History Characters / TheLordOfTheRingsOnline

!!!Durin the Sixth
The King of Khazad-dûm when the Balrog that would later be called Durin's Bane was awoken. He was the second to last King of Khazad-dûm and the last to bear the name of Durin until the Fourth Age or later.
%%* AscendedExtra
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Goes up against the Balrog that would end up being the doom of Moria.
* HeroicSacrifice: He appears to be fully aware that the Balrog is beyond him, but fights it so that his son can escape and become King.
-->'''Durin VI:''' Nafni, protect my son! He must rule in Khazad-dûm now!
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He doesn't send his guard to fight the Balrog to give himself a chance to survive; He fights the Balrog himself.

AKA the Rhi Helvarch. Revered by the Dunlendings, he resides in his Hall in a remote corner of the Mournshaws, accessible only through a portal or at his behest.

!Bad Guys

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-->'In the dream I am climbing a long staircase, but there are no walls on either side. Shadows press close all around me, and far below a single light twinkles in the darkness. I can see no foes, but a great feeling of dread hangs upon me and I cannot breathe but with a great effort. I reach for Lanchigil, but he is gone; with my other hand I grasp Egnassigil, but it is too late! I am falling, falling, falling from the stairway, and before waking I hear a voice call out from a high place, 'It grieves me that they will no longer strike fear into the hearts of her foes.'

* BadassBoast: [[Spoiler:And a gutsy one, at that. With the Grey Company betrayed by Dunlendings, the player character and Lothrandir are taken to Isengard as prisoners. The long (off-screen) journey leaves Lothrandir in great pain, yet, he still manages to pull one of these off, before defiantly running straight into Isengard itself.]]

* BadassBoast: And a gutsy one, at that. With the Grey Company betrayed by Dunlendings, the player character and Lothrandir are taken to Isengard as prisoners. The long (off-screen) journey leaves Lothrandir in great pain, yet, he still manages to pull one of these off, before defiantly running straight into Isengard itself.

!!Treg Gallorg

!!Trev Duvardain

A group of people who inhabit the shores of the Ice-bay of Forochel. They are distrustful of outsiders.

* BloodKnight: Fastred loves to slaughter orcs and collect their heads as trophies.

%%* HotBlooded

* SorryThatImDying: His last words are to his wife and son (said to them from afar, as are safely back home in Rohan), for [[spoiler:failing to kill Crúmgam]].

* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: If Halros dies in his place during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Horn remarks that the man who was Horn already died on the battlefield.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: This is a huge part of Horn's struggles in the middle of Vol. 3 - coming to terms with his feelings for Nona. They eventually do hook up at the end of Vol. 3, Book 10.

Wadu's sister, who becomes a major character in Epic Volume III.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: This is a huge part of her character arc in the middle of Vol. 3 - coming to terms with her feelings for Horn. They eventually do hook up at the end of Vol. 3, Book 10.
* [[YouKilledMyFather YouKilledMyBrother]] The death of her brother Wadu drives Nona to call herself "Wadu's Ghost" and to prey on the turncoat Dunlendings responsible for his death.

* InterspeciesFriendship: With the Elf-maiden Elweleth. Possibly InterspeciesRomance, but if so it never gets anywhere. He later mentions that "she has gone away, and will never return", so it seems [[LiteralMetaphor that ship has literally sailed]].

* DropTheHammer: Wields a flaming mace [[spoiler:as Gothmog]].

* EvilGloating

The Lord of the Rings Online [[ExpandedUniverse expands on]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the books it is based on]] with material supplementing the books' main story and drawing from background lore. Detailed here are characters made for the purpose of the game or minor characters from the lore that are given much more detail in LOTRO. This will contain spoilers.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He and Mazog from Volum 2 are both descendants of Azog in charge of a large group of Orcs inside an abandoned dwarfen city. And like Mazog he’s not the actual BigBad of the chapter but instead serves a far more powerful villain.

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!Antagonists in Volume 1: The Shadows of Angmar

!!!Amdir
A Ranger in the process of transforming into a wraith by a Morgul-blade.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The wound inflicted by the Nazgûl's Morgul-blade turns him into a wraith, resulting in him getting progressively sicker and paler over time, becoming a transparent, pale maniac out to murder his fellow Rangers (starting with his brother Toradan), and finally a robed servant of the Eye.
* FacialHorror: When he's partway between Man and Wraith his face looks like a corpse's, with gaunt skin and no nose.
* FateWorseThanDeath: He showcases what happens to those who are stabbed by a Black Rider's Morgul-blade and don't get cured in time. You end it for him soon.
* HeroicSacrifice: Attempts one against the Nazgûl to protect the Hobbits in Archet but is only wounded. Unfortunately, this is a far ''[[FateWorseThanDeath worse]]'' fate.
* HeroKiller: As a result of his transformation into a Cargul, he is driven to murder his fellow Rangers.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion
* SacrificialLamb: If your character is a Hobbit or of the Race of Men, he and Aragorn (who at this point in the storyline is known as Strider) play a large role in the game's intro. He does not last long.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He snaps when Toradan declares his intention to MercyKill him. He would have fallen into shadow anyway, but this makes him go after his kindred specifically.
* TragicMonster: At the end of Chapter 1, Amdir becomes one of the red-robed Cargûl, and you have to kill him.
* TransformationSequence: He completes his transformation into a wraith before your eyes just before your final encounter with him.

