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middle-earth-companion · 2 years

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On this day: 🗓 March 24 Year 3019 1- Frodo and Sam make their last journey to Mount Doom "The last stage of the journey to Orodruin came, and it was a torment greater than Sam had ever thought that he could bear." 2- The Host camps in the Desolation of the Morannon "They advanced now slowly, expecting at every hour some answer to their challenge, and they drew together, since it was but waste of men to send out scouts or small parties from the main host." 3- King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot fall in Dale “At the same time as the great armies besieged Minas Tirith a host of the allies of Sauron that had long threatened the borders of King Brand crossed the River Carnen..." 4- Minas Tirith "Over the city of Gondor doubt and great dread had hung. Fair weather and clear sun had seemed but a mockery to men whose days held little hope, and who looked each morning for news of doom." . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Ted Nasmith 2- Hildebrandt Bro. 3- Steamey 4- Alan Lee (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbf0K7tN9Ma/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 3 years

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Happy Hobbit Day! 🎉 And happy birthday to Bilbo and Frodo! For may more second breakfasts! . . . . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #aragorn #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #gondor #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUIxsmzt8Wi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 2 years

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On this day: 🗓 November 10 Year 3018 1- Rivendell does its magic "...such was the virtue of the land of Rivendell that soon all fear and anxiety was lifted from their minds..." . . . . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Gellihana-art . . . . . . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #aragorn #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #gondor #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWHG9R4NuBt/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 2 years

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On this day: 🗓 October 24 Year 2941 1- The Dwarves venture into the Mountain "Now do be careful!" whispered the hobbit, "and as quiet as you can be! There may be no Smaug at the bottom, but then again there may be..." 2- The Elvenking's host leave Mirkwood for Erebor "...the Elvenking rode forth... ...marching with many spearmen and bowmen..." —— 3018 —— 3- Council of Elrond "Suddenly as they were talking a single clear bell rang out. 'That is the warning bell for the Council of Elrond,' cried Gandalf." 4- Council of Hobbits... and a Wizard "Later that day the hobbits held a meeting of their own in Bilbo's room." . . . . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Tiziano Baracchi 2- Paul Tobin 3- Michael Kaluta 4- Yulong Zhang . . . . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #aragorn #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #gondor #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVdrxXsNig9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 2 years

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On this day: 🗓 March 08 Year 3019 1- Aragorn takes the 'Paths of the Dead' at daybreak "Arod, the horse of Rohan, refused the way, and he stood sweating and trembling in a fear (...) Legolas laid his hands on his eyes and sang some words...." 2- Aragorn reaches Erech at midnight "To that Stone the Company came and halted in the dead of night. Then Elrohir gave to Aragorn a silver horn, and he blew upon it; and it seemed to those that stood near that they heard a sound of answering horns..." 3- Frodo leaves Henneth Annûn "The hobbits' packs were brought to them (a little heavier than they had been), and also two stout staves of polished wood, shod with iron, and with carven heads..." 4- Merry and the Rohirrim make their way to Dunharrow "He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was borne down by the insupportable weight of Middle-earth." 5- Shadowfax flies across the fields of Gondor "Pippin had a strange feeling: he and Gandalf were still as stone, seated upon the statue of a running horse..." . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Unknown Artist 2- Abe Papakhian 3- Anke Katrin Eißmann 4- John Howe 5- John Howe (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth  (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca22z9FO3Vo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 2 years

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On this day: 🗓 March 06 Year 3019 1- Aragorn overtaken by the Dúnedain in the early hours "When they were some fifty paces off, Éomer cried in a loud voice: 'Halt! Halt! Who rides in Rohan?' The pursuers brought their steeds to a sudden stand. A silence followed...." 2- Merry's moved to honour the King 'I have a sword,' said Merry, climbing from his seat, and drawing from its black sheath his small bright blade. Filled suddenly with love for this old man, he knelt on one knee and took his hand..." 3- Théoden sets out from the Hornburg for Harrowdale "A little apart the Rangers sat, silent, in an ordered company, armed with spear and bow and sword. They were clad in cloaks of dark grey, and their hoods were cast now over helm and head." 4- The Fellowship breaks again "Farewell, lord!' said Aragorn. 'Ride unto great renown! Farewell, Merry! I leave you in good hands..." 5- Aragorn claims his own "Come!' said Legolas at last. 'Speak and be comforted, and shake off theshadow! What has happened since we cameback to this grim place...?'" 6- Pippin rides with Gandalf and comes to Edoras “in the dawn he had seen a pale gleam of gold, and they had come to the silent town and the great empty house on the hill. And hardly had they reached its shelter when the winged shadow had passed over once again, and men wilted with fear...." 7- Frodo, Sam and Gollum approach the northern border of Ithilien "Frodo slept at times, deeply and peacefully, either trusting Gollum or too tired to trouble about him; but Sam found it difficult to do more than doze, even when Gollum was plainly fast asleep..." . . Illustrations by: 1- Magali Villeneuve 2- Bogdan-Art 3- Ryan Grant 4- Aleksander Karcz 5- Magali Villeneuve 6-Donato arts 7- Ted Nasmith (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth  (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Caxgy7XNCID/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 3 years

