The Lord of the Rings the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, not only the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck and Peregrin "Pippin" Took, but also the hobbits' chief allies and travelling companions: the Men, Aragorn, a Ranger of the North, and Boromir, a Captain of Gondor; Gimli, a Dwarf warrior; Legolas Greenleaf, an Elven
The Lord of the Rings Online Rings Online" would be developed and maintained by Standing Stone Games, a newly formed independent game studio made up of the groups that have been working on "The Lord of the Rings Online" and "Dungeons & Dragons Online" under Turbine Inc. before. The game's milieu is based on "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". However, Turbine does not have rights to any other works in Tolkien's legendarium, such as "The Silmarillion". Much of the gameplay is typical of the MMO format: The player controls a character avatar which can be moved around the game world and interacts with