!!!Mordirith[=/=][[spoiler: Gothmog]]
The Steward of Angmar, responsible for its resurgence in the absence of its true king. Formerly the last King of Gondor, Eärnur, who rode into Minas Morgul to challenge the Witch-king of Angmar and was never heard from again.
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* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler: Despite being featured in a prominent position on every single piece of Minas Morgul-related material, Mordirith spends the entire expansion holed up in the [[HauntedCastle Citadel of Night]], searching desperately for a the secret way to Thuringwath and the power that is rumoured to lie within. Players do not see him in person until the last third of the Epic Story.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Like the Cargûl, Mordirith WasOnceAMan who was turned into a wraith by the [[PoisonedWeapons Morgul blades]] of the Nazgûl. In Volume I, it is revealed that he was once Eärnur, who was one of the Witch-king's greatest enemies in his day.
* BigBad: During the Angmar storyline. Interestingly, he is not seen that often, and is even absent for more than half of the storyline, allowing [[TheDragon Mordrambor]] and [[TheStarscream Amarthiel]] to get most of the screentime.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: Claims he was given a stronger form as Gothmog, upon being brought back from the Void after his death in Angmar.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Admits to being on the side of evil. Given [[ReforgedIntoAMinion how he was made]], it's understable he would have no illusions about the nature of his side.
* DefiantToTheEnd[=/=]DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler:As Eärnur, he resists the Witch-king's torments for as long as he can. Inevitably, he is transformed into Mordirith, but robs the Witch-king of a complete victory.]]
* TheDragon: To the Witch-King as the Steward of Angmar [[spoiler: and as the Lieutenant of Minas Morgul]]. He also arguably becomes one to [[spoiler: Sauron in Epic Volume IV]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:As Eärnur, defies the Witch-king's attempt to invoke this. While held prisoner in Minas Morgul, he is allowed to keep his sword in the hope that he'll one day throw himself upon it. Eärnur arranges to have the sword brought away.]]
* DropTheHammer: Wields a flaming mace [[spoiler:as Gothmog]].
* DyingCurse: [[spoiler:As he lays dying in Barad Cúron, he curses the other Masters of Mordor. He levies his worst upon Isildur, however, blaming Isildur's failure to end Sauron for the torments he suffered.]]
* EvilGloating
* TheFaceless: Like the Nazgûl.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a few hints thrown out during the storyline foreshadowing the eventual reveal that Mordirith is Eärnur, last king of Gondor. For example, a shield found in Angmar is noted by one of the characters as being highly unusual, being from Gondor; It is by the players believed to have belonged to Eärnur. Another example is a seemingly throw-away line by Mordirith just before his first defeat, after being called by his title "False King"; "I am more justly a king than he who sits before my throne," referring to the ruling steward Denethor, who sits before Eärnur's old throne but has never taken the title of king.
* HeroKiller: As Mordirith, he is responsible for the deaths of Lorniel, Laerden, and Narmaleth. [[spoiler: As Gothmog, he kills Halbarad at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. His fell beast mount also kills Grimbold during the battle.]]
* InSeriesNickname: The False King, to differentiate him from the long-gone true Witch-King of Angmar. Perhaps an unintentional IronicNickname, as he actually was a king in his past life. Later used [[spoiler:during the Black Book of Mordor, referring to how he has taken control of Minas Morgul after the Witch-king's death.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Mordirith, The False King, The Steward of Angmar, [[spoiler: Gothmog, Lieutenant of Minas Morgul]]
* IRegretNothing: [[spoiler: Mordirith repents of nothing, even as he is dying and has nothing to gain from being evil anymore. Justified, as he does not really ]]
* KilledOffForReal: Somehow the broken sword Dúnachar, perhaps with the help of some power of Narmaleth's, is able to put a final end to the False King. [[spoiler: Or so you're led to believe until Epic Volume IV. He meets his final end in Minas Morgul, during the Black Book of Mordor.]]
* MasterOfIllusion: Prefers to stay hidden and let illusions do the fighting for a while before showing his true self. He uses them to demoralize both Golodir and Narmaleth by showing illusions of the deceased Lorniel and Laerdan, respectively. When confronted [[spoiler: as Gothmog in the Throne of the Dread Terror raid, he transports the player characters into a shared illusion based on their confrontations with him and other major villains in Volume I.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Spends most of Volume I in Carn Dûm, while he's not [[PutOnABus entirely absent]]. Averted during [[spoiler:as Gothmog during the Battle of the Pelennor]], but returns to this [[spoiler:after his defeat. After Sauron's fall, he's holed up in Barad Cúron, the central tower of Minas Morgul. Justified, since then his former allies are out to get him for his failure.]]
* PutOnABus: He is 'killed' during Book 8, but his spirit is bound to the Witch-king's, and so he cannot be permanently killed by such means.
* TheReveal: Mordirith is Eärnur, [[AllThereInTheManual the last king of Gondor, who rode to Minas Morgul at the Witch-King's challenge and was never seen thereafter]], turned into a wraith and placed in charge of Angmar. [[spoiler: In Epic Volume IV, it is revealed he is Gothmog, the Lieutenant of Minas Morgul.]]
* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler: Once it's clear that there is no chance of victory for his forces, Mordirith is given [[LastSecondChance one final chance]] to repent by the Rangers. He [[ShutUpKirk refuses outright]], cursing them as he dies. Mordirith's only action that benefits the heroes is to give the player character a broken key, so that they can take revenge on his enemies.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Gothmog's final significant act before his [[AntiClimax rather ignoble death]] is to stab his chief rival, Ugrukhôr, through the heart, killing him.]]
* ThatManIsDead: Not only is Eärnur literally [[TheUndead not really alive anymore]] but the Witch-king's torments have erased his past identity.
-->'''Laerdan:''' I remember when you were called Eärnur and were the Witch-king's most hated foe.\\
'''Mordirith:''' Silence! That name means nothing to me!
* TheBusCameBack: Absent for several books of Volume I after his first defeat, then makes a dramatic return. Although it seemed he was killed, it was not really a case of UnexplainedRecovery, as powerful wraiths cannot be killed by normal means. [[spoiler: Comes back after a much, much longer bus ride as Gothmog in Epic Volume IV.]]
* TragicVillain: Eärnur was the Witch-King's nemesis before being turned into a wraith and made into his Steward.
* VillainDecay: [[spoiler: When players finally confront Mordirith in the Citadel of Night, he uses his usual onslaught of [[MyGreatestFailure despair-]][[TraumaCongaLine inducing]] illusions in one final attempt to break the player and Rangers. The heroes rebuke these illusions, and instead draw strength from their memory. Mordirith, the most persistent villain since the launch of Shadows of Angmar, and who had once been both an instance and a Raid boss, ultimately falls in a solo instance, while posing almost no threat to the player. Enforced in that the developers wanted to end his story in a fight that casual players would be able to complete.]]
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: After being defeated by Aragorn and the Grey Company, he flees back to Mordor with his tail between his legs.]]
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Uses the last of his strength to slay Ugrukhôr, saving the heroes [[ItsPersonal just to spite his rival.]]]]
* WasOnceAMan: His past is the same as that of the Nazgûl, being a mortal man turned into a wraith (though weaker than the Nazgûl) in Sauron's service.

!!!Mordrambor
Most prominent of several Black Númenórean sent by Sauron to aid Amarthiel when she becomes Regent of Angmar.
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* AmplifierArtifact[=/=]UpgradeArtifact: Tann Morgul. What it is exactly is not revealed, but it apparently boosts his sorcerous powers a great deal.
* AnIcePerson: Shows these to a small degree in Forochel, though he prefers fire (see below).
* BlackMagic
* CompellingVoice: His voice is wickedly smooth, and he is able to dull Tadan's senses until the Ranger hands over the magical artifact he needs to break out.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Functions as Amarthiel's second in command, but is revealed to be working for Mordirith in his absence.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks to the player kindly until the player disappoints him by failing to hand over Tann Morgul.
* FlamingSword
* ISurrenderSuckers: Allows himself to be captured so he can manipulate the heroes while being held prisoner, and he kills a bunch of Rangers when he finally blasts his way out.
* PlayingWithFire: His primary use of combat magic.
* TheStarscream: Ends up taking Amarthiel's place as Champion of Angmar under Mordirith.
* VillainTeleportation: Capable of disappearing in a column of flame.

