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BOOK FIVE
Chapter I - Minas Tirithbr />
Pippin and Gandalf rode to Minas Tirith, because Gandalf knew that time was melting away. They entered the city and went on to Denethor, the steward of Gondor, because he wanted to speak to Pippin. Gandalf told him not to mention Aragorn except he must, because he don't wanted Denethor to knew of the coming of the king (who Aragorn actually was, although no one knew it beside few people). After the speech Pippin was very weary but he asked Denethor to serve him as a guard of the white tower. So Peregrin Took from the Shire became guard of the white tower of Minas Tirith. He was given another guard to show him his tasks and he went of. His guide was named Beregond and he was a captain of the watch. He showed Pippin the rooms of the guards and told him the most common pass-words. Pippin himself told much stories of the shire and so they spent the day with talking.
The next day Pippin had no duty and so he went on walking through the city. There he met Bergil, Beregond's son, and he showed him the whole city. In the evening they saw a march of the troops of Gondor, who came for the coming war, to fortify the city.
Chapter II - The Passing of the Grey Company
After the departure of Gandalf, the rest of the company rode with the Rohirrim back to Edoras. There they wanted to wait for the muster of Rohan. They stopped at Helm's Deep and made a small rest. There Merry offered his services to Théoden and became an esquire of Rohan. Back in Edoras they met new unexpected guests. Aragorn's kindred, the few remaining Dunedain of the north, had come to help their leader. Now war was near at hand and Aragorn had to hasten for Minas Tirith, but he had another task to do first. His way lay on the Paths of the Dead. An ancient passage through the white mountains which led directly to Gondor. Aragorn and his Company had to take this road for tasks they wont name. Gimli and Legolas also rode with them and also the sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir. Merry, who was one of the Rohirrim now had to remain at Théoden's side.
The Company passed the gate to the Paths of the Dead and entered the dark tunnel under the white mountains. From there they rode on to the stone of Erech and after passing the tunnel they felt someone ore something follow them. They were followed by the dead, and at the stonepillar of Erech, Aragorn reminded them on their oath of old, which they had not fulfilled, to help the king in the war against the dark land. So the grey company passed by the lands and moved towards the east to Mordor, and anyone who saw them, trembled in fear.
Chapter III - The Muster of Rohan
In Rohan the army had met and the king told them their duty - to help Gondor in the war against Mordor. Despite her indignation, he chose Éowyn to keep his household in his absence. He also wanted to left Merry there. But Merry don't wanted to leave his king and so he walked through the lines at their departure. Suddenly a young rider asked him to sit up and ride with him and Merry agreed, despite the order of Théoden.
Chapter IV - The Siege of Gondor
Now the war had begun. The first forces of the enemy had crossed the river Anduin and the army of evil pushed forward the defenders. Pippin was on the wall of the city and so was Beregond. The gates had been closed after the last defenders coming in. Suddenly they saw a small group of riders with the enemies on their heels. The group nearly came to the gate, but then the archers of the enemy shot down their horses. Only the fast reaction of Gandalf who rode outside and aided the riders saved their lives.
The leader of the group was Faramir, Boromir's brother. He had left Ithilien when he saw the great army of the lord of the Nazgûl appear. Now he was wounded by an arrow and lay in the houses of healing in Minas Tirith. Despite his wound, he told Denethor, Gandalf and Pippin everything about Frodo and their meeting. Then they had to leave him because another assault had begun.
The enemy had brought a great ram to crush down the gates of the city and after they had fallen the lord of the Nazgûl appeared. But in the crushed and ruined arc of the gate a small, white person appeared. It was Gandalf and he stopped the advance of the army. And suddenly great horns were heard on the battlefield and the enemies trembled in fear. Finally Rohan has come.
Chapter V - The Ride of the Rohirrim
Now the army of Rohan was on its way to Gondor. After half the way, a young rider appeared in front of them to bring the request of assistance. So the riders speeded up because time was valuable. A short time later the king noticed that they could not reach Gondor in time, so he asked the Druadan, which dwelt in the woods round the great Mindolluin (the mountain where Minas Tirith stood) for a shortcut and they showed the Rohirrim ways, they had never known. So the army of Rohan reached Minas Tirith in time and the battle began.
