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Featured Article Radagast the Brown, also known as Aiwendil, was one of the Wizards sent to Middle-earth to contest the will of Sauron. Originally a Maia of Yavanna, he had a strong affinity for animals. He dwelt, for a time, at Rhosgobel on the western eaves of Mirkwood, near the Gladden Fields on the Great River. Featured Articles archive · Nominate/Vote Featured Quote “I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them. But you are my heir: all that I had and might have had I leave to you.” — Frodo to Sam in J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens" Featured Quotes archive · Nominate/Vote Featured Artist “It ends in flame” by Jenny Dolfen View all images by Jenny Dolfen

Get Involved As part of the countdown to the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, let's work together to improve our most popular articles relating to The Hobbit. You can help TG by editing it now: Thranduil 244 days to go until The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is released. Community Portal · To-do On this day.. (16 April) On Earth 1881 – Artist Josef Madlener is born. 1891 – Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield marry. 1940 - Artist Margrethe II of Denmark is born. 2007 – The Children of Húrin is published in the UK and Europe. 2007 - The second day of The Children of Húrin Release Party is hosted by Tolkien Gateway. 2020 - Animator Gene Deitch, director of The Hobbit (1966 film) dies. In Arda There are no known events for this day.

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