Vicki writes: “Greatest Ever Movies” show seeks Lord of the Rings fan to talk about “Fellowship of the Ring” which has been voted number 1 as the British publics all time favourite Blockbuster film. We are looking for someone who has a LOR costume and someone who can speak a few words of Elvish. If you are interested email me at vicki.kisner@diverse.tv
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Readers are reminded that Alan Lee, the acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will join us in the Hall of Fire (on the TORn IRC server) on Saturday November 5 at 6pm EST for a live question and answer session. Alan will be answering questions on his work illustrating Lord of the Rings, his involvement with Peter Jackson and WETA as a conceptual designer for the Lord of the Rings film Trilogy and his new book The Lord of the Rings sketchbook. [More]
Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: At long last, the team is unveiling one of their game systems. It’s been wondered, asked, and endlessly discussed; how can we work an MMORPG class system into Tolkien’s world, in which magic classes are clearly limited and magic itself is quite subtle? Answer: The Morale System. Chris “Hakai” Clay explains how pondering one of the major themes in Tolkien’s work, that of Hope, led to the creation of the Morale system. [More]
Meet Alan Lee tonight in Murray, UT at ‘Borders Books’ (132 E. Winchester). Alan will be signing copies of his latest book ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’ starting at 7pm. Alan is also keeping a travel blog of his book tour exclusively with TORN right here! [Alan Lee Travel Blog]
A BIG thank you to JPB for setting up the Blog for Alan’s book tour, you did a great job!!
More tour dates and locations are available here. [More]
Readers are reminded that Alan Lee, the acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will join us in the Hall of Fire (on the TORn IRC server) on Saturday November 5 at 6pm EST for a live question and answer session.
Alan will be answering questions on his work illustrating Lord of the Rings, his involvement with Peter Jackson and WETA as a conceptual designer for the Lord of the Rings film Trilogy and his new book The Lord of the Rings sketchbook. [More]
After the third great battle between the elves and Morgoth (Dagor Aglareb), Beleriand settled into a watchful peace and the elves — both Sindar and Noldorin — established the boundaries of their kingdoms. This is all recorded in Of Beleriand and its Realms — the 14th chapter of the Silmarillion.
We wonder, though, who is telling the tale? From what era? Could it be a Sindar elf, a Noldor lord? Or even a hobbit, perhaps? [More]