Saturday, October 30, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 04:45 PST

Nine he gave to Mortal Men, proud and great, and so ensnared them. Long ago they fell under the dominion of the One, and they became Ringwraiths, shadows under his great Shadow, his most terrible servants. Middle Earth abounds in character both quaint and creepy; Gollum, Shelob, trolls and orcs, but perhaps none inspire quite the same shivers and chills as the Nazgul. [More]

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 04:45 PST

"The rule of no realm is mine, neither of Gondor nor any other, great or small." Gandalf refused to use his power to control the free peoples of Middle Earth, but no race or collection of people can long survive without some means of government or authority, to maintain order, uphold justice and protect the weakest and most helpless members of the society. [More]

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 19:06 PST

"The treasure is likely to be your death, though the dragon is no more!" With these words Roäc, the old raven, predicts grim times for Thorin and Company. Although Dain and the dwarves of the Iron Hills will soon arrive to aid their kin, they can hardly outnumber the host of men and elves now besieging the Lonely Mountain. With winter is coming on all begins to seem hopeless. [More]

Friday, October 01, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 19:38 PST

"Under the Mountain dark and tall, The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread, And ever so his foes shall fall."

"And ever so his foes shall fall" ... or so the Dwarves think. [More]

Saturday, September 25, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 00:24 PST

'A land was made for the Edain to dwell in, neither part of Middle-earth nor of Valinor, for it was sundered from either by a wide sea; yet it was nearer to Valinor ... And they called that land Elenna, which is Starwards; but also Anadûnë, which is Westernesse, Númenórë in the High Eldarin tongue.' So bright was the dream -- so bitter the waking. [More]

Thursday, September 16, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 16:29 PST

"The dragon is coming or I am a fool!" he cried. "Cut the bridges! To arms! To arms!" Thus the people of the lake-town, Esgaroth, are warned of their approaching doom. As Smaug vents his fury on these innocent villagers, it seems that nothing can save them from the Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities. But things are never quite as bad as they seem. [More]

Friday, September 10, 2004

Hall Of Fire Chats This Weekend
- Demosthenes @ 09:18 PST

The question of questions. The question sages have pondered for decades. The question that has overturned book club meetings and caused riots on message boards. The Question of the Ages. No, it's not 'What's the Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything?'. Nor is it 'Who shot JR?'. It's not even 'Where's the beef?'. Instead, we are going to ponder the imponderable, ask the unanswerable, seek that which has eluded both the wise and the extremely geeky: Who is the greatest Hero of Middle-earth? [More]