Uruk-hai of Isengard. During the War of the Ring, Ugluk was the captain of the quarrelsome Orc band that captured the Hobbits, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, in Rohan. Shortly after the band was slaughtered by the Horsemen of Rohan. Ugluk's rank was probably due to the fact that he was larger, stronger and nastier than ordinary Orcs. Ugluk was slain by Eomer, the Marshal of the Riddermark.

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On Middle-earth there was an eternally blossoming flower called Uilos, meaning 'white' in Elvish. It was a star-like flower and appeared in great abundance on burial mounds. By men it was called Simbelmyne or Evermind in Westron.

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Maia sea spirit. Uinen, the Lady of the Calms, was the wife of Osse, the Lord of the Waves. Both served Ulmo the Ocean Lord who was master of water in all its forms.

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The long histories of the Rings of Power tell how after the War of Sauron and the Elves there arose nine wraiths in the lands of Middle-earth. These were the Ulair, who were called the Nazgul in Black Speech and whom Men knew as the Ringwraiths. Once great lords amongst Men, the Ulairi succumbed to the temptation of the sorcerous Rings and in time became slaves of the Dark Lord Sauron.

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Vala Ocean Lord Ulmo, meaning 'Lord of the Waters', commands the movement of all water on Middle-earth; from its seas, lakes and rivers to its rainfall, mists and dews. Ulmo did not often show himself, but when he did, it was usually as a gigantic sea king risiing from the waters in a wave-crested helmet and mail armour of silver and emerald.

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Of the newly arisen Elven people who in the years of the Starlight chose to heed the summons of the Valar and leave Middle-earth to come to the Undying Lands, only a part completed the Great Journey. Those who reached the Undying Lands, the continent Aman, were named Amanyar, while those who were lost on the way, and broke away from the main hosts were named the Umanyar, 'those not of Aman'. The main divisions of the Umanyar were called Nandor, Laiquendi, Falathrim and Sindar, but there were also many smaller tribes and families amongst those lost on the long road of many perils.

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The greatest coastal port in Harad, the southlands of Middle-earth, during the Second and Third Ages of the Sun was called Umbar.

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The vast continent of Aman in the far west of Arda was most often called the Undying Lands. As this was the land of the immortal Valar, Maiar and Eldar, the name appears to be appropriate enough. It was primarily made up of two realms, Valinor, the home of the Valar and Maiar with its capital Valinor, and Eldamar, the home of Vanyar, Noldor and Teleri Elves with thier capitals of Tirion and Alqualonde. After the Change of the World, the Undying Lands were taken to a place beyond mortal reckoning. Thereafter, they could only be reached by sailing in the magical white ships of the Elves along the 'straight road' that takes them out beyond the Spheres of the World.

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Spider of Avathar. Ungoliant was the monstrous and gigantic Spider that lived in Avathar, an uninhabited wasteland between the Pelori Mountains of Valinor and the cold sea of the south. Probably a corruped Maia spirit in her beginning, Ungoliant was the vilest creature ever to exist in Arda. She possessed the power to weave a web of darkness called the Unlight of Ungoliant. At Melkor's bidding, Ungoliant poisoned and destroyed the Trees of Valar. Then Melkor and Ungoliant fled Middle-earth where they fell to fighting one another over the Silmarils. So great was Ungoliant's evil power that Melkor himself might have been overcome had his legion of Balrogs not driven her off. Ungoliant fled to the Valley of Terror in Beleriand where she bred with spider-like creatures there and created a monstrous brood of giant Spiders. Later, Ungoliant wandered south into the deserts of Harad, where - finding nothing else to eat - she ate herself.

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In the year 2475 of the Third Age a new breed of Orkish soldiery came out of Mordor. These were the Uruk-hai. They were black-skinned, black-blooded and lynx eyed, nearly as tall as Men and unafraid of light. The Uruk-hai were the greater strength and endurance than the lesser Orcs, amd more formidable in battle. They wore black armour and mail, they wielded long swords and spears and carried shields emblazoned with the Red Eye of Mordor.

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In the Third Age of the Sun there came out of Mordor a terrible race of giant Orcs. In Black Speech they were named Uruk-hai, but they were commonly known as Uruks.

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The Uruloki Fire-drakes that came forth in the First Age of the Sun from the Pits of Angband were part of the great race of Dragons.

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Melkor the Vala built a mighty fortress ringed with mountains called Utumno. Here he plotted against the Valar and gathered rebel Maiar spirits and monsters like Balrogs, the Werewolves and the Great Spiders.

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