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"Now ye are Mine and must do My will,' he said. 'I do not trouble that some of you die and go to appease the hunger of the Dark; for otherwise there would soon be too many of  you, crawling like lice on the Earth. But if ye  do not do My will, ye will feel My anger, and ye will die sooner, for I will slay you."
Morgoth's Ring

On this site there is a ranking system for members. As you progress on the forums the amount of posts you have written increases. Once you have reached a certain amount (see below for details) you  upgrade to the next rank. Unfortunately this is not an automated sytem. We will try to upgrade you to your next rank as soon as your posts allow. 
See the link at the bottom of this page to select one of the Kingdoms below that you wished to be ranked into on all the forums.

Note: Once you reach Rank 10 then you are given a privilege to edit posts. Rank 9 and above members can access the private forums.

Note: On all the forums you start off simply as 'Being lies with Eru - Rank  1'.

You will have a custom avatar on the ranks which state so. The custom avatars are shown below however they have may have lost some detail as to how they will appear on the forums themselves.

THE ANIMATED AVATARS MAY BE RUNNING SLOWER THAN HOW THEY APPEAR ON THE FORUM BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY ON THE PAGE.

Avatars for high ranking members, Special Ranks and Valar/Maiar are compulsary

For quick navigation through this page use the links below.

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Peoples of Beleriand

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Dwarves

Gondor Civilians

Men of Numenor
 

Special Side-ranks

Tolkien forums Valar and Maiar

Posts        Discription     

30         =   Goblin warrior - Rank 2
70         =   Orc captain of Thangorodrim - Rank 3
150       =   Soldier of the east - Rank 4
400       =   Troll of Udun - Rank 5
800       =   Dragon of Thangorodrim - Rank 6
1200     =   Balrog of Angband - Rank 7
1700     =   Glaurung, Father of dragons - Rank 8
 2200 =  Gothmog, lord of Balrogs - Rank 9, access private forums. Receive Gothmog avatar.  
 3000  = Sauron, leiutenant of Morgoth - Rank 10, Edit members posts, receive Sauron avatar.

30       =   Orc Warrior - Rank 2
70       =   Harad Warrior - Rank 3
150     =   Easterling Warrior - Rank 4
400     =   Orc Captain of Morgul - Rank 5
800     =   Orc captain of Barad-dur - Rank 6
1200   =   Olog-hai troll of Mordor - Rank 7
 1700   =   Mouth of Sauron - Rank 8 receive Mouth of Sauron avatar.
 2200   =   Nazgul - Rank 9, access private forums. Receive Nazgul avatar.
 3000   =   Witchking of Angmar - Rank 10, edit any post. Receive Angmar avatar.

30        =   Elf of Rivendell - Rank 2
70        =   Elf of Lorien - Rank 3
150      =   Loremaster elf of Mirkwood - Rank 4
400      =   Loremaster elf of Rivendell - Rank 5
800      =   Haldir of Lorien - Rank 6
1200    =   Thranduil of Mirkwood - Rank 7
 1700    =   Legolas of Mirkwood - Rank 8, custom avatar
 2200    =   Lord Elrond of Rivendell - Rank 9, access to the private forums. Receive Elrond avatar.
 3000    =   Lady Galadriel of the Golden Wood - Rank 10,  edit any posts. Receive Galadriel avatar.

30      =   Elf of Beleriand - Rank 2
70      =   Soldier of Beleriand - Rank 3
150    =   Soldier of Doriath - Rank 4
400    =   Royal guard of Menegroth - Rank 5
800    =   Loremaster of Menegroth - Rank 6
1200  =   Luthien - Rank 7
1700  =   King Thingol - Rank 8, Receive Thingol avatar.
 2200  =   Fingolfin, High King of the Noldor - Rank 9 access to private forums. Receive Fingolfin avatar.
 3000  =   Feanor, Greatest of all the Eldar - Rank 10, edit any posts.

