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Heraldry

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"

4 June

Today's date in the Shire Calendar: Trewsday, 14 Forelithe

1949JUN4

J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Pauline Baynes.

On Earth

Letter to Pauline Baynes (4 June 1949)

On Earth

1916 - J.R.R. Tolkien is shipped to France.
1938 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 28.
1949 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Pauline Baynes.
1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 146.
1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 304.
1971 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing Letter 324.
2004 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony at Atlanta Symphony Hall, Georgia.
2007 - The Lord of the Rings: The Official Stage Companion is published.
2010 - Warner Bros. announce that The Lord of the Rings Online will become free-to-play.

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