[Formendacil]

Ha!

You all have it wrong! Allow me to present you with the race that is the greatest in Arda:

The Mountains!

The Mountains are the great warriors of middle-earth. They defend Mordor from invasion, ward Eriador from ork attacks, guards goblins and dwarves within their depths, provide shelter to timid dragons. Even the Valar and Morgoth felt safest with Mountains warding their homes. Manwe himself dwells on a Mountain. Iluvatar's temple was a Mountain, the same Mountain that alone survived the destruction of Numenor.

The Mountains have the strongest bones, unbreakable save by catastrophic calamity. The Mountains are wealthy, yielding vast treasures to those who have earned their trust and studies their secrets. They provide safe passage to those they care for, but dump fearful snowstorms on those who they do not. They are unswayed by Sauron, or Saruman, or the Elves.

Who was it that destroyed the One Ring? Not Elves, not Dwarves, not wizards, not Hobbits, not Men, nor Orks, not even Dragons. Rather, it was a Mountain! It was the same mountain that helped make the One Ring. And even though the One Ring caused the destruction of Sauron, the Gwaith-i-Mirdain, and all those concerned with its making, the Mountain stood supreme.