Author: Nenyia

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last several years, you have probably heard of “The Lord of the Rings”. There are, however, many people who have not heard of either the movie or the book. These “rock dwellers” will often look at LotR fans as if we have three heads when…

In life, everyone has Mount Dooms to climb, quests to achieve, and every person needs something that will get them to the top of their mountain. For Frodo, that “something” was Sam, who found strength in his loyalty and love for his master. In the Realm of Nessa, we have a motto, “dance like nobody’s…

“The human mind is capable of forming mental images of things not actually present. The faculty of conceiving the images is (or was) naturally called Imagination.” ~JRR Tolkien, “On Fairy Stories” With strongly stated opinions and a wealth of insight, Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories” addresses the benefits of fantasy and imaginative thinking. To the…

Note: the commentary follows the poem The Last Ship Firiel looked out at three o’clock: the grey night was going; far away a golden_cock clear and shrill was crowing. The trees were dark, and the dawn pale, waking birds were cheeping, a wind moved cool and frail through dim leaves creeping. She watched the gleam…

Many of the members on this site have used some of the different themes that are available and have their all time favorite theme up now. Are you one of those many members? Or are you a member who has heard about the CoE Themes but do not quite understand what it is about? For…

You admit that your first attempt to read The Hobbit ended in boredom. Did you find the books easy to read after seeing the movie? Hard to say if the movies had any effect on my reading really. Of course, I showed some interest on reading them after seeing the first two movies because I…

The July edition of the Council Courier is out now, featuring various realms of CoE. If you did not receive your copy via e-mail you can read the newsletter here. Don’t forget to check out the new riddle posted in the Riddles in the Dark section!

Minas Tirith “For partly in the primeval shaping of the hill, partly by the mighty craft and labour of old, there stood up from the rear of the wide court behind the Gate of the towering bastion of stone, its edge sharp as a ship-keel facing east.” (“Minas Tirith”, Book V, The Return of the…

We hear a lot about Tolkien’s world – the lands of Middle-earth and the Blessed Realm of Arda. Even the Sun and the Moon, and the stars in the sky gain a considerable amount of attention. But what about beyond that? Beyond the world, beyond even Arda? There we have the Void. The Outer Darkness.…