Middle-earth Links

a collection of sites with useful info about middle-earth

General Reference

• Tolkien Gateway, a wiki-style encyclopedia. Probably the best general reference site on the list.
• Elrond's Library @ The Council of Elrond: general information on Middle-earth, including an encyclopedia, articles, book summaries, tactics and weaponry, and Tolkien's poems, among others.
• The Encyclopedia of Arda, an expansive fan encyclopedia of Tolkien's Legendarium. Also includes a glossary, a lexicon of names, and an interactive chronicle and calendar.
• Henneth Annun Research Center: Essentially a fan encyclopedia, notable for its searchable Events Timeline. Formerly Henneth Annun Story Archvie before the stories were moved to AOOO.
• LOTR Project, includes a massive family tree, interactive map and timeline, various stastical infographics, etc.

Linguistic Resources

• Elvish Languages @ Ambar Eldaron, courses and dictionaries for Quenya and Sindarin.
• Parf Edhellen, a dictionary of a ton of Tolkien's languages at different stages of development.
• RealElvish.net, a collection of word lists, phrasebooks, and onomasticons for Quenya, Sindarin, Adunaic, Black Speech, and Old English geared toward roleplayers and fanfic writers. Also includes info on naming traditions of various cultures.
• Languages of Middle-earth @ The Council of Elrond, various resources for mostly Quenya and Sindarin; also includes an article on the Black Speech and an Elvish name database.
• Elvish @ Arwen-Undomiel.com, includes pronunciation, Elvish passages from the books and films, and real names translated to Elvish (that is, Sindarin).

Gaming in Middle-earth

• Middle-Earth for 5e @ Zero Hit Points, a fan-made conversion for Dungeons & Dragons 5e.
• Other Minds, the unofficial Middle-earth roleplaying magazine, with system-neutral content as well as MERP, LOTRRPG, TOR, AIME, and system conversians. Also hosts an archive of Other Hands, Iron Crown's official magazine for MERP.
• The Lord of the Rings RPG @ Darkshire.net, fansite primarily for Decipher's Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game. Includes a good article about the nature of magic in Middle-earth.
• The Fellowship Phase, a podcast dedicated to Cubicle 7's Adventures in Middle-Earth RPG.
• The Tolkien Computer Games Pages, info on dozens of old, obscure Tolkien-based computer games, including downloads for some.
• r/AIME, the Adventures in Middle-earth subreddit.

Scholarship

• Tolkien and Fantasy: Musings on Tolkien and modern fantasy literature, blog of Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson.
• Essays About Tolkien @ Ansereg, essays by Tyellas including hits like "The Unnatural History of Tolkien's Orcs" and "What Tolkien Officially Said About Elf Sex".
• Tolkien, the official website of the Tolkien Estate.
• The Significant Other: A Literary History of Elves by Jenni Bergman, a PhD thesis on the folkloric and literary history of human-sized elves, with three chapters dedicated to Tolkien's elves.
• Middle-Earth Blog, blog of Tolkien scholar Michael Martinez.
• The Tolkien Meta-FAQ: "a unified index to several major lists of Frequently Asked Questions about J.R.R. Tolkien and his "subcreated" world of Middle-earth".
• The Tolkien Music List: Expansive listing of music inspired by Tolkien's works.

Fansites

• Hall of Time Library, a roleplay site with subsites for various fictional settings and time periods, including The Shire of the Hobbits and two Hobbit restaurants called Tower of Mushrooms and Tastes of Arda.
• The Grey Havens, "The Ultimate J.R.R. Tolkien Resource Web Page". Not updated since 2007.
• The Council of Elrond, general fansite with news, fanworks, parodies, Middle-earth information, linguistic resources, and a forum.
• Middle-earth News: news site
• Lord of the Rings Fantasy World, fansite with character bios, biographical info on Tolkien, news, articles, image galleries, a forum, and a lot of plugs for online gambling. Seemingly last updated 2017.
• TheOneRing.net, the major LOTR fan news site
• Arwen-Undomiel.com, great fansite with character bios, Elvish language resources, games, movie info, image galleries, tips and tricks for webmasters, and a fantastic selection of early-mid 2000s forum avatars, banners and free site graphics, among other things.
• Arwen Stole the Stars, mostly image galleries of actors, also has animated "buddy icons" and cast bios.
• Planet Tolkien, a UK-based fansite with a Tolkien bio, a forum, and fanfiction "journals". Seems mostly dead.
• The Art of the Rings, "an artist's view of the Lord of the Rings". Analyzes still images from the films from a visual arts perspective.
• TolkienMovies.com, old movie news site. Also hosts a large image gallery, searchable and browsable by category.
• The Lord of the Rings Image Library: Image gallery from the films up to the trailers for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, searchable by film and characters.
• Pint Sized: The short-lived blog of a 14-year-old Texas girl from 2002 who's a big Tolkien fan. Just an interesting time capsule
• The Argonath: An expansive fansite with info on even minor background characters from the film, a wide array of !!!sound clips!!!, and !!!downloadable music videos!!!
• The Golden Wood: Wallpapers, avatars, and Winamp skins based on the movies.
• The Bagginses: Humour site with captions, a tribute to an even older LOTR humour site called Laugh of the Rings, and !!!downloadable music videos!!!

