Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. ‘Elendil!’ he cried. ‘I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil’s son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!
Tag: from the ashes a queue shall be woken
Person: Tolkien’s books are so predictable. The good guys live and the bad guys die, and that’s it.
Me: Have you read the Silmarillion
‘(…) long years were measured by the wheeling stars above them; and the trees of Nan Elmoth grew tall and dark before they spoke any word.’
The world is changing. Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of Isengard and Mordor? To stand against the might of Sauron and Saruman and the union of the two towers?
all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords; great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived for another ring was made. In the Land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring to control all others. And into this ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.
The Silmarillion // by SarkaSkorpikova
LOTR + Favorite objects
Míriel Þerindë! Supposed to be, anyway. SHE’S SO GREAT I love her a lot. She was one of the greatest craftspeople of her age (embroidery) and also Fëanor’s mom! He got his stubborn trait from her apparently =D She talked fast and worked quickly, and there’s this bit also about her and her son in HoME 12 which I love: “He was restless in mind and body, though like Míriel he could become wholly absorbed in works of the finest skill of hand; but he left many things unfinished.”