Forum: J.R.R. Tolkien

Interesting snippet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22008746

So I recently decided to get a tattoo of Smaug, as well as one of my favorite quotes from Tolkien "Not all those who wander are lost" written below...

Is anyone aware of a place I can find brief write-ups explaining the raids and instances available at the current max level in Lotro? I realize I...

I just finished The Hobbit for maybe the millionth time over the past decades. One quote by Tolkien that I love is “His rage passes description -...

...how much of them are actually referenced directly from Tolkien's books, and how much of it is, well, for lack of a better term, "made-up"? As I...

Recently started reading fellowship of the ring. I am interested (what with me always wanting to flesh things out beyond what is needed in a story),...

hello I wanted to ask this because it has to do with something I wanted to rp about in the game. I know Galadriel was tempted by the ring when it...

I started reading the silmarillion again and I'm finding it 100x more enjoyable now that I have learned most of the background to the stories. A few...

I first played this game a few years ago, and after seeing the Hobbit got back into it. Trying to choose a race and class, combined with rereading...

This is a question for our British cousins across the pond. I'm currently on my yearly vigil of reading LOTR(I'm where Faramir tells Sam to be quiet...

Do any of you sometimes pretend the events in Tolkien's legendarium actually happened? That the Sun gives us the light of Laurelin, and the Moon...

JRRT wrote an entire language for the elves. He wrote a language for the dwarves but not as extensive as for the elves as far as I understand. My...

I am now reading The Two Towers for the umpteenth time and I was thinking about the fact that Aragorn is not only a Ranger, he is THE Ranger. He...

Okay so in the Silmarillion after the battle with Morgoth, Eonwe summons Maedhros and Maglor to return to Valinor to sit in judgment. Maglor wanted...

I have been browsing these forums recently, and have seen the terms Canon alot. I know that all the books were all not written by Tolkien, some were...

Does anyone know if the tale “The Last Prince” that is attributed to Barliman Butterbur in the quest The Search for Lalia is based on any poems or...

Greetings, In LOTRO the Elven towns/outposts of Celondim and Dulliond are about as close as we get to Mithlond and the elf lands of Lindon, however...

An interesting snippet from The Guardian today, about a folly near Birmingham that might have been one of Tolkien's childhood inspirations. See what...

Jamison looked up at the grey twilight. 'It's getting dark', he thought to himself. Jamison had been running for almost an hour. His legs were...

This is a character I realize that I know very little about. In the books, and in the movies, I more or less just considered him to be the head...

This was inspired by my recent re-read of the Hobbit (well, almost re-read; I still have a few chapters to go!), seeing the movie, and reading the...

I was reading the Fellowship of the Ring tonight and came across one of my favorite parts of the series. I always loved the part where Frodo found...

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Captain Brackenbrook came with Jon from the gate. So that was what had been taking them so long, Jamison thought. They must of been conversing....

The Fall of Arthur is set to be published this Spring by Harper Collins in the UK and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the USA. It is currently...

Hello all, I am working on a research paper for my school final project. I have choose the topic J.R.R Tolkien. I writing here because I want to know...