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[40] [41] J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay pitched a series that explored the major events of Middle-earth's Second Age, thousands of years before The Lord of the Rings, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, and the last alliance between Elves and Men. [14]
The wizards of Middle-earth are Maiar: spirits of the same order as the Valar, but lesser in power. [T 3] Outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical and mental power, they are called Istari (Quenya for "Wise Ones") by the Elves. [T 3] They are sent by the Valar to assist the people of Middle-earth to contest Sauron.
Term Description Examples Autocracy: Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power (social and political) is concentrated in the hands of one person or polity, whose decisions are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control (except perhaps for the implicit threat of a coup d'état or mass insurrection).
An episode of the official aftershow Inside The Rings of Power, featuring actress Felicia Day who is the host of The Official The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Podcast, was released on Prime Video and YouTube following the debut of each episode of the season. The aftershow features interviews with cast and crew as well as behind-the ...
The Rings of Power are magical artefacts in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, most prominently in his high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.The One Ring first appeared as a plot device, a magic ring in Tolkien's children's fantasy novel, The Hobbit; Tolkien later gave it a backstory and much greater power.
The Rise of the Great Powers is a 12-part Chinese documentary television series produced by CCTV.It was first broadcast on CCTV-2 from 13 to 24 November 2006. [1] It discusses the rise of nine great powers: Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Russia (Soviet Union), and the United States.
She is the leader of the Korean civilization in the Rise and Fall expansion of the 4X video game Civilization VI. [21] Seondeok is a playable character in the Mobile/PC Game Rise of Kingdoms. Featured in Sheri Holman's Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595. Portrayed by Ahn So Ri in the 2017 KBS TV series Chronicles of Korea
By 1761, Maratha power had diminished and by 1763, Hyder Ali had captured the Keladi kingdom, defeated the rulers of Bilgi, Bednur and Gutti, invaded the Malabar Coast in the south and conquered the Zamorin's capital Calicut with ease in 1766 and extended the Mysore kingdom up to Dharwad and Bellary in the north.