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I wish I could go back in time I'd own all of those pictured.

ha! anything painted white here in San Francisco is just asking to be vandalized by graffiti. You should put your "gang banger" tag name on Op's trailer EXO.

Éomer Éadig

First of the Third Line of the Kings of Rohan

Timeline:

    

     

Dates: III 2991 - IV 63 (93 years)

King of Rohan from 15 March III 3019 (reigned 65 years)

Race: Men

Culture: Rohirrim

Family: House of Eorl

Pronunciation: earme'r1

Meaning: Probably a compound meaning 'horse-famous'2

Titles: Éadig, King of the Mark, King of Rohan, Lord of the Mark, Third Marshal of Riddermark

The son of Éomund of Eastfold and Théodwyn, the sister of King Théoden. While still a young man of just twenty-six, Éomer the King's nephew was made Third Marshal of Riddermark, and took command of the Riders of Eastfold. The days of his youth were harsh ones for Rohan; its people were imperilled by Orcs out of the north, while a certain Gríma son of Gálmód, later found to be a spy of Saruman, gained influence over the King.

On 25 February III 3019, Rohan suffered its greatest blow to date; at a skirmish that would become known as the First Battle of the Fords of Isen, Théoden's son and heir Théodred was slain by Saruman's forces, leaving Éomer - who was not at the battle - as the natural heir to Rohan's throne. It was five days later that the tide began to turn in Rohan's favour, when Éomer came across three strangers travelling through the fields of the Mark. These strangers were Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli, and from Éomer's wise decision to aid these three came Rohan's ultimate victory.

Because of this, some days later, Gandalf came to Edoras and healed the King of his malaise. The Rohirrim went to war, and though they were defeated at the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen, they held their own at the Battle of the Hornburg and, with the aid of the Ents of Fangorn Forest, defeated Saruman's armies. Then Éomer rode with his King to the aid of Minas Tirith, where they fought in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. There Théoden met his end, and granted Éomer the Kingship, first of the Third Line of the Kings of Rohan.

At the time of the great victories of that year, Éomer was still just twenty-eight years old. He would rule the Rohirrim for another sixty-five years, through which he maintained a great friendship with Gondor. Such was the plenty and peace of his reign that he was given the surname Éadig, 'Blessed'. He was succeeded by his son Elfwine.

Notes

1 The first syllable of Éomer's name is pronounced approximately like the English word 'ear'.

2 The éo- element of Éomer's name is surely 'horse', but -mer is less certain. It is most likely derived from Old English maer, meaning 'famous, glorious, heroic'.

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This sucks! in the movie, King Théoden never spoke to Eomer when he was dying about him becoming the next king of Rohan. Hmmm...I could have sworn that I saw him holding the late king in the commercial trailers before the movie came out. They'll probably show that scene in the "extended" DVD release.

Well, the glittering caves is a pretty funny name... heh. But I would love to see Peter Jackson's take on the new steal and mithril gates of minith tirith.

Overall, PJ did a good job making the movies. I hope he continues the tale like Lucas is doing with the SW story.

I also read somewhere that Gimli fell in love with an Elve? and that he fought many who disagreed about who was the fairest of all. Yup, sounds like something Gimli would do

What about those cool gigantic Eagles that kicked dragon ass eh?

Lord of Eagles

Greatest of the birds of Middle-earth

The title of the chief Eagle of Middle-earth. In the First Age, this was Thorondor, while in the Third, the title seems to have been held by Gwaihir.

Gwaihir:

The lord of the Eagles of Middle-earth at the time of the War of the Ring. He rescued Gandalf from the pinnacle of Orthanc, and from the peak of Zirakzigil, and he and his kind brought Frodo and Sam out of Mordor after the destruction of the One Ring.

3. why did the orcs run away at the end. I understand that Sauron died, but why did they flee...were they under some sort of spell?

In relation to your question, Gandalf was responsible for the earthquake seen in the movie that swallowed up a majority of the Orcs after the ring was destroyed. Of course, the movie doesn't show Gandalf casting a spell.

Gimli given the title: "Lord of the glittering caves" cracks me up for some reason.

Gandalf

The Grey Pilgrim

Timeline:

     

     

Dates: Immortal. In Middle-earth c. III 1000 to 29 September III 3021

Race: Ainur

Division: Maiar of Manwë and Varda

Order: Istari (Wizards)

Other Names: Incánus, Mithrandir, Olórin, Tharkûn

Titles: The Grey, Grey Pilgrim, Grey Wanderer, Stormcrow, The White

Meaning: 'Wand Elf' (but note that this name was given mistakenly by Men; Gandalf is a Maia, not an Elf)

Pronunciation: ga'ndalf

(A note in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings that final 'f' should be pronounced 'v' leads some to mispronounce this name 'gandalv'. 'Gandalf' is not an Elvish name, however, and this rule does not apply)

In origin a Maia of Manwë and Varda, Gandalf came to the northwest of Middle-earth after a thousand years of the Third Age had passed, with four others of his order. At the Grey Havens, Círdan entrusted him with the Red Ring, Narya, to aid him in contesting the will of Sauron.

