One of the most confusing things in The Silmarillion is the sheer number of names and terms to know. So let’s dive into the creation myth in Tolkien’s world and learn a little bit more about all of these beings.
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Let’s chat about Azog, the Orc-Lord also known as the Pale Orc or Azog the Defiler.
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I swear he wasn’t that gross in the books.
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If you are in an MLM, this post is going to be hard for you to read, and I’m sorry for that.
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Unlike the nine mortal Men whose Rings of Power corrupted them and turned them into wraiths in the service of Sauron, we know the Dwarf-lords who received the seven Rings of Power proved to be resistant to Sauron’s domination. So why didn’t the Council of Elrond just give the One Ring to a dwarf to bring to Mordor?
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How is Elrond related to Galadriel?
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Merry is certainly a hero – a Hobbit pulled from the peace of The Shire into war, fighting for kings of lands he’s never seen before. But the movie gets his shining moment wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Arwen shouldn’t have been glowing when Frodo saw her in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring. Hear me out.
