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[Lord of the Rings quotes @lotrbookquotes]

Aragorn stood beneath his banner, silent and stern, as one lost in thought of things long past or far away; but his eyes gleamed like stars that shine the brighter as the night deepens.

[Tolkien Proverbs @TolkienProverbs]

Do as your heart calls. MENELDUR. #Tolkien #UnfinishedTales

[The Shire-Reckoning @ShireReckoning]

Gandalf brings Frodo and Bilbo to one of the east porches of Rivendell for the Council of Elrond.

Boromir, who arrived at dawn after a journey of nearly sixteen weeks from Gondor, gazes at them in wonder—are these the ‘Halflings’ of the rhyme for which he made this journey?

[Tolkien Proverbs @TolkienProverbs]

A man that flees from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. SADOR. #Tolkien #UnfinishedTales

[𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓 @TheGrimfrost]

Grimfrost is proud to present the first single from Hindarfjäll's upcoming EP.

Wardruna has been a profound source of inspiration for Hindarfjäll since the very beginning, and to honour that, they've created an interpretation of Helvegen sung in Swedish.
https://t.co/p4Cce0L4kd

[Josh RR Jokien @joshcarlosjosh]

Happy October the twenty-fourth to all who observe!

[Feanor @nimgaladh]

Song of Durin

[educación forestal🇪🇺 @eforestal]

⚠️🌳Atención a las ramas de los árboles.
Los primeros vientos fuertes después de un verano que los haya debilitado tiene mucho peligro y el riesgo es alto.
Aconsejo no perder de vista las alturas bajo sus copas.

[. @ysmabvj]

@rustamirovic @vantkruijs @BornLik23266 no

[Tolkien Proverbs @TolkienProverbs]

The lives of Men are short, & in them are many ill chances, even in time of peace. HURIN. #Tolkien #UnfinishedTales

[The Shire-Reckoning @ShireReckoning]

Elves carry Frodo into the warmth and light of Rivendell—27 days after he stepped out of the front door of Bag End and locked it behind him. He is pale and cold, and doesn’t wake.

Elrond begins working to heal him. Gandalf fears that Frodo may be fading beyond recall.

[. @ysmabvj]

@ElArteDeVivir__

[El Estoico | Filosofía @ElArteDeVivir__]

Afirmación semanal:

No necesito que los días sean fáciles, necesito ser fuerte.

[Red Estatal de Montes Públicos (REMP) @REMP_es]

¿Sabías que las quemas prescritas son aliadas frente al cambio climático?

Conoce más sobre esta #BP_REMP en https://t.co/NTX8E0VI4U

@FBiodiversidad

#PlanDeRecuperación #ProyectosPRTR

[Tolkien Art @SeanMac67914982]

📕 Fo.A. 121
Death of Arwen Undómiel in Lórien.

'But Arwen went forth from the House, and the light of her eyes was quenched, and it seemed to her people that she had become cold and grey as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Then she said farewell to Eldarion, and to her daughters, and to all whom she had loved; and she went out from the city of Minas Tirith and passed away to the land of Lórien, and dwelt there alone under the fading trees until winter came. Galadriel had passed away and Celeborn also was gone, and the land was silent.

'There at last when the mallorn-leaves were falling, but spring had not yet come, she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.

'Here ends this tale, as it has come to us from the South; and with the passing of Evenstar no more is said in this book of the days of old.'

(from “The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen”, LotR Appendices)
art by Alystraea

[Tolkien Art @SeanMac67914982]

🌅Fo.A. 220
The New Shadow arises.
About this time, Eldarion's reign comes to an end.

The New Shadow is an incomplete sequel (approximately 13 pages) to The Lord of the Rings that J.R.R. Tolkien quickly abandoned. The manuscript was published as chapter sixteen of The Peoples of Middle-earth.

The story is set in the time of Eldarion, Elessar's son. While various versions of the tale place the story from 100 years to 120 years after the Fall of the Dark Tower, Tolkien decided late in the process that the events would be set 100 years into the reign of Eldarion, in the year 220 of the Fourth Age. In it is mentioned the Dark Tree, and two characters: Saelon and Borlas.

Tolkien commented this on it:

“I did begin a story placed about 100 years after the Downfall, but it proved both sinister and depressing. Since we are dealing with Men it is inevitable that we should be concerned with the most regrettable feature of their nature: their quick satiety with good. So that the people of Gondor in times of peace, justice and prosperity, would become discontented and restless — while the dynasts descended from Aragorn would become just kings and governors — like Denethor or worse. I found that even so early there was an outcrop of revolutionary plots, about a centre of secret Satanistic religion; while Gondorian boys were playing at being Orcs and going around doing damage. I could have written a 'thriller' about the plot and its discovery and overthrow — but it would have been just that. Not worth doing.”
—Letter 256, (dated 13 May 1964)

Synopsis:
During the reign of Eldarion, King of Gondor, the events of the War of the Ring are now little more than seldom-heeded tales to the people of Gondor, lingering only as a shadow upon the early childhood of those who lived to see it. One such man was Borlas of Pen-arduin, the younger son of Beregond. In his garden by the Anduin in sight of Minas Tirith, he is in conversation with a young man named Saelon. Borlas speaks of the constant presence of evil in the hearts of Men, a Dark Tree that cannot be felled forever, while Saelon is doubtful. Saelon recalls the time when Borlas scolded him in his youth for wasting unripe fruit from his garden, calling it "Orcs' work", much to Saelon's disdain at the time.

Borlas replies that misuse of unripe fruit robs the world and hinders a good thing of fulfillment. Saelon brings up Men's habit of felling trees for their own use, to which Borlas says that if the wood is used for decent purposes and not wasted then no wrong is done.

Borlas grows tired of the conversation, but Saelon wishes to continue their discussion of the nature of growing evil. Saelon claims that it couldn't have been memories of Saelon's childhood mischief that began their discussion of the Dark Tree, saying that he must have heard of Herumor. Saelon goes on to say that a growing number of people are not content in the days after the death of the Great King.

Borlas asks what the growing unrest plans to accomplish, to which Saelon asks how Borlas came to know the name of Herumor in the first place. After some disagreement on who should answer first, Saelon offers to tell Borlas all that he wishes to know if he joins him after nightfall clad in black. With this offer, Saelon takes his leave of Borlas's garden.

Left alone, Borlas thinks of his son Berelach, a friend of Saelon, and of news from the Ethir Anduin of ships disappearing. He returns into his home, smelling as it would seem the scent of old Evil returning to the world.

[The Shire-Reckoning @ShireReckoning]

The Elven-lord Glorfindel, riding east along the Road, overtakes Strider and the hobbits. He puts Frodo on his horse and insists that they keep walking overnight.

Frodo has slipped far enough into shadow that, to his eyes, Glorfindel is shining with light.

[𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓 @TheGrimfrost]

When the sea is so calm that it mirrors the
sky perfectly, we call it "Spegelblank" (Swedish:
Mirror-smooth).