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My favourite character is [[Finrod Felagund]], but I think [[Tom Bombadil]] is the most important character in all the [[Legendarium]]. I believe the Eldar had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnksxk5gyE Baroque dances].
My favourite character is [[Finrod Felagund]], but I think [[Tom Bombadil]] is the most important character in all the [[Legendarium]]. I believe the Eldar had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnksxk5gyE Baroque dances].


As a converted Catholic, I like to study about Tolkien's spirituality and theology. I also love Quenya and when I have time I "translate" the works of [[User:LorenzoCB#Riener Quentandil|Riener Quentandil]], but currently I'm working on too many projects. Tolkien taught me I should finish things, but I can't help beginning things when new ideas come.
As a converted Catholic, I like to study about Tolkien's spirituality and theology. I also love Quenya and when I have time I "translate" the works of [[User:LorenzoCB/Quentandil‎|Riener Quentandil]], but currently I'm working on too many projects. Tolkien taught me I should finish things, but I can't help beginning things when new ideas come.


Occasionally I edit videos, like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKsGOtoME9A&t Namárië].
Occasionally I edit videos, like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKsGOtoME9A&t Namárië].
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*[[Christianity]]
*[[Christianity]]


*<big>'''[[User:LorenzoCB/Sandbox|Personal Sandbox]]'''</big>
:<big>'''[[User:LorenzoCB/Sandbox|Personal Sandbox]]'''</big>
*<big>'''[[User:LorenzoCB/Ingolonde Project|Ingolonde Project]]'''</big>
*[[User:LorenzoCB/Ingolonde Project|Ingolonde Project]]
*[[User:LorenzoCB/Quentandil‎|Riener Quentandil]]


==Favourite Tolkien related works==
==Favourite Tolkien related works==
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* ''[[Kalevala]]'', by [[Elias Lönnrot]]
* ''[[Kalevala]]'', by [[Elias Lönnrot]]


==My library==
===By the Tolkiens===
*''[[The Hobbit]]'' / ''El Hobbit''
*''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' / ''El Señor de los Anillos''
*''[[Tree and Leaf|Árbol y Hoja]]''
*''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo]]''
*''[[The Silmarillion]]'' / ''El Silmarillion''
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' / ''Cuentos Inconclusos''
*''[[Finn and Hengest]]''
*''[[The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays|Los Monstruos y los Críticos y otros ensayos]]''
*''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', volumes I-V and X-XII / ''La Historia de la Tierra Media'', volumes 1-9
*''[[The History of The Lord of the Rings|La Historia de El Señor de los Anillos]]'', volumes 1-4
*''[[The Children of Húrin|Los Hijos de Húrin]]''
*''[[The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún|La Leyenda de Sigurd y Gudrún]]''
*''[[The Fall of Arthur|La Caída de Arturo]]''
*''[[Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary|Beowulf: Traducción y comentario]]''
*''[[Beren and Lúthien|Beren y Lúthien]]''
*''[[The Fall of Gondolin|La Caída de Gondolin]]''
*''[[The Tolkien Reader]]''
*''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm|Cuentos desde el Reino Peligroso]]''
*''[[Bilbo's Last Song|La última canción de Bilbo]]''


===By other authors===
*''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' / ''Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien'', by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'' / ''J.R.R. Tolkien: Una biografía'', by Humphrey Carpenter
*''[[The Inklings (book)|The Inklings]]'', by Humphrey Carpenter
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator|J.R.R. Tolkien: Artista e Ilustrador]]'', by [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]
*''[[The Art of The Lord of the Rings|El Arte de El Señor de los Anillos]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
*''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'' (revised edition), by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
*''[[Tolkien and the Great War|Tolkien y la Gran Guerra]]'', by [[John Garth]]
*''[[The Road to Middle-earth|El Camino a la Tierra Media]]'', by [[Tom Shippey]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]]'', by Tom Shippey
*''[[Tolkien: Man and Myth|Tolkien: Hombre y Mito]]'', by [[Joseph Pearce]]
*''[[Tolkien: A Celebration|Tolkien, Señor de la Tierra Media]]'', edited by Joseph Pearce
*''[[Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion]]'', by [[Douglas C. Kane]]
*''[[Splintered Light]]'' by [[Verlyn Flieger]]
*''[[The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie]]'', by Jonathan S. McIntosh
*''[[The Gospel According to Tolkien]]'', by [[Ralph C. Wood]]
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth]]'', by [[Bradley J. Birzer]]
*''[[The Power of the Ring|El Poder del Anillo]]'', by [[Stratford Caldecott]]
*''[[Myth, Allegory and Gospel]]'', edited by John Warwick Montgomery
*''[[Tolkien's Sacramental Vision: Discerning the Holy in Middle Earth]]'', by Craig Bernthal
*''Un Camino Inesperado'', by Diego Blanco
*''An Encouraging Thought: The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien'', by Donald Williams
*''La Lengua de los Elfos'', by Luis González Baixauli


