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[[File:Colin C. Throm - Trees of the Dark Forest.jpg|thumb|250px|''Trees of the Dark Forest'' by [[Colin Throm]].]] | [[File:Colin C. Throm - Trees of the Dark Forest.jpg|thumb|250px|''Trees of the Dark Forest'' by [[Colin C. Throm]].]] | ||
'''Trees''' were plentiful throughout [[Middle-earth]] and were very loved by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]. There was also the [[Races|race]] known as [[Ents]], herders of the trees. | '''Trees''' were plentiful throughout [[Middle-earth]] and were very loved by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]. There was also the [[Races|race]] known as [[Ents]], herders of the trees. | ||
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Trees of the Dark Forest by Colin C. Throm.
Trees were plentiful throughout Middle-earth and were very loved by Tolkien. There was also the race known as Ents, herders of the trees.
Inspiration
- "During the first year of the boy’s [Tolkien’s] life Arthur Tolkien made a small grove of cypresses, firs, and cedars. Perhaps this had something to do with the deep love of trees that would develop in Ronald."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
Trees were of special importance to Tolkien - in his short story "Leaf by Niggle", which in a sense was an elaborate allegory explaining his own creative process, the protagonist, Niggle, spends his life painting a single Tree.
