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<p>MOONBOLT: Removing incomplete tag as, upon reflection, this is about as comprehensive as an article can get about a weapon that is mentioned a handful of times.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref name=":2">{{FR|II5}}, p. 321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> [[File:Abe Papakhian - Orcs and Uruks.jpg|thumb|329x329px|Orcs with curved scimitars as depicted in Abe Papakhian's ''The Fighting Uruk-hai and Orcs of Lugburz'' ]]<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 January]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|B3}}, p. 1092, entry for January 15</ref>, the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] found "orc-scimitars with blackened blades" in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] shortly after entering [[Moria]].<ref name=":2" /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars".<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Lurtz Scimitar.png|thumb|The Orc Lurtz carrying an "Uruk-Hai scimitar" in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]|344x344px]]'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> :The "Orc Scimitar" and "Goblin Scimitar" cards were included in [[The Fellowship of the Ring (Decipher)|''The Fellowship of the Ring'']] base set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]'''<br /> :In [[Peter Jackson]]'s film series, the [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Saruman]] carry swords described in merchandise as "Uruk-hai scimitars". This blade-type is notably carried by the Orc [[Lurtz]]. However, "scimitar" is a misnomer given that it is a straight blade with a spike at the end, and neither of these features are characteristic of historical scimitars.<br /> '''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'']]'''<br /> <br /> :The Uruk-hai of Saruman are shown wielding the straight-bladed "Uruk-hai scimitar" throughout the film.<br /> <br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> :Swords closely resembling historical scimitars are clearly seen being used among the [[Orcs of Mordor]], specifically when [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] disguise themselves as Orcs in [[Mordor]]. The costumes of the [[Corsairs of Umbar]] include curved swords, but they are not clearly visible in the film.<br /> <br /> '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Isengard Scimitar" card was included in the ''Battle of Helms Deep'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Corsair Scimitar" card was included in the ''Treachery and Deceit'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Soni_Alcorn-Hender&diff=439202 Soni Alcorn-Hender 2026-06-09T03:36:11Z

<p>MOONBOLT: deleted an "and"</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from [[wikipedia:University_of_Portsmouth#Portsmouth_Municipal_Technical_Institute_and_the_College_of_Art|Portsmouth College of Art & Design]] before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]. She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In addition to Tolkien, she also cites [[wikipedia:Illustration#The_"Golden_Age"|Golden Age]] illustrators such as [[wikipedia:Arthur_Rackham|Arthur Rackham]], [[wikipedia:John_Bauer_(illustrator)|John Bauer]], [[wikipedia:Edmund_Dulac|Edmund Dulac]], and contemporary illustrator [[wikipedia:Yoshitaka Amano|Yoshitaka Amano]] as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.lotrsketch.com/masterpieces-ii/soni-alcorn-hender|articlename=Soni Alcorn-Hender|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]], and "Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill" in [[2017]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_292|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] ([[2015]], [[2016]], [[2017]], [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend ([[2016]])<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Artist Instagram]'''<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Soni_Alcorn-Hender&diff=439199 Soni Alcorn-Hender 2026-06-09T02:35:08Z

<p>MOONBOLT: fixed one of the Amon Hen links so that it linked to the proper issue</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from [[wikipedia:University_of_Portsmouth#Portsmouth_Municipal_Technical_Institute_and_the_College_of_Art|Portsmouth College of Art & Design]] before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]. She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In addition to Tolkien, she also cites [[wikipedia:Illustration#The_"Golden_Age"|Golden Age]] illustrators such as [[wikipedia:Arthur_Rackham|Arthur Rackham]], [[wikipedia:John_Bauer_(illustrator)|John Bauer]], [[wikipedia:Edmund_Dulac|Edmund Dulac]], and contemporary illustrator [[wikipedia:Yoshitaka Amano|Yoshitaka Amano]] as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.lotrsketch.com/masterpieces-ii/soni-alcorn-hender|articlename=Soni Alcorn-Hender|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], and "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]], and "Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill" in [[2017]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_292|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] ([[2015]], [[2016]], [[2017]], [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend ([[2016]])<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Artist Instagram]'''<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User:MOONBOLT/sandbox&diff=439198 User:MOONBOLT/sandbox 2026-06-09T02:30:53Z

<p>MOONBOLT: Article revision is published.</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from [[wikipedia:University_of_Portsmouth#Portsmouth_Municipal_Technical_Institute_and_the_College_of_Art|Portsmouth College of Art & Design]] before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]. She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In addition to Tolkien, she also cites [[wikipedia:Illustration#The_"Golden_Age"|Golden Age]] illustrators such as [[wikipedia:Arthur_Rackham|Arthur Rackham]], [[wikipedia:John_Bauer_(illustrator)|John Bauer]], [[wikipedia:Edmund_Dulac|Edmund Dulac]], and contemporary illustrator [[wikipedia:Yoshitaka Amano|Yoshitaka Amano]] as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.lotrsketch.com/masterpieces-ii/soni-alcorn-hender|articlename=Soni Alcorn-Hender|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], and "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]], and "Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill" in [[2017]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] ([[2015]], [[2016]], [[2017]], [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend ([[2016]])<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Artist Instagram]'''<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Soni_Alcorn-Hender&diff=439197 Soni Alcorn-Hender 2026-06-09T02:00:33Z

