Author: Nenyia

Gollum cleared his throat, struck a discordant note on his silver harp, and began to sing in a meek tenor voice… Fissshh lady, fish laaaadeeeey, Will you be mine? My precioussss ssstarfishhhh, I love you all the time My gorgeousss cave-fishhhh…. He switched to Sindarin, the language of his lady love… Limhiril, Limhiril, (1) Cuiathach…

The Men of the House of Hador are much renowned for their achievements, for although they were at times coupled with grief and sorrow, they were always remembered as great among men and elves. However, what is often forgotten is that the women of their house, Rían, Morwen, Nienor and Aerin, each earned in their…

Tuor and Túrin of the House of Hador. Though only seeing each other once (and then not even speaking) these two characters always seem to remind readers of each other. It’s perhaps not suprising then that their lives were very similar, while at the same time extremely different. To begin with, both boys ‘lost’ their…

Author’s note: I originally wrote this for a school assignment and, though I’ve changed a few things, it’s fairly much the same. We had to fill ‘gaps’ and ‘silences’ and give a ‘bad’ character a sympathetic point of view. For this reason, parts of the article, especially regarding Melian, may not have much book evidence,…

1. So, you have been chosen by the wizards to answer their own particular brand of questions this month. Does this make you proud? Why do you think the wizards have chosen you? Well, I guess that I’ve been hanging around for so long that I already belong in the furniture… And, if that’s something…

1. So, you have been chosen by the wizards to answer their own particular brand of questions this month. Does this make you proud? Why do you think the wizards have chosen you? It’s an honour, definitely. As to why they chose me, I haven’t a clue, but I’m delighted that they did, unless it…

How did you find CoE? One day in the summer of 2004 I was so completely bored I wanted to learn something weird, so I decided on Elvish. I started browsing the net and stumbled unto CoE. I joined, floated about the site a bit, joined a Realm, decided I liked it here, and then…

The January edition of the Council Courier is out now, and the featured realm is none other than the Realm of Varda. 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!

Théoden’s Movie Profile is left. His left, obviously, not your left. Why? Well, whenever he does something irritably stupid (attempt to chase off Gandalf, panic and despair over a bunch of measly Uruk-hai, not help Gondor, dump Merry, die…) he is shown from his left. And as should be clear from the above (short) list,…