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-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 17:35, 29 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Hey ==<br />
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Hey apo pou eisai file?<br />
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I am from Greece.<br />
<br />
==Καλή χρονιά (Happy New Year)==<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας. Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος και μακάρι τα πράγματα στην νέα χρονιά να κυλήσουν από ότι σε αυτήν εδώ.<br />
<br />
Happy new year and have a nice year for all of you.<br />
<br />
== Birthday ==<br />
<br />
This day, a year ago, I was registered on Tolkien Gateway.<br />
<br />
== Καλή χρονιά! ==<br />
<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους μας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να κυλήσει καλύτερα απο ότι η προηγούμενη.<br />
<br />
Happy new year.My best wishes to all of us.<br />
<br />
== Happy News ==<br />
<br />
At last. About time to be announced the official title of the Lord of the Rings tv series.<br />
<br />
==Image names==<br />
Hello! I want to start by saying I really like the stuff you do here on Tolkien Gateway. With regards to the images you've uploaded today, I'm just thinking, perhaps they should follow the image naming convention set out here: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Gateway:Image_policy#Naming_conventions<br />
E.g., the file "File:393192834407.webp" might be better to have a name like "File:The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or "File:The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or something like this. What do you think? --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:15, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello.I would like to explain something.I did in a hurry, I mean I didn't think about it, but you can change the names of these images that I just uploaded, but I would like these images not to be deleted.Can you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::I do understand you perfectly, thank you for that. It's not a problem for me, just thought I'd point it out to you! Keep up the good work! (By the way, I copied your reply on my talk page to here so that a record of the entire discussion exists in one place.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Fools.Fools.Fools.Why did you block me?After all I have done? This is how you thank me, right?This how you thank the others for their contributions, right? Indeed, yes.By blocking them.If I made a mistake, then you need to give me another chance, not to block me, right? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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:Hi. I blocked you for a few days to prevent you from uploading more images, so we can put [[:Category:Images from The Rings of Power (TV series)]] in order first. I gave you more reasons in my talkpage: you made a mistake, asked others to solved it, and then proceed to do the same. Your contributions are appreciated, but the style of the wiki is more important, as well as the time of other editors.--[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:37, 18 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Why don't you decrease the blocking for a few hours of this day only?I will try not to do it again.What do you say?{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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Well? What will happen now? Will you stop the blocking or not and if not, why?Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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== Greek Wikipedia ==<br />
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Today it is the 20th anniversary exactly from the creation of Greek Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
== Return ==<br />
<br />
Hello everyone.After some time I came back here.<br />
<br />
== Question ==<br />
Hi, I know that you uploaded many of the images of Amazon's show that are on the wiki. When you have the time, do you think that you would be willing to upload an image of the exterior of the [[Hall of Lore]] and the exterior of the [[King's Tower]] (the tower where [[Tar-Palantir]] is within the show)? At least if you want to.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 22:39, 29 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Καλή Χρονιά ==<br />
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Καλή Χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να είναι καλύτερη απο την περσινή.<br />
<br />
Happy New Year to all of you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello to all of you.I think that everything is good now.<br />
<br />
==News==<br />
Hello to all of you.Everything is fine.<br />
<br />
==Adar actor==<br />
The reason why I created the page I just created and redirected the one you created is because the name on the cast list on the page on this wiki was originally the full name. In addition to this, we should probably not base page names solely on Wikipedia and IMDB, as those two sites deal with so many people pages and would inevitably run into having pages about people with similarly sounding names. The first sentence of the Wikipedia page on the Adar actor does state his full name rather than what the title of the page states.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 14:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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==Image licensing==<br />
Hi. I notice that some of the images you have uploaded over the past few months are licensed as "free software" (examples [[:File:Sam Hazeldine.jpg|here]] and [[:File:Owain Arthur.jpg|here]]). It might be worth checking if this licensing is appropriate for images. Thanks. (If you reply to this, please do so on here rather than my talk page so the conversation is recorded in one place, thanks.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 17:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Hello ==<br />
<br />
Hello. Did I miss you? I' ve returned here after some time.<br />
<br />
== "A Walking Song" ==<br />
<br />
Hey there, I decided to blank this page: [[Upon The Hearth The Fire Is Red]] and make it a mere redirect to this: [[A Walking Song]], while merging all of their info to that article. If you have any solid reason in objection to this, welcome to talk to me in my talk page, or in discord (that would be more convenient and quicker). But better not simply undo my action without a reason, that would be a waste of time. [[User:Luotiansha|Luotiansha]] ([[User talk:Luotiansha|talk]])<br />
