World's Ending

Arise! Arise, riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered - a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride now! Ride! Ride for ruin, and the world's ending!

I think my favorite character in the Silmarillion is Finrod Felagund.

Maybe it's because he seems really compassionate towards the race of men, or because he's wise, or courageous (taking on a terrible creature to save another's life), or simply cool (facing down Sauron in a singing contest).

In any case, he seems like a pretty cool guy to sit down with and talk. As a matter of fact, Tolkien wrote out a conversation between Finrod and a Wise Woman of Men. Christopher Tolkien included it with the odds and ends in Morgoth's Ring. It's inside this long conversation that interesting aspects of Tolkien's work are revealed.

However, I'll reveal them later. I have work to do.

Who said it? Guess!

"Who knows what you've spoken to the darkness, in the bitter watches of the night... when all your life seems to shrink, the walls of your bower closing in about you... a hutch to trammel some wild thing in."

Hello!

Greetings. I created this blog because I felt the other blog was somewhat limiting in terms of what I could include in its context. Therefore, I have created a blog so that I can talk about the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, and the surrounding works that have ensnared my heart and defined the context of my life.

Whether it be quotes, pictures, ruminations, or information sharings, I hope that this blog can be of interest to you.