<p>MOONBOLT: Full revision of article, which had not been updated since 2015, partially at the request of the artist. Added corrections and listed notable Tolkien-related works. Provided links to relevant publications where Soni was featured. Deleted dead links, etc. etc. Article could use a few more sources (ex. her influences were listed via e-mail correspondence).</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from [[wikipedia:University_of_Portsmouth#Portsmouth_Municipal_Technical_Institute_and_the_College_of_Art|Portsmouth College of Art & Design]] before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]. She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In addition to Tolkien, she also cites [[wikipedia:Illustration#The_"Golden_Age"|Golden Age]] illustrators such as [[wikipedia:Arthur_Rackham|Arthur Rackham]], [[wikipedia:John_Bauer_(illustrator)|John Bauer]], [[wikipedia:Edmund_Dulac|Edmund Dulac]], and contemporary illustrator [[wikipedia:Yoshitaka Amano|Yoshitaka Amano]] as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.lotrsketch.com/masterpieces-ii/soni-alcorn-hender|articlename=Soni Alcorn-Hender|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref> In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], and "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]], and "Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill" in [[2017]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<ref name="BW-About">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=8 June 2026}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] ([[2015]], [[2016]], [[2017]], [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend ([[2016]])<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Artist Instagram]'''<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: Undo revision 433882 by Unireverse (talk) Undoing an unnecessary edit that was applied to one instance of "reembodiment" but not applied to numerous instances "reembodied". See: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reembodiment</p> <hr /> <div>{{MSR}}<br /> {{Quote|He thought at that time on fundamental aspects of the nature of the Quendi, distinguishing them from Men: the power of the incarnate fea (spirit) in relation to the body; the 'consuming' of the body by the fea; the destiny of Elvish spirits, ordained by Eru, 'to dwell in Arda for all the life of Arda'; the meaning of death for such beings, and of existence after death; the nature of Elvish re-birth; and the consequences of the Marring of Arda by Melkor.|[[Christopher Tolkien]], [[Morgoth's Ring]]}}<br /> '''Laws and Customs among the Eldar''' (commonly referred to as "LaCE") is the third chapter of the Second Phase of [[The Later Quenta Silmarillion|The Later ''Quenta Silmarillion'']], included in ''[[Morgoth's Ring]]''. The chapter consists of an essay which is framed as an account of [[Ælfwine]]'s perspectives on the traditions of the [[Eldar]]. The essay explores the [[Elven life cycle]] and outlines customs concerning marriage, childbearing, naming, and spirituality.<ref>{{MR|P3II3}}</ref><br /> <br /> The essay has been a source of contention among readers as it contains many contradictions to ideas that would later appear in the [[legendarium]]. It consists of five sections and is followed by Christopher Tolkien's notes.<br /> <br /> ==Ælfwine's Preamble==<br /> [[File:Elena Kukanova - A child of the Elder Race.jpg|thumb|An elf child as depicted by [[Elena Kukanova]]]]<br /> <br /> ===Physical and mental development===<br /> This section begins by outlining the differences between [[Men]] and Elves in terms of physical and mental development. The text indicates that Elven bodies grow more slowly than those of Men. Elves appear only seven years old when men reach full stature, come of age at fifty, and reach full maturity at approximately one hundred years of age. However, the speed of Elves' mental development exceeded that of Men, with children being able to speak, walk, and dance at only one year of age.<br /> <br /> ===Marital tradition===<br /> Elves commonly marry shortly after their coming of age. They marry only once and have few children, rarely exceeding four, with none surpassing [[Fëanor]] as the parent of seven children. Marriage and child rearing, save for unfortunate circumstances, is described as the natural course of life for Elves.<br /> <br /> ===Engagement===<br /> Betrothal was announced to both elves' families with the exchange of silver rings between the betrothed. The engagement lasts for a year or more, and can be revoked at any time.<br /> <br /> After the betrothal, a feast between the two houses is arranged to celebrate the marriage. The betrothed utter vows invoking the name of [[Ilúvatar|Eru]] and return each other's silver rings in exchange for gold bands, which were worn on the index finger of the right hand.<br /> <br /> ===Marriage via bodily union===<br /> Ceremonial rites were not necessary to create a marriage. Marriage was achieved through bodily union (sexual intercourse), after which the marriage bond was "indissoluble and complete." In times of strife, elves could marry through this union and forego ceremonies, save for the exchange of blessings and naming of Eru. However, it was considered disrespectful to kin to forego the betrothal ceremonies in times of peace.<br /> <br /> ===Begetting and bearing of children===<br /> Elven pregnancies last for one year so that the day of begetting and the day of birth are "the same or nearly so." The day of begetting rather than the date of birth is the day that is remembered. It is said that the begetting and moreso the bearing of Elven children requires a greater share of strength of being than the bearing of mortal children. Due to this, though the Eldar do not grow old in body, they generally only reproduce a short space of years after their marriage and bear fewer children than mortals. <br /> <br /> After this time of begetting, their desire to unite in body subsides, and their urges lead them to other activities. As such, married couples do not always share the same dwelling and often pursue their own interests separate from each other. However, unless unfortunate circumstances separate them, they are present together during the early years of their children's lives.<br /> <br /> ===Gender roles===<br /> In all matters not concerning childbearing, Elven males and females are considered equal. There are some differences in natural inclinations between the sexes, though that does not prevent one sex from taking on a skillset that is typically adopted by the other sex. For example, female elves can bear arms and fight valiantly even though that is generally a role taken on by male elves. Conversely, males can be capable healers even though that role is generally taken on by females.<br /> <br /> ==Of Naming==<br /> [[File:Elena Kukanova - Galadriel.jpg|thumb|Known commonly as ''Galadriel'', the Lady of Lórien's first Father-name was "''Artanis''," and her Mother-name was ''Nerwen''. Art by [[Elena Kukanova]]|323x323px]]<br /> Among the [[Noldor]], elves are given their first name by their father during a ceremony called the ''Essecarme'' or ''Namemaking''. However, an elf can pick a name of their own, which is marked by a ceremony called the ''Essecilme'' or ''Name-choosing'', which typically occurred at or about the end of their tenth year.<br /> <br /> Both father-name and chosen-name were "true names", though the [[father-name]] was for public use. An elf's chosen-name was only to be used among those close to them, and it was considered presumptuous for another elf to use it without permission.<br /> <br /> Elves also had "given names" or "[[Essë|Anessi]]". The most important of these was their [[mother-name]], which included "names of insight", ''Essi Tercenyë'', and "names of [[foresight]]", ''Apacenyë'', given to a child as a premonition of their fate or a dominant feature they may come to possess. These names were also considered true names, and were public if placed immediately after father-names. Other "given names" were not true names, and their acceptance and use by the elf to whom they were applied was not guaranteed.<br /> <br /> ==Of Death and The Severance of Fëa And Hrondo (Hröa)==<br /> Though elves are functionally immortal, they can still experience death. If an elf's body ([[hröa]]) is damaged to the point where it can no longer function, their spirit ([[fëa]]) will depart their body and become houseless and invisible to bodily eyes, though still visible to other unhoused fëar.<br /> <br /> The destiny of Elven fëar differed from those of Men in that they were destined to dwell in [[Arda]] for its entire duration, and as a consequence their fëar protected their bodies from illness and wounds that would prove fatal to mortals. Upon reaching [[Aman]] following the [[Sundering of the Elves]], the elves learned that their unhoused spirits would go to the [[Halls of Mandos]] to redress their life's griefs and await reembodiment.<br /> <br /> ==Of Rebirth and Other Doom of Those That Go to Mandos==<br /> [[File:Ralph Damiani - The Halls of Mandos.jpg|left|thumb|326x326px|''The Halls of Mandos'' by [[Ralph Damiani]]]]<br /> <br /> ===Rebirth===<br /> The Eldar hold that each elf child is given their own unique new fëa that is distinct from the fëar of all other Elves. These new fëar are thought to be sent directly by Eru from outside of [[Eä]]. Some Elves speculate that these fëar are not restricted to the fate of Arda, though no one truly knows whether this is true.<br /> <br /> It was thought that the fëar of Elven children drew nourishment from the fëar of their parents during their early life. For this reason, parents chose to dwell together during the year of child bearing, and separation during this time was considered unfortunate. As the Elves would say:<blockquote>...though the union of the fear of the wedded is not broken by distance of place, yet in creatures that live as spirits embodied fëa communes with fëa in full only when the bodies dwell together.</blockquote> A houseless fëa that chose or was permitted to return to life was typically only able to be reembodied through childbirth. The reborn fëa would experience childhood again, but would only remember its previous life upon achieving mastery of its body. Through the joy of this second childhood, the griefs of the fëa's previous life could be redressed.<br /> <br /> However, if fëa willingly left its first body, it cannot not return until the body has dissolved. This happened quickly in [[Middle-earth]], but in Aman there is no decay. Thus, in the case of [[Míriel|Miriel]], her spirit was able to be rehoused in her own body.<br /> <br /> The reborn are said to be stronger and have greater mastery of their bodies and more spiritual fortitude. However, few instances of more than one rebirth are recorded, as many that die twice do not wish to return.<br /> <br /> ===Other fates of houseless fëar===<br /> The [[Shadow]] caused injury and corruption to the spirit, and those who were thus corrupted may turn away from the chance to be reborn. The fëar of the dead could be instructed in such a way that they would be able to heal from these evils and be reborn if they so desired it. However, spirits could be stubborn and resistant to change, especially if they had partaken in evil deeds during life.<br /> <br /> It was the [[Doom of Mandos]] to determine which spirits were to be reembodied. Fëar who chose or were commanded to remain unbodied would watch the events in Arda without partaking them.<br /> <br /> Little is known of what became of the fëar of the [[Moriquendi|dark elves]]. Some are reported to dwell in the Halls of Mandos, though there is little mingling between spirits, as houseless fëar are solitary by nature.<br /> [[File:Elena Kukanova - Namo Mandos.jpeg|thumb|364x364px|[[Mandos]]; the Doomsman of the Valar. as depicted by [[Elena Kukanova]]]]<br /> <br /> ===The summons of Mandos===<br /> Fëar are summoned to the Halls of Mandos and cannot reach the Halls without this summoning, yet the summoning may be refused. Of the Elves who refused the initial summons of the [[Valar]] to Aman, this refusal is common. This refusal was less common when [[Morgoth]] and [[Sauron]] dwelled in Arda, as spirits would flee in terror and seek refuge in Mandos. Spirits who had fallen to the Shadow would succumb to the counter-summons of Morgoth and fall under his dominion.<br /> <br /> Many spirits in later days would refuse the summons and dwell in Middle-earth without beinldakg able to fully inhabit it. These spirits are seldom kind, as the refusal of the summons is a sign of corruption. It is thus prohibited for the Eldar to commune with unhoused spirits unless appointed to do so by a higher authority. To attempt to master houseless spirits is deemed necromancy, which is considered a great evil that is the purview of Morgoth and Sauron.<br /> <br /> Houseless spirits can crave bodies and attempt to enter a living body and enslave its host. Sauron is said to have achieved this feat and to have taught his followers how to do so.<br /> <br /> ==Of the Severance of Marriage==<br /> [[Manwë]] ruled that, as the life of Elves in Arda is permanent, so are their marriages. Therefore, when one partner dies, the marriage has not ended, but remains in a state of suspension. However, there is a provision where, if the dead are judged by Manwë and Mandos to be unwilling to be reborn for the duration of Arda, then a remarriage can occur. This occurred only once in record and is referred to as the [[Statute of Finwë and Míriel|Doom of Finwë and Míriel]].<br /> <br /> Though marriage is achieved by bodily union, it proceeds from the will of the fëa, and is therefore maintained by will. As such, death cannot dissolve a marriage as the fëar of the Elves persist after death of the body. If an Elf is reembodied, their marriage remains intact even with the introduction of a newly bodied spouse, for at its core the will creating the marriage lies in that spouse's fëa.<br /> <br /> Note: After this section, Tolkien abandoned the essay.<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Morgoth's Ring chapters]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: linked to various wikis relevant to mentioned persons and places</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from [[wikipedia:University_of_Portsmouth#Portsmouth_Municipal_Technical_Institute_and_the_College_of_Art|Portsmouth College of Art & Design]] before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites [[wikipedia:Illustration#The_"Golden_Age"|Golden Age]] illustrators such as [[wikipedia:Arthur_Rackham|Arthur Rackham]], [[wikipedia:John_Bauer_(illustrator)|John Bauer]], [[wikipedia:Edmund_Dulac|Edmund Dulac]], and contemporary illustrator [[wikipedia:Yoshitaka Amano|Yoshitaka Amano]] as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], and "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]], and "Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill" in [[2017]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] ([[2015]], [[2016]], [[2017]], [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend ([[2016]])<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Artist Instagram]'''<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from Portsmouth College of Art & Design before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], and "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] (2015, 2016, 2017, [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend (2016)<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Artist Instagram]'''<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from Portsmouth College of Art & Design before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by Topps to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. She has also exhibited at many [[Tolkien exhibitions]] including several [[Oxonmoot]] conventions, "Evil in the Shining Light" in [[2015]], and "Illuminating Tolkien" in [[2016]]. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] ([[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], [[2026]])<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==Exhibitions==<br /> *Evil in the Shining Light ([[2015]])<br /> *Far from the Shire Art, Art in the Mill ([[2017]])<br /> *Illuminating Tolkien ([[2016]])<br /> *[[Oxonmoot]] (2015, 2016, 2017, [[2018]], [[2019]], [[2020]], [[2021]], [[2022]])<br /> *Tolkien Weekend (2016)<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: added "Selected Works" section and made some other small edits</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal who has created artwork for numerous [[Tolkien]]-related publications and products.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from Portsmouth College of Art & Design before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. In [[2015]], [[2016]], [[2017]], [[2018]], [[2020]], [[2021]], and [[2022]], Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015, her artwork was exhibited in the "Evil in the Shining Light" exhibition. In 2018, her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2026 editions.<br /> <br /> ==Selected works==<br /> *[[Aiglos_(journal)|''Aiglos'' 24]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_260|''Amon Hen'' 260]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_263|''Amon Hen'' 263]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_264|''Amon Hen'' 264]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_265|''Amon Hen'' 265]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_266|''Amon Hen'' 266]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_267|''Amon Hen'' 267]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_282|''Amon Hen'' 282]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 291]]<br /> *[[Amon_Hen_291|''Amon Hen'' 292]]<br /> *[[Beyond_Bree|''Beyond Bree'' Calendar]] (2021, 2022, 2023, 2026)<br /> *[[Mallorn_54|''Mallorn'' 54]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_56|''Mallorn'' 56]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_58|''Mallorn'' 58]]<br /> *[[Mallorn_61|''Mallorn'' 61]]<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal. Her artwork has been exhibited by [[The Tolkien Society]], with numerous works being featured in publications such as [[Amon_Hen_(journal)|''Amon Hen'']] and [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']]. Her artwork has also been published by [[Topps]] in their [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] card series as well as licensed card artwork for Cryptozoic Entertainment's [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'']] trading card game.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England and received a two-year diploma from Portsmouth College of Art & Design before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influence of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. In [[2014]] and [[2015]], Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015, her artwork was exhibited in the "Evil in the Shining Light" exhibition. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal. Her artwork has been exhibited by [[The Tolkien Society]], with numerous works being featured in publications such as [[Amon_Hen_(journal)|''Amon Hen'']] and [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']]. Her artwork has also been published by [[Topps]] in their [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] card series as well as licensed card artwork for Cryptozoic Entertainment's [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'']] trading card game.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influnce of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]], Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. In [[2014]] and [[2015]], Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015, her artwork was exhibited in the "Evil in the Shining Light" exhibition. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal. Her artwork has been exhibited by [[The Tolkien Society]], with numerous works being featured in publications such as [[Amon_Hen_(journal)|''Amon Hen'']] and [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']]. Her artwork has also been published by [[Topps]] in their [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] card series as well as licensed card artwork for Cryptozoic Entertainment's [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'']] trading card game.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She later moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influnce of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series. In [[2013]] Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in numerous issues of [[Mallorn_(journal)|''Mallorn'']] and [[Amon Hen (journal)|''Amon Hen'']], both of which are published by [[The Tolkien Society]]. In [[2014]] and [[2015]], Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015, her artwork was exhibited in the "Evil in the Shining Light" exhibition. In [[2018]], her work was chosen for the Tolkien Society annual Christmas card, which was shipped out with copies of ''Amon Hen''. Her work has also been displayed in the [[Beyond_Bree_(calendar)|''Beyond Bree'']] calendar, having appeared in the [[2021]], [[2022]], [[2023]], and [[2026]] editions.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal. Her artwork has been exhibited by [[The Tolkien Society]], with numerous works being featured in publications like [[Amon_Hen_(journal)|Amon Hen]] and [[Mallorn_(journal)|Mallorn]]. Additionally, her artwork has been published by [[Topps]] in their [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] card series as well as licensed card artwork for Cryptozoic Entertainment's [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]] trading card game.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She moved to Portugal to be with family and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> The influnce of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] on Alcorn-Hender's art began at the age of four, when her parents began to read the author's works to her. In addition to Tolkien, she also cites Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, Edmund Dulac, and contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano as influences.<br /> <br /> Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref name="LM">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.legendariummedia.com/2013/02/23/exclusive-interview-and-contest-with-fantasy-artist-soni-alcorn-hender-bohemian-weasel/|articlename=EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Fantasy Artist – Soni Alcorn-Hender (Bohemian Weasel)|dated=23 February 2013|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://www.legendariummedia.com Legendarium Media]}}</ref> In [[2013]] Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=https://www.cryptozoic.com/blogs/adventure-time-hobbit-and-walking-dead-sketch-card-previews|articlename=Adventure Time, The Hobbit, and The Walking Dead sketch card previews|dated=11 March 2014|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://www.cryptozoic.com Cryptozoic Entertainment]}}</ref><br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in ''[[Mallorn 54]]'', published by [[The Tolkien Society]] in [[2013]]. And in [[2014]] and [[2015]] Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015 her artwork was exhibited in the "[http://bankstreetarts.com/exhibitions/evil-in-the-shining-light/ Evil in the Shining Light]" exhibition.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: corrections and cleanup, will return to revise shortly</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal. Her artwork has been exhibited by [[The Tolkien Society]] and has been published by [[Topps]] in their [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] card series.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She moved to Portugal to be with family, and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender has held the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] close to her heart since the age of four, beginning when her parents began to read the author's works to her. Following the recommendation of fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref name="LM">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.legendariummedia.com/2013/02/23/exclusive-interview-and-contest-with-fantasy-artist-soni-alcorn-hender-bohemian-weasel/|articlename=EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Fantasy Artist – Soni Alcorn-Hender (Bohemian Weasel)|dated=23 February 2013|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://www.legendariummedia.com Legendarium Media]}}</ref> In [[2013]] Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=https://www.cryptozoic.com/blogs/adventure-time-hobbit-and-walking-dead-sketch-card-previews|articlename=Adventure Time, The Hobbit, and The Walking Dead sketch card previews|dated=11 March 2014|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://www.cryptozoic.com Cryptozoic Entertainment]}}</ref><br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in ''[[Mallorn 54]]'', published by [[The Tolkien Society]] in [[2013]]. And in [[2014]] and [[2015]] Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015 her artwork was exhibited in the "[http://bankstreetarts.com/exhibitions/evil-in-the-shining-light/ Evil in the Shining Light]" exhibition.<br /> <br /> Alcorn-Hender's influences include Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, and Edmund Dulac, in addition to the works of contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: Working on a revision of the article for artist Soni Alcorn-Hender.</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__{{artist infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Soni Alcorn-Hender<br /> | born=<br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]]<br /> | style=<br /> | images=[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Gallery]]<br /> | location=Portugal<br /> | website=[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]<br /> }}<br /> '''Soni Alcorn-Hender''', also known by the pseudonym '''Bohemian Weasel''', is an English artist currently living in Portugal. Her artwork has been exhibited by [[The Tolkien Society]] and has been published by [[Topps]] in their [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] card series.<br /> <br /> Her influences include Golden Age illustrators such as Arthur Rackham, John Bauer, and Edmund Dulac, in addition to the works of contemporary illustrator Yoshitaka Amano.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Alcorn-Hender grew up in southern England before moving to Scotland to complete a degree in illustration at the [[wikipedia:Glasgow School of Art|Glasgow School of Art]].<ref name="BSA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://bohemianweasel.com/about/|articlename=About a weasel|website=[http://bohemianweasel.com/ Bohemian Weasel]|accessed=31 August 2015}}</ref> She moved to Portugal to be with family, and continues to pursue her artistic endeavors there.<br /> <br /> Having held the works of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] close to her heart since a young age - describing herself as "batshit crazy" about ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''<ref name="SKA">{{webcite|articleurl=http://sketchcardart.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/interview-with-soni-alcorn-hender.html|articlename=Interview with Soni Alcorn-Hender|dated=9 February 2010|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://sketchcardart.blogspot.co.uk/ Sketch Card Art!]}}</ref> - she always had a desire to create artworks based on his works. Following a recommendation by fellow artist [[Grant Gould]], in November [[2007]] she was commissioned by [[Topps]] to produce cards for the forthcoming [[The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces]] II series.<ref name="LM">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.legendariummedia.com/2013/02/23/exclusive-interview-and-contest-with-fantasy-artist-soni-alcorn-hender-bohemian-weasel/|articlename=EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Fantasy Artist – Soni Alcorn-Hender (Bohemian Weasel)|dated=23 February 2013|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://www.legendariummedia.com Legendarium Media]}}</ref> In [[2013]] Alcorn-Hender also worked on the licensed cards of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' for Cryptozoic Entertainment.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=https://www.cryptozoic.com/blogs/adventure-time-hobbit-and-walking-dead-sketch-card-previews|articlename=Adventure Time, The Hobbit, and The Walking Dead sketch card previews|dated=11 March 2014|accessed=31 August 2015|website=[http://www.cryptozoic.com Cryptozoic Entertainment]}}</ref><br /> <br /> Her artwork has been featured in ''[[Mallorn 54]]'', published by [[The Tolkien Society]] in [[2013]]. And in [[2014]] and [[2015]] Alcorn-Hender's artwork was exhibited at the Society's [[Oxonmoot]] events alongside other notable artists such as [[Ted Nasmith]]. In September 2015 her artwork was exhibited in the "[http://bankstreetarts.com/exhibitions/evil-in-the-shining-light/ Evil in the Shining Light]" exhibition.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender|Images by Soni Alcorn-Hender]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *'''[http://www.bohemianweasel.com Bohemian Weasel]''' (official website)<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcorn-Hender, Soni}}<br /> [[Category:Artists]]<br /> [[Category:British people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Warning_beacons_of_Gondor&diff=438720 Talk:Warning beacons of Gondor 2026-05-22T18:43:58Z

