Tagged: rings of power

Celeborn Explained: Galadriel's Husband, Lord of Lothlórien

Círdan the Shipwright Explained: Lord of the Grey Havens

How Was the One Ring Made? Sauron, Eregion and the Fires of Mount Doom

Isildur Explained: The Man Who Took the One Ring

Khamûl the Easterling Explained: The Second of the Nine Ringwraiths

Celebrimbor and the Rings of Power: The Smith Who Made the Three

Who Celebrimbor is in Tolkien's legendarium: his descent from Fëanor, his break with his father in Nargothrond, Eregion and the Gwaith-i-Mírdain, the friendship with Khazad-dûm, Annatar, the forging of the rings, the fall of Eregion, his name and his portrayal in The Rings of Power.

Adûnaic: The Lost Language of Númenor

Adûnaic was the native language of the Men of Númenor. Here is what Tolkien actually wrote about it: its history, the kings' names decoded, an attested word list, its unusual grammar, and how it became the Common Speech.