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20 April

2018-04-20T14:09:06Z

23.127.197.175: Changed "is born" to "dies" for Quinton Hoover.

<noinclude>{{month|April|hide31=yes}}
Events that occurred on {{PAGENAME}}.
==On Earth==
</noinclude>
* '''[[1937]]''' - Narrator [[George Takei]] is born.
* '''[[1939]]''' - Writer and screenwriter [[Peter S. Beagle]] is born.
* '''[[1943]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 48]].
* '''[[1964]]''' - Actor [[Andy Serkis]] is born.
* '''[[1973]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst|a letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst]].
* '''[[1973]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to John Higgins|a letter to John Higgins]].
* '''[[1999]]''' - Actor [[Elan Garfias]] is born.
* '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'' developer [[Turbine]] is bought by [[Warner Bros.]]
* '''[[2011]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game]]'' was released.
* '''[[2013]]''' - Artist [[Quinton Hoover]] dies.
* '''[[2015]]''' - Voice actor [[Peter Howell]] dies.

==In Arda==
:''There are no known events for this day.''<noinclude>[[Category:Dates|111]]</noinclude>
[[fi:20. huhtikuuta]]

Many Partings

2018-04-19T17:56:21Z

23.127.197.175: Changed "camed" to "came" in the fourth paragraph of the summary.

{{chapter
| image=Ted Nasmith - Saruman is Overtaken.jpg
| title=Many Partings
| book=The Return of the King
| number=16
| event=[[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] returns to [[Rivendell]].
| date=[[15 July]]-[[22 September]] {{TA|3019|n}}
| location=[[Isengard]]; [[Rivendell]]
| perspective=[[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]
| previous=The Steward and the King
| next=Homeward Bound
}}
'''Many Partings''' is the sixth chapter of the second book in ''[[The Return of the King]]''.

==Summary==
After many days, when the festivities were over, the [[Fellowship of the Ring|Company]] set out for [[Rivendell]]. [[Aragorn]] told [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] that he knew the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] wished for nothing more than to return home. Frodo answered that he wished first to stop off at Rivendell to visit [[Bilbo Baggins]] one last time, as the older Hobbit would likely die soon. [[Arwen]] gave Frodo a white jewel and told him that he might have the privilege of sailing to the [[Aman|Blessed Realm]] in her place.<ref>{{RK|Steward}}</ref>

When the hobbits left Minas Tirith, they were accompanied by many members of the Gondorian court. They stopped at [[Rohan]] and bade farewell to [[Éomer]], honouring the memory of [[Théoden]]. At this feast, Faramir and Éowyn became betrothed. After a brief stay in Rohan, they set off again.

Arriving in [[Isengard]], they met [[Treebeard]], the [[Ents|Ent]] leader who orchestrated the march on [[Saruman]] in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.<ref>{{TT|Treebeard}}</ref> The Ents had promised to guard Saruman’s old stronghold of [[Orthanc]], ensuring that the corrupt wizard would never escape. [[Treebeard]] told them of the flight of many [[Orcs]] and the doom the Orcs met in the forest. He related that he reported news regularly to Saruman, who would come to the window of Orthanc to listen. But then the wizard withered away. Treebeard, to [[Gandalf]]’s dismay, had released Saruman, for he did not wish to keep such a miserable creature caged. Gandalf warned Treebeard that Saruman still had the power of his voice—a power he had used to his advantage in the past.<ref>{{TT|Voice}}</ref>

Proceeding onward, the group came upon an old, ragged man leaning on a staff. They recognize him as Saruman. Another beggar in his company was [[Gríma|Wormtongue]], his former servant. The deposed Saruman was bitter but powerless. [[Galadriel]] and Gandalf offered Saruman mercy and reprieve. Their kindness irritated Saruman, who claimed that with his demise, theirs would soon follow. After a few more days of slow and pleasant travel, Galadriel and [[Celeborn]] turned eastward and returned home.

The remaining travellers reached Rivendell and the [[Rivendell|House of Elrond]], and they found Bilbo. The old hobbit sat quietly in a small room, surrounded by bits of paper and pencils. The next day, all of Rivendell celebrated Bilbo’s 129th birthday. After a fortnight, Frodo realized that he must return to [[the Shire]]. Bilbo chose to remain in Rivendell, for he was far too old for any more travel. Bilbo gave Frodo three books of collected lore entitled [[Translations from the Elvish]], asking Frodo to finish editing them. Before Frodo left, Elrond took the hobbit quietly aside, assuring him that in time he himself would visit the Shire, and he would bring Bilbo with him.
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[[Category:The Return of the King chapters]]
[[fi:Jäähyväisiä (TSH)]]

16 March

2018-03-16T13:24:10Z

23.127.197.175: Changed "in" to "outside" for the location of the Last Debate.

