Author: Remmirath

Haldir is an Elf from Lothlórien, a guardian of the wood in the service of Lord Celeborn and Lady Galadriel. He is the one who encounters the Fellowship when they arrive in the wood, and brings them to Caras Galadhon, the capital of Lothlórien. He comes across as a little arrogant, being not in the…

Haldir was a Marchwarden who guarded the northern borders of Lothlórien, and he was one of only a few of the Galadhrim who went abroad to gather news and watch enemies. He had two brothers, Rúmil and Orophin. He was the first to greet the Fellowship when they arrived at the Golden Wood, and he…

-an interview with Diva How did you find CoE? I originally refused to see the LotR films, I had owned the books for many years by then but hadn’t quite acclimated to Tolkien’s writing style. Then one fateful night in November, about eleven months after FotR had come to the cinema, circumstances led me to…

-an interview with Lollypop How did you find CoE? I was searching for pictures from the films and found CoE’s gallery. I thought the site looked interesting and started to read the forums; after browsing for a while, I decided I wanted to take part in the conversations too and signed up. That was nearly…

*note: this article is best viewed in a full screen window* For a character present in the books for so short a time, it would be easy to discount Boromir’s importance in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ – but nothing is so simple in Tolkien’s world. Boromir is a brave and noble man and a…

When one considers J.R.R. Tolkien’s sources for ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and its accompanying mythology, one must not neglect to examine Tolkien’s Catholic faith. Tolkien’s mother Mabel converted to Catholicism when he was eight years old, and she then brought her sons up in that faith until she died four years later. Tolkien and…

by Maethorien_look2theWest

Nienna (pronounced: Nee e’nna) (Approximate meaning: She who Weeps) Also Qalmë-Tàri. (Mistress of Death) Nienna is one of the fourteen Valier – the highest of the Valar – who, through song and music created Arda, the Earth, and everything within it. When Melkor started to interweave his own themes into the music, Nienna’s music turned…

How does one start to describe the strangest Inn in Middle-earth! It started out so well … A young mortal by the name of Foshpickle Greenleaf opened an Inn in Minas Tirith, aided and abetted both by Legolas and her friend Nienna-of-the-Valar. They acquired some purple ducks, and a legend was born. From that point…

“I would that we had … something of the same sort that belonged to the English.” (Tolkien on his envy of the Finns and the ancient myths and ballads of the ‘Kalevala’) Tolkien and Finnish Introduced to Latin, French, and German by his mother, JRR Tolkien quickly became very fond of languages, especially the more…