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Helcar

2019-10-06T22:07:53Z

5.151.22.192: Ringil was the northern tower in BoLT

In an early conception of the [[legendarium]], '''Helcar''' or '''Helkar''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. [[Noldorin|N]] {{IPA|[ˈhelkar]}}, [[Vanyarin|V]] {{IPA|[ˈxelkar]}}) was one of the two towers that held one of the [[Two Lamps]] created to light [[Middle-earth]].

==History==
Helkar was a great tower, raised by [[Melkor]] to house the ''southern'' of the [[Two Lamps]] fashioned by [[Aulë]] to illuminate [[Middle-earth]]. The tower was extremely tall, rising to the stars, and shone like pale blue crystal. Aulë claimed that Helkar and its northern twin [[Ringil (tower)|Ringil]] were made of a strong, imperishable substance that he had devised; in reality he lied for they were made of ice (a material unknown to the other [[Valar]]). When Aulë's lamps were placed upon them (silver in the north and gold in the south) the ice melted and caused great floods to pour into the seas.<ref>{{LT1|III}}, pp. 69-70</ref>

==Other versions of the legendarium==
[[Christopher Tolkien]] noted that the story of the Lamps in its early stage was very different from the published ''[[Silmarillion]]''. It is Melkor, not Aulë, who built the two towers. The name "Helkar" disappeared as the name for the southern tower; eventually the [[Sea of Helcar]] would be the body of water formed at the roots of [[Illuin]], the ''northern'' tower and lamp. The only remaining influence from the older version of the story was that the fall of the towers created inland seas, a vestige of the notion that the towers had been made of ice that melted.<ref>{{LT1|IIIn}}, p. 87</ref>

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Ringil (tower)

2019-10-06T22:07:20Z

5.151.22.192: swapping north and south to correctly reflect BoLT

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In an early conception of the [[legendarium]], '''Ringil''' was one of the two towers that held one of the [[Two Lamps]] created to light [[Middle-earth]].

==History==
Ringil was a great tower, raised by [[Morgoth|Melkor]] to house the ''northern'' of the [[Two Lamps]] fashioned by [[Aulë]] to illuminate [[Middle-earth]]. The tower was extremely tall, rising to the stars, and shone like pale blue crystal. Melkor claimed that Ringil and its southern twin [[Helkar]] were made of a strong, imperishable substance that he had devised; in reality he lied for they were made of ice (a material unknown to the other [[Valar]]). When Aulë's lamps were placed upon them (silver in the north and gold in the south) the ice melted and caused great floods to pour into the seas.<ref>{{LT1|III}}, pp. 69-70</ref>

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Third Age 2942

2019-10-02T22:32:59Z

5.151.22.192: spelling

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* [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Gandalf]] pass [[Yuledays|Yule-tide]] at [[Beorn's Halls]], then resume their journey.<ref>{{H|Return}}</ref>
*Bilbo returns to [[the Shire]] with [[the One Ring]].<ref name="TA">{{App|TA}}</ref>
* [[Sauron]] returns in secret to [[Mordor]].<ref name="TA"/>
* Birth of [[Merimac Brandybuck]], younger son of [[Rorimac Brandybuck]] and [[Menegilda Goold]].<ref>{{App|Brandybuck}}</ref>
* Birth of [[Filibert Bolger]], son of [[Adalbert Bolger]] and [[Gerda Boffin]].<ref>{{App|Bolger}}</ref>
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