Celebrimbor
Celebrimbor () is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. His name means "silver fist" or "hand of silver" in Tolkien's invented language of Sindarin. In Tolkien's stories, Celebrimbor was an elven-smith who was manipulated into forging the Rings of Power by the Dark Lord Sauron, in fair disguise and named ''Annatar'' ("Lord of Gifts"). Sauron then secretly made the One Ring to gain control over all the other Rings and dominate Middle-earth, setting in motion the events of '' The Lord of the Rings''. Tolkien, as a professional philologist, had been asked to translate an inscription at the temple of Nodens at Lydney Park ( Gloucester). There was a curse upon a ring; the place was named "Dwarf's Hill"; and he traced Nodens to an Irish hero whose name meant "silver hand". This may have inspired him to create Celebrimbor and other elements of '' The Lord of the Rings''. Celebrimbor appears in the 2014 video game '' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' and ...
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Shadow Of Mordor
''Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor'' is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. An original story based on the legendarium created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the game takes place between the events of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogies. The player controls Talion, a Gondorian Ranger who bonds with the wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor, as the two set out to avenge the deaths of their loved ones. Players can engage in melee combat, and use wraith abilities to fight and manipulate enemies. The game introduces the Nemesis System, which allows the artificial intelligence of non-playable characters to remember their prior actions against the game's protagonist and react accordingly. The game's development began in 2011. In order to create an accurate environment and be consistent with Tolkien's books, the developers consulted many people from Warner Brothers, as well as Pe ...
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