Fanworks

• Dwarrow Scholar, dictionaries and translation tools for Neo-Khuzdul and articles on Dwarven culture. Apparently doesn't always clearly distinguish canon from fanon.
• The Humor Section @ The Council of Elrond, a collection of humourous fanfics and images created by CoE users.
• Fan Creations @ The Council of Elrond, includes a fanfic archive, fan art galleries, and !!!a big list of everyone's OCs!!!
• Henneth Annun Story Archvie Collection @ Archive of Our Own, collection of fanfiction formerly hosted at Henneth Annun Research Center.
• Ansereg, in addition to hosting Tyellas's essays also hosts their fanfiction and articles on fandom, as well as a fan art gallery.
• Elf on a Shelf: A humour site centred on an orc-run aromatherapy shop in Rivendell. Has image galleries, fan fiction, photoshops, animatons, and an odd "Kiss-an-Elf" feature that no longer appears to work.
• i Nili o i Ardanole:, home page of a fan newsletter that ran from 2003-2005. Issues can be read online.

Individual Fanworks

• Snowdrops and Bluebells by Regina L, really good Eowyn/Faramir fic
• Andrew Fiorini's Fan Remakes, a one-man fan remake of the entire trilogy. Playlist includes the original versions, the extended cut of TFotR, remastered versions of TFotR and TTT, and trailers.
• The Lord of the Peeps: The Fellowship of the Peep: an illustrated retelling of The Fellowship of the Ring with peeps candies as the characters.
• The Elfie-Boys: A trilogy of humour fanfics about Legolas and Figwit.
• legolas by laura: Infamous Legolas/OC fanfic.

Character Fansites: In general these will have information about the character (and sometimes actors), image galleries, fan art, fanfiction, and link pages. Some also have downloadable audio clips and wallpapers.

• Before I Sailed West My story Must Be Told: In-character Legolas fansite. Has image galleries, fanfiction, quotes, and an array of very lo-fi audio clips from the movies.
• Ernil i Pheriannath: Pippin fansite with character info, fan works, image galleries, quizzes, wallpapers, icons, etc.
• Fallen Guardian: Haldir fansite
• Figwit Lives!: Figwit fansite
• LadyofRohan.com: Eowyn fansite
• Arwen: Arwen fansite
• Lord of Imladris: Elrond fansite
• MerryBrandybuck.com: Merry fansite with image galleries, a fanlisting, blinkies, wallpapers (including official LOTR wallpapers), avatars, fonts, and an Italian humour section.
• Shadows of Twilight: Elrond fansite with bios, galleries, fan art, adoptables, wallpapers, blinkies, Winamp skins (!!!), and Mad Libs (!!!!!)
• The Eorlingas Network: Hosts fanslistings for Eomer and Eowyn's Dernhelm persona, as well as a Lothiriel fansite and an AragonxEowyn fansite.
• Fool of a Took: Pippin fansite.
• Fool of a Took: Another Pippin fansite, different from the above.
• White Arrows of Lorien: Legolas and Haldir fansite. Has wallpapers, blinkies, screensavers, avatars, wallpapers, etc.
• Elven Heart, Haldir fansite with image galleries and fanfics.
• Legolas Lane: Legolas fansite with image galleries and fanfics. Looks like the same owner as Elven Heart above.

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