Of Oropher and Amdir: The Sindarin Kings
When you read Tolkien's Legendarium for the first time and come across the deep lore that surrounds the Elves, you may accidentally skim past two of Middle-earth's notoriously lesser-known Elven kings: Oropher of the Greenwood and Amdir of Lorinand. These two Elven kings were alive...
A Second Age Onomasticon – Part II: People
A little more than half a year after the deal between the Tolkien Estate and Amazon Studios was announced, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke gave a little bit of information on what to expect from the new series in an interview with Deadline. In a...
A Second Age Onomasticon – Part I: Places
Amazon Studios' streaming series, The Rings of Power, is set to premiere in a little over two months from now. Set in a period Tolkien referred to as the "Second Age", many of the characters are different from those beloved by fans of Tolkien's most...
Dueling Canons
In The Return of the King, as the combined armies of Gondor and Rohan stand before the Black Gate, greatly outnumbered and completely encircled, the vast forces of Mordor closing in, Aragorn, Isildur's heir, speaks these stirring words: Hold your ground! Hold your ground! Sons of...