<p>MOONBOLT: /* Rename to Beacons of Gondor */ Reply</p> <hr /> <div>==Rename to Beacons of Gondor==<br /> <br /> I propose to move the page to a new page called Beacons of Gondor.<br /> <br /> In LOTR and in UT only the terms "beacons" and "beacon" are used. One exception is Gandalf who uses "beacons of Gondor", but this may be just him specifying that the beacons were situated in Gondor or made by Gondor. Another exception is where Gandalf uses "war-beacons of old" in connection with light and flame on weathertop when Gandalf fought against the Nazgûl on weathertop. There is an entry called "Beacons of Gondor" in the Index of UT, but the entry does not have a definition. In the Index entries for the names of the beacon-hills of Gondor in UT the term "beacon of Gondor" is used when talking about their order (e.g. "first of the beacons of Gondor", "second of the beacons of Gondor", etc.). One needs to keep in mind that the Index of UT was written by Christopher Tolkien.<br /> <br /> The term "Warning Beacons of Gondor" is not used in LOTR and is not used in UT. In the chapter Minas Tirith says to Pippin "The beacons of Gondor are alight, calling for aid. War is kindled. See, there is the fire on Amon Dîn, and flame on Eilenach; and there they go speeding west: Nardol, Erelas, Min-Rimmon, Calenhad, and the Halifirien on the borders of Rohan." and "how the Lord of the City had beacons built on the tops of outlying hills along both borders of the great range, and maintained posts at these points where fresh horses were always in readiness to bear his errand-riders to Rohan in the North, or to Belfalas in the South." In this chapter Pippin says to Beregond "For I saw the beacons two nights ago and the errand-riders; and Gandalf said that it was a sign that war had begun." and asks him "But why were the beacons lit two nights ago?" Beregond answers "But if you would know what I think set the beacons ablaze, it was the news that came that eve out of Lebennin." In the chapter The Council of Elrond Gandalf says "I was hard put to it indeed: such light and flame cannot have been seen on Weathertop since the war-beacons of old."<br /> <br /> The current page title does not match the Naturalness criterion of the Tolkien Gateway naming policy, because it is unlikely that some will actually search for "Warning beacons of Gondor", because this term is not used in LOTR and is not used in UT. The proposed page title meets the Conciseness criterion better, because it is shorter. The proposed page title still meeets the Precision criterion, because the page is not about beacons in general in Arda, but about beacons in Gondor. There may have been beacons in Arnor or in Arthedain, since Gandalf implies that there had been a beacon on Weathertop. [[User:Akhorahil|Akhôrahil]] ([[User talk:Akhorahil|talk]]) 13:54, 22 May 2026 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :I agree that it should be "Beacons of Gondor". All the reasons you have listed are solid. [[User:MOONBOLT|MOONBOLT]] ([[User talk:MOONBOLT|talk]]) 18:43, 22 May 2026 (UTC)</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Guy_Gavriel_Kay&diff=438641 Guy Gavriel Kay 2026-05-21T00:20:17Z

<p>MOONBOLT: Made some small grammatical corrections. Article still suffers from being primarily quotes. May return for a rework at a later date.</p> <hr /> <div>{{cleanup}}<br /> {{author infobox<br /> | image = Guy Gavriel Kay.jpg<br /> | name=Guy Gavriel Kay<br /> | born=[[7 November]] [[1954]]<br /> | died=<br /> | education=<br /> | occupation=Author<br /> | location=Canada<br /> | website=[http://www.brightweavings.com/ Official website]<br /> }}<br /> '''Guy Gavriel Kay''' ([[7 November]] [[1954]]) is a Canadian author who moved to [[Oxford]] in [[1974]] to assist [[Christopher Tolkien]] in the publishing of ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. Since then, Kay has gone on to become a multiple award-winning fantasy author.<ref name="FBC" /><br /> <br /> ==Work on ''The Silmarillion''==<br /> <br /> Christopher Tolkien has commented that "almost every substantial change" made to his father's manuscripts for publication as ''The Silmarillion'' in 1977 were:<br /> <br /> {{Blockquote|discussed with Guy Kay. He indeed made many suggestions for the construction of the text (such as, in the tale of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]], the introduction of a passage from the [[Lay of Leithian]]), and proposed solutions to problems arising in the making of a composite narrative -- in some cases of major significance to the structure ...|<ref>{{LR|P2VI}}, p. 302</ref>}}<br /> <br /> ==Inspiration==<br /> When asked how [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] influenced his work, Kay responded:<br /> <br /> {{Blockquote|The influences are complex and might be unexpected. Take too long to answer properly. I'll say this, the main effect of my year working on The Silmarillion was to reduce the level of awe and the sense of a vast shadow (if I may put it that way, speaking of this!) lying over High Fantasy. Because I saw the false starts, the errors, the drafts and redrafts, I emerged, quite young, with a sense that The Lord of the Rings and his other work had not simply sprung full-grown from the high brow of easy genius, but that long, diligent work might produce something. I was desensitized, in a way, to intimidation.|From an interview with Kay for a website.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19991004002337/http://www.eventhorizon.com/sfzine/chats/transcripts/040899.html|articlename=Transcript of Chat with Guy Gavriel Kay|dated=8 April 1999|website=Eventhorizon.com (archived)|accessed=23 March 2013}}</ref>}}<br /> <br /> When asked by another website how Tolkien affected his work, Kay responded:<br /> <br /> {{Blockquote|I think, looking back, that the exposure to JRRT's drafts, notes, false starts, dead ends helped to make me less awed and intimidated, later, when I started my own large fantasy. At the time I began Fionavar most of the 'serious' writers exploring fantasy were working AWAY from the epic form, as if surrendering it. That was the period when, for example, 'urban fantasy' was being shaped. My experience with The Silmarillion and the papers helped me to avoid that need to 'go somewhere else' in fiction. Later, I did move elsewhere to a degree, but it was because I was testing my own boundaries as a writer, not because I was abandoning the form.|From an interview with Kay on Wotmania.com<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050827211542/http://wotmania.com/fantasymessageboard.asp|articlename=Other Fantasy: Guy Gavriel Kay (unavailable)|dated=19 August 2005|website=[http://web.archive.org/web/20050827211542/http://wotmania.com/ Wotmania.com (archived)]|accessed=23 March 2013}}</ref>}}<br /> <br /> Kay has further commented that "''Tolkien is a master class in harnessing myth and legend to narrative and theme''."<ref name="FBC">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2013/03/interview-with-guy-gavriel-kay/|articlename=Interview with Guy Gavriel Kay|dated=21 March 2013|website=[http://www.fantasybookcafe.com Fantasybookcafe.com]|accessed=23 March 2013}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.brightweavings.com/ Official website]<br /> *{{WP|Guy Gavriel Kay}}<br /> *[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/29/guy-gavriel-kay-jrr-tolkien-interview-fionovar-tapesty-the-summer-tree Guy Kay interview] at The Guardian.<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Guy Gavriel}}<br /> [[Category:Authors]]<br /> [[Category:Fiction writers]]<br /> [[Category:Canadian people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]<br /> [[de:Guy Gavriel Kay]]<br /> [[fi:Guy Gavriel Kay]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daggers_of_Westernesse&diff=438640 Talk:Daggers of Westernesse 2026-05-21T00:11:30Z

<p>MOONBOLT: MOONBOLT moved page Talk:Daggers of Westernesse to Talk:Barrow-blades: As discussed in the talk page, Barrow-blades are never referred to as "Daggers of Westernesse".</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Talk:Barrow-blades]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barrow-blades&diff=438639 Talk:Barrow-blades 2026-05-21T00:11:30Z

<p>MOONBOLT: MOONBOLT moved page Talk:Daggers of Westernesse to Talk:Barrow-blades: As discussed in the talk page, Barrow-blades are never referred to as "Daggers of Westernesse".</p> <hr /> <div>--[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 18:09, 19 October 2006 (EDT)Anyone have the actual quotation from ''The Return of the King'' when Merry stabs the Witch King? --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 17:06, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> {{quote|But suddenly he too stumbled forward with a cry of bitter pain, and his stroke went wide, driving into the ground. Merry's sword had stabbed him from behind, shearing through the black mantle, and passing up beneath the hauberk had pierced the sinew behind his mighty knee.|[[The Return of the King]], [[The Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]}}<br /> There you go :) Quotes are definitely something we need more of, I'd like to have a quote on every article. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 17:15, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Seems like there was more to it than that. Isn't there a line about it breaking the spell on his invisible flesh, or some such? Maybe around when Eowyn throws her shot? --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 17:20, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::Hm, not that I can find. The rest goes on a bit about the [[Witch-king]] crying and vanishing and the swords disappearing but nothing really related to the Dagger, the above quote is probably the best. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 17:30, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::If memory serves, there's more on the WiKi in the chapter ''The Council of Elrond''. I could be wrong, though ... --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 17:32, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::Whoa! Hyarion, look back at the part about the swords disappearing. Doesn't Merry think something about the maker of that blade would have been pleased to know what it accomplished? --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 17:44, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::Hm, not that I can see, I'll keep looking around though, maybe I'm just going blind. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 18:03, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::Here it is. Merry stands as if from a trance after Éomer comes and leaves with the blessing of the now-dead Théoden. He looks down at the dagger, and saw his weapon there, and "the blade was smoking like a dry branch that has been thrust in a fire; and as he watched it, it writhed and withered and was consumed".<br /> <br /> {{quote|So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.|17 chapters after the actual killing of the Witch-king}}<br /> <br /> P.S. So many people are editing this that I can never get my quote in!<br /> EDIT: Augghh, lost the quote copy-pasting. Redoing. --[[User:Narfil Palùrfalas|Narfil Palùrfalas]] 18:07, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Ah! That's what I was looking for! Many thanks Narfil Palùrfalas. --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 18:09, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Plural Title==<br /> <br /> Keeping with our plural titles, should this be moved to [[Daggers of Westernesse]]? --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 18:14, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Well, for a start that would break the link that I've already made to it. --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 18:17, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Renaming==<br /> <br /> Is this the best title for this article? No where (that I can find) in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' are they actually named "Daggers of Westernesse" or "Swords of Westernesse", but Pippin's sword is ''described'' as "''written blade ''[sic]'' of Westernesse''". Whereas, Sam's swords is explicitly called (and listed in the Index) as "Barrow-blade". Am I missing something? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 08:41, 6 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :As nobody has responded, am I to assume that nobody minds my moving this article to "Barrow-blades"? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 14:24, 12 October 2010 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::I agree. Go ahead. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:24, 12 May 2023 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==Re-renaming==<br /> As per the above discussion, I believe that this page should be moved to [[Barrow-blades]]. Not only because of the above discussion, but also because the term “daggers of Westernesse” is never mentioned on the page itself.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 10:31, 1 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :As far as I am aware, they are never referred to as "Daggers of Westernesse" (though the name is quite cool). I'm with you on this one. The page name should be Barrow-blades as they are referred to in The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm. [[User:MOONBOLT|MOONBOLT]] ([[User talk:MOONBOLT|talk]]) 21:16, 20 May 2026 (UTC)</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Daggers_of_Westernesse&diff=438638 Daggers of Westernesse 2026-05-21T00:11:30Z

