Novices and Newcomers [Archive] - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Where was Frodo most at peace? (3 replies)
Middle-earth Misconceptions (5 replies)
Call for participants in a Tolkien research project (0 replies)
Apologies (0 replies)
Gone "Tree-ish" (9 replies)
All that Paraphrenalia (4 replies)
Post your stories about the Barrow-Downs here (7 replies)
How To Write Your Fanfic, or: What is Fan, and What is Fiction? (7 replies)
Science has found Earendil! (4 replies)
The Great Tales as introduction (8 replies)
Keeping Track of Events in the Silmarillion? (8 replies)
Invitation to a Birthday Party (1 replies)
The Letter of the Law (42 replies)
Wayback Machine (1 replies)
The Man Who Bit a Fell-Beast (14 replies)
Learning about this website (45 replies)
The White Council (5 replies)
How strong was Rog of Gondolin? (3 replies)
Your Favorite Things Tolkien (12 replies)
Is there a character you're obsessed with? (54 replies)
Craziest Tolkien Theories (24 replies)
Invitation to an Unexpected Party (0 replies)
Tolkien Villains (10 replies)
A walk on the Barrow-Downs (4 replies)
Dagor Dagorath (2 replies)
The Silmarillion in the Vernacular (28 replies)
The birds of Tolkien (4 replies)
Walk Middle Earth App? (2 replies)
Elves visiting Numenor (7 replies)
Of Eorl: The line thought broken (12 replies)
Turin and Maeglin? (43 replies)
Thoughs on M[a]eglin (25 replies)
Tolkien Questionaire (4 replies)
Gondolin: Fiefdom of Angband (2 replies)
Of Pharazon and Miriel (33 replies)
Feanor's true motivations (11 replies)
If you were stuck on an island with a Tolkien character..... (3 replies)
Female Rulers (2 replies)
Silmarillion Rewrite (2 replies)
Tidbits of Curiosity (329 replies)
Possibility of username change (3 replies)
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (2 replies)
The Nine (Female) Walkers - an experiment in fanficcy excess. (3 replies)
Mind is like a Lumber-room (4 replies)
Don't Trust the Eagles: Why Flying to Mordor is bad (0 replies)
Your Gift From Bilbo (11 replies)
New Beren and Luthien book (5 replies)
Laughter in Middle-Earth: Humour in and around the Works of JRR Tolkien (4 replies)
Second Breakfast? (5 replies)
Battle for Middle Earth 2 (1 replies)
Did not know where to Ask: Other Tolkien Forums (17 replies)
Spoiler Alert! (9 replies)
Doing research at the Wade Center! (1 replies)
Ent and Entwife Song (0 replies)
Ask Elrond... (10 replies)
Of Wizards and Time-Lords (27 replies)
Dwarves, Elves, or Humans? (5 replies)
Vaguely interesting BBC Culture article (14 replies)
new sub-forum? (21 replies)
Shadow of Mordor (34 replies)
Eomer and the ladies: a discrepancy? (1 replies)
How many average posts a day is a good amount? (23 replies)
Farmer Maggot's Dogs (46 replies)
Gandalf, Moria, and Arrest (127 replies)
Faramir's sword (5 replies)
Narsil (1 replies)
Can atheists appreciate/understand Lord of the Ring? (80 replies)
Hurin (5 replies)
What quotes/lines from Professor's work you use in conversation? (3 replies)
Songs of our times that remind you of 'The Hobbit' (3 replies)
Been a while! (6 replies)
Short Phrase Translation Help (0 replies)
Silmarillion downloading link (16 replies)
Introduction (10 replies)
Hello Everyone (2 replies)
Have you ever dreamt of Middle Earth? (7 replies)
Lord of the Rings boring books (57 replies)
If I Could Be Eärendil.... (2 replies)
Shadow of Mordor game (2 replies)
Intro (2 replies)
Middle-earth: "Weather" or Not? (2 replies)
Why do you like the Tolkien fandom? (11 replies)
Uruk - Hai Costume (3 replies)
Theo-who? (3 replies)
