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Join the Elvish Letter Fellowship Club!

Posted on September 11 2024

Ever wanted to receive letters written in Elvish that you could then decode? Welcome to the Elvish Letter Fellowship Club (ELF-Club), where I write letters each month in Elvish Calligraphy and mail them anywhere in the world!

#SimpingForSauron September

Posted on September 08 2023

To celebrate the first appearance of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powe...

The Hobbits Are Wearing Our Merchandise!

Posted on September 08 2023

Cue the techno remix! 2022 was full of so many surprises for me as a content creator, b...

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Celebrimbor - Bisexual Icon in the Making?

Posted on October 23 2022

I recently had a conversation about my queer reading of Celebrimbor, the master craftsm...

The Rings of Power: Celebrimbor - Possible Time-line and Characteristics

Posted on September 28 2022

A summary of Tolkien's canonical backstories for the character of Celebrimbor, my attempt at combining them into a single First Age time-line, and characteristics I feel are logical to include in the depiction of Celebrimbor in The Rings of Power series.

Life, Death, and Aging of Elves

Posted on November 26 2021

One thing I cover with relative frequency in my online content is Elves' ages, calculat...

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The Calendar of Imladris: EXPLAINED

Posted on November 08 2024

One of my favorite details from the Appendices of The Lord of the Rings has always been...

Reading & Writing Elvish Numbers

Posted on October 06 2024

There are two ways the Tengwar approach numbers. We'll take a look at both in this blog post as well as the step-by-step process of using Christopher Tolkien's method to read (decode) and write (encode) numbers in the duodecimal (base-12) system favored by the Elves.

"What Light Do You Dream Under?" -- An Elvish Metaphor for LGBTQIA2S+

Posted on December 02 2021

On TikTok, I was asked how the Elves would theoretically refer to LGBTQIA2S+ folx, and it took me a month to formulate what became a sweeping metaphor that's frankly better than the labels we use in modern English! In this blog post, I'll walk you through my process, through the in-world significance and symbolism behind the Elvish, and the translation notes for the entire metaphor of "What Light Do You Dream Under?"

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LotR Collection: Paths of the Dead BONUS Blend

Posted on December 16 2021

Curious about my Middle-Earth Oils? Here's a bit more about the Paths of the Dead blend...

LotR Collection: Grey Havens Blend

Posted on December 08 2021

Curious about my Middle-Earth Oils? Here's a bit more about the Grey Havens blend, whic...

LotR Collection: Mount Doom Blend

Posted on December 07 2021

Curious about my Middle-Earth Oils? Here's a bit more about the Mount Doom blend, which...

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Screenshot from TTRPG The Unpredicted Party with Don Marshall, Tori Fox, Max Randolph, Zac Smith, and guest star WizardWayKris.

Role-Playing Thranduil on #TheUnpredictedParty

Posted on September 08 2023

The Unpredicted Party is "the only TTRPG that answers the question, 'Why didn't they just take the eagles to Mordor?'" This very long post serves as a chronicle of my experience guest-starring as Thranduil.

D&D - Rime: Tragic Backstory

Posted on September 08 2023

Welcome to another D&D post, this time exploring the tragic backstory and unique physical attributes of Rime, my very first original PC for a home campaign.

D&D - Rime: Character Creation

Posted on September 08 2023

I have finally created and played my first character: Rime. This post will explore his basic background, much of which hasn't yet surfaced in my actual gameplay beyond certain enigmatic behaviors.

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