Friday, September 03, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 09:06 PST

Little they ate and little they spoke. They could not count the passing of time; and they scarcely dared to move, for the whisper of their voices echoed and rustled in the tunnel. [More]

Friday, August 27, 2004

The Hall of Fire Focus: Samwise Gamgee
- Jincey @ 21:13 PST

One of the most beloved characters in Tolkien's trilogy is without question, Samwise Gamgee. That ordinary hobbit, representative of all that's sound and sane against a background of darkness and despair, who was able to do the extraordinary, even the impossible, and live to tell the tale. Join us this weekend in #thehalloffire for a wonderful discussion. [More]

Friday, August 20, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 09:47 PST

After Eru created the music that spawned his Children, he offered the creation of their home to his immortal, angelic beings known to the Elves as the Valar. After Arda's creation, dissension erupted between the Valar who stood for goodness and beauty and the jealous, destructive Melkor, and the land became their battle ground. Eventually, the Valar retreated from Arda to their own lands in the West. [More]

Monday, August 09, 2004

A good time was had at Barlibash Boston
- maegwen @ 22:00 PST

This past weekend the folks from TheOneRing.net's IRC server gathered once again for the 4th Annual Barlibash, held this year in Boston to coincide with the Museum of Science's Lord of the Rings exhibit. Barlibash 2004 saw a lot of returning attendees as well as a new crop of Barlifolk to enliven the festivities. What follows is a highly personal account of the weekend of fun and mayhem. [More]

Saturday, July 31, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 05:43 PST

Beautiful beyond description, mighty, mysterious, secret, enchanting, surreal. Places of power. These terms and others could be used to describe the greatest cities that existed throughout the history of Middle Earth. [More]

Saturday, July 24, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 02:30 PST

One day, a rather extraordinary visitor appears outside the house of a seemingly ordinary Hobbit. Readers rapidly become immersed in an intriguing relationship between a mysterious, powerful wizard and the simple, unwordly Hobbits. We find that a relationship that has existed between the two in the past is about to get much more complicated. [More]

Friday, July 16, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 19:42 PST

The Silmarils, the Arkenstone, Lembas, the Palantiri, the Elessar, the Rings of Power, Elven weaponry, Morgul blades. Some of Tolkien’s most famous objects were mysterious. Some inspired obsession while others carried legacies. [More]