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The Lord of the Rings Online™ (LOTRO) is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. LOTRO takes place in a persistent online world populated with real and computer players that continue to function even when you turn the game off.

The War of the Ring is the great conflict at the end of the Third Age, named for the One Ring and the importance this had in the final outcome. The war was fought between the Free Peoples (a loose alliance of Elves and Men led by the Wise) and Sauron the Dark Lord, with Saruman as a third power based in Orthanc.  Learn more about The War of the Ring.

In a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, or MMO, like The Lord of the Rings Online™, players are given the opportunity to create their fictional selves in a living virtual space. You can become anyone, have fantastic adventures, and maybe even save the world in the process; but even the mightiest heroes have to start somewhere.

The four races of the Free Peoples – Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit, and Man – are playable in The Lord of the Rings Online.  Learn about them here!
 
 

A character’s class defines their role as an adventurer in Middle-earth. The class you pick will determine which skills your character acquires and refines.  Read about our nine cardinal classes!
 
 
 

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