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{{quote|Nai Eru manyuva molienya ar tératuvas!|[[Aulë]] in ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Aulë and Yavanna]]"}}
{{quote|Nai Eru manyuva tanwenya ar tératuvas!|[[Aulë]] in ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'', "[[Of Aulë and Yavanna]]"}}
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.
I'm a fan from Spain, a proud member of the [[Spanish Tolkien Society]], active in the Languages Commission. My English is still on work, so I appreciate any correction, 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 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnksxk5gyE Baroque dances].
Among my favourite characters are [[Aulë]], [[Varda]], [[Finrod Felagund]] and [[Galadriel]].


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 teached 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].
Beyond Tolkien I have a healthy obsession with many interests that come and go in my life, but among those that remain are: Arthurian and Hindu mythologies; lifes of saints, the ''Dune'' saga, ''Berserk'', the ''Aeneid'', ''Journey to the West'', books by Christian mystic women, good audiobooks, cooking biscuits, Dungeon Synth, C.S. Lewis, some works by Jodorowsky, and other things.


==To do==
==Articles I feel proud of==
More interested in editing extratextual stuff.
*[[Dagor Dagorath]]
* Revise all [[Index:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien's poems]]: unify style and include poems in empty articles
* All versions of the ''[[Ainulindalë (disambiguation)|Ainulindalë]]''
* <s>Clean [[:Category:Quenya words]]</s>
*[[Gondolin]]
* <s>Complete ''[[The Children of Húrin]]'' summary</s>
* All articles of the [[Twelve Houses of the Gondothlim]] and their lords, specially [[Turgon]] and [[Glorfindel]]
* Complete some [[HoMe]] analysis and summaries
*[[Christianity]]
**''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''
*[[Index:Conflicts]]
**''[[The Lays of Beleriand]]''
*[[Orcs/Origin]]
**''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]''
**''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]''
* Organize and complete ''[[:Category:Books and documents within the legendarium]]'' and ''[[:Category:Lays and Tales within the legendarium]]''
**<s>Versions of ''[[Annals of Valinor]]'' and ''[[Annals of Beleriand]]''</s>
**<s>Versions of ''[[Ainulindalë]]''</s>
**Versions of ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]''
* <s>[[:Category:Images by publication]]</s>
* Matter of [[Gondolin]]
**<s>Improve [[Twelve Houses of the Gondothlim]]</s>
**<s>Lords of Gondolin and other Gondothlim</s>
**Related articles: [[:Category:Gondolin]], [[Gondolindrim]], <s>[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)]]</s>
* Make analysis of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' chapters
* Make full articles for
**<s>[[Dagor Dagorath]]</s>
**[[Arda Unmarred]]
**[[Arda Healed]]
**[[Christianism in Tolkien]]
**[[Virgin Mary]]


*<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==
==Things I'd like to improve and create if I had more time==
* ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'' (the Lost Tale)
*Finish [[Christianity]] article
* ''[[Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth]]''
*All articles about the [[Valar]], specially their OVOTL sections
* ''[[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]''
*The matter of ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''
* ''[[Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion]]'', by [[Douglas C. Kane]]
**Proper article for the general topic
* ''[[The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie]]'', by Jonathan S. McIntosh
**Summary of every chapter
* ''[[In Elven Lands]]'', by [[The Fellowship (band)]]
**Articles for topics exclusive from TBOLT
* ''Aeneid'', by Virgil
**Expand all OVOTL sections that should deal with TBOLT
* ''[[Kalevala]]'', by [[Elias Lönnrot]]
**[[Qenya]] and [[Gnomish]]
*Inspiration sections of important articles
*An index with all "mistakes" that Christopher acknowledged throughout ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]''
*An article on [[Heraldry]]


