‘Then Feanor began a long and secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of it all he made the Silmarils.’ (The Silmarillion) This weekend, we return to our Silmarillion chapter chats in Hall of Fire with the tale of the making of the Silmarils – Feanor’s most wondrous creation. But out of them arose unrest as well as beauty. [More]

Some of you may recall the role-playing madness of #RPG – you might have even participated in a session or two. Well, Tolwyn has established an RPG board over that way somewhere *waves*, so if you’re into freeform RPG-ing, go check it out. [More]

‘Then Feanor began a long and secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of it all he made the Silmarils.’ (The Silmarillion) This weekend, we resume our Silmarillion chapter chats in Hall of Fire with the tale of the making of the Silmarils – Feanor’s most wondrous creation. But out of them arose unrest as well as beauty. [More]

Even though many of his papers and Middle-earth tales were published posthumously, JRR Tolkien wrote prolifically throughout his life. Nevertheless, there remain huge gaps in many of his stories.

So this weekend we’re going to ask ourselves: ‘If you could commission Tolkien to write more on one thing, what would it have been and why?’ [More]

Even though many of his papers and Middle-earth tales were published posthumously, JRR Tolkien wrote prolifically throughout his life. Nevertheless, there remain huge gaps in many of his stories. So this weekend we’re going to ask ourselves: ‘If you could commission Tolkien to write more on one thing, what would it have been and why?’ [More]

We’ve been running two Hall of Fire sessions on the TORn IRC server each weekend for a couple of years now. It’s been extremely successful and we’ve had some wonderful chats, but it’s time to shake things up a little. As of this weekend, we’ll be trialling one session each weekend for the next four weeks. However, we will be spreading one topic across two weekends. [More]