Author: Nenyia

Submitted by: Flower of Telperion Serves: Makes two loaves Prep Time: 2 hours 10 mins. Difficulty: Intermediate Description:Perfect after a long night of singing under the stars. Ingredients: .25 oz. active dry yeast 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup softened butter 1/3 cup white sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 eggs 3 1/2 cups flour Honey butter:…

Ted Nasmith is arguably one of the best and most prominent Tolkien-inspired artists out there. The illustrator was born in Canada in the 1950s. While growing up, Nasmith and his family moved constantly all over the world (Europe, for example) but by his teenage years, they settled in Toronto, Canada. When the time came to…

All passages are direct quotes from the book, The Lord of the Rings, and are (hopefully) letter for letter, other than a few punctuation changes. While there are many other great lessons and quotes voiced in dialogue and conversation between characters, it would seem quite tacky to change so many of them to make sense…

Ladies and Gentlemen, a Vardian is here to present a little essay dedicated to and about Gimli, our beloved and undying famous Dwarf. We all know that Gimli the Dwarf, member of the Fellowship of the Ring, brings humor to the Fellowship, and we could well include ourselves in the crowd. He is often rowdy,…

There are numerous fantasy artists out there, but there are also many artists who choose the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as a base for their artwork. They do this because of the sheer depth of the world Tolkien created, and also because of the amazingly detailed descriptions he wrote, so the reader can imagine, say,…

Thanks a lot to LadyCeleborn for accepting to be interviewed for the January 2006 issue of the Council Courier! We are very much interested in asking her some questions because of the new section in the Multimedia, the Stationery section, but also to learn more about her. LadyCeleborn is one of the Palantír forum moderators,…

The December edition of the Council Courier is out now, packed with surprises and goodies especially for you. 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!

Once upon a time, all the Elves were one big happy family. There were no Noldor, Vanyar, or Sindar, Green-elves, Grey Elves or Dark Elves. But after they had all been living for a while in the peace and quiet of Cuivienen, the Elves were discovered by Oromë, and he whisked three of them (Ingwë,…

“And their own true name in High-elven is Noldor, Those that Know; for of the Three Kindreds of the Elves in the beginning, ever the Noldor were distinguished both by their knowledge of things that are and were in this world, and by the desire to know yet more. … They belonged to a race…

Five Istari were sent to Middle-earth – Olórin, also known as Gandalf, Curunir/Curumo, also known as Saruman, Radagast, and then two others – the mysterious Blue Wizards. So who were they? And what did they do in Middle-earth? Canon In canon, the Blue Wizards are hardly mentioned, being known from a single sentence – “the…