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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.
Across three surveys and ten years, the Tolkien Fanfiction Survey has document when authors began writing. These data reveal trends in how film promotions, the films themselves, the books, and other historical contexts have influenced not only who writes but how long they stay.
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…
“Oh.” Frodo’s voice was soft, almost more sigh than sound. “Sam, look.”
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"...þat sterres ylonde": Numenor a la Alliterative Revival! Excellent--but what could Daeron possibly have wagered to get Maglor to compose Pearl, Cleanness and Patience as well? The mind boggles...
Heh! I suspect there was no need for further wagering - after this, Maglor had kind of acquired a taste for it. Or maybe after Sir Gawain was (of course! ;)) a huge success at Harry Hotspur's christmas bash, Maglor just got commissioned further works... (that'd explain some of the odd subjects, at least ;))
Oh to be reminded of my far-off university days on a warm Sunday morning! What a pleasure! Of course, the author of Sir Gawain had to be a real genius with an original outlook on language and poetic forms. Who else but Maglor? Outstanding crossover!
Thank you so much! And yes, "who else but Maglor" was exactly my thought after reading yet another secondary work that praised the genius of the Gawain-poet to the heavens... (This story was written while I should have been writing a paper on Sir Gawain. *shifty eyes*)
Hi! I just wanted to say I think this was fantastic, and I love the idea of Maglor writing the poem. Daeron's stubborn dislike of the language was amusing, also. I'd like to know how they ended up as roommates!
Thank you! Alas, I've been meaning to write about how they met after the 1st Age and ended up not hating each other after all for... oof... many years now, but somehow, it hasn't yet happened. Maybe at some later point...
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