Please join the Elvish 101 guys this Wednesday when we will be exploring the secret world of Nouns in our Elvish chat – same Barliman’s time, same Barliman’s channel! (Wednesday 7/9/03, 8pm EDT, 5pm PDT 1am GMT Thursday — in #TheHallofFire)
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Lesson 2 has been posted for your perusal!. The experts speaking are Golrab (Kris Nelson) and Annatar (Paul Dunne). Enjoy! [More]
Intent on drawing forth Sauron’s hidden strength, the Army of the West marches on Mordor. Seemingly bent on self destruction, they provocatively cross the Anduin, set the fields of Morgul Vale aflame and proclaim the return of the Lords of Gondor. [More]
Our good friends Jeff Sherrill, Kris Nelson, and Paul Dunne (the Elvish 101 Guys) will be back in #TheHallofFire tonight at 8PM EDT for a lesson in Tolkien’s languages. Kris says, “We are going to go over the basic phonology, spelling, and stress of Quenya, interpret some Quenya phrases, and try to correlate everything to Sindarin as much as possible since this seems to be what people are interested in.” So stop by this evening and learn a bit of Elvish to impress/frighten your friends! The first transcript can be found [here]
The One Ring. The most powerful of the Rings of Power, forged by Sauron in Orodruin with one charge: to dominate all others. The Dark Lord let much of his original power pass into the Ring and with it he secured the foundations of the Dark Tower and subjugated the possessors of the nine rings to his will. It served as a focus for Saurons power, and yet, by infusing the One Ring with the bulk of his power, he had also devised a way for his enemies to destroy him.[More]
Which culture do you think was the greatest of Middle Earth? Not an easy question considering what we’ve got to choose from. And what exactly makes a culture great? Tolkien filled Middle Earth with fascinating cultures and he gave them languages, complex histories, tragedies and triumphs. Elves, Dwarves and Men all created grand realms that would shape and change the world for good and bad. And what about the Shire? Surely not the grandest realm, but can it still not be said to have been truly great and successful?[More]