Over the decades, the works of J.R.R. Tolkien have long been revered and celebrated for their depth and overall quality of entertainment. It’s that love that ultimately drove Peter Jackson in the early 2000s to direct the critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which cemented the franchise’s spot among the greats. Fast-forward another two decades, and the world of Middle-earth is back in focus on so many levels. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was released in 2024, an animated feature that focused on Rohan and that nation’s greatest leader, Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox). Peter Jackson is also working on two spin-off movies: the first, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, and an untitled project set after Return of the King, written by Stephen Colbert.
Two years prior, Prime Video transported us, on a pretty expensive budget, to the Second Age of Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which brought us ever closer to some of the most important parts of Tolkien lore prior to the main trilogy on-screen. After two seasons, Rings of Power is poised to return for Season 3 soon, with war looming on the horizon for Middle-earth. The projects just keep on coming for fans of the lore, with a new open-world Lord of the Rings RPG that is sure to intrigue gamers in the works.
Now, there is yet another project that offers a chance for fans of The Lord of the Rings to relive the original trilogy like never before. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is set to be relived courtesy of Ascension. Titled TheLord of the Rings: Ascension, it will consist of three new expansion sets for Ascension. Each set will adapt the main trilogy of The Lord of the Rings titles, with The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the Kingall listed as part of the project. However, as of the time of writing, there is no firm release window available at this time.
Collider Exclusive · Middle-earth Quiz Which Lord of the Rings Race Do You Belong To? Hobbit · Elf · Dwarf · Man · Orc
Middle-earth is home to many peoples — the courageous, the ancient, the stubborn, the ambitious, and the wretched. Ten questions will determine which race truly claims your soul. The answer may surprise you. Or it may confirm what you already suspected.
🌿Hobbit
🌟Elf
⚒️Dwarf
⚔️Man
💀Orc
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What does your ideal day look like? How we rest reveals as much as how we fight.
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How do you feel about the passing of time? Our relationship with mortality shapes everything we value.
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Danger is approaching. Your first instinct is to: Fight, flight, or something in between — it’s more revealing than you’d think.
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You stumble upon a great treasure. What do you feel? What we desire — and what we do about it — is the true test.
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How important is community and belonging to you? No race of Middle-earth is truly alone — but some prefer it that way.
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How ambitious are you, honestly? Ambition is neither virtue nor vice — it depends entirely on what you want.
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Where do you feel most at home in the natural world? Middle-earth is vast — and every race has its place within it.
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What kind of strength do you most respect? Every race defines strength differently — and they’re all at least a little right.
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What do you want to leave behind when you’re gone? Legacy is the story we tell ourselves about why any of this matters.
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Be honest — what do you actually want most out of life? The truest question always comes last.
Middle-earth Has Spoken You Belong To…
The race that claimed the most of your answers is your true kin. If two tied, both are shown — you walk between worlds.
◆ A TIE — YOU WALK BETWEEN TWO RACES ◆
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Your Race
The Hobbits
You are, at your core, a creature of comfort, community, and quiet joy — and there is nothing small about that. Hobbits are proof that heroism does not require ambition, that the bravest heart can beat inside the most unassuming chest. You value good food, warm hearths, close friends, and a world that stays largely untroubled by dark lords and quests. When adventure does find you — and it will — you rise to it not because you sought it, but because the people you love needed you to. That is not ordinary. That is the rarest kind of courage in all of Middle-earth.
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Your Race
The Elves
Ancient, graceful, and carrying a weight of memory most mortals cannot fathom, you are one of the Elves. You see the world in its fullness — its beauty, its impermanence, the unbearable ache of watching everything you love eventually fade. You pursue perfection not from pride, but because excellence is how you honour the time you have been given. Others may see you as remote or melancholy. They are not wrong, exactly. But they mistake depth for distance. You feel everything — which is precisely why you have learned to carry it so quietly.
⚒️
Your Race
The Dwarves
Stubborn, proud, fiercely loyal, and possessed of a work ethic that would exhaust most other races before breakfast — you are Dwarf-kind through and through. You do not ask for approval and you do not offer it cheaply. Your loyalty, once given, is given for life. Your grudges last longer. You love deeply and defend ferociously, and the things you build — with your hands, with your sweat, with generations of accumulated craft — are made to last. Not for glory. Because anything worth doing is worth doing properly, and you have never once done anything by half measures.
⚔️
Your Race
The Race of Men
Mortal, ambitious, flawed, and magnificent — you belong to the most complicated race in Middle-earth, and that complexity is your greatest strength. Men are capable of cowardice and extraordinary bravery, of cruelty and breathtaking sacrifice, sometimes within the same breath. You feel the urgency of your finite years, and it drives you. You want to matter. You want to leave something behind. You fall, and you rise, and the rising is what defines you. Tolkien called mortality the Gift of Men — not a curse, but a fire that burns bright precisely because it does not burn forever. That fire is you.
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Your Race
The Orcs
Brutal, survivalist, and contemptuous of anything that can’t defend itself — you answered with the instincts of an Orc, and there is a certain savage honesty in that. You do not dress up your desires in polite language or pretend you want things you don’t. You want power, survival, and to never be at the bottom of any hierarchy ever again. Orcs are not evil by nature — they were made from something that was once good, and broken into this shape by forces they did not choose. What remains is fierce, territorial, and deeply aware that the world is not kind. You’ve made your peace with that. The question is what you do with it.
What Is ‘The Lord of the Rings: Ascension’ About?
Ascension was first released in 2011 on iOS before making its way to Android devices in 2014. Ahead of the release of TheLord of the Rings: Ascension, an official game description from Stone Blade Entertainment, the studio behind the project reads: “The fate of the world hangs by a thread… Recruit heroes, acquire powerful cards, and shape your strategy as you build your strength, all while confronting the quiet, ever-present pull of The One Ring. The game is fast to learn and difficult to master; each choice carries weight, and the path to victory is never without cost.” Speaking about the project, Stone Blade Entertainment founder and Ascension creator, Justin Gary, sounded excited about the coming project, noting, “Middle-earth comes alive in your own hands as you’re able to build a deck with the heroes of The Fellowship.”
TheLord of the Rings: Ascension does not have a release date yet.
