TolkienDailyFacts

#Tolkien fan posting daily facts about the world of Tolkien | Lord of the Rings | Silmarillion | Hobbit

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We have our firs glimpse of the famous spear of High King Gil-Galad.. Aeglos. Images released by Amazon today! See link and read more on his mighty spear! #tolkienfact #LOTROP #TheRingsOfPower
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We're pretty excited to see Gil-Galad in the new #LOTROP series as the High King of the Noldor. Read more here on who he is, his epic spear, his history and epic battle achievements. https://t.co/fTUfx0JsbN

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Gil-Galad wielded one of the most famous weapons in Middle-Earth. It was called Aeglos and was a weapon of such might that it could harm the body of Sauron, even while he was wielding the One https://t.co/IXbLkijcLv #lotrfact #LOTROP

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Turin Turambar wielded a badass sword that was “alive”. Called Gurthang. It was reforged from Anglachel,a sword forged by Eöl the Dark Elf.Túrin renamed it Gurthang meaning “Iron of Death”. Túrin himself became known as Mormegil, the “Black Sword”. #lotrfact

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Who is your favourite character in the entire Middle-Earth? #LOTROOP #tolkienfact @Tolkien Here's 15 pretty good candidates for most famous. https://t.co/8fYHNSneKS

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For those that don't know yet: https://t.co/IdMezoiFVW #tolkienfact #lotr #LOTRROP

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Numenor was the island kingdom of the Dúnedain as reward to Men who remained faithful. The Edain were led to #numenor by Elros the Half-elven and brother of Elrond. #tolkienfact #LOTRROP #Elrond

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Celebrimbor was the grandson of Fëanor,the greatest elf to ever live. Celebrimbor was the leader of the Mírdain aka the jewel-smiths. They had a strong friendship with the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, who greatly prized the skill of the jewel-smith Elves. #lotrfact #LOTRonPrime

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The strongest words everwritten by #tolkien ?"For Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body & mind:in valour,in endurance,in beauty,in understanding,in skill,in strength & subtlety alike:of all the Children of Ilúvatar & a bright flame was in him" #LOTRonPrime #lotrfact

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Gil-galad, Elrond and Galadriel were 3 of the elves that did not fall for Sauron, then Annatar's lies and "gifts". It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the new @LOTRonPrime #LOTRROP #RingsofPower #lotrfact

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Sauron had many disguises when he was busy influencing the elves. There were Artano the high smith and Aulendil the servant of Aulë, but the he was best known as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts. #lotrfact #lotr #sauron #annatar

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#lotrfact Galadriel is Arwen's grandmother. Arwen's mother (Celebrian) was Galadriel's Daughter. So this means Elrond (Arwen's father) married Galadriel's Daughter making Galadriel his mother in-law. #tolkien

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Gollum/Sméagol was a Stoor,1 of the 3 early Hobbit-types.The name was derived from the sound of his disgusting gurgling,https://t.co/qR4nkdkXDYéagol was about 589 years old,a remarkable age but he had been deformed and twisted in both body and mind by the corruption of the Ring

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Gollum/Sméagol was a Stoor,1 of the 3 early Hobbit-types.The name was derived from the sound of his disgusting gurgling,https://t.co/qR4nkdkXDYéagol was about 589 years old,a remarkable age but he had been deformed and twisted in both body and mind by the corruption of the Ring

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"Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black tower of adamant, he saw it:Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him."Barad-dûr was held together by dark magic and was the greatest fortress in Middle-earth of its time. #lotrfact #tolkien

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Black Speech was the official language of Mordor. Sauron created it to be the unifying language of all his servants. On the one Ring the words means "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." #lotrfact

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@sun_arcs True. I wonder why he changed it. sounds more "commanding"?

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In the book #gandalf says "You cannot pass" and not "You shall not pass". #lotrfact #tolkien

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Pipe-weed was grown & enjoyed much by the hobbits of the Shire.Known among the Dúnedain as sweet galenas for https://t.co/uorPb3GirX was brought to Middle-earth by Númenóreans in the 2nd Age. Varieties of pipe-weed included Longbottom Leaf,Southern Star & Southlinch. #lotrfact

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Thanks for the likes and RT. All. Anduril shines all the more bright.

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"Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again; the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold, and its edge was hard and keen. And Aragorn gave it a new name and called it Andúril, Flame of the West." #lotrquote #anduril #lotr