#lotr appendix a

[sirioniel]

In 2509 Celebrian wife of Elrond was journeying to Lórien when she was waylaid in the Redhorn Pass, and her escort being scattered by the sudden assault of the Orcs, she was seized and carried off. She was pursued and rescued by Elladan and Elrohir, but not before she had suffered torment and had received a poisoned wound. She was brought back to Imladris, and though healed in body by Elrond, lost all delight in Middle-earth, and the next year went to the Havens and passed over the Sea.

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings; Appendix A – 'Annals of the Kings and Rulers'.

Illustration 'Leonore' by W. Heath Robinson.

Published in: The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. London/ New York 1900.

Edited and cropped by me.

#j. r. r. tolkien #quote #celebrian #elrond #w. heath robinson #the lord of the rings #tolkien #lotr #lotr appendix a #illustration

[velvet4510]

Direct quote from Appendix B about the start of Sam’s final journey to the Grey Havens that makes me weep and squeal for the romance of it all:

“1482 On September 22 Master Samwise rides out from Bag End.”

Which means Sam left Bag End for the very last time and began his search for Frodo in the West on Frodo’s birthday.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #samfro #lotr books #appendix b #lotr appendices #frodo x sam #lord of the rings #sam x frodo

[philtstone]

and another thing. how can we focus on the sad parts of this story when in the canon appendix text elrond tells aragorn 'you simply cant marry arwen, who is way out of your league, until youre not jobless' and aragorns immediate reaction is OH MY GOD WHO TOLD YOU I LIKED ARWEN WAS IT MY MOM? OH MY GOD MOM and elrond goes no my beloved idiot son i just have eyes

#phil reads lotr #i love that appendix so much #had to return to my roots after 2 nights of psych related insanity

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The Line of the Dwarves of Erebor as it was set out by Gimli Glóin's son for King Elessar.

"The Lord of the Rings: Appendices - Appendix A" - J.R.R. Tolkien

#book quotes #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #appendices #appendix #family tree #dwarves #erebor #lonely mountain #gimli #gloin #king elessar #aragorn

[lifblogs]

Appendix B took me out. Have a nice day!

#The Lord of the Rings #Appendix B #lotr newsletter

[simplytolkien]

The Wedding by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

#lotr #appendix a #the tale of aragorn and arwen #aragorn #arwen #art

[morgulscribe]

After the fall of Angmar, did the Witch-king return to a Nazgul-less Mordor, or did he meet up with the other Nazgul there?

There are some confusing and potentially contradicting statements concerning the Nazgûl in the Appendixes of Lord of the Rings.

In the Tale of Years found in Appendix B, it is written, "1980 - The Witch-king comes to Mordor and there gathers the Nazgûl" (368). This would imply that there were no Nazgûl in Mordor at the time the Witch-king got there, and he had to summon the other eight from the four corners of Middle-earth.

However, in "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion," there is a description of various events which happened in 1856, with a footnote stating, "At this time it is thought that the Ringwraiths re-entered Mordor" (329). This would imply that the eight other Nazgûl were dwelling in Mordor when the Witch-king arrived there in 1980, thus contradicting the entry from the Tale of Years.

I do notice that Tolkien included some weasel words in the statement, "At this time it is thought that the Ringwraiths re-entered Mordor." If it is "thought" that the Nazgûl reentered Mordor in 1856, then it can be assumed that this is not a definite fact, and that the scribe who wrote this text is making an assumption. Remember, Tolkien's writings are meant to be considered translations of ancient texts, so sometimes the narrator is not always reliable, or something is lost in translation. Perhaps the scribe who wrote The Tale of Years was in disagreement with the scribe who wrote "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion."

With this in mind, it is theoretically possible no Nazgul were in Mordor when the Witch-king arrived there, or possibly a few Nazgûl were there, and he had to summon the rest. For that matter, it could even be possible that there were Nazgûl in Mordor prior to 1856.

#tolkien #nazgul #witch-king #mordor #lotr appendixes #elfhild's essays

[tenth-sentence]

September 21. Frodo and Samwise set out from Hobbiton.