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== Celebrations ==<br />
<br />
Hello to all of you. Today is a great day for all of us. First of all we celebrate today the Greek War of Independence of 1821. We also celebrate the destruction of the One Ring, the passing of Sauron and the beginning of the dominion of Men. Thank you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello. I am talking to user [[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]]. Can you read the message on Discord? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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This is how you thank the others for their contributions here on Tolkien Gateway. By blogging them right? Congratulations. Congratulations. You should be awarded for that. And you user LorenzoCB go fuck yourself. Go to hell and fuck yourself with the devil. Allright? And block me. You don't know how to talk to others. Only how to block them, right? Go fuck yourself. Motherfucker. Block me, OK? OK!!!!{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85&diff=371467User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου2023-04-07T16:44:50Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* Something */</p>
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-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 17:35, 29 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Hey ==<br />
<br />
Hey apo pou eisai file?<br />
<br />
I am from Greece.<br />
<br />
==Καλή χρονιά (Happy New Year)==<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας. Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος και μακάρι τα πράγματα στην νέα χρονιά να κυλήσουν από ότι σε αυτήν εδώ.<br />
<br />
Happy new year and have a nice year for all of you.<br />
<br />
== Birthday ==<br />
<br />
This day, a year ago, I was registered on Tolkien Gateway.<br />
<br />
== Καλή χρονιά! ==<br />
<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους μας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να κυλήσει καλύτερα απο ότι η προηγούμενη.<br />
<br />
Happy new year.My best wishes to all of us.<br />
<br />
== Happy News ==<br />
<br />
At last. About time to be announced the official title of the Lord of the Rings tv series.<br />
<br />
==Image names==<br />
Hello! I want to start by saying I really like the stuff you do here on Tolkien Gateway. With regards to the images you've uploaded today, I'm just thinking, perhaps they should follow the image naming convention set out here: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Gateway:Image_policy#Naming_conventions<br />
E.g., the file "File:393192834407.webp" might be better to have a name like "File:The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or "File:The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or something like this. What do you think? --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:15, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Hello.I would like to explain something.I did in a hurry, I mean I didn't think about it, but you can change the names of these images that I just uploaded, but I would like these images not to be deleted.Can you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::I do understand you perfectly, thank you for that. It's not a problem for me, just thought I'd point it out to you! Keep up the good work! (By the way, I copied your reply on my talk page to here so that a record of the entire discussion exists in one place.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Fools.Fools.Fools.Why did you block me?After all I have done? This is how you thank me, right?This how you thank the others for their contributions, right? Indeed, yes.By blocking them.If I made a mistake, then you need to give me another chance, not to block me, right? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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:Hi. I blocked you for a few days to prevent you from uploading more images, so we can put [[:Category:Images from The Rings of Power (TV series)]] in order first. I gave you more reasons in my talkpage: you made a mistake, asked others to solved it, and then proceed to do the same. Your contributions are appreciated, but the style of the wiki is more important, as well as the time of other editors.--[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:37, 18 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Why don't you decrease the blocking for a few hours of this day only?I will try not to do it again.What do you say?{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
Well? What will happen now? Will you stop the blocking or not and if not, why?Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
== Greek Wikipedia ==<br />
<br />
Today it is the 20th anniversary exactly from the creation of Greek Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
== Return ==<br />
<br />
Hello everyone.After some time I came back here.<br />
<br />
== Question ==<br />
Hi, I know that you uploaded many of the images of Amazon's show that are on the wiki. When you have the time, do you think that you would be willing to upload an image of the exterior of the [[Hall of Lore]] and the exterior of the [[King's Tower]] (the tower where [[Tar-Palantir]] is within the show)? At least if you want to.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 22:39, 29 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Καλή Χρονιά ==<br />
<br />
Καλή Χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να είναι καλύτερη απο την περσινή.<br />
<br />
Happy New Year to all of you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello to all of you.I think that everything is good now.<br />
<br />
==News==<br />
Hello to all of you.Everything is fine.<br />
<br />
==Adar actor==<br />
The reason why I created the page I just created and redirected the one you created is because the name on the cast list on the page on this wiki was originally the full name. In addition to this, we should probably not base page names solely on Wikipedia and IMDB, as those two sites deal with so many people pages and would inevitably run into having pages about people with similarly sounding names. The first sentence of the Wikipedia page on the Adar actor does state his full name rather than what the title of the page states.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 14:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Image licensing==<br />