=Riener Quentandil=
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| location=[[Nargothrond]]; [[Balar]]; [[Lindon]]; [[Hyarastorni]]; [[Luvailin]]
| affiliation=[[Union of Maedhros]], [[Lambengolmor]]
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| birthlocation=[[Tirion]]
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{{quote|As I am but an orphan dragged by fate, a scribe whose only imprint in the court is the ink of others' words.|''Letter to Orodreth''}}
'''Riener''' was a [[Noldor|Noldorin]] scribe of the [[Elder Days]]. He joined the [[Exile of the Noldor]] and came back to [[Aman]] in the [[Second Age]] with some of his literary works. In [[Eldamar]] he resumed his work as scribe and author until he sailed [[Middle-earth|East]], never coming back.
There is no biography of Riener, so everything we know about his life is extracted from his writings and the historical research made in the Library of Finarfin, in [[Tirion]].
==History==
===Life in Middle-earth===
Riener was born under the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Light of the Trees]] in a vassal family of the [[House of Finarfin]]. Because of his early attraction to tengwar and stories, his mother gave him the [[mother-name|name]] '''''Quentandil'''''.
He was just a teenager when the [[Fall of the Noldor]] happened. His mother abandoned him and his father when [[Finarfin]] refused to follow the Noldor into exile, and his father died in the march by the [[Helcaraxë]], so he arrived in [[Beleriand]] completely orphaned. [[Finrod Felagund]] took him under his protection, granting him a position as a scribe in his court.
During the stay of his lord in [[Doriath]], he had problems refusing to abandone [[Quenya]] speech in public. It is known that at this time he wrote some linguistic works, including a Quenya grammar and a ''Defense of Quenya''.<ref>[[Pengoloð]] the Wise, ''The Lost Literature of Beleriand'', "Linguistics", pp. 33-34</ref>
[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Alone he set forth.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Quentandil as a wanderer. Art by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]
He lived in [[Nargothrond]] until the [[Union of Maedhros]], because he rejected [[Orodreth]] as king, whom he accused of being an inept ruler who was losing the best chance to avenge the death of King Finrod. Although his disdain for the [[House of Fëanor]] was known, he promoted the Union with numerous writings, although we only preserve the ''Letter to Orodreth''. He survived the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad|Nirnaeth Arnœdiad]], and later he wrote a poem about it.
After the Nirnaeth, Riener lived some years in [[Mithrim]], but he wished to find the Hidden City of [[Gondolin]], so he left those lands before the coming of the [[Easterlings (First Age)|Easterlings]]. However, he could not find the secret entry and wandered among Beleriand for many decades.<ref>Inco Armaro, '''The lands that lie under the wave': Beleriand according to the First Age survivors'', "Riener Quentandil's testimony", pp. 630-654</ref> When he heard of the [[Third Kinslaying]], he joined the people of [[Círdan]]. Despite his pacific nature, he was forced into war one last time, fighting in the [[War of Wrath]].
He did not return to [[Valinor]] once the War of Wrath ended, as he was too attached to Middle-earth; but seven hundred years later he embarked to the West. However, he stopped in [[Númenor]], where he lived for several centuries as a teacher, until his stay on the island put in danger many friends.<ref>Riener Quentandil, ''Quentallë Silmarillion'', "Introduction"</ref> As he had to escape quickly, he could not take many books with him and he barely saved anything he had written on the island.
===Life in Valinor===
Due his delay in Númenor without authorization, he had to wait in [[Tol Eressëa]] for a whole [[age]], until the end of the [[Third Age|Third]]. He settled in a cabin near [[Kôr]], where he had time to read and put his writings in order. After finding the [[Golden Book]] and various manuscripts of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', he realized that with the pass of time the different versions had changed or omitted information. Then he decided to create his own edition, in which he would compile as much information as possible from all the sources, giving it coherence and expanding it with some details of his own knowledge. It took him a long time to get the necessary manuscripts, millennia in some case, as he was confined in Tol Eressëa, so when he was able to return to [[Eldamar]], his edition was still in process.<ref>Riener Quentandil, ''Entécina Quenta Silmarillion'', "Introduction"</ref>
[[File:Ten Thousand Leaves - Erestor.jpg|thumb|Quentandil as a scribe. Art by [[:Category:Images by Ten Thousand Leaves|Ten Thousand Leaves]]]]
In Valinor he built his home in a retired cave, next to the [[Shadowmere]]. But he also used to live long periods in [[Tirion]], again under the service of Finrod, and he loved travelling through the woods and borders of [[Aman]]. As a result of these trips and his bibliographical research, he wrote ''Description of Aman''.<ref>Riener Quentandil, ''Amanquenta'', "Introduction"</ref>
