#Riders of theoden

[kindlythevoid]

Book Five of Return of the King has ended!

Paths of the Dead

Dark Dunharrow

Arise Riders of Theoden

Mighty Was the Fallen

Snowmane’s Epitaph

Out of Doubt, Out of Dark

Song of the Mounds of Mundburg

To the Sea, To The Sea

The Lord of the Rings is a Musical

Song Counter: 39

Poem Counter: 23

Total: 62

Bonus (times singing was mentioned but not spelled out): 27

FotR Counter: 34 FotR Total: 49

TTT Counter: 20 TTT Total: 28

[klinefelterrible]

Aragorn: RIDERS OF ROHAN! What news from the Mark?!

Eomer: boys, give this guy an Edoras Times

Aragorn: thanks, man

Aragorn: Lego, toss him a coin

Gimli: what do they write?

Aragorn: uhm… king’s son is dying

Legolas: sad

Aragorn: oh look, Saruman rules here now

Aragorn: his ugly servant poses by this older fella, a king maybe

Gimli: show us the centerfold!

Aragorn: ooooh a blonde!

Gimli: let’s go there

Legolas: you like tall and skinny blondes huh

Gimli: you bet your sweet ass I do

Legolas: oh

Gimli: that wasn’t supposed to sound like that

Legolas: *already naked* what

[theworldsoftolkein]

Palace of King Theoden - by Breath-Art

[eerie-embroidery]

Courage, Merry, courage for our friends.

[miiiddleearth]

I know your face... Eowyn

[winterhopeinferorose]

Rip Bernard Hill

You will always be our king

Arise, arise, riders of Théoden!

Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered!

A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!”

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!

spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,

a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!

Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[ravelingbolero]

LotR trivia night inspired my art today.

[aidenofneil]

Hordes and hordes of orcs! Finished up sword and spear orcs from Forgemaster Minis and posed them with Gothmog and his captains.

In addition, I finished up some Rohan Royal Guard proxies to face off with them!

Don’t mind the totally beautiful freehand banner I floundered on lol

Bonus closeup on the Theoden:

[pepperwaldo]

[tenth-sentence]

The slow voices of the Riders stirred the hearts even of those who did not know the speech of that people; but the words of the song brought a light to the eyes of the folk of the Mark as they heard again afar the thunder of the hooves of the North and the voice of Eorl crying above the battle upon the Field of Celebrant; and the tale of the kings rolled on, and the horn of Helm was loud in the mountains, until the Darkness came and King Théoden arose and rode through the Shadow to the fire, and died in splendour, even as the Sun, returning beyond hope, gleamed upon Mindolluin in the morning.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[orwellsunderpants]

And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns, in dark Mindolluin's sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the north wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.

-- JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

(Legit the most thrilling four sentences in the English language.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

[theworldsoftolkein]

The Lord of the Rings: Arise riders of Theoden!!!... - by Rodrigo-Sanches-A

The Ride of the Rohirim - by Chelobek4

[fragiledewdrop]

WHERE NOW THE HORSE AND THE RIDER-Aka how I just had a Tolkien related freak out on the train

I can't believe what just happened to me. As in, it's such a weird chain of events that it has left me a little dizzy.

I was reading "Les Nourritures Terrestres" by Gide, and I got to a point he cites parts of a poem which I liked very much. The notes informed me that it's a French translation of "an 8th century saxon elegy called 'The Wanderer' "

That intrigued me, and, being on a train with a lot of time to pass (plus being a little tired of reading in French), I took out my phone and searched for the poem.

I found it here. It's the lament of a warrior in exile who has lost his lord and mourns the joy and glory of a world that has now disappeared. I was enjoying it a lot.

And then I got to this point:

And my mouth actually dropped open, because what?

Are you telling me that the Lament for the Rohirrim, one of my favourite poems in LOTR, which I learnt by heart at 13 and later took care to learn in the original English, which I sing when I do the dishes and which routinely makes me cry, is Tolkien's translation of an 8th century Saxon elegy?

Well, the notes at the end of the page confirmed it:

"Tolkien's rendition is hard to resist" I bet it is. I love that professional philologists add notes to their work saying "yeah, by the way, this bit here? It's in your favourite fantasy novel, and I am kinda jealous of how well it was translated, but it's Tolkien, the man spoke Old English, what can you do? Carry on, xoxo"

I mean, I had gathered that the Tolkien poem played on themes used in medieval literature, but I had no idea it was based on an actual, specific text. That makes it a hundred times cooler!

Maybe it's common knowledge, but it was a delicious tidbit of good news to me. Especially since I wasn't expecting it in the least, so I was blindsided by it.

Cherry on top? I had ignored the Old English text, since I don't understand it, but at the end I gave it a cursory read , and the line "Alas for the splendor of the prince"? "Eala þeodnes þrym!"

Now, I have never studied Old English, but I know roughly how to pronounce it (what kind of Silmarillion fan would I be if I didn’t recognize the thorn?). þeodnes has to be where "Theoden" comes from, right?

Apparently yes. I googled the "Lament for the Rohirrim", and Tolkien Gathaway has a nice little parapraph in which they explain all this. I don't know why I had never read it before, but it was a lot more fun learning it as an unexpected detour from my French practice, not gonna lie.

Bottom line: Tolkien was a both a nerd and a genius and continues to make my life brighter, and this is one of those moments in which I am very happy I have spent years of my life learning languages.

Thanks for coming to my impromptu TedTalk.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!

Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward.

Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded!

Forth Eorlingas!

"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[thethirdtreeofvalinor]

i wasn’t in an area where any news could reach me, and when i was, my sister did inform me immediately that Age Backwards unfortunately died

do any of you understand what it’s like being a huge tolkien nerd in a family of people who can barely make it through the lotr movies?

here’s some examples:

my sister, to this day, has no idea what theoden’s name is. what she does know is that he was old and now he’s young, so what do we call him? you guessed it: Age Backwards

continuing that family line, does she know eowyn’s name? of course not! our resident nazgûl killer is known as: Age Backwards’ Niece

you might be sending a trend here, right? it’s only obvious that eomer would be named Age Backwards’ Nephew, right? WRONG!! He is permanently known as: Age Backwards’ Niece’s Brother

two weeks ago, my mother and my sister both confessed to me that they thought saruman and sauron were the same person