Hi. I notice that some of the images you have uploaded over the past few months are licensed as "free software" (examples [[:File:Sam Hazeldine.jpg|here]] and [[:File:Owain Arthur.jpg|here]]). It might be worth checking if this licensing is appropriate for images. Thanks. (If you reply to this, please do so on here rather than my talk page so the conversation is recorded in one place, thanks.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 17:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Hello ==<br />
<br />
Hello. Did I miss you? I' ve returned here after some time.<br />
<br />
== "A Walking Song" ==<br />
<br />
Hey there, I decided to blank this page: [[Upon The Hearth The Fire Is Red]] and make it a mere redirect to this: [[A Walking Song]], while merging all of their info to that article. If you have any solid reason in objection to this, welcome to talk to me in my talk page, or in discord (that would be more convenient and quicker). But better not simply undo my action without a reason, that would be a waste of time. [[User:Luotiansha|Luotiansha]] ([[User talk:Luotiansha|talk]])<br />
<br />
== Celebrations ==<br />
<br />
Hello to all of you. Today is a great day for all of us. First of all we celebrate today the Greek War of Independence of 1821. We also celebrate the destruction of the One Ring, the passing of Sauron and the beginning of the dominion of Men. Thank you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello. I am talking to user [[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]]. Can you read the message on Discord? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
Give me a second chance.Nothing more.I will do whatever you want.Just unblock me.Nothing more.Please. Please. Please. {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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Please. Please. Please. {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85&diff=371459User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου2023-04-06T20:07:54Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* Something */</p>
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-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 17:35, 29 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Hey ==<br />
<br />
Hey apo pou eisai file?<br />
<br />
I am from Greece.<br />
<br />
==Καλή χρονιά (Happy New Year)==<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας. Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος και μακάρι τα πράγματα στην νέα χρονιά να κυλήσουν από ότι σε αυτήν εδώ.<br />
<br />
Happy new year and have a nice year for all of you.<br />
<br />
== Birthday ==<br />
<br />
This day, a year ago, I was registered on Tolkien Gateway.<br />
<br />
== Καλή χρονιά! ==<br />
<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους μας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να κυλήσει καλύτερα απο ότι η προηγούμενη.<br />
<br />
Happy new year.My best wishes to all of us.<br />
<br />
== Happy News ==<br />
<br />
At last. About time to be announced the official title of the Lord of the Rings tv series.<br />
<br />
==Image names==<br />
Hello! I want to start by saying I really like the stuff you do here on Tolkien Gateway. With regards to the images you've uploaded today, I'm just thinking, perhaps they should follow the image naming convention set out here: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Gateway:Image_policy#Naming_conventions<br />
E.g., the file "File:393192834407.webp" might be better to have a name like "File:The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or "File:The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or something like this. What do you think? --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:15, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Hello.I would like to explain something.I did in a hurry, I mean I didn't think about it, but you can change the names of these images that I just uploaded, but I would like these images not to be deleted.Can you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::I do understand you perfectly, thank you for that. It's not a problem for me, just thought I'd point it out to you! Keep up the good work! (By the way, I copied your reply on my talk page to here so that a record of the entire discussion exists in one place.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Fools.Fools.Fools.Why did you block me?After all I have done? This is how you thank me, right?This how you thank the others for their contributions, right? Indeed, yes.By blocking them.If I made a mistake, then you need to give me another chance, not to block me, right? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
:Hi. I blocked you for a few days to prevent you from uploading more images, so we can put [[:Category:Images from The Rings of Power (TV series)]] in order first. I gave you more reasons in my talkpage: you made a mistake, asked others to solved it, and then proceed to do the same. Your contributions are appreciated, but the style of the wiki is more important, as well as the time of other editors.--[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:37, 18 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Why don't you decrease the blocking for a few hours of this day only?I will try not to do it again.What do you say?{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
Well? What will happen now? Will you stop the blocking or not and if not, why?Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
== Greek Wikipedia ==<br />
<br />
Today it is the 20th anniversary exactly from the creation of Greek Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
== Return ==<br />
<br />
Hello everyone.After some time I came back here.<br />
<br />
== Question ==<br />
Hi, I know that you uploaded many of the images of Amazon's show that are on the wiki. When you have the time, do you think that you would be willing to upload an image of the exterior of the [[Hall of Lore]] and the exterior of the [[King's Tower]] (the tower where [[Tar-Palantir]] is within the show)? At least if you want to.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 22:39, 29 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Καλή Χρονιά ==<br />
<br />
Καλή Χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να είναι καλύτερη απο την περσινή.<br />
<br />
Happy New Year to all of you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello to all of you.I think that everything is good now.<br />
