#esgaroth

“The dragon swooped once more lower than ever, and as he turned and dived down his belly glittered white with sparkling fires of gems in the moon–but not in one place. The great bow twanged. The black arrow sped straight from the string, straight for the hollow by the left breast where the foreleg was flung wide. In it smote and vanished, barb, shaft and feather, so fierce was its flight. With a shriek that defeaned the men, felled trees and split stone, Smaug shot spouting into the air, turned over and crashed down from on high in ruin.

Full on the town he fell. His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes. The lake roared in. A vast steam leaped up, white in the sudden dark under the moon. There was a hiss, a gushing whirl, and then silence. And that was the end of Smaug and Esgaroth, but not of Bard.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, “Fire and Water”

“Esgaroth”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS_RtVrtX6w

“Lake-town,orEsgaroth, known fully as “Esgaroth upon the Long Lake”, was a small settlement and community of Men in the north-western part of the Long Lake in the Rhovanion. The town was constructed entirely of wood and stands upon wooden pillars sunk into the bed of the Long Lake, south of the Lonely Mountain and east of Mirkwood. It seems that the town’s prosperity was built on trade between the Men, ElvesandDwarves of northern Middle-earth. It was also known as the final resting place of the DragonSmaug, whose bones ended up at the bottom of the lake, and by whom it was destroyed. […]”

Music by Sojourner

(This song is called Empires of Ash taken from their same named debut album which was released by Avantgarde Music on the 25th of May, 2016.

Sojourner is an atmospheric/epic black metal with an influences of nature and fantasy. The band is an international band. The members are coming from Dunedin, New Zealand and Malmö, Sweden. It was found in 2015.

Here’s the current lineup:

Mike Wilson [bass | see also: Lysithea, ex-Undoing the Endetc.],

Mike Lamb [drums, guitars, piano, and synth | see also: Cailleach, ex-Into Avernus etc.],

Chloe Bray [guitars, tin whistle, and vocals (female) | see also: Aoroi, A Heartbeat Behind etc.],

Emilio Crespo [vocals (male) | see also: Nangilima].)

Artwork by Tina Marie Lane

Source:lotr.wikia.com

“Smaug destroys Esgaroth” - The Hobbit [x]

TheWomenofLake-townStandWithTheirMenInLifeAndInDeath!

Hilda Bianca and That One Laketowner With a Shovel for Legendarium Ladies April 2021

To the fanboys out there who think women going into a battle with farming tools is unrealistic, please look up Prudence Wright’s Guard from Pepperell, Massachusetts in the American Revolutionary War!