Author: Nenyia

Hearken to me peoples of Arda. Sing me your lamentations. Sing to me of your pain and suffering. Call out to me Ea; land whose birth I saw. Bring me your troubles. Bring to me your aches and sorrows. I am Nienna the Weeper. My tears I shed for you Arda. I see your pain…

Elrond’s obsession with dresses, of course. Everybody always brings their best dresses to wear when they’re in company of the Lord of Imladris, but for some reason those always disappear. Some sweet little elf comes to wish you goodnight and then suggests very friendly and politely to wash that beautiful dress you wore during dinner.…

Perhaps one of the most heart-rending moments in the Trilogy is when Faramir leads the doomed cavalry charge from Minas Tirith to Osgiliath, so it was only fitting that the musical accompaniment be similar. The Steward of Gondor seems to fit the atmosphere in the movie at that time: sad, but somehow regal and almost…

When and why did you join CoE? I can’t remember exactly how I found the site, probably via Google or another website. I was looking for either the Very Secret Diaries or pictures of Legolas (blush). I looked at a lot of Lord of the Rings sites, but kept on coming back to CoE time…

If you enjoy riddles, then be sure to check out the newest section of the Council Courier! It’s called Riddles in the Dark and every month it features a new and challenging riddle related to Tolkien’s works. The answer to the riddle featured in the June edition is now available.

The June edition of the Council Courier, CoE’s monthly newsletter, is out now, and it features the Realm of Yavanna. 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!

Seeing as Yavanna is a realm of foodies (especially food containing chocolate), I thought of compiling a choice of recipes from some of the regions and races of ME. Some of these I have previously submitted to Pippin’s Recipe Box, but others will be appearing here for the very first time! The styles of cuisine…

Treebeard is a walking, talking, boring tree. That’s somewhat the bottomline of this character – or what Peter Jackson made of it, anyway. We first meet this not-so-unique creature (Mind the voice! Mind the voice!) in Fangorn Forest, where Merry and Pippin try to shake off a hungry Orc. Treebeard involuntarily comes to their aid,…

Riddle #1: I show the way, yet I’m no leader, I tell people where to go, without saying a word, I hide away unless I’m needed, And only then I unfold my knowledge. What am I? Answer: A roadmap ~~~~~~~~~~ Riddle #2: In a container, all its own, Old times remembered by those who’ve grown,…

There is no direct evidence of knitting in Middle-earth, but if Middle-earth existed, knitting would have certainly existed in it. Several characters in The Lord of the Rings are mentioned as wearing stockings, which are defined as nearly always being knit garments, but knitting itself is not mentioned. In fact, almost anything said about knitting…