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.

Archived: Ladies of Numenor

So, Real Life totally interfered with my blogging plans today, and I didn’t have time to write a post for Legendarium Ladies April. Instead, here’s some archived posts from earlier this year, all about the fabulous ladies of Numenor: Elros’s Wife, First Queen of Numenor Rulers of Numenor: Silmarien Silmarien and the Heirlooms of Numenor… Continue reading Archived: Ladies of Numenor

Rulers of Numenor: Silmarien

tolkienreadalong: (All the information in this post comes from The Unfinished Tales, especially “The Line of Elros: Kings of Numenor”, which – as you’ll see – isn’t really an accurate title, but that’s skipping ahead.) Silmarien gets only a passing mention in The Silmarillion, since she is the ancestor of Elendil and Isildur (and their link… Continue reading Rulers of Numenor: Silmarien

Silmarien and the Heirlooms of Numenor

When Elros became the first king of Numenor, he brought an impressive array of heirlooms with him (one of the benefits of being descended from practically everyone.) Not only did he have the Ring of Barahir and Narsil (Maglor’s sword ((EDIT: possibly, see this post))), but he also had Tuor’s axe, Bregor’s bow, and Thingol’s… Continue reading Silmarien and the Heirlooms of Numenor