Chapter VI - The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
The Rohirrim joined up with the army of Gondor and began their assault on the forces of evil. But the Nazgûl-Lord vanished from the gates and returned to battle. He mounted his flying mount and with his fear he withdrew the armies of Gondor and Rohan and powered his own. Then he saw Théoden and attacked him straight from the air. He slew Théodens horse and nearly killed him with his landing. Then he said to the king: "No man should kill the Lord of the Nazgûl, so it is written!" But suddenly the young rider who has helped Merry appeared and he took his helm off and it was no one else than Éowyn. "So Lord", she said, "I am your doom, cause I am no man at all!" The Nazgûl hesitated but in this moment Merry, who had lain secretly behind him, hit his feet and in this moment Éowyn took his head off. This was to much, also for a Nazgûl, and with a horrible cry he vanished from this world for a whole age of men. But for hitting a Ringwraith Éowyn dropped to the ground and lay still. Also Merry's arm that had hit the Nazgûl was useless and cold. So they were found by Éomer and his men after the battle and brought to Minas Tirith to the houses of healing.
Suddenly, as the battle was nearly won, a fleet of dark ships arrived from the Anduin below. The defenders thought of other enemies when suddenly a banner was unrolled which showed the white tree and the seven stars - the banner of the king of Gondor! Aragorn had arrived with his Dunedain and Legolas and Gimli and as many men he could find. The undead legion had chased away the original owners of the ships, pirates under command of the Dark Lord, and so Aragorn reached in time. So Gondor won this battle against the army of Sauron.
Chapter VII - The Pyre of Denethor
In the city the defenders reinforced after the vanishing of the Nazgûl. But Denethor, the steward of Gondor, had used his Palantír to seek out the plans of the Dark Lord himself and for this, he became insane. So as he saw his last son, Faramir, nearly dead, he saw no way out for Gondor and wanted to kill both him and his son. So he made a pyre in the traditional hall of the dead and wanted to burn his son, though he was alive! The watch prevented him from this (against their orders!) and so only Denethor burned himself but Faramir could be rescued.
Chapter VIII - The Houses of Healing
Now Aragorn made a camp out the city walls because Gandalf told him not to come as king too soon. But as he heard of the injured Éowyn and Faramir he entered the city secretly for old tales told 'the hands of a king are the hands of a healer'. So Aragorn helped healing Éowyn and Faramir and Merry also, for his wound was also very hard. Then he left the city, not to enter before the war was really over.
Chapter IX - The Last Debate
The leaders of the armies gathered in the tent of Aragorn and made plans how to go further. They decided to take the greatest part of the army to attack the dark land in the next time and let the rest to help building up a temporary defence line. The army they gathered was less then 7000 men, 3000 Rohirrim and 4000 men from Gondor. Then they began their march to the black gates of Morannon. Gandalf hoped that Frodo and Sam had enough time to reach Mount Doom and destroy the ring. They all knew that their army was no match for the Dark Lord but they hoped to take his attention from his own land.
Chapter X - The Black Gate Opens
After a long march the army finally reached the Morannon, split on two hills for better defence, and waited for the final assault. Then the gates opened and a single person on a black horse appeared. It was Saurons Lieutenant of Barad-dûr and he brought forth Frodo's mail shirt and the hearts of the defenders droped down. But then the assault began and it was the last battle in this age of men.
BOOK SIX
Chapter I - The Tower of Cirith Ungol
Sam awoke from an uncounscioness at the gates of the dark citadel. He remembered Frodo who has been brought into the watchtower and him outside. He returned through Shelob's tunnel onto their first chosen way. Suddenly, as he decided to enter Mordor he heard Orc-cries coming out of the tower. He ran through it hoping the doors may be open. And really, the gates were open and he could enter the Tower of Cirith Ungol to search for his Master. As he passed the gates a fierce spell held him back, but Frodos Elvenlight weakened the dark power so he could enter. But the guarding statues magically gave a cry and so Sam's secrecy was unimportant. He entered the tower and suddenly encountered one of the Orc-chieftains, Shagrat, who has killed Gorbag, the other leader. Now Sam also saw the reason for the quarrel - Frodos Elven-mail-shirt. Shagrat saw Sam and nearly knocked him out, but he don't had time to kill him and fled the tower. So Sam was the single survivor. After a short time he found Frodo in the uppermost chamber of the tower and let him free. Then they searched for some cloth for Frodo's had been taken by Shagrat. Then they dressed like Orcs so good as able to be inconspicuous in the Dark Land where they had to go.
