Author: Ringhilwen

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Contributed by: Parmadur Grima is the only human character (that the audience is acquainted with, anyway) that actually turns bad. Wanting acceptance may have brought about part of this change, but he also changed because he wanted Eowyn – because he loved her (or believed he did) and did what he thought he had to…

Contributed by: Figwit First of all, I do believe that Grima is in awe. The scene before him is most impressive. I also think that while watching this great army, he feels some of the power of it, of Saruman, flow through his veins. I think he lends it from the true owner of ten…

Contributed by: k, Well by now you all know the scene…. “But master there can be no such force” and then the camera leaves the balcony and pans out over tens of thousands of Uruk-Hai ready for battle, the camera spins back round, you see Grima reel back slightly and then a close up of…

Contributed by: Lady-Arwen To be honest I do believe that there is a potential possibility that he was regretting what he had done up until that point. Looking at the facts as they stand: He was born a man of Rohan to a lineage that was also of Rohan; he was, however, deeply poisoned by…

Contributed by: Toon Actually, I think I said originally that: “He sees something that a worm like him could never deserve, or even imagine, and he knows it… he is in awe.” I agree that Grima probably rationalized everything about the fall of Rohan, but he is a bad guy in LOTR. Bad guys in…

Crocodile Tear or Compassion? Contributed by: Sepdet The only certainty is that it’s ambiguous. Gríma was advising Saruman to catch Théoden and prey on their women and children just a few hours before, but five seconds ago he was protesting that Helm’s Deep would never fall. Was that pragmatism or second thoughts? Is he awed…

Of the Nandor and the Laiquendi Middle Earth Article Contributed by: Ringhilwen During the Great March of the Eldar, when the elves traveled from Cuiviénen, where they had awoken, to Valinor, some of the Teleri, the elves in the host of Olwë and his brother Elwë, began to stray behind. Among these elves was Lenwë.…

The Ringbearer Parody of “Piano Man” by Billy Joel Contributed by: Ringhilwen It’s four o’clock in Imladris The council members all shuffle in There’s an Istarí sitting next to me Saying we have a battle to win He says “Frodo, can you do me a favor? I’m too old for this sort of thing But…