!!!Amarthiel[=/=]Narmeleth
Champion of Angmar and later its Regent in Mordirith's absence. Later revealed to be an elf-maiden of Lindon and later Eregion and the daughter of Laerdan. [[EvilMentor Sauron in his guise as Antheron]] introduced her to the craft of Ring-making and had her craft a lesser magic Ring. Under Sauron's influence, she fell to darkness and became Amarthiel.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Gets her hand cut off by Mordrambor when he takes Narchuil from her.
* BigNever: Upon Mordirith taunting her that she will always be remembered as a villain and her father as a fool. [[PreMortemOneLiner The last thing she says to Mordirith before killing him.]]
* DarkActionGirl
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Takes the guise of an old woman named Sara Oakheart as an insult to the true Sara Oakheart, who watched over her during her captivity and was apparently killed after her escape.
* FallenHero: Narmeleth was an elf-maiden of Lindon, who after being swayed by [[EvilMentor Sauron in his guise as Annatar]], ended up being possessed by the spirit of Amarthiel and taken into the service of Mordirith.
* HumiliationConga: At the end of Book 14, she is defeated by Mordirith, then had her hand cut off and her ring taken by Mordrambor while she was helpless, then had her father ([[LaserGuidedKarma who she just left barely alive]]) show up to save her only to be killed effortlessly. At that point, she's completely helpless and taken captive by the player.
* ManipulativeBitch: She is not above appearing as Narmeleth to get what she wants from Laerdan.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After shaking of the guise of Amarthiel, she leads an assault against Angmar and Mordirith. She kills Mordirith herself, only to die seconds later.
* RingOfPower: Her ring Narchuil, one of the lesser magic Rings.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Seeing her father die is enough to make Narmeleth shake off the spirit of Amarthiel.
* TheStarscream: When Mordirith is first defeated, Amarthiel takes the opportunity to take control of Angmar. When Mordirith returns, she does not bow down, instead fighting him for control.
* TakingYouWithMe: To Mordirith. [[spoiler: It [[PutOnABus took a while]] but [[BackFromTheDead he got]] [[TheBusCameBack better]].]]
* TinTyrant: Complete with a scary-looking metal mask and a red robe and hood.
* VillainousBSOD: After her HumiliationConga.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Amarthiel. She has a tendency to take on the shape of innocent-looking old women.

!!The Blackwolds

Bree-land ruffians and brigands that fall under the sway of Angmar early in the Race of Man storyline.
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* AntiVillain: Type I. They're decidedly nowhere near as evil as the rest of the villains, especially after the most villainous of their number, Skunkwood and Eogan, are taken down. Most of them are just Bree-landers that fell in with a bad crowd.
** One early-level quest has you tracking down a specific Blackwold to tell him that his ''mother'' wants him to quit bandit-ing and come home. These guys aren't exactly set to displace Sauron on the scale of villainy.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: They are broken and scattered thanks to their partnership with [[BadBoss Angmar.]]

!!!Calder Cob

A guard of Archet who Captain Brackenbrook believes has been loyal to him and Archet since he was a boy. But Calder's true allegiance lies with the Blackwolds, and he leads a deadly assault with the Blackwolds upon Archet and murders Captain Brackenbrook, the leader of the village, before being taken down.
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* StarterVillain: Calder Cob is your final enemy in the Intro scenario for Hobbits and Men.
* TreacherousAdvisor: To Captain Brackenbrook.
* TreacherousQuestgiver: Your quest for him ends with you being ambushed by a Blackwold Wolfmaster who Calder tipped off.

!!!William Skunkwood

Skunkwood is the leader of the Blackwolds in Archet Dale, and the one who made the deal with Angmar.
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* TheBeastmaster: Skunkwood regularly employs wolfhounds in his fighting in addition to his men.

!!The Dourhands

A clan of Dwarves from Ered Luin that trace their descent to the evil Dwarf-lord Skorgrím Dourhand. With Skorgrím resurrected by Ivar the Bloodhand, the Dourhands have fallen to evil. They have joined forces with the goblins, their ancestral foes, and are attempting to start a war between the Elves and the Dwarves of Ered Luin.
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* EnemyMine: The Dourhands have joined up with the goblins, normally the ancestral foes of the Dwarven race, in their service of Skorgrím and Angmar.
* WarForFunAndProfit: The Dourhands kidnap the elven prince Avorthal in the hopes of starting a war between the Elves and the Dwarves of Ered Luin.

!!!Gormr Doursmith

Gormr is the steward appointed by Thorin Oakenshield before he left to take part in the events of ''Literature/TheHobbit''. The discovery of the body of Skorgrím, the fallen king of his people, in the Silver Deep Mine has triggered a desire in Gormr to restore the lost glory of the Dourhands. But joining with an evil Gaunt-lord of Angmar will cost him dearly...
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* RegentForLife: Gormr was supposed to rule Thorin's Hall until Thorin returned, but since Thorin's death, Gormr and his clan have taken over rule of the fabled hall.
* StarterVillain: Bringing down Gormr and restoring Longbeard rule to Thorin's Hall is your first objective as an Elf or a Dwarf.
* TragicDream: Gormr's goal was to serve his fallen king again and reclaim the lost glory of the Dourhand clan. Instead, Gormr was betrayed by Ivar and his clan fell to evil.

!!!Skorgrím Dourhand

The evil ancestor of the Dourhand clan, Skorgrím sought to become immortal, and sought the relics of the Elves in order to carry out this dream. He met his end in the Battle of Edhelion, when Talagan Silvertongue, an elven warrior, sacrificed himself to bring down the library upon him. Now Skorgrím has been resurrected by the evil Gaunt-lord Ivar the Bloodhand and he and his clan are now servants of Angmar.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: Using their corpse, no less.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Skorgrím's quest for immortality brought him and his clan into war with the Elves and ultimately led to his fall.
* PuppetKing: Skorgrím hasn't really returned from the dead, but is merely been possessed by a malevolent force, meant to control the Dourhands.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Skorgrím was resurrected by Ivar the Bloodhand and has become a servant of Angmar.