Chapter II - The Land of Shadow
Now Frodo and Sam had entered the innermost domain of Sauron - his own land, Mordor. Here they hid the ring and never used it again. They travelled on the top of the Ephel Duath, the border-mountains of Mordor, because they found no way down. After a long journey they suddenly found a way down, but noticed that it must be a road, often used by armies. So they were double-carefull. On their road they suddenly encountered an Orc-band who was driven towards the black gates. The hobbits were discovered but not uncamouflaged. So they made a great part of their way in the Orc-group. As they came nearer to the Morannon they tried to escape. On a crossway they encountered another Orc-band and in the general disturbances they escaped. Now they had to go nearly southwards to reach Mount Doom.
Chapter III - Mount Doom
After a long journey they had nearly reached Mount Doom but they found no way up the mountain. Then Sam took Frodo on his back, because Frodo could not go further for his ring had increased in weight that nearer they came to the mountain. When they had nearly the half way up suddenly Sam noticed a silent follower of them. Gollum had returned and now Sam wanted to kill him. But again Frodo felt sorry for him and so they only drove him away. When they reached the Crack of Doom Frodo could not cast the Ring in for the it had to much power over Frodo. Here Frodo put the Ring on and declared him to be the new Lord of the Ring. This moment Sauron became aware of him and he immediately ordered his Nazgûl to stop his near doom and bring him the Ring. But it was too late. Suddenly Gollum appeared and he fought with the invisible Frodo for the Ring. Then he bit off Frodos finger with the Ring on it and in his joy he fell into the Crack and with him the Ring. And here the Ring ended at all.
Chapter IV - The Field of Cormallen
The army of Gondor stood against the hordes of Mordor like a rock in the storm but they knew that there was no chance of victory. But suddenly a loud call went through the army of the west. The Eagles are coming! The hosts of Mordor looked up and wondered for this sign.
Then suddenly there was a great rumble in Mount Doom and the Vulcan tried to break. Sauron disappeared with the destruction of the Ring and the Dark Tower brake. The Nazgûls vanished from the surface for ever and the army of the Dark Land scattered without any leader and fled before the army of Gondor.
Gandalf, who had some kind of foreboding, called for the Eagles and asked Gwaihir, the lord of the winds, and two others to take him to Mount Doom. There they found Frodo and Sam and took them away from the breaking mountain.
When they awoke they were dressed in new cloth and lay in a tent on the green grass. The had been taken to the army-camp after the battle, which had been made in Ithilien and they were honoured by all the army for their deeds. Then the army moved back to Gondor and was welcomed in Minas Tirith and now the king entered the city open - Aragorn took his place as the King of Gondor.
Chapter V - The Steward and the King
Now, when Denethor was dead, Faramir was the new steward of the city. But his injury was so hard that he had to remain in the houses of healing. There he met Éowyn and they both fell in love together. So when Aragorn returned he was not longer steward and Aragorn gave him Ithilien and he lived there with Éowyn. Then Aragorn and Gandalf searched for the white tree which once stood on the place before his tower in Minas Tirith. The old tree was rotten and dead but Aragorn found a young sapling of the tree and planted it in the place of the old. And there it grew until the kings of West ended.
Some months later Elrond arrived with lots of his people to congratulate Aragorn and he handed him the sceptre of Annúminas, the sceptre of the North. And with him came Galadriel of Lórien and Celeborn her husband, and Thranduil, Legolas' father, king of Mirkwood. And Aragorn wedded Arwen, daughter of Elrond, and they had a good life.
Chapter VI - Many Partings
After a long and fair time at Minas Tirith, the hobbits wanted to depart and also wanted Éomer, the new king of the Rohirrim, and Elrond and Galadriel and Gandalf also. There was a grate procession and they everywhere became smaller. The left Éomer in Edoras and Galadriel in the high of Moria (for they wanted to cross the mountains) and at last they left Elrond at Rivendell. On their way between Moria and Rivendell they encountered Saruman, who had been allowed to leave Orthanc and Grima Wormtongue was with him. The hobbits rested a long time in Rivendell and remained at Bilbos'. After a long time they journeyed towards the shire.
Chapter VII - Homeward Bound
They halted at the Prancing Pony and greeted Barliman and he was very proud to see them. There Gandalf left them for his own tasks and they travelled toward the shire alone.
