Space Swords

So, Turin’s sword Gurthang originally went by the name Anglachel. The sword was given to Thingol by Eol, basically as rent for living in Nan Elmoth. Anglachel was unique, because it was “made of iron that fell from heaven asa blazing star; it would cleave all earth-delved iron” – the iron used to make it…

Tolkien’s Most Beautiful Relationships

Okay, I’ve limited this post to the First Age, because I really felt like digging in to that period’s particular brand of angst tonight. And I only managed to narrow it down to the five most beautiful relationships, so here they are (in no particular order.) FEANOR AND FINGOLFIN Why: This one’s probably going to…