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"It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race.
But they were all of them deceived, for a new ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring.
But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever... but the hearts of Men are easily corrupted.
And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, the ring ensnared another bearer. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The ring gave to Gollum an unnatural long life.
For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum.
But then something happened that the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire. For the time will soon come when hobbits will shape the fortunes of all..."
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Coming off the recent success of my Hobbit Poster, I decided for my next project to change TLG's animated poster: shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Frodo-Post... , into a real Lego one. So, after several minutes of building the backdrop, and positioning Frodo's arm, a couple of hours of phototaking to get the perfect one, and then another five hours of graphic design work, I present the One Ring To Rule Them All Poster in Lego.
Enjoy and God Bless!
There's a section of Davis where all of the streets are named after people or places in JRR Tolkien books. There's also a lot of community gardens, chicken coops, a small vinyard, and other strange things
Here is their website for the street names:
What a beautiful view on the "Grande Sure" in Chartreuse in french alps. I've made my personnal touch to give to this photo a Tolkien ambience :D
Well, yeah, a li'l too far fetched. But the green was too enticing to be called anything less dramatic.
Enroute to Kausani, the village overlooking the clouds.
By the way, in India, today is Divali, the festival of lights. Hope you haven't made it the festival of noise. The message remains the same.
Navigation:
Title Dedication : JRR Tolkien, Howard Shore and Steel Steve who will hopefully come back to Flickr quick!
On a really nice clear day. This Buckinghamshire village is said to have inspired Tolkien who used it as Bree in Lord of the Rings
Die J.R. Tolkien ist ein luxuriöser Gaffeltop-Segelschoner von 42 m Länge.
Hier beim Auslaufen in Warnemünde - aufgenommen von der Fähre nach Dänemark
Inspired by a wonderful photographer M. Klasan - check out her photostream!
The Lord of the Rings is best read by the fireside in autumn and winter time ;)
Digging around I found these Tolkien triptych covers from a 1972 edition.
Artist: Barbara Remington (1929-2020)
Originally posted: 28 January 2012
Reworked: 20 January 2015.
Bumped: 29 January 2015
Undoubtedly one of my most popular photos from my early days of Flickr. Every week it gets a hit or two. Today, I thought I would bump it and pair it with another edition of these classic novels.
This is my handmade pendant, inspired by Tolkien's book The Silmarillion. It represent Telperion, Tree of Valinor. You can check my Etsy link in my profile :).
Kyla had reached the Shire really late. Dragon flights were all delayed because of gnomes strikes and no hopes for eagle airlines to help. She only left to make a shot and go sneak into this little house to dress out of this mesh and get some sleep ...
No postprocessing
Windlight: {TOR} SUNSET - Oriental Delight 2
Shot at The Shire maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Shire/162/128/30
Another nice sim! Thanks PAwPaw!
Did a quick take on my version of Hobbiton. Drawn primarily in InkPad on the iPad, with some use of Sketchbook Pro and Artists Touch in the final version.
Tour of Middle Earth: Rivendell also called Imladris, site of the Fellowship's forming.
MOC features 1 complete LEGO Rivendell set and added structures from pieces of a second Rivendell set. Also, the Fellowship of the Ring.
GhostWorks Texture Competition #57
Texture with thanks to Skeletal Mess
The huge Austrian Pine in Oxford University's Botannic Garden was apparently Professor J R R Tolkien's favourite tree. It is said to have inspired his "Ents" characters (walking, talking tree-men of Middle Earth) from the "Lord of the Rings" tales.
Original image here
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. -Tolkien
Ok, my inner nerd is showing! ;)
I hope you like my take on our "One" theme!