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{{quote|Nai Eru manyuva tanwenya ar tératuvas!|[[Aulë]] in ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Aulë and Yavanna]]"}}
I am a reader from Spain, a member of the [[Spanish Tolkien Society]], active in the Languages Commission. My English is still on work, so I appreciate any correction, specially with the long texts.

Among my favourite characters are [[Aulë]], [[Finrod Felagund]], [[Galadriel]] and [[Tar-Palantir]].

As a converted Catholic, I like to study about Tolkien's theology and [[Christianity|Christian]] implications. I also love Quenya and writing fanfiction from time to time, expanding the work atributed to '''[[User:Quentandil/Quentandil|Riener Quentandil]]'''. Tolkien taught me I should finish things, but I can't help beginning things when new ideas come. I also translate back to (Neo-)Quenya, being the [https://lambendili.sociedadtolkien.org/publicaciones/lambendili/ ''Valaquenta'' in Neo-Quenya] my most completed work.

Beyond Tolkien, some of my interests are: Arthurian mythology, Hinduism, traditional Western Esoterism (currently very fond of ''Meditations on the Tarot''), Angelology, lifes of saints, the ''Dune'' saga, ''Berserk'', the ''Aeneid'', any work by C.S. Lewis, books by Christian mystic women, devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, recording and listening to audiobooks, hiking, cooking biscuits, Dungeon Synth...

==Articles I feel proud of==
*[[Dagor Dagorath]]
*Finishing all the ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'' chapter synopsis
*All versions of the ''[[Ainulindalë (disambiguation)|Ainulindalë]]''
*[[Gondolin]]
*All articles of the [[twelve houses of the Gondothlim]] and their lords, specially [[Turgon]] and [[Glorfindel]]
*[[Christianity]]
*[[Index:Conflicts]]
*[[Orcs/Origin]]
*[[Galadriel]]
*[[Heraldry]]

;Projects
*[[User:Quentandil/Harmony of the Lost Tale of Eärendel|Harmony of the Lost Tale of Eärendel]]
*[[User:Quentandil/Ingolonde Project|Ingolonde Project]]
*[[User:Quentandil/Quentandil|Riener Quentandil]]
*[[:Category:Images by Quentandil|My images]]
*[[User:Quentandil/Valaquenta|''Valaquenta'' in Neo-Quenya]]

==To-do==
:<big>'''[[User:Quentandil/sandbox|Personal sandbox]]'''</big>
*<big>[[Tolkien Gateway:Task list]]</big>
*[[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion]]
*''[[The Notion Club Papers]]'' synopsis
** [[Foreword and List of Members]]
** [[The Notion Club Papers Part Two|''The Notion Club Papers'' Part Two]]
** [[Major Divergences in Earlier Versions of Part Two|Major Divergences in Earlier Versions]]
**[[Lowdham's Report on the Adunaic Language]]
*Finish article on [[Christianity]]
*All articles about the [[Valar]], specially their OVOTL sections
*The matter of ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''
**Proper article for the general topic
**Synopsis of every chapter
***"[[Turambar and the Foalókë]]"
**Articles for topics exclusive from TBOLT
**Expand all OVOTL sections that should deal with TBOLT
**[[Qenya]] and [[Gnomish]]
*Inspiration sections for important articles
*An index with all mistakes that Christopher acknowledged throughout ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]''

