User:Zoey The Edgedancer/The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some distant time in the past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book, The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. However, this page not only refers to this one work, but rather is to refer to the entirety of his Legendarium, which forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings.

What I refer to as the "Central Stories", include The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, making up the central pillar of the verse as a whole. They tie into each other and rely on each other the most, and are the most universally agreed upon by fans to be the canon.

The History of Middle Earth is a 12-volume series of books, showing the development of Middle-Earth and its components over time, showing Tolkien's creative process over the decades.

On Canon and Cross-Scaling
In the context of this wiki, the games, and additional material added in the movies, should not be scaled to the canon material, nor should it be used in any way to add to it. In the case of characters that appear in both canon and non-canon materials, they should either be treated as separate keys, or simply have notes added to signify that a part of the page only applies to non-canon material.

Material in The History of Middle-Earth is to be considered unambiguously non-canon, as it is explicitly a compilation of old versions of the legendarium. Thus cannot be taken as official.

The History of Middle-Earth

 * The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (1983)
 * The Book of Lost Tales, Part II (1984)
 * The Lays of Beleriand (1985)
 * The Shaping of Middle-earth (1986)
 * The Lost Road and Other Writings (1987)
 * The Return of the Shadow (1988)
 * The Treason of Isengard (1989)
 * The War of the Ring (1990)
 * Sauron Defeated (1992)


 * The Nature of Middle-earth (2021)

Tales of Middle Earth

 * Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth (1980)
 * The Children of Húrin (2007)
 * Beren and Lúthien (2017)
 * The Fall of Gondolin (2018)

Central Books

 * The Silmarillion
 * The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

 * The Fellowship of the Ring (July 29, 1954)
 * The Two Towers (November 11, 1954)
 * Return of the King (October 20, 1955)

Film and Television

 * The Hobbit (1977)
 * Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (November 15, 1978)
 * Khraniteli (April 13th, 1991)
 * Hobitit (1993)
 * The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (December 10th, 2001)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (December 5th, 2002)
 * The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (December 1st, 2003)
 * The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (November 28th, 2012)
 * The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smough (December 2nd, 2013)
 * The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (December 1st, 2014)

Video Games

 * Shadows of Mordor (1987)
 * War in Middle Earth (1988)
 * J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I (1990)
 * J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II The Two Towers (1992)
 * J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III (October, 1994)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (September 24, 2002)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (October 21, 2002)
 * The Hobbit (October 24th, 2003)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (October 31, 2003)
 * The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (November 4th, 2003)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (November 2, 2004)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (December 6, 2004)
 * The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (November 8, 2005)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (February 28, 2006)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (November 28th, 2006)
 * The Lord of the Rings Online (April 24, 2007)
 * The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (November 18, 2008)
 * The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan (October 15, 2012)
 * The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (January 9th, 2009)
 * The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (September 14, 2010)
 * Guardians of Middle-earth (December 4th, 2012)
 * Lego: The Hobbit (April 8th, 2014)
 * Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (September 30, 2014)
 * Middle-earth: Shadow of War (October 10, 2017)
 * The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (2022)

Valar

 * Manwë Súlimo
 * Melkor (Morgoth)
 * Ulmo
 * Aulë
 * Oromë Aldaron
 * Námo
 * Irmo
 * Tulkas Astaldo
 * Varda Elentári
 * Yavanna Kementári
 * Nienna the Weeper
 * Estë
 * Vairë
 * Vána
 * Nessa

Maiar

 * Alatar (Morinehtar)
 * Aiwendil (Radagast)
 * Arien
 * Curumo (Saruman)
 * Eönwë
 * Durin's Bane
 * Gothmog
 * Ilmarë
 * Mairon (Sauron)
 * Melian
 * Olórin (Gandalf)
 * Ossë
 * Pallando (Rómestámo)
 * Salmar
 * Tilion
 * Uinen

Dragons

 * Glaurung
 * Ancalagon the Black
 * Scatha the Worm
 * The Great Cold Drake
 * Fire-drake of Gondolin
 * Smaug
 * Gostir