<br />
==News==<br />
Hello to all of you.Everything is fine.<br />
<br />
==Adar actor==<br />
The reason why I created the page I just created and redirected the one you created is because the name on the cast list on the page on this wiki was originally the full name. In addition to this, we should probably not base page names solely on Wikipedia and IMDB, as those two sites deal with so many people pages and would inevitably run into having pages about people with similarly sounding names. The first sentence of the Wikipedia page on the Adar actor does state his full name rather than what the title of the page states.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 14:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Image licensing==<br />
Hi. I notice that some of the images you have uploaded over the past few months are licensed as "free software" (examples [[:File:Sam Hazeldine.jpg|here]] and [[:File:Owain Arthur.jpg|here]]). It might be worth checking if this licensing is appropriate for images. Thanks. (If you reply to this, please do so on here rather than my talk page so the conversation is recorded in one place, thanks.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 17:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Hello ==<br />
<br />
Hello. Did I miss you? I' ve returned here after some time.<br />
<br />
== "A Walking Song" ==<br />
<br />
Hey there, I decided to blank this page: [[Upon The Hearth The Fire Is Red]] and make it a mere redirect to this: [[A Walking Song]], while merging all of their info to that article. If you have any solid reason in objection to this, welcome to talk to me in my talk page, or in discord (that would be more convenient and quicker). But better not simply undo my action without a reason, that would be a waste of time. [[User:Luotiansha|Luotiansha]] ([[User talk:Luotiansha|talk]])<br />
<br />
== Celebrations ==<br />
<br />
Hello to all of you. Today is a great day for all of us. First of all we celebrate today the Greek War of Independence of 1821. We also celebrate the destruction of the One Ring, the passing of Sauron and the beginning of the dominion of Men. Thank you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello. I am talking to user [[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]]. Can you read the message on Discord? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
<br />
Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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Give me a second chance.Nothing more.I will do whatever you want.Just unblock me.Nothing more.Please. Please. Please. {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85&diff=371458User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου2023-04-06T19:58:19Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* Something */</p>
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-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 17:35, 29 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Hey ==<br />
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Hey apo pou eisai file?<br />
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I am from Greece.<br />
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==Καλή χρονιά (Happy New Year)==<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας. Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος και μακάρι τα πράγματα στην νέα χρονιά να κυλήσουν από ότι σε αυτήν εδώ.<br />
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Happy new year and have a nice year for all of you.<br />
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== Birthday ==<br />
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This day, a year ago, I was registered on Tolkien Gateway.<br />
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== Καλή χρονιά! ==<br />
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Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους μας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να κυλήσει καλύτερα απο ότι η προηγούμενη.<br />
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Happy new year.My best wishes to all of us.<br />
<br />
== Happy News ==<br />
<br />
At last. About time to be announced the official title of the Lord of the Rings tv series.<br />
<br />
==Image names==<br />
Hello! I want to start by saying I really like the stuff you do here on Tolkien Gateway. With regards to the images you've uploaded today, I'm just thinking, perhaps they should follow the image naming convention set out here: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Gateway:Image_policy#Naming_conventions<br />
E.g., the file "File:393192834407.webp" might be better to have a name like "File:The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or "File:The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or something like this. What do you think? --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:15, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello.I would like to explain something.I did in a hurry, I mean I didn't think about it, but you can change the names of these images that I just uploaded, but I would like these images not to be deleted.Can you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::I do understand you perfectly, thank you for that. It's not a problem for me, just thought I'd point it out to you! Keep up the good work! (By the way, I copied your reply on my talk page to here so that a record of the entire discussion exists in one place.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Fools.Fools.Fools.Why did you block me?After all I have done? This is how you thank me, right?This how you thank the others for their contributions, right? Indeed, yes.By blocking them.If I made a mistake, then you need to give me another chance, not to block me, right? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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:Hi. I blocked you for a few days to prevent you from uploading more images, so we can put [[:Category:Images from The Rings of Power (TV series)]] in order first. I gave you more reasons in my talkpage: you made a mistake, asked others to solved it, and then proceed to do the same. Your contributions are appreciated, but the style of the wiki is more important, as well as the time of other editors.--[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:37, 18 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Why don't you decrease the blocking for a few hours of this day only?I will try not to do it again.What do you say?{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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Well? What will happen now? Will you stop the blocking or not and if not, why?Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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== Greek Wikipedia ==<br />
