Articles related to "Ruling Stewards"



The Men Who Would Be Steward
A look at how the Stewards of Gondor compare to historical families which rose from stewardship to kingship, and why the Ruling Stewards never made themselves kings.
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Ferthu Theoden Hal!
If you've ever wondered what was so special about Theoden, there may be an answer to your question. We can study the world in which Theoden lived to learn a little more about him.
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Hobbit Tales, or Never There And Back Again...
A discussion of some of the other stories Tolkien could have told about Hobbits had he explained their history in greater detail.
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Much ado about Arwen: Elven Princess
A profile of Arwen as portrayed by J.R.R. Tolkien, and how the original character may have inspired Peter Jackson to extrapolate abilities she did not display in the book.
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Real Orcs Don't Do Windows
Tolkien's vision of the Uruks, the black Orcs from Mordor and Isengard, followed a very unconventional path from conception to publication. Why did he feel compelled to create a new race of goblins, one which possessed none of the weaknesses of the older race of goblins?
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Ithilien, Moon Over Gondor
Ithilien rose and fell with the fortunes of Gondor, but when all else was lost, Gondor hung on to Isildur's former home tenaciously. What did this land mean to the people Isildur left behind?
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Where Are the Aragorn and Arwen Web Sites?
A discussion of Aragorn and Arwen, how Web sites for them are currently lacking, and what may emerge on the Web as the popularity of these characters and the actors who portray them rises.
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Guess Who's Coming to the Disaster
Tolkien is often criticised for not including more romance in The Lord of the Rings. But the romance is scattered throughout his long pseudo-history, and the fate of Middle-earth was more than once decided by a love story.
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Tolkien's Middle-earth doesn't look like Medieval Europe
A refutation of the medievalist interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.
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