An Introduction to the Second Age
Amazon Prime Video has recently announced the schedule for the release of episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The worldwide premiere of the series will take place on September 1st at 9:00 PM EDT (Eastern United States), which is September...
The Consolation of Philosophy
"If you want to be a philosopher, write novels." ―Albert Camus One decade ago, with the release of New Line Cinema's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey imminent, Christopher Tolkien gave a rare interview to French newspaper Le Monde. In it he expressed the sense of alienation he...
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...