Gandalf and Radagast at Dol Guldur We know that The Necromancer has a big role to play in The Desolation of Smaug. But just how big will it be? Will Dol Guldur be a relatively minor affair involving only Gandalf and his fellow wizards? Or will other key actors of The Hobbit be somehow drawn into the struggle in the south of Mirkwood?

In this feature, Ringer Captain Salt assembles what we know already form various actor blog posts, video logs and magazine articles and tries to tie it all together. Continue reading “Analysing the role of The Necromancer in The Hobbit”

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0-lotr-sauron In this piece on his blog Midgardsmal, linguist David Salo writes about how he derived various Orkish dialects used in the Lord of the Rings films from his own extrapolations of Black Speech, and
about his thoughts on the approach Sauron might have taken in putting together Black Speech itself.

Continue reading “David Salo on Black Speech, orc dialects and the mind of Sauron”

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Barliman's Chat Last weekend, The Hall of Fire delved into one of the great (and tragic) stories of Tolkien’s Legendarium, Akallabêth: The Downfall of Numenor. For those who couldn’t attend, here’s a log.

Also, this weekend (Saturday August 17 at 6pm EDT (New York time)) we’ll be focusing on a movie topic — Beorn. That’s right, the shapeshifter of the Vales of the Anduin and hero of the Battle of the Five Armies. What do you think of Mikael Persbrandt, what are your thoughts on Beorn’s demense and hall so far, and what do you think of the spy image that we revealed last Friday? Those are just a few of the questions we’ll touch on, so don’t miss it! Continue reading “Hall of Fire chat log: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Numenor”

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mbladeThe folks over at United Cutlery and BudK have a new item for fans of Middle-earth to pre-order. The new item available for pre-order is a replica of the Morgul Blade Radagast discovers during The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. You can order this awesome collectible for only $129 and it will be in-stock in just 60 days. So you won’t have to wait long before you add this to your collection. Also, if you’re feeling lucky you can enter into a contest and you just might bring this item home. The contest ends when the Morgul Blade ships in 60 days.

Morgul Blade Product Page and Contest!

NN9269We recently teamed up with our friends at The Noble Collection to help announce the launch of their  Facebook Page. The prize, as so many of you know, was not one but five of their The One Ring Sterling Silver edition. This awesome item retails for $129 and five of you lucky people are getting one of them added to your collection. Tonight, we’re pleased to announce the five winners of this contest.  A big congratulations to the winners: Dawn S. of Dayton, Ohio, Meagan M. of Carlisle, PA, Lorie P. of Aiken, SC,  Sam W. of Wolverhampton, and Rachael V. of Naperville Illinois. You will be hearing from The Noble Collection about your prize soon. Thank you again to The Noble Collection for the prizes!

 

NN9269Our friends at The Noble Collection have created a Facebook Page to allow fans to stay in better touch with all the latest product updates. In celebration of this we’ve teamed up with The Noble Collection to give away FIVE of their The One Ring Sterling Silver Edition. This awesome collectible retails for $129 and comes with a great wooden case to display this amazing replica in. The contest for this item starts today and will go for ten days ending on August 8th at midnight PST. When entering this contest please make sure to give us all your contact information: first/last name, address, email address, and phone number. Also, this contest is open to US and EU residents. If you’re in the EU you will be responsible for taxes and duties.

Enter here for The One Ring Sterling Silver Edition: Entry Form