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On this day: 🗓 September 18 Year 2941 1 - Thorin’s Company is still caught in Thranduil's caves “Bilbo continues to ponder an escape plan as he listens, watches and waits”. Year 3018 2- Frodo prepares to leave Bag End for Crickhollow "Bag End began to be busy. Some of Frodo's friends came to stay and help him with the packing..." 3- Gandalf escapes from Orthanc (The Black Riders cross the Fords of Isen) ”Those of you who know me will agree that I have seldom been in such need, and do not bear such misfortune well." Year 3019 4- The Company rides to Rivendell “Gandalf, the hobbits and Elrond with his company continue at their leisure on their journey…” Year 3021 5- The family in Bag End “Frodo found himself watching Sam as he moved about Bag End, often with little Elanor cradled in one of his strong, weathered arms.” . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Giuseppe Renna 2- Sam Robberechts 3- Ted Nasmith 4- Conzi Tool 5- Everton Lima . . . . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #aragorn #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #gondor #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-rdIWNNkA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 2 years

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On this day: 🗓 October 22 Year 2941 1- Bilbo finds and opens the Secret Door "[Bilbo] saw the orange ball of the sun sinking towards the level of his eyes. He went to the opening and there pale and faint was a thin new moon above the rim of Earth." 2- A plan to search the secret passage is made "...at last Thorin spoke: "Now is the time for our esteemed Mr. Baggins, who has proved himself a good companion on our long road..." 3- Bilbo descends to Smaug's Cellar "Is that a kind of a glow I seem to see... ...As he went forward it grew and grew..." 4- The cup is missed "The dwarves were still passing the cup from and to hand...when suddenly a vast rumbling woke in the mountain underneath..." . . . . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Anke_Eißmann 2- Eric Braddock 3- John Howe 4- Ben Maier . . . . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #aragorn #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #gondor #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVWR8tCt8Z1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 March 23 Year 3019 1- The Host passes out of Ithilien "So time and the hopeless journey wore away." 2- Aragorn dismisses the faint-hearted "...and they could descry the marshes and the desert that stretched north and west to the Emyn Muil. So desolate were those places and so deep the horror that lay on them that some of the host were unmanned..." 3- Frodo and Sam cast away their arms and gear "...Sam took out all the things in his pack. Somehow each of them had become dear to him, if only because he had borne them so far with so much toil." 4- Éowyn and Faramir recover in Minas Tirith “Éowyn and Faramir continue to recover from their wounds and would walk daily in the gardens of the Houses of the Healers...” 5- Pippin remains with the grim Men of the West As the army moved through the desolate lands of Mordor, Pippin's heavy heart wept as he looked around at the ruination and he thought of Sam and Frodo alone... . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- KipRasmussen 2- Nordheimer 3- Leen Chan 4- Gellihana-art 5- Darekzabrocki (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbdWSJBNHJu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 March 22 Year 3019 1- The Dreadful Night "...And from that evening onward the Nazgûl came and followed every move of the army. They still flew high and out of sight of all save Legolas..." 2- Frodo and Sam leave the road and turn south to Mount Doom "...Even as the Captains of the West drew near to the end of the living lands, the two wanderers came to an hour of blank despair. Four days had passed since they had escaped from the orcs..." 3- Third assault on Lórien “Three times Lórien had been attacked from Dol Guldur, but in addition to the courage of that elven people, the power in that land was too great for anyone to conquer it. 4- In Minas Tirith, Éowyn and Faramir met in the gardens "...the Warden [of the Houses of Healing] looking from his window was glad in heart..." . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- DinoDrawing 2- Chris Rahn 3- Darekzabrocki 4- Anke Eißmann (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth   (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbazIKUNJFj/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 March 21 Year 3019 1- The Host continues their march to Mordor "...the army began its northward march along the road. It was some hundred miles by that way from the Cross Roads to the Morannon..." 2- Minas Tirith waits "...as Faramir came from the Houses, he saw her, as she stood upon the walls; and she was clad all in white, and gleamed in the sun." 3- Frodo and Sam's strength is giving out "... far worse than all such perils was the ever-approaching threat that beat upon them as they went: the dreadful menace of the Power that waited..." . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Cristi Balanescu 2- Erin Devine 3- Ted Nasmith (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth  (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbYPkDgN5G3/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 March 20 Year 3019 1- The Host continued their defiant march to Mordor "All the land now brooded as at the coming of a great storm: for the Captains of the West had passed the Cross Roads and set flames in the deadly fields of Imlad Morgul." 2- Minas Tirith is under repairing, Éowyn rises from her sickbed "Éowyn bade the women who tended her to bring her raiment, and she would not be gainsaid, but rose; and when they had clothed her and set her arm in a sling of linen, she went to the Warden of the Houses of Healing." 3- Frodo and Sam continue on the road to Barad-dûr “So the desperate journey went on, as the Ring went south and the banners of the kings rode north. For the hobbits each day, each mile, was more bitter than the one before..." . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- UlricLeprovost 2- Aramisdream 3- Matt Ferguson (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVfmgVtXIR/?utm_medium=tumblr

