), translated in the subtitles as a paraphrase of Arwen's words in that scene. Quagmire then answers "''Denedain raydun habbledeth [[Gandalf|Mithrandir]] veon hellmisano''", translated as his trademark phrase "Giggity". See on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku6QAYb6YAg YouTube].<br />
*In "Petergeist", Chris is thrown from his bedroom window into the clutches of a living tree. The scene eventually parodies the epic confrontation between Gandalf and [[Durin's Bane]] when Herbert the Creepy Old Pedophile shows up to save Chris. After uttering the line "You shall not pass!", he breaks open the ground with his walker and fights off the tree, until they fall in a pond.<br />
*In "Baby Not on Board", Chris and his boss discuss the movies. Among the things mentioned is the age-old "Why didn't the Eagles fly the Ring to Mount Doom?".<br />
* In the opening sequence of "Road to the Multiverse", Brian is dressed as Frodo, and Stewie as Gollum.<br />
* In "Tiegs for Two", the [[The Lighting of the Beacons|lighting of the Beacons-scene]] is recreated, with very similar music.<br />
*In "The Dating Game", Quagmire discovers Tinder and becomes addicted to it, which transforms him into Gollum. Quagmire calls the Sun "Yellow Face", like Gollum does in ''The Two Towers''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Falcon and the Winter Soldier|The Falcon and the Winter Soldier]]=== <br />
*In the episode "The Star-Spangled Man", Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson argue about the kind of enemies they fight. Wilson claims they always fight one of the "big three"; androids, aliens and wizards. Barnes jokes if they are fighting Gandalf and boasts that he read ''The Hobbit'' when it first came out in 1937.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Father of the Pride|Father of the Pride]]===<br />
*Hunter is a fan of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]===<br />
*In the episode "Welcome to Earth-2", Cisco wears a Mordor t-shirt.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends|Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends]]===<br />
*The episode "Duchess of Wails" features a version of the Battle of Helm's Deep, in which the main characters Mac and [[Keith Ferguson|Bloo]] attempt to storm [[Grey DeLisle|Duchess]] back into Foster's Home. However, those inside refuse to take the obnoxious Duchess back, and fight out a battle. Several elements from Peter Jackson's adaptation are covered, including ladders, battering rams, quotes, and even a character sliding down a wall on a shield.<br />
*In the episode "Partying is Such Sweet Soiree", a sugar-rushed Mac calls an item of sugar "My Precious", and hisses at sugar free gum.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Friends|Friends]]===<br />
*In the season 4 episode "The One Where They're Going to Party!", Ross and Chandler speak about a university friend, called Paul "Gandalf" Ganderson, the Party Wizard. When Joey asks why they call him Gandalf they reply "Didn't you read ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' in high-school?" to which they get "No, I had sex in high-school".<br />
*In episode 2.19, "The One Where Eddie Won't Go", Monica gets annoyed when Rachel calls her new favourite book, "Be Your Own Wind Keeper", "a little like ''The Hobbit.''"<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Gilmore Girls|Gilmore Girls]]===<br />
*''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is referenced in the episodes "Keg! Max!", "Scene in a Mall", "Swan Song" and "So... Let's Talk", among others.<br />
*There is a Middle-earth-themed party in "The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles". At the party, a distressed girl (dressed as a Hobbit), asks why only boy hobbits went on the quest to Mount Doom. Lorelai then calms the girl by saying the girl hobbits did an even more dangerous thing - a Brazilian bikini wax.<br />
* In the episode "Here Comes the Son", two of Sasha's dogs are called Frodo and Legolas.<br />
*In "Raincoats and Recipes", Lorelai thinks Aragorn would make a good husband.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Green Lantern: The Animated Series|Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]===<br />
*In "Love is a Battlefield", after being told by a Manhunter that "no man escapes the Manhunters", Queen Aga'po replies with "I am no man" before taking the Manhunter down.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Grey's Anatomy|Grey's Anatomy]]===<br />
*In "What Is It About Men", one of the guests at a comic convention is dressed as a hobbit.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]=== <br />
*The episode "Beasts and Barbarians", an overall homage to ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', has a Gollum-like creature that riddles with [[Grey DeLisle|Mandy]]: "What's black and blue and red all over?", so which Mandy answers "You if you don't give me that Ring, pronto!". The Ring can be used to rule an evil army.<br />
*The episode "[[Here Thar Be Dwarves]]" spoofs the [[Council of Elrond]], and the Elf headquarters is basically [[Isengard]] with a large tree rather than [[Orthanc|a tower]].<br />
*"Complete and Udder Chaos" features several references to the films.<br />
*In "The Secret Decoder Ring", Billy thinks he is invisible after putting on a decoder ring.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:House (TV series)|House]]===<br />
*The episode 6.17, "Knight Fall", plays partly at a Renaissance fair. House sarcastically refers to it as "Middle-earth" (despite it being a normal fair, not a fantasy one). He refers to Remy Hadley as "Frodo" (who then wonders whether she has short legs or hairy feet) and Chris Taub as "Gollum". Robert Chase has no clue who Frodo is.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Instant Star|Instant Star]]===<br />
*In "Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind", Tommy calls Jamie Gollum; Jamie corrects him that his actual nickname is Gandalf.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:iZombie (TV series)|iZombie]]===<br />
*In "Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoother", Ravi calls his unrequited crush Peyton "my precious", after which Liv expresses the hope he will not throw her in Mount Doom.<br />
* In "Wag the Tongue Slowly", Ravi plays ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''.<br />
*"Twenty-Sided, Die" is a ''Dungeons & Dragons''-themed episode, with some references to ''The Lord of the Rings''. Second breakfast is mentioned in sexual foreplay, and Liv refers to her group of friends as "Fellowship of the Dorks".<br />
*In "My Really Fair Lady", Liv, played by New Zealand actress Rose McIver, pretends to be a New Zealand actress to distract a security guard. She claims she was an Elf extra in the movies.<br />
*In "Thug Death", Liv describes Ravi's legbreaker-brain inspired personality swings as "the Gollum/Sméagol scene in Two Towers".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The IT Crowd|The IT Crowd]]===<br />
*In "The Speech", Douglas calls himself the boss, "Head Honcho. El Numero Uno. Mr. Big. The Godfather. Lord of the Rings. The Bourne... Identity. Er... Taxi Driver. Jaws."<br />
*In "Jen The Fredo", Moss mishears Roy saying 'Fredo' and instead hears 'Frodo'. His response: "He took the ring to Mordor!"<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Just Shoot Me!|Just Shoot Me!]]===<br />
*In "The Last Temptation of Elliot", Dennis makes fun of Elliot's newfound religion. He claims he loves the Lord - he loves all the Lords: [[The Lord of the Rings|The one of the Rings]], [[wikipedia:Lord of the Dance|the one of the Dance]], [[wikipedia:Twelve Days of Christmas|the ten that are always a-leapin'...]]<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The King of Queens|The King of Queens]]===<br />
*In "Shear Torture", Spence (Patton Oswalt) wants to visit Fantasy Fest '05, his friends ridicule him for it. In response, he calls his three pudgy, middle-aged friends "Hobbits".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Legends of Tomorrow|Legends of Tomorrow]]===<br />
*A fictionalized version of Tolkien appears in "Fellowship of the Spear", where he is played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4791710/ Jack Turner]. He is a second lieutenant at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. The team of main characters seeks him out in [[1916]] because he wrote a treatise called ''The Burden of the Purest Heart'' and they think he can help them destroy the Spear of Destiny. Tolkien uses his knowledge of "Proto-[[Celtic]]" to help them locate the grave of Gawain and the blood of Christ, but are forced to flee and he remains behind.<br />
*Turner as Tolkien appears again in the episode "Aruba", when the Legends travel back to the events of the earlier episode in order to avert subsequent events, surprising Tolkien who sees the present and future counterparts of the Legends together.<br />
* In the episode "Guest Starring John Noble" the characters are watching ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' when they notice that [[Denethor]]'s voice is similar to the voice of the villain Mallus (voiced by [[John Noble]]); they travel back in New Zealand of [[1999]], during the filming of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy]] where they meet Noble (played by himself) and provide him with fake scripts (making him complain "You can't do that, mate! It's Tolkien, it's Lord of the Rings!")<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]===<br />
*"Allegory of Love" deals with a fantasy author on the [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] campus. Tolkien's work (along with [[Charles Williams|Williams']] and [[C.S. Lewis|Lewis']]) is mentioned several times by Professor Deering (played by James Fox), though he incorrectly pronounces the /ie/ in "Tolkien" as two individual letters. Several other fantasy sites of Oxford are also featured: [[Wikipedia:Addison's Walk]], [[Wikipedia:Basil Blackwell|Blackwell]]'s book store, and ''[[The Eagle and Child]]''. The fantasy author, Dorian Chase, is part of a group of writers dubbed "[[Inklings|The New Inklings]]". Hathaway concludes the episode with [[Hugo Dyson]]'s remark "No more Elves!", paraphrased as "Not more flipping Elves - though he didn't say flipping".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Lizzie McGuire|Lizzie McGuire]]===<br />
*In "Clue-Less", socially awkward Larry Tudgeman tells Veruca he believes he's born in the wrong time period - he would be better at home in the [[Third Age]] of Middle-earth.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]===<br />
* In "Further Instructions", Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) remarks that he heard trees are great conversationalists; this was a deliberate reference to Monaghan's role as Merry opposite [[Treebeard]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Magnum P.I.|Magnum P.I.]]===<br />
*In a flashback to the Vietnam War in the episode "Two Birds of a Feather", a signals officer uses the callsigns "Frodo" and "Gandalf".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Married with Children|Married with Children]]===<br />
*In "God Help Ye Merry Bundymen", Al and Griff are fired on Christmas day. Al then becomes an "Elfineer" - the driver of a toy train for children. Upon seeing him in the ridiculous outfit, Griff remarks that he's one ugly Hobbit.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Midsomer Murders|Midsomer Murders]]===<br />
*In "Judgement Day" (co-starring a pre-trilogy [[Orlando Bloom]]) Barnaby and Troy visit a house called "[[Lothlórien|Lothlorian]]" ''(sic)''. DCI Barnaby mentions that it's from ''The Lord of the Rings'' by "J.R." Tolkien. DS Troy admits to not reading it, and never finishing ''The Hobbit'' because he doesn't like Dwarves and "Fairies".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir|Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir]]===<br />
*In "Gorizilla", loyal fan Wayhem tries to keep the titular monster away from Adrien Agreste by shouting "You shall not pass!", to no avail.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:My Hero (British TV series)|My Hero]]===<br />
*Crazy neighbour Tyler often claims he has fantasy characters, like Gandalf and Frodo, in his apartment.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:My Name Is Earl|My Name Is Earl]]===<br />
* In "Something to Live For", Earl compares a girl to an [[uruk-hai|Uruk]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:My Parents Are Aliens|My Parents Are Aliens]]=== <br />
*In the episode "The Wedding", Josh refers to a wedding ring as "My precious".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:NewsRadio|NewsRadio]]===<br />
*In episode 4.14, "Security Door", Matthew Brock sings of "Frodo, the paranoid gnome".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The O.C.|The O.C.]]===<br />
* In "The Day After Tomorrow", Marissa and Summer compare Seth's behaviour to Gollum's. They didn't read the books, but were somewhat forced to watch the movie. They only remembered it as "[[wikipedia:Brokeback Mountain|gay guys on the mountain]]".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office (US series)]]===<br />
*In "The Alliance", it is revealed that Dwight Schrute's passwords are "Frodo" and "Gollum".<br />
*In "Business Ethics", Jim has a bet with Dwight, in which Dwight can't take personal breaks or have conversations about anything other than work. To taunt him, Jim and Andy start "discussing" ''[[wikipedia:Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica]]'', saying everything wrong on purpose. Summarizing the plot, Jim says: "It's about this guy, Dumbledore Calrissian, who's got to take The Ring back to Mordor."<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]===<br />
*In "Pictures of You", Lucas does a Gollum impression.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Codename: Kids Next Door|Codename: Kids Next Door]]=== <br />
*The episode "Operation K.N.O.T." features "Froggy McDougal", a Gollum-lookalike. Froggy is voiced by [[Dave Wittenberg]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]===<br />
*In the episode "Chairman Mark", Mark complains about how complicated it is to travel to an industrial estate in Lutterworth remarking it is like getting into Mordor.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Portal (TV series)|Portal]]===<br />
*Shorty the Dwarf frequently yells "You have my axe!".<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Powerless (TV series)|Powerless]]===<br />
*In "Cold Season", Emily puts down Teddy by saying she built him up too much in his head - like she did with ''The Hobbit''. Teddy strives not to be a disappointment by saying "I am not the Hobbit movies".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Red vs. Blue|Red vs. Blue]]===<br />
*In the season 13 finale, "The End", Doc/O'Malley says "Fly, you fools!" while holding off enemy troops.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Robot Chicken|Robot Chicken]]===<br />
* The cast of Surreal Life become the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] in "A Piece of the Action".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Sarah Silverman Program|The Sarah Silverman Program]]===<br />
*The first episode of the second season, "[[Bored of the Rings (book)|Bored of the Rings]]", takes the often used spoof name, but does not contain any references to ''The Lord of the Rings''; instead, the subplot is about ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' and the complete lack of reality of its players.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated|Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]===<br />
*In "Wrath of the Krampus", Sheriff Stone compares himself with a "smelly wizard from Center Earth" after he is mystically made older by the episode's villain.<br />
*In "Aliens Among Us", the flashback shows the Irish thief O'Flaherty breaking into a [[Smials|hobbit-hole]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]===<br />
*In the episode "My Old Man", Elliott does a Gollum-impression.<br />
*In "Our Meeting with J.D.", J.D. gives Howie the nickname "Gollum".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Sex and the City|Sex and the City]]===<br />
*In "Splat!", food critic Martin Grable is pejoratively referred to as a Hobbit.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]===<br />
*In the episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch", a Gollum-parody called "Cleanie" appears. He is voiced by Andy Serkis.<br />
*The episode "[[Wikipedia:Rome-Old and Juli-Eh|Rome-Old and Julie-Eh]]" spoofs the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields|Battle of Pelennor Fields]], the [[Battle of the Hornburg]] and also contains dialogue from [[Dáin Ironfoot]]'s encounter with the messenger of [[Sauron]].<br />
*The Comic Book Guy's comic store has competition from stores called ''Mylar Baggins'' in North Haverbrook and ''Frodo's'' in Shelbyville.<br />
*In ''The Simpsons Game'' (a video game spin-off of the series), Homer exclaims "My precious!" upon receiving a much desired keycard. The game also features ''Mobbits'', Hobbit parodies.<br />
*In the episode "That '90s Show", Comic Book Guy tells people ''The Lord of the Rings'' can not be made into film. The episode is set in the nineties, but created in 2008.<br />
* In episode 3 of season 20, "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble", Simon Woosterfield's horse is called [[Shadowfax]].<br />
*In the episode "Moms I'd Like to Forget", the comic book guy begins his tale with the starting lines of the Silmarillion, quoting the names of Arda and Morgoth.<br />
*In the episode "Four Regrettings and a Funeral", the couch gag is a parody of ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Sopranos|The Sopranos]]=== <br />
*In the episode "Whoever Did This?", Justin Cifaretto is badly injured during a bow and arrow game with a friend, who were reportedly reenacting scenes from ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. Justin's hospitalization leads to a fight between Justin's father, capo Ralph Cifaretto, and don Tony Soprano, which the former does not survive.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:South Park|South Park]]=== <br />
*"Nurse Gollum" is a nurse with a conjoined twin fetus on her head.<br />
* The episode ''[[The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers]]'' is a completely Tolkien-themed episode.<br />
* In the episode "Go God Go", the otters prepare for war in a similar fashion as the Rohirrim in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''.<br />
* In "Make Love, Not Warcraft", a statuette of [[Durin's Bane]] can be seen.<br />
*The episode 6.14, "The Death Camp of Tolerance" features several references, both to Peter Jackson's films and to [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]].<br />
:::In order to get fired for being gay (and sue the school for millions), Mr. Garrisson stuffs Lemmiwinks the gerbil up his assistant's ass. The gerbil's voyage inside the assistant is accompanied by a variation of "[[The Greatest Adventure]]":<br />
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<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:50px;"><br />
A great adventure<br />
Is waiting for you ahead<br />
Hurry onward Lemmiwinks<br />
Or you will soon be dead<br />
The journey before you <br />
May be long and filled with woe<br />
But you must escape the gay man's ass<br />
So your tale can be told.<br />
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:::The song goes on any time Lemmiwinks' journey is told. When the assistant takes a pepto pill, it falls down his throat and plunges into the stomach like Gandalf and [[Durin's Bane|the Balrog]] did in ''The Two Towers''. In the stomach, Lemmiwinks meets the katatafish, who will only let him pass the oesophagus if he solves a riddle. What the riddle is is never shown.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Spaceballs: The Animated Series|Spaceballs: The Animated Series]]===<br />
*The episode "Lord of the Onion Rings" spoofs ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
:*The titular onion ring was baked in a giant deep fryer, modelled after Barad-dûr. It's in a land called Lardor.<br />
:*Barf (dressed as a hobbit) waits nearby, resting against a tree with a strain of grass in his mouth. When hero Lone Starr arrives, he welcomes him with "You're late".<br />
:*In order to sniff out the Onion Ring (its special power is that its scent can knock out armies), villains President Skroob and [[Dee Bradley Baker|Dark Helmet]] use a replica of Barad-Dûr that has a pink nose rather than a [[Eye of Sauron|red eye]].<br />
:*After putting the Ring in the microwave, Lone Starr tells Barf to touch it - but it's still hot.<br />
:* Though set inside rather than on a patio, the "Council of Yogurt" is clearly modelled after the [[Council of Elrond]]. Barf, the "hobbit", volunteers, but only because the rest chickens out. The rest decide to tag along, and Yogurt calls them "The Fellowship of the Onion Ring".<br />
:* Yogurt, a Yoda parody, gives everyone "indecipherable code names". Barf becomes "Barf [[Baggins Family|Baggins]]". Lone Starr becomes "Lone Starragorn", and princess Vespa "Vesperwen". Yogurt does not give himself a name, but puts on a pointy hat anyway.<br />
:*Skroob then refers to Lone Starragorn as "Lone [[Arathorn II|Starrathorn]]'s heir"<br />
:*Yogurt and "Dark [[Saruman|Heluman]]" discuss the latter's fall from grace.<br />
:* Dot Matrix, a robot, serves as "[[Galadriel|Galadriot Matrix]]". Her [[Mirror of Galadriel|mirror]] is filled with oil.<br />
:*On a moonlit hill, Starr speaks to Vespa in an unintelligible gibberish, similar to Elvish. Only it wasn't another language, he was speaking with his mouth full.<br />
:*The team has to cross the treacherous Hot Lard Swamps.<br />
:*Dark Helmet mixes up the terms "Dark Army" and "Orc Army", and created a Dork Army. They birth like the [[Uruk-Hai]] in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''.<br />
:*Upon splitting up, Yogurt yells at Barf to keep the Onion ring secret and safe.<br />
:*Barf doubles as Gollum, coveting his [[Precious|"delicious"]]. In the end, he bites off his own finger.<br />
:*Yogurt flies into Lardor on a newly introduced bird to pick up Barf.<br />
:*The [[The Fellowship Reunited|bed scene]] is featured.<br />
:*Lone Starragorn is crowned with a replica of the Crown of Gondor.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob SquarePants]]===<br />
*In the episode "Banned in Bikini Bottom", a banner reads "Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe".<br />
*"Dunces and Dragons" features references to many fantasy series. The domain of the evil Plankton resembles Mordor, and his fortress [[Barad-dûr]].<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Stargate Atlantis|Stargate Atlantis]]===<br />
*Dr. Bill Lee is a [[Tolkien fandom|Tolkien fan]], and in the episode "Critical Mass", he uses the concept of the [[warning beacons of Gondor]] to explain how to relay a message to Atlantis.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]=== <br />
*In the episode "Family Business", the Ferengi are shown to live in Hobbit-like houses. The similarity is probably intentional, considering that the scriptwriters also wrote the book "Legends of the Ferengi" which contains many ''Lord of the Rings'' references.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]===<br />
*In the episode "Still Flunking", Bryan has to climb a wall to pass gym class. When he finally tries it, he says "It's Hobbit time", referring to his less-than-athletic body shape.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Stranger Things|Stranger Things]]===<br />
*Will Byers goes missing on a forested street he and his friends call "[[Mirkwood]]". While questioned by the police, his friends argue whether the name appears in the ''Lord of the Rings'' or ''The Hobbit''.<br />
*The password to Will's "secret" cabin is "[[Radagast]]".<br />
*Dustin dubs "[[Weathertop]]" the hill where he builds his experimental antenna.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Superman: The Animated Series|Superman: The Animated Series]]===<br />
*In the episode "The Hand of Fate", the wicca character Rainsong is owner of a bookstore called "The Dancing Hobbit".<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]=== <br />
*In "Hell House", Harry Spangler exclaims "Sweet Lord of the Rings!" as an expression of surprise.<br />
*In the episode "Goodbye Stranger", Dean says to Sam that he may not be able to carry his burden but he can carry him. Sam replies that he just quoted ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
*In the episode "Good God, Y'all!" Dean asks Sam 'pit stop at Mt Doom?' after gaining the horseman War's ring.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]===<br />
*In the second season episode "Mazes & Mutants", the Turtles play out a [[Dungeons and Dragons]]-like game. The episode features multiple references to ''The Lord of the Rings'', including "The Fellowship of Turtles", and Michelangelo refers to his special ring as "precious". Sean Astin stars as Raphael.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Teen Titans Go! (TV series)|Teen Titans Go!]]===<br />
*In "Cool School", Ravager mockingly calls sorceress Raven Gandalf.<br />
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===[[wikipedia: Total Drama|Total Drama]]===<br />
*During the show's third season, titled "Total Drama World Tour", one of the show's contestants, Ezekiel, was determined to win the $1 million prize despite being eliminated early on. He spends the entire season stowed away in the cargo hold of an aeroplane, causing him to both physically and mentally deteriorate until he adopts a Gollum-like appearance and mannerisms (e.g. discoloured skin, loss of his hair, bad posture, and inability to speak properly). In the season finale, Ezekiel ends up falling into the mouth of an active volcano holding the $1 million prize after snatching it from either the winner or the show's host, depending on the ending. In either scenario, however, he ends up surviving unlike the real Gollum.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Ugly Betty|Ugly Betty]]===<br />
*In "Filing for the Enemy", Wilhelmina calls Betty "the One". Betty responds with: "What, like ''The Lord of the Rings''?", referring to the One Ring.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:VeggieTales|VeggieTales]]===<br />
*The 27th episode, "Lord of the Beans", is a pretty overt parody. The series was created to teach Christian lessons to children; this episode is (quite fitting) about unselfishness.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Voltron: Legendary Defender|Voltron: Legendary Defender]]===<br />
*In the season 6 episode "Monsters & Mana", the Paladins play a [[Dungeons and Dragons]]-style game. Shiro's character is introduced in a shady alcove in an inn, much like Aragorn was in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Viva_La_Bam|Viva La Bam]]=== <br />
*In "Community Disservice", Phil says that he had to park by the hobbit-hole. In the next scene there is a picture of a shed named hobbit-hole.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Venture Bros.|The Venture Bros.]]===<br />
*In "Self Medication", Hank, Dean and Sergeant Hatred go to a fantasy movie "Rings of the Realm".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Visionaries:_Knights_of_the_Magical_Light|Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light]]===<br />
*This series, which is set in a fantasy world, features several characters named after Arthurian legend - Mortdredd, Merklynn, Ectar - and also one distinctively similar to one from [[Arda]]: the main female protagonist, "Galadria", who has the power to heal.<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]=== <br />
*In the episode "Cherokee Rose", Rick comments that his cousin had to wait in a car for 24 hours and spent the time listening to an [[audiobook]] of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Will & Grace|Will & Grace]]===<br />
*In "Ice Cream Balls", one of Will's clients is a big ''The Lord of the Rings'' fan. Will responds that he likes any movie in which "two boys named Merry and Pippin risk their lives for a good piece of jewelry". The client makes various other references to the films - he wants to retire and count his precious money and he wants Jack to be "the Lord of his Ring".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)|W.I.T.C.H.]]===<br />
*In "G is for Garbage", the character [[Steven Jay Blum|Blunk]] does a Gollum-like "precious" when someone tries to steal a prized piece of garbage from him.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Wonderfalls|Wonderfalls]]===<br />
*Because Jaye lacks hometown pride, Mahandra calls her "a Hobbit that hates the Shire" in episode 6, "Barrel Bear".<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The World's Greatest Super Friends|The World's Greatest Super Friends]]===<br />
*The episode "[http://superfriends.wikia.com/wiki/The_Lord_of_Middle_Earth The Lord of Middle Earth]" (1979) uses the name "Middle-earth", as well as a fantasy setting, but is not directly inspired by Tolkien's works. [[Casey Kasem]] had a supporting role as Robin; [[Bonnie Callahan|Bonnie GoodKnight]] is credited as a background artist.<br />
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==Video games==<br />
===[[wikipedia:Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed series]]===<br />
====[[wikipedia:Assassin's Creed Origins|Origins]]====<br />
*In the quest "Precious Bonds" the player helps a group of scavengers retrieve a valuable ring that they are obsessed with. Their obsession with the ring mirrors Gollum and the One Ring. A further reference is from the quest title, ''precious'', a word Gollum often uses to refer to the Ring.<br />
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====[[wikipedia:Assassin's Creed Odyssey|Odyssey]]==== <br />
*In the quest "The Ordering of the Kosmos", a Cult Guard greets three Order Representatives saying "You're late". One of the representatives replies "We arrived precisely when we meant to." This is a reference to Frodo and Gandalf's exchange at the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.<br />
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====[[wikipedia:Assassin's Creed Valhalla|Valhalla]]====<br />
*In the town of Glowecestre, inside one of the houses is a note and beside it an envelope with a ring on top of it. The note references Bilbo and Gandalf.<br />
