Category: Council Courier

If you enjoy riddles, then be sure to check out the newest section of the Council Courier! It’s called Riddles in the Dark and every month it features a new and challenging riddle related to Tolkien’s works. The answer to the riddle featured in the June edition is now available.

The June edition of the Council Courier, CoE’s monthly newsletter, is out now, and it features the Realm of Yavanna. If you did not receive your copy via e-mail you can read the newsletter here. Don’t forget to check out the new riddle posted in the Riddles in the Dark section!

Seeing as Yavanna is a realm of foodies (especially food containing chocolate), I thought of compiling a choice of recipes from some of the regions and races of ME. Some of these I have previously submitted to Pippin’s Recipe Box, but others will be appearing here for the very first time! The styles of cuisine…

Treebeard is a walking, talking, boring tree. That’s somewhat the bottomline of this character – or what Peter Jackson made of it, anyway. We first meet this not-so-unique creature (Mind the voice! Mind the voice!) in Fangorn Forest, where Merry and Pippin try to shake off a hungry Orc. Treebeard involuntarily comes to their aid,…

Riddle #1: I show the way, yet I’m no leader, I tell people where to go, without saying a word, I hide away unless I’m needed, And only then I unfold my knowledge. What am I? Answer: A roadmap ~~~~~~~~~~ Riddle #2: In a container, all its own, Old times remembered by those who’ve grown,…

There is no direct evidence of knitting in Middle-earth, but if Middle-earth existed, knitting would have certainly existed in it. Several characters in The Lord of the Rings are mentioned as wearing stockings, which are defined as nearly always being knit garments, but knitting itself is not mentioned. In fact, almost anything said about knitting…

We have all seen Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and/or read the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Many inspired fans have written fan fictions, essays and reviews of them; others have studied the rest of his fantastic work. There are many aspects of “studying J.R.R. Tolkien”, also when it comes to him and the…

The Hobbit is considered by some to be a story for children, while The Lord of the Rings, it is said, is the more mature extension of the myth. Does the dramatic shift in tone between Bilbo and Frodo’s adventures signal a lack of continuity in Tolkien’s epic, or is it merely another layer to…

I admit, I was suspicious when I first picked up this CD. An album of Tolkien-inspired music by a guy with a very convenient surname, released just in time to catch the waves of new LotR fans? It didn’t seem promising. The first time I looked at it, I passed it over. Mistake. A year…

How did you find CoE? My sister actually found it and told me about it so I checked it out and immediately joined. What are your duties here at CoE? I am the Themes Admin, which means I am in charge of making the site look as good as it can. I am often in…