Tolkien Monster Manual

[Makar]

So, this is a bit ambitious, but all of the other attempts I have seen at this have left me disappointed. Would anyone be interested in trying to come up with a complete bestiary of Middle-Earth. What I have here is a beginning of a list that I came up with while trying to make a first age campaign. It only includes creatures that existed up to the fifth battle. There are no book and chapter references yet and the races and subraces of men, vala, and elves are not included.

Balrogs: Evil Maia whose powers are in greatest in the area of fire. Gothmog is the captain of the Balrogs, and he slew Feanor, wielding a black axe. They cast spells of shadow and flame. They vary in difficulty, since no two Maia were alike in power. They wield flaming swords and whips. They dwell in the Iron Mountains.

Demons/evil spirits: Evil Maia, of lesser strength than the Sauron or the Balrogs.

Dragons: Cold-Drakes with no legs
Cold-Drakes with legs
Fire-Drakes with legs
Dragons have sight farer than Elves, and their belly is their weak spot, being soft and slimy. It is dangerous to be near them, because of the stench and heat which they exude. Their eyes can overpower an enemy's will. Legless cold-drakes can coil/constrict/crush enemies. They are drawn to hordes of treasure, and attempt to melt gold, gems, etc. to their bellies with their natural heat, to serve as armor against their weak spots. The most powerful have a telepathic link with Morgoth. They reside in Iron Mountains. Glaurung is the greatest of the Dragons, and the first of the fire-drakes.

Dumbledors: Giant wasps.

Easterlings: They are Men who came latest over the mountains and are shorter and broader than the Edain, long and strong in the arm, with swart or sallow skin and hair as dark as their eyes.

Ents: The shepherds of the trees. They wander the woods of the wide earth. (Some forms of sentient flora exist, similar to old man willow and the huorns).

Falmarin: Foam-sprites. Servants of Ulmo.

Fell Beasts: Great primevil bird-like/reptilian creatures that dwell in high, dark mountains.

Gorcrows: Evil birds enhabiting the same swamps as Mewlips.

Great Eagles: Creatures of Manwe the Valar, who dwell in the Echoriath and the Crissaegrim, and roosted even upon the peaks of Thangorodrim, overlooking Morgoth's fortress of Angband in defiance of the Enemy. Thorondor was their king and his wingspan was at least thirty fathoms.

Honeybees: Giant bees.

Hummerhorns: Giant mosquitoes.

The Hunter: A shadowy creature of Elvish legend, who in the Elder Days hunted the Elves, and those whom he captured are said to have been made into the first Orcs.

Manir: Sylphs of the Air, servants of Manwe.

Mewlip: Evil spirits enhabiting foul, dank marshlands. They hoard treasure and their homes are guarded by gargoyles.

Nameless things: The secret and very ancient creatures that dwell in the dark depths of the world. They gnaw dark tunnels far beneath the earth.

Nandin: Fays of the valleys, sprites of the countryside. Dryads. They existed before the world was made and serve Yavanna.

Nermir: Fays of the meads, spirits of the fields. They haunt meadows and riverbanks. They have existed since the world was made and serve Yavanna.

Oarni: Children of the Sea, merchildren, mermaids. Servants of Ulmo.

Ogres: Evil creatures, in the service of Morgoth since the Elder Days.

Orcs: Were made in the Elder days, in mockery of Elves. The strongest Orcs are those which guard Angband. Orcs vary in difficulty by class and level. The Snaga are the grunts of the Orcs and serve as slaves when other races cannot be enslaved. Goblins are lesser than Orcs and live in the mountains. Orcs ride wolves, wargs. Morgoth has developed a special breed of orc for forest-warfare. The Orcs are often equipped with scimitars and broad-bladed spears. The also fight with axes, maces, and bows. Their armor is of lower quality than that of other Speaking Peoples.

Orossi: Fays of the mountains. They existed before the world was made and serve Yavanna.

The Rider: A shadowy creature of Elvish legend that pursued the Elves in the Elder Days, in the service of Morgoth.

Spiders: The children of Ungoliant live in Nun Dungortheb and vary in size and power from Shelob to the spiders of Mirkwood. They seek to consume light, and devour magic gems for power. Their webs are black and absorb light. Their filth pollutes the waters around their dwellings.

Stone Giants: Huge man-like beings who live in the mountains and guard passes and throw huge boulders. Some are evil, none are good.

Suruli: Sylphs of the Wind. They serve Manwe.

Tavari: Fays of the woods. Dale-sprites. They existed before the world was made and serve Yavanna.

Trolls: Huge man-like creaturs, with tusks, horns and fangs, made in mockery of Ents. They are weakened when moving by the light of day. They hoard treasure.
Hill: They live in hills and moors.
Stone: They turn to stone by the light of day. These at least are capable of speech.
Mountain: They live in caves in the side of mountains.
Cave: They live in caves, in the depths of mountains and are the least intelligent, but have the toughest skin, which acts like armor.
Snow: They are resistant to cold and adapted for snowy environments, dwelling high in the mountains.

Vampires: Evil spirits taking the form of giant, blood-sucking bats.

Wargs: A ferocious and intelligent race of wolves, more aggressive
and larger than normal wolves, and capable of speech.

Watchers: Mysterious and evil tentacled beasts who dwell in deep pools, near the dark places of the Earth.

Werewolves: Dreadful spirits who were imprisoned in the bodies of fell wolves by Sauron.

Wights: Evil spirits inhabiting the corpses of the fallen.

Wingildi: Foam-maidens. Nymphs of the waves. Servants of Ulmo.