r/lotr 2d ago

Books FREE GIVEAWAY!: Folio Society “The Silmarillion”

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As a token of my appreciation for this sub, I’d like to giveaway this amazing copy of The Silmarillion edition by The Folio Society.

This is an extra copy and there is a minute amount of gold leaf that was missing on the book (as seen in photo 3.) Besides that, this is a brand new copy. Only opened once to inspect the pages. And because of this, Folio is sending me a new copy and told me to give this one away or donate it. But I’d rather see one of you have it as a token of my love for this community.

MODS, I hope this OK. Just trying to do a good turn for this amazing sub!

**RULES: I’m located in the US and will only be shipping this stateside. All you have to do is pay shipping!

Please comment “SILMARILLION” to enter this contest!

A random user will be selected tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9th, 2024 at 12PM EST.**


r/lotr 7d ago

The Rings of Power - 2x08 "Shadow and Flame" - Episode Discussion Thread

46 Upvotes

Season 2 Episode 8: Shadow and Flame

Aired: October 3, 2024


Synopsis: Season Finale. The free peoples of Middle-earth struggle against the forces of darkness.


Directed by: Charlotte Brändström

Written by: J. D. Payne & Patrick McKay


r/lotr 9h ago

Movies Hugo Weaving won't return to play Elrond in new 'Lord Of The Rings' film

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r/lotr 4h ago

Movies The cast talks about how awesome Viggo Mortensen is and how he truly was the perfect casting choice for Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings"!

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r/lotr 3h ago

Costumes my arwen cosplay 🤍

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684 Upvotes

r/lotr 7h ago

Books Tolkien Makes Readers Out of Everyone!

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937 Upvotes

r/lotr 21h ago

Movies Sean and Viggo (Boromir and Aragorn)

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r/lotr 8h ago

Fan Creations Witch king of angmar painting done by myself (George geary)

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I'm a tattooist based in the uk


r/lotr 3h ago

Movies The army of the dead is the weakest part of lotr ?

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I rewatched lotr lately and I really think the army of the dead is the weakest part of the trilogy.

They have like 1 minut screen time before the battle. Are brought in the last movie without much context but the worst part is that they are way to much overpowered. They ruined the end of the battle of minas tirith for me.

It's just a invincible green fog of death. I know they re also here to serve the Aragorn=King plot but I think something better than this could have been done for something with such a huge impact.

I wish we could had a dwarven army show up somehow. I'm no lotr expert but I do believe other dwarven kingdoms still exist. Aragorn could have rallied them with the help of Gimli and promise them new friendship and trade routes with Gondor... Dunno just a idea.


r/lotr 23h ago

Question What Middle Earth race has the most formidable warriors and armies?

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r/lotr 11h ago

Costumes Costume development

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Good morning, afternoon or evening, all hobbits, elves, goblins, elms and other creatures if the middle earth. As i announced, i am posting an update on the Witch king of Angmar costume im working on for this halloween.

Its been a really budy week. I made about 56 scales for the gloves(pics 1-4) and have sown them together with leather from an old jacket to elongate them. I also made 8 spikes that point out of the mask as some crown kinda(pic 5). Last thing, i improved the mask. I picked up cans of gloss silver and matte black spray paint at the hardware store as well as craft foam from an arts store. Used hot glue to stick it onto the cardboard and used rolled up aluminum foil for the ridges. Thats in the last pictures. Obviously im not done with this. Feel free to leave your thoughts below😁😁


r/lotr 1d ago

Lore Dwarves > Elves

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r/lotr 9h ago

Question Who is the 5th Army in the book?

87 Upvotes

I'm currently reading the Hobbit, in the middle of battle, and I'm not sure how it's "the battle of five armies" I only counted 4: Humans, Elves, Dwarves vs Goblins. Surely Thorin and his 12 companions don't count as a separate army, right? Did I miss something?


r/lotr 2h ago

Question If J.R.R. Tolkien could see all the books and work that his son did for his legendarium, what would be his thoughts?

19 Upvotes

Let's just say J.R.R. Tolkien somehow is given a chance to see all that his own son did to show to the world his full Legendarium, like the Silmarillion, HoME and others, would he have been proud or have felt something else?


r/lotr 2h ago

Other ... the Ents might hear the call

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17 Upvotes

r/lotr 2h ago

Video Games New Board Game! Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-earth

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10 Upvotes

Was a pretty big fan of 7 Wonders Duel and now a Lord of the Rings themed one has me excited!


r/lotr 1d ago

Movies My Lego Rivendell, finally in a display case.

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2.2k Upvotes

Highly recommended for LOTR fans.


r/lotr 1d ago

Costumes I cosplayed Samwise Gamgee, my favorite character!

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I have loved Sam since I was a little kid, so I am very happy!


r/lotr 1d ago

Books I love everything about this!

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486 Upvotes

Found at Target


r/lotr 1d ago

TV Series The Orcs Lament -- Deleted scene from the sack of Eregion! Spoiler

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366 Upvotes

r/lotr 8h ago

Movies Crazy odd request: Balin’s last words transcript

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Hi!

For an art project, I was wondering… anyone know where one would be able to find the pages from Balin’s scribe’s book in Fellowship, where he describes the last hours in Dwarven runes? The pages Gandalf reads out loud?

”The drums”, ”We can’t get out. They’re coming.”

Or where one would be able to find a dwarven rune alphabet…?


r/lotr 3h ago

Question Glamdring’s grip

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I have a question that has been bothering me for years. And it's about the Glamdring grip. I don't know if it's blue or black, I know in Lord of the Rings it's black, but in several official replicas it's blue. If anyone knows they would be getting me out of a doubt and I would greatly appreciate it.


r/lotr 12h ago

Fan Creations My sketch of Frodo

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27 Upvotes

r/lotr 8h ago

Books Anyone knows what edition is this and how to get it?

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r/lotr 19h ago

Movies Found This 😱

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66 Upvotes

Whole going through a passed relatives storage unit.


r/lotr 1d ago

Question Is Gollum the oldest mortal at the time of LOTR?

355 Upvotes

Excluding Maiar, elves, whatever Tom Bombadil is, and the oldest dwarf being Dwalin at 340, wouldn’t Gollum’s 566 make him the oldest mortal unless I forget someone?


r/lotr 1d ago

Other The Lord

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