!!The Gaunt-Lords

Powerful and dangerous necromancers made in mockery of the Five Wizards. They hold power over Fear/Death, Wounds/War, Poison/Pestilence, Disease/Plague, and [[AllYourPowersCombined Purest Evil]].
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* EvilKnockOff: Of the Five Wizards. Ivar is this to Radagast, Gortheron to Gandalf, and the other three have counterparts in Saruman and the Blue Wizards (which of these three is the counterpart to which is not revealed).
* EvilSoundsDeep / EvilSoundsRaspy: Deep for Gortheron and raspy for the other four.
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The lesser four are based on the War, Famine, Pestilence and Death version.
* KilledOffForReal: This is your goal during the In Their Absence instances and quest line, by killing all five of them in succession.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Thadúr the Ravager, Drugoth the Death-monger, Ivar the Blood-hand, Ferndúr the Virulent, and Gortheron the Doom-Caller.
* {{Necromancer}}: Aside from the Horsemen of the Apocalypse theme, this is their thing. The Witch-King of Angmar is a famous necromancer, but the Gaunt-Lords and their underlings seem to be responsible for maintaining his wights. This is Drugoth's specialty.
* OurLichesAreDifferent: They are technically not liches, as they were never mortal, but they certainly fit the role.
* OnlyMostlyDead: The lesser four are defeated one after the other in quests that occur prior chronologically to the In Their Absence story, by which Gortheron has resurrected them all.

!!!Drugoth
The Gaunt-lord of Death, responsible for reanimating the long-dead dragon Thorog.
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* AnIcePerson: Capable of some hard-hitting frost attacks when encountered in Sâri-surma.
* CastingAShadow: His Fear attacks deal shadow damage.
* DemonicPossession: The Gaunt-Lords are evil spirits in physical form, and in the fight against Drugoth in the Misty Mountains, he does this to the carcass of Thorog, the dragon that killed Durin V.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The two locations he is fought in are both in cold places, and he in his final fight he uses his powers over frost and blizzards.
* ScaledUp: Of a sort -- he doesn't directly transform into a dragon, but rather possesses its corpse.
* VillainousBreakdown: Seems to suffer one in between his defeat at Helegrod and his re-appearance during "In Their Absence". He's described by a quest giver as being so insane he makes his already dead troops fight each other.

!!!Ferndúr
The Gaunt-lord of Pestilence, overseer of the haunted valley of Imlad Balchorth in Angmar.
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* BadBoss: As demonstrated by the mercenaries he brings to the Lost Temple, it is unwise to work for a plague-mongering necromancer who can just reanimate your corpse when you succumb to the disease.
* MysticalPlague: He is the Gaunt-Lord of Pestilence, and this is his plan for Eriador before the player's fellowship puts an end to him.
%%* NoMouth: He's missing his lower jaw.
%%* PlagueMaster

!!!Ivar
The Gaunt-lord of War, reanimator of Skorgrím Dourhand and responsible for awakening Naruhel the Red Maid.
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* AmplifierArtifact: His helmet, or rather Gortheron's helmet that he kept for himself.
* BloodIsSquickerInWater: Due to the corruption Ivar has brought to Agamaur, the water and plants are tainted red.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Does this to the evil Dwarf-lord Skorgrím Dourhand in the finale of the intro scenario for Elves and Dwarves.
* TheStarscream: Declares this in his monologue before you fight him the second time.
* TookALevelInBadass: When first killed, he appears in an instance meant for three level 32 characters. In In Their Absence, he is the penultimate boss in a level 65 (and up, thanks to level scaling instances) 12-person raid.

!!!Thadúr
The Gaunt-lord of Famine, originally found in the Great Barrow of the Barrow-downs.
* ButtMonkey: Some players find him this. He's always the easiest to kill of the Gaunt-lords.
* EvilPlan: He wants to launch a poisonous attack on the Shire. He needs time to prepare his poison. How does he keep the heroes busy? By trapping some Hobbits with poisonous [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pies]] of course!
* FantasticRacism: He hates Hobbits.
* MasterPoisoner: In In Their Absence, he has developed a toxin called Darkthorn.
* PoisonousPerson: He is also capable of summoning clouds of poison in battle.
* WaterSourceTampering: The players must destroy his cauldron of poison before he dumps it into a well.

!!!Gortheron
The Gaunt-lord of Purest Evil, leader and most powerful of the five.
* AllYourPowersCombined: While the other four Gaunt-lords have their own thematic powers, Gortheron can use all of them.
* EvilGloating: Big fan of it.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The other Gaunt-lords have [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy voices]], Gortheron has a deliciously evil-sounding deeper version of it.
* IKnowWhatYouFear: Type 3: "Can you defeat that which smote your wizard? Can you stand against Durin's Bane?"
* MasterOfIllusion: The Fear Wing of Ost Dunhoth is all an advanced illusion.
* OneWingedAngel: Possesses the form of an enormous white troll while battling the heroes.
* PortalDoor: Seems to be capable of opening these to summon minions from across Eriador to Ost Dunhoth. Near the end of the fight, he calls upon Sauron and attempts to open a portal to Mordor to finish the heroes off. [[spoiler: but Gandalf intercepts his call.]]
* TheReveal/[[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes]]: At the end of the players battle against him, [[spoiler: a vision of Gandalf appears, announcing his return (and making his first in-game appearance) as Gandalf the White. This weakens Gortheron enough to allow the players to take him down]]. Complete with ThisCannotBe
* TitleDrop: The title of the storyline ("In Their Absence") is dropped when Gortheron relays the fate of the five Wizards. Interestingly, it was initially believed that the title referred to the absence of the Rangers of the North, who at that point had just left Eriador behind.
* [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied Would You Like To Hear How They Abandoned You]]: At the end of the players battle against him, he says that with the five Wizards being absent (two having gone into the East, Radagast caring only for nature, Saruman having turned evil, and Gandalf (at the time believed to be) dead), the dark powers of Mordor will triumph. [[spoiler: Backfires with Gandalf's return]].

!Antagonists in Volume 2: The Mines of Moria

!!!Mazog
Chieftain of the Orcs of Moria and a major foe to the Dwarves attempting to recolonize their lost kingdom.
->"''I am Mazog, Cleaver of Dwarf-skulls and Master of Orcs!''"

* MultipleChoicePast: He is described as the both the son of Azog, and the son of Bolg (two orcs that appeared in Tolkien's writings), throughout the storyline, in addition to being named as brother of Bolg (which fits under "son of Azog", Bolg being Azog's son).
** Alternatively, the father of Azog may have ''also'' been named Bolg, making all of these statements technically correct, fitting his description as the "brother of [[DeadGuyJunior Bolg]]", the "son of Azog" and "(grand)son of Bolg".
* OlderThanTheyLook: Though it is hard to tell how old an orc really looks, [[MultipleChoicePast assuming he is the son of Azog]], he is at least 220 years old.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Just before being brought by the Hidden Guard to the gates of Dol Guldur, to be part of a prisoner-exchange, he begs to be let free, a sharp contrast to the mocking, almost nonchalant tone that he has displayed earlier during the storyline. As noted by the elf Achardor, it is quite likely that Mazog fears being brought to Dol Guldur, that he is likely to be put in the dungeons for failing his master Gorothûl.
* HeroKiller: In the "We Cannot Get Out" Session Play flashback, he and his orcs kill off Ori at the end.
* HopelessBossFight: When facing him as Ori in the Session Play. You get him down to a third of his health, then he regenerates it, turns invincible, and summons a whole load of orcs to surround you.
* PrisonerExchange: He is taken to Dol Guldur as a prisoner to be exchanged for the dwarf Bori ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and some other dwarves who were also taken captive]]). [[FromBadToWorse The exchange does not go as planned]].
* TheReveal: Two of them, upon being captured. First, that the captured dwarf Bori isn't being kept in Moria, but in Dol Guldur in Mirkwood. Second, that Moria soon wouldn't have been fit for him to rule, that he would have had to abandon it anyway, on account of the sorcerer Gorothûl seeking to draw nameless creatures from the depths to claim it.