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Today it is the 20th anniversary exactly from the creation of Greek Wikipedia.<br />
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== Return ==<br />
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Hello everyone.After some time I came back here.<br />
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== Question ==<br />
Hi, I know that you uploaded many of the images of Amazon's show that are on the wiki. When you have the time, do you think that you would be willing to upload an image of the exterior of the [[Hall of Lore]] and the exterior of the [[King's Tower]] (the tower where [[Tar-Palantir]] is within the show)? At least if you want to.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 22:39, 29 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Καλή Χρονιά ==<br />
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Καλή Χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να είναι καλύτερη απο την περσινή.<br />
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Happy New Year to all of you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello to all of you.I think that everything is good now.<br />
<br />
==News==<br />
Hello to all of you.Everything is fine.<br />
<br />
==Adar actor==<br />
The reason why I created the page I just created and redirected the one you created is because the name on the cast list on the page on this wiki was originally the full name. In addition to this, we should probably not base page names solely on Wikipedia and IMDB, as those two sites deal with so many people pages and would inevitably run into having pages about people with similarly sounding names. The first sentence of the Wikipedia page on the Adar actor does state his full name rather than what the title of the page states.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 14:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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==Image licensing==<br />
Hi. I notice that some of the images you have uploaded over the past few months are licensed as "free software" (examples [[:File:Sam Hazeldine.jpg|here]] and [[:File:Owain Arthur.jpg|here]]). It might be worth checking if this licensing is appropriate for images. Thanks. (If you reply to this, please do so on here rather than my talk page so the conversation is recorded in one place, thanks.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 17:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Hello ==<br />
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Hello. Did I miss you? I' ve returned here after some time.<br />
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== "A Walking Song" ==<br />
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Hey there, I decided to blank this page: [[Upon The Hearth The Fire Is Red]] and make it a mere redirect to this: [[A Walking Song]], while merging all of their info to that article. If you have any solid reason in objection to this, welcome to talk to me in my talk page, or in discord (that would be more convenient and quicker). But better not simply undo my action without a reason, that would be a waste of time. [[User:Luotiansha|Luotiansha]] ([[User talk:Luotiansha|talk]])<br />
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== Celebrations ==<br />
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Hello to all of you. Today is a great day for all of us. First of all we celebrate today the Greek War of Independence of 1821. We also celebrate the destruction of the One Ring, the passing of Sauron and the beginning of the dominion of Men. Thank you.<br />
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==Something==<br />
Hello. I am talking to user [[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]]. Can you read the message on Discord? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%95%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85&diff=371450User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου2023-04-06T16:13:01Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 17:35, 29 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Hey ==<br />
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Hey apo pou eisai file?<br />
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I am from Greece.<br />
<br />
==Καλή χρονιά (Happy New Year)==<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας. Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος και μακάρι τα πράγματα στην νέα χρονιά να κυλήσουν από ότι σε αυτήν εδώ.<br />
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Happy new year and have a nice year for all of you.<br />
<br />
== Birthday ==<br />
<br />
This day, a year ago, I was registered on Tolkien Gateway.<br />
<br />
== Καλή χρονιά! ==<br />
<br />
Καλή χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους μας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να κυλήσει καλύτερα απο ότι η προηγούμενη.<br />
<br />
Happy new year.My best wishes to all of us.<br />
<br />
== Happy News ==<br />
<br />
At last. About time to be announced the official title of the Lord of the Rings tv series.<br />
<br />
==Image names==<br />
Hello! I want to start by saying I really like the stuff you do here on Tolkien Gateway. With regards to the images you've uploaded today, I'm just thinking, perhaps they should follow the image naming convention set out here: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien_Gateway:Image_policy#Naming_conventions<br />
