April 2009

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Sauron’s Blog #43: Ow, The Light! My Eyes! Again!!!
04.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

Well, Morgoth and I were still debating which of us would kill Tilion and which would consume The Moon, denying the world its light forever, when the unthinkable happened. From the East, a terrible bright burning started to rise from the horizon, which resolved into a bright, white light shifted toward the yellow. The firmament turned blue as this terrible light extinguished The Moon and the stars.
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“Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun” Drops May 5th
04.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

I got an email today, that I can pre-order the latest book written by the ghost of JRR Tolkien through the mediumship of Christopher Tolkien — The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. It collects translations of “The Saga of the Völsungs” written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford in the 1920s and ‘30s.
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What Doesn’t Make Sense About the War of Wrath and the Breaking of Beleriand
04.20.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 4 Comments

Unfortunately, the War of Wrath is so wrathful that the Beleriandian (is that a word?) sub-continent is almost completely destroyed, and sinks below the sea. The Valar invite all the Elves to Valinor, but lots of them refuse… The Edain follow Elros to Númenor, but lots of Men are left behind in Beleriand. So.. how did all the surviving Elves and Men get to Eriador?