!!!Gorothûl
A sorceror of Dol Guldur who uses the Orcs of Moria against the Iron Garrison and the Galadhrim.
* BlackMagic: He's a sorcerer of Dol Guldur.
* FlatCharacter: Especially when compared to the earlier villains of the Angmar storyline, who were very fleshed out. He only appears three times throughout the entire storyline (one of which, his defeat, is an optional epilogue-quest) and isn't given any sort of backstory or characterization, apart from being described as a servant of Sauron.
* JustFollowingOrders: Reveals he is not in charge of Dol Guldur, the Nazgul are, and so the PrisonerExchange he agreed to without their input must be [[DeadlyEuphemism rescinded]]. Of course, this isn't much of a justification except for the sake of VillainsNeverLie.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The true BigBad of the Moria storyline, being the one behind the orc-chieftain Mazog.

!Antagonists in Volume 3: Allies of the King

!!!Saruman
The primary antagonist of the third volume. His tropes from [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]] apply here.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Summons copies of himself during the fight against him on the Tower of Orthanc.
* ElementalPowers: Each of his copies has a different elemental theme:
** [[PlayingWithFire Saruman the Fire-lord]]
** [[AnIcePerson Saruman the Frost-master]]
** [[CastingAShadow Saruman the Shadow-bringer]]
** [[ShockAndAwe Saruman the Storm-maker]]
** [[PoisonousPerson Saruman the Venom-keeper]]
* RingOfPower: In imitation of Sauron, crafts a magic ring for himself along with several lesser rings for his champions. The player characters seize the lesser rings and [[OverclockingAttack turn their power against the master ring]], shattering it.

!!! Lheu Brenin
Chieftain of the Hebog-Lûth, the Falcon Clan of Dunlendings. His clan is initially unaligned and actually offers shelter to the Rangers, but when he learns of the power of Saruman, he quickly turns on the player and the Rangers.
* CharacterDeath: He is finally killed by the player and Gimli beneath Helm's Deep.
* DirtyCoward: He much prefers his own followers do all the fighting and even begs for his life during his defeat.
* FaceHeelTurn: Appeared quite happy to host the Rangers and even considered joining the fight against Saruman. Then [[IFightForTheStrongestSide he saw how powerful Saruman appeared to be.]]
* FatBastard: Has quite a pot belly.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Is initially friendly and welcoming to the player character and the Rangers. During his betrayal, he apologizes and claims it is an unfortunate necessity for the sake of his people.
* HeroKiller: He and his clan kill possibly a dozen or so Rangers.
* WorthyOpponent: Claims the Rangers are this to his clan.
* WouldHurtAChild: Besides threatening to kill a young Rohirrim girl during his final encounter, his entire goal during the Battle of Helm's Deep is to sneak into the Glittering Caves and massacre the defenseless women and children of Rohan.

!!!Núrzum
A mysterious giant and servant of Saruman that appears in the [[EndlessWinter Wildermore]] region, spreading terror throughout the region.

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Wears an artifact on his back that emits endless cold. It's revealed to be the Stone of Thangorodrim, an artifact from the First Age granted to him by Saruman.
* AnIcePerson: Thanks to the Stone of Thangorodrim.
* Badass: When you curbstomp an Ent without the use of fire, you qualify for this.
* BrownNote: The Horn of Winter turns out to be the key to his defeat.
* CursedWithAwesome: He views the "gifts" he received from his master as a curse at first, despite the power he has been granted.
* HybridMonster: He is both giant and Huorn.
* NighInvulnerable: An [[WhenTreesAttack army of Huorns]] couldn't bring him down.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The artifact he carries causes blizzards to form and giant spikes of ice to grow from the ground where he walks. Just his being in the general area causes an entire region of Rohan to be blanketed in snow.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Why he seeks revenge. He was just a stone giant who wanted to take a look at the little folk in the area near his home, but they wounded him and drove him off.
* PowerIncontinence: When he's weakened enough, the Stone of Thangorodrim falls off his back, its ice powers go out of control and trap him
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Was badly wounded by the Rohirrim, and Saruman [[EmergencyTransformation put him back together with Huorn parts]] in exchange for his service.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His motivation for attacking Wildermore.
* SealedEvilInACan: At the conclusion of the Wildermore storyline, he's left trapped in ice, but is probably still alive.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Thrymm Red-beard's horn, due to Núrzum's Huorn parts.

!Antagonists in Volume 4: The Strength of Sauron

!!!Balakôr the Scourge
So-called Heir of Castamir, leader of the Corsairs of Umbar.
* CoolBoat: His flagship, the Night-jewel.
* FakeAristocrat: Claims to be descended from Castamir the Usurper and therefore to have a claim to the throne of Gondor, but when Aragorn confronts him on this he admits he took the title because it was of use to him.
* KingOfThieves: He's of the Pirate King variety, though his ambitions are loftier than mere piracy.
* {{Pirate}}: His underlings, for the most part, are and act like pirates, but he's more of a military conqueror.

!!!Crúmgam
A sorceror of Mordor who antagonizes the Rohirrim. Originally encountered in landscape quests in the Sutcrofts, he later plays a role in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: Threatens the life of Fastred's infant son Folcred, and briefly convinces him that Folcred has been taken by his Orcs.
* DyingSmirk:
--> '''Crúmgam''': My death means nothing! I have inflicted what hurts I could, and that fills me with gladness as I die! Mordor and Sauron!
* EvilSoundsDeep: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], he has a tendency to pitch his voice up at certain points, punctuating his dialogue creepily.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Kills Fastred in the Battle of the Pelennor. Later on, during the Epic series, he stuns the player character and their allies, allowing his Orcs to slay either Horn or Halros depending on whether the latter is there to [[TakingTheBullet Take the Bullet]].]]
* MasterPoisoner: Not as promiment as his fire magic, but Léofdag was poisoned by one of his agents, and [[spoiler: Fastred]] drops dead quite suddenly after fighting him, despite not having been visibly wounded.
* PlayingWithFire: Besides casting fire-based attacks, he is also capable of summoning fiery spirits.
* VillainTeleportation: Like Mordrambor, he retreats in a pillar of flame on several occasions.

