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IDDLE-EARTH
Illustrated by
Angus McBride
Editor:
Jessica Ney
Contributing Authors:
Jessica Ney, Pete Fenlon, Terry K. Amthor, John D. Ruemmler, Angus McBride, Graham Staplehurst,
Christian Gehman, R. Mark Colburn, John Bliven Morin, John Crowdis, Carl Willner, Charles
Crutchfield, Keith Robley, Karen and Matthias Birkner, Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, Jeff
McKeage, Heike Kubasch, John Ferrone, Randell E. Doty.
Project Specific Contributions
Series Editor:
Jessica M. Ney;
Content Editor:
Peter C. Fenlon;
Graphics & Production:
Ted Dinwiddie;
Cover Graphics:
Ted Dinwiddie;
Editorial Contributions:
Coleman Charlton.
ICE MANAGEMENT
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Art Director/Production Manager:
Terry K. Amthor;
Sales Manager:
Deane Begiebing;
Editing & Development Manager:
Coleman Charlton;
President:
Peter Fenlon;
CEO:
Bruce Neidlinger;
Controller:
Kurt Rasmussen.
ICE STAFF
—
Marketing Consultant:
John Morgan;
Print Buyer:
Bill Downs;
Production Supervisor:
Jennifer Kleine;
Editing & Development Staff:
Kevin Barrett, Rob Bell, Pete Fenlon, Jessica Ney, John Ruemmler, Terry Amthor;
Graphics & Production Staff:
Eric Bruns, Andrew Christensen,
Edward Dinwiddie, William Hyde, B.T. Thompson, Kevin Williams;
Sales & Customer Service Staff:
John Brunkhart, Jo Lori Drake;
Finance Staff:
Chad McCully;
Shipping Staff:
John Breckenridge, Kurt Fischer, David Johnson, David Mercier.
Copyright © 1990 TOLKIEN ENTERPRISES, a division of ELAN MERCHANDISING, Inc., Berkeley,
C A. Angus McBride's
Characters of Middle-Earth, The Hobbit,
and
The Lord of the Rings,
and all characters and places therein, are trademark properties of
TOLKIEN ENTERPRISES.
All characters and places derived from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien are common law trademarks used by license from Unwin, Hyman,
Ltd., publishing successors to George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London, UK.
Produced and distributed by IRON CROWN ENTERPRISES, Inc., P.O. Box 1605, Charlottesville, VA 22902.
First U.S. Edition, 1990
#8007
ISBN 1-55806-134-7
CONTENTS
ABOUT THE ARTIST........................................................................................................................................................ 4
FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
ON THE PELENNOR FIELDS ........................................................................................................................................... 6
THE ENEMY AT THE GATE .............................................................................................................................................8
THE SACK OF OSGILIATH ............................................................................................................................................10
RIVER HAUNT.................................................................................................................................................................12
BATTLE AT SEA .............................................................................................................................................................14
A SHADE IN WAITING ...................................................................................................................................................16
HARAD AN VENGEANCE...............................................................................................................................................18
TORI-JI..............................................................................................................................................................................20
WARLORD'S CHALLENGE............................................................................................................................................22
A SHRINE CONFLICT.....................................................................................................................................................24
THE BRIDGES OF CHARNESRA ...................................................................................................................................26
RIDERS ON SAURON'S ROAD......................................................................................................................................28
ORCS IN THE UDÛN.......................................................................................................................................................30
STRAYHOLD ...................................................................................................................................................................32
ILMARYEN'S BLOGRUM-HAI ......................................................................................................................................34
THE DESOLATION OF THE DRAGON .........................................................................................................................36
SHADOW OF THE PAST ................................................................................................................................................38
SEIGE OF A BEACON TOWER....................................................................................................................................... 40
THE EAVES OF THE CHOIL BORBA ............................................................................................................................ 42
DEATH AMONG THE STANDING-STONES................................................................................................................ 44
TROIB NA BHAINNAN .................................................................................................................................................. 46
THE CHAMBER OF MAZARBUL.................................................................................................................................. 48
GALADRIEL'S MIRROR ................................................................................................................................................ 50
ENT-DRAUGHTS............................................................................................................................................................. 52
THE ORTHANC-STONE................................................................................................................................................. 54
ROHIR WERGILD ........................................................................................................................................................... 56
A MARSHLAND MENACE ............................................................................................................................................ 58
A RING OF POWER ........................................................................................................................................................ 60
THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE ........................................................................................................................................ 62
MAP OF LOCATIONS................................................................................................................. INSIDE BACK COVER
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Angus McBride, born in London in 1931 of Scottish parents, worked in advertising studios
in London and South Africa from the age of sixteen, until in 1961 a deepening interest in
illustration led him to return to the U.K. as a freelance artist.
Entirely self-taught, he specialized in historical reconstruction, and over the next twenty-
five years he worked on a wide variety of juvenile and adult subjects including military and
civil costume, ancient civilizations, anthropology and natural history. Having been interested
from an early age in folklore and mythology, and intrigued by many of the more curious
byways of superstition, he gradually developed an enthusiasm for fantasy illustrations. Here
was a satisfactory outlet for his vivid Celtic imagination, in which his wide reading in history
and archaeology could play a part. The paintings of Frazetta and the illustrations of Rackham
and Dulac pointed the way. There was evidently a wide-spread public with a voracious
appetite for imaginative illustration, and by the early eighties a well established industry in
fantasy- and war-gaming.
McBride's association with ICE began with a shared interest in Tolkien's Middle-earth. He
had long regarded
The Lord of the Rings
as perhaps one of the greatest and richest inspirations
of fantasy illustration, and was only too ready to take on the job of producing cover art for
ICE's Middle-earth publications. He is careful to stick closely to Tolkien's written text,
believing that it is not necessary to deviate from vivid descriptions that have become fixed
in the minds of a world-wide readership; but he explores the posssibilities of landscape,
lighting and seasonal changes in heightening the atmosphere of his interpretations.
Personal Details: Married to Patricia (a South African from Cape Town) with two grown
children, Ian — now working in Scotland, and Fiona — now working in a legal firm in Cape
Town. Sundry pets — three dogs, one Siamese cat, and a pet canary that sings to classical
music.
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