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Character of the Month: Eönwë This month's biography focuses on Eönwë, who started with a variety of identities but settled into the role of Manwë's herald, exemplifying the values of strong leadership and justice.
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This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
The last of the Elven ships are sailing and Maglor’s feet are restless. In the surreal version of reality his mind supplies there are ghosts to wrestle and hard truths to confront. In Tol Eressëa, Nerdanel swallows her own hurts in order to care for her son.
Across the history of the "Silmarillion," Eönwë's role settles on a character who leads without taking upon himself the power to mete out justice and who acts with equanimity across some of the most harrowing conflicts in the early legendarium.
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There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
Thirteen years before the War of the Ring, an orcling — more intelligent and more curious than most — is born in Mordor. His curiosity will lead him to both incredible discoveries and perilous situations, all of which will shape him into a leader unlike any Mordor has ever known. But to become…
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Oh, wonderful! You included Azaghâl! That part in the account of the Battle of Unnumbered Tears comprises some of my favorite lines of Tolkien narrative prose:
"Then the Dwarves raised up the body of Azaghâl and bore it away; and with slow steps they walked behind singing a dirge in deep voices, as it were a funeral pomp in their country, and gave no heed more to their foes; and none dared to stay them[! my emphasis added]."
I love that you chose to tell a story of what follows his death and how his comrades respond--resolute and courageous.
Sorry for the late reply! The doorway enscribing is made of ithildin and was placed by an elf (specifically, Celebrimbor). But this isn't referring to him taking wire to the door and placing it on the door, though I can see how you got that impression! It's referring to him leaving the Halls of Moria, and going outside through the door to look up at the moon and sun and make sure the colors are right so he can make the new crown for Celebrimbor correctly.
I remember this from B2MeM! I commented on it in more detail there, but I wanted to say again that I really loved this. My favorite bit is the Dwarven lords wearing the dragon's fire on their heads as a defiant reminder.
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