Category: Council Courier

The August issue of the Realm Newsletter, brought to you by the Realm of Nessa, is now complete. Click here to find out what’s happening on the CoE, and much more!

For ages, people have viewed retreating alone into nature or into a “safety zone” a sort of oddity. This is obvious in the FotR, when Frodo shows a preference for wandering in the woods and fields alone and instead of calling him a genius, his friends constantly worry about him. Aragorn, also, retreated into the…

Interspersed throughout Tolkien’s books are many poems telling of elves, men, dwarves, cities, wildernesses, rivers, mountains… and often relating entire stories. Less well known, however, is a collection of Tolkien poems called The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. While most of these poems are not included in either The Lord of the Rings or the Silmarillion,…

~by Lady_Tolwen~ Well, now that Lord of the Rings is over, what’s a fellow fan to do besides waiting, hoping, and praying to the Powers that Be that Peter Jackson will make The Hobbit? A good alternative could be to check out C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. Why? Because CoN is a fantastic piece of…

In recent months, Rivka has instituted a Contributing Member policy to help with the server costs to councilofelrond.com. When you become a contributing member you gain certain extra privileges, and get your name on the Wall of Contributing Members. One of the more exciting privileges of being a contributor is a year’s access of the…

Newbies, as everyone knows, are everywhere. Everyone was a newbie once, and probably remember how it feels-a little confused, maybe a bit nervous and excited? Maybe you lurked around the site for a while, then introduced yourself when you were more comfortable, or just hopped right in. But newbies are important to many websites- which…

This month, the Realm of Nessa interviewed CoE member, Nienna Realmer, forum sensation, and Official Waffle Recovery Team Leader, ElfmaidenofLorien! • So how were you introduced to LotR? Well, by the time LotR came into my life it was after all the movies were out. I had heard about it because my parents went to…

For years she’s watched over the thousands of crazy fans who have found a home on CoE. She’s the mastermind before whom we stand in awe. Programming, hiring staff members, solving problems, serving as 911 AND the police force… a complete list of Rivka’s accomplishments around here would be pretty useless. Better to just go…

~by vanyar ~ image by asea_aranion~ Ever since the dawn of time, sponges have existed. They lurk, merciless, at the bottom of every ocean. Then man came along and domesticated these ferocious poriferans, and soon taught their domestic help how to use them. Due to the spongy nature of a sponge, they worked great for…

~by Fealome When it comes down to the fine detail, a Ringer might easily wonder, “Was there anything Tolkien left out?” From page one of The Fellowship of the Ring it’s clear that the story we are reading isn’t just a story. It a world, a history, a language (or two), an architecture that ranges…