!Antagonists in The Black Book of Mordor: Where the Shadows Lie

!!!Borangos the Horror
A Great Rogmul discovered by Sauron's servants in Mordor long ago.
* EvilIsBurningHot: A demon similar to a Balrog, but lesser in power and with more emphasis on fire.
* ItAmusedMe: His reason for pledging loyalty to [[spoiler:Lhaereth the Stained]].
* KingMook: Regmyl are relatively lesser spirits, subservient to beings like Sauron and the Balrogs, but Borangos is perhaps the mightiest of their kind.
* TheMagnificent: "The [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Horror]]"
* PlayingWithFire: Aside from being able manipulate fire, he can also imbue living creatures with this power.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was buried beneath the site of Nargroth and unsealed in its excavation.

!!!Lhaereth the Stained
A plague-brewing being of ancient evil appearing akin to a Morroval. One of Sauron's oldest and most loyal servants.
* BloodIsSquickerInWater: The swamp of Agarnaith, where Lhaereth rules, and the River Chaydash that runs through it run red with diseased blood.
* DragonAscendant: As an embodied evil spirit like Sauron, she served him longer than any of the other rulers of Gorgoroth, and commands many Uruks, infected Orcs, and Merrevail. [[spoiler: At the end of Volume 1, Book 4 she comes out on top as Sauron's successor.]]
* TheDreaded: She's known to have wiped out entire cities with her plagues, it's said no one comes back from her fortress, Seregost (without being horribly altered) and she rules over a festering, bloody swamp that in some ways is the most dangerous region of Gorgoroth. The Easterlings have an IronicNurseryTune about her, calling her Sweet Lara.
* HumbleGoal: Sauron promised to give her an heir once Middle-earth was under her control. [[ForegoneConclusion This never came to pass]].
* LastOfHerKind: Claims to be this, and continuing her kind is her main motivation for working for Sauron.
* MadScientist: Of the very evil variety. Those who enter Seregost are used as test subjects for her plagues and poisons. If they're lucky they die horribly from disease. [[ReforgedIntoAMinion If not...]]
* MonsterProgenitor: Possibly. She appears similar to the Merrevail she rules over, and they are considered her children, but she also claims to be the [[LastOfHisKind last of her kind]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[NotUsingTheZWord Not outright stated]] to be one, but Lhaereth and her Merrevail seem to be [=LotRO=]'s equivalent.
* {{Plaguemaster}}: One of the greatest brewers of disease serving under Sauron, and responsible for the Great Plague which devastated much of Middle-earth and ended the Gondorian occupation of Mordor. [[spoiler: She's working on a second Great Plague that has no cure.]]
* TragicDream: Her one request of Sauron was that he conceive a child with her. Now that he is gone, this can never happen. This does ''not'' make her a TragicVillain, however.
* UngratefulBastard: She experiments even on Easterlings who were loyal to Sauron.
* UnholyMatrimony: Agrees to marry Dulgabêth to reunite the splintered factions of Mordor. [[spoiler: It's a ruse to get her revenge on him.]]
* WeWillMeetAgain: [[VillainExitStageLeft Flies away]] after she is confronted in her keep and [[spoiler:her plague-cauldrons are destroyed]] but promises this in a rather ominous way. Does this again to [[spoiler:Agath-kali at Bâr Nírnaeth]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: Betrays, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech angrily denounces]], captures and [[spoiler:breaks the mind of]] [[spoiler:Dulgabêth the Black Word]] for failing Sauron. [[spoiler:Gothmog]] is next on her list for the same crime.

!!The Gúrzyul
A group of elite Black Númenóreans who survived Sauron's defeat and now squabble over the remains of his realm.
* TheAgeless: Gúrzyul is BlackSpeech for Deathless, for they were chosen by Sauron to be bled by his Morgul-blade to grant them agelessness and other superhuman abilities. They are less powerful than the Nazgûl, and were not unmade by the destruction of the Ring. However, they can be killed by violence. [[spoiler:With Sauron gone, their powers are declining and their lifespans may come to an end.]]
* DecadentCourt: Even before Sauron's downfall, they were prone to scheming against each other.
--> '''Ayorzén the Wily''': Ugrukhôr and Dulgabêth hate each other. If they spent less time quarrelling between themselves and more time opposing Gondor, the war might have gone differently.
* EvilPowerVacuum: Now that their master is dead, the Gúrzyul are each trying to secure their power and become his successor.
* EvilSorcerer: The Gúrzyul worshipped Sauron and were taught dark arts by him.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Mouth of Sauron is said in the book to have long forgotten his real name, and an account by another Gúrzyul indicates they take new names upon their initiation. [[spoiler:Becomes a PlotPoint when Gandalf guesses the Gúrzyul are searching for their birth names to counteract their decline.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The longevity of the Mouth of Sauron is hinted at in the book and further detailed in the game, along with the invention of others of his order. Some if not all of the Gúrzyul were among original Black the Númenóreans alive in the Second Age, over three thousand years ago.
* TheRemnant: Each commands some of Sauron's leftover minions, mostly Orcs, trolls and lower-ranking Black Númenóreans. All except Karazgar seem to have taken a piece of his territory for themselves, such as Dulgabêth claiming the remains of Barad-dûr.
* TouchedByVorlons: A villainous example. In addition to making them [[TheAgeless Deathless]], Sauron's ritual seems to have empowered them beyond mortal abilities.

!!!Dulgabêth, the Black Word
The former Mouth of Sauron, now styling himself Sauron's Heir. His tropes from [[Characters/TheLordOfTheRings The Lord of the Rings]] apply here.
* DragonAscendant: Was Sauron's favoured of the Gúrzyul, and changes his title from the Mouth of Sauron to Sauron's Heir after the Dark Lord's defeat. [[spoiler: At the end of Volume 1, Book 4 he's betrayed and defeated soundly by Lhaereth.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:Turned into a shambling, plague-infested shell of himself by Lhaereth.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: Attempts this with Lhaereth to gain power and reunite Mordor. [[spoiler:It doesn't go as he planned.]]