Chapter VIII - The Scouring of the Shire
When they reached the borders of the Shire they suddenly saw some gates there. They wondered about it and when they entered (after ringing the guards out of their beds) they saw some more to wonder about. That deeper they came into the Shire, the greater were the changes. They were halted by a kind of patrol and "guarded" (what means that they could have broken off everytime, but don't wanted to) they travelled towards Bag End. There, in Hobbiton, they saw that many humans had control and they organised a revolt and drove them out. At Bag End they found the real person behind that all - it was Saruman! He had come to the Shire and taken control. They found out that Wormtongue had killed the mayor of the Shire. But Frodo wanted to simply drive them out of the Shire despite their evil actions. But suddenly Wormtongue took out a knife and attacked Saruman. In the same moment a hobbit-bow sung and killed him also. Saruman was dead and with this the War of the Ring had really ended.
Chapter IX - The Grey Havens
The hobbits lived in the Shire quite a long time and Sam took a wife. They often travelled to Rivendell and also Aragorn came and visited them. He gave them the Shire as a present. They all were lucky and life was fair. Some years later a great procession of Elves came from Rivendell and they were on the way to the Grey Havens. Frodo went with them and Bilbo also and at this time the last Elves left Middle-Earth and were gone. And Frodo and Bilbo, whom had worn the ring quite a long time, were allowed to come with them. Also with them came Galadriel and her folk and they were awaited by Gandalf. Now finally the three Elvenrings lay bare and so the last remains of the old ages of men and elves left Middle-Earth and let it free from their fate.
And with this ends the Lord of the Rings - the story of a small folk which does great deeds in a perilous world and saved their world from destruction. So be it.
Characters
Aragorn, Arathorns son, heir of Isildur and Anarion, Dunadan of the North and ranger, bearer of the broken blade and King Elessar of Gondor and Arnor. This was Aragorns full name after the War of the Ring but in former days he was only called 'Strider'. He lived the life of a ranger in the wilderness and had no home and no friends save his natives, the other Dunedain who dwelt in the wilderness. He travelled long in the wilderness and fell in love with Arwen, the daughter of Elrond, Eveningstar of her folk. But he could not marry her for he had no title and no land. So he had to wait until the Dark Lord was defeated and he was king. Then Elrond was satisfied and let his daughter marry him. They lived a long life together after the war.
Frodo, Sam and the hobbits are very important in the War of the Ring. Frodo was the Ringbearer and so he had the most important duty in the whole company of the Ring. He was chosen to bear the Ring until it was destroyed. He got the Ring from Bilbo, who was the former bearer (and knew nothing of its real identity!) and he found it in a cave where Gollum had possessed it long. Sam, who was also a Ringbearer a short time, was also very important, because without his aid, Frodo had never managed the way to Mount Doom.
Merry and Pippin, despite no Ringbearers, had their own important roles to play. Merry in the destruction of the Lord of the Nazgûl and Pippin in Minas Tirith and the two hobbits were very important in the fall of Saruman, for nobody else had roused the Ents!
Legolas and Gimli took a major part in the company for they represented the other free folks of Middle-Earth - elves and dwarfs. They first had the same problems with each other, every elf has with a dwarf but they later became the best friends and years after the War of the Ring Gimli journeyed with Legolas in the west and he was the only dwarf who ever saw the shores of Valinor.
Gandalf was one of the strangest members of the company. He was much more powerful than mentioned in the book. He was sent by the Gods from Valinor to help the peoples of Middle-Earth in their war against Sauron (who was in fact also a Half-god of Valinor!). With Gandalf came also Saruman the white and three lesser wizards who were not mentioned in the Lord of the Rings (and had no part in the war). After his battle with the Balrog (who was also another Half-god of Valinor...), Gandalf was roused again as Gandalf the white - he was, like Saruman should have been. So Gandalf was the mightiest weapon against the Dark Lord and the only living being to withstand Sauron. After the War of the Ring he went back to Valinor for his task was done.
Boromir was a grate warrior among the folks of men, but his greed for the Ring was his downfall. He saw the war as a strategist and so he saw in the Ring the most powerful weapon against Sauron. So he wanted it to unite all the armies of free people under his banner and destroy Sauron and his army in the open battlefield. His illusions were destroyed by his death at the borders of Gondor. But Boromir was not really evil - he had only another point of view!
The Nazgûl, who were also known as Black Riders or Ringwraiths, were the most powerful and most terrible beings under Saurons command. Only the name of the second of them was known - it was Khamûl, the shadow of the east. The name of their Lord was unknown but he was also known as Witchking of Angmar, because before his fall he had ruled the Kingdom of Angmar.
The Nazgûl fell under the shadow of Sauron after the completion of the Masterring. The first thing Sauron did was taking command over the weak (in his opinion) minds of the men. For the ghosts of the dwarf were stronger he was not able to enslave them so the four Dwarvenrings he got there was no great use. The three other Rings of the Dwarfs were consumed by the fire of the dragons so Sauron never got them.
