Category: Council Courier

There are numerous fantasy artists out there, but there are also many artists who choose the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as a base for their artwork. They do this because of the sheer depth of the world Tolkien created, and also because of the amazingly detailed descriptions he wrote, so the reader can imagine, say,…

Thanks a lot to LadyCeleborn for accepting to be interviewed for the January 2006 issue of the Council Courier! We are very much interested in asking her some questions because of the new section in the Multimedia, the Stationery section, but also to learn more about her. LadyCeleborn is one of the Palantír forum moderators,…

The December edition of the Council Courier is out now, packed with surprises and goodies especially for you. 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!

Once upon a time, all the Elves were one big happy family. There were no Noldor, Vanyar, or Sindar, Green-elves, Grey Elves or Dark Elves. But after they had all been living for a while in the peace and quiet of Cuivienen, the Elves were discovered by Oromë, and he whisked three of them (Ingwë,…

“And their own true name in High-elven is Noldor, Those that Know; for of the Three Kindreds of the Elves in the beginning, ever the Noldor were distinguished both by their knowledge of things that are and were in this world, and by the desire to know yet more. … They belonged to a race…

Five Istari were sent to Middle-earth – Olórin, also known as Gandalf, Curunir/Curumo, also known as Saruman, Radagast, and then two others – the mysterious Blue Wizards. So who were they? And what did they do in Middle-earth? Canon In canon, the Blue Wizards are hardly mentioned, being known from a single sentence – “the…

So what were the Two Towers? This is a common question. Tolkien’s books are littered with towers – Minas Morgul, Orthanc, Barad-dûr, the Hornburg, Minas Tirith, Carchost, Narchost, Cirith Ungol – which two are the Two Towers? This is a slightly artificial problem in that it only ever came about while making the books ready…

Basically, there was one. Tolkien explicitly said so, just a year before his own death, but only after many years of consideration, after not realising he was making such a problem for himself when he accidentally used the same name twice. Until the publication of “The Peoples of Middle-earth” (HoME XII), the question about the…

1. So, you have been chosen by the wizards to answer their own particular brand of questions this month. Does this make you proud? Why do you think the wizards have chosen you? Obviously, I’m proud, who wouldn’t be? I mean, I’ve always held the wizards in very great esteem! And, of course, they chose…

1. So, you have been chosen by the wizards to answer their own particular brand of questions this month. Does this make you proud? Why do you think the wizards have chosen you? LOL, I dread to think… 2. Let’s start with something easy. A simple choice. Which do you prefer and why? – Middle-earth…