Where does Gandalf live (16 replies)
Fanart: A LOTR Space AU (12 replies)
Please help me translate this (3 replies)
Sex Amongst the Maiar (and the Other Beings in Arda) (60 replies)
FREE interactive Middle-Earth demo released. (0 replies)
Free Middle-earth e-book only today! (4 replies)
Sauron's hair colour (39 replies)
What do they look like? (3 replies)
Elrond - broke or a stingy old dude (11 replies)
Tolkien's letters to the Corinthians (2 replies)
So I had this really bizarre thought... (5 replies)
The Creation of the Dwarves (1 replies)
Ask a Tolkienologist (0 replies)
Jules Verne (5 replies)
Hobbit Halloween (3 replies)
Hobbit Week (9 replies)
Hello (original piano music inside!) (4 replies)
Hullo (2 replies)
Did I wrote this right in Quenya? (0 replies)
Sewers/toilets in middle earth? (28 replies)
Native Language is not the same as Cradle Language (6 replies)
Frank Frazetta's Lord of the Rings illustrations. (12 replies)
Hobbit discussions have begun! (0 replies)
Handy hints for Bard, Farmer Giles et al (4 replies)
Balrog found guarding the entrance to Moria on Google Earth! (0 replies)
Art in Middle Earth. (25 replies)
Middle Earth and Medieval England (4 replies)
Hobbit Hole full of Mathoms (8 replies)
A Hobbit of Oats (14 replies)
Intellectual hooliganism topic: Middle Earth Archaeology (31 replies)
Wedding reading (3 replies)
Louise Bourgeois' 'Maman' (2 replies)
A writer called Eowyn Ivey (16 replies)
Combining words in Elvish (12 replies)
And the next level of commercialization is... (13 replies)
LOTR: what did you NOT like in the books? (51 replies)
'The Hobbit' Collector's Edition & others - Reviews? (1 replies)
Gems of Long Lake (new discoveries) (11 replies)
The Inklings Laughed (7 replies)
Tolkien himself (8 replies)
CbC Christmas special! (1 replies)
How did Maedhros stay alive? (14 replies)
Occupy Formenos! (11 replies)
Minas Tirith - the City of Kings (1 replies)
In a hole in the trench there lived a soldier (11 replies)
Tolkien Fans - Past, Present and Future (1 replies)
LotR Symphony - Johan de Meij (7 replies)
translation help (6 replies)
The One Ring (1 replies)
Eye of Sauron (5 replies)
Dwarves, Elves, or Men (3 replies)
Middle-earth pawn shops (3 replies)
The Boy Who Lived Forever (4 replies)
Laurelin and Telperion (7 replies)
What fantasy book have you read that gave you the same 'feel' LotR? (51 replies)
(Re)Creating Tolkien's Middle-Earth (6 replies)
Nice Mathematica slogan (4 replies)
Eowyn and the Nazgul Challenge Submissions on The ArtOrder (21 replies)
A bat named Orcrist (2 replies)
Were Dwarves attracted to Elves? (28 replies)
If you HAD to be an Elf... (30 replies)
Data loss, or what? (7 replies)
Arda, Ea, and the Void (1 replies)
Question regarding Elves and death (5 replies)
Orc haute couture (24 replies)
Why are Tolkien fans usually left-wing? (19 replies)
The One Object To Rule Them All! (33 replies)
Tolkien Tunes (45 replies)
What is the whole story behind Minas Morgul, Gondor, and Mordor? (12 replies)
Noob Needs help (8 replies)
Noldor or Numenoreans (42 replies)
Newly translated book telling Lord of the Rings from the bad guys' point of view (6 replies)
Can the Valar Sentence People to Death? (20 replies)
Changes in the Downs Roleplaying System (0 replies)
My musical Tolkien Birthday Toast for this year (2 replies)
The Soviet "Hobbit" (12 replies)
Elrond or Elros? (22 replies)
Illustrations of Tolkien before his time (20 replies)
Introduction (6 replies)
Melodrama in Middle-earth (8 replies)
Searches (3 replies)
Currency in Aman and Arda? (27 replies)
