Author: Nenyia

We have all seen Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and/or read the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Many inspired fans have written fan fictions, essays and reviews of them; others have studied the rest of his fantastic work. There are many aspects of “studying J.R.R. Tolkien”, also when it comes to him and the…

The Hobbit is considered by some to be a story for children, while The Lord of the Rings, it is said, is the more mature extension of the myth. Does the dramatic shift in tone between Bilbo and Frodo’s adventures signal a lack of continuity in Tolkien’s epic, or is it merely another layer to…

I admit, I was suspicious when I first picked up this CD. An album of Tolkien-inspired music by a guy with a very convenient surname, released just in time to catch the waves of new LotR fans? It didn’t seem promising. The first time I looked at it, I passed it over. Mistake. A year…

How did you find CoE? My sister actually found it and told me about it so I checked it out and immediately joined. What are your duties here at CoE? I am the Themes Admin, which means I am in charge of making the site look as good as it can. I am often in…

LadyAdaneth is a well-known personality in the Gardening circles of Middle-earth. A member of the Realm of Yavanna, some of her achievements include: – Designing the first cocoa plantation in the Shire – Introducing spiders to Mirkwood as a biological control for some very unpleasant horseflies (OK, that one didn’t go quite as planned) –…

From the day I joined the Realm of Yavanna, I had heard mysterious legends about a secret stash of chocolate hidden somewhere in the realm. As the members of the realm of Yavanna are famous for their love – some might call it an obsession – with chocolate, no one ever doubted this rumour. Chocolate…

The Realm of Yavanna is one of CoE’s fourteen realms, communities based on Tolkien’s Valar, or godlike beings who ruled Middle-earth. As it is named after and based on Yavanna Kementári, the Valië mostly associated with plants and the earth, many of Yavanna’s members are interested in gardening, creative endeavours, cooking, music, and other activities…

Treebeard, the oldest of the Ents – shepherds of the forests of Middle-earth – has a long memory and a vast knowledge of the earth he roams and used to roam. With matters of great importance, Treebeard gives great consideration to them, such as when he first encounters Merry and Pippin, thinking them out slowly…

How did you find CoE? I found the link on the website of someone who at least used to post here. I remembered someone else having mentioned the Sindarin courses and checked what this site was all about; I didn’t lurk for long before I joined, but guess if I’ve had time for the language…

How did you find CoE? Through the gallery, looking for pictures of a particular actor that I can’t actually remember the name of…so obviously that was a lasting crush. But everyone seemed really friendly, so I decided to bench myself here for a while. What are your duties here at CoE? Oh, you know…I travel…