While the differences between Orcs and Uruk-hai are clear in The Lord of the Rings, their precise origins are less obvious in ...

The Rings of Power season 1 welcomed us to the Second Age, a time of peace and recovery in Middle-earth. The kingdoms of elves, dwarves, and men (on the island nation of Númenor, at least) were ...

Season 2 of 'The Rings of Power' comes to a head in the season 2, episode 8 finale, "Shadow and Flame." ...

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Sauron is pure evil. He is the acolyte of Morgoth, a Satan figure in Tolkien’s mythos. Morgoth creates sun-hating minions, the orcs, during his reign ...

In The Rings of Power, the orcs — also known as the Uruk — serve Adar and were successful in erupting Mount Doom onto the Southlands, leading to the creation of Mordor.

That darkness that Lord of the Rings fans have come to associate with Sauron and orcs manifests itself in The War of the Rohirrim in other ways, too. From the sacking and burning of Edoras to Wulf ...

Every Ring of Power (with one notable exception) is now finished, and the outed Sauron, backed by the orcs, is ready to embark on his long-delayed Brat Summer. The elves have set up shop in ...