User:Airyn

Hello everybody,

Here I list my contributions on J.R.R. Tolkien's works.

Maps and cartography

The Wanderings of Húrin, by Airyyn (sept. 2015).

Currently, I create maps with the pseudonym of Airyyn which I post on DeviantArt (see an example on the right).

Journeys of Tuor, by Airyyn (2015).

Infographic depicting the March of the Quendi, such as described by Tolkien in The Nature of Middle-earth (p.47, p.49-53). The picture shows the itinerary of the Quendi in Middle-earth (at the top) associated with a timeline (center) in valian years and in solar years from the Awakening, and the number of Eldar (bottom).

A new rendering of the First Silmarillion map.

Infographic showing the regional maps included in each module of the Middle-earth Role Playing Game (MERP, 1st and 2nd edition) during the period 1982-1997. Most of the regional maps were designed by Pete Fenlon at the scale 1’’ = 20 miles. Infographic by Airyn (2025).

Axonometric view of the First Silmarillion map, by Airynn (2017).

With additional works :

• A map of Tarlang's Neck, published in Tolkiendil Calendar 2019.
• The journeys of Lady Haleth, a map published in magazine l'Arc et le Heaume n°7.

Articles and essays

I am a member of french association Tolkiendil, where I published some essays (in french) on line :

• The composition of The Silmarillion (2014).
• On the Tolkien's cartographic representation (2016).
• An overview of the Middle-earth cartographers (2018).
• About geographical coordinates in Middle-earth (2020).
• The Shire, size and borders (2022).
• On the ageing of the elves in The Nature of Middle-Earth (2022).
• Demography of the elves in The Nature of Middle-Earth (2023).
• On the Fonstad's Atlas of Middle-earth – the first edition (1981) (2023)
• Middle-earth on the globe (february 2025).
• The general map of Middle-earth: List of sketches and published versions (march 2025).
• The maps of The Silmarillion : sketches and published versions (december 2025).

I published some essays on the website JRRVF.com :

• A geopolitical atlas of Beleriand, the stories in Beleriand illustrated by 20 maps (2014).
• Tolkien and the ludic fantasy, the works of Tolkien seen in Dragon Magazine (2015).

I published one essay in the books of Didier Willis, founder of Hiswelókë :

• On the Tolkien's cartographic representation [La représentation cartographique chez J.R.R. Tolkien], in Fées, navigateurs & autres miscellanées en Terre du Milieu, Didier Willis, Romaine Casademont, Mahdî Brecq & Leo Carruthers (dir.), editeur Le Dragon de Brume, déc. 2017, p.51-64.

I published also some essays in the Tolkiendil's journel entitled L'Arc et le Heaume (ISSN 2106-5551) :

• Genesis and edition of the chapters 'Ainulindalë' and 'Valaquenta' in the published Silmarillion [Genèse et édition des chapitres « Ainulindalë » et « Valaquenta » du Silmarillion publié], L'Arc et le Heaume n°6 - Ainulindalë et Valaquenta, Audrey Morelle (dir.), Laura Martin-Gomez, p. 22-31, 174 pages, , août 2019.
• Galadriel in The Silmarillion [Galadriel dans le « Silmarillion »], in L'Arc et le Heaume n°7 - Tolkien au féminin, Laura Martin-Gomez (dir.), p. 66-79, juillet 2021.
• « The map of Rohan, Gondor and Mordor » [« La carte du Rohan, Gondor et Mordor »], in L’Arc et le Heaume n°8 - Autour du Seigneur des Anneaux, 2025, p. 26-33.

On Tolkien Gateway

Concerning books on J.R.R. Tolkien, I possess in my bookcase :

• The volume IV of The Lord of the Rings (for real !).
• The book of Lost Tales (in french), with the signature of Adam Tolkien.
• Signalling: Morse, Semaphore, Station Work, Capt. E. John Solano, 1915 : one copy of the book where Tolkien learned map reading.
• The first edition (1981) of K.W. Fonstad's Atlas of Middle-earth.

My contributions on Tolkien Gateway.

Shortcuts templates for references, including Nature of Middle-Earth.

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