==Headcanons==
*[[Tom Bombadil]] is an extraliterary character from the tales Tolkien told to his children. Tolkien refused to remove him from his revision of ''TLOTR'' to remember us that we are reading a fairy-tale. That's why both readers and Middle-earth characters do not know where he comes from.
*[[Orcs]] were [[Orcs/Origin#Souless animals|talking beasts without soul]]. Therefore they were good creatures in their beginning, as they were directly created by Ilúvatar, but later their wills were corrupted by Morgoth. Therefore they were inclined to evil forever, unless a charitative Vala or Eru himself came to free them. If so, they could have become proper [[Incarnates]] like the [[Ents]], but they were exterminated before that happened or at least they could become civilized.
*[[Aredhel]] and [[Eöl]] are one of those few cases in which the Eldar falled into lust, as said in ''[[Laws and Customs among the Eldar]]''.
*The [[Half-elves]]'s choice was determined by their marriage, which is the union of [[hröa|hröar]]. Once they married an Elf or a Mortal, they became of that race forever. The same way, the union of the hröar in the [[Unions of Elves and Men]] demanded an ultimate choice of nature.
*The [[Ancalagon#Other versions of the legendarium|prophecy]] of [[Andreth]] is refered to the [[War of Wrath]] and was true: in his last conception, Tolkien intended that [[Túrin]] was temporarily brought back from [[Halls of Mandos|Mandos]], just like [[Beren]]. Then Túrin jumped into [[Vingilot]], and travelled with his relative [[Eärendil]] to Middle-earth. In the flying boat, Túrin slayed [[Ancalagon]], accomplishing the decisive victory against Morgoth and thus having the last word in his family's curse. Then he was finally free and leaved the Circles of the World. I was never convinced that a boat could destroy the biggest [[dragon]] in the world, but if there is a dragonslayer in it, now that's epic.
*The [[Valar]] were informed about [[Eru]]'s [[Old Hope|Incarnation]], so the first [[Christmas]] feast in the world was hold in Valinor.
*We are living in the Seventh [[Age]], which began with the Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The last and Eighth Age will begin when He returns and it will last forever as an neverending Sunday.
*The [[Dagor Dagorath]] is canon in the sense that it was meant to be included in ''The Silmarillion'', but even in the legendarium it is not suppouse to happen literally, as it comes from an artificial mix between Elven and Mannish traditions. There will be an actual battle between Good and Evil, but the breaking and healing of Arda will be acomplished by Eru himself.
*Everything is [[canon]]; we should talk about "corpus" instead. The [[Global Theory]] is true. At the same time, Christopher Tolkien's edition of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' is the least canonical work.
*The [[Eldar]] had [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnksxk5gyE Baroque dances].

==Favourites==
*Tolkien's texts
** ''[[Valaquenta]]''
** ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'' (the Lost Tale)
** ''[[Quenta Noldorinwa]]''
** ''[[Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth]]''
** ''[[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]''

*Episodes in the legendarium
**[[Aulë]]'s conversation with [[Ilúvatar]] during the creation of the [[Dwarves]].
**[[Fingolfin]]'s host coming to [[Middle-earth]] under the first light of the [[Sun]].
**[[Beleg]] rescuing [[Túrin]] from the Orcs and wolves (specially in the ''[[The Lay of the Children of Húrin|Lay]]'').
**[[Turgon]] proclaiming the [[fall of Gondolin]] (in the Lost Tale).
**[[The Mirror of Galadriel|Galadriel's test]] with [[the One Ring]].

*On Tolkien
** ''[[Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion]]'', by [[Douglas C. Kane]]
** ''[[Splintered Light]]'' by [[Verlyn Flieger]]
** ''[[The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie]]'', by Jonathan S. McIntosh

*Music artists
**[[The Fellowship (band)]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4WZErPVapopqbisADEV_Q Adele McAllister]
** [http://thangorodrimsynth.bandcamp.com/music Thangorodrim]

==My library==
===By the Tolkiens===
[[File:Quentandil - My biblioteca 1.jpg|200px|thumb|The main English section of my Tolkien library]]
*''[[The Hobbit]]'' / ''[[The Annotated Hobbit|El Hobbit Anotado]]'' (2nd edition), by [[Douglas A. Anderson]]''
*''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (50th anniversary edition, hardback) / ''El Señor de los Anillos'' (new one volume illustrated edition with revised translation 2024)
*''[[Tree and Leaf|Árbol y Hoja]]''
*''[[A Tolkien Miscellany]]''
*''[[The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle]]''

