Category: Council Courier

Aragorn became the hope of Middle Earth at the age of two upon his father Arathorn’s death. Since Aragorn was the heir of Isildur his mother, Gilraen, took him to live with Elrond at Rivendell for protection from Sauron. His name was changed to Estel, Elvish for “Hope”, to further protect his identity. When Aragorn…

For all these long years, since I first read The Hobbit and The Trilogy in the summer of 1969, I have loved the books, cherishing the characters, the various places, and languages as if they actually existed. Well, in MY mind, they DID exist. I knew exactly what Gandalf looked like, how tall the Hobbits…

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, there is an evident lack of female characters throughout the story, though the women who are presented represent strength in many different ways through the roles they play. The three major female characters are Galadriel, Arwen and Éowyn, each of which are very important characters who play…

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Big screen to small screen: what will be lost The Lord of the Rings is an amazing big screen experience. There are many good films and even some great films released into cinemas every year. But with the high cost of movie tickets now, what makes a film worthy to see on the big screen…

It was brought to my attention a few days ago just how lucky I was to have stumbled across The Council of Elrond website. As I was feeling really bad, many friends pulled together and cheered me up and reminded me that we are family here, not just nameless faces and this got me to…

-an interview with morwenna How did you find CoE? I was either looking for pictures of Legolas (blush) or followed a link for the Very Secret Diaries. I “lurked” for quite a few months before finally joining the site. I love the way that CoE combines both the movies and the books in one site…

-an interview with iLikeLOTRaLittle2much How did you find CoE? I was always on the look out for a good LOTR site, and I’d always find myself coming back to CoE for different reasons, but I didn’t actually join until quite some time after. Finally, I just gave in and joined… and now I wonder how…

-an interview with Fíriel How did you find CoE? Hmm. I can’t remember, it was so long ago… I do remember coming for the Sindarin lessons at first. What are your favourite areas of the site? My fave areas (beside the Languages section!) are the Gallery, and the Last Homely House, where I can admire…

What makes someone want to write a Journal on-line? What makes someone else want to read it? These were my first reactions when, about 18 months ago, I stumbled across CoE and hit its Journals section. Since then I have found several answers to both these questions, though there are no doubt many more. There…