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Another series of Tolkien Surveys people:
If you were in Middle Earth....
(Hobbit&LotR)
(excludes the married ones)
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dwarven greetings are a bit much..
for @fellowshipofthefics hobbit collab with @cullendrawss
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#thranduil#thorin#dain ironfoot#the hobbit#lee pace#my edits#the hobbit botfa#richard armitage#billy connolly#the lord of the rings#the hobbit memes#LOTR memes#nazgul#ori fili#bilbo dwalin#nori#jed brophy#martin freeman#dean o'gorman#graham mctavish#adam brown
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[Chibi Commission] for @cutie4560 ♥ Her OC Shail and Ori and Dain~
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+who's your favorite sansûkh character?
-obviously it's dain
+that's such a basic bitch answer
-alright you want a real answer joey? the unexplainable pig in halls of mahal in chapter 37 which terrified the shit out of thorin. look it up. he's my favorite character.
#will I see him again#I have so many questions#sansûkh#sansukh#the hobbit#lord of the rings#dain ironfoot
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The tale of Dáin Ironfoot, told loosely in the style of a saga of Iceland (in English translation).
Jarakrisafis posted a prompt to LOTR Secret Santa 2023 that said "I remember as a teenager reading the Silmarillion for the first time and wishing there was more about Dàin Ironfoot than was in the book and the appendices" specifying book rather than movie canon.
I read that and thought, ah, what an absolutely fascinating idea! I'm sure I could write that in a few hours! Also, what if I wrote it roughly in the style of an english translation of a saga from thirteenth century Iceland? Several months later... it's 12,000+ words. Whoops. It will be posted in chapters rather than the whole thing at once.
Thank you very much to Aprilertuile for beta reading this oddity.
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Middle-earth shots of the week
#Middle-earth shots#Galadriel#Elrond#Gandalf#Dain Ironfoot#oliphaunt#mumak#Pippin Took#Bill the pony#Gollum#Smeagol#The Hobbit#Lord of the Rings#Rings of Power#Tolkien
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The Hobbit Battle of the Five Armies: Dain vs Thranduil
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One day will fight like uncle Dain! Right Patches!?
#the hobbit#oc#hobbit#hobbit movies#hobbit oc#shail#Baby Shail#Patches the goat#goat#dain ironfoot#dwarf oc#my oc#my artwork#my art#battle of the five armies
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Let’s have a moment to acknowledge the valor and heroism of King Thranduil and his Mirkwood soldiers in this scene from BotFA’s extended edition. (They seem to have excluded from the standard edition a few key lines that make Thranduil look more humane. Pity!) When Dain Ironfoot signals his own army to commence with an attack, the Elvenking tells orders Bard, without leaving room for argument:
“Stand your men down. I’ll deal with Ironfoot and his rabble.”
What?! This from the “cold-hearted” king whom Tauriel accused of believing his life was worth more than those of others?
Perhaps he was motivated by pride (he’d just been called a “pointy-eared Princess”, after all) as much as compassion, but that should not take away from the magnanimity of his actions. He knew his army was far better trained and equipped for battle, and he did not see the need to spill Men’s blood when it could be spared. It would not have been a selfish move to expect the people of Dale to do their share, but a truly duplicitous (as Thranduil has also been called) leader could have attempted to use the weaker men as live shields, bait, or decoys. Instead, Thranduil sought to keep at least the initial bloodshed between his people and the dwarves.
He did not just hang back and give orders from a safe distance either (which is often considered a wise tactical move, to keep the general protected). This warrior king had a higher kill count than any of his soldiers, and rampaged throughout the battlefield without a personal guard to cover his back. (Or maybe they just couldn’t keep up with him!) Clearly he is not one to send others to fight his battles for him.
By the way, is one Elf life more valuable than that of a Man or Dwarf? Technically? If you factor in their birth rates, in a way they are more valuable. One dead elf is harder to replace since their kind reproduces so infrequently compared to other races. The impact to their population may be balanced out by the fact that elves are essentially immortal, but all the more does it make Elven participation in war a painfully sacrificial act. Every battle Thranduil leads his army to, he risks losing a sizable portion of his strongest and most skilled citizens--a loss that would take a long time to recover from.
But these are the Mirkwood elves, dammit. More dangerous and less wise (wink-wink), yet the only significant fighting force left of the Eldar in Third Age Middle-earth. Theirs was the strength that defied Sauron's presence in Rhovanion for centuries, even though their deeds remained unsung or worse, misconstrued by outsiders who dismissed them for their "isolationist" ways.
#thranduil oropherion#king thranduil#lee pace#battle of the five armies#lotr headcanons#lotr elves#lotr movies#the hobbit#dain ironfoot
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Dáin Ironfoot and Azog at the Battle of Azanulbizar, below the East-Gate of Moria, T.A. 2799 (Liz Danforth, Moria, MERP/Rolemaster supplement by Iron Crown Enterprises, 2nd ed 1994)
#Moria#Liz Danforth#LotR#orc#dwarf#Dain Ironfoot#Azog#goblin#fantasy#MERP#Middle Earth Roleplaying#Rolemaster#Battle of Azanulbizar#Iron Crown Enterprises#ICE#Dáin Ironfoot#MERP Moria
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#dain ironfoot#galadriel#arwen#legolas#aragorn#lord of the rings memes#the hobbit memes#my edits#ian mckellen#billy connolly#cate blanchett#liv tyler#orlando bloom#viggo mortensen#pippin#denethor#billy boyd#john noble
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We were discussing Dwarves and gender with a friend and… my hand slipped.
Hail Queen Dáin Ironfoot!
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This day in Middle Earth: March 17, TA 3019
Battle of Dale. King Brand and King Dain Ironfoot fall. Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged. Shagrat brings Frodo's cloak, mail-shirt, and sword to Barad-dur.
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“Then Azog laughed, and he lifted up his head to let forth a great yell of triumph; but the cry died in his throat. For he saw that all his host in the valley was in a rout, and the Dwarves went this way and that slaying as they would, and those that could escape from them were flying south, shrieking as they ran. And hard by all the soldiers of his guard lay dead. He turned and fled back towards the Gate.
Up the steps after him leaped a Dwarf with a red axe. It was Dain Ironfoot, Nain’s son. Right before the doors he caught Azog, and there he slew him, and hewed off his head. That was held a great feat, for Dain was then only a stripling in the reckoning of the Dwarves. But long life and many battles lay before him, until old but unbowed he fell at last in the War of the Ring. Yet hardy and full of wrath he was, it is said that when he came down from the Gate he looked grey in the face, as one who has felt great fear.”
Appendix A, The Return of the King.
#Dain Ironfoot#Azog#the Balrog#I'm not sure I 100% like this but I put a lot of time into it so might as well post it#A Book Not Movie Scene
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