Thorin’s Thirteen, your newest fan source for the dwarves of Middle-earth, is officially open! We aim to shed some light on the most mysterious of Arda’s Free Peoples, and have a rollicking good time while we’re at it.
Staff search
I, Char, am looking for 2 other mods to help me run TT, preferably with previous experience on a staff team, and hopefully with some knowledge of graphic design. If interested, please contact me for more information on my main blog.
Happy New Year!
With 2013 drawing to a close, and many of us scrambling to jot down our resolutions for the coming months, what better perspective to draw from than a distinctly dwarvish one? Here are two fine articles pertaining to Durin’s Day, the dwarves’ own New Year, and the maddening endeavor of attempting to calculate exactly when it takes place:
Predicting Durin’s Day
The Durin’s Day DilemmaDwarvish Word of the Week
Agnân, “beginning”
Check out linguist David Salo’s blog for the languages of Middle-earth!
“Certainty of death, small chance of success… what are we waiting for?”
– Gimli