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Forum: The Books
10-05-2003, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,072
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Ailios
In the HOME XI Beleriand map Angband (or at least...In the HOME XI Beleriand map Angband (or at least Thangorodrim) is shown. However, it is not present on the map in the published Silmarillion. The reason was that CT noticed that according to the... |
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Forum: The Books
08-09-2003, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 7,423
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Ailios
I think you are referring to a passage i...I think you are referring to a passage i Valaquenta. But it is only said that Noldor did not utter his name. We know from Akallabeth that Men worshipped Melkor. |
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Forum: The Books
08-05-2003, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 20,427
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Ailios
In PoME, "Last writings", note 14, CT writes...In PoME, "Last writings", note 14, CT writes "[Mordor] Maybe already an Elvish name for that region, because its volcano Orodruin and its eruptions - which were not made by Sauron but were a relic of... |
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Forum: The Books
08-04-2003, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 9,161
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Ailios
This is very strange. Arcturus is never in the...This is very strange. Arcturus is never in the low south. It cannot be Aldebaran or Betelgeuse, because they have climbed quite high in the winter sky. Mars doesn't really fit either; it can only be... |
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Forum: The Books
08-04-2003, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 8,631
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Ailios
The reason Thangorodrim and the Iron mountains...The reason Thangorodrim and the Iron mountains were not on the Silmarillion map was because CT was not sure exactly where to place them. The source map he used (HoME V) didn't agree with the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-24-2003, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,800
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Ailios
They did. Arvedui had claimed the throne of...They did. Arvedui had claimed the throne of Gondor 1000 years earlier, but his claim was rejected. |
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Forum: The Books
07-05-2003, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 18,493
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Ailios
Tolkien wrote Old English versions of the...Tolkien wrote Old English versions of the Silmarillion. There Silmarils are 'Eorclanstans'. And from this the word 'Arkenstone' is derived according to Christopher Tolkien in HoME 4. So I think it is... |
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Forum: The Books
05-29-2003, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 20,427
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Ailios
The Ambarkanta map in which the sea of Helcar is...The Ambarkanta map in which the sea of Helcar is located where mordor is located in the later maps is from 1930! At that time there were no Hobbits, no ring, no Mordor. In UT it is stated that the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-24-2003, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,171
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Ailios
Yes, the Shire was part of Arthedain. king...Yes, the Shire was part of Arthedain. king Argeleb II gave the hobbits permission to live there in the year 1600. But Arthedain ceased to exist in 1975 and then the Shire became "independent". |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-08-2003, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,647
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Ailios
The Numenorian's map is wrong. The scales of the...The Numenorian's map is wrong. The scales of the LotR an the Silmarillion maps are different. You have to scale down the Beleriand map so that it matches the LotR map. Harlindon is essentially... |
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Forum: The Books
04-09-2003, 03:26 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 29,244
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Ailios
Is really Dior 100% man? In that case the...Is really Dior 100% man? In that case the marriage Dior-Nimloth (or Lindis) would be the fourth union between elves and men. Where is it mentioned that he is a man? Arwen parents were elves and she... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
03-20-2003, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 36,656
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Ailios
Elronds sons went to Rhosgobel but Radagast was...Elronds sons went to Rhosgobel but Radagast was not there. That could mean that they intended to inform him about the situation and perhaps get some news from him. I think the council believed he was... |
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Forum: The Books
03-11-2003, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 9,366
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Ailios
Gandalf had to fight the balrog for several days...Gandalf had to fight the balrog for several days even though he had an elven ring. I don't think Galadriel's ring would been enough to keep the Balrog out of Lorien. Rembember the Orcs that followed... |
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Forum: The Books
03-06-2003, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,867
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Ailios
Himling is an earlier form of Himring, used in...Himling is an earlier form of Himring, used in the pre-LotR versions of Silmarillion. |
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Forum: The Books
03-04-2003, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 12,790
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Ailios
Cirdan did have a beard for sure. I think there...Cirdan did have a beard for sure. I think there has been a thread discussing this topic. Accor4ding to some source, I think it is the Osanwe-Kenta, elves could grow beard when they were in their 3rd... |
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Forum: The Books
03-03-2003, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 12,790
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Ailios
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
03-03-2003, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 35,128
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Ailios
You can compare half-vanyarian elves with ...You can compare half-vanyarian elves with non-vanyarian elves and then subtract the 50 % non-vanyarin part. For example: Feanor - 50 % noldor and Fingolfin - 50 % noldor. In this case it is... |
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Forum: The Books
02-20-2003, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,307
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Ailios
Findegil: Gildor cannot be Finrod's son after...Findegil: Gildor cannot be Finrod's son after reincarnation because he is an exile. He wouldn't be that if he came to Middle-Earth in the second age. |
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Forum: The Books
02-19-2003, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,275
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Ailios
In TT, the forbidden pool chapter, when Faramir...In TT, the forbidden pool chapter, when Faramir advices Frodo not to go to Cirith Ungol, he says that Sauron gave rings to wicked Numenoreans. From his account you get the impression that all the... |
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Forum: The Books
02-14-2003, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 7,389
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Ailios
Good news. Do you who the translator is?
I...Good news. Do you who the translator is? I hope they will include decent maps as well. |
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Forum: The Books
02-11-2003, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,043
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Ailios
The tale of Earendil in BoLT was going to span...The tale of Earendil in BoLT was going to span over seven chapters. Compare this to the few pages we got in the published Silmarillion. I think this is more sad than for example that he didn't... |
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Forum: The Books
02-10-2003, 02:53 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,043
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Ailios
Why didn't Tolkien wrote more about Earendil and...Why didn't Tolkien wrote more about Earendil and the War of Wrath? Was it perhaps too difficult to make it consistent with his later developments of the Silmarillion. The ideas that he became a star... |
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Forum: The Books
02-08-2003, 05:45 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,991
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Ailios
In the Hobbit Gundabad is the capital of the...In the Hobbit Gundabad is the capital of the goblins. In a later essay Tolkien says that Mount Gundabad was the place where Durin, the first dwarf, woke up. Angmar was a realm ruled by the Lord of... |
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Forum: The Books
02-02-2003, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,165
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Ailios
It seems to be an error in the Tale of Years. ...It seems to be an error in the Tale of Years. In earlier versions of the Tale of years (found in PoME) the birth of Sam is not mentioned. But in the older versions of the Gamgee Family tree he is... |
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Forum: The Books
02-01-2003, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 15,288
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Ailios
In RoTK Tolkien writes in the index, where he...In RoTK Tolkien writes in the index, where he explicitly refers to the rhyme, "[the] Seven stars, of Elendil and his captains. ... [They] originally represented to single stars on the banners of each... |
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