=Riener Quentandil=
==Headcanons==
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*[[Tom Bombadil]] is an extraliterary character from the tales Tolkien told to his children. Tolkien refused to remove him from his revision of ''TLOR'' to remember us that we are reading a fairy-tale. That's why both readers and Middle-earth characters do not know where he comes from.
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*[[Orcs]] were [[Orcs/Origin#Souless animals|talking beasts without soul]]. Therefore they were good creatures in their beginning, as they were directly created by Ilúvatar, but later their wills were corrupted by Morgoth. Therefore they were inclined to evil forever, unless a charitative Vala or Eru himself came to free them. If so, they could have become proper [[Incarnates]] like the [[Ents]], but they were exterminated before that happened or at least they could become civilized.
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*[[Aredhel]] and [[Eöl]] are one of those few cases in which the Eldar falled into lust, as said in ''[[Laws and Customs among the Eldar]]''.
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*The [[Ancalagon#Other versions of the legendarium|prophecy]] of [[Andreth]] is refered to the [[War of Wrath]] and was true: in his last conception, Tolkien intended that [[Túrin]] was temporarily brought back from [[Halls of Mandos|Mandos]], just like [[Beren]]. Then Túrin, still in Valinor, jumped into [[Vingilot]], and travelled with his cousin [[Eärendil]] to Middle-earth. In the flying boat, Túrin slayed [[Ancalagon]], accomplishing the decisive victory against Morgoth and thus having the last word in his family's curse. Then he was finally free and leaved the Circles of the World. I was never convinced that a boat could destroy the biggest [[dragon]] in the world, but if there is a dragonslayer in it, now that's epic.
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*The [[Valar]] were informed about [[Eru]]'s [[Old Hope|Incarnation]], so the first [[Christmas]] feast in the world was hold in Valinor.
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*We are living in the Seventh [[Age]], which began with the Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The last and Eighth Age will begin when He returns and it will last forever.
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*The [[Dagor Dagorath]] is canon in the sense that it was meant to be included in ''The Silmarillion'', but even in the legendarium it is not suppouse to happen literally, as it comes from an artificial mix between Elven and Mannish traditions. There will be an actual battle between Good and Evil, but the breaking and healing of Arda will be acomplished by Eru himself.
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*Everything is [[canon]]; we should talk about "corpus" instead. The [[Global Theory]] is true.
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*The [[Eldar]] had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnksxk5gyE Baroque dances].
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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]].
==Favourite Tolkien related works==
 
*Tolkien's texts
==History==
** ''[[Valaquenta]]''
===Life in Middle-earth===
** ''[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]'' (the Lost Tale)
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'''''.
** ''[[Quenta Noldorinwa]]''
 
** ''[[Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth]]''
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.
** ''[[A Description of the Island of Númenor]]''
 
*On Tolkien
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>
** ''[[Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion]]'', by [[Douglas C. Kane]]
[[File:Jenny Dolfen - Alone he set forth.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Quentandil as a wanderer. Art by [[Jenny Dolfen]]]]
** ''[[Splintered Light]]'' by [[Verlyn Flieger]]
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.
** ''[[The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie]]'', by Jonathan S. McIntosh
 
*Tolkien's influences
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]].
** All the Matter of Britain
 
** ''Aeneid'', by Virgil
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.
** ''[[Kalevala]]'', by [[Elias Lönnrot]]
 
*Artists
===Life in Valinor===
**[[The Fellowship (band)]]
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>
** [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4WZErPVapopqbisADEV_Q Adele McAllister]
[[File:Ten Thousand Leaves - Erestor.jpg|thumb|Quentandil as a scribe. Art by [[:Category:Images by Ten Thousand Leaves|Ten Thousand Leaves]]]]
** [http://thangorodrimsynth.bandcamp.com/music Thangorodrim]
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>
 
