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| The Gate to Middle Earth |
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All the rules you need to know before you start RPG-ing!
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 3 | 3 | on Apr 29, 2006, 5:49pm
by Leggy
in FAQ |
| The Plot!
So you want to know what this whole board is about? Then this is the right place to go. Here you'll find the main plot.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 2 | 2 | on Apr 30, 2006, 2:27pm
by Lady Boromir
in MIDDLE EARTH MAP |
| Character Creation (3 sub-boards)
So you've read the rules, have you? Well, sounds like you're ready to create a character and get going to Middle Earth! Here is where you can find out how to make a character.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 51 | 90 | on Sept 30, 2009, 9:53am
by cccssssff
in US speeds Iraq militar... |
| Leave of Absence
Going somewhere? Going to be gone for a while? Let everyone know here...it makes it easier for all the rest of the RPG-ers to know if you're going to be absent for a while.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 3 | 46 | on Dec 12, 2008, 9:15pm
by retryr7
in Away for the weekend |
| Realm Of Gondor |
| Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith is the jewel of Gondor. The White City, as it is known to most, was built in II 3320 by Anárion, brother of Isildur and second son of Elendil, High King of Arnor. It is on a hill right against the face of Mount Mindolluin, and is home to Men. The city is divided into seven one-hundred-foot high levels, each surrounded by white walls. There is an eighth wall, the lowest, which was made of black stone, the same material used in Orthanc.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 2 | 126 | on Dec 12, 2008, 9:15pm
by fdrrytry
in A Chance Meeting |
| Anorien
Anórien (‘Sun Land’) is the region of Gondor directly controlled by Minas Tirith, bounded by the Mouths of Enrwash to the north, the River Anduin to the East, the White Mountains to the south and the Mering Stream to the West. It is one of the two main provinces of Gondor and was named for both Anor (the Sun) and Anárion, son of Elendil. Its chief city was Minas Anor, later renamed Minas Tirith, and was first ruled by Anárion. It is about the half way point between Minas Tirith and Rohan.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan, Leggy | 0 | 0 | |
| Dol Amroth
The tower, port and city of Dol Amroth is one of the five greatest cities in Gondor. It is the largest city in the fief of Belfalas. Dol Amroth was named for the elf Amroth, the star-crossed lover of the Elven princess, Nimrodel. Until Amroth's death in 1981 of the Third Age, the Elves of Lothlórien sailed out of the port there to the Undying Lands in their white ships. The first prince of Dol Amroth (the title was created around 2050 of the Third Age) was Galador, the son of Imrazôr of Númenór and Mithrellas the elf. It is said that the Lords of Dol Amroth are fair of face and noble of blood because of this heritage. This city is one of Gondor's most precious places.
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| Plennor Fields
The Plennor fields that surround the beautiful and magnificent White City are one of Minas Tirith's many defenses, forcing the enemy to battle in the open fields before even reaching the White City. There's really nothing in the Plennor fields aside from empty fields.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Osgiliath
Osgiliath straddles the Great River Anduin at a point approximately half way between the cities of Minas Anor to the west and Minas Ithil to the east. It is one of Gondor's primary defensive outposts and if it were to be lost, it would deal tremendous blow to Gondor and its defenses. Only soldiers and rangers occupy this region.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Cair Andros
A boat-shaped island in the Anduin just south of the Nindalf, Cair Andros (Ship of Long Foam) is named for the way the river foams as it strikes the rocks of the island's high, prow-shaped, upstream end. Cair Andros serve as a major defense against enemies crossing the Anduin to do battle against the forces of Gondor and occasionally Rohan.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Ithilien (2 sub-boards)
Ithilien is home to the Rangers of Gondor. It has always been a prosperous land filled with much wildlife and fauna. Rangers use this area as a way to pick off Sauron's forces before they can even reach Osgiliath.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| The Plains of Rohan |
| Edoras
The chief city of the Horsemen of Rohan is Edoras. It was built in the twenty-sixth century by the first two kings of the Rohirrim, Eorl and Brego, at the foot of the White Mountains. The name is a translation of the Rohirric word for "the courts" as this is the royal city, and contains the great feast-hall of Meduseld, the court of the king. From the high ground of Edoras, built on a hill, the kings can look out onto the great horse plains that make up the kingdom of Rohan.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| East Emnet
At one time the region contained a good population of the Rohirrim and many herds of horses ran on the plains, but the predations of Mordor has caused most of the population to move closer to the White Mountains.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Helm's Deep
The great fortified gorge in the White Mountains in the Westfold of Rohan is called Helm's Deep. Named after the Rohirrim king Helm Hammerhand, Helm's Deep is one of Rohan's two major places of refuge during times of war (the other being Dunharrow). Helm's Deep refers to the entire fortified system which included the gorge, the Deeping Wall built across the gorge, the fortress of Hornburg, the cavern refuge known as Aglarond (or the Glittering Caves) and the Deeping Stream that flows from the gorge. The defenses of Helm's Deep were largely built by the Men of Gondor, although the caverns of Aglarond were believed to have been delved during the Second Age by the Númenórean Sea kings.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| The Wold
