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Unfinished Tales

Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Benjamin
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‘Great heart!’ said Turambar. ‘Happy was the choice that took you for a helper!’ But even as he spoke, a great stone hurtled from above and smote Hunthor on the head, and he fell into the water, and so ended; not the least valient in the House of Haleth. Then Turambar cried: [...]

The Silmarillion

Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Benjamin
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But Ungoliant had grown great, and he less by the power that had gone out of him; and she rose against him, and her cloud closed about him, and she enmeshed him in a web clinging thongs to strangle him. Then Morgoth sent forth a terrible cry, that echoed in the mountains. Therefore [...]

The Book of Lost Tales

Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Benjamin
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‘Twas a great day’s journey Tuor put behind him that day; and he came ere evening to a region where trees again appeared, and the manner of the land through which he now fared differed greatly from those shores about Falasquil. There had Tuor known mighty cliffs beset with caverns and great spoutholes, and [...]

The Silmarillion

Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Benjamin
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Then Fingolfin beheld (as it seemed to him) the utter ruin of the Noldor, and the defeat beyond redress of all their houses; and filled with wrath and despair he mounted upon Rochallor his great horse and rode forth alone, and none might restrain him. He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the [...]

The Book of Lost Tales

Posted on August 20th, 2007 by Benjamin
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But now even as Varda is engaged in this great work, behold, Oromë pricks over the plain, and drawing rein he shouts aloud so that all the ears in Valmar may hear him: “Tulielto! Tulielto! They have come - they have come!” Then he stands midway between the Two Trees and winds [...]