This is a source book for the Middle Earth Role Playing Game (MERP). This book is one giant compendium of stats and characters taken from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Volume 1 presents the stats for all the Elves, Maiar, and Valar, as well as other major players including Ungoliant and Shelob. This expansion is for use with MERP, Role Master, and includes conversion tables to allow stats to be converted into most other major role playing systems.