Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. Probably the most ...

On The Rings of Power, the orcs follow Adar. And so, first understanding these creatures helps us to understand their leader. Orcs, called goblins in The Hobbit, have loomed large in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

J.R.R. Tolkien brought us the orc, and like most things Tolkien, it has become a staple of the fantasy genre. They were the perfect evil mercenaries for an epic fantasy battle: growling, ugly, ...

Back in August, Jeffrey Steeple and Adam Merky gave us a first look at the new Mines of Moria expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online. During our tour we had the chance to check out a lot of the ...

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