[Curunír] gathered a great host of spies, and many of these were birds; for Radagast lent him his aid, divining naught of his treachery, and deeming that this was but part of the watch upon the Enemy. ~ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power (Art: “Radagast the Young” by Miandelam on DeviantArt)
On this day in T.A. 3019, Saruman dispatches his ruthless Uruk-hai warriors to track down the Fellowship of the Ring in a bid to obtain the One Ring for himself.
On this day 20 years ago, Ian McKellen arrived in New Zealand and joined the cast on January 10, 2000 to begin filming Peter Jackson’s epic the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Thank you for all the magical and wonderful memories.
Me beside my first serious portraits of The hobbit characters. From the left: Thorin, Bilbo, Radagast, Thranduil and Smaug (a clay sculpture to the right)
This was at a exhibition my school had this spring.
![[Curunír] gathered a great host of spies, and many of these were birds; for Radagast lent him his ai](https://64.media.tumblr.com/78ed2326283b90ffdf2c6430b745550a/b48746651f38f158-60/s1280x1920/03d31004660ccfc9db1643470e09cdbb16cd8784.jpg "[Curunír] gathered a great host of spies, and many of these were birds; for Radagast lent him his ai")