<noinclude>{{month|March}}
Events that occurred on {{PAGENAME}}
==On Earth==
</noinclude>
* '''[[1837]]''' - [[Mary Wall]] dies.
* '''[[1916]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives his degree from the [[University of Oxford]].
* '''[[1921]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is appointed to membership of the Faculty of Arts and the Board of the Faculty Arts at the [[Leeds University|University of Leeds]].
* '''[[1931]]''' - Philosopher [[Anthony Kenny]] is born.
* '''[[1933]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter to Kenneth Sisam (16 March 1933)|a letter to Kenneth Sisam]].
* '''[[1949]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 120]].
* '''[[1964]]''' - Artist [[Quinton Hoover]] is born.
* '''[[1967]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (16 March 1967)|a letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]].
* '''[[1972]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 333]].
* '''[[2004]]''' - ''[[The World of Tolkien]]'' is published.

==In Arda==
* {{TA|2510}}:
** [[Borondir]] is on his way in search of the [[Éothéod]].
* {{TA|3019}}:
** Mustering of the [[Army of the West|Host of the West]]. [[Last Debate|Debate]] of the commanders outside [[Minas Tirith]].
** [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] travel northward along the [[Morgai]]. They look out over the camp to [[Mount Doom]].
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[[Category:Dates|076]]
[[de:16. März]]
[[fi:16. maaliskuuta]]
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Stoors

2016-04-14T18:14:18Z

23.127.197.175: I corrected a couple spelling & grammatical errors. I also eliminated most of the final paragraph due to repetition with a previous paragraph. Any unique information was moved into the previous paragraph.

{{people
| image=[[File:Lidia Postma - Hobbits comparison.jpg|250px]]
| name=The Stoors
| dominions=[[Vales of Anduin]], [[Gladden Fields]], [[Dunland]], [[The Shire]]
| languages=numerous; eventually [[Hobbitish]]
| height=
| length=
| skincolor=
| haircolor=
| feathers=
| distinctions=Heavier and broader than the other Hobbits; large hands and feet; only Hobbits who normally grew facial hair; used boats, fished, and could swim
| lifespan=c. 96 years
| members=[[Gollum]], [[Déagol]]
|}}
The '''Stoors''' were one of the three breeds of [[Hobbits]].

In their earliest recorded history the Stoors, like the other Hobbits, lived in the [[Vales of Anduin]]. They were a riverside people that dwelt in the [[Gladden Fields]], and were fishermen.<ref name="Hobbits">{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref>
==Characteristics==
They were heavier and broader in build than the other Hobbits, and had large hands and feet. Among the Hobbits, the Stoors most resembled [[Men]] and were most friendly to them. Stoors were the only Hobbits who normally grew facial hair.

A habit which set them apart from the [[Harfoots]] who lived in the mountain foothills, and the [[Fallohides]] who lived in forests far to the north, was that Stoors preferred flat lands and riversides. Only Stoors used boats, fished, and could swim. They also wore boots in muddy weather.

Stoorish characteristics and appearance remained among the Hobbits of the [[Eastfarthing]], [[Buckland]] (such as the [[Brandybuck Family|Brandybuck]]s) and the [[Bree-hobbits]].<ref name="Hobbits"/>

The Stoors also had their [[Stoorish|own dialect]] of [[Hobbitish]], owing to the fact that they spent some time in [[Dunland]] and adopted many strange words and names which they took to [[the Shire]], and retained even until the late Third Age.

==History==
The Stoors are believed to have lived in the southern vales of Anduin. During the Hobbit [[Wandering Days]], after the Harfoots had migrated westward in [[Third Age 1050]], and the Fallohides followed them [[Third Age 1150|about a century later]], the Stoors long remained back in the vale of Anduin, but between {{TA|1150|}} and {{TA|1300|n}} they, too migrated west.<ref name="ThirdAge">{{App|TA}}</ref>

Unlike the other Hobbit-kinds they took the [[Redhorn Pass]] and followed a southern route, where many Stoors branched off and moved south to the [[Angle (Eriador)|Angle]] of [[Eriador]] south of [[Rivendell]] and mingled with the Harfoots and Fallohides that lived there; but most went to [[Dunland]] ([[Swanfleet]] near [[Tharbad]]) which most resembled their old lands. There they came into contact with the [[Dunlendings]]. This contact altered their speech slightly, mostly by picking up a few Dunlending words.

