3/16/2024 0 Comments Lord of the rings creaturesShelob stood at least five feet tall, for Sam was able to stand underneath her belly, and the great spiders f Beleriand were probably this size. The spiders of Mirkwood were probably destroyed early in the Fourth Age, and Shelob may have died of wounds given her by Sam Gamgee, but the lesser spiders of Mordor may well have survived well into the Fourth Age. She fled to the Ephel Dúath, and her incestuous offspring spread through the mountains of Mordor moved to Mirkwood when Sauron established himself there, and for the rest of the Age they plagued the Woodmen and the Elves of the Woodland Realm. When Beleriand was destroyed at the end of the First Age, most of the spiders were slain, but at least one, Shelob, survived. When Ungoliant came to Nan Dungortheb she bred with the spiders, and no doubt they were increased in power and malice. The great spiders were large and evil creatures found in Nan Dungortheb at least as early as the end of the Spring of Arda they were probably among the monsters with which Melkor blighted the Spring. They were called the Eagles of Manwë, of the King, of the Lords of the West, and of the North. Eagles lived a very long time, and may have been immortal Thorondor's deeds spanned nearly 600 years. They could speak the tongues of Men and Elves. The Eagles were easily large enough to carry a Man (or a Dwarf plus a Hobbit) Thorondor, the largest, had a wingspan of 180 feet. Dragons were also called the Great Worms. The cold-drakes were found only in the Ered Mithrin they probably did not breathe fire. The greatest winged dragon of the Third Age was Smaug, who took Erebor in 2770 and was slain in 2941. The winged dragons, who also breathed fire, first appeared in the Great Battle, but thereafter are not mentioned until the Third Age 2570, when they reappeared in the Ered Mithrin and harassed the Dwarves and the Èothéod. They breathed fire but did not fly they were the most common type of dragon in the First Age. The first of the Urulóki, the fire-drakes of the North, was Glaurung. There appeared to have been three strains of dragons: the Urulóki, the winged dragons, and the cold-drakes. Dragons were probably first bred by Morgoth when he returned to Angband with the Silmarils. They could bewilder anyone who looked in their eyes, and their words were cunning and seductive. Dragonsĭragons were evil creatures of northern Middle-earth, huge, powerful, scale-covered, long-lived, greedy for treasure, and full of malice. There he was recovered after the War of the Ring by Sam, who dearly loved him. Set free outside the West-gate of Khazad-dûm, Bill eventually found his way back to Bree. Bill bore Frodo part of the way to Rivendell, and was later used by the Company of the Ring as a pack animal. When bought, Bill was half-starved, but under the care of Sam Gamgee he became healthy and happy. Billīill was a pony bought in Bree by Frodo in the Third Age 3018 from Bill Ferny, after whom he was named. The Balrog of Khazad-dûm wass also known as Durin's Bane (because of his murder of Durin 6) and the Terror. The Quenya name for the Balrogs was Valaraukar. The Balrog was destroyed by Gandalf in the Third Age 3019 after a ten-day battle. About 2480 sauron people Khazad-dûm with Orcs and trolls the Balrog ruled over these by his terror. This demon, known in the Third Age as “the Balrog,” killed two kings of Durin's Folk in two years, and the Dwarves fled. The few survivors hid deep underground, but in the Third Age 1980 one was uncovered by the Dwarves at the root of the mithril-vein in Khazad-dûm. Balrogs fought frequently in the Wars of Beleriand, but most were destroyed in the Great Battle. They were spirits of fire and bore whips of flame, but they were also cloaked in darkness. Balrogs were Maiar who rebelled with Melkor, after Sauron the mightiest and most terrible of his servants.
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