Category: Council Courier

How did you find CoE? December 18 2003, browsing for LotR sites. First time I saw the CoE, I thought it was well organised and interested. First thing I ever joined on the internet, being new to computers for personal use. Do you have any official duties here at CoE? Official Welcome Wagoneer and Leader…

How did you find CoE? Wow that was so long ago…let me recall. Ah yes, those were the days that I was completely obsessed with Elvish. I would search online to find anything I could about the language. At some point, I found CoE and fell in love with the Elvish 101 courses. I stayed…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…