Category: Council Courier

LadyAdaneth is a well-known personality in the Gardening circles of Middle-earth. A member of the Realm of Yavanna, some of her achievements include: – Designing the first cocoa plantation in the Shire – Introducing spiders to Mirkwood as a biological control for some very unpleasant horseflies (OK, that one didn’t go quite as planned) –…

From the day I joined the Realm of Yavanna, I had heard mysterious legends about a secret stash of chocolate hidden somewhere in the realm. As the members of the realm of Yavanna are famous for their love – some might call it an obsession – with chocolate, no one ever doubted this rumour. Chocolate…

The Realm of Yavanna is one of CoE’s fourteen realms, communities based on Tolkien’s Valar, or godlike beings who ruled Middle-earth. As it is named after and based on Yavanna Kementári, the Valië mostly associated with plants and the earth, many of Yavanna’s members are interested in gardening, creative endeavours, cooking, music, and other activities…

Treebeard, the oldest of the Ents – shepherds of the forests of Middle-earth – has a long memory and a vast knowledge of the earth he roams and used to roam. With matters of great importance, Treebeard gives great consideration to them, such as when he first encounters Merry and Pippin, thinking them out slowly…

How did you find CoE? I found the link on the website of someone who at least used to post here. I remembered someone else having mentioned the Sindarin courses and checked what this site was all about; I didn’t lurk for long before I joined, but guess if I’ve had time for the language…

How did you find CoE? Through the gallery, looking for pictures of a particular actor that I can’t actually remember the name of…so obviously that was a lasting crush. But everyone seemed really friendly, so I decided to bench myself here for a while. What are your duties here at CoE? Oh, you know…I travel…

As most of you have probably noticed, there’s something new around CoE! The Clubs section has only been around for a few days, but it’s growing fast, with entries ranging anywhere from favorite TV shows to animals and music and, of course, LotR. The new section began unofficially in our very own chat room and…

If you’re a fan of riddles, then the newest section of the Council Courier might be of interest to you! It’s called Riddles in the Dark and every month it features a new and challenging riddle related to Tolkien’s works. If you have participated in May’s riddle game, then be sure to check out the…

The May edition of the Council Courier is out now, and this month’s featured Realm is the Realm of Vairë. 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!

As good historians, we have delved into myth and legend and found out some interesting things that change our view of Middle-earth times a great deal. There has been forgery, even Vairë’s tapestries showed the wrong truth, but we were brave enough to go to places where the ultimate truth could be found, the unalterable…