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Mod of the Month – a short interview with PotbellyHairyfoot
How did you find CoE? I had joined the official Fan Club ( lotrfanclub.com) but after a few months was frustrated with many aspects of their site. I started searching the internet for better Tolkien and Lord of The Rings related sites and after a few months I stumbled into CoE. I joined right away…
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Memoirs of Melkor
This is the enthralling autobiography of Evil Incarnate himself during his long time in the Void – aka “How I made Evil”. [Editor’s note: At times, the language has been deemed inappropriate for publication and has been omitted from this text; most of these changes are shown by the use of “…” Furthermore, most of…
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A Smilie Poem Top 10
Seasons of Smilies I love smilies in the winter I love smilies in the spring I love smilies when the sun is high Oh smilie give me a wink and I am yours By Eressëa, Handmaiden of Vairë The Bath Song Sing hey! for the smilie at close of day That washes the boring post…
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Tolkien Quotes About Courage and Heroism
“But where shall I find courage?” asked Frodo. “That is what I chiefly need.” “Courage is found in unlikely places,” said Gildor. “Be of good hope!” (LOTR, Book I, Chapter 3) “There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for…
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Realm Awards
Quickest Avvie/Sig Changer – Maire Smilie-obsessor – Nenyia Biggest Mouth – Fíriel, at least according to herself Mrs Involved – Nenyia LotR Movie-obsessor – Maire (haven’t read the books but are on a LotR site) Funniest Realmer – Areth~Langwen Weirdest Weaver (the good weird) – galadriel_evenstar_idril:o Biggest character-groupie – Aervir Almighty Knowledgeable Tolkien-obsessor – Morwinyoniel…
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The Weavers
Name: Aervir Country: Germany (currently studying in the UK) Sign: Aries (we are said to be really stubborn, you know…) Hobbies: Reading, going to the movies, surfing the Internet (esp. Tolkien-related and fanfiction sites), foreign languages, spending time with my friends You would never guess: Strange facts about me? I am now attending the same…
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Similarities between Rohirric and Hobbit Westron
At a first glance, one could say that peoples as different as Hobbits and the Rohirrim don’t bear much resemblance, if any. Yet, strange as it may seem, the roots of their languages are common. First let us take a brief look at the tale of their unfolding. Rohirric, a language “rich and rolling in…
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Gríma Wormtongue
Gríma Wormtongue is one of the most infamous people in the history of Middle-earth, for he is known as the man who almost caused the death of a king and the ruin of a kingdom because of his desire to gain power and rise in the hierarchy. He betrayed his country by spying for Saruman…
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Getting to know Vaïre’s First Handmaiden – an interview with Eressëa
– How did you discover Tolkien ? Hmmm, difficult question actually… There’s discovering him as in simply knowing about him – or about his works and then there’s the actual discovery of his wondrous world, his fantastic, vast imagination … It’s weird, my parents had once bought a cartoon book of The Hobbit which they…
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Saruman of Many Colours – yet another Ring-maker?
In the history of Middle-earth there are two baddies which we mostly focus on: Morgoth, and his servant who later became as evil and terrible as his master – Sauron. Both did fell deeds that harmed Arda and Middle-earth in unthinkable ways, ruining the purity and innocence of the world as it is. It is…