mountains

It was some time before I realized that the Dwarves of Durin's Folk were actually at Erebor for only a relatively short time (Middle-Earth wise) before Smaug descended on them, destroying, killing, and driving away. For millennia - these Dwarves had dwelt in Khazad-Dum, until at last driven out...

I find it absolutely funny that the main bad guy of Tolkien's legendarium, created mountains to rise out of the earth, to hinder Oromë, and make travel difficult and treacherous for the Children of Illúvatar. And the guy who stole the ring of his Lieutenant is talking about the first thing he...

Perhaps more for collectors than gamers, unless you use figures in RPG's, but I see some of these exquisite works from master sculptor Tom Meier are available again: Amazing to realize that they're a mere 30mm tall. You can see more here...

Hi everyone, There is a quotes thread in the lord of the rings section, so I thought it would be a good idea to post faviorite quotes from the Hobbit. Mine is from when the dwarves are explaining why they have to go to the lonley mountain and Bilbo thinks the explanation did'nt seem to explain...

I feel like there's more than a little irony in the fact that Melkor raises the Misty Mountains to hinder the riding of Oromë; then ages later Sméagol carries the One-ring of Sauron to the roots of those very mountains to eventually be discovered by the unlikeliest of heroes.

In A Brief History of The Hobbit by John Rateliff &on pg 258 the schematic map of the lonely mountain is reproduced. This map and mountain shape resembles the five pointed star or the pentagram. The author mentions that JRR Tolkien pondered on the significance of magic. In Sir Gawain and the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OiYDUEu3i8&feature=share One of my friends linked this today and I thought I'd share. I honestly love the music of the Lord of the Rings movies and to me it is almost enough to make up for the parts I don't like, just listening to the music makes me feel...

Hey everyone. I've been reading up as much as I can about some of the characters in Tokien's works that I find more interesting. It so happens one of them is Melkor. (I'm just drawn to evil overlords I guess) Anyway I've read several places that he made the Misty Mountains but absolutely nothing...

Hello all, I've been pondering lately the route that Boromir took from the White City to Rivendell. I've appreciated reading your posts and I'd like to get some other ideas.

Hey TTF, I was wondering ... who were the goblins in the mountains that captured the company on their stoop? Were they like a town or a tribe or were they on a mission from Sauron? It seems Gollum was there for some time and they were always there during that time. And the trolls also for...

It was a couple of years ago, a very talented poet named Pontifex used to come here (don't see him anymore) and he and I played a game. It was a poetic round robin love story about a mermaid and a faun. I've edited it a bit just to keep the rhythm and I want to share it with everyone. Enjoy! :D...

Is it reasonable to assume that since Melkor raised the Misty Mountains, these perhaps had a more evil 'touch' to them than mountains raised by the good Valar? Yet, later on, Rivendell was founded in the shelter of these very mountains and the Eagles, the servants of Manwë, nested there also...

I'm doing a school project, and I need to know the mountain that the Fellowship attempted to climb over before going into Moria. Thanks in advance Stuckboy

This is from "Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire" where Bilbo and company have been driven into the trees by the Wargs. There is a passage that describes how the wargs and goblins cooperate to do raids and cause other kinds of mayhem. JRRT describes how Men had begun encroaching into the...

In "The Gathering of the Clouds," Thorin says to Roac: I was always under the impression that at the time of the Battle of Five Armies, the only dwarf-settlements in the West of Middle-earth were in the Iron Hills and in the Blue Mountains. Were there other dwarves living in the Grey...

Ok, this is sort of a game. Anyone can join if they want to. The mountain and the sea is a poem about a pan and a Mermaid. About their meeting and their love story. Anyone can post either as the pan or the mermaid as long as she/he keeps up with the story. And the story should be in the...

How much (if any) control did Sauron have over the orcs of the Misty Mountains? Is there any clear indication either way in any of the published works? Anything goes, so let's hear it!;)

I know that there were the Grey Mountains in the north of ME but in the first and second age there were mountains in Harad which were also called the Grey Mts even though there were still Grey Mts in the north and i would like to know if in the third age the Mts in Harad were still called the...

I have this book called Tolkien the illustrated encyclopidia and it has a map which shows ME during the first age of the trees and the ages of darkness and it shows that in the south of ME there is an inland sea called Ringal and east of the sea there are the yellow mts and i would like to know...