After the destruction of the Masterring the ghosts of the Nazgûl were free and they vanished from the realms of Middle-Earth.
Sauron, the most evil of all living beings of whole Middle-Earth, was the great Overlord of the forces of evil. He himself was but a servant of a much mightier being in the former ages of men. He was the first servant of Morgoth, the Black, the Dark God who had chosen Middle-Earth as his home ages ago. But when Morgoth was withdrawn from the other Gods Sauron began to make his own empire. So he worked very hard on his lands but in the end he fell down by the great deeds of the little hobbits.
The Ring himself was also a very important character (yes, I really mean "Character"!) The Ring was forged an age ago by Sauron after he had ingratiated himself to the elves. He taught Celebrimbor how to forge Rings of Power and so Celebrimbor made the nine Rings for mortal men. This nine were only tests and they had less power than the others. Then he forged the seven Rings of the dwarfs and they were more powerful but in the end, when he had mastered his skill, he forged the three Rings for the elves - Narya, the Ring of Fire, Nenya, the white Ring and Vilya, the Ring of Air. They were given to the most powerful people in the whole realm of Middle-Earth, so Gandalf wore Narya in the later time, Elrond wore Vilya and Galadriel Nenya. And in the same time when the Rings where forged, Sauron made his own Ring in the fires of the Orodruin, who was later called Mount Doom, and in the moment when he declared his rulership over all the rings, Celebrimbor became aware of him and hid the three Rings. Sauron killed him for this but he learned not where the Rings were hidden. So he later got the other Rings, that of the mortals and four of the Dwarvenrings, but he never touched the three. The great problem was now, that all the Rings were bound to the one Ring, for he was the most powerful. So if the Masterring should be destroyed, all the power of the other Rings should vanish and they should lose their power. But if Sauron ever would get his Ring back, the others would have been lain free to his look and he would have destroyed them. So it was a serious decision of the council for, what ever they decided it, would have been bad for them. So they chose the bitter way and decided to destroy the ring at all, so he never could create any evil.
The Ring himself had some kind of evil life inside himself. Everyone who found him, thought of a lucky chance but it was all planed by the Ring. For he could not grow old he counted in centuries and so noone became suspicious. First he left Isildur in the greatest need and he was killed. Then Sméagol found him by chance and took him under the mountains. There he lived as Gollum a long time, perhaps a century or more, when by chance Bilbo came and found it. He took it to the Shire and there he gave it to Frodo and nobody knew of the real identity of the Ring. No one knew the danger of the Ring for it was a very useful item. It was very helpful to become invisible at will and, although no one ever noticed it, the Ring also lengthened the life of its bearer. It could have been undiscovered for much a longer time, for he knew: its master everytime searched for it and one day he would find it. So the last attempt to escape its destruction was Gollum who suddenly appeared at the Crack of Doom. But also Gollum had no chance to avoid the destruction. He fell in the Crack and the Ring with him. So the Ring was destroyed and also every evil power it had ever got over his bearers.
Saruman was one of the wisest of all the wizards. He was the well-versed person in Ring-lore who ever dwelt in Middle-Earth and first his deeds where surely noble. But his mind changed with the times and in the end he was only a small servant of the Dark Lord, who thought he could get the Ring for himself. So his fall was pre-programmed and in the end it was very deep!
The Eagles are mentioned seldom in the book but they are not only animals, but they are some kind of good foreshadowing. The Eagles are some ancient folk who had ever aided the forces of good in their battle against evil and so they did their part in the War of the Ring. They are also mentioned in the ancient ages, when the living beings battled against the almighty God Morgoth. They are some kind of dragons for the good. The greatest among them in the first age of men was Thorondor with the gigantig wingspan of 50 metres! The Eagles have shrunken until then, but they had kept their good foreshadowing.
I. About the origin of the Lord of the Rings and Tolkiens live
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on Jannuary, the 3rd 1892 in Bloemfontein/Southafrica. He lived in England since 1895 and visited a primary school. After his A-Level he studied germain philologie. He was very interrestet in the german and celtic Legends and often refered to them in his lectures. In 1917 he began to write his large cycles about Middle-Earth. He began The Lord of the Rings soon after the completion of The Hobbit and before its publication. The Lord of the Rings was a very large project and it was a long work for Tolkien. He wrote the book in the time of 1936 to 1949. There was a great delay in the years after the outbrake of war in 1939. And after the completion there was another delay for it had to be typed and re-typed by Tolkien himself. Actually it was read by many persons until it was finally printed.