Gandalf wandered widely in Middle-earth, and learned much of its races and peoples. Unlike his fellow Wizards Saruman and Radagast, he never settled in a single place. He was instrumental in the victory of the War of the Ring, but during that conflict he battled with a Balrog, and though he was ultimately victorious, his spirit left his body, but was sent back to Middle-earth to complete his task.

Gandalf finally left Middle-earth in 3021 (Third Age), when he departed over the sea with the Ring-bearers.

Arrival in Middle-earth, c. III 1000

The Wizards arrived in Middle-earth after the end of the first millennium of the Third Age. They were sent by the Valar to aid Elves and Men, but none knew this but Círdan the Shipwright, Lord of the Grey Havens where their ships put in. Though Saruman was at that time the acknowledged leader of the Wizards, Círdan saw that Gandalf was in fact the greater, and secretly gave him the Red Ring Narya to aid him in his quest.

Exploration of Middle-earth, c. III 1000 to III 2463

For almost 1,500 years, Gandalf wandered the northern and western regions of Middle-earth, learning of its lands and cultures. He was closest in friendship with the Elves, and especially Elrond, who had learned of his origins from Círdan.

The White Council, III 2463 to III 2953

At almost the same time as Gandalf had arrived in Middle-earth, a dark power had appeared in southern Mirkwood, at the evil place known as Dol Guldur. After a thousand years of his wanderings, Gandalf went there and drove the darkness into the east for a while. Soon it returned, and in 2463 (Third Age), the greatest among Wizards and Elves formed a White Council, with Gandalf as a prominent member, to counter the growing threat.

In 2850, he revisited Dol Guldur, to find that the power that held it had grown indeed during the eight hundred years since his last visit. He recognised the dark power now as Sauron returned, and escaped to inform the White Council. Before he escaped, though, he found Thráin II broken in the pits of Dol Guldur, and though Thráin died before Gandalf could help him, he did surrender a map and a key into the Wizard's keeping.

The Year III 2941

2941 was an important year for Gandalf. Not only did he take part in the White Council's expulsion of the Necromancer from Dol Guldur, but he also arranged for a party of Dwarves, accompanied by Bilbo Baggins, to travel to their ancient home of Erebor and free it from the dragon Smaug.

Gandalf and the Hobbits

The Hobbits first appeared in the records of Men and Elves shortly after the arrival of the Wizards, but of all the Wise, Gandalf was the only one to pay them great heed. After the foundation of the Shire, he would visit periodically and was responsible for '...quiet lads and lasses going off into the Blue for mad adventures' (The Hobbit, Chapter 1, An Unexpected Party). Given this description, we are forced to wonder whether he had a hand in the exploits of Hildifons and Isengar Took, both of whom are recorded as having become involved in adventures of this kind.

Of all the hobbit families, Gandalf seems to have been most closely associated with the Tooks; he was a close friend of Gerontius, the Old Took (Frodo Baggins' great-grandfather), and was said to have given him a gift of magical diamond studs, which fastened and unfastened on command. After Gerontius' death in 2920 (Third Age), he was not seen in the Shire for more than twenty years, until he returned with Thorin and the Dwarves to involve Bilbo Baggins in the Quest of Erebor.

Gandalf’s Appearance

Like all the Wizards, Gandalf had the appearance of an old man, who grew old slowly with the passage of the centuries. His hair was white, and his long white beard grew down below his waist. His eyebrows were particularly noticeable; they were so long and bushy that they stuck out from beneath the rim of his hat.

He dressed in a long grey cloak, which is perhaps the origin of his title 'The Grey'. He is also described as wearing a tall shady-brimmed pointed blue hat, a silver scarf, and long black boots. He carried at all times a spiked staff.

The Magic of Gandalf

Tolkien at no point defines what the limits of Gandalf's magic were. As a Maia, he had many natural abilities that would seem magical to mortal races, but he also had a great store of knowledge of more 'mechanical' magic, worked through spells and incantations, and especially through the agency of his staff. It is clear that he had far greater power, especially after his return as Gandalf the White, than he ever displayed in Middle-earth.

His magical powers seem to be particularly associated with fire, a fact that is perhaps related to the Ring of Fire, Narya, that he bore.

A Gandalf Miscellany

• Gandalf adopted the habit of pipe-smoking from the Hobbits. He often used his magical arts while smoking; he could change the colour of his smoke-rings, or send them in any direction he pleased.

• Gandalf's preferred drink was red wine.

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Looks like Éowyn wedded Farimir:

Man, she was hot in the movie wasn't she?

The granddaughter of King Thengel of Rohan, and sister to Éomer Éadig, who rode in disguise to the Battle of the Pelennor, and there had a part in the slaying of the Lord of the Nazgûl. She wedded Faramir, Prince of Ithilien.

Hmmm..more adventures for the Hobbits?