<p>MOONBOLT: MOONBOLT moved page Daggers of Westernesse to Barrow-blades over redirect: As discussed in the talk page, Barrow-blades are never referred to as "Daggers of Westernesse".</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Barrow-blades]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Barrow-blades&diff=438637 Barrow-blades 2026-05-21T00:11:30Z

<p>MOONBOLT: MOONBOLT moved page Daggers of Westernesse to Barrow-blades over redirect: As discussed in the talk page, Barrow-blades are never referred to as "Daggers of Westernesse".</p> <hr /> <div>{{object infobox<br /> | name=Barrow-blades<br /> | image = Stefano Baldo - Dagger of Westernesse.jpg<br /> | caption="Dagger of Westernesse" by [[:Category:Images by Stefano Baldo|Stefano Baldo]]<br /> | pronun=<br /> | othernames=<br /> | location=Found in the [[Barrow-downs]]<br /> | owner=[[Frodo Baggins]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]], [[Peregrin Took]], and [[Samwise Gamgee]]<br /> | type=Sword<br /> | appearance=Long, leaf-shaped, damasked with serpent-forms in red and gold<br /> | creator=[[Dúnedain]] of [[Cardolan]]<br /> | created=During the [[Angmar conflict|conflict]] with [[Angmar]]<br /> | createdlocation=[[Cardolan]]<br /> | destroyer=<br /> | destroyed=[[13 October]] {{TA|3018}}, [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}<br /> | destroyedlocation=[[Ford of Bruinen]], [[Pelennor Fields]]<br /> | notablefor=Cutting a sinew of the [[Witch-king]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''Barrow-blades'''<ref name="Bridge">{{FR|Bridge}}, p. 325</ref> were weapons that [[Tom Bombadil]] brought out of the mound in which [[Frodo Baggins]] and his friends had been imprisoned. Each Barrow-blade had a long, leaf-shaped blade, damasked with serpent-forms in red and gold. They had black sheaths of an unknown metal, light and strong, adorned with fiery stones. Despite their great age they were sharp and unrusted by time.<ref name="Barrow">{{FR|Barrow}}, pp. 145-6</ref><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> The Barrow-blades were created by the [[Dúnedain]] of [[Cardolan]] during their war against the [[Witch-king|Witch-king of Angmar]]. They were made for fighting forces sent from [[Angmar]].<ref name="Barrow" /> After the fall of Cardolan, at least four of these Barrow-blades ended up in the tomb<ref name="Barrow" /> of which it was said that it was the grave of the last prince of that realm who fell in {{TA|1409}}.<ref>{{App|Eriador}}, entry for King Argeleb II, p. 1041</ref><br /> <br /> On [[28 September]] {{TA|3018}},<ref name="Great">{{App|Great}}</ref>{{rp|1091}} Frodo, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]], and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] became lost in the [[Barrow-downs]] and were captured by one of the [[Barrow-wights|wights]] and imprisoned in the tomb. Frodo was able to call [[Tom Bombadil]] to their aid, and he opened the tomb and drove the wight away. Tom gave each of them a Barrow-blade from the tomb and told them their history.<ref name="Barrow" /><br /> <br /> On [[13 October]],<ref name="Great" />{{rp|1092}} at the [[Ford of Bruinen]] the Witch-king raised up his hand and Frodo's Barrow-blade broke and fell out of his shaking hand.<ref>{{FR|Flight}}, p. 214</ref> The pieces were recovered and passed into the possession of [[Bilbo Baggins]]. Failing to have the blade repaired by elven-smiths, he gifted Frodo with [[Sting]] as a replacement.<ref>{{FR|South}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 January]] {{TA|3019}},<ref name="Great" />{{rp|1092}} Sam felled an [[Orcs|Orc]] with a thrust with his Barrow-blade in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]].<ref name="Bridge" /><br /> <br /> On [[26 February]],<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, February 26, p. 1092</ref> Pippin and Merry had drawn their swords to defend themselves against a group of Orcs in the woods near [[Amon Hen]] and Merry cut off several of the arms and hands of the Orcs with his Barrow-blade before they were captured by the Orcs.<ref>{{TT|Uruk}}, p. 444</ref> The Orcs cast the weapons away in fear, and they were found and recovered by [[Aragorn]].<ref>{{TT|Departure}}, p. 415</ref> He would return the weapons to Merry and Pippin upon their reunion at [[Isengard]].<ref>{{TT|Flotsam}}, p. 564</ref><br /> <br /> On [[6 March]],<ref name="Great" />{{rp|1093}} in the [[Hornburg]] Merry laid his sword in the lap of King [[Théoden]] offering service to him. The king gladly made Merry an esquire of [[Rohan]] of the household of [[Meduseld]].<ref>{{RK|Company}}, p. 777</ref><br /> <br /> When Pippin came before [[Denethor]] in [[Minas Tirith]] on [[9 March]],<ref>{{App|Great}}}, entry for the year 3019, March 9, p. 1093</ref> he offered his sword to the Steward in token of service. Denethor smiled at first but was impressed by the Barrow-blade, recognizing it as coming from his own [[Dúnedain of Arnor|kindred in the North]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, pp. 755-6</ref><br /> [[File:Anke Eißmann - The Ride of the Rohirrim.jpg|left|thumb|''The Ride of the Rohirrim'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]<br /> On [[13 March]],<ref name="Great" />{{rp|1093}} the the monstrous spider [[Shelob]] stung Frodo and Sam picked up Frodo's sword [[Sting]], which had fallen to the ground, to fight against Shelob. Sam believed Frodo to be dead who had been incapacitated by the poison on Shelob's sting and left his Barrow-blade beside the unconscious Frodo. A patrol of Orcs found the unconscious Frodo and took him and Sam's Barrow-blade with them to the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]]. The Orcs were under orders to send a full description of every weapon or ring of any trespasser they had found to [[Barad-dûr|Lugbúrz]].<ref>{{TT|Choices}}, pp. 731, 735-40</ref> Sam's Barrow-blade was probably taken by [[Shagrat]] to Barad-dûr after Shagrat had fled from the Tower of Cirith Ungol with a heavy bundle.<br /> <br /> On [[15 March]],<ref name="Great" />{{rp|1094}} during the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], Merry stabbed the Witch-king from behind and pierced his sinew in the back of the knee with his Barrow-blade, which enabled [[Éowyn]] to thrust her sword into his face.<ref name="Battle">{{RK|Battle}}, pp. 841-4</ref><br /> <br /> The Barrow-blade that Merry stabbed into the Witch-king had a power beyond mere metal, for it broke the spell that linked the will of the Ringwraith to his unseen sinews. However, after Merry's blow the blade of the sword writhed and withered, vanishing like a dry branch in a fire. Thus while the Barrow-blade was created centuries before to battle against the forces of Angmar, it contributed to the demise of the Witch-king.<ref name="Battle" /><br /> <br /> {{blockquote|So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.|''The Return of the King'', "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"}}<br /> <br /> On [[25 March]],<ref name="Great" />{{rp|1094}} the [[Mouth of Sauron]] showed Sam's sword to [[Gandalf]] during a parley in front of the [[Black Gate]] and Gandalf seized it from him before he rejected the terms offered by [[Sauron]]. During the following [[Battle of the Morannon]], Pippin stabbed the great troll-chief of a company of [[Hill-trolls]] from [[Gorgoroth]] with his barrow-blade causing the troll to lose a lot of blood and to crash down.<ref>{{RK|Gate}}, pp. 889-92</ref><br /> <br /> On [[8 April]],<ref name="Chief">{{App|Chief}}, pp. 1095-6</ref> Gandalf returned Sam's Barrow-blade to Sam when they rested in the [[Field of Cormallen]] after the Battle of the Morannon.<ref>{{RK|Cormallen}}, p. 954</ref><br /> <br /> On [[2 November]],<ref name="Chief" /> Pippin drew his Barrow-blade and threatened to use it, referring to it as "this troll's bane", and Sam also drew his sword to support him when they were confronted by [[Ruffians]] at [[Bywater]].<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}, p. 1005</ref><br /> <br /> On [[3 November]],<ref name="Chief" /> during the [[Battle of Bywater]] in [[The Shire]] Pippin probably used his Barrow-blade when he and Merry charged the Ruffians.<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}, p. 1015</ref><br /> <br /> ==Inspiration==<br /> Swords that dwindle can be seen in the ''Volsungasaga'' and the ''Nibelungenlied''. In ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]'', the sword melts "like ice" after decapitating Grendel and his mother.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/app/uploads/2016/11/Anglo-Saxon-Part-2.pdf|articlename=Tolkien Society Anglo-Saxon Study Pack 2|website=TS|accessed=30 May 2022}}</ref><br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> <br /> {{weapons}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Knives]]<br /> <br /> [[fi:Hautakumpujen miekat]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barrow-blades&diff=438636 Talk:Barrow-blades 2026-05-20T21:16:44Z

<p>MOONBOLT: /* Re-renaming */ Reply</p> <hr /> <div>--[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 18:09, 19 October 2006 (EDT)Anyone have the actual quotation from ''The Return of the King'' when Merry stabs the Witch King? --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 17:06, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> {{quote|But suddenly he too stumbled forward with a cry of bitter pain, and his stroke went wide, driving into the ground. Merry's sword had stabbed him from behind, shearing through the black mantle, and passing up beneath the hauberk had pierced the sinew behind his mighty knee.|[[The Return of the King]], [[The Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]}}<br /> There you go :) Quotes are definitely something we need more of, I'd like to have a quote on every article. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 17:15, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Seems like there was more to it than that. Isn't there a line about it breaking the spell on his invisible flesh, or some such? Maybe around when Eowyn throws her shot? --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 17:20, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::Hm, not that I can find. The rest goes on a bit about the [[Witch-king]] crying and vanishing and the swords disappearing but nothing really related to the Dagger, the above quote is probably the best. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 17:30, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::If memory serves, there's more on the WiKi in the chapter ''The Council of Elrond''. I could be wrong, though ... --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 17:32, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ::Whoa! Hyarion, look back at the part about the swords disappearing. Doesn't Merry think something about the maker of that blade would have been pleased to know what it accomplished? --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 17:44, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::Hm, not that I can see, I'll keep looking around though, maybe I'm just going blind. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 18:03, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :::Here it is. Merry stands as if from a trance after Éomer comes and leaves with the blessing of the now-dead Théoden. He looks down at the dagger, and saw his weapon there, and "the blade was smoking like a dry branch that has been thrust in a fire; and as he watched it, it writhed and withered and was consumed".<br /> <br /> {{quote|So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.|17 chapters after the actual killing of the Witch-king}}<br /> <br /> P.S. So many people are editing this that I can never get my quote in!<br /> EDIT: Augghh, lost the quote copy-pasting. Redoing. --[[User:Narfil Palùrfalas|Narfil Palùrfalas]] 18:07, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> :Ah! That's what I was looking for! Many thanks Narfil Palùrfalas. --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 18:09, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Plural Title==<br /> <br /> Keeping with our plural titles, should this be moved to [[Daggers of Westernesse]]? --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 18:14, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> Well, for a start that would break the link that I've already made to it. --[[User:Ted C|Ted C]] 18:17, 19 October 2006 (EDT)<br /> <br /> ==Renaming==<br /> <br /> Is this the best title for this article? No where (that I can find) in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' are they actually named "Daggers of Westernesse" or "Swords of Westernesse", but Pippin's sword is ''described'' as "''written blade ''[sic]'' of Westernesse''". Whereas, Sam's swords is explicitly called (and listed in the Index) as "Barrow-blade". Am I missing something? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 08:41, 6 August 2010 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :As nobody has responded, am I to assume that nobody minds my moving this article to "Barrow-blades"? --{{User:Mith/sig}} 14:24, 12 October 2010 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::I agree. Go ahead. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:24, 12 May 2023 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ==Re-renaming==<br /> As per the above discussion, I believe that this page should be moved to [[Barrow-blades]]. Not only because of the above discussion, but also because the term “daggers of Westernesse” is never mentioned on the page itself.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 10:31, 1 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :As far as I am aware, they are never referred to as "Daggers of Westernesse" (though the name is quite cool). I'm with you on this one. The page name should be Barrow-blades as they are referred to in The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm. [[User:MOONBOLT|MOONBOLT]] ([[User talk:MOONBOLT|talk]]) 21:16, 20 May 2026 (UTC)</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Aman&diff=438616 Aman 2026-05-19T10:49:47Z