"The Lord of the Rings: Appendices - Appendix B" - J.R.R. Tolkien

#book quote #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #appendices #appendix #the tale of years #chronology of the westlands #hobbiton #frodo #samwise gamgee #hobbits #the chief days from the fall of barad dur to the end of the third age #september 21 #21 september

[liltalle]

Flipping through LOTR Appendix A, I landed on this line without context:

"Then Eorl mounted him, and Felaróf submitted; and Eorl rode him home without bit or bridle; and he rode him in like fashion ever after."

XD Now I presume that Felaróf is a horse, but wow that was a double take. The line still kind of works in isolation tho

Bonus, at the bottom of the same page:

"'Old kings that refuse a proffered staff may fall on their knees.'"

👀 ok

(credit mostly to @i-am-a-lonely-visitor's beautiful A Moth and a Candle for my brain working like this now ❤)

#lotr #corrupting the text #appendix a #lol

[sirioniel]

Morwen of Lossarnach, also called Steelsheen, descended from the Princes of Dol Amroth and became Queen Consort to King Thengel of Rohan. Unfortunately Tolkien doesn't say much about her.

Besides this quote Tolkien writes that Éowyn bears a resemblence to her grandmother Morwen and their shared Gondorian ancestry.

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, the House of Eol.

Illustration by W. Heath Robinson.

Published in: The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. London/ New York 1900.

#tolkien #j. r. r. tolkien #lotr #the lord of the rings #quote #thengel #morwen of lossarnach #morwen steelsheen #lotr appendix a #gondor #eowyn #w. heath robinson #illustration #rohan #house of eol #women in lotr #women in tolkien's writing #women in tolkien's universe

[velvet4510]

Is it just me, or do y’all also sorta wish that Jackson had filmed Appendix B as the actual ending of ROTK? Clearly, as you’ll see, I have relatively normal feelings about this.

I understand and appreciate the movie having the same ending as the actual book. But the STORY itself doesn’t end with the last chapter; it ends with Appendix B.

Imagine a 2-minute montage, fading in after Sam comes home from the Grey Havens:

An unfamiliar female voice narrates over these images:

Sam & Rosie raising their children at Bag End; Sam reading the Red Book aloud to the children.

Sam making a speech as Mayor.

Sam sitting in Bag End’s study, reading a letter signed ‘Frodo,’ which Frodo clearly left for him.

Pippin & Diamond’s wedding.

Merry & Estella’s wedding.

Aragorn & Arwen with their children in Minas Tirith.

Aragorn dedicating and unveiling a tall statue of Frodo & Sam in Minas Tirith.

Legolas restoring the destroyed forests.

Gimli bringing the dwarves to Helm’s Deep.

Faramir & Éowyn with their children in Ithilien.

Teenage Elanor reading the Red Book by herself and reading a letter or poem that Frodo wrote for her before he sailed away (because, come on, he was a 2nd dad to her. he literally named her. he adored her, so of course he left something for her since she was too young to actually remember him).

Aragorn & Arwen visiting Sam, Merry, Pippin and their wives & children at the Brandywine Bridge.

The Gardner, Took & Brandybuck families all celebrating Yule together.

Time passing … the Travellers aging … the children growing up.

Teenage Elanor introducing Fastred to her parents.

Faramir Took and Goldilocks Gardner dancing at a party, transitioning to a dance at their wedding.

Sam and his son Frodo teaching Frodo’s own young son how to work in the garden.

The seasons in the Shire changing as more years go by…

Elderly Sam and his now-adult children gathered around elderly Rosie’s deathbed.

Elderly Sam sitting alone in Bag End’s beautiful, flourishing garden with a faraway look on his face, pulling Frodo’s now-wrinkled letter out of his pocket and reading it again.

Elderly Sam, Merry & Pippin sharing one last drink at the Green Dragon, followed by a tearful group embrace.

(I know the following messes up the book’s timeline, but for dramatic effect, I think this order of events would work better as a close for the film):

Elderly Merry & elderly Pippin hugging their adult sons goodbye and riding out of the Shire together.

Merry & Pippin shaking hands with elderly Éomer in Rohan.

