Category: Council Courier

  • The Dancer’s Realm

    Everyone seems to have a good time in the realm of Nessa, and the reasons are pretty clear. After all, where else can you find a close-knit group a friends who love sharing huggles, laughter, a partiality for certain furry creatures, and an unfailing delight in our favorite books and movies, The Lord of the…

  • Frodo: Film Profile

    Frodo Baggins is an interesting kind of character. Here is a small guy with hairy feet, who constantly looks panicked, speaks in a high squeaky voice and needs constant back-up from his gardener – who is trusted with a mission to destroy the scariest Ring in the world, made by the scariest Bad Guy in…

  • How to Write Good Poetry

    Do your poems never seem to come out right, or perhaps you sometimes can’t think of a topic to write about, or you don’t know how to write poetry? Then help is here, my friend! In this essay, I’m going to give useful tips that will improve your poetry and give you a better understanding…

  • Tolkien and the Fairy Realm

    The writing of any literature poses many risks for the author. Often do authors consider those romanticized risks of self-exposure, public debasement, societal disapproval and the like. More rarely contemplated are the risks an author poses directly to his reader. While literature can be used as a wonderful tool to educate and enlighten, so can…

  • Moderator of the Month: an interview with Fíriel

    How did you find CoE? Word-of-mouth, I think…I was hoping to learn some Elvish and ended up here, although I stayed at first for the Book discussions. What are your duties here at CoE? A hodgepodge of things to do with the Languages section, but mainly moderating the Elvish101 forum and marking submitted exercises in…

  • Administrator of the Month: an interview with Ithillinde

    How did you find CoE? I found CoE while I was doing some web surfing looking for LotR roleplaying websites. When I first saw CoE, I just poked around a bit, not sure if it was what I was looking for. But then I came back the next day and the next, and I came…

  • Member of the Month: an interview with Sidhien

    How did you find CoE? I believe I was searching the web for LotR images and news. I stumbled upon this site and stayed here. What are you favorite areas of the site? Mostly you’ll find me in the Games Forum. But I also spend some time in the Multimedia, the Humour section and the…

  • Recipe Review: Legolas’ Lembas

    You can read the featured recipe, Legolas’ Lembas, here. Lossendiliel What I Liked: It’s really easy to make and it doesn’t need a lot of things you don’t normally have, so you can practically bake it when you feel like it. It is handy, easy to bring with you to school/work, and it gives you…

  • Song Analysis: Roads Go Ever Ever On

    Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone, And under mountains in the moon. Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and…

  • The Women of Middle-earth

    In today’s modern society women are of equal rights to men, but back all the way through the centuries ago their rights were not always like this. In battle circumstances, women were sent to a safe place to look after the children, while men went off to fight. Hardly anyone spoke out against this during…