E.g., the file "File:393192834407.webp" might be better to have a name like "File:The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or "File:The Rings of Power - Halbrand.webp" or something like this. What do you think? --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:15, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello.I would like to explain something.I did in a hurry, I mean I didn't think about it, but you can change the names of these images that I just uploaded, but I would like these images not to be deleted.Can you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::I do understand you perfectly, thank you for that. It's not a problem for me, just thought I'd point it out to you! Keep up the good work! (By the way, I copied your reply on my talk page to here so that a record of the entire discussion exists in one place.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 21:30, 17 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Fools.Fools.Fools.Why did you block me?After all I have done? This is how you thank me, right?This how you thank the others for their contributions, right? Indeed, yes.By blocking them.If I made a mistake, then you need to give me another chance, not to block me, right? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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:Hi. I blocked you for a few days to prevent you from uploading more images, so we can put [[:Category:Images from The Rings of Power (TV series)]] in order first. I gave you more reasons in my talkpage: you made a mistake, asked others to solved it, and then proceed to do the same. Your contributions are appreciated, but the style of the wiki is more important, as well as the time of other editors.--[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 14:37, 18 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Why don't you decrease the blocking for a few hours of this day only?I will try not to do it again.What do you say?{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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Well? What will happen now? Will you stop the blocking or not and if not, why?Give me a second chance.Nothing more.{{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}<br />
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== Greek Wikipedia ==<br />
<br />
Today it is the 20th anniversary exactly from the creation of Greek Wikipedia.<br />
<br />
== Return ==<br />
<br />
Hello everyone.After some time I came back here.<br />
<br />
== Question ==<br />
Hi, I know that you uploaded many of the images of Amazon's show that are on the wiki. When you have the time, do you think that you would be willing to upload an image of the exterior of the [[Hall of Lore]] and the exterior of the [[King's Tower]] (the tower where [[Tar-Palantir]] is within the show)? At least if you want to.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 22:39, 29 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Καλή Χρονιά ==<br />
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Καλή Χρονιά και χρόνια πολλά σε όλους σας και μακάρι η νέα χρονιά να είναι καλύτερη απο την περσινή.<br />
<br />
Happy New Year to all of you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello to all of you.I think that everything is good now.<br />
<br />
==News==<br />
Hello to all of you.Everything is fine.<br />
<br />
==Adar actor==<br />
The reason why I created the page I just created and redirected the one you created is because the name on the cast list on the page on this wiki was originally the full name. In addition to this, we should probably not base page names solely on Wikipedia and IMDB, as those two sites deal with so many people pages and would inevitably run into having pages about people with similarly sounding names. The first sentence of the Wikipedia page on the Adar actor does state his full name rather than what the title of the page states.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 14:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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==Image licensing==<br />
Hi. I notice that some of the images you have uploaded over the past few months are licensed as "free software" (examples [[:File:Sam Hazeldine.jpg|here]] and [[:File:Owain Arthur.jpg|here]]). It might be worth checking if this licensing is appropriate for images. Thanks. (If you reply to this, please do so on here rather than my talk page so the conversation is recorded in one place, thanks.) --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 17:26, 29 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Hello ==<br />
<br />
Hello. Did I miss you? I' ve returned here after some time.<br />
<br />
== "A Walking Song" ==<br />
<br />
Hey there, I decided to blank this page: [[Upon The Hearth The Fire Is Red]] and make it a mere redirect to this: [[A Walking Song]], while merging all of their info to that article. If you have any solid reason in objection to this, welcome to talk to me in my talk page, or in discord (that would be more convenient and quicker). But better not simply undo my action without a reason, that would be a waste of time. [[User:Luotiansha|Luotiansha]] ([[User talk:Luotiansha|talk]])<br />
<br />
== Celebrations ==<br />
<br />
Hello to all of you. Today is a great day for all of us. First of all we celebrate today the Greek War of Independence of 1821. We also celebrate the destruction of the One Ring, the passing of Sauron and the beginning of the dominion of Men. Thank you.<br />
<br />
==Something==<br />
Hello. I am talking to user [[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]]. Can you read the message on Discord? {{unsigned|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου}}</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Dour1234&diff=371448User talk:Dour12342023-04-06T15:41:49Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* Eye of Sauron */ new section</p>
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-- [[User:Mith|<span style="color:#2F4F4F">'''Mith'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mith|<span style="color:#696969">'''Talk'''</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mith|<span style="color:#708090">Contribs</span>]]/[[Special:Editcount/Mith/Edits|<span style="color:#778899">Edits</span>]])</small> 05:41, 18 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Moving pages==<br />
Moving pages is not the wiki's priority, and not a work for newcomers. Pages must never been moved via copypasting! You ignored what I told you about using talkpages before moving anything, and obviously you still are unawared of the [[Tolkien Gateway:Naming policy]], so I'm blocking you again. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 20:04, 28 February 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Moving talkpages is even less important, and I told you don't do it via copypasting; that way we loose the history of edits. Just👏don't👏move👏anything👏please! --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 16:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Calm down==<br />
