J.R.R. Tolkien pioneered high fantasy in his magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, defining a unique fictional magic across many races, including Ainur, Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, and Men. Peter ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's worldbuilding is unmatched, but it would all fall apart without Lord of the Rings elves like Elron, Arwen, Legolas, and Galadriel.

The Noldor slaughter their kinsmen, swear oaths of vengeance to murder anyone in their way, and engage in a long tragedy of betrayal and violence against evil, each other, humans, and dwarves.

These were crafted by Fëanor, one of the eldest of the Noldor Elves. The silmarils were stolen by Morgoth — roughly the equivalent of Lucifer in Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” ...

Tolkien’s characterization of the races of Middle-earth comes with its own baggage that still lives on in D&D. Elves are the favored and chosen people of the gods, characterized as fair and ...

Tolkien portrays the Eldar, the name Oromë gave to the elves, using music as a descriptor of different hosts: the Noldor were “renowned in song,” and the Teleri made music to, and by, the sea ...

Monolith Productions revealed that Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's mysterious Wraith character is Celebrimbor, the original forger of the Rings of Power in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth ...

In Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies— in most Tolkien-influenced fantasy media—elves are portrayed as tall, slim, androgynous figures with pointy ears and long hair. It’s a very ...