** "One of the little folk asked me to make the door smaller, as he wants to keep unruly houseguests from his house. After the nonsense with the druid last fall. I can see his point."<br />
*In the world event "Hyrrokin's Gift" the player encounters a dwarf named "Frodri" and you help him destroy a cursed ring. To destroy the ring the player and Frodri have to climb a mountain and throw the ring into the lava. The quest is a reference to Frodo's quest to destroy the Ring in ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:DC Universe Online|DC Universe Online]]===<br />
*One of the challenge boss Tiger Eye's lines is "Meat is back on the menu," taken from ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:Hearthstone|Hearthstone]]===<br />
*When you play the card "Prophet Velen" his summon quote is "Not all who wander are lost", a reference to [[The Riddle of Strider]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''<br />
*The flavour text of the card "Safeguard" reads, "Keep it secret. Keep it safeguarded!". Similar to the line "Keep it secret. Keep it safe" Gandalf says to Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.<br />
* The summon quote of the card "Shieldbearer" is "You shall not pass!", a line Gandalf says to the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.<br />
*When you play the card "Tichondrius" in Battlegrounds his play sound is similar to "ash nazg gimbatul" from the Ring Verse.<br />
*The flavour text of the card "Eredar Deceptor" reads, "But they were all of them deceived, for another Eredar was made". The line references the prologue of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring where Galadriel says, "But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made".<br />
*List of achievements:<br />
**"The One Ring" - named after Sauron's [[The One Ring|ring]]<br />
**"Return of the King" - named after the third volume of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
**"What About Sixteenth Breakfast?" - a reference to the line Pippin says in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, "But what about second breakfast?"<br />
**"One To Twist Them All" - a reference to "One Ring to rule them all" [[Ring Verse|inscription]] on the One Ring.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]=== <br />
*The Dark Brotherhood initiation quest is named "A Knife in the Dark", the same as the [[A Knife in the Dark|chapter]] in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''.<br />
*When doing the quest "Unfriendly Competition", the player comes across the book "Macabre Manifest" which contains a list of recently deceased persons in Cyrodil. One of the entries is "Oford Gabings", an anagram of Frodo Baggins and a list of several items that he carried during ''The Lord of the Rings''. <br />
** "Travel Cloak with Silver and Green Leaf Fastener", "Enchanted Shortsword with Inlaid Writing", "Gold Ring with Inscription (Cursed?)" and "Leather Bound Travel Journal"<br />
*Havilstein Hoar-Blood has a pet wolf named "Redmaw", which is the direct translation of [[Carcharoth]], the wolf in ''The Silmarillion''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Longest Journey|The Longest Journey]]=== <br />
*In the world of Arcadia, the lair of the Gribbler creature is described as "a cozy hobbit-hole".<br />
*Still in Arcadia, April can find ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' among the books of Abnaxus' library. She will comment that the classics are common in both worlds.<br />
*The fifth chapter of the game is titled ''[[There and Back Again]]''.<br />
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===[[wikipedia:The Pandora Directive|The Pandora Directive]]=== <br />
*When Archie Elis asks Tex Murphy his identity, the player can select among three responses, one being described "Hobbit Humor". Selecting it, Tex says "I am Gandalf, Wielder of the [[Glamdring]] and Slayer of the [[Durin's Bane|Balrog]]."<br />
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===[[wikipedia:School Days (visual_novel)|School Days]]=== <br />
*[[Silmaril]] is one of the movies Makoto can choose to have he and Kotonoha go to on their date, which, if chosen, strengthens Makoto's relationship with her. During the movie Kotonoha tells Makoto that it is based off a book written by a 19th century professor.<br />
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=== [[Wikipedia:Simon the Sorcerer|Simon the Sorcerer]]===<br />
*A creature called Gollum can be found fishing. He will help the player get a [[One Ring|ring of invisibility]].<br />
*Talking with Gollum, will also refer to stories such as "''[[The Hobbit|The Short Creature with Furry Feet]]''" and "''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Master of the Finger Ornaments]]''".<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Under a Killing Moon|Under a Killing Moon]] (novelization)===<br />
*When Tex Murphy tastes a cigarette he doesn't like, he describes it as "The kind of creation [[Sauron]] and his minions worked through the night creating in the foul-stench bowels of ".<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne|Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]]=== <br />
*Lord Garithos has the quote "Never trust an elf!" said by Gimli in''The Fellowship of the Ring''.<br />
*One of the quotes for the Spell Breaker unit is "I stole your precious."<br />
*One of Tichondrius quotes is "Ash nath kimbatuul!" a reference to The One Ring's inscription in [[Black Speech]].<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]===<br />
*There is an item called "The 1 Ring" that can only be acquired from Fishing. This is a reference to The One Ring being found by [[Déagol]] and [[Sméagol]] while on a fishing trip.<br />
*There is a mob named "Gorum" that can be found in Bloodthorn Cave, Shadowmoon Valley. He drops the item "Precious Bloodthorn Loop" which turns the player invisible when used.<br />
*One of the voice emote jokes for a Human male character is about an idea of a great movie. The plot line is very similar to ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
**"So, I have this idea for a great movie. It's about two gnomes who find a bracelet of power, and they have to take it to the Burning Steppes and cast it into the Cauldron. They form the Brotherhood of the Bracelet. Along the way they're trailed by a murloc named Gottom, who's obsessed with the bracelet, and nine bracelet bogeymen. It could be a three-parter, called 'Ruler of the Bracelet'. The first part would be called 'The Brotherhood of the Bracelet', followed by 'A Couple of Towers', with the climactic ending called 'Hey, the King's Back!'"<br />
*In Draenor there is a campfire with three ogrons named "Toom", "Bort" and "Wullim". They are guarding a chest which contains 12 "Dwarf Beard Rings" and a "Burglar's Vest".<br />
*In the Ghostlands there is a quest named "Anok'suten" where you have to kill an elite mob (a spider) and one of the rewards for completing the quest is a one-handed sword named "Stung". This is a reference to [[Sting]] from ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.<br />
* In Gnomeregan there is a quest you can obtain named "Return of the Ring", a pun on ''Return of the King''.<br />
*One of the rewards for completing the quest, "Escape from the Winterfin Caverns", is the "Mrgl Blade" a reference to the [[Morgul-knife|weapon]] the Witch-king used to stab Frodo on Weathertop. Note that Aragorn identifies the weapon as "Morgul ''blade''" only in .<br />
*In the quest "Excuse the Mess" the player must sign the Embassy Visitor Log in Wingrest Embassy. The player is given a list of what they want to write for each column. The middle column asks the player for their arrival time, one of the options to choose is "Precisely when I mean to".<br />
*In Stormwind City there is an NPC named "Thorfin Stoneshield".<br />
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===[[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons and Dragons]]===<br />
*See: '''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'''<br />
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== See also==<br />
*[[Locations named after Tolkien's works]]<br />
*[[Species named after Tolkien's works]]<br />
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Turtles are mentioned explicitly in ''The Nature of Middle-earth'', first published 2021. They lived on the shores of Númenor, and apparently also on the shores of Middle-earth. Should they be included in the index ? --[[User:A Hobbit Gentleman|A Hobbit Gentleman]] ([[User talk:A Hobbit Gentleman|talk]]) 09:23, 24 December 2023 (UTC)</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:Paula_DiSante_-_Frodo_encounters_the_Shirriff_at_Frogmorton.png&diff=381887File:Paula DiSante - Frodo encounters the Shirriff at Frogmorton.png2023-10-27T12:51:23Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: updating image placement in category</p>
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<div>== Description ==<br />
"Hobbit Shirriffs", concept art by Teodort92.<br />
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== Licensing ==<br />
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[[Category:Images by Teodort92]]<br />
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<div>[[File:Pamela Shanteau - Crows.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pamela Shanteau]] - ''Regiment of Black Crows'']]<br />
'''Crows''' are black omnivorous birds sometimes associated with battles due to their taste for carrion.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The crows encountered by [[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] during the quest to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] in {{TA|2941}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> were mostly harmless. During the scouting expedition to the [[Front Gate]] of the Lonely Mountain the crows were considered "ominous" and [[Balin]] distrusted them,<ref>{{H|Doorstep}}</ref> though later he called them merely "nasty suspicious-looking creatures at that, and rude as well".<ref>{{H|Gathering}}</ref><br />
<br />
The most feared variety in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]] was the large type known as ''[[crebain]]''. On [[8 January]] {{TA|3019|n}} the [[Fellowship of the Ring|Fellowship]] entered [[Hollin]]<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref> and were spied upon by these large crows from [[Fangorn Forest|Fangorn]] and [[Dunland]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref> The [[Rohirrim]] were aware that [[Saruman]] made use of ''crebain''; on [[30 February]]<ref name="Great"/> [[Éomer]] told [[Aragorn]] that Saruman's "birds of ill omen are abroad in the sky".<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> Crows may actually just be another name for Ravens as they looked and acted exactly the same.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
A [[Quenya]] word for "crow" is ''quáko'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''k(a)wāk''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> Another Quenya word for "crow" is ''korko'', and the [[Noldorin]] cognate of the same meaning is ''corch''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 362 (root [[KORKA|KARKA-]])</ref> In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s very early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "crow" is ''crunc'' (pl. ''crunghin'').<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 27</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a crow, specifically ''khô'' in "common" gender singular ("crow", as a species/creature), the plural ''khôi'' ("crows"), and the dual (pair-plural) ''khôwat'' ("a pair of crows"). Tolkien's notes on Adûnaic vocabulary and grammar also indicate that the more archaic forms of the term were likely ''khaw'', later ''khâw'', eventually evolving into ''khâu'' (with the Adûnaic diphtong ''âu''), while the plural of these older forms would apparently be ''khâwî(m)''. However, both ''khâu'' and ''khâwî(m)'' would likely be declensions in the subjective case of the noun, rather than in the nominative case. The objective case of the noun would be ''khôwu''. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-2014215641.html Adûnaic - "khô"], "Adûnaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s plot notes for the second phase of writing ''[[The Hobbit]]'', there was no distinction between crows and ravens as ominous birds.<ref>{{HH|PNB}}, p. 362</ref> When the scouting party went to view the [[Front Gate]] [[Balin]] did not like the ravens nearby, stating that they looked "like spies of evil".<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, p. 472</ref> However, when the Company needed to learn of the death of [[Smaug]] Tolkien "rehabilitated" the ravens, making them friendly to the Dwarves, and replaced all negative raven-references with crows.<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, note 4, p. 479</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Gorcrows]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Birds]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Melkor]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[de:Krähen]]<br />
[[fi:Varikset]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Dogs&diff=349659Dogs2022-07-06T12:43:57Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Other names */ typo</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[File:Tom Simonton - Squire of the Hunt.jpg|thumb|Art by Tom Simonton]]<br />
'''Dogs''' were common domestic animals in [[Middle-earth]]. The greatest of them all was [[Huan]], the [[Hound of Valinor]].<br />
==Other names==<br />
In [[Quenya]], the word for "dog" is ''huo'', and the [[Noldorin]] cognate of the same meaning is ''hû''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364-5 (root [[KHUG|KHUGAN-]])</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also experimented with other, [[Wikipedia:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoetic]] names: Quenya ''roa'', ''grā'', and ''wā(v)''.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, pp. 35-6</ref><br />
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In [[Gnomish]], the early version of Noldorin, "dog" is also ''hû'', and the additional cognate ''huil'' means "bitch". The word ''saur'' means "hound, wild dog".<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 49, 67</ref><br />
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[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a dog, specifically ''raba'' in "common" gender singular ("dog", as a species/creature), the masculine singular ''rabô'' ("male dog"), the feminine singular ''rabê'' ("female dog", "bitch"), the plural ''rabî'' ("dogs"), and the dual (pair-plural) ''rabât'' ("a pair/duo of dogs"). There are also known declensed forms in the non-nominative cases, namely ''raban'' in the singular subjective case, ''rabīm'' <br />
in the plural subjective case, and ''rabu-'' in the objective case. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 434, 437</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-32546463.html Adûnaic - "raba"], "Adûnaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations== <br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Dogs are found throughout Middle-earth, especially in the Shire. Lore-masters can also have a non-combat dog pet.<br />
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==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Hounds]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Dogs| ]]<br />
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[[de:Hunde]]<br />
[[fi:Luokka:Koirat]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Dogs&diff=349658Dogs2022-07-06T12:42:17Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Other names */ added entry for the known "dog" etymologies in Adunaic</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[File:Tom Simonton - Squire of the Hunt.jpg|thumb|Art by Tom Simonton]]<br />
'''Dogs''' were common domestic animals in [[Middle-earth]]. The greatest of them all was [[Huan]], the [[Hound of Valinor]].<br />
==Other names==<br />
In [[Quenya]], the word for "dog" is ''huo'', and the [[Noldorin]] cognate of the same meaning is ''hû''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364-5 (root [[KHUG|KHUGAN-]])</ref> [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] also experimented with other, [[Wikipedia:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoetic]] names: Quenya ''roa'', ''grā'', and ''wā(v)''.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, pp. 35-6</ref><br />
<br />
In [[Gnomish]], the early version of Noldorin, "dog" is also ''hû'', and the additional cognate ''huil'' means "bitch". The word ''saur'' means "hound, wild dog".<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 49, 67</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a dog, specifically ''raba'' in "common" gender singular ("dog", as a species/creature), the masculine singular ''rabô'' ("male dog"), the feminine singular ''rabê'' ("female dog", "bitch"), the plural ''rabî'' ("dogs"), and the dual (pair-plural) ''rabât'' ("a pair/duo of dogs"). There are also known declensed forms in the non-nominative cases, namely ''raban'' in the singular subjective case, ''rabīm'' <br />
in the plural subjective case, and ''rabu-'' in the objective case. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 434, 435</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-32546463.html Adûnaic - "raba"], "Adûnaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations== <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Dogs are found throughout Middle-earth, especially in the Shire. Lore-masters can also have a non-combat dog pet.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Hounds]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Dogs| ]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Hunde]]<br />
[[fi:Luokka:Koirat]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Crows&diff=349650Crows2022-07-06T12:19:12Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ typos</p>
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<div>[[File:Pamela Shanteau - Crows.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pamela Shanteau]] - ''Regiment of Black Crows'']]<br />
'''Crows''' are black omnivorous birds sometimes associated with battles due to their taste for carrion.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The crows encountered by [[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] during the quest to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] in {{TA|2941}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> were mostly harmless. During the scouting expedition to the [[Front Gate]] of the Lonely Mountain the crows were considered "ominous" and [[Balin]] distrusted them,<ref>{{H|Doorstep}}</ref> though later he called them merely "nasty suspicious-looking creatures at that, and rude as well".<ref>{{H|Gathering}}</ref><br />
<br />
The most feared variety in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]] was the large type known as ''[[crebain]]''. On [[8 January]] {{TA|3019|n}} the [[Fellowship of the Ring|Fellowship]] entered [[Hollin]]<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref> and were spied upon by these large crows from [[Fangorn Forest|Fangorn]] and [[Dunland]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref> The [[Rohirrim]] were aware that [[Saruman]] made use of ''crebain''; on [[30 February]]<ref name="Great"/> [[Éomer]] told [[Aragorn]] that Saruman's "birds of ill omen are abroad in the sky".<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> Crows may actually just be another name for Ravens as they looked and acted exactly the same.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
A [[Quenya]] word for "crow" is ''quáko'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''k(a)wāk''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> Another Quenya word for "crow" is ''korko'', and the [[Noldorin]] cognate of the same meaning is ''corch''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 362 (root [[KORKA|KARKA-]])</ref> In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s very early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "crow" is ''crunc'' (pl. ''crunghin'').<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 27</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a crow, specifically ''khô'' in "common" gender singular ("crow", as a species/creature), the plural ''khôi'' ("crows"), and the dual (pair-plural) ''khôwat'' ("a pair of crows"). Tolkien's notes on Adûnaic vocabulary and grammar also indicate that the more archaic forms of the term were likely ''khaw'', later ''khâw'', eventually evolving into ''khâu'' (with the Adûnaic diphtong ''âu''), while the plural of these older forms would apparently be ''khâwî(m)''. However, both ''khâu'' and ''khâwî(m)'' would likely be declensions in the subjective case of the noun, rather than in the nominative case. The objective case of the noun would be ''khôwu''. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-2014215641.html Adûnaic - "khô"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s plot notes for the second phase of writing ''[[The Hobbit]]'', there was no distinction between crows and ravens as ominous birds.<ref>{{HH|PNB}}, p. 362</ref> When the scouting party went to view the [[Front Gate]] [[Balin]] did not like the ravens nearby, stating that they looked "like spies of evil".<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, p. 472</ref> However, when the Company needed to learn of the death of [[Smaug]] Tolkien "rehabilitated" the ravens, making them friendly to the Dwarves, and replaced all negative raven-references with crows.<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, note 4, p. 479</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Gorcrows]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Birds]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Melkor]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[de:Krähen]]<br />
[[fi:Varikset]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Crows&diff=349649Crows2022-07-06T12:17:01Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ typo</p>
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<div>[[File:Pamela Shanteau - Crows.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pamela Shanteau]] - ''Regiment of Black Crows'']]<br />
'''Crows''' are black omnivorous birds sometimes associated with battles due to their taste for carrion.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The crows encountered by [[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] during the quest to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] in {{TA|2941}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> were mostly harmless. During the scouting expedition to the [[Front Gate]] of the Lonely Mountain the crows were considered "ominous" and [[Balin]] distrusted them,<ref>{{H|Doorstep}}</ref> though later he called them merely "nasty suspicious-looking creatures at that, and rude as well".<ref>{{H|Gathering}}</ref><br />
<br />
The most feared variety in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]] was the large type known as ''[[crebain]]''. On [[8 January]] {{TA|3019|n}} the [[Fellowship of the Ring|Fellowship]] entered [[Hollin]]<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref> and were spied upon by these large crows from [[Fangorn Forest|Fangorn]] and [[Dunland]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref> The [[Rohirrim]] were aware that [[Saruman]] made use of ''crebain''; on [[30 February]]<ref name="Great"/> [[Éomer]] told [[Aragorn]] that Saruman's "birds of ill omen are abroad in the sky".<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> Crows may actually just be another name for Ravens as they looked and acted exactly the same.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
A [[Quenya]] word for "crow" is ''quáko'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''k(a)wāk''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> Another Quenya word for "crow" is ''korko'', and the [[Noldorin]] cognate of the same meaning is ''corch''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 362 (root [[KORKA|KARKA-]])</ref> In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s very early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "crow" is ''crunc'' (pl. ''crunghin'').<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 27</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a crow, specifically ''khô'' in "common" gender singular ("crow", as a species/creature), the plural ''khôi'' ("crows"), and the dual (pair-plural) ''khôwat'' ("a pair of crows"). Tolkien's notes on Adûnaic vocabulary and grammar also indicate that the more archaic forms of the term were likely ''khav'', later ''khāw'', eventually evolving into ''khâu'' (with the Adûnaic diphtong ''âu''), while the plural of these older forms would apparently be ''khāwī(m)''. However, both ''khâu'' and ''khāwī(m)'' would likely be declensions in the subjective case of the noun, rather than in the nominative case. The objective case of the noun would be ''khôwu''. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-2014215641.html Adûnaic - "khô"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s plot notes for the second phase of writing ''[[The Hobbit]]'', there was no distinction between crows and ravens as ominous birds.<ref>{{HH|PNB}}, p. 362</ref> When the scouting party went to view the [[Front Gate]] [[Balin]] did not like the ravens nearby, stating that they looked "like spies of evil".<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, p. 472</ref> However, when the Company needed to learn of the death of [[Smaug]] Tolkien "rehabilitated" the ravens, making them friendly to the Dwarves, and replaced all negative raven-references with crows.<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, note 4, p. 479</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Gorcrows]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Birds]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Melkor]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[de:Krähen]]<br />
[[fi:Varikset]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Crows&diff=349648Crows2022-07-06T12:16:00Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ added entry for the known "crow" etymologies in Adunaic</p>
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<div>[[File:Pamela Shanteau - Crows.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Pamela Shanteau]] - ''Regiment of Black Crows'']]<br />
'''Crows''' are black omnivorous birds sometimes associated with battles due to their taste for carrion.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
The crows encountered by [[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] during the quest to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] in {{TA|2941}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> were mostly harmless. During the scouting expedition to the [[Front Gate]] of the Lonely Mountain the crows were considered "ominous" and [[Balin]] distrusted them,<ref>{{H|Doorstep}}</ref> though later he called them merely "nasty suspicious-looking creatures at that, and rude as well".<ref>{{H|Gathering}}</ref><br />
<br />
The most feared variety in the [[Westlands]] of [[Middle-earth]] was the large type known as ''[[crebain]]''. On [[8 January]] {{TA|3019|n}} the [[Fellowship of the Ring|Fellowship]] entered [[Hollin]]<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref> and were spied upon by these large crows from [[Fangorn Forest|Fangorn]] and [[Dunland]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref> The [[Rohirrim]] were aware that [[Saruman]] made use of ''crebain''; on [[30 February]]<ref name="Great"/> [[Éomer]] told [[Aragorn]] that Saruman's "birds of ill omen are abroad in the sky".<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> Crows may actually just be another name for Ravens as they looked and acted exactly the same.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
A [[Quenya]] word for "crow" is ''quáko'', derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''k(a)wāk''.<ref>{{WJ|AD}}, p. 395</ref> Another Quenya word for "crow" is ''korko'', and the [[Noldorin]] cognate of the same meaning is ''corch''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 362 (root [[KORKA|KARKA-]])</ref> In [[Gnomish]], one of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s very early conceptions of an [[Elvish|Elven]] language, the word for "crow" is ''crunc'' (pl. ''crunghin'').<ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 27</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a crow, specifically ''khô'' in "common" gender singular ("crow", as a species/creature), the plural ''khôi'' ("crows"), and the dual (pair-plural) khôwat ("a pair of crows"). Tolkien's notes on Adûnaic vocabulary and grammar also indicate that the more archaic forms of the term were likely ''khav'', later ''khāw'', eventually evolving into ''khâu'' (with the Adûnaic diphtong ''âu''), while the plural of these older forms would apparently be ''khāwī(m)''. However, both ''khâu'' and ''khāwī(m)'' would likely be declensions in the subjective case of the noun, rather than in the nominative case. The objective case of the noun would be ''khôwu''. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-2014215641.html Adûnaic - "khô"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s plot notes for the second phase of writing ''[[The Hobbit]]'', there was no distinction between crows and ravens as ominous birds.<ref>{{HH|PNB}}, p. 362</ref> When the scouting party went to view the [[Front Gate]] [[Balin]] did not like the ravens nearby, stating that they looked "like spies of evil".<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, p. 472</ref> However, when the Company needed to learn of the death of [[Smaug]] Tolkien "rehabilitated" the ravens, making them friendly to the Dwarves, and replaced all negative raven-references with crows.<ref>{{HH|Lonely}}, note 4, p. 479</ref><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Gorcrows]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Birds]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Melkor]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[Category:Servants of Saruman]]<br />
[[de:Krähen]]<br />
[[fi:Varikset]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Horses&diff=349647Horses2022-07-06T11:45:20Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Other names */ added entry for the known "horse" etymologies in Adunaic</p>
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<div>[[File:Pamela Shanteau - Wild Horses.jpg|thumb|''Wild Horses'' by Pamela Shanteau]]<br />