<p>MOONBOLT: Added "Faerie" to the infobox under "Other names" section, as it is used in The Hobbit to allude to Aman during the chapter "Flies and Spiders".</p> <hr /> <div>{{location infobox<br /> | name=Aman<br /> | image=Ted Nasmith - The Shores of Valinor.jpg<br /> | caption="The Shores of Valinor" by [[Ted Nasmith]]<br /> | pronun=<br /> | othernames=''Avon'' ([[Sindarin|S]])<br />''Amatthāni'' ([[Adûnaic|A]])<br />The West<br />[[Undying Lands]]<br />Blessed Realm<br />Uttermost West<br />[[Faerie]]<br /> | location=West of [[Belegaer]], east of [[Ekkaia]]<br /> | type=Continent<br /> | description=<br /> | regions=[[Araman]], [[Avathar]], [[Eldamar]], [[Gardens of Lórien]], [[Halls of Mandos]], [[Tol Eressëa]], [[Valinor]]<br /> | towns=[[Valimar]] (capital)<br/>[[Alqualondë]], [[Avallonë]], [[Formenos]], [[Ilmarin]], [[Tirion]]<br /> | inhabitants=[[Valar]], [[Maiar]], [[Vanyar]], [[Noldor]], [[Teleri]]<br /> | created=Between {{VY|3450}} & {{VY|3500|n}}<br /> | destroyed={{SA|3319}}<br /> | events=[[Darkening of Valinor]]<br/>[[Flight of the Noldor]]<br/>Destruction of the [[Great Armament]]<br/>[[Changing of the World]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Quote|"We look towards [[Númenor]] that was, and beyond to [[Eldamar|Elvenhome]] that is, and to that which is beyond Elvenhome and will ever be.|[[Faramir]], ''[[The Two Towers]]'', "[[The Window on the West]]"}}<br /> '''Aman''', the '''Blessed Realm''', was a continent that lay to the west of [[Middle-earth]], across the great ocean [[Belegaer]]. It contained [[Valinor]], the home of the [[Valar]], and [[Eldamar]], the kingdom of the [[Calaquendi]].<br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> [[File:Steven White Jr. - Valinor.gif|150px|thumb|Map of Aman by [[User:Smeagol|Steven White Jr.]]]]<br /> ===Geography===<br /> The continent of Aman had great oceans on both sides, [[Ekkaia]] to the west and [[Belegaer]] to the east. When the Valar chose this land for their dwelling they needed a defence against [[Melkor]] and thus upon Aman's [[Haerast|eastern coast]] they raised the [[Pelóri]], the highest mountains on earth, of which [[Taniquetil]] was the tallest of all. Upon this peak were the thrones of [[Manwë]] and [[Varda]].<br /> <br /> Behind the mountain wall was established the domain of [[Valinor]] which became more beautiful than Middle-earth in the [[Spring of Arda]]. <br /> <br /> Through the Pelóri was opened a pass, the [[Calacirya]], which brought light to the narrow coastland of [[Eldamar]] and the island of [[Tol Eressëa]].<ref name="Eldamar">{{S|Princes}}</ref> Also beyond the mountain wall were two more regions of Aman: [[Araman]] to the northeast<ref name="Flight">{{S|Flight}}</ref> and [[Avathar]] to the southeast. On the shores of Araman there was a land of mist called [[Oiomúrë]], which [[Fingolfin]] passed through during the [[flight of the Noldor]], and [[Ungoliant]] had managed to escape notice in Avathar.<ref>{{S|Darkening}}</ref> <br /> <br /> In the north Aman was separated from Middle-earth by the narrow straits of the [[Helcaraxë]]. These ice-filled straits served as a path for Melkor and later the host of [[Fingolfin]] to return to Middle-earth.<ref name="Flight"/><br /> <br /> The Valar later set the [[Enchanted Isles]] in the ocean to prevent travelers by sea from reaching Aman.<ref name="Sun">{{S|Sun}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Flora and fauna===<br /> The ''[[olvar]]'' (plants) and ''[[kelvar]]'' (animals) in Aman were sometimes different from those of Middle-earth, though they were in essence "ordinary beasts and plants with usual conditions of mortality".<ref>{{ER|R2}}, p. 150</ref><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> {{Pronounce|Aman.mp3|Ardamir}}<br /> The [[Quenya]] name ''Aman'' is glossed as "Blessed Land",<ref name=VT49>{{VT|49a}}, pp. 26-7</ref> or "blessed, free from evil"<ref>{{WJ|P4}}, p. 399</ref> or "The Unmarred State".<ref>{{LT1|IIIn}}</ref> <br /> <br /> The etymology of the name ''Aman'' changed over time in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings. In early linguistic writings, ''Aman'' was intended to be a "native [[Quenya]] form", derived from the root MAN ("good"). However, in later writings (such as ''[[Quendi and Eldar]]''), the name is said to derive from a [[Valarin]] word.<ref name=VT49/><br /> <br /> ===Other names===<br /> Its [[Sindarin]] name was '''''Avon''''' ("Unmarred State").<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 162</ref><br /> <br /> Aman was also called the Ancient West,<ref>{{S|IV}}</ref> Blessed Realm<ref>{{S|Index}}, entries "Aman" and "Blessed Realm"</ref> and the [[Undying Lands]]<ref>{{App|Numenor}}</ref> or just [[Valinor]]. In [[Adûnaic]] it was called '''''Amatthāni'''''.<ref>{{SD|Footnotes}}, p. 435</ref> In ''[[The Hobbit]]'' Tolkien also calls this continent "Faerie in the West".<ref>{{H|Flies}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Immortality==<br /> [[Robert Foster]] said in his foreword to ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' that he did not provide death dates for protagonists who sailed in the West "''for they still live''". Steuard Jensen, while noting that Tolkien "''seems to have been initially unsure''" if the "''mortals who sailed to the West would remain mortal''", comments that there are strong arguments in favour of the opposite view, citing from two letters by Tolkien:<ref>{{webcite|author=Steuard Jensen|articleurl=http://tolkien.slimy.com/faq/History.html#MortalsWest|articlename=Did Frodo and the other mortals who passed over the Sea eventually die?|dated=|website=FAQ|accessed=25 March 2012}}</ref><br /> <br /> {{blockquote|...certain 'mortals', who have played some great part in Elvish affairs, may pass with the Elves to Elvenhome...I have said nothing about it in this book [''The Lord of the Rings''], but the mythical idea underlying is that for mortals, since their 'kind' cannot be changed for ever, this is strictly only a temporary reward: a healing and redress of suffering. They cannot abide for ever, and though they cannot return to mortal earth, they can and will 'die' - of free will, and leave the world.|[[Letter 154]]}}<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|Frodo was sent or allowed to pass over Sea to heal him - if that could be done, before he died. He would have eventually to 'pass away': no mortal could, or can, abide for ever on earth, or within Time.|[[Letter 246]]}}<br /> <br /> Other important arguments against the immortality of the mortals who sailed to Aman can be found in another letter and in a passage from ''[[The Akallabêth]]'':<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|As for ''Frodo'' or other mortals, they could only dwell in ''Aman'' for a limited time - whether brief or long. The ''Valar'' had neither the power nor the right to confer 'immortality' upon them. Their sojourn was a 'purgatory', but one of peace and healing and they would eventually pass away (''die'' at their own desire and of free will) to destinations of which the Elves knew nothing."|[[Letter 325]]}}<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|The Eldar reported these words to the Valar, and Manwë was grieved, seeing a cloud gather on the noontide of Númenor. And he sent messengers to the Dúnedain, who spoke earnestly to the King, and to all who would listen, concerning the fate and fashion of the world.<br/><br/>‘The Doom of the World,’ they said, ‘One alone can change who made it. And were you so to voyage that escaping all deceits and snares you came indeed to Aman, the Blessed Realm, little would it profit you. For it is not the land of Manwë that makes its people deathless, but the Deathless that dwell therein have hallowed the land; and there you would but wither and grow weary the sooner, as moths in a light too strong and steadfast.’|''[[Akallabeth]]''}}<br /> <br /> The Undying Lands were likely thus called like that because immortals dwelt in them, not because they granted immortality.<br /> <br /> ==Other versions of the legendarium==<br /> In his later life, Tolkien pondered the fate of Aman after Eru's intervention. Since Aman was indeed a physical or "real" place, any true removal of it would have had to be physical as well. Therefore, unlike in previous versions of the legendarium where Aman was ambiguously rendered inaccessible to mortals but still a part of Arda, Tolkien decided that Aman would have been greatly changed by Eru during his catastrophic intervention. The landmass once known as Aman would eventually become the American continents: "''Aman and Eressëa would be the memory of the Valar and Elves of the former land''". He also changed his mind regarding what exactly the term "Aman" would refer to.<ref name=Nature>{{NM|P3xv}}</ref><br /> <br /> This would seem to suggest that said beings would enter into some form of incorporeal existence and no longer be physically present. This contradicts Tolkien's own earlier writings, such as Frodo going to Tol Eressëa in the flesh,<ref name=Nature/> or several of his letters, wherein Tolkien confirms that mortals would indeed die in Aman, which they could not do if they went to some form of non-corporeal existence.<ref>{{L|154}}</ref><br /> ==Inspiration==<br /> The concept of the "Paradise in the West", a happy, deathless land outside time, is an old idea. In classical times some earthly afterlife was imagined with Elysium at the "world's end", and some Greek heroes who dwell serenely in "the isles of the blessed". Other later concepts came mainly from the northern Europe, although those Paradises were not associated with afterlife; they could occasionally be encountered by travelling mortals, like [[Faerie]], when the gods allowed it. [[Ireland]] had rich [[Celtic]] traditions of such travels, not only in the underground Otherworld, but also over the sea. During the Christian eras the ''imrama'' literature of fantastic ocean voyages, often by monks, flourished. One of them was the travel of [[Saint Brendan]], about which Tolkien composed [[Imram|a poem]], with elements of his Legendarium: [[Númenor]], [[Tol Eressea]], and the [[Straight Road]].<ref name=roche/><br /> <br /> In ''[[The Lost Road]]'' Tolkien made specific mention of those utopian myths. In the episode set in Anglo-Saxon times, [[Eädwine (son of Ælfwine)|Éadwine]] has heard strange tales from Ireland and wants to sail West like Brendan and Maelduin, hoping to find Paradise. The story of [[King Sheave]] also shows that there is such a place reachable by ship.<ref group=note>Regarding the Viking sea-burial as seen in the legend of [[King Sheave|King Sheaf]], Tolkien says that "an actual belief in a magical land or otherworld located 'over the sea' can hardly be distinguished." Quoted in {{LR|P1III3}}, p. 95-96</ref> Other notes planned a story of Tir-nan-Og that wasn't written.<ref>{{LR|P1III3}}, p. 77-80</ref><br /> <br /> According to Norma Roche, the concept of a western Paradise was recurring in Tolkien's legendarium and a vital part of it, including the regret for its loss. The pattern of [[Eriol]] and later [[Ælfwine]] belong to this example, as mortals who somehow reached the Blessed Realm, forming the frame story for the Legendarium.<ref name=roche>Roche, Norma (1991) "[https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol17/iss4/3 Sailing West: Tolkien, the Saint Brendan Story, and the Idea of Paradise in the West]", [[Mythlore]]: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: [[Mythlore 17|Vol. 17]]: No. 4, Article 3.</ref><br /> <br /> {{references|n}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Aman| ]]<br /> [[Category:Regions]]<br /> [[Category:Quenya locations]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Aman]]<br /> [[fi:Aman]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo/geographie/regions/aman]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Three_Elderwomen_of_the_Elves&diff=418951 Talk:Three Elderwomen of the Elves 2025-02-24T05:13:29Z