He witnessed the Erunostalë festivities, and he was so impressed that he decided to write a summary of those sacred months, researching about the actions of the Valar. Two years later, he was called by Finrod to be one of the official scribes in the debates on the Nativity of Eru. Riener wrote everything that was said there and gave it shape in the ''Istimon Artaquetta'', his last work.<ref>Riener Quentandil, ''The Debate of the Wise'', "Introduction"</ref>
Since the announcement made in the Erunostalë, he showed great joy and was very active, but inside him grew the longing for the East, and he frequented the shores of Eldamar. In the year 26 of the Sixth Age, he commissioned the construction of a ship for himself. As soon as it was completed two years later, he told his few friends that he was leaving to Middle-earth again, but he gave no explanation. His intention surprised many and some denounced him to the Valar. However, Riener leaved discreetly, and was not seen again in Aman except in [[Halls of Mandos|Mandos]].<ref>[[Rúmil (elf of Tirion)|Rúmil]], ''[[Annals of Aman]]'', "Volume DCCXXI: The Sixth Age", §17</ref>
==Etymology==
''Riener'' was his [[father-name]], meaning "Male with vegetal crown", form ''[[rië]]'' ("crown, garland") + ''[[nér]]'' ("man, male").<ref name=Names>[[Quennar|Quennar Onótimo]], ''The Names of the Known Elves'', Volume LXXXII, entry "Riener", p. 344</ref>
==Names==
'''''Quentandil''''' clarily means "Lover of Stories", from ''[[quenta]]'' ("tale, story") + ''[[-ndil]]'' ("friend, devoted to").<ref name=Names></ref>
The name '''''Lórenotso''''' is only known through personal testimonies. When Riener was still a child (in Elvish terms), he announced he had had a recurring dream seven times, so he was choosing that [[Kilmessë|personal name]]. From this we can deduce ''Lórenotso'' can weirdly be translated as "Seven times dream", from ''lórë'' ("dream") + ''[[en-]]'' ("re-, again") + ''[[otso]]'' ("seven").
All the names of Riener were [[Quenya]], but some scribes included a [[Sindarin]] name in copies of his works: '''''[[Findegil]]'''''. It is unclear the origin of this name, but Araglas of the [[House of the Tree|Tree]] believes it could mean "Finrod's pen": ''Fin(rod)'' + ''tegil'' ("pen").<ref>Araglas [[House of the Tree|Galdon]], "The use of Sindarin among the Returned Exiles", in ''Gnomish Studies XLVII'', p. 9</ref>
==Heraldry==
[[File:LorenzoCB - Quentandil.png|150px|thumb|Riener's heraldic device]]
His personal emblem is based on [[:File:Måns Björkman - Finrod device.gif|Finrod's]], his lord: that's why it keeps the green background even though the heraldic rules do not allow to put an element on a background of the same color. The laurel crown comes from his [[father-name]] ''Riener''. The tengwa ''[[rómen]]'' is clearly from the first letter of the name, but we can also deduce two more details: his love for the letters and his attraction for the [[Middle-earth|East]], to which his destiny was linked since his childhood.<ref>Laitendil i Tecemmaitar, ''Eastern Heraldry from Beleriand and Eriador'', pp. 197-198</ref>
==Literary work==
*Known works
**''Letter to Orodreth'' (''Tenca Artarestonna'')
**''Mourning for the Fourth Battle'' (''Yaimë rá Ohta Cantea'')
**''Mourning above the Fifth Battle'' (''Yaimë or Ohtas Lempea'')
**''Elegy for Sunken Beleriand'' (''Noilirë rá Ingolonden'')
**''Little History of the Silmarils'' (''Quentallë Silmarillion'')
**''The Slaying of the Dragon'' (''Angonahtalë''), a dramatized version about [[the Death of Glaurung]]
**''Kôr Doze'' (''Koroloro'')
**A personal reedition of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'' (''Entécina Quenta Silmarillion'')
**''Description of Aman'' (''Amanquenta'')
**''Christmas in Valinor'' (''Erunostalë Valinóressë'')
**''Debate of the Wise'' (''Artaquetta Istimon: Manen Eru ná nóna ve firë?'')
*Lost works
**''Quenya Grammar and Phonology'' (''Quenyava Tengwesta Pahtayë'')
**''A Defense of Quenya against the Edict of Thingol'' (''Varyalë Quenyo Axanna Þingollova'')
**A dramatized version of the ''[[Noldolantë]]''
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Tolkien Gateway already helped me a lot, so I want to help making it bigger and wholesome. I'm from Spain, but I have most of the bibliography both in Spanish and English, and I enjoy checking both languages. My English is still on work, so I appreciate all the corrections, specially with the long texts.

My favourite character is Finrod Felagund, but I think Tom Bombadil is the most important character in all the Legendarium. I believe the Eldar had Baroque dances.

As a converted Catholic, I like to study about Tolkien's spirituality and theology. I also love Quenya and when I have time I "translate" the works of Riener Quentandil, but currently I'm working on too many projects. Tolkien taught me I should finish things, but I can't help beginning things when new ideas come.

Occasionally I edit videos, like the Namárië.

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