You made almost 20 edits in one day just in the Lungorthin article. Please, planify your edits and check the preview before saving. You are constantly correcting yourself and making useless microedits like removing spaces. Editing for the sake of editing does not help the wiki. My recommendation: choose a matter of your interest, study the sources, think how to apply it to the wiki and then edit with calm if it is necessary. Also, the correction on Lurgonthin being a Maia was a good reason for you to ask in the talkpage, but you simply reject it. I'm blocking you just couple of weeks, let's see if you can moderate yourself already. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 22:25, 24 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Nameless Things==<br />
The index of The Lord of the Rings was not written by J.R.R. Tolkien. You can learn some information about the index by reading the Note on the text and the introductory text of the Index of the 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings, which even explicitly says "Compiled by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond". They only say that they also have "referred to the index, that Tolkien himself began to prepare during 1954, but which he left unfinished after dealing only with place names". Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond do not quote an entry for "Nameless Things" from J.R.R. Tolkien's unfinished index that was prepared by Nancy Smith for him and reviewed by him [[Unfinished index]]. The entry in the index in the 50th anniversary edition does not say "Nameless" (the term that you used in your edit), but says "Nameless, gnawing things" followed by the page number, which is the page where Gandalf calls them "nameless things". Since the nameless things are not a placename, it is probable that they were not included in the unfinished index that was reviewed by J.R.R. Tolkien. Also, generally reliable sources, such as Michael Martinez's middle-earth.xenite.org and Mark Fisher's The Encyclopedia of Arda call them "Nameless Things". I suggest that you read the Templates to familiarize yourself with them before you edit and that you avoid breaking up your edits into microedits. The [[Template:RK]] contains an entry for the index and entries for subsections of the index. Since the index was not written by J.R.R. Tolkien it is not a reliable source. For example the entry in the index of the 50th anniversary edition of an e-book versions for Cirith Ungol reads "Cirith Ungol [Pass of the Spider] (High Pass, Nameless Pass)". If one reads the descriptions of the locations of the passes in the chapters it becomes clear that the Nameless Pass in the chapter The Stairs of Cirith Ungol is the Morgul Pass that is mentioned in The Black Gate Opens and in The Tower of Cirith Ungol. You create unnecessary work for other users to review your edits and to correct your edits if you do not support your edits with reliable sources and if you break up your edits into microedits. Lorenzo already told you on this talk page how to do thorough edits. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 07:57, 10 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Tevildo==<br />
Several sections on the Tevildo page that you edited or created do not contain any reference. You have already been told to use references in your edits. You risk that your edits will be reverted and that you will be blocked again if you do not adhere to Tolkien Gateways's policies. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 08:39, 10 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I will get to adding the references right now.<br />
:Edit, just finished adding page references to the article, please name the other pages I need to do. Regardless, I am going to be adding page references to the Leaf by Niggle article now. I regret saying this as I just remembered I do not have that version with the correct pagination. However, I will still put the reference to the book, though. Edit again, what reference shortcut template do I use for specifically “Leaf by Niggle”? It is not mentioned on the references help page. --[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]], 10 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::I don't know what's the standard edition of "Leaf by Niggle" that should be used for the wiki. Adding a simple reference without pagination will always better than no reference at all. In the case of Tevildo, I'll have to change all your work, as the pagination does not match the one used by Christopher Tolkien or the wiki. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] 10:23, 10 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Southward Road ==<br />
I noticed that you created a new page called Southward Road. While it is positive that you noticed that the name Southward Road is used once with capital characters at the beginning of each word, which signifies a proper name, you did not include a page number for the 50th anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings and left the page unfinished although it does not require much content. In addition, you do not seem to have performed research if the road could be another name for the Harad Road and you do not seem to have looked at the information on the Harad Road with the fact that J.R.R. Tolkien used the name Harad Road for the part of the road to the south of the Cross-roads on a draft map. You phrased the information that you wrote like it was fact. Please do not make any edits until you have thoroughly researched a topic and until you can include complete references. Very often it is better not to make edits at all. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 09:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Caves of the Forgotten ==<br />
You create extra work for other users if you do not read the sources carefully and do not prepare your edits carefully. If was quite plain from the text that only the mortal men that came ashore, but not Ar-Pharazôn and not Tar-Miriel were buried in the Caves of the Forgotten. You created a title for a section called "Other versions" with information from manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien from The Lost Road and Other Writings. The standard title for such a section on Tolkien Gateway is Other versions of the legendarium. The standards of Tolkien Gateway require to make all reasonable efforts to include page numbers if you use books from The History of Middle-earth series, such as The Lost Road and Other Writings. Lorenzo and I corrected your errors. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 10:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Southward Road ==<br />