<p>MOONBOLT: /* Already has a name */ Reply</p> <hr /> <div>==Already has a name==<br /> <br /> Why isn't this article called the '''Three Elderwomen of the Elves'''? It's an actual term that Tolkien used. [[User:IvarTheBoneless|IvarTheBoneless]] ([[User talk:IvarTheBoneless|talk]]) 09:02, 18 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> :I believe that this page should be moved to [[Three Elderwomen of the Elves]].[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 21:49, 19 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> ::I agree. [[Special:Contributions/Mord|Mord]] 17:59, 20 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> :::Fourthed. --[[User:Oromë|Oromë]] ([[User talk:Oromë|talk]]) 02:50, 22 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> ::::Fifthed :) [[User:Hands of a healer|Hands of a healer]] ([[User talk:Hands of a healer|talk]]) 15:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC)<br /> :::::AND MY AXE! [[User:MOONBOLT|MOONBOLT]] ([[User talk:MOONBOLT|talk]]) 05:13, 24 February 2025 (UTC)</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=David_Day&diff=416208 David Day 2024-12-26T09:20:41Z

<p>MOONBOLT: quoteblock</p> <hr /> <div>{{author infobox<br /> | image=<br /> | name=David Day<br /> | born=[[14 October]] [[1947]]<ref name="Goodreads">{{webcite|website=[http://www.goodreads.com goodreads]|articleurl=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4945.David_Day|articlename=David Day (Author of A Tolkien Bestiary)|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref><br /> | died=<br /> | education=[[wikipedia:University of Victoria|University of Victoria]]<ref name="Goodreads"/><br /> | occupation=Author<br /> | location=Canada<br /> | website=[http://www.daviddaybooks.com DavidDayBooks.com]<br /> }}<br /> '''David Day''' is a Canadian author who has written a number of books, many of them are [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]-related. Primarily known for his reference books, starting with ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]'' in [[1978]], Day's books have sold over 3 million copies, and have been published in over 120 different editions in over 20 languages.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=489|articlename=DAY, David|website=[http://www.abcbookworld.com/ ABC Bookworld]|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref><br /> <br /> Despite the selling numbers, Day is notable for his tendency to fabricate false or inaccurate information in his writings, and his books have been repeatedly criticized by the Tolkien community.<br /> <br /> Day rejects the charge of inaccuracy, though he accepts that his reference books have been repackaged and reprinted by publishers under different titles.<ref name="Website">{{webcite|website=[http://www.daviddaybooks.com/ David Day's site]|articleurl=http://www.daviddaybooks.com/about2.html|articlename=Books to read|accessed=5 May 2021}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Reputation within the Tolkien community==<br /> [[The Tolkien Society]] does not recommend any of Day's books in their suggested readings (preferring [[Robert Foster]]'s ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' instead)<ref>{{webcite|website=TS|articleurl=http://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/books-about-tolkien/|articlename=Books about Tolkien|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref> whilst [[David Bratman]], editor of the ''[[Tolkien Studies (journal)|Tolkien Studies]]'' journal, makes the same suggestion that David Day's books are "Not Recommended".<ref>{{webcite|website=[https://www.dbratman.net/ David Bratman's Home Page]|articleurl=https://www.dbratman.net/tolkien_bib.html|articlename=Recommended books on Tolkien|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref> Troels Forchammer noted in his blog that "''Day is infamous in Tolkien circles for his creative re-interpretation of Tolkien's work''"<ref>{{webcite|website=[http://parmarkenta.blogspot.co.uk Parma-kenta]|articleurl=http://parmarkenta.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/tolkien-transactions-xxxiii.html|articlename=Tolkien Transactions XXXIII|dated=1 February 2013|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref> whilst [[Michael Martinez]] made the sterner observation that "''In Tolkien scholarship the worst insult one could deliver at any point for many years was equivalent to 'That sounds like something David Day wrote'.''"<ref>{{webcite|website=[http://blog.tolkien-studies.com/ Tolkien Studies Blog]|articleurl=http://blog.tolkien-studies.com/2007/03/07/why-wikipedia-content-cannot-be-trusted/|articlename=Why Wikipedia Content Cannot Be Trusted|dated=7 March 2007|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref><br /> <br /> Tolkien Meta-FAQ author Steuard Jensen said about ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]'' that "''it is not wise to rely on this book for information on Tolkien's vision of Middle-earth''" and that "''it is important to be aware that a considerable number of other details in those vivid descriptions were invented by Day himself with little or no justification in the texts, and that these extrapolations are not distinguished from the justified facts in any way''".<ref name="FAQ">{{webcite|website=FAQ|articleurl=http://tolkien.slimy.com/essays/DayBooks.html|articlename=Notes on David Day's Tolkien Books|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref> In particular, ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]'' (and its derivative ''[[Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia]]'') has been specifically criticised for its entries on [[Beren]], [[Giants]], [[long-worms]], [[Sauron]], [[Telcontar]]i.<ref name="FAQ" /><br /> <br /> Most of the criticism have been to the encyclopedia style books. More recently ''The Battles of Tolkien'' has been described saying:<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|One of the surprises to me is that this book contains genuinely new content; this isn’t just a rehashing of previous books. And the factual pieces of information on the battles and the characters are accurate: it was a pleasant surprise to me to find none of the painfully obvious errors that were common throughout the previous two books. Similarly, the chronologies – save for one inconsistency on the War of Wrath – were also accurate.|[[Shaun Gunner|Gunner, Shaun]]. "Review: ''The Battles of Tolkien''" in ''[[Amon Hen]]'' [[Amon Hen 267|267]]}} <br /> Having acknowledged that the book contains fewer factual errors than earlier books by Day, the reviewer describes it as "not a work of reference, but an attempt at analysis" and describing the analysis as "a bunch of clichéd theories that failed to stretch beyond a child pointing at things and exclaiming 'This is like that!'."<br /> <br /> ==A problematic map of Arda==<br /> ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]'' (1979) and later works includes a (unfortunately widespread) map that intentionally gives an overall view of all the lands over all the ages in a composite image. It include the Lamps, the Trees Of The Valar, Númenor, Beleriand, and the Undying Lands which never existed all at the same time. The map is criticized for differences from Tolkien's own maps such as "Map V" from the [[Ambarkanta maps|''Ambarkanta'' maps]].<ref>{{webcite|author=Stentor Danielson|website=[http://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/ Journal of Tolkien Research]|articleurl=http://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1171&context=journaloftolkienresearch|articlename=Extending Arda: Mapping beyond the Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion|accessed=21 January 2015}}</ref><br /> <br /> ''[[Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia]]'' has Geography section called "The Evolution of Arda" that has 8 maps that does show the evolution of the world map throughout the ages.<br /> <br /> The Tolkien community generally steers readers away from the Composite map and instead towards ''[[The Atlas of Middle-earth]]'' by [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]] (1981, revised 1991).<br /> <br /> ==Oxonmoot controversy==<br /> David Day attended [[Oxonmoot 2004]] yet failed to pay for his attendance. In the minutes of [[The Tolkien Society]] committee meeting held on 30 October 2004 it states that:<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|Chris ''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Chris Crawshaw]], Chairman]'' has also written to David Day to ask him to pay his registration for Oxonmoot. She was instructed by the meeting to keep badgering him about this, since he seems to feel his 'celebrity' status exempts him from such mundane details|[[Amon Hen 191|''Amon Hen'' 191]], p. 19}}<br /> <br /> Four months later in the minutes of a committee meeting held on the 26th February 2005 it is recorded:<br /> <br /> {{blockquote|Since David Day has still not paid his registration for Oxonmoot, it was agreed that he should be blacklisted for future events.|[[Amon Hen 193|''Amon Hen'' 193]], p. 17}}<br /> <br /> There are no other recorded incidents of [[The Tolkien Society]] blacklisting individuals from attending their events.<br /> <br /> ==Bibliography==<br /> *[[1979]]: ''[[A Tolkien Bestiary]]''<br /> **Also published as: ''Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary'', ''Characters from Tolkien''<br /> *[[1991]]: ''[[Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia]]''<br /> *[[1993]]: ''[[A to Z of Tolkien]]''<br /> **Also published as: ''The Tolkien Companion'', ''A Guide to Tolkien'', ''Tolkien: A Dictionary'', ''A Dictionary of Tolkien'' - (2013, "The World of Tolkien" set #1)<br /> *[[1994]]: ''[[Tolkien's Ring]]''<br /> *[[1997]]: ''[[The Hobbit Companion]]''<br /> *[[2003]]: ''[[The World of Tolkien]]: Mythological Sources of Lord of the Rings''<br /> *[[2015]]: ''[[An Atlas of Tolkien]]'' - ("The World of Tolkien" set #2)<br /> *[[2016]]: ''[[The Battles of Tolkien]]'' - ("The World of Tolkien" set #3)<br /> *[[2017]]: ''[[The Heroes of Tolkien]]'' - ("The World of Tolkien" set #4)<br /> *[[2018]]: ''[[The Dark Powers of Tolkien]]'' - ("The World of Tolkien" set #5)<br /> *[[2019]]: ''[[The Hobbits of Tolkien]]'' - ("The World of Tolkien" set #6)<br /> *[[2019]]: ''[[An Encyclopedia of Tolkien]]: The history and mythology that inspired Tolkien's world''<br /> **Also published as: ''A Dictionary of Sources of Tolkien: The history and mythology that inspired Tolkien's world''<br /> *[[2019]]: ''[[The Illustrated World of Tolkien]]''<br /> *[[2020]]: ''[[The Ring Legends of Tolkien]]'' - ("The World of Tolkien" set #7)<br /> *[[2023]]: ''[[The Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age]]''<br /> ;Others<br /> *[[2001]]: ''The Hobbit Calendar 2002''<br /> *[[2002]]: ''The Hobbit Calendar 2003''<br /> *[[2020]]: "The World of Tolkien" boxed set (including 6 volumes, later 7)<br /> <br /> <gallery mode="traditional" widths="150px" heights="150px"><br /> File:The World of Tolkien 6 vol.jpg|6 volume boxed set<br /> File:The World of Tolkien 7 vol.jpg|7 volume boxed set<br /> </gallery><br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.daviddaybooks.com '''Official website''']<br /> *[http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/David-Day/141023395 '''David Day at Simon & Schuster''']<br /> *[http://www.thunderbaybooks.com/search/David%20Day/ '''David Day at Thunder Bay Books''']<br /> <br /> {{references}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Day, David}}<br /> [[Category:Authors]]<br /> [[Category:Canadian people]]<br /> [[Category:People by name]]<br /> [[de:David Day]]<br /> [[fi:David Day]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Elmo&diff=416060 Talk:Elmo 2024-12-24T02:08:15Z