!!!Karazgar the Weeping Warrior
Unlike the other known Gúrzyul, Karazgar is not active in Mordor but encountered in northern Rhovanion. He captured, coerced, and tamed dragon-kind on behalf of Sauron.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: For great dragons, who cannot be dominated so easily, he makes such offers on behalf of Sauron. He was awaiting [[Characters/TheHobbit Smaug]]'s answer when the dragon was slain by Bard.
* BigBadWannabe: Considers himself greater than Sauron. Since he's a mortal (albeit an enhanced mortal, but one [[TouchedByVorlons empowered by Sauron]] in the first place), while Sauron is a Maia, he hasn't been able to back this up.
* CallingCard: Leaves behind piles of rust for the player to find out where he's been.
* DragonRider: In Ered Mithrin, he rides on [[spoiler:the [[{{Brainwashed}} mentally enslaved]] drake, Vethúg Wintermind]].
* TheDreaded: Well known and feared for his cruelty in Rhovanion and Rhûn. In addition, his main role involves intimidating and dominating dragons.
* EvilPlan: Travels to the North to enact a plot to [[spoiler:bring Vethúg Wintermind down upon the folk of Erebor and Dale, follow the wounded Vethúg back to the Grey Mountains, and there dominate him as the first step to gaining control of the Frost-horde, the brood of Vethúg's mother Hrímil Frost-heart.]] The plan is thwarted when [[spoiler:Vethúg is slain and Hrímil easily rebuffs his attempts to compel her, with [[DoNotTauntCthulhu painful results]].]] This failure is not enough to get him to give up, however.
* FalseFlagOperation: Karazgar is responsible for bringing Smaug down upon the dwarves of Erebor, by killing five dragon-whelps and making it look like dwarves did it.
* FluffyTamer: The unique talent given to him by Sauron is the ability to dominate the minds of dragon-kind. However, this can be resisted, and seems not to work on true dragons but only their lesser spawn.
* MadeOfIron: Not only survives [[spoiler:being chomped and tossed away by Hrímil, an ''ancient dragon'']], but then [[spoiler:fights off her angry brood]] and ''then'' [[spoiler:carves a swath through the dwarves of Skarháld all by himself]]!
* MalevolentMaskedMen[=/=]MaskOfPower: What his mask does exactly is not specified, but Gandalf describes his mask as "a relic of power, an artifact of great evil."
* OneManArmy: He proves himself capable of [[spoiler:slaying many dwarves in Skarháld all by himself, after losing control of his dragon horde. While wounded.]] See MadeOfIron above.
* StealthExpert: Despite his CallingCard, he can be sneaky when it suits him.
--> '''Karazgar''': I am skilled beyond all others at the practice of stealth.
* TheDragonslayer: Prefers to capture and enslave dragon-kind, but is fully capable of slaughtering those who defy him or when it suits his purposes.
* TortureTechnician: Sauron put him in charge of capturing and torturing the Ring-drakes, the three dragons who ate four of the Dwarf-rings.
* TwoFaced: Under his mask, one side of his face is horribly scarred by dragon venom.
* WouldHurtAChild: According to Ayorzén, he would slaughter Easterling children just ForTheEvulz.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: At some point long ago, Karazgar was poisoned by a dragon, causing his skin to boil and blister and his armour to constantly rust. As one of [[TheAgeless the Deathless]], he is cursed by unending pain.

!!!Rûkhor the Pale Herald
One of the Gúrzyul who rules over Cirith Ungol (though he seems to share responsibility for the Tower of Cirith Ungol with Ugrukhôr), and as such is concerned with the matter of Shelob. Not seen during the initial Conquest of Gorgoroth, but makes his appearance in the Morgul Vale.
* BloodMagic: His specialty. He is able to [[VampiricDraining drain the life]] from his victims to [[ThePowerOfBlood empower]] himself or his minions. He commands a faction of deathly-pale goblins and Uruks called the Bloodless, with the goblin slaves serving as [[LivingBatteries Living Batteries]] for the Uruks.
* EvilIsHammy: Has a lot of voiced dialogue with a very bombastic delivery. This is [[IncomingHam clear even before he appears in person]], from the voiceover of the Lost Lore pages in Lhingris:
--> '''''Shelob's Hunger'', authored by Rûkhor''': Sauron the Great has granted me His blessing: I... am Gúrzyul! By His blade, I now take the name Rûkhor the Pale Herald!
* MalevolentMaskedMen: His helmet covers his whole head except his mouth, and has holes that make him look like he has clusters of eyes.
* MissingStepsPlan: Seeks to [[spoiler:rouse Shelob and unleash her unending hunger upon the world]] ...then somehow take over what's left. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by one of the Rangers of Ithilien, who calls it "a terrible plan".
* UndeathlyPallor: It's hard to definitively classify Rûkhor and his Orcs as living or undead, but they're definitely altered by his BloodMagic on top of Rûkhor being Gúrzyul. He's known as the Pale Herald and it's easy to see why his Orcs are called the Bloodless.
* VampiricDraining: Casts this upon both his enemies and the allies he has no more use for. In the Remmorchant, the player characters must find a way to counteract it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His pallor extends to his hair, and he is a villain.
* YouAreTooLate: Declares this [[spoiler:upon his death in the Remmorchant, for he has already woken Shelob. Fortunately, the player characters go on to defeat her next.]]

!!!Ugrukhôr, Captain of the Pit
The ruler of Udûn, conquerer of Durthand, which is now called Durthang.
* HeroKiller: Played straight with [[spoiler:Annoth]] but subverted in [[spoiler:Culang]]'s case.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Wears a scary metal mask to cover his scarred face.
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: After the player and Rangers have defeated Mordirith/Gothmog, Ugrukhôr enters and is more than able to overpower the heroes. Gothmog, who despises Ugrukhôr, summons his last vestiges of strength and stabs the overconfident Gúrzyul through the heart.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Whether or not he was born in the Second Age, he was serving Sauron way back when Gondor was driven out of Mordor, 1379 years ago.
* RedRightHand: Was burned by Sauron as punishment for attempting to assassinate Dulgabêth.
* TheResenter: To Dulgabêth, whom Sauron favours.
* TinTyrant: Rules over Udûn, and wears a full suit of armour.
* VillainsNeverLie: When the Thandrim surrendered to him, he promised them safe passage out of Mordor. He killed all but one of them [[ExactWords once they were through the Black Gate]].

!!!Urudanî Stonemaiden
Once one of the Gúrzyul, now changed into something else by Borangos.
* BadBoss: Shown to be this to her minions in a flashback depicting the excavation of Nargroth.
--> '''Urudanî Stonemaiden''': I grow impatient with these constant delays, worm. How many more of your kind must I slay to motivate you creatures?
* BullyingADragon: Upon encountering Borangos, she immediately tried to subdue him. This [[CurbStompBattle went poorly for her]].
* ElementalEmbodiment: Borangos seems to have turned her into a being made of flame.
* MindRape: Is said to be able to induce a burning sensation in someone's head just by looking at them.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Was alive during the War of the Last Alliance, back in the Second Age.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Overpowered by Borangos and turned into a being made of fire under his command.
* SuperSenses: Due to her altered state of being, disguises don't fool her as they do her fellow leaders of Mordor.
* {{Telepathy}}: How she seems to communicate since her transformation.
* TheSpeechless: Doesn't speak aloud after her transformation. Her voiced lines in the Dungeons of Naerband instance may be an exception to this, or may be {{Telepathy}}.
* WasOnceAMan: Used to be a Black Númenórean.

!Antagonists in The Legacy of Durin and the Trials of the Dwarves

!!!Hrímil Frost-heart
A great dragon who once severed Morgoth and was later imprisoned by Sauron. After Sauron’s death she managed to escape and has returned to the north to reclaim Gundabad for her and her kin.

