~ Tolkien

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-J-R-R-Tolkien-not-like-Frank-Herberts-Dune

“…for she was (and knew she was) my Lúthien. <…> I never called Edith Lúthien – but she was the source of the story that in time became the chief part of the Silmarillion. It was first conceived in a small woodland glade filled with hemlocks at Roos in Yorkshire (where I was for a brief time in command of an outpost of the Humber Garrison in 1917, and she was able to live with me for a while). In those days her hair was raven, her skin clear, her eyes brighter than you have seen them, and she could sing – and dance.” — J.R.R. Tolkien in a letter to his son Christopher, 11 July 1972

Images: Tolkien (2019) dir. Dome Karukoski

The Quenya alphabet as drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1931

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3. siječnja 1892.

sretan, profesore~!

The Battle of the Hornburg was a key event in Saruman’s Invasion of Westfold. His forces bearing the White Hand set out from Isengard on March 2nd, 3019, and numbered over 10,000 - consisting primarily of Uruk-hai orcs and Dunledings. They reached Helm’s Deep on March 3rd, where they met a force of almost 3,000 fighting under Rohan's banner. The battle lasted until March 4th, when Gandalf and Erkenbrand arrived with reinforcements. 

Therefore naught was done at that time, though Elrond’s heart misgave him, and he said to Mithrandir: 'Nonetheless I forbode that the One will yet be found, and then war will arise again, and in that war this Age will be ended. Indeed in a second darkness it will end, unless some strange chance deliver us that my eyes cannot see.’

’Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ’and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ - The Silmarillion

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Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.

• I see this quote a lot in the comments under the new Amazon The Rings of Power teaser trailer.

When and in what context did Tolkien say this?

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It doesn't appear to be anything that Tolkien ever said or wrote, but a paraphrase:

"No, they eat and drink, Sam. The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don't think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them; and if they are to live at all, they have to live like other living creatures."

-- The Return of The King

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"For the Orcs had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar; and naught that had life of its own, nor the semblance of life, could ever Melkor make since his rebellion in the Ainulindalë before the Beginning: so say the wise."

-- The Silmarillion




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Ah im, ú-‘erin veleth lîn?
Gerich veleth nîn, ada.

Elven archers of Lorien arrive to aid Rohan.

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How many elves did Elrond send to the Helm's Deep battle?

None.

Those that Jackson showed were not Elrond’s elves. The 500 sent to Helm’s Deep in the films were from Lorien which means they would have been sent by Galadriel, who as queen of Lothlorien is peer and not subordinate to Elrond. In the books he dispatched his sons Elladan and Elrohir but they didn’t reach Helm’s Deep until a while after the battle and it wasn’t to specifically protect the Deep. Lorien however didn’t actually send anything in the books. The only elf present in the battle was Legolas.

Elrond could request Lorien elves to march to Helm’s Deep. He could ask Galadriel, he could advise, but Elrond couldn’t command her or her forces to do anything.

Never mind the commander of this support army was experienced primarily as a ranger guarding the forests of Lorien from orcs and goblins.

Elrond may be the bearer of one of the three elven rings but his influence among kin is dwarfed by Galadriel, who is queen of Lorien, his mother-in-law and possessor of one of the other Elven rings.

As queen of Lothlorien she had much more influence among the elves compared to Elrond in Rivendell, which was for the most part a refuge for travellers across the mountains and survivors of the collapse of Erigion. Much of Elrond’s influence came from his history as a liaison with the kingdoms of Men, particularly Gondor and Arnor. One thing that worked against his favour was that he could have made himself high king of the Noldor after Gil-Galad’s death but turned it down because there were so few of them, as such Galadriel remained as the one considered greatest of their kind.

She was also a woman so splendid and charismatic it is said that among the Eldar her hair reminded them of the light of the Two Trees. Which is quite a compliment about a woman’s hair.

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