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The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring is a 2003 real-time strategy game (RTS) developed by Liquid Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Games. Set in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional Middle-earth, it expands upon the events of the War of the Ring as told in his fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.
The campaign allows the player to command the army of Angmar from its foundation and early attacks against Arnor, to the destruction of Arnor at the battle of Fornost. The story for The Rise of the Witch-king draws a great deal upon the Appendices at the end of The Return of the King to form a basis for the conflict between Arnor and Angmar.
This is a list of Middle-earth video games.It includes both video games based directly on J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth, and those derived from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. which in turn were based on Tolkien's novels of the same name.
The Lord of the Nazgûl, also called the Witch-king of Angmar, the Pale King, or Black Captain, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He was one of the Nine among Men that the dark lord Sauron gave Rings of Power , becoming Nazgûl or Ringwraiths.
[17] [18] A barrow-wight features in the low-budget 1991 Russian adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring, Khraniteli, apparently the first moving picture to include the character. [19] Barrow-wights have appeared in the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. VFX supervisor Jason Smith described their adaptation as "ancient ...
Gríma, called (the) Wormtongue, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He serves as a secondary antagonist there; his role is expanded in Unfinished Tales. He is introduced in The Two Towers as the chief advisor to King Théoden of Rohan and henchman of Saruman.
Hama (Rohan) - King's Doorward and Captain of His Guard and a very good fighter as boundlessly loyal. Théoden (Rohan) - The King and the best military commander in the world, still a potent fighter, but very old and physically weakened. Théodred (Rohan) - Prince, Second Marshal of the Riddermark.
The Rise of the Witch-king adds a new single-player campaign, new units, a new faction, and improved features. Its story follows the Witch-king of Angmar's "ascent to power, his domination of Angmar, and eventual invasion of Arnor, Aragorn's ancestral home". [43] The game was sent to manufacturers on November 15, 2006, and was released on ...