* ArcVillain: The main antagonist of the “Trials of Durin.”
* CompellingVoice: Hrímil’s voice can subtly manipulated other as well as force them into serving her.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The only creatures she cares for a her kin. Hurt them and she’s going to hurt you.
* RecurringBoss: She’s first fought as final boss in the Anvil of Winterstith where the goal of the players and their allies is not to defeat her but to escape alive. She’s then fought a second time, again as final boss, in the Hiddenhoard of Abnankâra where’s she making her last stand against Durin.

!!!Gorgar the Ruthless
->"''You have earned the right to face ME, Gorgar the Ruthless, Son of Bolg, and Lord of Gundabad! Prepare yourselves.''"
Grandson of Azog and current leader of Orcs of Gundabad.

* CoDragons: To Hrímil Frost-heart, together with Hobgoblin leader Dushtalbúk.
* KarmicDeath: Forces one of his allies to fight the player character(s) and abandons him to his fate on two separate occasions. Meets his end, when someone more powerful forces him to fight the player character.
* SensingYouAreOutmatched: When Hrímil orders him to kill Mótsog, he takes a good look at the dwarf before steeping back and telling Hrímil to do it herself. It doesn’t do him any good because she uses her CompellingVoice, leaving him no choice but to attack.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He and Mazog from Volum 2 are both descendants of Azog in charge of a large group of Orcs inside an abandoned dwarfen city. And like Mazog he’s not the actual BigBad of the chapter but instead serves a far more powerful villain.

!!!Warlord Dushtalbúk
Ruler of the Frost-bound Hobgoblins.

* {{Brainwashed}}: As punishment, he and a large number of his warrior are enthralled by Hrímil’s voice.
* BodyguardingABadass: After getting enthralled he becomes the personal guard of Hrímil, an ancient dragon.
* CoDragons: To Hrímil Frost-heart, together with Orc leader Gorgar.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: He’s pragmatic enough to allow female Hobgoblins to be part of his army, caring more about the strength and cunning of his soldiers than their gender.
* ImproperlyParanoid: The moment he learns about the secret meetings between Gorgar and Hrímil he assumes that they’re planing to get rid of him and tries to kill Gorgar. It’s backfires horribly on him.
--> '''Hrímil Frost-heart''': I am disappointed, Dushtalbúk. I have been meeting with Gorgar in secret to keep him under control. If you cannot perform your duties without being overcome with jealousy like a petulant child, [[SlaveMook perhaps you need the same treatment!]]"


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* EvilSoundsDeep: The other Gaunt-lords have [[EvilSounds raspy voices]], Gortheron has a deliciously evil-sounding deeper version of it.

!!!Gorgar the Ruthless
->"''You have earned the right to face ME, Gorgar the Ruthless, Son of Bolg, and Lord of Gundabad! Prepare yourselves.''"
Grandson of Azog and current leader of Orcs of Gundabad.

* SensingYouAreOutmatched: When Hrímil orders him to kill Mótsog, he takes a good look at the dwarf before steeping back and telling Hrímil to do it herself. It doesn’t do him any good because she uses her CompellingVoice, leaving him no choice but to take.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He and Mazog from Volum 2 are both descendants of Azog in charge of a large group of Orcs inside an abandoned dwarfen city. And like Mazog he’s not the actual BigBad of the chapter but instead serves a far more powerful force.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a few hints thrown out during the storyline foreshadowing the eventual reveal that Mordirith is Eärnur, last king of Gondor. For example, a shield found in Angmar is noted by one of the characters as being highly unusual, being from Gondor; It is by the players believed to have belonged to Eärnur. Another example is a seemingly throw-away line by Mordirith just before his first defeat, after being called by his title "False King"; "I am more justly a king than he who sits before my throne," referring to the Witch-King. As was later revealed, there's actually some truth to that claim.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Based on Celtic Britons. Dundlending phrases are mostly Welsh words using anglicized spelling and grammar, e.g. Uch-lûth (Dunlending) – Llwyth Ych (Welsh) – Ox Tribe.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Draig-lûth, or Dragon Clan, is always hostile and reviled by the other clans.

* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once a Woman]]: Used to be a Black Númenórean.

* BigDamnHeroes: When the elf Issuriel falls ill to a deadly poison, Bróin braves the forest of Mirkwood to find a rare flower that forms part of the antidote (the player had achieved the same task prior, but the antidote then was only enough to save the orc-prisoner Mazog, [[ButThouMust at the insistence of Issuriel herself]]), and returns with it just in time to disprove Mazog's claim that the dwarves had abandoned the elves just as things turned for the worst.

* CloudCuckooLander

* ScatterbrainedSenior
* TalkativeLoon

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Sigileth dies offscreen in the Battle at the Tower of Dol Guldur.]]
** [[spoiler:TheBusCameBack: She turns up during the Razing of Dol Guldur, where she had been kept prisoner during the remainder of the War of the Ring.]]

* AscendedExtra

* [[HonorBeforeReason Honor]]/RevengeBeforeReason: He insists on defending Snowbourn to the end, and ignores Éomer's orders to retreat across the Entwash.
* HotBlooded

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: She has earned the respect of those in her Riding by being as strong as any man. Notably, she won the loyalty of Tordag by [[DefeatMeansFriendship won the loyalty]] by [[GoodOldFisticuffs breaking his nose in a brawl]].
* BraidsOfAction
* LadyOfWar

* AscendedExtra
* AnAxeToGrind

* AnAxeToGrind: He and his soldiers wield axes in battle.

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* [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]: Claims to be this, and continuing her kind is her main motivation for working for Sauron.

* [[PlagueMaster Plague Mistress]]: One of the greatest brewers of disease serving under Sauron, and responsible for the Great Plague which devastated much of Middle-earth and ended the Gondorian occupation of Mordor. [[spoiler: She's working on a second Great Plague that has no cure.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Each clan is named after a creature that the clan holds sacred. They are the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Draig-lûth]], the [[TheMarvelousDeer Caru-lûth]], the [[EverythingsBetterWithCows Uch-lûth]], the [[NobleBirdOfPrey Hebog-lûth]], the [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Avanc]][[MixAndMatchCritter -lûth]], and the [[FullBoarAction Turch-lûth]].

* BadassMustache

* BadassBeard: In proper dwarven fashion, [[http://lotro-wiki.com/images/a/a8/Durin_VI.jpg tucked into his belt]].

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Much [[NotSoDifferent like the Rohirrim]], in fact.

* TheNecromancer: Aside from the Horsemen of the Apocalypse theme, this is their thing. The Witch-King of Angmar is a famous necromancer, but the Gaunt-Lords and their underlings seem to be responsible for maintaining his wights. This is Drugoth's specialty.