*''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo|Sir Gawain y el Caballero Verde, junto con Perla y Sir Orfeo]]''
*''[[The Silmarillion]]'' / ''El Silmarillion''
*''[[Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' (1st edition, hardback) / ''Cuentos Inconclusos''
*''[[The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays|Los Monstruos y los Críticos y otros ensayos]]''
*''[[The History of Middle-earth|The Complete History of Middle-earth]] I'': Volumes I-V / ''La Historia de la Tierra Media'', volumes 1-5
*''The Complete History of Middle-earth II'': Volumes VI-VIII / ''[[The History of The Lord of the Rings|La Historia de El Señor de los Anillos]]'', volumes 1-4 + ''La Historia de la Tierra Media'', volume 6
*''The Complete History of Middle-earth III'': Volumes IX-XII / ''La Historia de la Tierra Media'', volumes 7-9
*''[[The History of Middle-earth Index]]''
*''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm|Cuentos desde el Reino Peligroso]]''
*''[[The Children of Húrin|Los Hijos de Húrin]]''
*''[[The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún|La Leyenda de Sigurd y Gudrún]]''
*''[[The Fall of Arthur|La Caída de Arturo]]''
*''[[Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary|Beowulf: Traducción y comentario]]''

===By other editors===
[[File:Quentandil - My biblioteca 2.jpg|200px|thumb|The main Spanish section of my Tolkien library (mainly HoMe)]]
*[[Vinyar Tengwar|The Collected ''Vinyar Tengwar'']], volumes 1-5 (issues [[Vinyar Tengwar 1|1]]-[[Vinyar Tengwar 50|50]]), edited by [[Carl F. Hostetter]]
*''[[The Nature of Middle-earth]]'' / ''La Naturaleza de la Tierra Media'', edited by Carl F. Hostetter
*''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]'', issues [[Parma Eldalamberon 11|11]]-[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|17]], edited by [[Christopher Gilson]]
*''[[A Secret Vice (book)|A Secret Vice]]'', edited by [[Dimitra Fimi]] and [[Andrew Higgins]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator|J.R.R. Tolkien: Artista e Ilustrador]]'', by [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]
*''[[The Art of The Hobbit|El Arte de El Hobbit]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
*''[[The Art of The Lord of the Rings|El Arte de El Señor de los Anillos]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
*''[[The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (editors)
*''[[The History of The Hobbit]]'', edited by [[John D. Rateliff]]
*''[[Finn and Hengest]]'' / ''Finn y Hengest'', edited by [[Alan Bliss]]
*''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' / ''Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien'', edited by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]
**Revised and expanded edition
*''[[The Story of Kullervo|La historia de Kullervo]]'', edited by [[Verlyn Flieger]]
*''[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun|La balada Aotrou e Itroun]]'', edited by Verlyn Flieger
*''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth|The Battle of Maldon]]'' / ''La Batalla de Maldon'', edited by [[Peter Grybauskas]]

===Scholarship===
[[File:Quentandil - My biblioteca 3.jpg|200px|thumb|Section of tall books from my Tolkien library, including Parma Eldalamberon]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'' / ''J.R.R. Tolkien: Una biografía'', by Humphrey Carpenter
*''[[The Inklings (book)|The Inklings]]'', by Humphrey Carpenter
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
*''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'' (revised edition), by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
*''[[Tolkien and the Great War|Tolkien y la Gran Guerra]]'', by [[John Garth]]
*''[[Tolkien's Library]]'' (2nd edition), by Orozco Cilli

