Finrod's Hair Color, and Other Such Nonsense

Finrod's hair color was written by Tolkien as golden, like his sister, Galadriel. The pictures of him with dark hair are quite wrong.

In the Histories of Middle-Earth, one of the drafts that Tolkien wrote concerned itself with the movements of the first generations of Men throughout Middle-Earth/Beleriand. It's actually quite interesting, as Tolkien wrote about the views of Men as they grew.

After accepting the viewpoints of the Elves, some of the race of Men began to strongly question their motives, struggling internally between the philosophies of the Elves and of the Dark Lord Morgoth. Their arguments are quite realistic. Unfortunately, I returned the book that contains them to the library already, to my dismay, and I'll have to write about it later.

Tolkien actually did start a sequel to the Lord of the Rings - the few pages that he wrote are contained in the fourteenth book of the Histories of Middle-Earth, by Christopher Tolkien. Suffice to say that it's evident why Tolkien didn't continue with the idea - in his own words, he said that was "just a thriller." The basic plot is that there's some sort of plot against the throne of Gondor, and that no one really remembers what happened during the War of the Ring.

That's as far as he got, so don't go buying that book simply for that tidbit. My explorations of Middle-Earth will continue as I read The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, as he was evidently quite an avid writer and loved to write to his fans, answering their questions. I'm perfectly willing to answer any of yours.

Farewell, for now!