Many battles have been fought in LOTR's Middle-earth, from Valar squabbles to the Fellowship's journey to Mount Doom.

The Rings of Power has multiple storylines, and one of its most Tolkienian subplots may actually be its weakest.

Tolkien spent about 17 years working on The Lord of the Rings. We understand that this is a trilogy, but if we’re counting the combined number of pages based on their first editions, Martin’s The ...

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The palantíri are objects in The Lord of the Rings that always spark curiosity from fans of both the films and the wider lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's universe. These stones allow users to see other ...

The norm against territorial conquest is a pillar of the post-1945 international order, but that pillar is now crumbling. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is certainly the most egregious recent ...