<p>MOONBOLT: /* But is he ticklish? */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>== But is he ticklish? ==<br /> <br /> And does he have a goldfish? [[User:MOONBOLT|MOONBOLT]] ([[User talk:MOONBOLT|talk]]) 02:08, 24 December 2024 (UTC)</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=415136 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-14T19:42:43Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Royal tombs of Minas Tirith}}<br /> {{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, entry for King Eärnur, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]], [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] and selected heroes of [[Gondor]] in the city of [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref><ref name="Pyre">{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852</ref><br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> The Houses of the Dead were located in '''the Hallows''',<ref name="Pyre" /><ref name="Theoden">{{RK|Steward}}, p. 969</ref> the Sacred Places of the tombs,<ref>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Hallows, The''', p. 771</ref> on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street" in [[Sindarin]])<ref name="Siege" /> at the height of the fifth wall of the city on a mountain shoulder that connected Mount [[Mindolluin]] with the [[Hill of Guard]]<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> on which Minas Tirith was built<ref>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Hill of Guard''', p. 772</ref>. Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor)<ref name="Siege" />.<br /> <br /> They were accessed through the [[Fen Hollen]] (the "Closed Door" in [[Sindarin]]) on the western side of the sixth wall of the city and then descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall. Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> The Houses of the Dead were pale domes with empty halls and images of the deceased men. The House of the Stewards contained a wide vaulted chamber and many rows of tables that were carved from marble. On each table lay the seemingly sleeping statue of a dead person with its hands folded and its head pillowed on the stone.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]]<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, ''Ruling Stewards'', p. 1039</ref> from {{TA|2050}}<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2050, p. 1087</ref> to {{TA|3019}}<ref name="Crowning">{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, May 1, p. 1095</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead <ref name=":0" />. It was placed there by Eärnil's son, [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref>{{App|South}}, ''Kings of Gondor'', Eärnur, p. 1039</ref>, when he accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] to single combat, after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> After he had succeeded in obtaining the help of an army of the [[Éothéod]] of King [[Eorl]] in a daring ride north to their land in the [[Vales of Anduin]] and died defending his lord Steward [[Cirion]] of Gondor, in the Battle of the Field of Celebrant<ref>{{UT|Ride}}</ref> in {{TA|2510}}<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2510, p. 1087</ref> the Gondorian messenger [[Borondir]] was buried in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{UT|8e}}, note 27</ref>. After [[Eorl]] had sworn the [[Oath of Eorl]] at the tomb of [[Elendil]] on [[Amon Anwar]], Cirion had the casket of Elendil moved to the Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith.<ref>{{UT|Tradition}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place,<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, March 15, p. 1093</ref> [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead<ref name="Siege" />. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather oil and dry wood and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set flame to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing fire.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, pp. 851-5</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]]<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref name="Crowning" />.<br /> <br /> After his death in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, King [[Théoden]] of [[Rohan]] was placed in a tomb in the Houses of the Dead among the Kings of Gondor,<ref name="Theoden" /> but on [[22 July]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Chief}}, entry for the year 3019, July 22, p. 1095</ref> his body was taken back to Rohan to be buried in a mound among the [[King of Rohan|Kings of Rohan]]<ref>{{RK|Partings}}, pp. 975-6</ref>.<br /> <br /> [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and Pippin were buried in the Houses of the Dead after {{FoA|63}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year 1484, p. 1098</ref> Their beds were placed beside the bed of King Elessar when he died on [[1 March]] {{FoA|120}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year 1541, p. 1098</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - Denethor - Houses of the Dead - Pyre.png|thumb|437x437px|Denethor atop Faramir's funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]<br /> '''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'']]'''<br /> :In [[Peter Jackson]]'s second film in his [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings film series'']], the tomb of Aragorn in the Houses of the Dead is depicted in a vision of [[Arwen]]'s when her father [[Elrond]] is warning her of Aragorn's mortal nature and the grief that will arise from it.<br /> <br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> :In Jackson's third film, Denethor perishes after setting flame to the funeral pyre he had created for Faramir in the Houses of the Dead.{{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=415135 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-14T19:28:44Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Royal tombs of Minas Tirith}}<br /> {{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, entry for King Eärnur, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]], [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] and selected heroes of [[Gondor]] in the city of [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref><ref name="Pyre">{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852</ref><br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> The Houses of the Dead were located in '''the Hallows''',<ref name="Pyre" /><ref name="Theoden">{{RK|Steward}}, p. 969</ref> the Sacred Places of the tombs,<ref>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Hallows, The''', p. 771</ref> on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street" in [[Sindarin]])<ref name="Siege" /> at the height of the fifth wall of the city on a mountain shoulder that connected Mount [[Mindolluin]] with the [[Hill of Guard]]<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> on which Minas Tirith was built<ref>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Hill of Guard''', p. 772</ref>. Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor)<ref name="Siege" />.<br /> <br /> They were accessed through the [[Fen Hollen]] (the "Closed Door" in [[Sindarin]]) on the western side of the sixth wall of the city and then descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall. Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> The Houses of the Dead were pale domes with empty halls and images of the deceased men. The House of the Stewards contained a wide vaulted chamber and many rows of tables that were carved from marble. On each table lay the seemingly sleeping statue of a dead person with its hands folded and its head pillowed on the stone.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]]<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, ''Ruling Stewards'', p. 1039</ref> from {{TA|2050}}<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2050, p. 1087</ref> to {{TA|3019}}<ref name="Crowning">{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, May 1, p. 1095</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead <ref name=":0" />. It was placed there by Eärnil's son, [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref>{{App|South}}, ''Kings of Gondor'', Eärnur, p. 1039</ref>, when he accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] to single combat, after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> After he had succeeded in obtaining the help of an army of the [[Éothéod]] of King [[Eorl]] in a daring ride north to their land in the [[Vales of Anduin]] and died defending his lord Steward [[Cirion]] of Gondor, in the Battle of the Field of Celebrant<ref>{{UT|Ride}}</ref> in {{TA|2510}}<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2510, p. 1087</ref> the Gondorian messenger [[Borondir]] was buried in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{UT|8e}}, note 27</ref>. After [[Eorl]] had sworn the [[Oath of Eorl]] at the tomb of [[Elendil]] on [[Amon Anwar]], Cirion had the casket of Elendil moved to the Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith.<ref>{{UT|Tradition}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place,<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, March 15, p. 1093</ref> [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead<ref name="Siege" />. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather oil and dry wood and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set flame to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing fire.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, pp. 851-5</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]]<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref name="Crowning" />.<br /> <br /> After his death in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, King [[Théoden]] of [[Rohan]] was placed in a tomb in the Houses of the Dead among the Kings of Gondor,<ref name="Theoden" /> but on [[22 July]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Chief}}, entry for the year 3019, July 22, p. 1095</ref> his body was taken back to Rohan to be buried in a mound among the [[King of Rohan|Kings of Rohan]]<ref>{{RK|Partings}}, pp. 975-6</ref>.<br /> <br /> [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and Pippin were buried in the Houses of the Dead after {{FoA|63}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year 1484, p. 1098</ref> Their beds were placed beside the bed of King Elessar when he died on [[1 March]] {{FoA|120}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year 1541, p. 1098</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - Denethor - Houses of the Dead - Pyre.png|thumb|437x437px|Denethor atop Faramir's funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]<br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[2003]] film, Denethor perishes after setting flame to the funeral pyre he had created for Faramir in the Houses of the Dead.{{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=415134 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-14T19:20:47Z

<p>MOONBOLT: Fixed spelling, replaced "arms folded" with "hands folded" as it is in the book as these refer to two different poses with your arms/hands.</p> <hr /> <div>{{short description|Royal tombs of Minas Tirith}}<br /> {{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, entry for King Eärnur, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]], [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] and selected heroes of [[Gondor]] in the city of [[Minas Tirith]].<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref><ref name="Pyre">{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852</ref><br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> The Houses of the Dead were located in '''the Hallows''',<ref name="Pyre" /><ref name="Theoden">{{RK|Steward}}, p. 969</ref> the Sacred Places of the tombs,<ref>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Hallows, The''', p. 771</ref> on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street" in [[Sindarin]])<ref name="Siege" /> at the height of the fifth wall of the city on a mountain shoulder that connected Mount [[Mindolluin]] with the [[Hill of Guard]]<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> on which Minas Tirith was built<ref>{{HM|N}}, entry '''Hill of Guard''', p. 772</ref>. Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor)<ref name="Siege" />.<br /> <br /> They were accessed through the [[Fen Hollen]] (the "Closed Door" in [[Sindarin]]) on the western side of the sixth wall of the city and then descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall. Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> The Houses of the Dead were pale domes with empty halls and images of the deceased men. The House of the Stewards contained a wide vaulted chamber and many rows of tables that were carved from marble. On each table lay the seemingly sleeping statue of a dead person with its hands folded and its head pillowed on the stone.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]]<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, ''Ruling Stewards'', p. 1039</ref> from {{TA|2050}}<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2050, p. 1087</ref> to {{TA|3019}}<ref name="Crowning">{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, May 1, p. 1095</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead <ref name=":0" />. It was placed there by Eärnil's son, [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref>{{App|South}}, ''Kings of Gondor'', Eärnur, p. 1039</ref>, when he accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] to single combat, after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> After he had succeeded in obtaining the help of an army of the [[Éothéod]] of King [[Eorl]] in a daring ride north to their land in the [[Vales of Anduin]] and died defending his lord Steward [[Cirion]] of Gondor, in the Battle of the Field of Celebrant<ref>{{UT|Ride}}</ref> in {{TA|2510}}<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 2510, p. 1087</ref> the Gondorian messenger [[Borondir]] was buried in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{UT|8e}}, note 27</ref>. After [[Eorl]] had sworn the [[Oath of Eorl]] at the tomb of [[Elendil]] on [[Amon Anwar]], Cirion had the casket of Elendil moved to the Houses of the Dead in Minas Tirith.<ref>{{UT|Tradition}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place,<ref>{{App|Great}}, entry for the year 3019, March 15, p. 1093</ref> [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead<ref name="Siege" />. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather dry wood and oil and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set flame to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing fire.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, pp. 851-5</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]]<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref name="Crowning" />.<br /> <br /> After his death in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields King [[Théoden]] of [[Rohan]] was placed in a tomb in the Houses of the Dead among the Kings of Gondor,<ref name="Theoden" /> but on [[22 July]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Chief}}, entry for the year 3019, July 22, p. 1095</ref> his body was taken back to Rohan to be buried in a mound among the Kings of Rohan<ref>{{RK|Partings}}, pp. 975-6</ref>.<br /> <br /> [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and Pippin were buried in the Houses of the Dead after {{FoA|63}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year 1484, p. 1098</ref> Their beds were placed beside the bed of King Elessar when he died on [[1 March]] {{FoA|120}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}, entry for the year 1541, p. 1098</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - Denethor - Houses of the Dead - Pyre.png|thumb|437x437px|Denethor atop Faramir's funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]<br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[2003]] film, Denethor perishes after setting flame to the funeral pyre he had created for Faramir in the Houses of the Dead.{{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: /* Merge with the Houses of the Dead? */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>== Merge with the Houses of the Dead? ==<br /> <br /> I think this page should be merged with the Houses of the Dead, as it is used to refer to the same place, and the events that transpire within it are the same events. [[User:MOONBOLT|MOONBOLT]] ([[User talk:MOONBOLT|talk]]) 18:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=414923 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-13T00:09:53Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the royal tombs located on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street") and situated at the height of the fifth wall of the city. They were built on a mountain shoulder that connected the [[Hill of Guard]] with Mount [[Mindolluin]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref>).<br /> <br /> Access was through the locked [[Fen Hollen]] on the western side of the sixth wall of the city, descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall.<ref name="Siege" /> Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]] from {{TA|2050}} to {{TA|3019}}<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, p. 1039</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead. It was placed there after Eärnil's son [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref name=":1" />, accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] during the [[Angmar conflict]], after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place, [[Peregrin|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather dry wood and oil and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set flame to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing fire.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852-855</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]] on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}, p. 1095, entry for May 1</ref>. <br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - Denethor - Houses of the Dead - Pyre.png|thumb|437x437px|Denethor atop Faramir's funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]<br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[2003]] film, Denethor perishes after setting flame to the funeral pyre he had created for Faramir in the Houses of the Dead.{{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=414922 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-13T00:08:26Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the royal tombs located on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street") and situated at the height of the fifth wall of the city. They were built on a mountain shoulder that connected the [[Hill of Guard]] with Mount [[Mindolluin]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref>).<br /> <br /> Access was through the locked [[Fen Hollen]] on the western side of the sixth wall of the city, descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall.<ref name="Siege" /> Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]] from {{TA|2050}} to {{TA|3019}}<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, p. 1039</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead. It was placed there after Eärnil's son [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref name=":1" />, accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] during the [[Angmar conflict]], after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place, [[Peregrin|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather dry wood and oil and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set fire to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing flames.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852-855</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]] on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}, p. 1095, entry for May 1</ref>. <br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - Denethor - Houses of the Dead - Pyre.png|thumb|437x437px|Denethor atop Faramir's funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]<br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[2003]] film, Denethor perishes after setting the flame to the funeral pyre he had created for Faramir in the Houses of the Dead.{{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: added portrayal in adaptations</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the royal tombs located on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street") and situated at the height of the fifth wall of the city. They were built on a mountain shoulder that connected the [[Hill of Guard]] with Mount [[Mindolluin]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref>).<br /> <br /> Access was through the locked [[Fen Hollen]] on the western side of the sixth wall of the city, descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall.<ref name="Siege" /> Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]] from {{TA|2050}} to {{TA|3019}}<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, p. 1039</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead. It was placed there after Eärnil's son [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref name=":1" />, accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] during the [[Angmar conflict]], after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place, [[Peregrin|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather dry wood and oil and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set fire to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing flames.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852-855</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]] on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}, p. 1095, entry for May 1</ref>. <br /> <br /> == Portrayal in adaptations ==<br /> [[File:Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - Denethor - Houses of the Dead - Pyre.png|thumb|437x437px|Denethor atop Faramir's funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]<br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> In [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[2003]] film, the entry to the Houses of the Dead is depicted as the location where Denethor perishes after setting the funeral pyre he had created for Faramir.{{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: Denethor atop a funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> Denethor atop a funeral pyre in the Houses of the Dead in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.<br /> == Licensing ==<br /> {{Fairuse-Newlinecinema}}</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=414919 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-12T23:53:08Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the royal tombs located on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street") and situated at the height of the fifth wall of the city. They were built on a mountain shoulder that connected the [[Hill of Guard]] with Mount [[Mindolluin]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref>).<br /> <br /> Access was through the locked [[Fen Hollen]] on the western side of the sixth wall of the city, descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall.<ref name="Siege" /> Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]] from {{TA|2050}} to {{TA|3019}}<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, p. 1039</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead. It was placed there after Eärnil's son [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref name=":1" />, accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] during the [[Angmar conflict]], after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place, [[Peregrin|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather dry wood and oil and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set fire to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing flames.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852-855</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its resting place in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar [[House of Telcontar|Telcontar]] on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}, p. 1095, entry for May 1</ref>. <br /> <br /> {{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Houses_of_the_Dead&diff=414917 Houses of the Dead 2024-12-12T23:35:22Z

