From Tolkien's illustration by Roman Pisarev
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When Thorin gave Bilbo the Mithril chainmail shirt, he said it was made for an Elven prince.
The only Elven prince that was born in any of the 4 Elven realms since the founding of Erebor is Legolas.
Frodo is wearing Legolas's baby clothes in LOTR.
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as this time of the year comes around, i would like the publicly thank tolkien for not putting santa claus in lord of the rings.
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I love your post Angband Maedhros drawings! I’m so excited to see the color version
-@outofangband
Thank you very much @outofangband ! <3 Here's the updated version
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don’t bother him he’s having enrichment time in his enclosure
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Joe Gilronan
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Tar Telperien, Second Ruling Queen of Númenor
back to posting with some Numenor! this time, Tar-Telperien, second Ruling Queen of Numenor (and not simply queen consort). Little is told to us about her, but we know that she ruled on Numenor for 175 years, and she never married but ruled alone on her own. It was during her kingdom that the Rings of Power were forged in Eregion, and that the War of the Rings begun. She died without a heir, so it was her nephew Tar-Minastir who succeeded her.
the stained glass windows are inspired by breath-art’s incredible stained glass art.
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Just a silly idea I had last night while trying to go to sleep
Inspired by the content of this article
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The one thing I think Tolkien would despise about the movies is their treatment of Gimli and him being turned into the comic relief. It’s the exact opposite of Tolkien’s dwarves and I really dislike it and think he would too.
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in no particular order, my favourite fellowship of the ring part 1 (the film not the book) moments
• Frodo and Gandalfs first interaction
• Sam simping for Rosie for the entire party
• Merry and Pippins introduction
• Bilbo trying to fist fight Gandalf when he asks him to give him the ring
• Bilbo hugging Gandalf after he says "I'm trying to help you"
• Sam getting caught eavesdropping on Gandalf and Frodos conversation
• Sam saying he doesn't intend to lose Frodo while they're in the field
• Merry and Pippin joining the adventure
• Aragorns introduction
• The hobbits being ready to fight Aragorn with small furniture items
• "A ranger, caught off his guard?"
• The bit where Arwen summons the huge wave to get ride of the Ringwraiths
• Frodo reuniting with the hobbits after being stabbed
• Boromir tries to take the ring and Gandalf blows up on him and Elrond just looks. So done with everything
• "You have my sword" "And you have my bow" "And my axe"
• Legolas's face when Gimli says 'and my axe'
• The bit where Sam says he's going to and Elrond is like "yeah i mean we can't really separate you two considering you weren't invited to this meeting"
• Elronds face when Merry and Pippin appear and say they're also coming
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Having finished Letters from Father Christmas, I can only conclude that Tolkien’s main gripe with CS Lewis’ Santa Claus is that he didn’t invent at least 2 languages to flesh out his North Pole lore.
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“It all began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, the ring ensnared a new bearer. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The ring gave to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But then something happened that the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire. For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all...” Galadriel
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[TW: Blood] More healing Maedhros angst. Even angstier drawing below the cut
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