Editing Middle Earth characters (section)

==Other Creatures==
'''[[Trolls]]''': Made by Morgoth "in mockery of the Ents", Trolls are giant and stupid creatures often used by the orcs as warbeasts. Like the Orcs themselves, some specially bred Trolls are called "Olog-Hai" and are used as especially dangerous shock troops. Certain breeds, called "stone trolls," will turn to stone when exposed to sunlight.
*'''Olog-Hai''': Sapient trolls who were the troll equivalent of Uruk-Hai.
*'''Half-trolls of Far-Harad''': A possibly mythical race of allegedly half Troll and Men crossbreeds. The confusion is due to them only being referenced a single time within canon at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, where the warriors of Far Harad who fought for Sauron were likened to "Half-trolls" and described as being rather large and having "black skin with white eyes and red tongues". May have just been African-type warriors, but the fact that they were described as having "white eyes and red tongues", suggests that they were not actually normal Men, and instead [[Salamanders (Chapter)|Salamander-like]] giants with pitch-black skin and blank, pupil-less white eyes and scarlet red tongues. Alternatively, they COULD have been actually half-man, half-troll, Norwegian myth had that as an explanation for people who were especially ugly hermits or mighty yet ugly warriors. The warrior culture of the Far Harad tribals could view the jungle trolls as virile symbols of barbaric power and Savage Fertility, resulting in zulu-looking men and women boning wild trolls in the jungle, resulting in these bestial half-kin.
*'''Frost Trolls''': A large, shaggy breed of furred trolls native to the far north. Very minor part of the lore, with even more video games and other expanded material not using them. 
*'''Ettens''': Another name for Trolls, in the same sense that Goblin is another name for Orcs. Namesake of the Ettenmoors, as Trolls used to infest the region during the time of the Witch-realm of Angmar. "The Etten" was the disguise of an Orc and Troll wearing the same costume to disguise themselves as a massive mutant Troll warlord in the Shadow of War game, so in that version of Middle Earth, Ettens could refer to the more popular pop culture version as two-headed trolls/giants with orcish blood popularized in D&D. 

'''[[Treant|Ents]]''': Tree-herders, created by Yavanna to protect the forests. The Ents are extremely old, perhaps the only beings that can rival elves in age. They speak their own unique language that sounds like creaking wood, and are very slow and deliberate in their actions. The Ents are divided into males and females, but by the Third Age, the Entwives have disappeared, leaving the Ent race to eventually vanish.

'''[[Werewolves]]''': Fearsome wolves possessed by evil spirits, created as minions of Morgoth in the First Age, but have lingered on throughout the following ages. Generally associated with Sauron, who is considered the master of all Werewolves and could also shapeshift into Middle-Earth's biggest one. 

'''[[Vampires]]''': Either possibly humanoid bats or just really large sapient and malevolent blood-drinking bats created as minions of Morgoth in the First Age. Very little is known about them. Associated mainly with Sauron, who took the form of one on at least one occasion to escape from Huan, and because the only named Vampire (Thuringwethil), was a servant of Sauron.

'''Nameless Things:''' Things without names, of course. Or much description for that matter. Said by Gandalf to be older than Sauron and live deep beneath the Earth, such that even the Dwarves have never encountered them. Gandalf encountered them in passing while he fought Durin's Bane deep in the tunnels of the Earth after he fell from the bridge of Khazad-Dûm, but even then he refuses to "darken the light of day" with a description of them. Tolkien makes the inference that because these Nameless Things are nameless, that makes them especially dreadful and evil, though they're also largely unconnected with the main conflict that plays out in the story, and exist mostly to add to the world's mystery, as not all dangerous and terrible things are under the Dark Lord's control. They seem rather [[Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] in their description. Various types of Nameless Things were featured in the Lord of the Rings MMO, including one that was infecting orcs with a parasitic fungus like the Cordyceps strain from The Last of Us to turn them into its own army 

'''Mumakil''': Giant elephant-like creatures from Far Harad, used by the Southrons as warbeasts much in the same way as war elephants of ancient times were used.

