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Mithril is a fictional metal found in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. It is described as resembling silver, but being stronger and lighter than steel.It was used to make armour, such as the helmets of the citadel guard of Minas Tirith, and ithildin alloy, used to decorate gateways with writing visible only by starlight or moonlight.
He thought Isildur's encounter with Shelob was "completely unnecessary but suitably creepy". Whitbrook was more critical of how quickly the Númenórean storyline was being told. [ 48 ] Matt Schimkowitz at The A.V. Club praised the episode as the best of the season so far, partially attributing this to the focus on Isildur who is "the closest ...
In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth, the central continent of Arda in an imagined mythological past. They are based on the dwarfs of Germanic myths who were small humanoids that lived in mountains, practising mining, metallurgy, blacksmithing and jewellery.
In the fictional history of the world by J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria, also named Khazad-dûm, is an ancient subterranean complex in Middle-earth, comprising a vast labyrinthine network of tunnels, chambers, mines, and halls under the Misty Mountains, with doors on both the western and the eastern sides of the mountain range.
In the game, Shelob shape-shifts to assume the form of an attractive woman. Following criticism of this decision, the creative director Michael de Plater explained that Gollum and Shelob were "the unsung heroes of The Lord of the Rings": Shelob senses Frodo's weakness and makes a pact with Gollum to hasten him to Mount Doom and destroy the ring.
Tuor bears a blue shield emblazoned with the White Wing of his House in Gondolin. [T 1]J. R. R. Tolkien invented heraldic devices for many of the characters and nations of Middle-earth.
Andy Blakeman reviewed Shelob's Lair and the Tower of Cirith Ungol for Imagine magazine, and stated that "As usual, there is all the detail one could wish for on land, climate, politics and power, and of course, Cirith Ungol." [2] William A. Barton reviewed The Tower of Cirith Ungol and Shelob's Lair in The Space Gamer No. 73. [1]
J. R. R. Tolkien was a scholar of English literature, a philologist and medievalist interested in language and poetry from the Middle Ages, especially that of Anglo-Saxon England and Northern Europe. [1]