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And men saw his sails coming up out of the sunset, dyed as with scarlet and gleaming with red and gold, and fear fell upon the dwellers by the coasts, and they fled far away… Then he sent forth heralds, and he commanded Sauron to come before him and swear to him fealty.

And Sauron came.

–  Ar-Pharazôn (Mark Strong) and Tar-Míriel (Leila Nda)

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There was a lady Inzilbêth, renowned for her beauty, and her mother was Lindórië, sister of Eärendur, the Lord of Andúnië in the days of Ar-Sakalthôr father of Ar-Gimilzôr. Gimilzôr took her to wife, though this was little to her liking, for she was in heart one of the Faithful, being taught by her mother; but the kings and their sons were grown proud and not to be gainsaid in their wishes. No love was there between Ar-Gimilzôr and his queen ...

--  Inzilbêth (Kylie Bunbury) and Ar-Gimilzôr (Avan Jogia)

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Hey! I happened upon your blog while searching my tags. I came across a post using my photos and OMG, I'm in love! Haha great page.

Thanks so much! I hope you don’t mind me using your pictures - when I saw the Armando Espinoza photoshoot I thought it was just too stunning to pass up! 

[teamedain]

What follows is almost wholly illegible in the manuscript, except for the ending, which states that her name was erased from the Book of Kings, and that King Tarannon had her set on a ship alone with her cats and set adrift on the sea before a north wind.

-- Queen Berúthiel (Lorelei Black)

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I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s Erulaitalë celebrations! Regular blogging will now resume. 

-- adminmel

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Gates of Summer

... and now at length is that great feast Tarnin Austa or the Gates of Summer near at hand. For know that on a night it was their custom to begin a solemn ceremony at midnight, continuing it even till the dawn of Tarnin Austa broke, and no voice was uttered in the city from midnight till the break of day, but the dawn they hailed with ancient songs. 

-- “The Fall of Gondolin”, Book of Lost Tales - Part Two, J.R.R. Tolkien

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Thrice only in each year the King spoke, offering prayer for the coming year at the Erukyermë in the first days of spring, praise of Eru Ilúvatar at the Erulaitalë in midsummer, and thanksgiving to him at the Eruhantalë at the end of autumn. 

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Númenor-to-Be

Then Tuor fled from the fury of the sea, and with labour he won his way back to the high terraces; for the wind drove him against the cliff, and when he came out upon the top it bent him to his knees. Therefore he entered again the dark and empty hall for shelter, and he sat nightlong in the stone seat of Turgon. The very pillars trembled for the violence of the storm, and it seemed to Tuor that the wind was full of wailing and wild cries. Yet being weary he slept at times, and his sleep was troubled with many dreams, of which naught remained in waking mem­ory save one: a vision of an isle, and in the midst of it was a steep mountain, and behind it the sun went down, and shadows sprang into the sky; but above it there shone a single dazzling star.

-- Tuor’s vision of Númenor-to-Be, in ‘Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin’, Unfinished Tales, J.R.R. Tolkien