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Heraldic devices, emblems and flags in the legendarium.

Heraldry

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Glorfindel and Balrog

Eric Velhagen

Category:Images by Eric Velhagen

Eric Velhagen is a talented American fantasy artist.

Quote

Seek for the Sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildur's Bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.

Boromir's rhyme in The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"

22 June

Today's date in the Shire Calendar: Mid-year's Day

T.A. 2942JUN22

Bilbo returns home to Bag End after the Quest of Erebor

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On Earth

1911 - J.R.R. Tolkien and several other cadets of King Edward's School's Officer Training Corps line the route at the Coronation of George V. Tolkien stands near Buckingham Palace.
1920 - Voice actor Paul Frees is born.
1932 - Actress Prunella Scales is born.
1952 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 133.
1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 137d.
2007 - "Age's End", the seventeenth and last set in The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, is released.
2009 - Tolkien's Bag End is published.
2010 - The RiffTrax commentary of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is released online.

In Arda

T.A. 2942:
- Bilbo returns to Bag End and learns he has been declared dead.

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