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For questions about the trilogy of movies or books, 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King'. Always use in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag and, for movie questions, the relevant movie tag, e.g. [fellowship-of-the-ring].
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How do we know Aragorn's birthday?
In Appendix B of The Lord Of The Rings, titled "The Tale of Years", within the Third Age:
2931 . Aragorn son of Arathorn II born on March 1st.
Later, within March 3019:
1 . Frodo begins the …
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How many different wearers of the One Ring were there?
The Encyclopedia of Arda has a list of all ring-bearers, including those who wore it on their fingers in bold:
Sauron
Isildur
Déagol
Sméagol/Gollum
Bilbo Baggins
Frodo Baggins
Gandalf (more so in th …
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In Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy, does Arwen have the gift of foresight like Elrond?
I think that Arwen's vision was somewhere between a vision, a hope, and a realization. The dialog with Elrond when she returns to Rivendell sounds a lot like someone trying to get information they hav …
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How fast could Shadowfax gallop?
What's his maximum possible speed? I don't think we're ever given enough information to determine that. But, on one occasion we do we see him trying to get from one place to another as quickly as poss …
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Is there any evidence pointing to the planned future development of Arda?
One other thing: Tolkien himself began work on a sequel to Lord of the Rings tentatively titled The New Shadow, which took place during the reign of Eldarion Telcontar (Aragorn's son). Placing it at l …
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What is a "goblin-imp"?
One of the dictionary definitions for imp is:
2 b : a mischievous child : urchin
Not a lot is known about the reproductive methods of Goblins/Orcs, but one can probably assume they are born youn …
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What does Eowyn call Theoden?
As far as I can tell, in the books, Eowyn referred to Theoden by any title only three times. She was very quiet in the Two Towers. She only spoke twice: Once when offering Theoden wine after his recov …
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How did Éowyn slay the Witch-king of Angmar if he wasn't alive?
This was much better explained in the books. Merry had picked up his sword (actually a dagger, but he's a Hobbit so it was size-appropriate) in the Barrow-downs near the Shire. (The entire Barrow-down …
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The One Ring as an engagement ring?
In addition to the point about Galadriel being tempted by The One Ring, I'll add the fact that the ring was very rarely given up voluntarily.
When Bilbo left it behind when leaving Bag End, and that …
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How tall was Barad-dûr?
Tolkien intentionally left details of the tower's construction and appearance vague. It was described as behind hidden by a cloud of shadow and darkness (probably both literal and metaphorical).
...r …
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Does time move slower inside Lothlórien?
I believe that any references to the passing of time in the book are merely meant to show that the peacefulness and isolation of Lórien made them forget their task and their urgency (not to mention ea …
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What's the origin of "One does not simply Telnet into Mordor"?
According to Know Your Meme, the "One Does Not Simply X Into Mordor" snowclone/image macro/meme seems to have originated in the Something Awful forums in 2004. Lots of great examples of other ones (in …
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Prior to having many colors, was Saruman always white?
Here's a heavily edited except from The Silmarillion, "Of The Rings Of Power And The Third Age":
Even as the first shadows were felt in Mirkwood there appeared in
the west of Middle-earth the Istari, …
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Is it advisable to read The Hobbit before reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
The Hobbit is a good introduction to the world of Middle-Earth. You spend a lot more time with Bilbo being Hobbity and get to appreaciate the dwarves more than you would by simply reading The Lord of …
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Is there a hidden significance behind the fact Galadriel gave 3 hairs to Gimli instead of one?
This blog post from 2011 discusses Gimli and Fëanor, and their requests of Galadriel, in a bit more detail. There's some comparisons to Aulë's creation of the dwarves, as well as a reference to a lett …
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