30        =   Dwarf warrior of Ered Luin - Rank 2
70        =   Dwarf warrior of Dwarrowdelf - Rank 3
150      =   Balin the Dwarf - Rank 4
400      =   Fundin lord of Moria - Rank 5
800      =   Thorin Oakensheild - Rank  6
1200    =   Thrain father of Thorin - Rank 7
1700    =   Thror father of Thrain - Rank 8
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 2200    =   Gimli son of Gloin - Rank 9, Access to private forums. Receive Gimli avatar.
 3000    =   Durin, father of Dwarves - Rank 10, Edit any post. Receive Durin avatar.

30       =   Hobbit youth - Rank 2     
70       =   Hobbit from Hardbottle - Rank 3
150     =   Hobbit from Hobbiton - Rank 4
400     =   Sherriff of the Shire - Rank 5
800     =   Meriadoc Brandybuck - Rank 6
1200   =   Perigrin Took - Rank 7
 1700   =   Bilbo Baggins - Rank 8, receive Bilbo avatar
 2200   =   Samwise Gamgee - Rank 9, access private forums, receive Sam avatar
 3000   =   Frodo Baggins - Rank 10, edit any post, receive Frodo avatar

30     =   Rohan peasant - Rank 2
70     =   Rider of Rohan - Rank 3
150   =   Rohirrim of Edoras  - Rank 4
400   =   Guard of Meduseld - Rank 5
800   =   Captain of the Eastfold - Rank 6
1200 =   Captain of the Westfold - Rank 7
 1700 =   Eowyn - rank 8, receive Eowyn avatar
 2200 =   Eomer Captain of Rohan = Rank 9, access private forums. Receive Eomer avatar.
 3000 =   Theoden King of Rohan - Rank 10, edit any posts. Receive Theoden avatar.

30      =   Gondor soldier - Rank 2
70      =   Ranger of Ithilien - Rank 3
150    =   Tower Guard of Minas Tirith - Rank 4
400    =   Loremaster of Gondor - Rank 5
800    =   Leiutenant of Gondor - Rank 6
1200  =   Faramir Captain of Ithilien - Rank 7
 1700  =   Boromir Captain of Gondor - Rank 8, custom avatar
 2200  =   Arwen, Queen of Gondor - Rank 9, access private forums. Receive Arwen avatar
 3000  =   King Aragorn of Gondor - Rank 10, edit any post. Receive Aragorn avatar.

30      =   Civilian of Numenor - Rank 2
70      =   Numenorean soldier - Rank 3
150    =   Guard of Armenelos - Rank 4
400    =   Royal guard of Nimloth - Rank 5
800    =   Amandil - Rank 6
1200  =   Ar-pharazon - Rank 7
1700  =   Anarion son of Elendil - Rank 8
2200  =   Isildur, son of Elendil - Rank 9, access to private forums. Receive Isildur avatar
3000  =   Elendil the faithful - Rank 10 edit any posts. Receive Elendil avatar.

Select your Kingdom!

Apart from the above Kingdoms which you can choose from there are some Special Ranks. You cannot select to be one of these. They are given out by The One.  They are awarded for a variety of reasons including good lore knowledge, good forum standard and services to Tolkien Forums. These ranks have near Maiar privilages, can access the private forums and have custom avatars. (animated and non-animated) 

The Special Sideranks are:

Gollum                     

Tom Bombadil         

          Palantir                               
 
The Eye                    

The One Ring           

Smeagol                   

    Treebeard                       
                
 Kings of Men                  

Grond                        

King of the Dead      

Fell Beast                  

Dark Galadriel          

Here is a list of the Powers of Tolkien forums in order of authority with there respective avatars beside them:

Eru Iluvatar/The One, Webmaster (1)       

Melkor/Morgoth, chief Valar/admin (1)    

Manwe, second chief Valar/admin (1)     

Valar/admin (12)                        

Chief Maiar/moderator (1)                    

Curunir/Saruman Maiar/moderator (1)    

Standard Maiar/moderator (8)

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