*''[[The Road to Middle-earth|El Camino a la Tierra Media]]'', by [[Tom Shippey]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]]'', by Tom Shippey
*''[[Tolkien: Man and Myth|Tolkien: Hombre y Mito]]'', by [[Joseph Pearce]]
*''[[Tolkien: A Celebration|Tolkien, Señor de la Tierra Media]]'', edited by Joseph Pearce
*''[[Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion]]'', by [[Douglas C. Kane]]
*''[[Tolkien and The Silmarillion]]'', by [[Clyde S. Kilby]] 
*''[[Master of Middle-earth]]'', by [[Paul H. Kocher]]
*''[[The Keys of Middle-earth]]'', by Stuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova
*''[[Splintered Light]]'', by [[Verlyn Flieger]]
*''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]'', by Verlyn Flieger
*''[[The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie]]'', by Jonathan S. McIntosh
*''[[The Gospel According to Tolkien]]'', by [[Ralph C. Wood]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth]]'', by [[Bradley J. Birzer]]
*''[[The Power of the Ring|El Poder del Anillo]]'', by [[Stratford Caldecott]]
*''[[Myth, Allegory and Gospel]]'', edited by John Warwick Montgomery
*''[[Tolkien's Sacramental Vision: Discerning the Holy in Middle Earth]]'', by Craig Bernthal
*''[[Perilous and Fair]]'', edited by [[Janet Brennan Croft]] and Leslie A. Donovan
*''[[Tolkien's Theology of Beauty]]'', by Lisa Coutras
*''[[Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography]]'' / ''La fe de Tolkien'', by [[Holly Ordway]]
*''[[Lembas Extra 2022|Lembas Extra 2022: Númenor]]'', edited by [[Jan van Breda]] and [[Renée Vink]]
*''Un Camino Inesperado'', by Diego Blanco
*''J.R.R. Tolkien. Cuentos de Hadas'', by José Miguel Odero
*''Tolkien y el derecho a la fantasía'', by Alexis Louvet
*''[[La Lengua de los Elfos]]'' (2024 edition), by Luis González Baixauli
*''Atanquesta. A NeoQuenya Primer'', by Tamas Ferencz

===My published work===
;Essays
*''La Virgen María en la vida y obra de J.R.R. Tolkien'', [https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/premio-ensayo-aelfwine/ Aelfwine Award 2021]
*''The Composition of The Downfall of Númenor'', in ''[[Lembas Extra 2022]]''

;Articles
*"La evolución de los idiomas élficos", in [https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2022/06/26/revista-estel-95-verano-2021/ ''Estel 95'']
*"Las neolenguas y Tolkien", in [https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2023/08/18/revista-estel-97-verano-2022/ ''Estel 97''] (together with Joaquín Ocaña "Mardil")
*"Las neolenguas de la Tierra Media: Neolengua negra", en [https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/revista-estel/ ''Estel'' 101]

;Fanfiction
*''Carta a Orodreth'', in [https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2023/01/26/revista-estel-96-invierno-2021/ ''Estel 96'']
*''El sabio y el erudito'', [https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/premio-relato-gandalf/ Gandalf Award 2023]

==Wish list <small>(only bibliography on Tolkien)</small>==
*''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'', by [[Verlyn Flieger]] and [[Douglas A. Anderson]] (editors)
*''[[The Annotated Hobbit]]'' (2nd edition), by [[Douglas A. Anderson]]
*''[[Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary]]'', by [[Christopher Tolkien]] (editor)
*''[[Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'', by [[Marjorie Burns]]
*''[[Myth, Allegory and Gospel]]'', by John Warwick Montgomery (editor)
*''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
*''[[The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology]]'', by Elizabeth A. Whittingham
*''[[The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology]]'', by [[Bradford Lee Eden]] (editor)
*''[[Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning]]'', by [[Owen Barfield]]
*''[[Tolkien (biography)|Tolkien]]'' or ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: His life, work and faith]]'', by Raymond Edwards
*''[[Tolkien and the Critics]]''
*''[[Echoes of Truth: Christianity in The Lord of the Rings]]'', by Michael C. Haldas
*''[[Seeking the Lord of Middle Earth]]'', by Jeffrey L. Morrow
*''[[The Return Of The Ring: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012]]''

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