Tolkien does not resemble the real World War II for his War of the Ring, because, if he had done so, the Ring had been brought to Minas Tirith and used against Sauron. He would have been enslaved and not destroyed and Barad-dûr would have been occupied. Saruman would have found in Mordor enough knowledge in Ring-lore and before long he would have made his own Masterring. So the war would have never ended because of the selfishness of both sides.
For the inner meaning, according to Tolkien himself, there was none! The book is neither allegorical nor topical. Its main theme was only the Ring as a link between it and The Hobbit. The chapter 'The Shadow of the Past' was written long before the conflict of 1939 and the book would have followed the same scheme as it did, even though the war would have been averted.
Finally the first part of the book was published in 1954. In this version there were many printer's errors and compositor's mistakes. Many of Tolkien's proper names had been changed (and that was really against Tolkien's sake). So in the following editions the mistakes had been corrected. The second part was published in November of the same year and Tolkien announced that there would be an index of names and strange words in the third volume. This third and last part was finally published in 1955 and with this the whole Lord of the Rings was finished. In the later editions there were only some corrections of Tolkien for there were still some minor mistakes (which were actually not interesting for any reader at all). Tolkien died on September, the 2nd of 1973 in Bornemouth and until this date many mistakes have not been fixed in his book.
But nevertheless his book was one of the best selling fantasy novels which have ever been published.
II. Tolkien's Creatures and the Reality
Hobbits - The Hobbits, or Halflings, are a little folk, unknown to the most other nations. They dwell in their little land, the Shire, and live in peace and freedom. Some Hobbits also live in the near town called Bree, but the majority of them dwells in the Shire. The familynames of the Hobbits often have something to do with nature or daily live (such names as Butterbur!)
The Hobbits can't be compared to any nation.
Orcs - The Orcs are a race of evil creatures which provide the majority of the Dark Lord's army. The Orcs are an invention of Tolkien to have a great force of evil beings but no humans to confront the forces of good. Although there are also humans in the army of the Dark Lord, the Orcs are an essence of evil.
Orcs can be compared with the german soldiers, for the time Tolkien wrote his book was also the time of World War II. So there are many parallels between them.
Elves - Elves are the ultimate force of good. They are the eldest of all races and they live much times a human's life. Tolkien's Elves are the writers of history. In his former project, the Silmarillion, Tolkien wrote primary about the Elves and all other races came second. So the Elves are the absolute counter to the Orcs (actually the first Orcs have been tortured Elves in the hands of the Dark Lord).
An example for the Elves is not easy for there is nothing comparable. In some kind the Elves are a kind of Angels because often they have been sent with orders of the gods themselves. But the Elves in the Lord of the Rings have nothing to do with those Angel-Elves of the Silmarillion but have their own problems like humans.
Men, Rohirrim - The Rohirrim are horseman who love their horses above all. They dwell in the lands between Gondor and the grey mountains.
With the Rohirrim Tolkien has brought the typical british lifestily of the middle ages into his book. The Rohirrim are a folk of riders which can be compared the the Anglo-Saxons.
Men, Dunedain - The Dunedain are a folk of humans who lived on an island between Middle-Earth and the West. After betraying the gods they have been banned to Middle-Earth fully.
With the Dunedain Tolkien has linked up Humans with Elves. The Dunedain are a folk of long-living humans which found the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor.
Ents - The Ents are an ancient people. They have the shape of trees and live in the woods to protect the trees. Actually the are the sheperds of the trees. Though they are a very strong folk, they avoid violance when they can.
The Ents are a pure invention of Tolkien. There is nothing compareable in daily life. The Ents are one of the peoples Tolkien used to make his world really fantastic!
Trolls - Trolls are, according to Tolkien, only a copy of the Ents by the Dark Lord. They represent the strongest parts of the evil army.
As the Ents, Trolls have no relation to reality and are pure fantasy.
Dwarfs - The Dwarfs represent an ancient folk of small people which mainly live in halls under the mountains (but not caves!) The Dwarfs are a race of good smithies and stoneworkers and they have gigantic palaces under the surface. They love stone, gems or gold - anything that takes shape under the hands of their craftsmen.
The Dwarfs are the third of the main peoples in Tolkiens world, beside the Elves and Humans. With this three peoples Tolkien tried to take our racial problems into his world, but with fantasy factors as we see.
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