The Wold is an area of rolling downs situated between Fangorn Forest and the River Anduin, bounded in the north by the River Limlight and extending south to East Emnet. The Wold is the northenmost area of the Gondorian province of Calenardhon and became part of the Kingdom of Rohan in the year 2510 of the Third Age.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| West Emnet
West Emnet (Westemnet to some), all the way from its northern border at Fangorn south to the Westfold, consists mainly of flat grassy plainlands; except for some areas of fens along the Entwash, which is the boundary between West Emnet and East Emnet. It is the main grazing land for the horses of the Rohirrim.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| The Immortal Realm of the Elves |
| Lothlorien
Lothlorien, or the Golden Wood, is a great forest known well for its beauty. It is rumoured to be a place of horror and black magic and few who enter ever leave. Only Elves dwell in this mystical land.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 1 | 25 | on Jun 4, 2007, 1:42pm
by Rani1002
in Returning Home |
| Rivendell
Also called Imladris, The Last Homely House, The House of Elrond, Karningul (Westron). It means 'Deep Dale of the Cleft'. Founded in 1697 of the Second Age as a refuge from Sauron's war in Eriador by Elrond Peredhel. It is in a valley deep into the foot hills on the of the Misty Mountains. This place is governed by Lord Elrond, also known as The King of the Elves. Most come here seeking council from the wise Council of Elrond.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Mirkwood Forest (1 sub-board)
A name of Greenwood the Great, the forest to the east of the Anduin. Mirkwood is home to the wood Elves, wise masters of the ancient technique of Bow and Arrows. The Forest is quite dangerous to most travelers who pass through it unprepared...
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Grey Havens
The Grey Havens (Mithlond) are an elvish port and city located at the mouth of the River Lhun. They were established by Gil-galad and Círdan, and the elves of Lindon, at the start of the Second Age, as the capital of Lindon, and the major port for elves, wishing to leave Middle-Earth, to take ship to Aman, the Undying Lands. Only Elves are allowed in these lands.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| The Kingdom of the Dwarves |
| Moria
The name used for the ancient dwarven mine of Khazad-dûm after 1980 of the Third Age. It means 'The Black Chasm', but is sometimes translated as 'The Black Pit'. Although in the Third Age the names Moria and Khazad-dûm seemed to be interchangable, the name Moria only applied to the mine after it was deserted by the Dwarves. After the Dwarves left, it became dark and evil. There are orcs, trolls and one of the balrogs. The balrog is Durin's Bane, who killed Durin and drove the dwarves out in the first place. Only the very brave...or very idiotic--or both--enter Moria now.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Erebor
The name means 'lonely mountain'. Also called the Kingdom Under the Mountain. A lone mountain northeast of Mirkwood, at the source of the River Running and above Dale. Thrain I founded the kingdom in 1999 of the Third Age, after being exiled from Khazad-dûm. The dwarves built a magnificent home in the mountain, and at the heart of it they found the Arkenstone. Only Dwarves dwell in or near this mountain, hiding their massive wealth and treasures from the rest of Middle Earth.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Iron Hills
A large range of hills to the east of Mirkwood and north of the Sea of Rhun. In the year 2590 of the Third Age, after the Cold Drakes forced the dwarves from the Grey Mountains, a group of them led by Grór, the son of Dain I, settled in the Iron Hills and made a homeland there. They were prosperous there and often sent troops to assist other dwarves. After the Battle of Five Armies, dwarves from the Iron Hills reclaimed Erebor, the Lonely Mountain and repopulated it.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 1 | 32 | on Dec 12, 2008, 8:39pm
by rtryrtu
in Alone |
| River Running
A large River in Northern Rhovanion. Also referred to as the Celduin. The Running has its source in the slopes of Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, and flows to the south east from there, finally emptying into the Sea of Rhun. It has two main tributaries, the Forest River which flows from the Grey Mountains and joins it at the Long Lake, and the Redwater (Carnen) which is sourced in the Iron Mountains.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| The Land of Eriador |
| The Shire
In the Year 1601 of the Third Age King Argeleb of Arthedain gave lands east of the Baranduin (Brandywine) River to hobbits out of Bree to settle in. The Shire initially consisted of the lands between the Brandywine and the Far Downs and was divided into 4 Farthings. In 2340 the Shire was expanded in size when the Oldbucks settled Buckland, between the eastern bank of the Brandywine and the Old Forest. Hobbits prosper in the Shire and are mostly outside of the concerns of the rest of Middle-Earth - with a few notable exceptions.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Hobbiton
The most famous village in the land of the Hobbits of the Shire is Hobbiton in Westfarthing. It is a humble Hobbit village built on and around Hobbiton Hill with a mill and grainary on a stream called the Water.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Forest
