#rhun

[arofili]

A Comprehensive Map of Middle-earth and its Surrounding Lands

Original map credited to the Cartographers’ Guild of Rómenna, with “special thanks” to Falmalórë Círdilion of Pelargir. Recreation, commentary, and Third Age map by Caleneth Leptafinya and Barahir of Ithilien.

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[elswing]

🚨 First look at Khamûl and a Nazgûl in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 (via Empire Magazine)

[...] Or, as they’re known in The Rings Of Power, the Nazgnagôl. Here, they’re still men, working in service of Sauron and lusting for power. To figure out what this early iteration of the eventual Nazgûl would be, showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay immersed themselves in Tolkien linguistics. “We love looking back at what inspired Tolkien,” Payne tells Empire. “He led with language. Language became a scaffold on which the myth would hang. The word ‘Nazgûl’ means ‘Ringwraith’ in the Black Speech of Mordor. But before they were Ringwraiths, we know that these were just men. So we were able to derive in the Black Speech that ‘nagôl’ could mean ‘servant’.” ‘Nazgnagôl’, therefore, literally means ‘Ring-servant’.

One such Ring-servant is Zubin Varla’s incoming Khamûl the Easterling, a character who we already know is doomed to eventual inhumanity. “In a sense, they go on the same journey as Gollum,” says Varla of the Nazgnagôl. “Evil begets evil, and violence begets violence. Their souls, and their bodies, are corrupted until they are literally hollowed out, almost devoid of physical form.”

Not that the Nazgnagôl would see themselves as the bad guys. “Every character stays the hero of their own story,” says Payne. “From Khamûl’s point of view, he is a warlord who deserves to be a king, whose power has been usurped by a dark wizard. Sauron offers him a way back to the top.” Remember: some ‘gifts’ are worth saying no to.”

[its-ant-iclimactic]

Da ich letztens wieder voll ins fandom rein gerutscht bin gibt es paar doodles für euch die so entstanden sind haha (eigendlich sind die zwei letzten eher memes pff...und das erste shipart) ;p

[erulasse23]

TROP Season Three

I expected the Sauron cover, but Gandalf?! fascinating!! and confronting a Mûmakil too. could it be that we will actually get a real, fleshed out Rhûn plot this season? some decent world building??

[shotechis]

Realms of Men 2026 | A Middle-Earth Monthly Calendar March · Rhûn was the name for the vast realm east of Rhovanion; and little was known of it. Its inhabitants were called Easterlings, though in truth, the East was home to many different peoples.

[celebrian2510]

Call me out if I'm being daft, but I don't like how the only 'good guys' in Rhûn and the Haradwaith (which are basically accepted as being inspired by the Middle East and parts of Africa) are the people that listen to the Blue Wizards, aka the 'missionaries' of the one true King of the World.

[mono-socke]

Frohe Ostern an die die feiern !!!

[black-berryies]

Tw: blood for the second image

Rhun with different types of wings… because isn’t that what fairies are about?

Anyway, I headcanon that in their childhood the nuns cut them off to make them „appear more human“👍👍👍