A hundred years later [[Angmar]] began to threaten Eriador and many Stoors of the Angle fled south to their kin in Dunland where they became a woodland people;<ref>{{App|Eriador}}</ref> others returned to [[Rhovanion]] and settled the [[Gladden Fields]], becoming a riverland people, which [[Déagol]] and [[Sméagol]] belonged to (c. {{TA|2430}}). There they had a matriarchal society<ref>{{FR|I2}}</ref>. What became of those Stoors and whether they rejoined their folk in Eriador, no history tells.

The Stoors of Dunland moved back north to join the other Hobbits in colonizing the Shire about {{TA|1630}} and settled mostly in the [[Eastfarthing]] and [[Southfarthing]]. Some of these villages might have survived until the [[War of the Ring]], when they were sought out by the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]].<ref>{{UT|Hunt}}</ref> One result of the Stoorish influx was that places that were settled by Stoors have some slight linguistic oddities, due to their time of separation and contact with the Dunlendings. The three original Hobbit-kinds merged and blended in the centuries since the settlement of the Shire, but regional variations remained with Stoorish characteristics seen in [[Eastfarthing]] and [[Buckland]]..<ref name="Hobbits"/>

==Etymology==
''Stoor'' is supposed to be a special [[Hobbitish]] word that did not exist in [[Westron]] during the [[War of the Ring]].

Early English ''stor, stoor'' means "large, strong", referring to the fact that these Hobbits were of heavier build.

==External links==
*[http://middle-earth.xenite.org/2013/02/06/where-did-gollums-people-come-from/ Where Did Gollum’s People Come From?] by [[Michael Martinez]]

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Three Hunters

2016-02-26T15:38:17Z

23.127.197.175: Just added a space in between two words

[[File:Grant Gould - LOTR.jpg|thumb|150px|Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli by [[Grant Gould]].]]
The "'''Three Hunters'''" was the name that [[Aragorn]] bestowed upon the remnant of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]]—including himself, [[Legolas]], and [[Gimli]]<ref>{{TT|III1}}</ref>—on [[26 February]]{{TA|3019}}<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref> as they began tracking the [[Uruk-hai]] that had captured [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]] at [[Amon Hen]].

The Three Hunters descended [[Emyn Muil]] and entered [[Rohan]]; with Aragorn's tracking skills, they successfully followed the right track and even found Pippin's [[Elven brooches|Elven brooch]], which had been dropped for them to find. The hunt continued for three days.<ref name="Riders">{{TT|III2}}</ref>

On [[30 February]] they encountered [[Éomer]]<ref name="Great"/> and his [[éored]] who had slaughtered the Orc-band the day before and were on the way back to [[Edoras]]. Éomer demanded their names and business and fighting almost broke out between Gimli and Éomer. Aragorn prevented the fight and Éomer listened to their story of their journey and the losses of [[Gandalf]], [[Boromir]], and the two young hobbits. Although Éomer believed that the hobbits must have been slain in the attack, he lent them two horses— [[Hasufel]] and [[Arod]]—and asked them to prove his trust by bringing them back to Edoras.

With their horses, the Three Hunters followed Éomer's instructions and reached the outskirts of [[Fangorn Forest]]. As night fell they encountered an old man who vanished, as did their horses.<ref name="Riders"/> On [[1 March]] Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli met [[Gandalf]] the White and their hunt was over, although it was not until [[5 March]] that they again saw Merry and Pippin at [[Isengard]].<ref name="Great"/> Later the two hobbits would follow other paths during the [[War of the Ring]] but Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli stayed together to the end.

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[[Category:Epithets]]
[[fi:Kolme ajomiestä]]

Goblin-gate

2015-10-01T15:06:17Z

23.127.197.175:

{{disambig-two|the eastern exit of [[Goblin-town]] also known as the "back-door"|secret entrance to the [[Lonely Mountain]]|[[Back Door]]}}
[[File:Ted Nasmith - Goblin Gate.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Goblin Gate'']]The '''Goblin-gate''', also known as '''Back-door'''<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 29</ref> by the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]], was a stone door serving as the lower eastern passage to the [[Goblin-town]] in the eastern side of the [[Misty Mountains]].<ref name=h6>{{H|6}}</ref> It was located near the [[Eagle's Eyrie]] and west of the [[Carrock]].<ref>{{H|WM}}</ref>

The gate was built by the [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains]] "ages" ago both as a means of escape from their tunnels and as a way to access and harass the [[Rhovanion|Wilderland]]. It was always guarded.<ref name=h6/>

[[Gandalf]] led [[Thorin and Company]] through that exit to escape the goblins. [[Bilbo Baggins]] also escaped from [[Gollum]] by squeezing through that stone door and losing his buttons.<ref>{{H|5}}</ref>
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Emyn Muil

2015-02-23T15:49:11Z

23.127.197.175:

