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Originally posted by mors823
Peasents farm and lords drink wine. In Rome, they watch lion fights. No much fun to be low in society.

Actually in Rome they watch Tigers scratch the crap outta their boy toys.

Wine... yea they had that in Middleearth too 😄 (>Dorwinion)
they seemed to have loved feasts and everything... and hunting.

Originally posted by Kitoky
What does the elven rings do exactly?

This is a bit random, but don't you just love what they did to Galadriel's eyes?

Originally posted by Kitoky
This is a bit random, but don't you just love what they did to Galadriel's eyes?

Originally posted by Kitoky
This is a bit random, but don't you just love what they did to Galadriel's eyes?

Yeah.
It's pretty cool! 🙂

They look younf for being over 10 thousand years old. MUst of used alot of Botox.

Originally posted by Kitoky
What does the elven rings do exactly?

The elven rings are what enabled the elven lords to create their beautiful realms and the magic-like quality that is easily sensed whenever Tolkien describes these places. They also allowed for control (or manipulation) of nature and spirit. We have a couple of examples of their powers from the books:
Elrond used his ring to control the waters of Bruinen when the Nazgul tried to pass. Galadriel used her ring to guard Lothlorien, none could enter without he permission.
A pretty no-invasive magic, that controls and directs the 'flow' of nature rather than stopping or altering it radically.

Originally posted by FreddieFreeload
The elven rings are what enabled the elven lords to create their beautiful realms and the magic-like quality that is easily sensed whenever Tolkien describes these places. They also allowed for control (or manipulation) of nature and spirit. We have a couple of examples of their powers from the books:
Elrond used his ring to control the waters of Bruinen when the Nazgul tried to pass. Galadriel used her ring to guard Lothlorien, none could enter without he permission.
A pretty no-invasive magic, that controls and directs the 'flow' of nature rather than stopping or altering it radically.

And what about Gil-galad's? Or Cirdan?

The main power of Círdan's (and Gilgalad's) ring Narya was to strengthen the hearts of friends...

Exa, do you know (roughly) how many orcs and elves and men took part in the 5 battles of beleriand? I'm having a hard time visualizing how many there are.

Ew, no, sry... the only number I can remember at the moment are Turgon's 10 000 Men of Gondolin in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad... so the whole "good" army in this battle mustve been about 20 000 or 25 000 Men... but I can say nothing bout the other battles 🙁

Originally posted by Exa
The main power of Círdan's (and Gilgalad's) ring Narya was to strengthen the hearts of friends...

And one could easily imagine that Gandalf used it to strengthen the hearts of his travelmates during the War of The Ring, but we don't have as clear evidence of this, as we have with the other two rings.

Well, we could prove it by his frequent advices and words of wisdom and inspiration for his fellows.

I'm absolutely convinced that he is still be able to give advice and share his wisdom without the ring (his is Gandalf, immortal being and a Maia), but I can imagine that the ring would enhance the sentiment of his words or something.

Where does this line come from...
"As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive."

By Arwen -

"Nay, dear lord," she said, "that choice is long over. There is now no ship that would bear me hence, and I must indeed abide the Doom of Men, whether I will or I nill: the loss and the silence. But I say to you, King of the Númenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if this is indeed the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive."

From the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
when Aragorn is lying on his death bed

Hey exa or sum one else like Sauron will you please make me a sig????

yea me too please

Exa's not really a person to make sigs, ask Phoe, or perhaps The One Himself.

In what year did the Shire calender start?