“Speak, friend, and enter…” Many The Lord of the Rings fans know the riddle that barred the Fellowship of the Ring from entering the Mines of Moria (a.k.a Khazad-dûm) and nearly cost them deeply. But ...

The Doors of Durin are a famous part of "The Lord of the Rings" story. When the Fellowship of the Ring arrives on the spot, fleeing from wargs and orcs, they find the doors shut. Gandalf (in the books ...

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I am Patrick Lyon, and I write for Collider. I also teach Latin and Literature on the high school level, and have been a lifelong fan of the works of Tolkien. Khazad-dûm in the Second Age is a ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Episode 7 of The Rings of Power.The elves are facing the very end of their existence in the latest episode of The Rings of Power, but the rare metal ...

Zunair Shafiq has been writing and gaming since he was a kid and now spends most of his time combining the two. He wants to play every game, good or bad, but has a soft corner for Simulation and ...

Because The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set during the Second Age of Middle-earth, it can draw on fans' knowledge of what will happen in the Third Age—and this is particularly apparent in ...