When LOTR: Return To Moria Takes Place On Tolkien's Timeline
Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series are likely curious when LOTR: Return To Moria takes place within the larger body of Tolkien's famous fictional world. The game was announced on Saturday, June 10 during the Epic Games Summer Showcase of Summer Game Fest 2022. It is one of many video games that have been inspired by the classic fantasy series.
The Lord of the Rings series was first published in 1954 and 1955 and has inspired other novels, movies, games, and more since their publication. It is three of many novels that take place in the land of Middle Earth, along with The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and others covering the history of Middle Earth. Recent games include Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel Middle Earth: Shadow of War.
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With so much history written by Tolkien about Middle Earth, it can be hard to keep track of exactly when things happened on the official timeline. The series includes four ages as well as the Years of the Trees, with the Lord Of The Rings books and The Hobbit taking place in the Third Age. While the main focus of those novels is on the One Ring, readers learn much about the races of Middle Earth as well, including the hobbits, elves, men, and dwarves.
LOTR: Return to Moria, a survival crafting game, takes place in the Fourth Age of Middle Earth; however, it takes a bit of digging to actually confirm this. Between 1983 and 1996 a 12-volume series titled The History of Middle Earth was published by J.R.R. Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien, compiling notes and stories that the author used to write his novels. In The History of Middle Earth, the following information is given: "... until there arose again for
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