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A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring[ 1] or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. [ 2] They are found mainly in forested areas, but also appear in grasslands [ 3] or rangelands. Fairy rings are detectable by sporocarps (fungal spore pods) in rings or arcs, as well as by a necrotic zone (dead ...
Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 22 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.
The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna ( Russian: Марья Моревна) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. [ 1] The character Koschei is an evil immortal man who menaces young women with his magic.
The Ring of Life ( simplified chinese: 生命之环; pinyin: shēngmìng zhī huán) is a 515-foot (157 m) landmark built in the city of Fushun, China. [ 1] The landmark is built with an observation deck accessible by elevator, as well as 12,000 LED lights. [ 2] Having abandoned local entertainment projects due to the small local population ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "The Rings of Power and the Third Age" The Rings of Power were forged by the Elven -smiths of the Noldorin settlement of Eregion. [T 1] Best-known were the twenty Great Rings, which conferred powers including invisibility, but many lesser rings with minor powers were also created at that time. The smiths were led by Celebrimbor, the grandson of Fëanor, the ...
Mithril. Mithril is a fictional metal found in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth writings. It is described as resembling silver, but being stronger and lighter than steel. It was used to make armour, such as the helmets of the citadel guard of Minas Tirith, and ithildin alloy, used to decorate gateways with writing visible only by starlight or ...
Gandalf. Gandalf is a protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien 's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is a wizard, one of the Istari order, and the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring. Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" ( Dvergatal) in the Völuspá .
The Ents appear in The Lord of the Rings as ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle-earth during the War of the Ring. The Ent who figures most prominently in the book is Treebeard, who is called the oldest creature in Middle-earth. At that time, there are no young Ents (Entings) because the Entwives (female Ents ...