'''Horses''' were beasts of burden and transport used by [[Elves]] and [[Men]] through the ages. Famous among horses were [[Nahar]], the steed of [[Oromë]], [[Rochallor]], the warhorse of [[Fingolfin]], and [[Felaróf]], the steed of [[Eorl the Young]]. The breeding and riding of horses were arts developed to their greatest height, among Men, by the [[Rohirrim]] in the [[Third Age]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Horses existed as native creatures in [[Middle-earth]]; however, in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' there is evidence that some of the breeds in Middle-earth, particularly in [[Beleriand]] and [[Rohan]], were enhanced by sires brought from [[Aman]]. Although horses may have roamed freely when [[Men]] awoke with the rising of the Sun, it is unclear if the Elves who stayed in Middle-earth - the [[Sindar]], [[Nandor]], and [[Avari]] - had horses while "Middle-earth lay for the most part in the Sleep of Yavanna."<ref name=Sindar/><br />
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In the early days of the [[First Age]], Oromë was heard sounding his horn, Valároma, and riding through Beleriand and over the mountains hunting the fell beasts of Morgoth. He had been riding and hunting there with his folk since before the Firstborn awoke and, of all the Valar, came the most reluctantly to Valinor.<ref>{{S|Vala}}</ref> But, the Sindar were awed by his splendour and feared him and the "great noise and onrush of Nahar."<ref name=Sindar>{{S|Sindar}}</ref> This does not mean that the early Elves feared horses, as they would have no reason to fear any natural and uncorrupted beast,<ref name=Riders>{{TT|Riders}}</ref> or that they did not keep horses themselves.<br />
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In [[Valinor]], the Elves did ride. [[Fëanor]]'s son, [[Celegorm]], "in Valinor was a friend of Oromë, and often followed the Vala's horn."<ref name=Eldamar>{{S|Eldamar}}</ref> [[Aredhel]], while still in Eldamar, was also mentioned as one who loved to ride and hunt in the forests.<ref name=Eldamar/> The [[Noldor]] brought some of their horses, which flourished in [[Ard-galen]], from Valinor with them on the ships that sailed to [[Losgar]]:<br />
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{{blockquote|From few their horses had increased swiftly, and the grass of Ard-galen was rich and green. Of these horses many of the sires came from Valinor, and they were given to Fingolfin by Maedhros in atonement of his losses, for they had been carried by ship to Losgar.|{{S|Beleriand}}}}<br />
<br />
The Rohirrim believed their noble horse line, the ''[[Mearas]]'', must have had a sire that was brought by the hunter [[Béma]] (Oromë) from the West.<ref name=Eorl>{{App|Eorl}}</ref> <br />
<br />
The horses of Elves were ridden bitless, with only decorative headstalls and saddles, or wholly without tack,<ref name=Flight>{{FR|Flight}}</ref><ref>{{L|211}}</ref><ref name=Riders/> and the ''Mearas'', like elf horses, also seemed to prefer being ridden thus by the riders they allowed.<ref name=Eorl/><ref>{{TT|Palantir}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Named Horses==<br />
* [[Arod]]<br />
* [[Arroch]]<br />
* [[Asfaloth]]<br />
* [[Felaróf]]<br />
* [[Firefoot]]<br />
* [[Hasufel]]<br />
* [[Lightfoot]]<br />
* [[Nahar]]<br />
* [[Rochallor]]<br />
* [[Roheryn]]<br />
* [[Shadowfax]]<br />
* [[Snowmane]]<br />
* [[Windfola]]<br />
<br />
==Other names==<br />
<br />
In [[Sindarin]], the word for "horse" is '''''roch'''''.<ref name=SApp>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><br />
<br />
*Examples: ''[[Rochallor#Etymology|Rochallor]]'', ''[[Rohan#Etymology|Rohan]]'', ''[[Rohirrim#Etymology|Rohirrim]]'', ''[[Roheryn#Etymology|Roheryn]]''<ref name=SApp/><br />
<br />
In [[Quenya]], the word for "horse" is '''''rokko'''''<ref name=SApp/> or '''''rocco'''''<ref name=L211>{{L|211}}</ref> (pl. ''rokkor''<ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 78</ref>). In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], these forms derive from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ROK]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 384</ref> An intermediate form was [[Primitive Quendian|Primitive Elvish]] ''rokkō'' ("swift horse for riding").<ref name=L211/><ref name=L297>{{L|297}}</ref><br />
<br />
Words in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s early tongues included: <br />
*[[Qenya]] ''olombo'' ("horse") <ref name=VT45a>{{VT|45a}}, p. 28</ref><br />
*[[Noldorin]] ''lobor'' ("horse")<ref name=VT45a/><br />
*[[Gnomish]] ''Brog'' ("horse"); ''bros'' (''brossa'') or ''broch'' ("mare"); ''lobros'' ("steed, horse"); ''mair'' ("horse", poetic).<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 24, 54, 56</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a horse, specifically ''karab'' in "common" gender singular ("horse", as a species/creature), the masculine singular ''karbû'' ("male horse", "stallion"), the feminine singular ''karbî'' ("female horse", "mare"), and the plural ''karîb'' ("horses"). <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 434, 435</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content//words/word-3999922351.html Adûnaic - "karab"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations== <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Horses are the main transportation for the Free Peoples of Middle-earth. At level 35 players can earn the right to own their own mount. They can be bought at the Bree Horse Farm and also at various other locations with enough reputation.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of horses|Images of horses]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Horses| ]]<br />
[[de:Kategorie:Pferde]]<br />
[[fr:encyclo/categories/personnages/animaux/chevaux]]<br />
[[fi:Hevoset]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bears&diff=349646Bears2022-07-06T11:21:02Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ update</p>
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<div>[[Image:Bear Mirkwood bfme.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A bear in [[Mirkwood]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'']]<br />
{{quote|I should say there were little bears, large bears, ordinary bears, and gigantic big bears, all dancing outside from dark to nearly dawn.|[[Gandalf]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[Queer Lodgings]]"}}<br />
'''Bears''' were large and ferocious animals, notorious for their love of honey.<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
There were bears in the [[Second Age]], in [[Númenor]], and were either of black or brown variety. Like all the animals in the isle, they were friendly, although they did not like to be disturbed. They lived in mountains or rocky areas, far from humans, but often came to visit houses and were given honey. Specifically, the black bears had "bear-dances", which they performed for the delight of Men, and sometimes Men instructed and improved them in their dances. The most famous one was the [[Great Bear-dance]], performed annually.<ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 335</ref><br />
<br />
Bears lived in the [[Misty Mountains]] for some time, though by the late [[Third Age]], their number had diminished. [[Gandalf]] told [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] that [[giants]] had taken up their homes in that mountain range. One of the alleged origins of [[Beorn]], the skin changer, was that he had descended from them.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Early [[Noldorin]] had two words for ''bear'': ''brôg'' and ''megli'', with the variation ''meglivorn'' ("Black bear").<ref name="morok">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "[[MOROK]]", [[LIS]]-</ref> In [[Sindarin]], only the word ''graw'' is attested.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 12, note 3</ref> A [[Quenya]] word for "bear" is given as '''''morco''''', sharing a [[Sundocarmë|Root]] with ''brôg''.<ref name="morok"/> A variant Quenya name for "bear" is given as ''morokō'' (and ''mor(o)kē'', "she-bear").<ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 82</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for a bear, specifically ''urug'' in "common" gender singular ("bear", as a species/creature), the masculine singular ''urgû'' ("male bear") and the feminine singular ''urgî'' (!female bear", "she-bear"). The plural ("bears") is unknown, but based on related words and known Adunaic grammar, is likely to have been ''urîg'' or similar. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426, 435</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2540743615.html Adûnaic - "urug"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the earliest outlines of ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'', [[Tuor]] was clad in the skins of bears.<ref name="Fall">{{LT2|III}}</ref> The sinews of bears were also used to make bowstring<ref>{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Lay of the Children of Húrin]]", line 1073 (page 47)</ref> and harp strings.<ref name="Fall"/><br />
<br />
==Other fiction==<br />
Bears play a significantly bigger role in other stories, most notably ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'' and ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]''. <br />
* The former included three mischievous bears [[Archie]], [[Teddy]] and [[Bruno]], who more resemble teddybears in Tolkien's drawings.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'', page 13</ref> <br />
* The [[North Polar Bear]] helped [[Father Christmas]] writing his letters by making side comments. Other polar bears were [[Paksu]] and [[Valkotukka]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Baillie Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''<br />
:[[Beorn]] appears only in the shape of a black bear.<ref>[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], "The Clouds Burst"</ref><br />
<br />
'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Bears appear as wildlife in the map "Mirkwood".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'', "Mirkwood"</ref> <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Bears are found in many places of Middle-earth and range in size of large dog to the size of a small elephant. They are typically not aggressive, but will fight if the player threatens them. Players that are lore-masters are able to use a bear as a combat pet. <br />
<br />
'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Beorn appears in the form a of brown bear, both in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|second]] and the [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|third]] film.<br />
{{references}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Animals]]<br />
[[de:Bären]]<br />
[[fi:Karhut]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bears&diff=349645Bears2022-07-06T11:19:36Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ update</p>
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<div>[[Image:Bear Mirkwood bfme.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A bear in [[Mirkwood]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'']]<br />
{{quote|I should say there were little bears, large bears, ordinary bears, and gigantic big bears, all dancing outside from dark to nearly dawn.|[[Gandalf]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[Queer Lodgings]]"}}<br />
'''Bears''' were large and ferocious animals, notorious for their love of honey.<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
There were bears in the [[Second Age]], in [[Númenor]], and were either of black or brown variety. Like all the animals in the isle, they were friendly, although they did not like to be disturbed. They lived in mountains or rocky areas, far from humans, but often came to visit houses and were given honey. Specifically, the black bears had "bear-dances", which they performed for the delight of Men, and sometimes Men instructed and improved them in their dances. The most famous one was the [[Great Bear-dance]], performed annually.<ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 335</ref><br />
<br />
Bears lived in the [[Misty Mountains]] for some time, though by the late [[Third Age]], their number had diminished. [[Gandalf]] told [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] that [[giants]] had taken up their homes in that mountain range. One of the alleged origins of [[Beorn]], the skin changer, was that he had descended from them.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Early [[Noldorin]] had two words for ''bear'': ''brôg'' and ''megli'', with the variation ''meglivorn'' ("Black bear").<ref name="morok">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "[[MOROK]]", [[LIS]]-</ref> In [[Sindarin]], only the word ''graw'' is attested.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 12, note 3</ref> A [[Quenya]] word for "bear" is given as '''''morco''''', sharing a [[Sundocarmë|Root]] with ''brôg''.<ref name="morok"/> A variant Quenya name for "bear" is given as ''morokō'' (and ''mor(o)kē'', "she-bear").<ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 82</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for bears, specifically ''urug'' in "common" gender (both genders) singular, "bear" (as a species/creature), and the masculine singular ''urgû'' ("male bear") and feminine singular ''urgî'' (!female bear", "she-bear"). The plural is unknown, but based on related words and known Adunaic grammar, is likely to have been ''urîg'' or similar. <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426, 435</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2540743615.html Adûnaic - "urug"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the earliest outlines of ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'', [[Tuor]] was clad in the skins of bears.<ref name="Fall">{{LT2|III}}</ref> The sinews of bears were also used to make bowstring<ref>{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Lay of the Children of Húrin]]", line 1073 (page 47)</ref> and harp strings.<ref name="Fall"/><br />
<br />
==Other fiction==<br />
Bears play a significantly bigger role in other stories, most notably ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'' and ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]''. <br />
* The former included three mischievous bears [[Archie]], [[Teddy]] and [[Bruno]], who more resemble teddybears in Tolkien's drawings.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'', page 13</ref> <br />
* The [[North Polar Bear]] helped [[Father Christmas]] writing his letters by making side comments. Other polar bears were [[Paksu]] and [[Valkotukka]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Baillie Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''<br />
:[[Beorn]] appears only in the shape of a black bear.<ref>[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], "The Clouds Burst"</ref><br />
<br />
'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Bears appear as wildlife in the map "Mirkwood".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'', "Mirkwood"</ref> <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Bears are found in many places of Middle-earth and range in size of large dog to the size of a small elephant. They are typically not aggressive, but will fight if the player threatens them. Players that are lore-masters are able to use a bear as a combat pet. <br />
<br />
'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Beorn appears in the form a of brown bear, both in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|second]] and the [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|third]] film.<br />
{{references}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Animals]]<br />
[[de:Bären]]<br />
[[fi:Karhut]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bears&diff=349644Bears2022-07-06T11:16:46Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ typo</p>
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<div>[[Image:Bear Mirkwood bfme.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A bear in [[Mirkwood]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'']]<br />
{{quote|I should say there were little bears, large bears, ordinary bears, and gigantic big bears, all dancing outside from dark to nearly dawn.|[[Gandalf]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[Queer Lodgings]]"}}<br />
'''Bears''' were large and ferocious animals, notorious for their love of honey.<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
There were bears in the [[Second Age]], in [[Númenor]], and were either of black or brown variety. Like all the animals in the isle, they were friendly, although they did not like to be disturbed. They lived in mountains or rocky areas, far from humans, but often came to visit houses and were given honey. Specifically, the black bears had "bear-dances", which they performed for the delight of Men, and sometimes Men instructed and improved them in their dances. The most famous one was the [[Great Bear-dance]], performed annually.<ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 335</ref><br />
<br />
Bears lived in the [[Misty Mountains]] for some time, though by the late [[Third Age]], their number had diminished. [[Gandalf]] told [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] that [[giants]] had taken up their homes in that mountain range. One of the alleged origins of [[Beorn]], the skin changer, was that he had descended from them.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Early [[Noldorin]] had two words for ''bear'': ''brôg'' and ''megli'', with the variation ''meglivorn'' ("Black bear").<ref name="morok">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "[[MOROK]]", [[LIS]]-</ref> In [[Sindarin]], only the word ''graw'' is attested.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 12, note 3</ref> A [[Quenya]] word for "bear" is given as '''''morco''''', sharing a [[Sundocarmë|Root]] with ''brôg''.<ref name="morok"/> A variant Quenya name for "bear" is given as ''morokō'' (and ''mor(o)kē'', "she-bear").<ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 82</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms for bears, specifically ''urug'' in "common" gender (both genders) singular, and the masculine singular ''urgû'' and feminine singular ''urgî''. (The plural is unknown, but based on related words and known Adunaic grammar, is likely to have been ''urîg'' or similar.) <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426, 435</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2540743615.html Adûnaic - "urug"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the earliest outlines of ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'', [[Tuor]] was clad in the skins of bears.<ref name="Fall">{{LT2|III}}</ref> The sinews of bears were also used to make bowstring<ref>{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Lay of the Children of Húrin]]", line 1073 (page 47)</ref> and harp strings.<ref name="Fall"/><br />
<br />
==Other fiction==<br />
Bears play a significantly bigger role in other stories, most notably ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'' and ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]''. <br />
* The former included three mischievous bears [[Archie]], [[Teddy]] and [[Bruno]], who more resemble teddybears in Tolkien's drawings.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'', page 13</ref> <br />
* The [[North Polar Bear]] helped [[Father Christmas]] writing his letters by making side comments. Other polar bears were [[Paksu]] and [[Valkotukka]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Baillie Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''<br />
:[[Beorn]] appears only in the shape of a black bear.<ref>[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], "The Clouds Burst"</ref><br />
<br />
'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Bears appear as wildlife in the map "Mirkwood".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'', "Mirkwood"</ref> <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Bears are found in many places of Middle-earth and range in size of large dog to the size of a small elephant. They are typically not aggressive, but will fight if the player threatens them. Players that are lore-masters are able to use a bear as a combat pet. <br />
<br />
'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Beorn appears in the form a of brown bear, both in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|second]] and the [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|third]] film.<br />
{{references}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Animals]]<br />
[[de:Bären]]<br />
[[fi:Karhut]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bears&diff=349643Bears2022-07-06T11:14:30Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Etymology */ added entry for the known "bear" etymologies in Adunaic</p>
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<div>[[Image:Bear Mirkwood bfme.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A bear in [[Mirkwood]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'']]<br />
{{quote|I should say there were little bears, large bears, ordinary bears, and gigantic big bears, all dancing outside from dark to nearly dawn.|[[Gandalf]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[Queer Lodgings]]"}}<br />
'''Bears''' were large and ferocious animals, notorious for their love of honey.<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
There were bears in the [[Second Age]], in [[Númenor]], and were either of black or brown variety. Like all the animals in the isle, they were friendly, although they did not like to be disturbed. They lived in mountains or rocky areas, far from humans, but often came to visit houses and were given honey. Specifically, the black bears had "bear-dances", which they performed for the delight of Men, and sometimes Men instructed and improved them in their dances. The most famous one was the [[Great Bear-dance]], performed annually.<ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 335</ref><br />
<br />
Bears lived in the [[Misty Mountains]] for some time, though by the late [[Third Age]], their number had diminished. [[Gandalf]] told [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] that [[giants]] had taken up their homes in that mountain range. One of the alleged origins of [[Beorn]], the skin changer, was that he had descended from them.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Early [[Noldorin]] had two words for ''bear'': ''brôg'' and ''megli'', with the variation ''meglivorn'' ("Black bear").<ref name="morok">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries "[[MOROK]]", [[LIS]]-</ref> In [[Sindarin]], only the word ''graw'' is attested.<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 12, note 3</ref> A [[Quenya]] word for "bear" is given as '''''morco''''', sharing a [[Sundocarmë|Root]] with ''brôg''.<ref name="morok"/> A variant Quenya name for "bear" is given as ''morokō'' (and ''mor(o)kē'', "she-bear").<ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 82</ref><br />
<br />
[[Adûnaic]] also had its own terms of bears, specifically ''urug'' in "common" gender (both genders) singular, and the masculine singular ''urgû'' and feminine singular ''urgî''. (The plural is unknown, but based on related words and known Adunaic grammar, is likely to have been ''urîg'' or similar.) <ref>{{SD|3}}, p. 426, 435</ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic - The Vernacular of Númenór], "Adûnaic Wordlist", Ardalambion (folk.uib.no) by Helge Fauskanger</ref> <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2540743615.html Adûnaic - "urug"], "Adunaic Words", Eldamo.org by Paul Strack</ref><br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the earliest outlines of ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'', [[Tuor]] was clad in the skins of bears.<ref name="Fall">{{LT2|III}}</ref> The sinews of bears were also used to make bowstring<ref>{{HM|LB}}, "[[The Lay of the Children of Húrin]]", line 1073 (page 47)</ref> and harp strings.<ref name="Fall"/><br />
<br />
==Other fiction==<br />
Bears play a significantly bigger role in other stories, most notably ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'' and ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]''. <br />
* The former included three mischievous bears [[Archie]], [[Teddy]] and [[Bruno]], who more resemble teddybears in Tolkien's drawings.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Mr. Bliss]]'', page 13</ref> <br />
* The [[North Polar Bear]] helped [[Father Christmas]] writing his letters by making side comments. Other polar bears were [[Paksu]] and [[Valkotukka]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Baillie Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Letters from Father Christmas]]''</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''<br />
:[[Beorn]] appears only in the shape of a black bear.<ref>[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], "The Clouds Burst"</ref><br />
<br />
'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Bears appear as wildlife in the map "Mirkwood".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'', "Mirkwood"</ref> <br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Bears are found in many places of Middle-earth and range in size of large dog to the size of a small elephant. They are typically not aggressive, but will fight if the player threatens them. Players that are lore-masters are able to use a bear as a combat pet. <br />
<br />
'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Beorn appears in the form a of brown bear, both in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|second]] and the [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|third]] film.<br />
{{references}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Animals]]<br />
[[de:Bären]]<br />
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<div>'''''Hobit''''' (Slovak: '''The Hobbit''') was a [[wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovak]] radio adaptation based on ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It first aired in [[1989]] as a two-part radio miniseries on the [[wikipedia:Slovenský rozhlas|Slovak division]] of [[wikipedia:Czechoslovak_Socialist_Republic|Czechoslovakia]]'s then public radio broadcaster, the now defunct [[wikipedia:Czech_Radio#Czechoslovak_era|Československý rozhlas]]. <br />
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This was a fairly basic radio series, with a relatively small cast, and various accompanying incidental music and sound effects. Each of the two episodes of the ''Hobit'' radio miniseries had a runtime of about 40 minutes. Adapted for radio by Július Gajdoš, with Ľuboš Machaj as dramaturge, the series was directed by Táňa Tadlánková. The incidental music for the series was composed by Jozef Malovec. <ref>[https://www.tv-archiv.sk/j-r-r-tolkien-hobit-rozhlasova-hra- TV-archiv.sk - J. R. R. Tolkien: ''The Hobbit (radio play)'']. Retrieved 21 May 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210521155629/https://www.tv-archiv.sk/j-r-r-tolkien-hobit-rozhlasova-hra- Archived] via the Wayback Machine of Archive.org on 21 May 2021.</ref><br />
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It is not known whether the adaptation sought permission from the [[Tolkien Estate]] and whether it was approved by the Estate (many former East Bloc television and radio adaptations of Tolkien's works were not officially approved by the Estate or other TV/film rights holders). <br />
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==Episodes==<br />
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The series aired in two episodes. <br />
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# '''Part 1''' (covers the story from "[[An Unexpected Party]]" to "[[Riddles in the Dark]]")<br />
# '''Part 2''' (covers the story from "[[Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire]]" to "[[The Last Stage]]")<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The series follows the storyline of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' fairly closely. <br />
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However, due to the relatively short running time of the miniseries, there are also some major omissions from the storyline. This occurs slightly in the first episode, but is particularly noticeable in the second episode.<br />
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=== Changes and omissions in the first episode ===<br />
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There are almost no omissions or changes to the story in the first episode. The major exception is not a single mention of Rivendell, Elrond or a stopover there. The first episode otherwise includes Gandalf's and Bilbo's meeting, the dwarves visit at Bag End, the beginning of the expedition, the meeting with the three trolls, the captivity among the goblins in the underground of the Misty Mountains and the Riddles in the Dark between Bilbo and Gollum. <br />
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One of the few non-omission changes in the first episode is that Bilbo becomes persuaded enough by Gandalf and the dwarves to join their expedition voluntarily, rather than rejecting at first, and only then changing his mind under Gandalf's insistence, as in the novel.<br />
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=== Changes and omissions in the second episode ===<br />
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The second episode of the radio miniseries adapts the majority of the chapters set after Thorin and company conclude their passing of the [[Misty Mountains]]. <br />
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Major omissions include [[Beorn]] and the company's stay at his house, as well as all appearances by the [[Spiders|giant spiders]] of [[Mirkwood]]. [[Bard the Bowman]] is also absent from the story and there is no mention of the [[Black Arrow]], but Smaug is still killed by the [[Lake-men|Men of Lake-town]] after being struck by an arrow in the one vulnerable point of his body. The arrival to Lake-town and Smaug's later attack on it are summarized quickly during the course of the story, and there are essentially no distinct characters from Lake-town in this radio adaptation.<br />
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Aside from the absent giant spiders, most of the company's adventures and temporary imprisonment in the Woodland Realm is adapted faithfully. This includes their interrogation by the Elven-king, Bilbo stealthily breaking the dwarves out of prison, bypassing elven guards drunk on wine, and loading the dwarves into barrels for a successful escape. <br />
