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What Did Tolkien Mean When He Used ‘Swart’ And ‘Swarthy’ To Describe Elves And Men?

Why Did The Valar Settle In The West In Flat-world Arda?

Why Didn’t The Elves Destroy The Three Rings?

When Does A Tolkien Question Stop Being About Tolkien?

Why Were Arnor And Gondor Separate After Isildur Died?

Could The Mouth Of Sauron Have Survived The War Of The Ring?

Were The Shire Hobbits White-skinned?

Are Orcs And Elves The Same Race Or Not?

Could Halbarad Have Spent Time In The Shire Or At Bree?

If Ents Were In The Shire, How Could Treebeard Not Know?

Orc Graffiti

Aragorn vs Elrond: Who Wins?

Was The Old Forest Road Reopened Before The War Of The Ring?

Why Didn’t Dwarves Obsess Over Returning To The Grey Mountains?

How To Pronounce Names In ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Why Didn’t Saruman Attack Aragorn, Legolas, And Gimli In Fangorn?

Did Sauron Actually Worship Melkor?

How Far Can Elves See?

How Did Faramir And Boromir View Their Shared Dream?

Tea And Coffee: The OTHER Anachronisms In Middle-earth

Did J.R.R. Tolkien Model Minas Tirith On A Real City?

Halls, Houses, And Habitations Of The Elves

What Would Have Happened If The Great Plague Never Hit The Westlands?

The Dancing Bears Of Middle-earth

Unusual Questions About Sauron

Little Known Details About Tolkien Elves

Why Didn’t Middle-earth’s Technology Evolve Or Advance?

Why Did Mahtan Develop A Beard So Early In Life?

What Would Have Happened If Gandalf Had Led The Fellowship Over The High Pass?

What Is The Oldest Town Or City In Middle-earth?

How Did Gimli Outshine Legolas As A Member Of The Fellowship?

Where Did Rivendell Get Its Food?

Where Did J.R.R. Tolkien Say THAT?

What Was The Eye Of Sauron?

How Diverse Was Middle-earth In ‘The Lord of the Rings’?

Are Animals Without Morality In ‘The Lord of the Rings’?

Did J.R.R. Tolkien Model The Ride Of The Rohirrim On The Battle Of Vienna?

Did J.R.R. Tolkien Clearly, Definitively Resolve Questions About Noldorin High Kingship?

Short Questions and Answers Volume 11

Why Did Tolkien Use The Name ‘Wilderland’ For The Lands East Of The Misty Mountains?

Why Did Faramir Get The Message Dream More Than Boromir?

Questions About The Rangers Of Eriador

Was J.R.R. Tolkien British, English, or A South African?

What Happened To All The Rings Of Power?

What Is The Oldest Reused Phrase In ‘The Lord Of The Rings’?