'It is grim reading,' he said. 'I fear their end was cruel. Listen! "We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and the second hall. Frár and Lóni and Náli fell there." Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only read "went 5 days ago." The last … Continue reading QOTW: The Seventh Level
Glóin sighed. 'Moria! Moria! Wonder of the Northern world! Too deep we delved there, and woke the nameless fear. Long have its vast mansions lain empty since the children of Durin fled. But now we spoke of it again with longing, and yet with dread; for no dwarf has dared to pass the doors of … Continue reading QOTW: Into the Pit
In the days that followed his crowning the King sat on his throne in the Hall of the Kings and pronounced his judgements. And embassies came from many lands and peoples, from the East and the South, and from the borders of Mirkwood, and from Dunland in the west. And the King pardoned the Easterlings … Continue reading QOTW: The Fortress of Nurn
Neither he nor Frodo knew anything of the great slave-worked fields away south in this wide realm, beyond the fumes of the Mountain by the dark sad waters of Lake Núrnen; nor of the great roads that ran away east and south to tributary lands, from which the soldiers of the Tower brought long waggon-trains … Continue reading QOTW: The Land of Sorrow
When day came at last the hobbits were surprised to see how much closer the ominous mountains had already drawn. The air was now clearer and colder, and though still far off, the walls of Mordor were no longer a cloudy menace on the edge of sight, but as grim black towers they frowned across … Continue reading QOTW: Under the Ash Mountains
The Wainriders were a people, or a confederacy of many peoples, that came from the East; but they were stronger and better armed than any that had appeared before. They journeyed in great wains, and their chieftains fought in chariots. Stirred up, as was afterwards seen, by the emissaries of Sauron, they made a sudden … Continue reading QOTW: Challenge of the Wainriders
These Men were short and broad, long and strong in the arm; their skins were swart or sallow, and their hair was dark as were their eyes. Their houses were many, and some had greater liking for the Dwarves of the mountains than for the Elves. But Maedhros, knowing the weakness of the Noldor and … Continue reading QOTW: The City of Ulfast
The Wainriders had mustered a great host by the southern shores of the inland sea of Rhûn, strengthened by men of their kinsfolk in Rhovanion and from their new allies in Khand...Minohtar took command [of the forces of Gondor]. He was a man both valiant and war-wise. The first fury of the onslaught was spent, … Continue reading QOTW: Wrath and Ruin
Thereafter the fire and smoke went up without ceasing; for the power of Sauron daily increased, and in that temple, with spilling of blood and torment and great wickedness, men made sacrifice to Melkor that he should release them from Death... Those were bitter days, and hate brings forth hate. –The Akallabêth This was the … Continue reading QOTW: The Temple of Doom
'Things move in the far East beyond the Inland Sea, it is reported; and north in Mirkwood and beyond; and south in Harad. And now all realms shall be put to the test, to stand, or fall--under the Shadow.' –Beregond, The Return of the King Danger in Dorwinion Stats Groups registered: 12 Total attempts: 21 Most attempts: 4 … Continue reading QOTW: Danger in Dorwinion
Vision Of The Palantir 