An ancient remnant of the great forest that once covered much of Eriador. Most of this forest was removed, in the Second Age, by the Numenorians for their shipbuilding industry. The Old Forest is located just to the east of the Shire between the Brandywine River and the Barrow Downs and is traversed by the River Withywindle, a tributary of the Brandywine.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Bree
It is the chief village of Bree-land, the other, smaller ones being Staddle, Combe and Archet. About 140 miles to the east of Hobbiton, it is one of the few settlements in Middle-earth where men and hobbits live together.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandywine River
From its source at Lake Evendim the Brandywine (Baranduin) River meandered south through Eriador and entered the Great Sea to the south of the Blue Mountains. In its entire length the Brandywine was only crossed at two points, at Sarn Ford in the South of The Shire, and at the Brandywine Bridge (Bridge of Strongbows) where the Old Forest Road crossed it. The River serves as the Eastern Boundary of the Shire (except for Buckland) and from the years 861 through 1974 of the Third Age the length of the river from the Old Forest Road to the Great Sea serves as the eastern boundary of Arthedain.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| The Lands of the Dark Lord |
| Mordor
Mordor is the region east of the Anduin where Sauron chose to establish his stronghold beginning in the year 1000 of the Second Age. The black land of Mordor is bounded on three sides by mountains; impassable except for in two places. The Ash Mountains (Ered Lithui) mark the northern border and the Mountains of Shadow (Ephel Duath) act as the border to the west and south. The Dark Lord Sauron's forces dwell in these lands...and the Eye is ever watchful.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Ash Mountains
Serving as the northern boundary of Mordor, the Ash Mountains (also called the Ashen Mountains or Ered Lithui) run almost due west from their start at Morannon until they ended in the eastern land of Rhûn. Morannon is the name for the narrow gap where the Ash Mountains meet the Mountains of Shadow. It is in this gap that Sauron had the Black Gate of Mordor erected. These provide a defense from any invaders seeking to invade from the North.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Isengard (1 sub-board)
Isengard, also called Angrenost (‘Iron Fortress’) in Elvish, is located at the southern end of the Misty Mountains near the start of the River Isen. The Ring of Isengard refers to the circular stonewall that forms the outer defense. Within the walls of Isengard, the Númenóreans also built Orthanc (‘Forked Height’ or ‘Mount Fang’), an indestructible stone tower. Isengard was granted to Saruman, who lives within the stone tower currently.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Morannon(The Black Gate)
The Black Gate that closes off the main entrance to Mordor at the mouth of Cirith Gorgor, the "Haunted Pass". Cirith Gorgor is a narrow pass that separates the Ash Mountains from the Mountains of Shadow and runs between the Dagorlad and the great bowl of Udun. The gate was first built shortly after Sauron first began fortifying Mordor after the year 1000 of the Second Age. The Morannon consists of a huge rampart of stone into which was placed a single gate of Iron with arched doors built into it. The Morannon is most likely the most important defense for Sauron and his evil forces.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Udun
The dale of Udun (Hell) is a large bowl-shaped valley located at the junction of the Ash Mountains and the Mountains of Shadow. Udun serves Sauron as part of the main entrance to Mordor from the west.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| The Neutral Lands of Middle Earth |
| Fangorn Forest
One of the Oldest forests in Middle Earth, Fangorn is situated to the southeast of the Misty Mountains, just north of Rohan (Calenardhon). It is a dark and menacing woods, unsafe for anyone who would threaten the trees.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| Haradwaith
The Southlands; Also known as Sunland, Sutherland, and Harad. The area of Middle-Earth south of Gondor, Mordor and Khand. Haradwaith is made up of Far Harad, Near Harad and Umbar. (There is some debate amongst scholars as to whether or not Umbar should be considered part of Haradwaith.) It is an area containing many diverse races of men in many kingdoms. The one thing that all of the peoples of Haradwaith have in common is that they are allied with Sauron most of the time.
Moderator: Lady Boromir | 0 | 0 | |
| The Tavern |
| General Nonesense
Talk about anything you want here! Just leave your characters at the door.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 5 | 56 | on Jun 6, 2007, 4:38pm
by Indy(vidual)
in Concerning RP... |
| Creativity Corner
Draw anything LotR related recently? Write an awesome fanfic? Feel like just being silly? Here's the place for you!
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Leggy | 1 | 6 | on May 29, 2007, 4:21pm
by Indy(vidual)
in Eowyn Wallpaper |
| LotR Movies
Chat about the movies here!
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | 1 | 34 | on Dec 12, 2008, 9:09pm
by retryrty
in Best Movie Ever? |
| LotR Books
We all know that J.R.R Tolien is a genius...and we all love the LotR books. Now's your chance to talk about them to your heart's content.
Moderators: Lady Boromir, Lady of Rohan | -2 | 20 | on May 30, 2007, 1:56am
by Indy(vidual)
in Do you read the books? |
| Feedback
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Moderator: Lady Boromir | 1 | 35 | on Dec 12, 2008, 9:09pm
by retryrty
in So, what's going on? |
| Want to be an Affiliate?
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| Valinor
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