CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHART: A CHRONOLOGY OF MIDDLE-EARTH AND THE UNDYING LANDS

PART ONE:
MELKOR AND THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

Melkor – “He Who Arises in Might”

Morgoth – “The Dark Enemy”

CHART: DARK FORCES OF MIDDLE-EARTH

Ungoliant, the “Dark Terror”

PART TWO:
MORGOTH THE DARK ENEMY IN THE FIRST AGE

Gothmog, “Lord of Balrogs”

CHART: WARS OF BELERIAND

Boldog, “Orc Captain of Angband”

Trolls of Angband

Glaurung, “Father of Dragons”

Draugluin, “Father of Werewolves”

Ulfang, The Black Easterling

Ancalagon, The Winged Fire-drake

PART THREE:
SAURON THE RING LORD IN THE SECOND AGE

CHART: THE SECOND AGE OF THE SUN

Sauron, “Dark Lord of Mordor”

Annatar, “Lord of Gifts”

Nazgûl, The Ringwraiths

CHART: SAURON AND THE RINGS OF POWER

Númenóreans, “Men of Atlantis”

Ar-Pharazôn the Golden

Dark Lords and Dark Knights

Battle of Dagorlad

CHART: RINGS OF POWER – SECOND AGE

Sauron Vanquished

PART FOUR:
SAURON THE NECROMANCER IN THE THIRD AGE

The Necromancer of Dol Guldur

CHART: SAURON IN THE THIRD AGE

CHART: HISTORY OF THE RINGS OF POWER – THIRD AGE

Sorcerers and Rings

Sauron and the “Great Eye”

Easterings of Rhûn and Khand

CHART: EASTERLINGS AND SOUTHRON ALLIES

Southrons of Umbar and Haradrim

CHART: EASTERLINGS AND SOUTHRON WARS

The Witch-king of Angmar

CHART: WARS OF THE WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR

The Witch-king of Minas Morgul

CHART: WARS OF THE WITCH-KING OF MINAS MORGUL

Goblins, Orcs and Uruk-hai

Trolls and Olog-hai

CHART: ORCS AND DRAGONS – THIRD AGE

Scatha the Worm

Smaug, the Golden Dragon of Erebor

PART FIVE:
THE WAR OF THE RING

CHART: BATTLES OF THE WAR OF THE RING

Black Riders in the Shire

Barrow-wights of Eriador

Durin’s Bane, the Balrog of Moria

Sméagol–Gollum and the Ring

CHART: HISTORY OF SMÉAGOL–GOLLUM

Saruman, the Wizard of Isengard

CHART: HISTORY OF SARUMAN THE ISTARI

Shelob, the Great Spider of Cirith Ungol

The Witch-king and the Battle of Pelennor Fields

Sauron and the Fires of Doom

INDEX