Here’s part three of The Women Who Shaped Middle Earth (here’s where you can read parts one and two.) A five-part series, I’m looking at all the women who had a significant impact on Tolkien’s world. There’ll be some overlap (for example, Elwing appears in another segment as well), so if you feel I left something out, that might be why, but send me an ask anyway, as I’ll be editing all of this before offering the complete version for download as a .pdf.

This guide, as well as one other guide (to be released later this month) is part of my contribution to Legendarium Ladies April. If you don’t already know about the event, definitely check it out! And if you have any lady-centric questions or issues you’d like to see me make a post for, now’s the time to let me know!

And if you think this is interesting, check out my already completed Atanamili: The Women of the First Age series, which covers all the (mortal) women of the First Age.

Introducing a new downloadable guide in progress: The Women Who Shaped Middle Earth. A five-part series, I’m looking at all the women who had a significant impact on Tolkien’s world. There’ll be some overlap (for example, Haleth and Elwing will both appear in other segments as well), so if you feel I left something out, that might be why, but send me an ask anyway, as I’ll be editing all of this before offering the complete version for download as a .pdf. 

This guide, as well as one other guide (to be released later this month) is part of my contribution to Legendarium Ladies April. If you don’t already know about the event, definitely check it out! And if you have any lady-centric questions or issues you’d like to see me make a post for, now’s the time to let me know!

And if you think this is interesting, check out my already completed Atanamili: The Women of the First Age series, which covers all the (mortal) women of the First Age.

Earendil and Elwing’s Timeline

Since the majority of Earendil and Elwing’s stories are spent together, it makes sense to combine their timelines.  And, because they were born in the same year, the number in parenthesis is their shared age.   503: Earendil and Elwing are born; Elwing’s family moves to Doriath. (0) 506: The Second Kinslaying at Doriath. Elwing’s…

Judging Elwing

I’m assuming you’re referring to her actions during the Third Kinslaying at the Havens of Sirion? For those who aren’t familiar with it, when the sons of Feanor attacked the Havens to retrieve the silmaril (which Elwing had), she threw herself into the sea to escape, leaving her twin sons (Elrond and Elros) in the…

The Havens of Sirion

The Havens of Sirion, the great refugee camp of the First Age, is absolutely fascinating to me. It was first founded after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, when Cirdan’s coastal cities were destroyed (along with many other settlements of men and elves.) In The Silmarillion Tolkien says that The most part of Cirdan’s people were slain or enslaved.…

Who Originally Owned Narsil?

(Okay, this came up because of a post I wrote yesterday in which I mentioned that Narsil was originally owned by Maglor… and then later realized that we don’t actually know that for sure. As soon as this is posted I’ll edit that first post with a link to this one, which explores who might…