#the fellowship of the ring
The Fellowship of the Ring recast:
Riz Ahmed as Frodo, Jiang Wen as Gimli, Idris Elba as Aragorn, Pedro Pascal as Boromir, John Boyega as Sam, Remy Hii as Legolas, Alexander Siddig as Gandalf, Alfie Enoch as Pippin & Steven Yeun as Merry
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The Fellowship of the Ring recast:
Riz Ahmed as Frodo, Jiang Wen as Gimli, Idris Elba as Aragorn, Pedro Pascal as Boromir, John Boyega as Sam, Remy Hii as Legolas, Alexander Siddig as Gandalf, Alfie Enoch as Pippin & Steven Yeun as Merry
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“At last, in the year when Eärendil was seven years old, Morgoth was ready, and he loosed upon Gondolin his Balrogs, and his Orcs, and his wolves; and with them came dragons of the brood of Glaurung, and they were become now many and terrible. The host of Morgoth came over the northern hills where the height was greatest and the watch least vigilant, and it came at night upon a time of festival, when all the people of Gondolin were upon the walls to await the rising sun, and sing their songs at its uplifting; for the morrow was the great feast that they named the Gates of Summer.”
Artwork by John Howe
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Rest in peace Christopher Tolkien, and namárië.
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.
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Christopher Tolkien, third son of J.R.R. Tolkien and editor of much of his posthumous work, including The Silmarillion, has died at age 95. Thank you for bringing your father’s vision to life through your work. Rest in peace.
On this day in T.A. 3019, Gandalf the Grey is separated from the Fellowship of the Ring and confronts the Balrog Durin’s Bane alone on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm.
Artwork by Gonzalo Kenny
On this day in T.A. 3019, the Fellowship of the Ring arrive at the Doors of Durin, entrance to Khazad-dûm, at nightfall.
Artwork by Ted Nasmith
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On this day in 1977, Orlando Bloom was born. He made his breakthrough as Legolas Greenleaf in Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
HC: The Fellowship played a game on their journey to pass the time called “how old is it.” The game goes like this: someone throws out a number, and then everyone else has to rate that age in terms of maturity, life stage, etc. Gandalf rates every number “child.” Aragorn threw out “430” at one point and Boromir, way out of his depth and with a confused glance towards Legolas, cautiously rated it “Venerable and wise.” The hobbits promptly rated it “Dead.”
‘I should like to save the Shire, if I could – though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don’t feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.’
–J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Shadow of the Past
Art by Alan Lee
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“But Lobelia was not so easily got rid of. A little later Frodo came out of the study to see how things were going on and found her still about the place, investigating nooks and corners and tapping the floors. He escorted her firmly off the premises, after he had relieved her of several small (but rather valuable) articles that had somehow fallen inside her umbrella. Her face looked as if she was in the throes of thinking out a really crushing parting remark; but all she found to say, turning round on the step, was:
‘You’ll live to regret it, young fellow! Why didn’t you go too? You don’t belong here; you’re no Baggins–you–you’re a Brandybuck!’
'Did you hear that, Merry? That was an insult, if you like,’ said Frodo as he shut the door on her.
'It was a compliment,’ said Merry Brandybuck, 'and so, of course, not true.’”
—J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, “A Long-expected Party”
