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Crebain:
A type of bird native to Dunland, possibly some
type of crow. Aragorn saw them in Hollin while travelling
with the Company of the Ring, where they were obviously
being used as spies by either Saruman or Sauron or
both.
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Aragorn | Saruman | Sauron | Eregion |
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Cram:
The travel food of the Lake-men. Not very tasty,
and very very tough.
If you want to know what cram is,
I can only say that I don't know the recipe; but it
is biscutish, keeps good indefinitely, is supposed
to be sustaining, and is certainly not entertaining,
being in fact very uninteresting except as a chewing
exercise. It was made by the Lake-men for long journeys. (H.273)
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
Related Entries:
Esgaroth | The
Quest of Erebor |
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Corsairs:
Many of the Corsairs were originally Black Númenoreans,
who followed Sauron. The Corsairs of Umbar were a long-time
scourge of Gondor, attacking the coastal towns and
the harbors such as Pelargir. The sails of the ships
were black and the Corsairs used slave labour, many
of whom had been captured in Gondor, to aid the propulsion
of their ships. Their main harbor was most likely Umbar,
as they were known as "The Corsairs of Umbar". Their
number was reduced by Thorongil in the later years
of the Third Age and their last recorded attack was
in the War of the Ring, where they were forstalled
by Aragorn and the Grey Company along with the Dead
Men of Dunharrow.
The Lord of the Rings
Related Entries:
Sauron |
Thorongil | Aragorn | The
Dead Men of Dunharrow | Númenor | The
Battle of the Pelennor Fields | The
War of the Ring | The
Third Age of the Sun |
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The
Circles of the World:
The world and the heavens surrounding us.
The Silmarillion
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Ilúvatar |
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Cirth:
The runic lettering designed by Daeron, the minstrel of Doriath during
the Ages of the Stars. This form of letters was designed for inscriptions
on hard materials such as stone and wood. As such, it is formed of straight
lines. Though it was not especially popular among the Sindar until somewhat
later, the cirth were soon in common use among the Dwarves.
These were the runes in which the inscription on the tomb of Balin was
written, though they were there called Daeron's Runes by Gandalf.
This form of lettering was also called the Cirtar.
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Related Entries:
Doriath |
Tengwar | Daeron | The Ages of the Stars
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Books Used in this Document:
The
Lord of the Rings
The
Silmarillion
The
Unfinished Tales
The
Hobbit
The
Complete Guide to Middle Earth by Robert Foster
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