{{location
| image=[[Image:Ted Nasmith - No Way Down.jpg|250px]]
| name=Emyn Muil
| type=Range of hills
| location=South of the [[Brown Lands]], north of [[Nindalf]]
| inhabitants=None
| realms=[[Gondor]]<br/>[[Reunited Kingdom]]
| description=A treacherous labyrinth of hills
| othernames=
| etymology=
| events=[[Breaking of the Fellowship]]
| references=
|}}
'''Emyn Muil''' was a range of hills south of the [[Brown Lands]] and north of the [[Nindalf]]. The [[Anduin]] cut through the hills and then pooled in [[Nen Hithoel]].<ref name="Map">{{UT|Map}}</ref> The [[Fellowship of the Ring]] rode boats through Emyn Muil<ref name="River">{{FR|II9}}</ref> before the group broke up near the southern boundary of the hills.<ref name="Break">{{FR|II10}}</ref> Afterwards [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] hiked through the difficult terrain east of the river and met [[Gollum]] just below the eastern edge of the Emyn Muil.<ref name="Taming">{{TT|IV1}}</ref>

==Geography==
The hills rose gradually in the north with great brakes thorn and sloe, brambles and creepers. Near the river ivy clung to grey stone chimneys and further ridges were topped with firs twisted by wind.<ref name="River"/> On three sides Emyn Muil ended in cliffs: In the west the uplands ended abruptly in the [[East Wall of Rohan]].<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> In the south the [[Anduin]] cascaded over [[Rauros]], a great waterfall.<ref>{{FR|II8}}</ref> In the east, although of lower elevation, the barren hills still ended in a steep edge.<ref name="Taming"/>

The [[Anduin]] cut through the hills on its southward course. In the north the river narrowed and passed through [[Sarn Gebir]]. No boats could survive these rapids and travelers had to use a portage way on the west bank. South of Sarn Gebir the river plunged between towering cliffs until it passed between the two great statues of the [[Argonath]]. A little further and the pent waters opened into a long oval lake called [[Nen Hithoel]]. On the southern end of the lake were three peaks: [[Amon Lhaw]] on the east bank, [[Tol Brandir]] amid two arms of the river, and [[Amon Hen]] on the western side. At the foot of Amon Hen was a green clearing, [[Parth Galen]], and south of it was the [[North Stair]] that allowed for passage to the bottom of Rauros and Emyn Muil.<ref name="River"/>

==History==
After Prince [[Rómendacil II|Minalcar]] of [[Gondor]] had defeated a large army of [[Easterlings]] in {{TA|1248}} (and took the name Rómendacil) he fortified the west bank of the Anduin and built the pillars of the Argonath in the Emyn Muil.<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref>

In {{TA|2510|n}}, the Steward [[Cirion]] bequeathed the land of [[Calenardhon]] to [[Eorl|Eorl the Young]]. After pledging the [[Oath of Eorl]] the bounds of the new realm of [[Rohan]] were determined; in the east these were the Anduin and the [[East Wall of Rohan|west-cliff]] of the Emyn Muil.<ref>{{UT|Cirion}}, ''(iii) Cirion and Eorl''</ref>

In {{TA|3002|n}} [[Orc]] raiders battled with some [[Rohirrim]], and [[Éomund]] was slain there.<ref>{{App|Eorl}}</ref>

[[Aragorn]] captured [[Gollum]] on [[1 February]],<ref name="Hunt">{{UT|Hunt}}, ''(ii) Other Versions of the Story''</ref> {{TA|3017|n}} in the [[Dead Marshes]].<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> To avoid detection by the spies of [[Sauron]], Aragorn drove his captive through the northern Emyn Muil before crossing the Anduin.<ref name="Hunt"/>

In {{TA|3019}} the Fellowship of the Ring encountered the Emyn Muil. The following list of dates show what events took place in the hilly region:<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref>
* [[23 February]]: The Fellowship was attacked near Sarn Gebir
* [[25 February]]: They passed the Argonath and camped at Parth Galen.
* [[26 February]]: The [[Breaking of the Fellowship|Fellowship broke]] and [[Boromir]] was slain. Frodo and Sam struck east across the Emyn Muil while Aragorn, [[Gimli]], and [[Legolas]] pursued the [[Orcs]] carrying [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] west through the hills.
* [[27 February]]: Aragorn and his companions left the Emyn Muil at dawn, entering the [[Eastemnet]].
* [[29 February]]:Frodo and Sam descended from the Emyn Muil and captured Gollum.

==Etymology==
''Emyn Muil'' is a [[Sindarin]] name meaning "the drear hills";<ref>{{UT|Index}}</ref> the word ''emyn'' is the plural form of ''[[amon]]'' ("hill").<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 334</ref>

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