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During the Battle of the Five Armies, the dwarven army reinforcements from the Iron Hills, led by Dáin Ironfoot, do not make an appearance at all, nor are they alluded to. The radio play portrays Thorin and his company charging headlong into fighting with the goblins headed to the reclaimed Mountain, presumably fighting the goblins alongside the Mirkwood Elves and Lake-men. (It is never specified in-narrative why the Elves and Lake-men suddenly forgot they want their share of the treasure from Erebor and why they suddenly ally with Thorin and the dwarves. Presumably, they chose to be friendly with the dwarves in light of the advancing goblin army. The play unitentionally implies that Thorin and his companions were enough to defeat the goblin armies, and even the Men and Elves !) <br />
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The Great Eagles, absent from the entire radio play, do not make an appearance at the Battle of the Five Armies either (nor does Bilbo's "The eagles are coming..." comment). The battle is, like much of the entire second half of the second episode, very heavily condensed, despite containing some key parts of the story. However, Thorin's wounds, parting conversation with Bilbo and subsequent death after the battle are adapted very faithfully.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
! Role !! Actor<br />
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| [[Bilbo Baggins]] || Peter Bzdúch<br />
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| [[Gandalf]] || Karol Machata<br />
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| [[Thorin Oakenshield]] || Ľubomír Roman <br />
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| [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves of <br> Thorin's Company]] || Boris Farkaš <br> Marián Zednikovič <br> Alfréd Swan <br> various (not specified)<br />
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| [[William]], [[Bert]] <br> and [[Tom]] || Peter Debnár <br> Vlado Černý <br> Ivan Gogál<br />
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| [[Great Goblin]] || uncredited actor <br> (apparently Karol Čálik)<br />
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| [[Gollum]] || Karol Čálik<br />
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| [[Thranduil|The Elven-king]] || Alfréd Swan<br />
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| [[Smaug]] || Ján Mistrík<br />
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| [[Roäc]] || Ivan Krivosudský<br />
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|Additional voices <br> and background voices || Peter Rúfus <br> Vlado Černý <br> Pavol Topoľský <br> Maroš Kramár<br />
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Karol Machata's Gandalf also serves as the overarching narrator of the storyline. He provides the introduction in the first episode, and later has some narrator asides while he is away from Bilbo, Thorin and Company for longer periods. This is particularly pronounced in the second episode of this miniseries, when Gandalf has to leave for his errands, while Bilbo and the dwarves enter Mirkwood and continue their journey. Gandalf also provides a seven-minute long recap of the events of the first episode at the start of the second episode.<br />
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The dwarves in Thorin's Company are not credited, and they are not easily identifiable by their radio actor due to many of them having slightly modulated voices. It's possible several of the dwarves were portrayed by a single actor, with only a small pool of the play's actors portraying all thirteen dwarves. <br />
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[[Elrond]] and the Rivendell elves, the [[Lord of the Eagles]], [[Beorn]], [[Bard the Bowman]], the [[Master of Lake-town]], [[Bolg]] and [[Dáin Ironfoot]] do not appear in this radio adaptation.<br />
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== Credits ==<br />
* Based on the work by: [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<br />
* Adapted by: Július Gajdoš <ref>[https://www.vsmu.sk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bakosova_cas_cinohry_nasich_cias_ebook.pdf A Slovak non-fiction anthology on the work of theatrical and radio script writers] - includes notes on Július Gajdoš and his work on radio and theatrical adaptations, including those of ''The Hobbit''.</ref> <br />
* Dramaturge: Ľuboš Machaj<br />
* Directed by: Táňa Tadlánková<br />
* Music: Jozef Malovec (composer of scenic music)<br />
* Sound engineer: Róbert Bartoš <ref>[https://www.tv-archiv.sk/j-r-r-tolkien-hobit-rozhlasova-hra- TV-archiv.sk - J. R. R. Tolkien: ''The Hobbit (radio play)'']. Retrieved 21 May 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210521155629/https://www.tv-archiv.sk/j-r-r-tolkien-hobit-rozhlasova-hra- Archived] via the Wayback Machine of Archive.org on 21 May 2021.</ref><br />
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This radio play does not have a theme song with lyrics, nor any audibly read titles.<br />
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== Music ==<br />
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The music for the series was composed by Jozef Malovec. It is a blend of lighter electronic music (including synthesizer samples), ambient sound effects and some traditional instrumentation (or its electronic recreations).<br />
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=== Themes ===<br />
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Some of the recognisable themes and leitmotifs in this radio miniseries. <br />
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* Main Theme / The Hobbit Theme<br />
* Lonely Mountain Theme (also used in the Misty Mountains song)<br />
* Mirkwood and Woodland Realm Theme<br />
* Battle of the Five Armies Theme<br />
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=== Adapted songs ===<br />
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The play adapts [[Far over the misty mountains cold]] in a heavily abbreviated version, which the dwarves sing several times throughout the radio play. The lyrics are also more of a loose translation/interpretation of the novel's original lyrics. They do not examine the backstory of the [[Sack of Erebor]] and the dwarves' exile from Erebor in-depth. <br />
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Another song adapted from the original novel is [[Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll]]. It is sung by the elven guards from the Woodland Realm while they're working their chores with the delivery barrels intended for a return journey to Lake-town.<br />
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== Translation and terms ==<br />
The oldest published book translation of a work by Tolkien in former Czechoslovakia was the 1973 Slovak translation of ''The Hobbit'', by experienced translator and linguist Viktor Krupa (1936-2021). The poems and songs were translated in cooperation with Jana Šimulčíková. The translation was first published as ''Hobbiti'' ("Hobbits") and a slightly revised new edition was published in 1994 and then 2002 as ''Hobbit'' ("The Hobbit"). The first published Czech translation of ''The Hobbit'' appeared a little later, in 1978, translated by František Vrba. A new Slovak translation of ''The Hobbit'' by Otakar Kořínek - ''Hobit'' - appeared in the 2000s (2002, 2007, et al), subtly different and internally consistent with Kořínek's Slovak translations of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and other works in Tolkien's Legendarium. Both of the Slovak translations and the Czech translation were based on the second edition of the English original. <ref>[https://ramgad.tolkien.sk/tolkien-slovensky.html Ramgad.Tolkien.sk - "Tolkien's works in Slovak"]. Overview of Tolkien's works published in the Slovak language to date. Retrieved 21 May 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160808010448/https://ramgad.tolkien.sk/tolkien-slovensky.html Archived] via the WaybackMachine of Archive.org on 8 August 2016.</ref> <ref>[https://blog.abchistory.cz/tolkien-hobit-vrba-doruzka-odeon.htm Article on the history of the Czech translations of ''The Hobbit'' and its theatrical and radio adaptations] (from the 1970s to the early 1990s). Blog.ABCHistory.cz. Retrieved 21 May 2021.</ref> <ref>[https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/pan-prstenu-hobit-aneb-cesta-tam-a-zase-zpatky-29752 DatabazeKnih.cz - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit] (transl. František Vrba), Odeon 1978, 1991. [https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/hobit-aneb-cesta-tam-a-zase-zpatky-324842 DatabazeKnih.cz - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit] (transl. František Vrba), Argo 2016.</ref> <ref>[http://www.elrondslibrary.fr/T_Slovak.html Elrond's Library.fr - Published Slovak translations of Tolkien's works] (not entirely up to date). Retrieved 21 May 2021.</ref> <ref>[https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/pan-prstenu-hobit-aneb-cesta-tam-a-zase-zpatky-29752 DatabazeKnih.cz - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit] (transl. František Vrba), Odeon 1978, 1991</ref> <ref>[http://www.elrondslibrary.fr/T_Czech.html Elrond's Library.fr - Published Czech translations of Tolkien's works] (not entirely up to date). Retrieved 21 May 2021.</ref><br />
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Though a Slovak radio production, the 1989 radio miniseries strangely did not use Viktor Krupa's translation. Instead, it borrowed a small handful of elements from Vrba's Czech translation (the rendition of Thorin's epithet and Smaug's name), while essentially inventing new terminology for some other concepts and characters. The end result is based on neither the Slovak or the Czech translations of ''The Hobbit'', but occupies a peculiar grey area. It isn't clear whether this approach was down to artistic license or legal reasons (i.e. potential legal issues with the book translations' publishers).<br />
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This creates a certain level of disparity with the existing Krupa translation of ''The Hobbit'', as well as the newer 2000s translation of ''The Hobbit'' by O. Kořínek (part of the Slovak translations of Tolkien's Legendarium, near-complete since the early 2010s). However, the somewhat different terminology and pronunciations used by this radio miniseries are not hard to identify with either the Slovak or Czech translations' own consistent terminology.<br />
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As the miniseries leaves out Rivendell, the Great Eagles, Beorn and his house, and the Iron Hills, these concepts didn't even require potential translation. In turn, the Lonely Mountain is never referred to as Erebor, nor even the Lonely Mountain, but only as "the Mountain". One of the few elven terms from the original novel that is used explicitly is the brief mention of Dorwinion, by one of the wine-loving elven guards at the Elvenking's halls. <br />
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The form and pronunciation of Bilbo's name and that of some of his relatives shows the rather inconsistent and book translations avoiding approach often seen in the miniseries. <br />
Bilbo's family name is not translated at all, and kept in its English form Baggins, with the only change being a Slovak phonetization - to roughly "Beggins". This solution also affects the presentation of Gandalf's name, as his name is phonetized from English as "Gendelf", instead of the Slavic "a" pronunciation commonly used for his name in Czech and Slovak (in all other book translations, radio adaptations and television films dubs).<br />
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Bilbo's mother, Belladona Took, is renamed to Belladona Buková ("Belladona Beech-tree"), rather than the Belladona Berková of Krupa's translation (where the Took family are the Berko family), or the similar Belladona Bralová, which occurs in both Pošustová's Czech translations and Kořínek's Slovak translations (in both, the Took family are the Bral family).<br />
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Gollum is relatively little alluded to by his moniker during the "Riddles in the Dark" sequence of the story. When he is named (mostly by Gandalf's narration in the second episode starting recap), he is referred to as "Glom-glum" or "Glum-glum".<br />
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One of the most peculiar terminological differences occur with the miniseries' naming of the goblins. In Czech translations by both Vrba and Pošustová, ''skřet'' and the plural ''skřeti'' (roughly "dread-goblins", "evil goblins") are terms used not only for the goblins in ''The Hobbit'', but also for the orcs of ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''The Silmarillion'' and other works in the Legendarium. Krupa's and Kořínek's Slovak translation of ''The Hobbit'' rendered goblins straight-forwardly as ''škriatkovia'' ("goblins"), in Kořínek's translation occassionally also as ''škrati'' ("ugly-goblins", "evil goblins"). Krupa's only other Tolkien translation was ''Roverandom'' decades later, and Kořínek's Slovak translations of other works in the Legendarium have their own term for "orcs". In the 1989 Slovak radio adaptation of ''The Hobbit'', the goblins of the original are never translated as goblins, whether in a more Czech or more Slovak form of the term. Instead, they are translated as ''škrekovia'', literally "screechers". This seems like an intentionally humorous translation, and consistent with the goblin voice actors, who give them screechy, angry, surly voices.<br />
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Finally, there are some translated epithets and names loaned directly from Vrba's Czech translation of ''The Hobbit''. The first obvious example of this is when Thorin introduces himself during the first episode - as Thorin Pavéza, literally "Thorin [[wikipedia:Pavise|Pavise]]". The Slovak book translations rendered his epithet as Duboštít (lit. "Oakenshield", Krupa tr.) and as Dubbin (lit. "Oaken", Kořínek tr.). The second example is the name of the dragon Smaug. Vrba's Czech translation is one of the few in any language that changed Smaug's name. This was done for the sake of a punny name, to "Šmak". The word ''šmak'' is a Czech folk term (originally a German loanword) meaning "appetite", "great appetite" (apparently hinting at the dragon's ferocious appetite). The 1989 Slovak radio adaptation also uses Šmak (possibly the only adaptation to do so, aside from Czech audiobooks and television dubs). Krupa's and Kořínek's two different Slovak book translations of ''The Hobbit'' kept Smaug's name the same as in the original, and also kept its phonetics virtually identical to the original pronunciation.<br />
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== Other notes ==<br />
Some of the actors from the 1989 ''Hobit'' radio miniseries also appeared in the [[The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|2001-2003 Slovak radio adaptation]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', albeit all in different roles. These include Boriš Farkaš (as Aragorn), Ivan Gogál (as Gríma Wormtongue), Vlado Černý (as Radagast the Brown), Marián Zednikovič (as Glorfindel), Pavol Topoľský (as Uglúk) and Karol Čálik (as a hobbit bounder). <br />
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The 1989 miniseries' dramaturge Ľuboš Machaj would also work as the dramaturge for the first (2001) season of the 2001-2003 radio series (possibly as a passing of the baton to the different creative team behind the newer radio series).<br />
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Several of the actors also appeared in the Slovak television dubs of Peter Jackson's two film trilogies. For both the ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' film trilogies, Ivan Gogál dubbed Elrond, while Boris Farkaš dubbed Gimli in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy and Radagast the Brown (in a different voice) in ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy. Ján Mistrík also appeared as Óin, Karol Čálik as Glóin, and Peter Rúfus as Dáin Ironfoot in the dub of ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy. <br />
<ref>[https://www.dabingforum.sk/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=85 ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. Film dub overview at Dabingforum.sk] (Slovak dubbing discussion forum). Date: 26 December 2010. Retrieved: 30 May 2021.</ref><br />
<ref>[https://www.dabingforum.sk/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=708 ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. Film dub overview at Dabingforum.sk] (Slovak dubbing discussion forum). Date: 25 February 2011. Retrieved: 30 May 2021.</ref><br />
<ref>[https://www.dabingforum.sk/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=4736 ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''. Film dub overview at Dabingforum.sk] (Slovak dubbing discussion forum). Date: 21 December 2013. Retrieved: 30 May 2021.</ref><br />
<ref>[https://www.dabingforum.sk/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=5712 ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''. Film dub overview at Dabingforum.sk] (Slovak dubbing discussion forum). Date: 19 November 2014. Retrieved: 30 May 2021.</ref><br />
<ref>[https://www.dabingforum.sk/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=6689 ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''. Film dub overview at Dabingforum.sk] (Slovak dubbing discussion forum). Date: 8 February 2016. Retrieved: 30 May 2021.</ref><br />
<ref>[https://www.dabingforum.sk/viewtopic.php?f=122&t=7202 ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''. Film dub overview at Dabingforum.sk] (Slovak dubbing discussion forum). Date: 5 November 2016. Retrieved: 30 May 2021.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]] - The three season, 18 episode Slovak radio series adaptation of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', by Slovak Radio and Rádio Twist.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.tv-archiv.sk/j-r-r-tolkien-hobit-rozhlasova-hra- ''The Hobbit'' 1989 Slovak radio series] at the [https://www.tv-archiv.sk/ TV-archiv.sk] website<br />
* [https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/the-slovakian-radio-hobbit-1989/ English-language review of the radio miniseries] by Daniel Stride of the ''A Phuulish Fellow'' blog<br />
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'''Bows''' were a common weapon in [[Arda]]. All peoples, Good and Evil, were known to have used them, most notable of them being the [[Elves]], the [[Númenóreans]], [[Rohirrim]], [[Orcs]] and even [[Hobbits]].<ref>[[Anthony Burdge]], [[Jessica Burke]], "Weapons, Named"; in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'' (edited by [[Michael D.C. Drout]])</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
Bows varied in shape, size and material. While [[Elves|Elven]] flawless bows were made from wood, [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] bows were made of hollow steel, forged in armories.<ref name=Numenor>{{UT|Numenor}}, p. 170</ref> It is said in a poem that [[Eärendil]] wielded a bow "made of dragon-horn".<ref>{{FR|Earendil}}</ref><br />
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==Bows by faction==<br />
* [[Elves]] of [[Doriath]] and [[Lothlórien]] used longbows which were, as their name suggests, longer bows which could shoot farther and higher than any other types of bows. Elves were the first race to develop and master the use of bows, and later passed their knowledge to [[Men]].<br />
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* [[Númenóreans]] used a type of bow called the steel-bow, which was made of hollow steel, as its name implies. "In later days, in the wars upon Middle-Earth, it was the bows of the Númenóreans that were most greatly feared. 'The Men of the Sea,' it was said, 'send before them a great cloud, as of rain turned to serpents, or a black hail tipped with steel...'". It was used to shoot black-feathered arrows that were a full ell long from point to notch.<ref name=Numenor/> It was much feared by their enemies.<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}, p. 273</ref> Among the royal heirlooms of the [[Kings of Númenor]] was the [[Bow of Bregor]].<ref>{{UT|3a}}, p. 171</ref> The Númenoreans were also the only known culture in Arda to have developed [[Cross-bows|crossbows]], used primarily for bird hunting. <ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 340</ref> <br />
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* The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] army contains units of archers who use a longbow. The bows are made of heartwood, about 68 inches tall. The arrows are about 28 inches long with four-inch steel tips. They're accurate up to 200 yards. The longbowmen of the army wear their quiver (the case that holds the arrows) on their hips rather than on their backs like most archers. Bows were also the primary weapon of the [[Rangers of Ithilien]].<ref>{{HM|TT}}</ref><br />
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* [[Rohirrim]] archers used shortbows, possibly because they fought mounted on horses. The shortbows were much less powerful than those used by other [[Men]], having a range of only 125 yards.<br />
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* The various [[Northmen]] nations, including the [[Men of Dale]] and [[Lake-men]], used bows for hunting and warfare alike. [[Bard the Bowman]] was a notable archer from Lake-town and played a key role in the slaying of the dragon [[Smaug]] with the [[Black Arrow]].<ref>{{H|14}}</ref> [[Beorn]], a skinchanger affiliated with the [[Beornings|Beorning]] people, supplied Thorin and his company with a few hunting bows before they headed east towards Mirkwood.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref> The [[King of Rhovanion|Kings of Rhovanion]] from earlier centuries of the Third Age also employed mounted bowmen (a form of mounted infantry, rather than cavalry) as scouts within their realm. <ref>{{UT|8}}</ref><br />
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* Bows were a prominent weapon of the [[Elves of Mirkwood]]. Spearmen and archers formed the bulk of the [[Woodland Realm]]'s army during the [[Battle of the Five Armies]] near [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
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*[[Hobbits]] also used bows. Hobbit archers fought for [[Arnor]] in the [[Battle of Fornost]],<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> and also participated in the [[Battle of Bywater]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref><br />
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*[[Dwarves]] used bows less prominently than the other races, but had them among their military weapons. Dwarven bows were shortbows made of horn, or of a composite build, using horn and wood. [[Thorin Oakenshield]] used a bow to threaten the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Mirkwood Elves]] and the [[Men of Dale]] when he was reluctant to part with the treasures of [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
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*[[Orcs]] used bows for hunting, as well as weapons of war. Orcs primarily used bows that were made of horn, although the [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Isengard]] were known to use longer bows in the fashion of Men, which were made of yew.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}</ref><br />
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==Notable bowmen==<br />
* [[Duilin (elf of Gondolin)|Duilin]], a lord of [[Gondolin]], along with his [[House of the Swallow]].<br />
* [[Beleg|Beleg Cúthalion]], who bore [[Belthronding]].<br />
* [[Bard]], who slew the [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]] with his [[Black Arrow]].<br />
* [[Legolas]], a member of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]].<br />
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==Other names==<br />
*[[Quenya]]: ''quinga''<br />
*[[Sindarin]]/[[Noldorin]]: ''ping'', ''cú''<br />
*[[Nandorin]]: ''cogn''<br />
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The forms ''quinga'', ''ping'' are cognates deriving from the [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kwingā''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KWIG" (in that source the first word is spelled ''qinga'', and the second is [[Noldorin]].</ref><br />
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The form ''cogn'', is derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kuȝnā'', itself representing the [[root]] KUȜ.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KUȜ", p. 365</ref><br />
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==Inspirations==<br />
It is possible Tolkien's fascination with bows came from Red Indian stories:<br />
{{blockquote|Red Indians were better: there were bows and arrows (I had and have a wholly unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow)|[[On Fairy-Stories]]}}<br />
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{{blockquote|But he [Tolkien] liked Red Indian stories and longed to shoot with a bow and arrow.|[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''}}<br />
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The idea of steel bows wielded by Númenorean military elites was likely inspired by historical steel bows from India, similarly expensive and rare archery weapons. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200805231657/http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/steelbow/steelbow.html ''Steel Bows in India'']. Orig. publ. in ''Society of Archer-Antiquaries'', 1969. ''Sagittarius Twente'' University Archery Club website. Margo.student.utwente.nl (archived version, Archive.org)</ref> <ref>[http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.18939.html ''Indian Steel Bow'' discussion]. MyArmoury.com discussion forums, 13 February 2010.</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''[[2001]]-[[2003]]: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''{{Fotree}}'', ''Weta Workshop'' featurette</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves and Orcs. In ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'', the [[Uruk-hai]] use [[Cross-bows|crossbows]] in the beginning of the [[Battle of Helm's Deep]] (non-canonical to orcs). <ref>''{{Tttee}}, ''Weta Workshop'' featurette</ref><br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' <br />
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:Bows are available to player characters as handheld ranged weapons.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Bow_Items Category: Bow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> There are also crossbows, less common.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Crossbow_Items Category: Crossbow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> <br />
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'''[[2012]]-[[2014]]: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]], [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]], [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' Extended Editions, ''Weta Workshop'' featurettes</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves, Dwarves and Orcs.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of bows|Images of bows]]<br />
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| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
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'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
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"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
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The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref><br />
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== Gameplay ==<br />
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The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
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Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
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As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
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The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
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== Playable factions ==<br />
The factions appearing in the total conversion that the player character can join, cooperate with and fight for. It is not possible to serve both a "Good" or "Evil" faction at the same time. A member of the Free Peoples will be unable to serve Sauron and a follower or ally of Sauron will be unable to cooperate with the Free Peoples.<br />
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==== The Free Peoples ====<br />
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The "Good" campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age''<br />
* [[Gondor]]<br />
** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
** [[Lamedon]]<br />
** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
** [[Pelargir]]<br />
** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
* [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
* [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
* [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
* [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
* [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
* [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
* [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
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Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
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==== The Forces of Sauron ==== <br />
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The "Evil" campaign: ''The Twilight of Man''<br />
* [[Mordor]]<br />
* [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
* Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
* [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
* [[Haradrim]]<br />
* [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
* [[Isengard]]<br />
* [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
* [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
* [[Dunlendings]]<br />
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The Dunledings are the weakest and smallest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
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== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. No music from other adaptations of Tolkien's work was used. The entire soundtrack of ''The Last Days'' is roughly 150 minutes long. The composer's main emphasis while creating the soundtrack was creating a compelling musical ambience for each environment visited by the player character. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
