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Submitted by: Flower of Telperion Serves: Makes two loaves Prep Time: 2 hours 10 mins. Difficulty: Intermediate Description:Perfect after a long night of singing under the stars. Ingredients: .25 oz. active dry yeast 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup softened butter 1/3 cup white sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 eggs 3 1/2 cups flour Honey butter: […]

Ted Nasmith is arguably one of the best and most prominent Tolkien-inspired artists out there. The illustrator was born in Canada in the 1950s. While growing up, Nasmith and his family moved constantly all over the world (Europe, for example) but by his teenage years, they settled in Toronto, Canada. When the time came to […]

All passages are direct quotes from the book, The Lord of the Rings, and are (hopefully) letter for letter, other than a few punctuation changes. While there are many other great lessons and quotes voiced in dialogue and conversation between characters, it would seem quite tacky to change so many of them to make sense […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, a Vardian is here to present a little essay dedicated to and about Gimli, our beloved and undying famous Dwarf. We all know that Gimli the Dwarf, member of the Fellowship of the Ring, brings humor to the Fellowship, and we could well include ourselves in the crowd. He is often rowdy, […]

There are numerous fantasy artists out there, but there are also many artists who choose the works of J.R.R. Tolkien as a base for their artwork. They do this because of the sheer depth of the world Tolkien created, and also because of the amazingly detailed descriptions he wrote, so the reader can imagine, say, […]

Thanks a lot to LadyCeleborn for accepting to be interviewed for the January 2006 issue of the Council Courier! We are very much interested in asking her some questions because of the new section in the Multimedia, the Stationery section, but also to learn more about her. LadyCeleborn is one of the Palantír forum moderators, […]

The collectors DVD edition of EA’s “Battle for Middle-Earth II” was released today. You can read more about the game at eagames and take a look at some screenshots from the game here .

For a chance to win a King of the Dead polystone statue enter the contest at Sideshow. The closing date for the contest is Friday 6th January at noon (PST).

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is expected to be released on high definition digital discs in 2006. You can read read further details at videobusiness.com.

Sideshow has announced that the first figure in their new 12 inch collectible range will be of Aragorn. You can see a preview of the figure here.