A Few Questions About Elrond and Elros (10 replies)
Middle Earth? (5 replies)
How Long Does it Take to Get to Valinor? (22 replies)
Dragon appreciation thread (18 replies)
Teenage kicks? (17 replies)
Tolkien-inspired textile art (6 replies)
“TOLKIEN’S POETRY”, Ed. Eilmann & Turner, Book project by Walking Tree Publishers (9 replies)
Charles Manson did not murder Boromir... (10 replies)
Can Ringwraiths turn on their master? (10 replies)
The music of the Ainur (3 replies)
Where were the Dwarves? (6 replies)
Is the barrow-wight the creepiest of Tolkien's creations? (10 replies)
Help translating my son's name (6 replies)
Daleks, Death and Aliens beat Gollum (4 replies)
Could someone translate this poem for me? (3 replies)
Crazy Chronology (0 replies)
A few kind words in parting (16 replies)
Comparisons and similarities in books, TV shows or movies? (11 replies)
Afraid of Orc Paintings? (4 replies)
Did Elves Use Magic? (13 replies)
Had Smaug Lived to See LOTR... (8 replies)
Did LOTR need more action? (15 replies)
Denethor warrior? (3 replies)
What do you think of... (1 replies)
Orcrist's owner (13 replies)
hurin and turin (4 replies)
A little translation help.. (15 replies)
Physical Strength (10 replies)
Which Barrowdowns title would you use? (if you actually got one) (23 replies)
Priceless Moments! (9 replies)
Frank Frazetta RIP (0 replies)
The Lord of the Rings and...The Fall of Lucifer? (1 replies)
Gorlim (2 replies)
When did you first read Lord of the Rings? (52 replies)
"Where is this from?" - Quote-search (7 replies)
Did Maedhros kill Laughter? (275 replies)
What do you think of Aredhel and Tar-Miriel? (2 replies)
Middle Earth Models (2 replies)
What is your heroic ideal? (36 replies)
Tolkien's Influence on Babylon 5 (21 replies)
Back to Barrowdowns after 4 Years! (9 replies)
Would Faramir and Turin have been good friends? (9 replies)
Why Entwives? Must trees be bound in matrimony? (12 replies)
B.B., phone home! (9 replies)
The Sound of Middle-earth -> reading from LotR (493 replies)
Freeing the Three: Fan-fic (4 replies)
"Chomsky's comments on LotR" (17 replies)
My versions of the songs (1 replies)
"Music in Middle-earth" Sub-forum (0 replies)
AN Wilson on Tolkien. (4 replies)
Winter In the Shire: "Yule" Love It! (7 replies)
Tolkien Compared to Contemporary Authors (18 replies)
The other map (3 replies)
What does Athelas smell like to you? (41 replies)
5th Dunlending Armoured Division, Front and Center! (5 replies)
Elves and Music (25 replies)
New guy! (5 replies)
A Pushmi-pullyu in Middle Earth!?! (6 replies)
Middle Earth Roleplaying (MERP) (13 replies)
"Tolkien's Monsters" on History Channel (1 replies)
Tolkien the Code-Breaker (2 replies)
Hobbit housing? (10 replies)
Rock Bands and Tolkien (Nightwish and more) (44 replies)
Who is your favourite Celeborn? (1 replies)
Read or Listen? (28 replies)
Encouraging Words. (0 replies)
What would the ring tempt you with? (48 replies)
"How does one pronounce Tolkien?" (61 replies)
Country Borders (5 replies)
Elvish Writing (6 replies)
Tolkien portraits (20 replies)
I'm not a Jedi, but a ... (37 replies)
Hobbit Hole (2 replies)
Ancalagon vs Gothmog (9 replies)
A request for assistance... (0 replies)
I saw a Ted Sandyman (19 replies)
Light Elves & Dark Elves (5 replies)
When the Nazgûl lose their bodily form, what happens to their rings? (31 replies)
Big hairy feet proves Hobbits are real (5 replies)
Dragons (15 replies)
Staff (13 replies)
References/tributes to Tolkien in your own writing (15 replies)
It's not magic; it's the future! (14 replies)
Laiquendi (7 replies)