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The music utilises the ''Mount & Blade engine'''s capability to play music tracks based on the context of the player's location on the map, on the particular time of the day (daytime, night time), on the player's affiliation to a particular faction (both the two major campaign factions and their individual factions), and even on the type of enemy or enemy faction encountered and fought in the game world. There is an abundance of leitmotifs and themes.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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Images from this total conversion.<br />
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=== Screenshots ===<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The streets of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Peregrin Took at Minas Tirith 1.jpg|[[Peregrin Took]] at Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The [[Pelennor Fields]] and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Pelennor Fields and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith besieged by [[Mordor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth knights promo.jpg|Knights of Dol Amroth<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Lossarnach promo 1.jpg|[[Lossarnach]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy infantry and archers) promo.jpg|Gondor infantry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy cavalrymen) promo.jpg|Gondor cavalry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Haradrim promo.jpg|[[Haradrim]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erech promo 2.jpg|The Stone of Erech and local garrison<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Umbar Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Umbar armies and corsair navy<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Fighting in Ithilien promo.jpg|Fighting in [[Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor Rangers of Ithilien promo 2.jpg|[[Rangers of Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Henneth Annun promo.jpg|[[Henneth Annun]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Morgul 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Morgul]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Isengard promo.jpg|[[Isengard]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Helm's Deep and the Hornburg promo 2.jpg|The [[Hornburg]] in Helm's Deep<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Hornburg 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Helm's Deep with the [[Deeping Wall]] and the Hornburg<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meduseld (interior) promo.png|[[Meduseld]] (Golden Hall) interior<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meriadoc at Meduseld 1.jpg|[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in Meduseld<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Cair Andros 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Cair Andros]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Host of [[Rivendell|Imladris]] and the [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 3.jpg|Camp of the Host of Imladris and the Dúnedain Rangers<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 1.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 4.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]] (Lake-town)<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 2.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 3.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Lonely Mountain and the Gate of Erebor<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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''(Additional images from the mod can be found [[:Category:Images_from_The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)|here]].)''<br />
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=== Concept art ===<br />
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Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
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== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
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*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
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{{Modifications}}<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
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<div>{{disambig-more|Third Age|[[Third Age (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
{{video game infobox<br />
| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
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The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref><br />
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== Gameplay ==<br />
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The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
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Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
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As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
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The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
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== Playable factions ==<br />
The factions appearing in the total conversion that the player character can join, cooperate with and fight for. It is not possible to serve both a "Good" or "Evil" faction at the same time. A member of the Free Peoples will be unable to serve Sauron and a follower or ally of Sauron will be unable to cooperate with the Free Peoples.<br />
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==== The Free Peoples ====<br />
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The "Good" campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age''<br />
* [[Gondor]]<br />
** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
** [[Lamedon]]<br />
** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
** [[Pelargir]]<br />
** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
* [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
* [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
* [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
* [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
* [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
* [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
* [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
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Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
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==== The Forces of Sauron ==== <br />
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The "Evil" campaign: ''The Twilight of Man''<br />
* [[Mordor]]<br />
* [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
* Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
* [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
* [[Haradrim]]<br />
* [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
* [[Isengard]]<br />
* [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
* [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
* [[Dunlendings]]<br />
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The Dunledings are the weakest and smallest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
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== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. No music from other adaptations of Tolkien's work was used. The entire soundtrack of ''The Last Days'' is roughly 150 minutes long. The composer's main emphasis while creating the soundtrack was creating a compelling musical ambience for each environment visited by the player character. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
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The music utilises the ''Mount & Blade engine'''s capability to play music tracks based on the context of the player's location on the map, on the particular time of the day (daytime, night time), on the player's affiliation to a particular faction (both the two major campaign factions and their individual factions), and even on the type of enemy or enemy faction encountered and fought in the game world.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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Images from this total conversion.<br />
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=== Screenshots ===<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The streets of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Peregrin Took at Minas Tirith 1.jpg|[[Peregrin Took]] at Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The [[Pelennor Fields]] and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Pelennor Fields and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith besieged by [[Mordor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth knights promo.jpg|Knights of Dol Amroth<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Lossarnach promo 1.jpg|[[Lossarnach]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy infantry and archers) promo.jpg|Gondor infantry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy cavalrymen) promo.jpg|Gondor cavalry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Haradrim promo.jpg|[[Haradrim]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erech promo 2.jpg|The Stone of Erech and local garrison<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Umbar Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Umbar armies and corsair navy<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Fighting in Ithilien promo.jpg|Fighting in [[Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor Rangers of Ithilien promo 2.jpg|[[Rangers of Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Henneth Annun promo.jpg|[[Henneth Annun]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Morgul 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Morgul]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Isengard promo.jpg|[[Isengard]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Helm's Deep and the Hornburg promo 2.jpg|The [[Hornburg]] in Helm's Deep<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Hornburg 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Helm's Deep with the [[Deeping Wall]] and the Hornburg<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meduseld (interior) promo.png|[[Meduseld]] (Golden Hall) interior<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meriadoc at Meduseld 1.jpg|[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in Meduseld<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Cair Andros 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Cair Andros]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Host of [[Rivendell|Imladris]] and the [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 3.jpg|Camp of the Host of Imladris and the Dúnedain Rangers<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 1.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 4.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]] (Lake-town)<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 2.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 3.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Lonely Mountain and the Gate of Erebor<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
''(Additional images from the mod can be found [[:Category:Images_from_The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)|here]].)''<br />
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=== Concept art ===<br />
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Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
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== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
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The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
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*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
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| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
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'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
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"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
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== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
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Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
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As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
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The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
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== Playable factions ==<br />
The factions appearing in the total conversion that the player character can join, cooperate with and fight for. It is not possible to serve both a "Good" or "Evil" faction at the same time. A member of the Free Peoples will be unable to serve Sauron and a follower or ally of Sauron will be unable to cooperate with the Free Peoples.<br />
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==== The Free Peoples ====<br />
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The "Good" campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age''<br />
* [[Gondor]]<br />
** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
** [[Lamedon]]<br />
** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
** [[Pelargir]]<br />
** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
* [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
* [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
* [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
* [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
* [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
* [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
* [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
==== The Forces of Sauron ==== <br />
<br />
The "Evil" campaign: ''The Twilight of Man''<br />
* [[Mordor]]<br />
* [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
* Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
* [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
* [[Haradrim]]<br />
* [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
* [[Isengard]]<br />
* [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
* [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
* [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest and smallest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The streets of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Peregrin Took at Minas Tirith 1.jpg|[[Peregrin Took]] at Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The [[Pelennor Fields]] and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Pelennor Fields and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith besieged by [[Mordor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth knights promo.jpg|Knights of Dol Amroth<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Lossarnach promo 1.jpg|[[Lossarnach]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy infantry and archers) promo.jpg|Gondor infantry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy cavalrymen) promo.jpg|Gondor cavalry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Haradrim promo.jpg|[[Haradrim]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erech promo 2.jpg|The Stone of Erech and local garrison<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Umbar Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Umbar armies and corsair navy<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Fighting in Ithilien promo.jpg|Fighting in [[Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor Rangers of Ithilien promo 2.jpg|[[Rangers of Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Henneth Annun promo.jpg|[[Henneth Annun]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Morgul 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Morgul]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Isengard promo.jpg|[[Isengard]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Helm's Deep and the Hornburg promo 2.jpg|The [[Hornburg]] in Helm's Deep<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Hornburg 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Helm's Deep with the [[Deeping Wall]] and the Hornburg<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meduseld (interior) promo.png|[[Meduseld]] (Golden Hall) interior<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meriadoc at Meduseld 1.jpg|[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in Meduseld<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Cair Andros 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Cair Andros]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Host of [[Rivendell|Imladris]] and the [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 3.jpg|Camp of the Host of Imladris and the Dúnedain Rangers<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 1.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 4.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]] (Lake-town)<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 2.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 3.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Lonely Mountain and the Gate of Erebor<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
''(Additional images from the mod can be found [[:Category:Images_from_The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)|here]].)''<br />
<br />
=== Concept art ===<br />
<br />
Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
<br />
== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
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==References==<br />
<references><br />
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{{video game infobox<br />
| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
<br />
Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
<br />
As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
<br />
The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
<br />
== Playable factions ==<br />
The factions appearing in the total conversion that the player character can join, cooperate with and fight for. It is not possible to serve both a "Good" or "Evil" faction at the same time. A member of the Free Peoples will be unable to serve Sauron and a follower or ally of Sauron will be unable to cooperate with the Free Peoples.<br />
<br />
==== The Free Peoples ====<br />
<br />
The "Good" campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age''<br />
* [[Gondor]]<br />
** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
** [[Lamedon]]<br />
** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
** [[Pelargir]]<br />
** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
* [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
* [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
* [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
* [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
* [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
* [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
* [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
==== The Forces of Sauron ==== <br />
<br />
The "Evil" campaign: ''The Twilight of Man''<br />
* [[Mordor]]<br />
* [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
* Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
* [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
* [[Haradrim]]<br />
* [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
* [[Isengard]]<br />
* [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
* [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
* [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest and smallest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The streets of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Peregrin Took at Minas Tirith 1.jpg|[[Peregrin Took]] at Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The [[Pelennor Fields]] and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Pelennor Fields and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith besieged by [[Mordor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth knights promo.jpg|Knights of Dol Amroth<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Lossarnach promo 1.jpg|[[Lossarnach]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy infantry and archers) promo.jpg|Gondor infantry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy cavalrymen) promo.jpg|Gondor cavalry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Haradrim promo.jpg|[[Haradrim]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erech promo 2.jpg|The Stone of Erech and local garrison<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Umbar Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Umbar armies and corsair navy<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Fighting in Ithilien promo.jpg|Fighting in [[Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor Rangers of Ithilien promo 2.jpg|Gondor Rangers in Ithilien<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Henneth Annun promo.jpg|[[Henneth Annun]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Morgul 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Morgul]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Isengard promo.jpg|[[Isengard]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Helm's Deep and the Hornburg promo 2.jpg|The [[Hornburg]] in Helm's Deep<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Hornburg 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Helm's Deep with the [[Deeping Wall]] and the Hornburg<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meduseld (interior) promo.png|[[Meduseld]] (Golden Hall) interior<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meriadoc at Meduseld 1.jpg|[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in Meduseld<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Cair Andros 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Cair Andros]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Host of [[Rivendell|Imladris]] and the [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 3.jpg|Camp of the Host of Imladris and the Dúnedain Rangers<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 1.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 4.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]] (Lake-town)<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 2.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 3.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Lonely Mountain and the Gate of Erebor<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
''(Additional images from the mod can be found [[:Category:Images_from_The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)|here]].)''<br />
<br />
=== Concept art ===<br />
<br />
Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
<br />
== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
<br />
{{Modifications}}<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
<br />
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<div>{{disambig-more|Third Age|[[Third Age (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
{{video game infobox<br />
| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
<br />
Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
<br />
As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
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The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
<br />
== Playable factions ==<br />
The factions appearing in the total conversion that the player character can join, cooperate with and fight for. It is not possible to serve both a "Good" or "Evil" faction at the same time. A member of the Free Peoples will be unable to serve Sauron and a follower or ally of Sauron will be unable to cooperate with the Free Peoples.<br />
<br />
==== The Free Peoples ====<br />
<br />
The "Good" campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age''<br />
* [[Gondor]]<br />
** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
** [[Lamedon]]<br />
** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
** [[Pelargir]]<br />
** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
* [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
* [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
* [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
* [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
* [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
* [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
* [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
==== The Forces of Sauron ==== <br />
<br />
The "Evil" campaign: ''The Twilight of Man''<br />
* [[Mordor]]<br />
* [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
* Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
* [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
* [[Haradrim]]<br />
* [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
* [[Isengard]]<br />
* [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
* [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
* [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest and smallest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
''Screenshots are currently undergoing selection and the ones used in the gallery might occassionally change in the future.''<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The streets of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Peregrin Took at Minas Tirith 1.jpg|[[Peregrin Took]] at Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The [[Pelennor Fields]] and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Pelennor Fields 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Pelennor Fields and countryside outside of Minas Tirith<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Minas Tirith besieged by [[Mordor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth knights promo.jpg|Knights of Dol Amroth<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Lossarnach promo 1.jpg|[[Lossarnach]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy infantry and archers) promo.jpg|Gondor infantry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor soldiers (heavy cavalrymen) promo.jpg|Gondor cavalry<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Haradrim promo.jpg|[[Haradrim]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erech promo 2.jpg|The Stone of Erech and local garrison<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Umbar Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Umbar armies and corsair navy<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Fighting in Ithilien promo.jpg|Fighting in [[Ithilien]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Gondor Rangers of Ithilien promo 2.jpg|Gondor Rangers in Ithilien<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Henneth Annun promo.jpg|[[Henneth Annun]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Morgul 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Morgul]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Isengard promo.jpg|[[Isengard]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Helm's Deep and the Hornburg promo 2.jpg|The [[Hornburg]] in Helm's Deep<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Hornburg 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|Helm's Deep with the [[Deeping Wall]] and the Hornburg<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meduseld (interior) promo.png|[[Meduseld]] (Golden Hall) interior<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Meriadoc at Meduseld 1.jpg|[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in Meduseld<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Cair Andros 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Cair Andros]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Caras Galadhon 4 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Caras Galadhon]] <br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 1.jpg|Camp of the Host of [[Rivendell|Imladris]] and the [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Rivendell Camp 3.jpg|Camp of the Host of Imladris and the Dúnedain Rangers<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 1.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Guldur 4.jpg|[[Dol Guldur]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]] (Lake-town)<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 2.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 3.jpg|The streets of Lake-town<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Lonely Mountain and the Gate of Erebor<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
''(Additional images from the mod can be found [[:Category:Images_from_The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)|here]].)''<br />
<br />
=== Concept art ===<br />
<br />
Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
<br />
== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
<br />
{{Modifications}}<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
<br />
[[Category:Modifications]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)&diff=349555The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)2022-07-04T18:55:57Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: update</p>
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<div></div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)&diff=349545The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)2022-07-04T11:51:25Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Playable factions */ updating section</p>
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{{disambig-more|Third Age|[[Third Age (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
{{video game infobox<br />
| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
<br />
Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
<br />
As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
<br />
The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
<br />
== Playable factions ==<br />
The factions appearing in the total conversion that the player character can join, cooperate with and fight for. It is not possible to serve both a "Good" or "Evil" faction at the same time. A member of the Free Peoples will be unable to serve Sauron and a follower or ally of Sauron will be unable to cooperate with the Free Peoples.<br />
<br />
==== The Free Peoples ====<br />
<br />
The "Good" campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age''<br />
* [[Gondor]]<br />
** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
** [[Lamedon]]<br />
** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
** [[Pelargir]]<br />
** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
* [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
* [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
* [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
* [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
* [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
* [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
* [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
==== The Forces of Sauron ==== <br />
<br />
The "Evil" campaign: ''The Twilight of Man''<br />
* [[Mordor]]<br />
* [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
* Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
* [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
* [[Haradrim]]<br />
* [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
* [[Isengard]]<br />
* [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
* [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
* [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest and smallest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
''Screenshots are currently undergoing selection and the ones used in the gallery might occassionally change in the future.''<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg<br />
|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
=== Concept art ===<br />
<br />
Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
<br />
== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
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==References==<br />
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| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
<br />
Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
<br />
As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
<br />
The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
<br />
== Playable factions ==<br />
<br />
* The Free Peoples (Good campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age'')<br />
** [[Gondor]]<br />
*** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
*** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
*** [[Lamedon]]<br />
*** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
*** [[Pelargir]]<br />
*** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
** [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
** [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
*** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
** [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
** [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
** [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
** [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
** [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
* The Forces of Sauron (Evil campaign: ''The Twilight of Man'')<br />
** [[Mordor]]<br />
** [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
** Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
** [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
** [[Haradrim]]<br />
** [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
** [[Isengard]]<br />
** [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
** [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
** [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
''Screenshots are currently undergoing selection and the ones used in the gallery might occassionally change in the future.''<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edhellond promo 1.jpg|[[Edhellond]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 2.jpg|[[Edoras]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras promo 3.jpg|[[Meduseld]] in Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Edoras and Meduseld (exterior) promo.png|Bird's eye view of Meduseld and Edoras<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 1.jpg<br />
|The city of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
=== Concept art ===<br />
<br />
Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
<br />
== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
<br />
{{Modifications}}<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
<br />
[[Category:Modifications]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)&diff=349542The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)2022-07-04T11:25:29Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Screenshots */ update</p>
<hr />
<div>{{incomplete}}<br />
{{disambig-more|Third Age|[[Third Age (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
{{video game infobox<br />
| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
<br />
Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
<br />
As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
<br />
The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
<br />
== Playable factions ==<br />
<br />
* The Free Peoples (Good campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age'')<br />
** [[Gondor]]<br />
*** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
*** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
*** [[Lamedon]]<br />
*** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
*** [[Pelargir]]<br />
*** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
** [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
** [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
*** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
** [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
** [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
** [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
** [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
** [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
* The Forces of Sauron (Evil campaign: ''The Twilight of Man'')<br />
** [[Mordor]]<br />
** [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
** Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
** [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
** [[Haradrim]]<br />
** [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
** [[Isengard]]<br />
** [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
** [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
** [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
''Screenshots are currently undergoing selection and the ones used in the gallery might occassionally change in the future.''<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dol Amroth 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Dol Amroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Elves fighting trolls promo.jpg|Elves fighting trolls<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 3.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Dale 5.jpg|The streets of [[Dale]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
=== Concept art ===<br />
<br />
Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
<br />
== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
<br />
{{Modifications}}<br />
==References==<br />
<references><br />
<br />
[[Category:Modifications]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Days_(of_the_Third_Age_of_Middle-earth)&diff=349530The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)2022-07-04T08:59:47Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Screenshots */ update</p>
<hr />
<div>{{incomplete}}<br />
{{disambig-more|Third Age|[[Third Age (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
{{video game infobox<br />
| image=[[Image:TLD logo.png|250px|Logo of The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]<br />
| name=The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)<br />
| developer=[https://www.moddb.com/company/tld The Last Days Team]<br />
| publisher=N/A (freeware mod)<br />
| platform=Microsoft Windows<br />
| releasedate=[[16 October|October 16]], [[2011]]<br />
| genre=Action RPG / Adventure / Strategy<br />
|}}<br />
'''''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)''''' (abbrev. '''TLD''') is a fan-made (freeware, non-commercial) total conversion mod for the computer games ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade|Mount & Blade]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Mount & Blade: Warband|Mount & Blade: Warband]]''. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zThXgNXWqwE ''Mount & Blade'' launch trailer], 2008, TaleWorlds Entertainment</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwGxzdGqEDg ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' launch trailer], 2010, TaleWorlds Entertainment and Paradox Interactive</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/groups/tolkien-modding-community/features/modding-projects-mount-blade-updated1 Tolkien-inspired ''Mount & Blade'' mods] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] </ref> This expansive mod, covering the events of the [[War of the Ring]], was first released in October 2011 for ''Mount & Blade'' and the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' edition of the game. <ref>[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.1, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 (not for ''Warband'')], TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods", 16 October 2011</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/news/the-last-days-for-mnb-1011-is-released ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod 3.3, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011 and ''Mount & Blade: Warband'')], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 31 October 2011</ref> <br />
<br />
"TLD" follows the basic game mechanics of the ''Mount & Blade'' game series, while also altering many of the mechanics to better immerse the player in Tolkien's Middle-earth (primarily [[Rhovanion]], [[Rohan]], [[Gondor]] and the lands to the east) during the [[War of the Ring]]. <br />
<br />
The total conversion was in development for several years, from 2007 and 2008 until 2011 and 2013. It has since received continuous updating and addons. The most recent release of ''The Last Days'' is version 3.6 (released July 2020), for both ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''. <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-mb-1011 ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> <ref>[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days/downloads/the-last-days-of-the-third-age-36-for-warband ''The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle-earth'' mod, version 3.6, for ''Mount & Blade: Warband''], ModDB.com, official overview of ''The Last Days'' mod, 24 July 2020</ref> The mod, specifically elements of it (graphics, music, source code), are licensed on an OSP (open-source project) basis since December 2012. <ref>[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2881.0.html ''The Last Days'' OSP conditions / ''TLD goes Open Source'']. Thread by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil, developer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 24 December 2012.</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Gameplay ==<br />
<br />
The mod depicts the War of the Ring from the perspective of an ordinary soldier on either the side of the Free Peoples or those that side with Sauron. Playable races include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Goblins, for either of the two sides. The mod is played primarily as an action RPG and medieval combat simulation hybrid, from a first and third person perspective, focusing on horseback combat, infantry combat and siege combat at various locations affected by the war. Over time, the player character creates a party of followers and later a company of soldiers and takes part in the War of the Ring under the leadership of commanders from various factions. <br />
<br />
Unlike in the base ''Mount & Blade'' games, it is possible for a fortress or settlement to be permanently destroyed by the enemy side, necessitating greater care from players in order to hold and defend territory, while attempting to conquer the territory of the adversary. Another factor new to the strategy and tactics in the game is the player character's standing with the different factions, including his or her allies. It is not calculated globally, instead, the standing develops based strictly on what favours the player had carried out for a particular allied faction. (E.g. It is possible to be a celebrated friend of the Kingdom of Dale, but viewed ambivalently by fellow allies in Lothlórien.)<br />
<br />
As in the ''Mount & Blade'' base game, the player can recruit certain unique companions to become members of their party. The recruitable companions are available to either the good or evil side, but none of them are available to both. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpqjBpAOxg (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for a Free Peoples player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 22 May 2019</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1tWxkJEl0 (Spoiler) Hint video: Where to find the companions for an evil side player character], video by "Kerendips", YouTube, 17 October 2020</ref><br />
<br />
The player can meet various characters from the time of the War of the Ring, including the leaders and notable noblemen of the factions, as well as cameo appearances of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, as non-player characters.<br />
<br />
== Playable factions ==<br />
<br />
* The Free Peoples (Good campaign: ''The Dawn of a New Age'')<br />
** [[Gondor]]<br />
*** [[Dol Amroth]]<br />
*** [[Pinnath Gelin]]<br />
*** [[Lamedon]]<br />
*** [[Blackroot Vale]]<br />
*** [[Pelargir]]<br />
*** [[Lossarnach]]<br />
** [[Rohan]] ([[Rohirrim]])<br />
** [[Imladris|Elves of Imladris]] ([[Rivendell]])<br />
*** [[Rangers of the North|Dúnedain Rangers]]<br />
** [[Lothlórien|Elves of Lothlórien]]<br />
** [[Silvan Elves|Wood Elves]] ([[Woodland Realm]])<br />
** [[Dwarves]] ([[Kingdom under the Mountain]] and the [[Iron Hills]])<br />
** [[Kingdom of Dale]] ([[Bardings]] of [[Dale]] and [[Esgaroth]])<br />
** [[Beornings]] and [[Woodmen]] <br />
<br />
Gondor is notable for having several further subfactions, meant to represent the different regions and provinces of the kingdom and their varying military traditions and specialties. These have their own unique troop development trees. (Dol Amroth has unique knights and heavy cavalry, Pinnath Gelin spearmen and archers, Blackroot Vale bowmen, Lossarnach axemen and Pelargir marines.) The Rangers of the North are a subfaction of the host of Rivendell (also with their own separate troop development tree to that of the Imladris elves) and the Beornings and Woodmen form a shared faction (with both groups having their unique troop development trees).<br />
<br />
* The Forces of Sauron (Evil campaign: ''The Twilight of Man'')<br />
** [[Mordor]]<br />
** [[Dol Guldur]]<br />
** Men of [[Rhûn]]<br />
** [[Easterlings]] ([[Variags]] of [[Khand]])<br />
** [[Haradrim]]<br />
** [[Corsairs of Umbar]] ([[Black Númenóreans]])<br />
** [[Isengard]]<br />
** [[Orcs]] of [[Moria]]<br />
** [[Gundabad]] [[Orcs|orcs]]<br />
** [[Dunlendings]]<br />
<br />
The Dunledings are the weakest of the antagonistic factions.<br />
<br />
== Music ==<br />
The total conversion has an extensive soundtrack of original music, composed for the mod by Australian freelance composer Vladan Zivanovic. <ref>''[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/topic,2653.0.html About the soundtrack]''. Thread by Vladan Zivanovic, composer for ''The Last Days'', MBX.StreetOfEyes.com mod development forum. 22 January 2012.</ref><br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
Images from this total conversion.<br />
<br />
=== Screenshots ===<br />
<br />
''Screenshots are currently undergoing selection and the ones used in the gallery might occassionally change in the future.''<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 2 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith siege scene (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Minas Tirith 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|[[Minas Tirith]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Esgaroth 1.jpg|[[Esgaroth]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor Gate 6 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The Gate of [[Erebor]]|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor (interior) 3.jpg<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 1 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
File:The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth) - Erebor 5 (TLD Scene Pack).jpg|The halls of [[Erebor]]<br />
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=== Concept art ===<br />
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Concept art and illustrations created during the pre-production of ''The Last Days'', mainly by Jan "Merlkir" Pospíšil.<br />
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File:Jan Pospíšil - Bardian Archer.jpg|Barding archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Dale Militia.jpg|Dale militia<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Lorien Archer.jpg|Lorien archer<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Rivendell.jpg|Elven host of Rivendell, "singing the warsongs of old"<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - TLD Intro Gondor.jpg|Guards at Minas Tirith<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Protectors of Gondor.jpg|Protectors of Gondor<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Gondor Marines.jpg|Gondor marines<br />
File:Jan Pospíšil - Harondor Ambush.jpg|Harondor ambush<br />
File:Jan Pospisil - Haradrim Camp.jpg|Haradrim camp<br />
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== Videos ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_A4nQDozG0 Teaser trailer]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCqMD9i5wM Release trailer] (also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0Ri4n-tec here])<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4JZEtpipg Introductory video]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltV_piYDF0 Video review of the mod by Last Level Press] (23 August 2013)<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy0MF0INMI Playthrough by Mithrandir]<br />
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== Sub-mods and further addons ==<br />
<br />
The total conversion's original development team or other ''Mount & Blade'' modding teams have also created several sub-mods and addon packs since the release of the total conversion. These are largelly cosmetic or serve to alter some aspects of the game mechanics or scenery. All of these are only available for the ''Mount & Blade: Warband'' version of the mod.<br />
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*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-lotr-scene-pack TLD Scene Pack]'' (reworked location scenery pack, released 2016-2018, largelly incorporated directly into newer releases of ''TLD'')<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-the-last-days-of-third-age-reforged TLD Reforged]'' (released 2016, on development hiatus since 2017)<br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/tld-overhaul TLD Overhaul]'' (esthetics overhaul in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film]] [[:Category:The Hobbit (film series)|trilogies]], released 2017) <br />
*''[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days-film-edition TLD Film Edition]'' (esthetics-swap addon pack in the style of the [[:Category:The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film trilogy]], developed 2017-2019, concluded)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-last-days ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' main overview] at [https://www.moddb.com/ ModDB.com] (regular news and updates)<br />
*[http://synnaskole.sweb.cz/TLDManual3.3.pdf English-language manual for ''The Last Days''] (up to date for version 3.3 and above)<br />
*[https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/tld-the-last-days-lotr-mod-for-m-b-1-011-info.199243/ Main thread for the ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'' total conversion (for ''Mount & Blade'' 1.011)] at the TaleWorlds Entertainment official forums, "Released Mods"<br />
*[http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php/board,20.0.html Development and troubleshooting forum for ''The Last Days''] (archive)<br />
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==References==<br />
<references><br />
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My personal favourite races of Tolkien's Arda are the hobbits and the dwarves. I'm partial towards the shorter, the overlooked and the occassionally misunderstood.<br />
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I've been visiting and enjoying Tolkien Gateway for years, but as an actual user, I am new here. Currently, I have no major plans for any projects or revisions on this wiki, but I am open to help anyone with editing articles that are in need of it. Adding references, expanding some things, those sorts of matters.<br />
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== Articles I've created ==<br />
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These days, Tolkien Gateway is a very comprehensive Tolkien wiki, one I feel I don't really have much to add to, aside from occassional article maintenance. About the only area I could provide more insight and genuine new wiki articles are adaptations of the Legendarium and Tolkien's other works, especially non-English-language adaptations. Here's a few of these that I've covered to date.<br />
<br />
* [[Adunaroth]]<br />
* [[Der Hobbit (1980 German radio series)|''Der Hobbit'' (1980 German radio series)]]<br />
* [[Hobit (1989 Slovak radio series)|''Hobit'' (1989 Slovak radio series)]]<br />
* [[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]<br />
* [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]<br />
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I've been a Tolkien fan since the late 1990s, for some 20 years now.<br />
<br />
My personal favourite races of Tolkien's Arda are the hobbits and the dwarves. I'm partial towards the shorter, the overlooked and the occassionally misunderstood.<br />
<br />
I've been visiting and enjoying Tolkien Gateway for years, but as an actual user, I am new here. Currently, I have no major plans for any projects or revisions on this wiki, but I am open to help anyone with editing articles that are in need of it. Adding references, expanding some things, those sorts of matters.<br />
<br />
Best wishes to all.<br />
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== Articles I've created ==<br />
<br />
These days, Tolkien Gateway is a very comprehensive Tolkien wiki, one I feel I don't really have much to add to, aside from occassional article maintenance. About the only area I could provide more insight and genuine new wiki articles are adaptations of the Legendarium and Tolkien's other works, especially non-English-language adaptations. Here's a few of these that I've covered to date.<br />
<br />
* [[Adunaroth]]<br />
* ''[[Der Hobbit (1980 German radio series)|''Der Hobbit'' (1980 German radio series)]]<br />
* ''[[Hobit (1989 Slovak radio series)|''Hobit'' (1989 Slovak radio series)]]<br />
* ''[[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]<br />
* ''[[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]<br />
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[[Category:Users from the European Union|{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Falconer&diff=341580Daniel Falconer2022-02-01T07:42:00Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* External links */ typo in url, fixed</p>
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<div>'''Daniel Falconer''' is a [[Weta Workshop]] designer who has worked on both [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'']] and [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' films]]. He has also authored various [[Weta Workshop]] publications.<br />
<br />
==Bibliography, selected==<br />
*'''[[2012]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
*'''[[2013]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''<br />
*'''[[2013]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon]]''<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Cloaks & Daggers]]''<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
*'''[[2015]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Chronicles: The Art of War]]''<br />
<br />
==Filmography==<br />
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' ([[2002]]) - Elf <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.wetanz.com/daniel-falconer/ Daniel Falconer's profile] at [http://www.wetanz.com/ Weta Workshop]<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1397811/ Daniel Falconer] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]<br />
*{{WP|Daniel Falconer}}<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IyrIuuiW10 Interview with Daniel Falconer, artist at Weta Workshop]<br />
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[[Category:People by name]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Falconer&diff=341579Daniel Falconer2022-02-01T07:41:30Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* External links */ added external link (move to different section if deemed necessary)</p>
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<div>'''Daniel Falconer''' is a [[Weta Workshop]] designer who has worked on both [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'']] and [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' films]]. He has also authored various [[Weta Workshop]] publications.<br />
<br />
==Bibliography, selected==<br />
*'''[[2012]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
*'''[[2013]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''<br />
*'''[[2013]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon]]''<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Cloaks & Daggers]]''<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
*'''[[2015]]''': ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Chronicles: The Art of War]]''<br />
<br />
==Filmography==<br />
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' ([[2002]]) - Elf <br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.wetanz.com/daniel-falconer/ Daniel Falconer's profile] at [http://www.wetanz.com/ Weta Workshop]<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1397811/ Daniel Falconer] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb]<br />
*{{WP|Daniel Falconer}}<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H9TrCLKo9M Interview with Daniel Falconer, artist at Weta Workshop]<br />
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[[Category:Designers]]<br />
[[Category:New Zealand people]]<br />
[[Category:People by name]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Richard_Taylor&diff=341578Richard Taylor2022-02-01T07:39:26Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* External Links */ added external link (move to other section if deemed necessary)</p>
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<div>'''Sir Richard Taylor''' is the leader of the crew at [[Weta Workshop]], that created the special effects, weapons, wardrobe, miniatures and prosthetics, for the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]] and [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]. <br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[2002]] - '''[http://www.oscar.com/ Academy Award]''', Best Effects, Visual Effects, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''<br />
* 2002 - '''Academy Award''', Best Makeup, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring''<br />
* 2002 - '''[http://www.bafta.org/ BAFTA]''', Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring''<br />
* 2002 - '''BAFTA''', Best Makeup/Hair, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring''<br />
* 2002 - '''[http://www.lvfcs.org/ Sierra Award]''', Best Visual Effects, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring''<br />
* 2002 - '''Sierra Award''', Best Costume Design, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring''<br />
* 2002 - '''[http://www.cinemaclips.com/PFCS.htm PFCS Award]''', Best Visual Effects, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring''<br />
* 2002 - '''PFCS Award''', Best Costume Design, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring'' <br />
* 2002 - '''[http://pressacademy.com/ Golden Satellite Award]''', Best Visual Effects, ''Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring'' <br />
* [[2003]] - '''BAFTA''', Best Costume Design, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''<br />
* 2003 - '''[http://www.saturnawards.org/ Saturn Award]''', Best Costumes, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''<br />
* 2003 - '''Sierra Award''', Best Costume Design, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers'' <br />
* 2003 - '''[http://www.vesawards.com/ VES Award]''', Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''<br />
* 2003 - '''[http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Hollywood_Makeup_Artist_and_Hair_Stylist_Guild_Awards/ HMAHSG Award]''', Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''<br />
* [[2004]] - '''Academy Award''', Best Makeup, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<br />
* 2004 - '''Academy Award''', Best Costume Design, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King'' <br />
* 2004 - '''Saturn Award''', Best Make Up, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''<br />
* 2004 - '''Sierra Award''', Best Costume Design, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King'' <br />
* 2004 - '''PFCS Award''', Best Costume Design, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King'' <br />
* 2004 - '''VES Award''', Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King'' <br />
* 2004 - '''HMAHSG Award''', Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''<br />
* [[2014]] - '''[http://cineuphoria09.blogspot.gr/ CinEuphoria Award]''', Best Costume Design - International Competition, ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''<br />
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==Bibliography, selected==<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[[2012]]: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''<br />
** "Introduction"<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Taylor_%28movies%29 Wikipedia profile]<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853050/ IMDb profile]<br />
*[http://www.wetaworkshop.co.nz/about/crew/profile/richard_taylor Weta Profile]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H9TrCLKo9M Interview with sir Richard Taylor, Co-founder and Creative Director od Weta Workshop]<br />