'''''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==
==My library==
[[File:LorenzoCB - Quentandil.png|150px|thumb|Riener's heraldic device]]
===By the Tolkiens===
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>
*''[[The Hobbit]]'' / ''El Hobbit''
*''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' / ''El Señor de los Anillos''
*''[[Tree and Leaf|Árbol y Hoja]]''
*''[[The Tolkien Reader]]''
*''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo]]''
*''[[The Silmarillion]]'' / ''El Silmarillion''
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' / ''Cuentos Inconclusos''
*''[[The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays|Los Monstruos y los Críticos y otros ensayos]]''
*''[[The History of Middle-earth|The Complete History of Middle-earth]] I'': Volumes I-V / ''La Historia de la Tierra Media'', volumes 1-5
*''The Complete History of Middle-earth II'': Volumes VI-VIII / ''[[The History of The Lord of the Rings|La Historia de El Señor de los Anillos]]'', volumes 1-4
*''The Complete History of Middle-earth III'': Volumes IX-XII / ''La Historia de la Tierra Media'', volumes 7-9
*''[[The History of Middle-earth Index]]''
*''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm|Cuentos desde el Reino Peligroso]]''
*''[[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]]''


==Literary work==
===By other editors and authors ===
*Known works
*''The Collected [[Vinyar Tengwar]]'', volumes 1-5 (issues 1-50), edited by [[Carl F. Hostetter]]
**''Letter to Orodreth'' (''Tenca Artarestonna'')
*''[[The Nature of Middle-earth]]'', edited by Carl F. Hostetter
**''Mourning for the Fourth Battle'' (''Yaimë rá Ohta Cantea'')
*''[[Parma Eldalamberon]]'', issues [[Parma Eldalamberon 11|11]]-[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|17]], edited by [[Christopher Gilson]]
**''Mourning above the Fifth Battle'' (''Yaimë or Ohtas Lempea'')
*''[[A Secret Vice (book)|A Secret Vice]]'', edited by [[Dimitra Fimi]] and [[Andrew Higgins]]
**''Elegy for Sunken Beleriand'' (''Noilirë rá Ingolonden'')
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator|J.R.R. Tolkien: Artista e Ilustrador]]'', by [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]]
**''Little History of the Silmarils'' (''Quentallë Silmarillion'')
*''[[The Art of The Hobbit|El Arte de El Hobbit]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
**''The Slaying of the Dragon'' (''Angonahtalë''), a dramatized version about [[the Death of Glaurung]]
*''[[The Art of The Lord of the Rings|El Arte de El Señor de los Anillos]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
**''Kôr Doze'' (''Koroloro'')
*''[[The History of The Hobbit]]'', edited by [[John D. Rateliff]]
**A personal reedition of the ''[[Quenta Silmarillion]]'' (''Entécina Quenta Silmarillion'')
*''[[Finn and Hengest]]'', edited by [[Alan Bliss]]
**''Description of Aman'' (''Amanquenta'')
*''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' / ''Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien'', edited by [[Humphrey Carpenter]]
**''Christmas in Valinor'' (''Erunostalë Valinóressë'')
**''Debate of the Wise'' (''Artaquetta Istimon: Manen Eru ná nóna ve firë?'')


*Lost works
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'' / ''J.R.R. Tolkien: Una biografía'', by Humphrey Carpenter
**''Quenya Grammar and Phonology'' (''Quenyava Tengwesta Pahtayë'')
*''[[The Inklings (book)|The Inklings]]'', by Humphrey Carpenter
**''A Defense of Quenya against the Edict of Thingol'' (''Varyalë Quenyo Axanna Þingollova'')
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
**A dramatized version of the ''[[Noldolantë]]''
*''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'' (revised edition), by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
{{references}}
*''[[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]]
*''[[Tolkien and The Silmarillion]]'', by [[Clyde S. Kilby]]
*''[[Master of Middle-earth]]'', by [[Paul H. Kocher]]
*''[[The Keys of Middle-earth]]'', by Stuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova
*''[[Splintered Light]]'', by [[Verlyn Flieger]]
*''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]'', 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
*''[[Perilous and Fair]]'', edited by [[Janet Brennan Croft]] and Leslie A. Donovan
*''[[Tolkien's Theology of Beauty]]'', by Lisa Coutras
*''Un Camino Inesperado'', by Diego Blanco
*''An Encouraging Thought: The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien'', by Donald Williams
*''J.R.R. Tolkien. Cuentos de Hadas'', by José Miguel Odero
*''La Lengua de los Elfos'', by Luis González Baixauli
*''Atanquesta. A NeoQuenya Primer'', by Tamas Ferencz
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"Nai Eru manyuva tanwenya ar tératuvas!"
― Aulë in Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Aulë and Yavanna"

