This Saturday at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire rejoins our four heroic Hobbits as they begin the long journey home to the Shire.
‘I know what you have come to say, Frodo: you wish to return to your own home. Well, dearest friend, the tree grows best in the land of its sires; but for you in all the lands of the West there will ever be a welcome. And though your people have had little fame in the legends of the great, they will now have more renown than any wide realms that are no more.’ Continue reading “Hall of Fire this Saturday: Many Partings”
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Throughout its history, the One Ring comes to different people of many races. It tempts them all, preying on their individual weaknesses and ambitions. Some fall to its lure, some fear even to touch it. Yet two small Hobbits carry the Ring all the way to the heart of Mordor.
Thus, an interesting question arises: were Hobbits in general more resistant to the One Ring? And, if so, why?
More, does this extend to all the rings of power that the Noldor of Eregion forged in the Second Age? Continue reading “Hall of Fire this Saturday: the nature of Hobbit resistance to the Rings of Power”
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This Saturday at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire returns to Minas Tirith as the entire city waits anxiously for news of Aragorn and the army that has marched on the Black Lands.
And no news came. After the host left Morgul Vale and took the northward road beneath the shadow of the mountains no messenger had returned nor any rumour of what was passing in the brooding East. Continue reading “Hall of Fire this Saturday: The Steward and the King”
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Today, September 18, the TORn Barlichat turns 15!
As best we can tell, September 18 way back in 1999 is the day our server admin Corvar first fired up our chat software and Barlichat was born.
So we’re gonna have a little get-together today in the chat to celebrate. If you have ever chatted on our server, feel free to drop by and say hello today! Chatters old and new are most welcome. Continue reading “Come help celebrate TORn Barlichat turning 15 today!”
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This Saturday at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire rejoins Aragorn and the armies of the west as they stand before the black gates of Mordor.
Gandalf stirred; and he turned, looking back north where the skies were pale and clear. Then he lifted up his hands and cried in a loud voice ringing above the din: The Eagles are coming!
The Return of the King: Book VI, Chapter IV: The Field of Cormallen Continue reading “Hall of Fire chat this Saturday: The Field of Cormallen”
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This Saturday at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire climbs Mount Doom with Frodo and Sam and we finally reach the culmination of their long, draining quest.
‘I have come,’ he said. ‘But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!’ And suddenly, as he set it on his finger, he vanished from Sam’s sight.
Continue reading “Hall of Fire chat this Saturday: Mount Doom”
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