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[[Category:New Zealand people|Taylor, Richard]]<br />
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I've been a Tolkien fan since the late 1990s, for some 20 years now.<br />
<br />
My personal favourite races of Tolkien's Arda are the hobbits and the dwarves. I'm partial towards the shorter, the overlooked and the occassionally misunderstood.<br />
<br />
I've been visiting and enjoying Tolkien Gateway for years, but as an actual user, I am new here. Currently, I have no major plans for any projects or revisions on this wiki, but I am open to help anyone with editing articles that are in need of it. Adding references, expanding some things, those sorts of matters.<br />
<br />
Best wishes to all.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Articles I've created ==<br />
<br />
These days, Tolkien Gateway is a very comprehensive Tolkien wiki, one I feel I don't really have much to add to, aside from occassional article maintenance. About the only area I could provide more insight and genuine new wiki articles are adaptations of the Legendarium and Tolkien's other works, especially non-English-language adaptations. Here's a few of these that I've covered to date.<br />
<br />
====Radio series====<br />
* [[Adunaroth]]<br />
* ''[[Der Hobbit (1980 German radio series)|''Der Hobbit'' (1980 German radio series)]]<br />
* ''[[Hobit (1989 Slovak radio series)|''Hobit'' (1989 Slovak radio series)]]<br />
* ''[[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]<br />
* ''[[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]<br />
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[[Category:Users from the European Union|{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Adunaroth&diff=340629Adunaroth2022-01-14T13:56:30Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Overview */ typo</p>
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<div>'''Adunaroth''' ("Tracks of the West") is a fanon fictional writing script for the [[Adûnaic]] language. It was created in 2004 by Dutch Tolkien enthusiast Arno Luyendijk.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
Adunaroth is an alphabet writing script, with unique letters for the consonants and vowels known to exist in Adûnaic. It also has unique letters for the language's long vowels (â, ê, î, ô, û), written as double vowels, and unique letters for double consonants (geminate). These double vowels (long vowels) and double consonants are differentiated from single vowels (short vowels) and single consonants by adding a horizontal line at the centre of the letter. However, Adunaroth does not have separate letters for the four known diphtongs that occur in Adûnaic. This is likely due to these diphtongs being fairly rare in the known Adûnaic vocabulary, not necessitating the frequent use of a separate letter.<br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
Adunaroth is inspired by both of Tolkien's two major fictional writing scripts, ''[[Cirth|cirth]]'' (an elven invention, but used primarily by Dwarves, often called "runes") and ''[[Tengwar|tengwar]]'' (the primary elvish writing script of the [[Second Age]] and [[Third Age]]). Professor Tolkien never hinted whether any of the Mannish peoples created their own writing scripts, and the [[Edain]] and their [[Númenorean|Númenorean]] descendants also preferred elvish scripts for much of their history. Arno Luyendijk argued that the most likely and plausible explanation for the existence of Adunaroth would be the socio-political changes in the later eras of [[Númenor]]: When Númenorean rulers and people turned their backs on elvish languages, after their previously cordial relations with elves had turned cold and suspicious. However, the inspiration by ''cirth'', and to a lesser extent ''tengwar'', is still very visible in Adunaroth, highlighting its heritage in the existing writing scripts of Arda.<br />
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==Name==<br />
The name of the writing script was compiled from Tolkien's surviving notes on the three different draft versions of the Adûnaic language. It translates to "Tracks of the West" or more loosely "Tracks of the Men of Westernesse" (from ''adûn'', Adûnaic for "west" and ''roth'', a "track", "path", either on land or one created by a ship at sea). <ref>[https://eldamo.org/content/language-pages/lang-ad.html Adûnaic language overview and analysis. Eldamo.org website by Paul Strack] </ref> <ref>[https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic language overview and analysis. Ardalambion website (folk.uib.no/hnohf/) by Helge Fauskaner]</ref><br />
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==Usability==<br />
In addition to handwriting use, the Adunaroth script has also been adopted for use as a text editor font, in TrueType format, by Robert Lloyd Wheelock.<br />
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Aside from potential fanon language expansion projects or similar Tolkien linguistic projects (in the manner of [[Neo-Elvish]] or Neo-Khuzdul), Adunaroth is also intended to be usable for tabletop roleplaying and live-action roleplaying where [[Adûnaic]] plays a role.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://omniglot.com/conscripts/adunaroth.htm Adunaroth] at [https://omniglot.com/index.htm Omniglot.com], the Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages<br />
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==References==<br />
<references><br />
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[[Category:Fanon]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Coffee&diff=340628Talk:Coffee2022-01-14T13:49:48Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: typo</p>
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<div>====Fan theory about Bilbo's "coffee" (do not include in article !)====<br />
Not to be included in the article, under any circumstances ! This is just a fun bit of speculation. Given the climate and nature of The Shire, it's improbable the hobbits could produce coffee beans on their own, and it's also rather unlikely they'd bother to trade coffee beans from far, far away, from southern lands unknown. However, let's be mindful of what Tolkien had to say about the Red Book of Westmarch: Some of its "translated" texts might be a looser interpretation, more accessible to a modern reader. I think this is the case with the references to Bilbo serving "coffee" to Thorin and friends. "Coffee" is a straightforward shorthand, but the hot drink Bilbo served was actually... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory]. Chicory grows all over Europe and in similar mild climates. It would have no problems growing all around The Shire as a common blue field flower, easily forageable by hobbits. Bilbo or his acquaintances might gather chicory roots every now and then, dry them alongide other useful herbs in a storeroom or cellar, then grind the dry chicory roots into a powder usable for hot drinks. This at least explains how a medieval to early modern-ish society like that of The Shire could get ahold of a regular supply of coffee. :-) --[[User:A Hobbit Gentleman|A Hobbit Gentleman]] 21:27, 11 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:It would be useful to add to this theory that ground dry chicory roots were used as a substitute (Ersatz in german) for real coffee during the great depression in the 1930s and during the second world war in Europe and is called Ersatzkaffee or Zichorienkaffee in german. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 08:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Coffee&diff=340560Talk:Coffee2022-01-11T21:27:38Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Fan theory about Bilbo's "coffee" (do not include in article !) */ smaller heading</p>
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<div>====Fan theory about Bilbo's "coffee" (do not include in article !)====<br />
Not to be included in the article, under any circumstances ! This is just a fun bit of speculation. Given the climate and nature of The Shire, it's improbable the hobbits could produce coffee beans on their own, and it's also rather unlikely they'd bother to trade coffee beans from far, far away, from southern lands unknown. However, let's be mindful of what Tolkien had to say about the Red Book of Westmarch: Some of its "translated" texts might be a looser interpretation, more accessible to a modern reader. I think this is the case with the references to Bilbo serving "coffee" to Thorin and friends. "Coffee" is a straightforward shorthand, but the hot drink Bilbo served was actually... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory]. Chicory grows all over Europe and in similar mild climates. It would have no problems growing all around The Shire as a common blue field flower, easily foregeable by hobbits. Bilbo or his acquaintances might gather chicory roots every now and then, dry them alongide other useful herbs in a storeroom or cellar, then grind the dry chicory roots into a powder usable for hot drinks. This at least explains how a medieval to early modern-ish society like that of The Shire could get ahold of a regular supply of coffee. :-) --[[User:A Hobbit Gentleman|A Hobbit Gentleman]] 21:27, 11 January 2022 (UTC)</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Coffee&diff=340559Talk:Coffee2022-01-11T21:27:12Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: just some thoughts on the subject</p>
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<div>==Fan theory about Bilbo's "coffee" (do not include in article !)==<br />
Not to be included in the article, under any circumstances ! This is just a fun bit of speculation. Given the climate and nature of The Shire, it's improbable the hobbits could produce coffee beans on their own, and it's also rather unlikely they'd bother to trade coffee beans from far, far away, from southern lands unknown. However, let's be mindful of what Tolkien had to say about the Red Book of Westmarch: Some of its "translated" texts might be a looser interpretation, more accessible to a modern reader. I think this is the case with the references to Bilbo serving "coffee" to Thorin and friends. "Coffee" is a straightforward shorthand, but the hot drink Bilbo served was actually... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory chicory]. Chicory grows all over Europe and in similar mild climates. It would have no problems growing all around The Shire as a common blue field flower, easily foregeable by hobbits. Bilbo or his acquaintances might gather chicory roots every now and then, dry them alongide other useful herbs in a storeroom or cellar, then grind the dry chicory roots into a powder usable for hot drinks. This at least explains how a medieval to early modern-ish society like that of The Shire could get ahold of a regular supply of coffee. :-) --[[User:A Hobbit Gentleman|A Hobbit Gentleman]] 21:27, 11 January 2022 (UTC)</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(1955_radio_series)&diff=340378The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)2022-01-03T13:05:45Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: update, added reference</p>
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<div>{{disambig-more|The Lord of the Rings|[[The Lord of the Rings (disambiguation)]]}}<br />
In [[1955]], the [[BBC|BBC Radio Third Programme]] aired a treatment of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in six episodes. A [[1956|year later]], six episodes on ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King]]'' followed. Though only the latter six episodes were called thus, the entire series has become known as the 1955 [[:Category:Radio adaptations|radio series]] of '''''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'''''. Each of these twelve episodes was repeated just once, almost immediately, between two and five days after its first broadcast.It is the first adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and the first [[Middle-earth]] known adaptation in any form. No recordings of this series are known to have survived. However, the scripts and some correspondence still exist {{fact}}, as well as parts of the musical score. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxP0JMn484&t=139s ''Searching for the lost recordings of J.R.R. Tolkien'' - Music from 1955 LOTR dramatization], 2nd minute, 19th second of the documentary. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07mvd5z Originally broadcast] in August 2016 on BBC Radio 4, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxP0JMn484 archive copy] by Sídh Aníron. Retrieved 3 January 2022.</ref><br />
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==Episodes==<br />
;The Fellowship of the Ring<br />
* Episode 1: "The Meaning of the Ring" [[14 November]], [[1955]]<ref name="CaG"/> <ref>{{webcite|website=[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Genome Project]|accessed=23 February 2019|articlename='THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING' by J. R. R. Tolkien - Third Programme - 14 November 1955|articleurl=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f441220ac7294a379a004301e4263405}}</ref><br />
* Episode 2: "Black Riders and Others" [[21 November]], [[1955]]<ref>{{webcite|website=[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Genome Project]|accessed=23 February 2019|articlename='THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING' by J. R. R. Tolkien - Third Programme - 21 November 1955|articleurl=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6baebadd0e47480f80b4172053c254ff}}</ref><br />
* Episode 3: "Aragorn", [[29 November]], [[1955]]<ref name="RT1672">Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1672, [[25 November|November 25]], [[1955]]</ref><br />
* Episode 4: "Many Meetings", [[4 December]], [[1955]]<ref name="RT1673">Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1673, [[2 December|December 2]], [[1955]]</ref><br />
* Episode 5: "The Moria Gate", [[11 December]], [[1955]]<ref name="RT1674">Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1674, [[9 December|December 9]], [[1955]]</ref><br />
* Episode 6: "The Breaking of the Fellowship", [[18 December]], [[1955]]<ref name="RT1675">Radio Times, Volume 129, No. 1675, [[16 December|December 16]], [[1955]]</ref><br />
;The Lord of the Rings<br />
* Episode 1: "Fangorn", [[19 November]], [[1956]]<ref name="RT1723">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1723, [[16 November|November 16]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
* Episode 2: "Rohan and Isengard", [[26 November]], [[1956]]<ref name="RT1724">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1724, [[23 November|November 23]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
* Episode 3: "Into the Dark", [[2 December]], [[1956]]<ref name="RT1725">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1725, [[30 November|November 30]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
* Episode 4: "The Siege of Gondor", [[9 December]], [[1956]]<ref name="RT1726">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1726, [[7 December|December 7]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
* Episode 5: "Minas Tirith and Mount Doom", [[16 December]], [[1956]]<ref name="RT1727">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1727, [[14 December|December 14]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
* Episode 6: "Many Partings" [[23 December]], [[1956]]<ref name="RT1727"/><ref>{{webcite|website=[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Genome Project]|accessed=23 February 2019|articlename='THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J. R. R. Tolkien - Third Programme - 23 December 1956|articleurl=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1227a1f1b6464340b435e5e5f84ad163}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
! Actor !! Role<br />
|-<br />
| John Baker || Orcs<ref name="RT1723"/><br />
|-<br />
| Nicolette Bernard ||Unspecified (presumably [[Goldberry]]),<ref name="RT1672"/> [[Galadriel]]<ref name="RT1675"/><br />
|-<br />
| Oliver Burt || [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]<ref name="RT1672"/><br />
|-<br />
| Michael Collins || [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]]<ref name="RT1672"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Frank Duncan]] || [[Legolas]],<ref name="RT1674"/> [[Halbarad]],<ref name="RT1726"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1672"/><ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Valentine Dyall]] || [[Treebeard]],<ref name="RT1723"/> [[Théoden]],<ref name="RT1724"/> Orcs<ref name="RT1675"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Robert Farquharson]] || [[Saruman]],<ref name="RT1724"/> [[Denethor]]<ref name="RT1726"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Felix Felton]] || [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]],<ref name="RT1674"/> Voice of [[Sauron]],<ref name="RT1724"/> [[Witch-king|The Black Captain]],<ref name="RT1727"/> Orcs,<ref name="RT1723"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1672"/><ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Garard Green]] || [[Elrond]],<ref name="RT1674"/> [[Celeborn]],<ref name="RT1675"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
| Olive Gregg || [[Éowyn]]<ref name="RT1727"/><br />
|-<br />
| Derek Hart || Narrator<ref name="RT1672"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[David Hemmings]] || [[Bergil]]<ref name="RT1726"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Noel Johnson]] || [[Éomer]]<ref name="RT1723"/><br />
|-<br />
| Basil Jones || [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]]<ref name="RT1672"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Godfrey Kenton]] || [[Aragorn]],<ref name="RT1672"/> [[Mablung (ranger of Ithilien)|Mablung]], <ref name="RT1675"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Eric Lugg]] || [[Gimli]],<ref name="RT1674"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Victor Platt]] || [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]<ref name="RT1672"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Derek Prentice]] || [[Boromir]],<ref name="RT1674"/> [[Faramir]],<ref name="RT1725"/> [[Beregond]], <ref name="RT1726"/> Orcs, <ref name="RT1727"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1672"/><ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Bernard Rebel]] || [[Gríma|Wormtongue]]<ref name="RT1724"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Prunella Scales]] || [[Ioreth]]<ref name="RT1727"/><br />
|-<br />
|[[Gerik Schjelderup]] || [[Gollum]], <ref name="RT1723"/> Orcs<ref name="RT1723"/><br />
|-<br />
| [[Norman Shelley]] || [[Gandalf]],<ref name="RT1674"/> [[Tom Bombadil]],<ref name="RT1672"/><ref name="L175">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (eds.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 175]] (dated [[30 November|November 30]], [[1955]])</ref> An Old Man,<ref name="RT1723"/> Additional voices<ref name="RT1673"/><br />
|-<br />
| Roger Snowdon || Orcs<ref name="RT1675"/><ref name="RT1723"/><ref name="RT1727"/><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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Adapted by [[Terence Tiller]].<ref name="L193">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (eds.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 193]] (dated [[2 November|November 2]], [[1956]])</ref> Music by Anthony Smith-Masters.<ref name="RT1672"/><br />
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==Differences from the book=<br />
*In the first six episodes, dialogue was preserved as much as possible, but in the last six, some liberty had to be taken.<ref name="CaG">[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]], ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide:Reader's Guide'', "Adaptations", pp. 8-23</ref>=<br />
* The second part of the series had to have a lot of cuts because executives at the [[BBC]] were not as fond of ''The Lord of the Rings'' as the listeners were.<ref name="CaG"/><br />
*'''Tom Bombadil:''' Considered by Tolkien "dreadful", though it is left unexplained why.<ref name="L175"/><br />
*'''[[Goldberry]]:''' She was portrayed as Bombadil's daughter.<ref name="L175"/> Tiller later apologized to Tolkien, stating he had thought the age difference between the two too large to portray them as a couple.<ref name="CaG"/><br />
*'''[[Old Man Willow|Willowman]]:''' He is shown in league with [[Mordor]], rather than just an antagonist of the Hobbits.<ref name="L175"/><br />
*'''[[Glóin]]:''' He was given a German accent. Tolkien thought he was not too bad, though a bit exaggerated.<ref name="L176">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (eds.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 176]] (dated [[8 December|December 8]], [[1955]])</ref><br />
*'''The [[Council of Elrond]]''': Severely trimmed, only the base actions and characters remained.<ref name="CaG"/><br />
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<div>'''''Der Herr der Ringe''''' (German: '''The Lord of the Rings''') was a [[wikipedia:Germany|German]] radio series based on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' which first aired in a single series (season) in [[1992]], for a total of 30 episodes on German public radio. This radio series with a full cast of characters was a co-production between public radio broadcasters [[wikipedia:Südwestrundfunk|SWR]] (Südwestrundfunk) and [[wikipedia:Westdeutscher_Rundfunk|WDR]] (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), first aired from January to April 1992. On a legal level, the adaptation was fully approved by the [[Tolkien Estate]]. <br />
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The series was written and adapted for radio by experienced radio playwright Peter Steinbach and directed by Bernd Lau. The soundtrack for the series was composed by Peter Zwetkoff. The ''Der Herr der Ringe'' radio series consisted of thirty episodes of roughly 25 minutes each. The series first aired from January to April 1992, with the premiere of the first episode on the 3rd of January 1992, on [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s 100th birthday. <ref>Most of the information in this article are translated from the article on Ardapedia, the German-language Tolkien wiki affiliated with Tolkien Gateway. Retrieved on 4 June 2021.</ref> <ref>[https://www.ardapedia.org/wiki/Der_Herr_der_Ringe_(H%C3%B6rspiel) German-language article on the ''Der Herr der Ringe'' radio series]. Dated 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2021. Archived via the WaybackMachine of Archive.org.</ref><br />
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Average ratings for the premiere broadcast between January and April 1992 achieved above-average ratings of 100.000 listeners per episode.<br />
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==Episodes==<br />
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The series aired in a single series (season) of thirty episodes, from January to April 1992.<br />
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# ''Ein festlicher Abschied'' ("A Festive Farewell")<br />
# ''Der Ring bleibt bei Frodo'' ("The Ring Stays with Frodo") <br />
# ''Der Feind regt sich'' ("The Enemy Is Moving")<br />
# ''Hinaus in die Welt'' ("Into the Wide World")<br />
# ''Eine nacht unter Elben'' ("A Night Among the Elves")<br />
# ''Verschwörung der Freunde'' ("A Conspiracy of Friends")<br />
# ''Süsse Gastfreundschaft '' ("Sweet Hospitality")<br />
# ''Ein Waldläufer kommt ins Spiel'' ("A Ranger Enters")<br />
# ''Der Feind greift an'' ("The Enemy Attacks")<br />
# ''Der Rat Elronds'' ("Elrond's Council")<br />
# ''In die Tiefen der Welt'' ("Into the Depths of the World")<br />
# ''Durins Zeiten'' ("Durin's Times")<br />
# ''Im Herzen des alten Reiches'' ("In the Heart of the Old Realm")<br />
# ''Frodos Entscheidung'' ("Frodo's Decision")<br />
# ''Die Gemeinschaft zerbricht'' ("The Breaking ot the Fellowship")<br />
# ''Mit Horn und Trommeln'' ("With Horn and Drums")<br />
# ''Neue Ziele'' ("New Goals")<br />
# ''Ein Heer bricht auf'' ("An Army Breaks Forth")<br />
# ''Kampf um die Hornburg'' ("Battle of the Hornburg")<br />
# ''Nach Isengart'' ("To Isengard")<br />
# ''Sarumans Stimme'' ("Saruman's Voice")<br />
# ''Eine Falle für alle Hobbits'' ("A Trap for All Hobbits")<br />
# ''Der Feind vor der Stadt'' ("The Enemy Before the City")<br />
# ''Zum Tor der Toten'' ("To the Gate of the Dead")<br />
# ''Die Verbündeten sammeln sich'' ("The Allies Gather")<br />
# ''Feuer in der Stadt'' ("Fire in the City")<br />
# ''Der Tod des Königs'' ("The Death of the King")<br />
# ''Ein Köder für Mordor'' ("Bait for Mordor")<br />
# ''Am Schicksalsberg'' ("On Mount Doom")<br />
# ''Zu guter Letzt'' ("All's Well that Ends Well")<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The series follows the storyline of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' very closely and in a very faithful manner. Notably, this is one of the few adaptations of the novel in a different medium - be it radio or film - that omits very little of the original storyline, preserving even many of the minor and frequently omitted characters.<br />
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The events set after the [[War of the Ring]] are somewhat abbreviated, particularly the Grey Havens and Frodo's, Bilbo's and Gandalf's departure from Middle-earth).<br />
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Minor characters adapted from the novel include Gildor, Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, Daddy Twofoot, Farmer Maggot, Háma and Imrahil.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"<br />
! Role !! Actor<br />
|-<br />
| Narrator || Ernst Schröder<br />
|-<br />
| [[Frodo Baggins]] || Matthias Haase<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gandalf]] || Manfred Steffen<br />
|-<br />
| [[Aragorn]] || Hans-Peter Hallwachs<br />
|-<br />
| [[Samwise Gamgee]] || Edgar Hoppe<br />
|-<br />
| [[Galadriel]] || Gustl Halenke<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gimli]] || Walter Renneisen<br />
|-<br />
| [[Peregrin Took]] || Rufus Beck<br />
|-<br />
| [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] || Tobias Lelle<br />
|-<br />
| [[Legolas]] || Matthias Ponnier<br />
|-<br />
| [[Elrond]] || Peter Lieck<br />
|-<br />
| [[Haldir]] || Gunther Cremer<br />
|-<br />
| [[Boromir]] || Christian Redl<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bilbo Baggins]] || Klaus Herm<br />
|-<br />
| [[Saruman]] || Manfred Steffen<br />
|-<br />
| [[Tom Bombadil]] || Peter Ehrlich<br />
|-<br />
| [[Farmer Maggot]] || Günter Kasch<br />
|-<br />
| [[Old Noakes]] || Wolfgang Laugwitz<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gríma Wormtongue]] || Karl Lieffen<br />
|-<br />
| [[Éomer]] || Rainer Schmitt<br />
|-<br />
| [[Denethor]] || Heinz Schimmelpfenig<br />
|-<br />
| [[Éowyn]] || Donata Höffer<br />
|-<br />
| [[Faramir]] || Friedhelm Ptok<br />
|-<br />
| [[Háma]] || Dieter Eppler<br />
|-<br />
| [[Treebeard]] || Friedrich Schütter<br />
|-<br />
| [[Witch-king|Witch-king of Angmar]] || Christian Mey<br />
|-<br />
| [[Celeborn]] || Wolfgang Hinze<br />
|-<br />
| [[Théoden]] || Werner Rundshagen<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gollum]] || Dietmar Mues <br />
|-<br />
| [[Gaffer Gamgee]] || Wolfgang Reinsch<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ted Sandyman]] || Jochen Stern<br />
|-<br />
| [[The Mouth of Sauron]] || Peter Gawajda<br />
|-<br />
| [[Goldberry]] || Donata Höffer<br />
|-<br />
| [[Glorfindel]] || Stefan Schwartz<br />
|-<br />
| [[Imrahil]] || Gert Andresen<br />
|-<br />
| [[Beregond]] || Klaus Spürkel<br />
|-<br />
| [[Glóin]] || Heinz Meier<br />
|-<br />
| [[Gildor]] || Charles Wirths<br />
|-<br />
| [[Daddy Twofoot]] || Hans Edgar Stecher<br />
|-<br />
| Other roles || Helen Elcka <br> Ingrid Adé <br> Jan-Paul Biczycki <br> Hans-Peter Bögel <br> et al<br />
|}<br />
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The series uses an abstract overarching narrator, similar to the approach of the 1980 German radio adaptation of ''The Hobbit'' and the 1981 British radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings''. <br />
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Manfred Steffen has a double role as Gandalf and Saruman.<br />
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Donata Höffer voices both Éowyn and Goldberry.<br />
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The series has one of the largest casts of unique actors of any Tolkien radio adaptation to date, possibly even still holding the record. The series utilised a cast of 60 actors and actresses in main character roles and 36 actors and actresses in supporting character roles.<br />
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== Credits ==<br />
* Based on the works by: [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<br />
* Written and adapted by: Peter Steinbach<br />
* Directed by: Bernd Lau<br />
* Music: Peter Zwetkoff (composer), [https://www.sprechchor.ch/sprechchor/joomla/index.html Kammersprechchor Zürich] (choir, vocals and songs)<br />
* Sound engineers: Roland Seiler, Udo Schuster<br />
* Recording director: Johannes Hertel<br />
* Editing: Christiane Köhler, Regina Kraus, Regine Schneider <br />
* Produced by: Südwestrundfunk (SWR) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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The series' total runtime of twelve and a half hours were recorded in three recording studios in parallel, using the direct cut method on a computer. This radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'' therefore became Germany's first digital radio play.<br />
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The overall production costs for the radio series amounted to nearly 500.000 € in today's currency. <ref>Peter Eckhart Reichel:'''Hörbücher produzieren: Von der Idee zur fertigen Audioproduktion'', Berlin 2013, Section: ''Was kostest eine Hörbuchproduktion?''.</ref><br />
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== Music ==<br />
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The music for the series was composed by Peter Zwetkoff. <ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zwetkoff Peter Zwetkoff] article at the German-language Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.</ref> It has an emphasis on traditional and orchestral instrumentation.<br />
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== Translation ==<br />
To date, there are two published book translations of ''The Lord of the Rings'' into German. The first, 1969-1970 translation by [[Margaret Carroux]], ''Der Herr der Ringe'' ("The Lord of the Rings"), and the second, 2000 translation by [[Wolfgang Krege]], equally titled ''Der Herr der Ringe''.<br />