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middle-earth-companion · 3 years

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On this day: 🗓 September 06 Year 2941 1 - Bilbo make his way through Thranduil's Caverns ""Eventually... by watching and following the guards and taking what chances he could, he managed to find out where each dwarf was kept." Year 3018 2- Frodo prepares to leave Bag End [Frodo's plans to move to his little house at Crickhollow in the country beyond Bucklebury are well underway.] "Frodo was also growing increasingly anxious about the delay of Gandalf's return." Year 3019 3- The Company halt in the sight of the Mountain of Moria "They were near to the Gates of Moria..." Year 3020 4- Summer comes to an end in the Shire "In the Southfarthing the vines were laden, and the yield of 'leaf' was astonishing..." Year 3021 5- Frodo seems to become more content Sam 's mind was eased and his concern for Frodo lessened as it seemed his master was more contented than he'd been in many months. . . . . . Illustrations by: 1 - Saigatokihito 2- Mario V 3- Cristi-B 4- Thaldir 5- Lane Brown .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #aragorn #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #gondor #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTfiwxxtJho/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 January 25 Year 3019 1- Gandalf defeats the Balrog and passed away in Celebdil “There upon Celebdil was a lonely window in the snow and before it lay a narrow space, a dizzy eyrie above the mists of the world... Out he sprang, and even as I came behind, he burst into new flame.” . . . . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Raoul Vitale Art . . . . . . .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth  (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZKg6Vvtg2Z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 March 19 Year 3019 1- The Host comes to Morgul-vale "When the main host came up, they set a strong guard upon the Cross Roads to make some defence, if Mordor should send a force over the Morgul Pass, or should bring more men up from the South...." 2- Frodo and Sam escape and journey along the road to Barad-dûr "Sam tried to guess the distances and to decide what way they ought to take. 'It looks every step of fifty miles,' he muttered gloomily (...)and that'll take a week, if it takes a day, with Mr. Frodo as he is.'" 3- In the Houses of Healing “Éowyn remained confined to her bed by the Warden of the Houses of Healing, but Faramir and Merry would rise for short measures of time as they slowly recovered” . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- Stardock 2- Woutart 3- Anke Eissmann (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbTOLHytu7l/?utm_medium=tumblr

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On this day: 🗓 March 18 Year 3019 1- The Host of the West marches from Minas Tirith "Legolas and Gimli were to ride again together in the company of Aragorn and Gandalf, who went in the van with the Dúnedain and the sons of Elrond...” 2- Merry, Faramir and Éowyn are still in the Houses of the Healing "Merry to his shame was not to go with them. 'You are not fit for such a journey,' said Aragorn. 'But do not be ashamed. If you do no more in this war, you have already earned great honor...." 3- Frodo comes in sight of the Isenmouthe; he is overtaken by Orcs "'We've come to a dead end, Sam,' said Frodo. 'If we go on, we shall only come up to that orc-tower, but the only road to take is that road that comes down from it—unless we go back....'" . . . . . . . . Illustrations by: 1- John Howe 2- Anke Eissmann 3- Owen William Weber (All images belong to their respective owners ) . . . . .⁣ . #middleearthcompanion #art #bilbobaggins #book #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #bookworm #fantasy #fantasyart #frodo #frodobaggins #gandalf #todayinmiddleearthMEC #hobbit #hobbits #jrrtolkien #legolas #lordoftherings #lotr #lotrmemes #loroftheringslore #middleearth #sauron #silmarillion #MECProfiles #thelordoftherings #tolkien #tolkienart #todayinmiddleearth (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQdmX9tw7z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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