'''Great beasts/Great beasts of Gorgoroth''': Large beasts of burden used in Mordor. Not described in any detail at all, except that they were used to pull the battering ram Grond during the Siege of Minas Tirith. Are shown in the game "Gollum" as ornery, rhino-like creatures used as beasts of burden by the Uruks.

'''[[Undead]]''': exist in various forms and are specific in how they come about. The most iconic are the Nazgul, or ring-wraiths. Wraiths are a special class of undead that are apparently created and controlled by Sauron when he enslaves a mortal being to his will, principally through the life-extending rings of power. Magic is used to bind the wraith's invisible flesh to their spirit, and it is only with special magic weapons that they can be killed (or the One Ring is destroyed). Next are ghosts, as seen with the Oathbreakers. Because they have no physical presence, ghosts cannot actually interact with the mortal realm. Normally, human spirits leave Arda altogether upon death, but the Oathbreakers are a special case because of the nature of their curse. Illuvatar doesn't allow their spirits to leave Arda until their oaths are fulfilled. Lastly, you have the Barrow-Wights, which are described as dead bodies inhabited by evil spirits; its suggested that these evil spirits are the souls of dead elves (who didn't go to the Halls of Mandos) that were captured by Sauron and enslaved to his will.

'''Caragors''': Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War exclusive, being basically bigger, nastier Wargs. Devs even said they're to a Warg what a lion is to a wolf. 

'''Graugs''': Also a Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War exclusive. Large, ugly giant monsters big enough to literally eat trolls for breakfast, but can be mounted by Talion, at which point he can basically use them like a [[Awesome|fantasy version of King Kong in New York City]]. Their full name is "Olog-Graug", which would indicate they are actually some sort of enormous, feral troll, which would mean they're cannibals.

'''Creatures of Myth''': These creatures are likely fictional, as they are only referenced in poems, verse, song, or story. However, that doesn't necessarily mean they weren't actually real. Tolkien did like to keep an air of mystery about it.
*'''Were-Wyrms''': Giant Sandworms like something out of Dune or Tremors. Possibly mythical, as they were only referenced offhandedly in The Hobbit, in a line that suggests they are something of a folktale. Showed up in the third Peter Jackson Hobbit movie. Older media portrayed them as a form of wingless, legless dragon.
*'''[[Ogres]]''': In-between Orc and Troll in Size, probably mythical and in the same circumstances as the Giants given that they were only mentioned in The Hobbit as well. May also have just been another name for Trolls. Three of them were among Azog's horde in the Hobbit movies during their assault on Laketown, and Games Workshop included models of them for their game.
*'''Giants''': Huge humanoids of myth. Only referenced in passing through tales of folklore, but did make an appearance in The Hobbit, where "stone-giants" were described as throwing rocks at each while the Thorin's party attempted to passed through the Misty Mountains. That Giants did not appear or were explicitly referenced after The Hobbit suggests that they were an early idea which was dropped from the greater canon when Tolkien consolidated it with the writing of the main series.
*'''Turtle-Fish''': Giant Snapping Turtle sea monsters. Pretended to be islands before sinking when prey got off their boats and explored their shell, before consuming the drowning sailors. Mentioned only in verse within The Hobbit.
*'''Glowworms and Great glow-worms''': Bioluminescent worms of myth said to "creep along the Path of Dreams". Only mentioned in early versions of the legendarium.
*'''Badger-Folk''': Upright walking sapient badgers, skepticism is required due to this being told as part of a story by Tom Bombadil.
*'''Lintips''': Small, mousey-smelling creatures from the Moon which rode down to Middle-Earth on a moonbeam. Another tall tale from Tom Bombadil.
*'''Mewlips''': Evil, amphibious creatures that prey on travelers in the Long Marshes. Possibly fictitious, or misidentified orcs. Some older LOTR RPG materials described them as some form of ghoul-like aquatic undead. Could also be some sort of subspecies of Orc which overcame their dislike of water to become something akin to [[Koalinth|Koalinths]].