Tolkien The Hobbit

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bag end

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ancestral dwelling of hobbit family baggins

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baggins

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ancient family of repute in the shire

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bilbo baggins

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possessed the one ring, participated in the battle of five armies and the restoration of the dwarf kingship of erebor

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hobbiton

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one of the older villages of the shire. both bywater and hobbiton formed a single community

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rivendell

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translation of the sindarin name Imladris being the name of the dwelling of master elrond half-elven in eastern eriador, in the foothills of the misty mountains between the rivers Mitheithel(Hoarwell) and Bruinen(Loudwater). founded by elrond and the noldor in 1697 second age.

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lithedays

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the three days of lithe in the shire referred to the three day high summer festival between the months of Forelithe and Afterlithe.

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lake-town

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the town of esgaroth on the long lake in the north of wilderland

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trollshaws

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the dank rocky and precipitous woodland which lay north of the great east road between the rivers Mitheithel and Bruinen

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thorin (II) oakenshield

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king of durin’s folk in exile he was the leader of the renowned expedition in which smaug was destroyed and the lonely mountain freed from the dragons dominion. last bearer of elf sword Orcrist

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lonely mountain

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translation of grey elven name erebor. chief ancestral halls of durin’s folk in the later 3rd age following their flight from moria

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wilderland

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an alternative name for the region of middle earth more usually known as rhovanion

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misty mountains

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a rendering of the grey elven Hithaeglir. the greatest of all mountain ranges in western middle earth and a mighty barrier separating eriador and wilderland

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beorn

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chieftain of the clan of northern men whose traditional duty it was to maintain the trade routes from eriador to wilderland particularly over the high pass of the misty mountains and across the ford of carrock

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anduin

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the great river

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mirkwood

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a rendering of the grey elven Taur e-Ndaedelos (forest of great fear) renamed after the raising of evil tower dol guldur which cast a shadow over the forest

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thranduil

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lord of the sindar and for an age elven king of northern mirkwood. son of oropher

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gandalf

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one of the chief Istari or wizards of middle earth. also known as Mithrandir “grey wanderer”

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redhorn

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translation of sindarin word Caradhras being the name given to the great peak of the central misty mountains. was known to dwarves as Barazinbar

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bombur

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dwarf. accompanied thorin oakenshield on the quest of the dragon of erebor.

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ravenhill

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small south western spur of the lonely mountain (erebor) where dwarves of that realm had once built a guard house and installed a small garrison

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durin’s day

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dwarves new year’s day. first day of the last new crescent of autumn when moon and sun appeared in the sky simultaneously

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elrond

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“star dome” son of eärendil and brother of elros tar-minyatur. master of rivendell throughout second and third ages

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gollum

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sméagol, originally a lowly member of a family of proto-hobbits. bore the one ring for nearly 500 years

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carrock

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huge boulder carved with stairs and a high seat in the river anduin

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dale

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a city state established by northern men on the southward slopes of erebor in wilderland

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arkenstone

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greatest and most prized possession in the hoard of the dwarf kings of erebor lost with smaug pillaged the lonely mountain

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bard

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of esgaroth, king of dale

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battle of five armies

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elves (led by thranduil of mirkwood), men (led by bard of esgaroth), dwarves (led by thorin and dáin ironfoot), goblin host (led by bolg), and a wolf horde which marched with the orcs to plunder erebor

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bolg

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orc captain son of azog leader of the goblin force. slain by beorn

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gundabad

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mount ______, which stood at the meeting point of ered mithrin and the misty mountains. traditionally the location of the chief orc stronghold of the north

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ered mithrin

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the grey mountains, ran eastward from gundabad to the withered heath

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daín I

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king of durin’s folk, ruler of the dwarves of the grey mountains

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daín (II) ironfoot

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greatest warrior and wisest kings of durin’s folk. born 2767 third age the son of náin son of grór, king of the dwarves of the iron hills in the far north east, was king under the mountain after battle of five armies