Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien

I was wandering about in Eregion today and I noticed something. It appears that the Ring Forges of Eregion are not in Eregion. Based upon all the...

So I've just pre-ordered Rise of Isengard and have decided to roll a man guardian from Rohan (with the speccy new cosmetic outfit). I like to come up...

So I mean to get my wife's name in Tengwar tattooed on my arm soon and I want to get it as right as possible. I realize there are multiple 'modes'...

I have to be honest with you guys. I haven't actually read the books; however I'm finally doing it! I'm starting with Fellowship of the Ring of...

For those of you who enjoy both Tolkien and riddles, ( and of course, bestly together. Like me!) then this thread is for you. Your wits will be as...

I came to LOTRO through the free version, then through buying stuff became a premium player, then went ahead and signed up for VIP. Since I play the...

Anyone else irked by this? You see a mention of LOTR or Middle-earth and someone cops out with "I just read the Hobbit"....

That pretty much sums it up right there. The truth is the movies weren't that bad, they faithfully represented Tolkien's mythos AS MUCH AS...

So, my question is,.. How old is Gandalf? I mean, he seems pretty damn old and from some.. maybe unreliable sources, I've heard that Gandalf is over...

i wonder if the blue wizards Alatar and Pallando will make an appearance if the game makes it to the Rhun /Harad/Khand areas tho probably not as...

I've always wondered how Gandalf could survive the fall from the bridge of Khazad-Dum and keep on fighting, since pretty much anyone could had died...

I have long been fascinated by the literary influences of Tolkien (see: Tolkien and Herodotus...). I often marvel at his ability to craft a more or...

Benedict Cumberbatch will be Smaug. Barry Humphries, will play the Goblin King. And for those afraid Legloas would take this spot, Luke Evans will...

I was just wondering, am I the only one the has wondered what is east of mordor? every map you see of Middle Earth ends at Mordor going east. Any...

Let's say ol' Chris found a cache of more stories from ME...which ones would you like to read? I'll start with one just about everyone wants more...

Do you think it makes sence lore-wise to have Ered Nimrais as a nationality for the Dwarves in LotRO? I've searched far and wide for sources (i.e....

I just finished re-reading the LOTR and I'm finishing up the appendices in the end of RotK. I read the section in Appendix A last night, Durin's...

I'm not a big lore expert, so can someone please explain it to me?

After recently re-reading the professors' letter to Milton Waldman c1951 a passage of that document leapt out at me as if I never saw it before. And...

Not entirely sure this warrants its own thread, but I personally think it does ^_^ I really can't wait for this film! :D

A friend and I were having a discussion about Tolkien, and the various sources he drew from for his writings. I made the claim that Tolkien was a lot...

hello people who know lore more then I. I have always thought that Thorongil was Aragorn, but I never remembered reading any proof. Yet I was on...

I have just read in The Hobbit where the trolls turn to stone. When the sun comes up. But why is it in the game the trolls stay there no matter if it...

Couldn't think of where else to put this. So anyway here are some of my favorite quotes from the movies,books, and games. 1 They are an endless...

I finished the chapter The House of Tom Bombadil, and I think I might have forgotten things said before that I read here so I'm sorry if this is...

Consider this scenario : A balrog of morgoth, fleeing the certain destruction from War of Wrath , flee eastward and exhausted , he tries to rest...

Ever since the coming of the runekeepers was decreed, our fair forums have been beset with the wild wail of dying lore-beasts. In the midst of this...

I have looked throughout my copies of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings for where it references the shape of elves' ears. I seem to remember some...

We have been watching the HBO production of Game Of Thrones. A long series like this is able to include much more detail from the novel than a...

I think I may have spelt the thread title wrong but I just wanted to see what everyone would think and how they would react if a film about the...

Well if official, Orlando Bloom will return has Legolas in the hobbit. I think it is very likely that he was there, and even fought in the battle of...

In "The Shadow of the Past" it says :"The Woodman said there was some new terror abroad, a ghost that drank blood. It climbed trees to find nests; it...

I'm in "Land of the Shadow" chapter in RotK (I did skip over a few paragraphs describing location because I really can't tell where they are -like I...