I'm a fan from Spain, a proud member of the Spanish Tolkien Society, active in the Languages Commission. My English is still on work, so I appreciate any correction, specially with the long texts.

Among my favourite characters are Aulë, Varda, Finrod Felagund and Galadriel.

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.

Beyond Tolkien I have a healthy obsession with many interests that come and go in my life, but among those that remain are: Arthurian and Hindu mythologies; lifes of saints, the Dune saga, Berserk, the Aeneid, Journey to the West, books by Christian mystic women, good audiobooks, cooking biscuits, Dungeon Synth, C.S. Lewis, some works by Jodorowsky, and other things.

Articles I feel proud of

Personal Sandbox

Things I'd like to improve and create if I had more time

  • Finish Christianity article
  • All articles about the Valar, specially their OVOTL sections
  • The matter of The Book of Lost Tales
    • Proper article for the general topic
    • Summary of every chapter
    • Articles for topics exclusive from TBOLT
    • Expand all OVOTL sections that should deal with TBOLT
    • Qenya and Gnomish
  • Inspiration sections of important articles
  • An index with all "mistakes" that Christopher acknowledged throughout The History of Middle-earth
  • An article on Heraldry

Headcanons

  • Tom Bombadil is an extraliterary character from the tales Tolkien told to his children. Tolkien refused to remove him from his revision of TLOR to remember us that we are reading a fairy-tale. That's why both readers and Middle-earth characters do not know where he comes from.
  • Orcs were talking beasts without soul. Therefore they were good creatures in their beginning, as they were directly created by Ilúvatar, but later their wills were corrupted by Morgoth. Therefore they were inclined to evil forever, unless a charitative Vala or Eru himself came to free them. If so, they could have become proper Incarnates like the Ents, but they were exterminated before that happened or at least they could become civilized.
  • Aredhel and Eöl are one of those few cases in which the Eldar falled into lust, as said in Laws and Customs among the Eldar.
  • The prophecy of Andreth is refered to the War of Wrath and was true: in his last conception, Tolkien intended that Túrin was temporarily brought back from Mandos, just like Beren. Then Túrin, still in Valinor, jumped into Vingilot, and travelled with his cousin Eärendil to Middle-earth. In the flying boat, Túrin slayed Ancalagon, accomplishing the decisive victory against Morgoth and thus having the last word in his family's curse. Then he was finally free and leaved the Circles of the World. I was never convinced that a boat could destroy the biggest dragon in the world, but if there is a dragonslayer in it, now that's epic.
  • The Valar were informed about Eru's Incarnation, so the first Christmas feast in the world was hold in Valinor.
  • We are living in the Seventh Age, which began with the Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The last and Eighth Age will begin when He returns and it will last forever.
  • The Dagor Dagorath is canon in the sense that it was meant to be included in The Silmarillion, but even in the legendarium it is not suppouse to happen literally, as it comes from an artificial mix between Elven and Mannish traditions. There will be an actual battle between Good and Evil, but the breaking and healing of Arda will be acomplished by Eru himself.
  • Everything is canon; we should talk about "corpus" instead. The Global Theory is true.
  • The Eldar had Baroque dances.

Favourite Tolkien related works

My library

By the Tolkiens

By other editors and authors

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