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Due to the year the ''Der Herr der Ringe'' radio series was produced in, it used the terminology and excerpts from the earlier and longer established translation by Carroux. <ref>[http://www.elrondslibrary.fr/T_German.html Elrond's Library.fr - Published German translations of Tolkien's works] (not entirely up to date). Retrieved 4 June 2021.</ref><br />
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Though the German radio series has been praised for its handling of the source material and the translated terminology, it has also received some degree of criticism in German Tolkien fan circles, for sometimes ingoring the correct pronunciation of some placenames and personal names in Tolkien's constructed languages. <ref>[http://www.fictionfantasy.de/herr-der-ringe-hoerspiel Review of the ''Der Herr der Ringe'' radio series at fictionfantasy.de]. Dated 15 August 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2021.</ref><br />
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== Releases ==<br />
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To date, this radio series has been commercially released on home media and for digital purchase by several publishers. The series was first published in 1992, after its first broadcast, by audio drama and audiobook publisher Cotta’s Hörbühne on 15 [[wikipedia:Casette tape|audio casettes]] (in the Normal Edition) and 9 audio casettes (in the Special Edition). In 1993, Cotta’s Hörbühne followed up the casette release with publishing another home media edition on 10 CDs. This was one of their last major releases, as the publisher was disbanded by its parent company in 1993. <ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotta%E2%80%99s_H%C3%B6rb%C3%BChne Cotta’s Hörbühne] article at the German Wikipedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.</ref> Subsequent re-releases of the series on home media since 1993 have been handled by audio drama and audiobook publisher Der Hörverlag, with their re-releases of the series published on 11 CDs. <ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_H%C3%B6rverlag Der Hörverlag] article at the German Wikipedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.</ref> In more recent years, the series has also been made available for digital purchase and download at Audible.de. The series has a total runtime of 756 minutes. <ref>The home media releases of the ''Der Herr der Ringe'' radio series can be found under the ISBN codes ISBN 3-89584-963-4 / ISBN 3-89940-265-0.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Der Hobbit (1980 German radio series)|''Der Hobbit'' (1980 German radio series)]] - A 1980 German four-part radio miniseries adaptation of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'', by the public radio broadcaster WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) Köln.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [[wikipedia:Der_Herr_der_Ringe|''The Lord of the Rings'' 1992 German radio series]] at the [[wikipedia:Main_Page|English Wikipedia]]<br />
* [https://www.audible.de/pd/Der-Herr-der-Ringe-Das-Hoerspiel-Hoerbuch/B004IZ4WFW ''The Lord of the Rings'' 1992 German radio series available for purchase at Audible.de] <br />
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[[Category:Radio adaptations|Der Herr der Ringe]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bows&diff=338481Bows2021-11-15T17:14:16Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Portrayal in adaptations */ update</p>
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Elven Bow.jpg|frame|''Elven Bow'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Bows''' were a common weapon in [[Arda]]. All peoples, Good and Evil, were known to have used them, most notable of them being the [[Elves]], the [[Númenóreans]], [[Rohirrim]], [[Orcs]] and even [[Hobbits]].<ref>[[Anthony Burdge]], [[Jessica Burke]], "Weapons, Named"; in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'' (edited by [[Michael D.C. Drout]])</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
Bows varied in shape, size and material. While [[Elves|Elven]] flawless bows were made from wood, [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] bows were made of hollow steel, forged in armories.<ref name=Numenor>{{UT|Numenor}}, p. 170</ref> It is said in a poem that [[Eärendil]] wielded a bow "made of dragon-horn".<ref>{{FR|Earendil}}</ref><br />
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==Bows by faction==<br />
* [[Elves]] of [[Doriath]] and [[Lothlórien]] used longbows which were, as their name suggests, longer bows which could shoot farther and higher than any other types of bows. Elves were the first race to develop and master the use of bows, and later passed their knowledge to [[Men]].<br />
<br />
* [[Númenóreans]] used a type of bow called the steel-bow, which was made of hollow steel, as its name implies. "In later days, in the wars upon Middle-Earth, it was the bows of the Númenóreans that were most greatly feared. 'The Men of the Sea,' it was said, 'send before them a great cloud, as of rain turned to serpents, or a black hail tipped with steel...'". It was used to shoot black-feathered arrows that were a full ell long from point to notch.<ref name=Numenor/> It was much feared by their enemies.<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}, p. 273</ref> Among the royal heirlooms of the [[Kings of Númenor]] was the [[Bow of Bregor]].<ref>{{UT|3a}}, p. 171</ref> The Númenoreans were also the only known culture in Arda to have developed [[Cross-bows|crossbows]], used primarily for bird hunting. <ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 340</ref> <br />
<br />
* The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] army contains units of archers who use a longbow. The bows are made of heartwood, about 68 inches tall. The arrows are about 28 inches long with four-inch steel tips. They're accurate up to 200 yards. The longbowmen of the army wear their quiver (the case that holds the arrows) on their hips rather than on their backs like most archers. Bows were also the primary weapon of the [[Rangers of Ithilien]].<ref>{{HM|TT}}</ref><br />
<br />
* [[Rohirrim]] archers used shortbows, possibly because they fought mounted on horses. The shortbows were much less powerful than those used by other [[Men]], having a range of only 125 yards.<br />
<br />
* The various [[Northmen]] nations, including the [[Men of Dale]] and [[Lake-men]], used bows for hunting and warfare alike. [[Bard the Bowman]] was a notable archer from Lake-town and played a key role in the slaying of the dragon [[Smaug]] with the [[Black Arrow]].<ref>{{H|14}}</ref> [[Beorn]], a skinchanger affiliated with the [[Beornings|Beorning]] people, supplied Thorin and his company with a few hunting bows before they headed east towards Mirkwood.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
* Bows were a prominent weapon of the [[Elves of Mirkwood]]. Spearmen and archers formed the bulk of the [[Woodland Realm]]'s army during the [[Battle of the Five Armies]] near [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Hobbits]] also used bows. Hobbit archers fought for [[Arnor]] in the [[Battle of Fornost]],<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> and also participated in the [[Battle of Bywater]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Dwarves]] used bows less prominently than the other races, but had them among their military weapons. Dwarven bows were shortbows made of horn, or of a composite build, using horn and wood. [[Thorin Oakenshield]] used a bow to threaten the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Mirkwood Elves]] and the [[Men of Dale]] when he was reluctant to part with the treasures of [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Orcs]] used bows for hunting, as well as weapons of war. Orcs primarily used bows that were made of horn, although the [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Isengard]] were known to use longer bows in the fashion of Men, which were made of yew.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Notable bowmen==<br />
* [[Duilin (elf of Gondolin)|Duilin]], a lord of [[Gondolin]], along with his [[House of the Swallow]].<br />
* [[Beleg|Beleg Cúthalion]], who bore [[Belthronding]].<br />
* [[Bard]], who slew the [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]] with his [[Black Arrow]].<br />
* [[Legolas]], a member of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]].<br />
<br />
==Other names==<br />
*[[Quenya]]: ''quinga''<br />
*[[Sindarin]]/[[Noldorin]]: ''ping'', ''cú''<br />
*[[Nandorin]]: ''cogn''<br />
<br />
The forms ''quinga'', ''ping'' are cognates deriving from the [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kwingā''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KWIG" (in that source the first word is spelled ''qinga'', and the second is [[Noldorin]].</ref><br />
<br />
The form ''cogn'', is derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kuȝnā'', itself representing the [[root]] KUȜ.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KUȜ", p. 365</ref><br />
<br />
==Inspirations==<br />
It is possible Tolkien's fascination with bows came from Red Indian stories:<br />
{{blockquote|Red Indians were better: there were bows and arrows (I had and have a wholly unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow)|[[On Fairy-Stories]]}}<br />
<br />
{{blockquote|But he [Tolkien] liked Red Indian stories and longed to shoot with a bow and arrow.|[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''}}<br />
<br />
The idea of steel bows wielded by Númenorean military elites was likely inspired by historical steel bows from India, similarly expensive and rare archery weapons. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200805231657/http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/steelbow/steelbow.html ''Steel Bows in India'']. Orig. publ. in ''Society of Archer-Antiquaries'', 1969. ''Sagittarius Twente'' University Archery Club website. Margo.student.utwente.nl (archived version, Archive.org)</ref> <ref>[http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.18939.html ''Indian Steel Bow'' discussion]. MyArmoury.com discussion forums, 13 February 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''[[2001]]-[[2003]]: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''{{Fotree}}'', ''Weta Workshop'' featurette</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves and Orcs. In ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'', the [[Uruk-hai]] use [[Cross-bows|crossbows]] in the beginning of the [[Battle of Helm's Deep]] (non-canonical to orcs). <ref>''{{Tttee}}, ''Weta Workshop'' featurette</ref><br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' <br />
<br />
:Bows are available to player characters as handheld ranged weapons.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Bow_Items Category: Bow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> There are also crossbows, less common.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Crossbow_Items Category: Crossbow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> <br />
<br />
'''[[2012]]-[[2014]]: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]], [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]], [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' Extended Editions, ''Weta Workshop'' featurettes</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves, Dwarves and Orcs.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of bows|Images of bows]]<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Weapons]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bows&diff=338480Bows2021-11-15T17:13:37Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Portrayal in adaptations */ updating references</p>
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Elven Bow.jpg|frame|''Elven Bow'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Bows''' were a common weapon in [[Arda]]. All peoples, Good and Evil, were known to have used them, most notable of them being the [[Elves]], the [[Númenóreans]], [[Rohirrim]], [[Orcs]] and even [[Hobbits]].<ref>[[Anthony Burdge]], [[Jessica Burke]], "Weapons, Named"; in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'' (edited by [[Michael D.C. Drout]])</ref><br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
Bows varied in shape, size and material. While [[Elves|Elven]] flawless bows were made from wood, [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] bows were made of hollow steel, forged in armories.<ref name=Numenor>{{UT|Numenor}}, p. 170</ref> It is said in a poem that [[Eärendil]] wielded a bow "made of dragon-horn".<ref>{{FR|Earendil}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Bows by faction==<br />
* [[Elves]] of [[Doriath]] and [[Lothlórien]] used longbows which were, as their name suggests, longer bows which could shoot farther and higher than any other types of bows. Elves were the first race to develop and master the use of bows, and later passed their knowledge to [[Men]].<br />
<br />
* [[Númenóreans]] used a type of bow called the steel-bow, which was made of hollow steel, as its name implies. "In later days, in the wars upon Middle-Earth, it was the bows of the Númenóreans that were most greatly feared. 'The Men of the Sea,' it was said, 'send before them a great cloud, as of rain turned to serpents, or a black hail tipped with steel...'". It was used to shoot black-feathered arrows that were a full ell long from point to notch.<ref name=Numenor/> It was much feared by their enemies.<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}, p. 273</ref> Among the royal heirlooms of the [[Kings of Númenor]] was the [[Bow of Bregor]].<ref>{{UT|3a}}, p. 171</ref> The Númenoreans were also the only known culture in Arda to have developed [[Cross-bows|crossbows]], used primarily for bird hunting. <ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 340</ref> <br />
<br />
* The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] army contains units of archers who use a longbow. The bows are made of heartwood, about 68 inches tall. The arrows are about 28 inches long with four-inch steel tips. They're accurate up to 200 yards. The longbowmen of the army wear their quiver (the case that holds the arrows) on their hips rather than on their backs like most archers. Bows were also the primary weapon of the [[Rangers of Ithilien]].<ref>{{HM|TT}}</ref><br />
<br />
* [[Rohirrim]] archers used shortbows, possibly because they fought mounted on horses. The shortbows were much less powerful than those used by other [[Men]], having a range of only 125 yards.<br />
<br />
* The various [[Northmen]] nations, including the [[Men of Dale]] and [[Lake-men]], used bows for hunting and warfare alike. [[Bard the Bowman]] was a notable archer from Lake-town and played a key role in the slaying of the dragon [[Smaug]] with the [[Black Arrow]].<ref>{{H|14}}</ref> [[Beorn]], a skinchanger affiliated with the [[Beornings|Beorning]] people, supplied Thorin and his company with a few hunting bows before they headed east towards Mirkwood.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
* Bows were a prominent weapon of the [[Elves of Mirkwood]]. Spearmen and archers formed the bulk of the [[Woodland Realm]]'s army during the [[Battle of the Five Armies]] near [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Hobbits]] also used bows. Hobbit archers fought for [[Arnor]] in the [[Battle of Fornost]],<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> and also participated in the [[Battle of Bywater]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Dwarves]] used bows less prominently than the other races, but had them among their military weapons. Dwarven bows were shortbows made of horn, or of a composite build, using horn and wood. [[Thorin Oakenshield]] used a bow to threaten the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Mirkwood Elves]] and the [[Men of Dale]] when he was reluctant to part with the treasures of [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Orcs]] used bows for hunting, as well as weapons of war. Orcs primarily used bows that were made of horn, although the [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Isengard]] were known to use longer bows in the fashion of Men, which were made of yew.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Notable bowmen==<br />
* [[Duilin (elf of Gondolin)|Duilin]], a lord of [[Gondolin]], along with his [[House of the Swallow]].<br />
* [[Beleg|Beleg Cúthalion]], who bore [[Belthronding]].<br />
* [[Bard]], who slew the [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]] with his [[Black Arrow]].<br />
* [[Legolas]], a member of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]].<br />
<br />
==Other names==<br />
*[[Quenya]]: ''quinga''<br />
*[[Sindarin]]/[[Noldorin]]: ''ping'', ''cú''<br />
*[[Nandorin]]: ''cogn''<br />
<br />
The forms ''quinga'', ''ping'' are cognates deriving from the [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kwingā''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KWIG" (in that source the first word is spelled ''qinga'', and the second is [[Noldorin]].</ref><br />
<br />
The form ''cogn'', is derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kuȝnā'', itself representing the [[root]] KUȜ.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KUȜ", p. 365</ref><br />
<br />
==Inspirations==<br />
It is possible Tolkien's fascination with bows came from Red Indian stories:<br />
{{blockquote|Red Indians were better: there were bows and arrows (I had and have a wholly unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow)|[[On Fairy-Stories]]}}<br />
<br />
{{blockquote|But he [Tolkien] liked Red Indian stories and longed to shoot with a bow and arrow.|[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''}}<br />
<br />
The idea of steel bows wielded by Númenorean military elites was likely inspired by historical steel bows from India, similarly expensive and rare archery weapons. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200805231657/http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/steelbow/steelbow.html ''Steel Bows in India'']. Orig. publ. in ''Society of Archer-Antiquaries'', 1969. ''Sagittarius Twente'' University Archery Club website. Margo.student.utwente.nl (archived version, Archive.org)</ref> <ref>[http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.18939.html ''Indian Steel Bow'' discussion]. MyArmoury.com discussion forums, 13 February 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''[[2001]]-[[2003]]: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''{{Fotree}}'', ''Weta Workshop'' featurette</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves and Orcs. In ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'', the [[Uruk-hai]] use [[Cross-bows|crossbows]] in the beginning of the [[Battle of Helm's Deep]] (non-canonical to orcs). <ref>''{{Tttee}}, ''Weta Workshop'' featurette</ref><br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' <br />
<br />
:Bows are available to player characters as handheld ranged weapons.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Bow_Items Category: Bow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> There are also crossbows, less common.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Crossbow_Items Category: Crossbow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> <br />
<br />
'''[[2012]]-[[2014]]: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]], [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]], [[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'', ''Weta Workshop'' featurettes</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves, Dwarves and Orcs.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of bows|Images of bows]]<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Weapons]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Bows&diff=338479Bows2021-11-15T17:06:49Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: /* Portrayal in adaptations */ reference update (test)</p>
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Elven Bow.jpg|frame|''Elven Bow'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Bows''' were a common weapon in [[Arda]]. All peoples, Good and Evil, were known to have used them, most notable of them being the [[Elves]], the [[Númenóreans]], [[Rohirrim]], [[Orcs]] and even [[Hobbits]].<ref>[[Anthony Burdge]], [[Jessica Burke]], "Weapons, Named"; in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'' (edited by [[Michael D.C. Drout]])</ref><br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
Bows varied in shape, size and material. While [[Elves|Elven]] flawless bows were made from wood, [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] bows were made of hollow steel, forged in armories.<ref name=Numenor>{{UT|Numenor}}, p. 170</ref> It is said in a poem that [[Eärendil]] wielded a bow "made of dragon-horn".<ref>{{FR|Earendil}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Bows by faction==<br />
* [[Elves]] of [[Doriath]] and [[Lothlórien]] used longbows which were, as their name suggests, longer bows which could shoot farther and higher than any other types of bows. Elves were the first race to develop and master the use of bows, and later passed their knowledge to [[Men]].<br />
<br />
* [[Númenóreans]] used a type of bow called the steel-bow, which was made of hollow steel, as its name implies. "In later days, in the wars upon Middle-Earth, it was the bows of the Númenóreans that were most greatly feared. 'The Men of the Sea,' it was said, 'send before them a great cloud, as of rain turned to serpents, or a black hail tipped with steel...'". It was used to shoot black-feathered arrows that were a full ell long from point to notch.<ref name=Numenor/> It was much feared by their enemies.<ref>{{UT|Gladden}}, p. 273</ref> Among the royal heirlooms of the [[Kings of Númenor]] was the [[Bow of Bregor]].<ref>{{UT|3a}}, p. 171</ref> The Númenoreans were also the only known culture in Arda to have developed [[Cross-bows|crossbows]], used primarily for bird hunting. <ref>{{NM|P3xiii}}, p. 340</ref> <br />
<br />
* The [[Gondorians|Gondorian]] army contains units of archers who use a longbow. The bows are made of heartwood, about 68 inches tall. The arrows are about 28 inches long with four-inch steel tips. They're accurate up to 200 yards. The longbowmen of the army wear their quiver (the case that holds the arrows) on their hips rather than on their backs like most archers. Bows were also the primary weapon of the [[Rangers of Ithilien]].<ref>{{HM|TT}}</ref><br />
<br />
* [[Rohirrim]] archers used shortbows, possibly because they fought mounted on horses. The shortbows were much less powerful than those used by other [[Men]], having a range of only 125 yards.<br />
<br />
* The various [[Northmen]] nations, including the [[Men of Dale]] and [[Lake-men]], used bows for hunting and warfare alike. [[Bard the Bowman]] was a notable archer from Lake-town and played a key role in the slaying of the dragon [[Smaug]] with the [[Black Arrow]].<ref>{{H|14}}</ref> [[Beorn]], a skinchanger affiliated with the [[Beornings|Beorning]] people, supplied Thorin and his company with a few hunting bows before they headed east towards Mirkwood.<ref>{{H|7}}</ref><br />
<br />
* Bows were a prominent weapon of the [[Elves of Mirkwood]]. Spearmen and archers formed the bulk of the [[Woodland Realm]]'s army during the [[Battle of the Five Armies]] near [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Hobbits]] also used bows. Hobbit archers fought for [[Arnor]] in the [[Battle of Fornost]],<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> and also participated in the [[Battle of Bywater]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Dwarves]] used bows less prominently than the other races, but had them among their military weapons. Dwarven bows were shortbows made of horn, or of a composite build, using horn and wood. [[Thorin Oakenshield]] used a bow to threaten the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Mirkwood Elves]] and the [[Men of Dale]] when he was reluctant to part with the treasures of [[Erebor]].<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br />
<br />
*[[Orcs]] used bows for hunting, as well as weapons of war. Orcs primarily used bows that were made of horn, although the [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Isengard]] were known to use longer bows in the fashion of Men, which were made of yew.<ref>{{TT|Departure}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Notable bowmen==<br />
* [[Duilin (elf of Gondolin)|Duilin]], a lord of [[Gondolin]], along with his [[House of the Swallow]].<br />
* [[Beleg|Beleg Cúthalion]], who bore [[Belthronding]].<br />
* [[Bard]], who slew the [[Dragons|dragon]] [[Smaug]] with his [[Black Arrow]].<br />
* [[Legolas]], a member of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]].<br />
<br />
==Other names==<br />
*[[Quenya]]: ''quinga''<br />
*[[Sindarin]]/[[Noldorin]]: ''ping'', ''cú''<br />
*[[Nandorin]]: ''cogn''<br />
<br />
The forms ''quinga'', ''ping'' are cognates deriving from the [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kwingā''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KWIG" (in that source the first word is spelled ''qinga'', and the second is [[Noldorin]].</ref><br />
<br />
The form ''cogn'', is derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''kuȝnā'', itself representing the [[root]] KUȜ.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "KUȜ", p. 365</ref><br />
<br />
==Inspirations==<br />
It is possible Tolkien's fascination with bows came from Red Indian stories:<br />
{{blockquote|Red Indians were better: there were bows and arrows (I had and have a wholly unsatisfied desire to shoot well with a bow)|[[On Fairy-Stories]]}}<br />
<br />
{{blockquote|But he [Tolkien] liked Red Indian stories and longed to shoot with a bow and arrow.|[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]''}}<br />
<br />
The idea of steel bows wielded by Númenorean military elites was likely inspired by historical steel bows from India, similarly expensive and rare archery weapons. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200805231657/http://margo.student.utwente.nl/sagi/artikel/steelbow/steelbow.html ''Steel Bows in India'']. Orig. publ. in ''Society of Archer-Antiquaries'', 1969. ''Sagittarius Twente'' University Archery Club website. Margo.student.utwente.nl (archived version, Archive.org)</ref> <ref>[http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.18939.html ''Indian Steel Bow'' discussion]. MyArmoury.com discussion forums, 13 February 2010.</ref><br />
<br />
==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
'''[[2001]]-[[2003]]: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''{{Fotree}}, "Weta Workshop" featurette''</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves and Orcs. In ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'', the [[Uruk-hai]] use [[Cross-bows|crossbows]] in the beginning of the [[Battle of Helm's Deep]] (non-canonical to orcs).<br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' <br />
<br />
:Bows are available to player characters as handheld ranged weapons.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Bow_Items Category: Bow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> There are also crossbows, less common.<ref>[http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Category:Crossbow_Items Category: Crossbow Items], ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' Wiki</ref> <br />
<br />
'''[[2012]]-[[2014]]: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Bows, just like all weapons from the films, were designed during the pre-production by artists like [[Warren Mahy]], with aid from [[Alan Lee]] and [[John Howe]]. The majorty of them were hand-crafted by [[Weta Workshop]] employees.<ref>''[[Weta Workshop (featurette)]]''</ref> Races seen using bows include Men, Elves, Dwarves and Orcs.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of bows|Images of bows]]<br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Weapons]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:Jan_Posp%C3%AD%C5%A1il_-_Lamedon_Clansman.jpg&diff=338459File:Jan Pospíšil - Lamedon Clansman.jpg2021-11-15T03:50:19Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: == Description ==
"Lamedon Clansman" by Jan Pospíšil.
Concept art originally created for ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'', a total conversion mod for the games ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''.
First publis</p>
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<div>== Description ==<br />
<br />
"[[Lamedon]] Clansman" by Jan Pospíšil.<br />
<br />
Concept art originally created for ''[[The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]'', a total conversion mod for the games ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''.<br />
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First published (on DA): 1 June 2006<br />
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==Licensing==<br />
{{Copyright-permission|Jan Pospíšil|[http://merlkir.deviantart.com/ Jan Pospisil on DeviantArt]|Jan Pospíšil}}<br />
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[[Category:Images by Jan Pospíšil]]<br />
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[[Category:Images of armor]]<br />
[[Category:Concept art for The Last Days]]</div>A Hobbit Gentlemanhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:Jan_Posp%C3%AD%C5%A1il_-_Lossarnach_Axeman.jpg&diff=338458File:Jan Pospíšil - Lossarnach Axeman.jpg2021-11-15T03:48:15Z<p>A Hobbit Gentleman: == Description ==
"Lossarnach Axeman" by Jan Pospíšil.
Concept art originally created for ''The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)'', a total conversion mod for the games ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''.
First publi</p>
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<div>== Description ==<br />
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"[[Lossarnach]] Axeman" by Jan Pospíšil.<br />
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Concept art originally created for ''[[The Last Days (of the Third Age of Middle-earth)]]'', a total conversion mod for the games ''Mount & Blade'' and ''Mount & Blade: Warband''.<br />
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First published (on DA): 10 February 2008<br />
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==Licensing==<br />
{{Copyright-permission|Jan Pospíšil|[http://merlkir.deviantart.com/ Jan Pospisil on DeviantArt]|Jan Pospíšil}}<br />
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