Library of Valinor

The Castle of Elenwe Yngling -- [Entrance ] [Turgon's Mead Hall ] [Library of Valinor ] [Turgon's Private Chamber ] [Cave of Glittering Stars (open!) ]

The elves often come here to read the manuscripts collected by my beloved Turgon on his quests. Even the Valar and Maia come here sometimes. Its such a warm cosy place where you can warm your toes and read about the history of Valinor & Middle Earth beside the fire...

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Lothlorien

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* Asatru Raven Kindred Ritual
* Germania by Tacitus
* Nibelungenlied

* Geats
* Beowulf
* The Vikings
* Viking Swords
* Viking Berserkers

Gondolin
THE SEVEN GATES OF GONDOLIN
The only way to Gondolin was through a tunnel in which there were seven gates:

The First Gate, the Gate of Wood was a wide arch with pillars upon either hand, hewn in the rock, and between hung a great portcullis of crossed wooden bars, marveously carved and studded with iron nails.

The Second Gate the Gate of Stone looked to a traveler to be a single huge block of stone across entrance.

The Third Gate, the Gate of Bronze, a great twofold door hung with shields and plates of bronze, wherein were wrought many figures and strange signs. Upon the wall above its lintel were three square towers, roofed and clad with copper that by some device of smith-craft were ever bright and gleamed as fire in the rays of the red lamps ranged as torches against the wall.

The Fourth Gate, the Gate of Writhen Iron, high and black was its wall, and lit with no lamps, four towers of iron stood upon it and between the two inner towers was set a likeness of King Thorondor the king of all Eagles.

The wall of the Fifth Gate was built of white marble, and was low and broad, and its parapet was a trellis of silver between five great globes of marble. The gate was in shape as three parts of a circle, and wrought of silver and pearl of Nevrast in the likenesses of the Moon; but above the Gate upon the midmost globe stood an image of the White Tree Telperion, wrought of silver and malachite, with flowers made of the great pearls of Balar.

The Sixth Gate was much like the Gate of Silver, save that the wall was built of yellow marble, and the globe and parapet were of red gold; and there were six globes, and in the midst upon a golden pyramid was set an image of Laurelin, the Tree of the Sun, with flowers wrought of topazin long clusters upon chains of gold. And the Gate itself was adorned with discs of gold, many-rayed, in the likeness of the Sun, set amid devices of garnet and topaz and yellow diamonds.

The Seventh Gate, named the Great, the Gate of Steel that Maeglin wrought had no wall but on either hand were two round towers of great height, many windowed, tapering in seven storeys to a turret of bright steel, and between the towers there stood a mighty fence of steel that rusted not, but glittered cold and white. Seven great pillers of steel there were, tall with the height and girth of strong young trees, but ending in a bitter spike that rose to the sharpness of a needle; between the pillers were seven cross-bars of steel and in each space seven times seven rods of steel upright with heads like broad blade of spears. But in the centre, above the midmost pillar and the greatest, was raised a mighty image of the king-helm of Turgon, the Crown of the Hidden Kingdom, set about with diamonds.

Valinor
PROPHECY OF THE LAST BATTLE
Thus spake Mandos in prophecy, when the Gods sat in judgment in Valinor and the rumour of his word was whispered among all the Elves of the West.

"When the world is old and the Powers grow weary, then Morgoth, seeing that the guard sleepeth, shall come back through the Door of the Night out of the timeless void ; and he shall destroy the Sun and the Moon.

But Eärendil shall descend upon him as a white and searing flame and drive him from the airs. Then shall the Last Battle be gathered on the fields of Valinor. In that day, Tulkas shall strive with Morgoth, and on his right hand shall be Eonwë, and on his left Turin Turambar, son of Hurin, coming from the halls of Mandos; and the Black Sword of Turin shall deal unto Morgoth his death and final end; and so shall the children of Hurin and all Men be avenged.

Thereafter shall Earth be broken and remade, and the Silmarils shall be recovered out of Air and Earth and Sea; for Eärendil shall descend and surrender that flame which he hath had in keeping. Then Fëanor shall take the Three Jewels and bear them to Yavanna Palurien; and she will break them and with their fire rekindle the Two Trees, and a great light shall come forth. And the mountains of Valinor shall be leveled, so that the light shall go out over all the world. In that light the Gods will grow young again, and the Elves awake and all their dead arise, and the purpose of Iluvatar be fulfilled concerning them.

But of Men in that day the prophecy of Mandos doth not speak, and no Man it names, save Turin only, and to him a place is given among the sons of the Valar.

Thus everything dies
but only mortals die forever
the others watch and wait
eternally in the shadows.