The Winged Creatures of the Nazgûl perished in Mordor, where they were caught with their masters in the erupting fires of Mount Doom. Despite their size, they were not supernatural beings, but living creatures, and they could be hurt and slain: Legolas shot one with an arrow on the River Anduin, and Éowyn slew another on the Pelennor Fields. ![]() Whatever the nature of the Winged Creatures, it seems that those used by the Nazgûl were the last of their kind in Middle-earth, and had been grown to an unnatural size by Sauron. Perhaps he was describing their wheeling, watchful flight, rather than the appearance of the Creatures themselves. In Ithilien, though, Frodo compared these beasts to giant carrion birds, a comparison that doesn't appear to match the other more detailed description. That ridden by the Lord of the Nazgûl at the Battle of the Pelennor was described as naked and featherless, with wings of hide like a bat, and a long, sinuous neck. Lesser Orcs, sneered at by their Captains (Parth Galen and Tower of Cirith Ungol)Ī former orc of Minas Morgul, snared by ShelobĬaptain of a band of Saruman's Uruks.Fetid black creatures raised by Sauron as flying mounts for his Ringwraiths. Killed by Gandalf (The Hobbit)Ĭaptain of the orcs of Sauron at Parth Galen. Deputy to the Lord of the NazgulĬhief Goblin/Orc, in the High Pass through the Misty Mts. Slain by Beorn, Battle of Five Armies (The Hobbit) Leader of the Goblins/Orcs of Mt Gunabad. Used as slaves and soldiers.Ĭommon orcs were originally unable to tolerate daylight Last child of Ungoliant, an ancient spirit who took shape as a Spider Driven from Dol Guldur at the time of the Quest of Erebor, only to re-emerge in Mordor The most powerful servant and Lieutenant of Morgoth / Melkor. The wraiths of the nine Kings of Men given Rings of Power by Sauron and enslaved as spirit-servantsĪ Maiar spirit. The evil Vala driven out of Arda (the world) in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age. Slain by Eowyn and Merry at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Gondor Cursed by Isildur to await, under the Dwimorberg, a summons to fulfill the oathĬhief of the Ring-wraiths. Unquiet spirits of the Men of The Mountains who failed to keep their oath of loyalty to Gondor made on the Stone of Erech and sided with Sauron. While fans adore the different heroic characters of Lord of The Rings and the great evil they fight, the fantasy world around them is just as grand. Horse of Rohan, ridden by Dernhelm and MerryĪ Valarauka, which hid under the Misty Mountains at the end of the First Age until the Dwarves dug too deep in Khazad-DumĮvil spirits haunting the burial mounds of Numenorean warriors on the Barrow-Downs at Tyrn Gorthad Gangalf's horse, one of the Mearas from Rohan Horse of Rohan, ridden by Legolas and GimliĮorl of Eotheod's horse. Head of the White Council until his ambition and alliance with Barad-Dur is unmasked. Left Middle-earth with the other Ring-Bearers at the end of the Third Ageįriend of the animal world, based at Rhosgobel, near Mirkwood The White Rider / Gandalf The White on his return to Middle-earth after his battle with the Balrog. Treated with suspicion by the leaders of the Men of Gondor and Rohan. Friend of Elves, Hobbits, Dwarves and the Northmen. Keeper of the Elven-Ring Narya (Ring of Fire).Ĭhief strategist of the free peoples. (Huorns are Ents who have become tree-like, but remain mobile) Treebeard's sweetheart before the Entwives leftĪn old Ent, wounded by Saruman's Orcs in the tree-felling Spirits created to look after the trees of Middle-earthĬhief Ent in the Forest of Fangorn, north of RohanĪn Entwife. Some regard them asĮnigmas, others as Maiar spirits, or maybe two of the Valar - Aulë and Yavanna ![]() Tom Bombardil's wife in the Old ForestĮxactly what types of spirit Tom and Goldberry are is open to interpretation. Iarwain Ben-adar (Oldest and Fatherless). ![]() ~ Benign Spirits ~ Ents ~ Wizards ~ Birds ~ Horses ~ Fell Spirits ~ Orcs ~ Trolls ~ Other Creatures ~ Higher Spirits ~
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