<p>MOONBOLT: Reworded intro, added History section with references.</p> <hr /> <div>{{disambig-two|the tombs in [[Minas Tirith]]|Houses of the Dead in [[Valinor]]|[[Halls of Mandos]]}}<br /> [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Domes of the Dead.jpg|thumb|''The Domes of the Dead'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br /> The '''Houses of the Dead'''<ref name=":0">{{App|Gondor}}, p. 1052</ref> was the name given to the royal tombs located on the western side of [[Minas Tirith]] along the [[Rath Dínen]] (the "Silent Street") and situated at the height of the fifth wall of the city. They were built on a mountain shoulder that connected the [[Hill of Guard]] with Mount [[Mindolluin]].<ref>{{RK|MT}}, p. 752</ref> Among these tombs were the [[House of the Kings]]<ref>{{App|Tale}}, p. 1062</ref> (the tombs of the [[Kings of Gondor|Kings]] of [[Gondor]]) and the [[House of the Stewards]]<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 851</ref> (the tombs of the [[Stewards of Gondor|Stewards]] of Gondor<ref name="Siege">{{RK|Siege}}, p. 826</ref>).<br /> <br /> Access was through the locked [[Fen Hollen]] on the western side of the sixth wall of the city, descending on a winding road that went down in many curves to the narrow land under the shadow of Mount Mindolluin's precipice at the height of the fifth wall.<ref name="Siege" /> Fen Hollen was kept closed except during funerals. Only the Lord of the City and the employees who tended the Houses of the Dead were allowed to enter through it.<ref name="Siege" /><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> During the time of the [[Ruling Stewards]] from {{TA|2050}} to {{TA|3019}}<ref name=":1">{{App|South}}, p. 1039</ref>, the [[Crown of Gondor|crown]] of [[Elendil]] lay in the lap of King [[Eärnil II]] in the Houses of the Dead. It was placed there after Eärnil's son [[Eärnur]], the last king of the line of [[Anárion]]<ref name=":1" />, accepted the challenge of the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] during the [[Angmar conflict]], after which he rode to [[Minas Morgul]] and was never seen again.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> On [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}, as the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] took place, [[Peregrin|Pippin]] followed the steward [[Denethor II|Denethor]] into the Houses of the Dead. Despairing at the siege, the death of his son [[Boromir]], and the wounding of his son [[Faramir]], Denethor laid on a table beside the still alive (though unconscious) Faramir and asked Pippin to gather dry wood and oil and set them aflame. Pippin fled the house in terror to seek the aid of [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Siege" /> On his way to find the [[Wizard]], he came upon the Gondorian soldier [[Beregond]], who he asked to stop anything dreadful from happening.<ref>{{RK|Siege}}, p. 827</ref><br /> <br /> Pippin later returned with Gandalf to find that the Gondorian soldier Beregond had slain two servants of Denethor in order to stop them from lighting the funeral pyre. Gandalf, Pippin, and Beregond were able to save Faramir, but Denethor set fire to the pyre and was consumed in the ensuing flames.<ref>{{RK|Pyre}}, p. 852-855</ref><br /> <br /> After the defeat of [[Sauron]], Faramir, who had been appointed as the last Ruling Steward, retrieved the crown of Gondor from its place in the Houses of the Dead<ref>{{RK|Steward}}, p. 967</ref> for the coronation of [[Aragorn]] as King Elessar on [[1 May]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}, p. 1095, entry for May 1</ref>. <br /> <br /> {{References}}<br /> [[Category:Graves and tombs]]<br /> [[Category:Minas Tirith]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414898 Scimitar 2024-12-12T18:20:39Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref name=":2">{{FR|II5}}, p. 321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> [[File:Abe Papakhian - Orcs and Uruks.jpg|thumb|329x329px|Orcs with curved scimitars as depicted in Abe Papakhian's ''The Fighting Uruk-hai and Orcs of Lugburz'' ]]<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 January]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|B3}}, p. 1092, entry for January 15</ref>, the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] found "orc-scimitars with blackened blades" in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] shortly after entering [[Moria]].<ref name=":2" /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars".<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lurtz Scimitar.png|thumb|The Orc Lurtz carrying an "Uruk-Hai scimitar" in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]|344x344px]]'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> :The "Orc Scimitar" and "Goblin Scimitar" cards were included in [[The Fellowship of the Ring (Decipher)|''The Fellowship of the Ring'']] base set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]'''<br /> :In [[Peter Jackson]]'s film series, the [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Saruman]] carry swords described in merchandise as "Uruk-hai scimitars". This blade-type is notably carried by the Orc [[Lurtz]]. However, "scimitar" is a misnomer given that it is a straight blade with a spike at the end, and neither of these features are characteristic of historical scimitars.<br /> '''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'']]'''<br /> <br /> :The Uruk-hai of Saruman are shown wielding the straight-bladed "Uruk-hai scimitar" throughout the film.<br /> <br /> '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']]'''<br /> <br /> :Swords closely resembling historical scimitars are clearly seen being used among the [[Orcs of Mordor]], specifically when [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] disguise themselves as Orcs in [[Mordor]]. The costumes of the [[Corsairs of Umbar]] include curved swords, but they are not clearly visible in the film.<br /> <br /> '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Isengard Scimitar" card was included in the ''Battle of Helms Deep'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Corsair Scimitar" card was included in the ''Treachery and Deceit'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414799 Scimitar 2024-12-11T19:55:07Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref name=":2">{{FR|II5}}, p. 321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> [[File:Abe Papakhian - Orcs and Uruks.jpg|thumb|329x329px|Orcs with curved scimitars as depicted in Abe Papakhian's ''The Fighting Uruk-hai and Orcs of Lugburz'' ]]<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 January]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|B3}}, p. 1092, entry for January 15</ref>, the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] found "orc-scimitars with blackened blades" in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] shortly after entering [[Moria]].<ref name=":2" /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars".<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lurtz Scimitar.png|thumb|The Orc Lurtz carrying an "Uruk-Hai scimitar" in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]|344x344px]]'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> :The "Orc Scimitar" and "Goblin Scimitar" cards were included in [[The Fellowship of the Ring (Decipher)|''The Fellowship of the Ring'']] base set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]'''<br /> :The [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Saruman]] carry swords described in merchandise as "Uruk-hai scimitars". This blade-type is notably carried by the Orc [[Lurtz]]. However, "scimitar" is a misnomer given that it is a straight blade with a spike at the end, and neither of these features are characteristic of historical scimitars.<br /> '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Isengard Scimitar" card was included in the ''Battle of Helms Deep'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Corsair Scimitar" card was included in the ''Treachery and Deceit'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414798 Scimitar 2024-12-11T19:52:42Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref name=":2">{{FR|II5}}, p. 321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> [[File:Abe Papakhian - Orcs and Uruks.jpg|thumb|329x329px|Orcs with curved scimitars as depicted in Abe Papakhian's ''The Fighting Uruk-hai and Orcs of Lugburz'' ]]<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> On [[15 January]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|B3}}, p. 1092, entry for January 15</ref>, the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] found "orc-scimitars with blackened blades" in the [[Chamber of Mazarbul]] shortly after entering [[Moria]].<ref name=":2" /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars".<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lurtz Scimitar.png|thumb|The Orc Lurtz carrying an "Uruk-Hai scimitar" in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]|344x344px]]'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> :The "Orc Scimitar" and "Goblin Scimitar" cards were included in ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' base set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]'''<br /> :The [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Saruman]] carry swords described in merchandise as "Uruk-hai scimitars". This blade-type is notably carried by the Orc [[Lurtz]]. However, "scimitar" is a misnomer given that it is a straight blade with a spike at the end, and neither of these features are characteristic of historical scimitars.<br /> '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Isengard Scimitar" card was included in the ''Battle of Helms Deep'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Corsair Scimitar" card was included in the ''Treachery and Deceit'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414795 Scimitar 2024-12-11T19:39:33Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p. 321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> [[File:Abe Papakhian - Orcs and Uruks.jpg|thumb|329x329px|Orcs with curved scimitars as depicted in Abe Papakhian's ''The Fighting Uruk-hai and Orcs of Lugburz'' ]]<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Portrayal in adaptations==<br /> [[File:Lurtz Scimitar.png|thumb|The Orc Lurtz carrying an "Uruk-Hai scimitar" in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]|344x344px]]'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> :The "Orc Scimitar" and "Goblin Scimitar" cards were included in ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' base set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]'''<br /> :The [[Uruk-hai]] of [[Saruman]] carry swords described in merchandise as "Uruk-hai scimitars". This blade-type is notably carried by the Orc [[Lurtz]]. However, "scimitar" is a misnomer given that it is a straight blade with a spike at the end, and neither of these features are characteristic of historical scimitars.<br /> '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Isengard Scimitar" card was included in the ''Battle of Helms Deep'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> '''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game]]'''''<br /> <br /> :The "Corsair Scimitar" card was included in the ''Treachery and Deceit'' set of the card game.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Trading_Card_Game_-_Orc_Scimitar.jpg&diff=414794 File:The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game - Orc Scimitar.jpg 2024-12-11T19:20:39Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>An image of the "Orc Scimitar" card from the Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game.</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414769 Scimitar 2024-12-11T03:21:07Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p. 321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> == Portrayal in adaptations ==<br /> 2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]<br /> <br /> 2011: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game|''The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game'']]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414768 Scimitar 2024-12-11T03:19:27Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p.321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> == Portrayal in adaptations ==<br /> 2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]<br /> <br /> 2011: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game|''The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game'']]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Swords]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414756 Scimitar 2024-12-11T02:08:23Z

<p>MOONBOLT: added adaptations, will expand</p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p.321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> == Portrayal in adaptations ==<br /> 2001: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'']]<br /> <br /> 2011: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game|''The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game'']]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]</div>

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<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>I will edit this with Templates etc.</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414754 Scimitar 2024-12-11T01:44:02Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p.321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <references /><br /> <br /> [[Category:Weapons]]</div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414753 Scimitar 2024-12-11T01:38:59Z

<p>MOONBOLT: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p.321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1f}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <references /></div>

MOONBOLT https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Scimitar&diff=414752 Scimitar 2024-12-11T01:36:08Z

<p>MOONBOLT: quote block, years, etymology</p> <hr /> <div>{{Incomplete}}{{Quote|Beyond the fire he saw swarming black figures: there seemed to be hundreds of orcs. They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.|[[The Fellowship of the Ring]], "[[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}}<br /> A '''scimitar''' is a type of curved [[Sword|sword]] used by [[Orcs]]<ref>{{FR|II5}}, p.321</ref><ref name=":0">{{TT|III1}}, p. 415</ref> and [[Haradrim]]<ref name=":1">{{RK|V6}}, p. 839</ref>.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> In the [[First Age]], Orcs of [[Morgoth]] are said to have used "sickle scimitars"<ref>{{LB|1F}}, p. 116</ref> and "reddened scimitars".<ref>{{LB|C4}}, p. 193</ref> Scimitars were also wielded by Orcs during the [[Fall of Gondolin]] in {{FA|510}}.<ref>{{FG|Original}}</ref><br /> <br /> The bodyguard of [[Bolg]] was said to consist of "Goblins" of huge size who wielded scimitars of steel in {{TA|2941}}.<ref>{{H|17}}</ref><br /> <br /> With the exception of the broad blades of the [[Orcs of Isengard]], Orcs are said to have usually carried "curved scimitars" as of {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":0" /><br /> <br /> Haradrim are said to have wielded scimitars during the [[Battle of Pelennor Fields]] on [[15 March]] {{TA|3019}}.<ref name=":1" /><br /> <br /> == Etymology ==<br /> Scimitar is an English word that refers to a sword with curved blade which has an edge on the convex side, and is generally to describe curved swords used by Middle Eastern and North African swordsmen. It is borrowed from the Italian ''scimitarra'' which was likely borrowed, by uncertain origin, from the Persian ''šamšer'' ("sword, scimitar").<ref>{{Cite web|articleurl=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scimitar#h1|articlename=Scimitar|accessed=10 December 2024}}</ref><br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <references /></div>

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