Cool Tolkien's "Middle-Earth" history site

The War did not end with the defeat of Sauron, for Saruman fled northward after the capture of Orthanc, and established himself in the Shire, bending the Hobbits to his will by threat of violence and the persuasive power of his voice. The return of Frodo Baggins and his companions led to a rebellion by the Shire-hobbits, in which Saruman was killed by his servant, Gríma Wormtongue.

Although Sauron and Saruman were both defeated, the Wise did not achieve total victory. With the destruction of the One Ring, the Three Rings that had maintained the realms of the Elves in Middle-earth lost their power, and the Elves began to leave Middle-earth for the Undying Lands.

It's true about Gimli:

"Son of Glóin, he travelled from Rivendell with the Company of the Ring. After the breaking of the Fellowship at Parth Galen, he hunted Orcs across Rohan with Aragorn and Legolas. He fought at the Battle of the Hornburg, and at the Pelennor Fields. He is famed for his fast friendship with Legolas the Elf; some stories say that they sailed into the West together - if this is true, then Gimli was the first and only of dwarven-kind to come to the Undying Lands. "

more...

After the downfall of Sauron, Gimli led a party of the Dwarves of Erebor to Aglarond, the Glittering Caves of the White Mountains within the realm of Rohan. There they founded a colony, and Gimli became known as the Lord of the Glittering Caves. His Dwarves performed great services for the Rohirrim and the Men of Gondor, of which the most famous was the making of new gates for Minas Tirith, forged out of mithril and steel.

She sure is purty ain't she?

I have 2 of them waiting to purchase 3 other 1/48's in January.

LOL, Legolas and Gimli went on a little sightseeing tour of middle earth (the forests of fangorn and the caverns at Helm's Deep, to be exact) and then later travelled west together.

That's funny.

Dudes, I hate it when there's a finality to a good story. I imagine I'll be melancholy as well when Star Wars ends it run next year.

Anybody read "The Chronicles of Narnia"? I read Tolkien's Lord of the Rings once decades ago, but don't remember the story that well. The book was boring to me.

Ahem...the 1/72 scale people.

You guys didn't mention the "clicking" sound Bandai Valks make when you transform them

*yuck* I'll pass <_

If I ever get around to displaying ALL my valks, I'll make sure they are far away from the edges of the display cases. I'll use some kind of thin see through string to hold them in place or just rely on the glass door of the cases to keep em' from crashing down to earth.

ASVAB-smashvab! Let me tell you guys something about the ASVAB, recruiters are always ecstatic if you pass the ASVAB...they could care less about how high you scored, its all about making their quota for that month.

I kicked ass on the ASVAB---I scored a 98 but in the end, it doesn't really matter cos there's always a dumbass who scored way less than you did who is telling you how they want everything done (a PRK-E5 and so on or a PRK-O1[inside joke for comm guys]). My MOS, Microwave Comm, but in the end I was still just a battery operated target for the grunts and don't even get me started on the humps (HIKING)... Sophistimicated radios my ass, how hard is it to carry a freaking walkie-talkie over those 40 lb radios that have a range of only 10 miles!?!

And then I remember when I was ending my enlistment, I took one of those career tests that suggested I should go into engineering and the counselor was telling me she has never seen scores like that and I was like "YEAH right, heard that before!"

Kidding aside! The military was a great experience for me...made a lot of life long buddies, saw other parts of the world, and I did a lot of growing up. Seeing my nasty civ friends when I got out proved how much I had grown up over them...but now all that is out the window

LoL

I scored 100+ in every category of the ASVAB. I could have gotten an MOS involving the 96 series, which is intelligence.

Too bad. I got Topspin from collecting those points back in 85'.

I was sound (REM)asleep

85% of my stuff is boxed up, so I'm not really worried about an earthquake.

Someone suggested living in Texas? hell no! I was there for 6 months at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, and I hated it there. It's hot, humid, mosquitos, and cockroaches the size of your thumb. I haven't seen roaches like that since the Philippines. I had to wake up 5 in the morning and run 2 miles under 15 minutes 3 times a week over there. I was miserable.

I'll take my chances with a Loma Prieta type earthquake anyday than live somewhere where a TORNADO destroys everything in sight.

I originally wanted to join the air force and be an F-15C fighter pilot, but my tall ass and poor eyesight switch me to my second dream, the U.S. Army. I've been in and out of the army since 1990 and I'm currently a reservist.

MOS: 91W Health Care Specialist

Does harmony crap know about this?

Alright!

2 evil companies duking it out over their bootleg products

I hope they destroy each other financially...bastards!

Time to do some shopping!

I hope this rumours refer to a new Macross series cause I think we need a long running TV series right now after the success of M0

Yeah, I hope so. I miss driving home anticipating to watch what my VCR recorded on CN or local tv. I haven't done that since Beast Wars and Dragonball were shown QD.

Man, those were the days when you ran home to watch "Robotech" on channel 44.

Nothing good on TV these days.