a story Tolkien didn't finalize. Meanwhile, realms rose and fell in Arda until The Lord of the Rings' Third Age, making the ...
The World Beyond The Map Is Largely Unknown Arda is half the size of the Earth, according to Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien drew the first map of Middle-earth for the first edition of The Lord of ...
Eru Ilúvatar is the supreme being that created Arda and everything within it. It's through him, a being somewhat analagous to the Christian God (though Tolkien himself famously detested strict ...