Merry & Pippin’s gravestones in Gondor, with a statue of them standing above their tomb.

Aragorn’s tomb now beside theirs, years later.

Arwen hugging Eldarion goodbye in his throne room, with Eldarion now wearing the king’s crown.

Arwen entering Lothlórien alone.

Legolas hopping into a small sailboat and helping an aged Gimli onboard before they drift off into the sunset.

Sam placing the Red Book in adult Elanor’s hands and embracing her tightly.

A ship pulling away from the Grey Havens.

Elanor standing on the quayside and tearfully waving as the ship disappears into the horizon. She composes herself and her narration says “And that day, my dear Sam-dad passed over the Sea … the last of the Ring-bearers.”

Her words lead into the very last shot, fading from her face into a flash of white, and then fade-in to a distant view of an island, with greenery on one side and a sparkling beach on the other. Two hobbits, their backs to us, are strolling along the coastline, hand-in-hand.

THE END.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #lord of the rings #the return of the king #lotr movies #appendix b #alternate ending #lotr books #samwise gamgee #rosie cotton #elanor gamgee #merry brandybuck #pippin took #estella bolger #diamond of long cleeve #aragorn #arwen evenstar #aragorn x arwen #legolas #gimli #faramir #eowyn #faramir x eowyn #sam x rosie #the shire #gondor #tol eressea #grey havens #lotr appendices

[undercat-overdog]

In light of Recent Events, I’d like to point out that Celebrimbor the son of Curufin could conceivably be not just older than Galadriel but older than Fingon and all of the other kids of Fingolfin and Finarfin (using the Annals of Aman timelines, LaCE maturity, and note 7 in Of Dwarves and Men in which Celebrimbor’s mother stays in Aman, thus he must have been born there. I’m not going to calculate the maximum age because I’m worse than Jirt at arithmetic).

He could also be the Elven equivalent of a teenager (say, 40 years using LaCE maturity) in First Age 465 when he refuses to leave with banished Curufin from Nargothrond. (The canon here is the Shibboleth, source of red-haired Maedhros, in which Celebrimbor is not one of the two Finwean great-grandchildren to go into Exile (those two are Idril and Orodreth), and thus Celebrimbor could not have been born in Aman.*)

Regardless of birth date, he and Galadriel are both adults in the Second Age and should physically look the same age.

*ok that’s actually because Celebrimbor is Telperimpar the Teler then, but if you throw out all the writings with non-Feanorian Celebrimbor you’re left with what’s in LotR and two paragraphs in HoME.

#complaints about sexist casting is incredibly valid #but celebrimbor (son of curufin) isn't canonically younger (or older) than galadriel #a lot of the one true celebrimbor fanon isn't actually the one and only true canon #celebrimbor has a lot of potential backstories even if you go with son of curufin #(which i do because it's in appendix a and lotr > all other canon imo) #celebrimbor

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Fëanor was the greatest of the Eldar in arts and lore, but also the proudest and most selfwilled.

"The Lord of the Rings: Appendices - Appendix A" - J.R.R. Tolkien

#book quotes #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #appendices #appendix #the numenorean kings #numenor #feanor #eldar #lore #annals of the kings and rulers

[captainofthenautilus]

finally caught up on lotr newsletter!!

#lotr newsletter #words words words #i’ve been stuck on the oct 6 entry for a while now #i’ve been busy with school and such #but i finally sat down today and read through them all #except the appendix ones. i kinda skimmed through the writing and spelling sections

[sharonzgallery]

A plane doodle of Celebrain from The Lord of the Rings

#sharonzartz #lord of the rings #LOTR #appendixes #Tolkien #fanart #oops my hand slipped #I’m serious how did I make this

[tenth-sentence]

Sméagol and Déagol are equivalents made up in the same way for names Trahald 'burrowing, worming in', and Nahald 'secret' in the Northern tongues.

"The Lord of the Rings: Appendices – Appendix F" - J.R.R. Tolkien

#book quote #lotr #lord of the rings #jrr tolkien #appendices #appendix #on translation #smeagol #deagol #hobbits