The standards of Tolkien Gateway require to make all reasonable efforts to include page numbers if you use The Lord of the Rings or books from The History of Middle-earth series, such as The War of the Ring as references. You used both sources in your edit on this page and did not include any page numbers. The reference to The War of the Ring was not necessary, because The Lord of the Rings already contains this information. The implied statement that the Southward Road merged into the Harad Road is a speculation that you did not disclose as being a speculation. In addition, you could have made more research about the names that J.R.R. Tolkien used for various parts on his maps and could have found the existing page about the Harad Road. I corrected your errors. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 10:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Éowyn ==<br />
The standard on other pages about people from Rohan for the name of the language in infoboxes is Rohirric. J.R.R. Tolkien used the name Rohan for the language and not the name Rohanese that you used in the infobox. He used Rohanese once, but it is not clear if its use in that context was intended as the name of the language or just an adjective. Do not change Rohirric before discussing the topic on Talk pages. You created a title for a section called "Other versions" with information from manuscripts of J.R.R. Tolkien from TI. The standard title for such a section on Tolkien Gateway is Other versions of the legendarium. The standards of Tolkien Gateway require to make all reasonable efforts to include page numbers if you use books from The History of Middle-earth series, such as The Treason of Isengard. I corrected your errors. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 10:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Idis, Helm, Helm's daughter ==<br />
Again the same issued here with the name of the language in the infobox and with missing page numbers. In addition, there was an implied speculation on the Helm's daughter page that Helm hit Freca only because he asked for the hand of Helm's daughter for his son Wulf. You did not explain that Freca insulted and threatened Helm before Helm hit him. I corrected those pages. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] 11:24, 22 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Edits to the Bor (Taliska) and Angbor (stone) pages ==<br />
I reviewed your edits on the Bor (Taliska) and Angbor (stone) pages. Your edits did not include any reference for the changes that you made. The Tolkien Gateyway Manual of Style and Help:References require references and require references with page numbers if you want to include information from The War of the Jewels. The fact that the Angbor (stone) page did not have a reference using a template and did not have a reference with page numbers does not make the edit any better. Your edits create additional work for other users to review and correct your edits by adding missing references. Please do not edit unless you make and edit with proper references. --[[User:Akhorahil|Akhorahil]] ([[User talk:Akhorahil|talk]]) 12:34, 19 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I was going to add references to the bor (Taliska) page. I made one edit on that page intending to do a reference edit immediately after, but something unforeseen came up in real life that I had to see to which could not wait. I was intending to make that reference edit literally now, but you beat me to it. As for the Angbor (stone) page, my last edit on that page was months ago in April, at a time before I grew familiar with the wiki policies over this past summer.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 20:25, 19 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Question ==<br />
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Hello. Should the page ''Amazon.com Incorporated'' retitled to ''Amazon (company)''?I am saying that beacause on Wikipedia the page of this company is titled ''Amazon (company)'' and not ''Amazon.com Incorporated''.Should this be discussed with other uses and administrators of Tolkien Gateway or not? [[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] 20:40, 10 October 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Wikipedia has multiple pages unrelated to the Amazon company that has the name Amazon in it. They have to have company in parentheses because they need pages to be simplified. I figured that since there won’t be any confusion on here, it should be the actual company name.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 21:08, 10 October 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:I am sorry but I don't understand.What do you mean? [[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] 21:13, 10 October 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::Btw, we don't need so many separated articles for Amazon and its branches. I'd say only Amazon Studios is enough. --[[User:LorenzoCB|LorenzoCB]] ([[User talk:LorenzoCB|talk]]) 21:15, 10 October 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::I agree, though maybe Amazon.com Incorporated should be kept instead of Amazon Studios, as they are the main branch.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 21:19, 10 October 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ==<br />
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Hello.I would like to ask you something.Why did you reversed the edits that I did on the page The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? I think this page needs a tidying up on the Content External Links.Some websites need to be removed, because they are unessecary.Do you understand what I am saying? ----[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]], 12.22, 2 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Some things mentioned in the articles are not mentioned in the show or are not clear in the show.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 17:45, 2 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Moving pages==<br />
Hi Dour1234. Regarding your recent moving of the page "Phil LaMarr" to "Phillip LaMarr", it might be a good idea to discuss moving pages in the talk page before going ahead. From what I've seen in the past (and a quick google), this actor tends to be credited by the first name "Phil". Although somewhat inconsequential for this relatively minor page on TG, I'd urge you to discuss via the talk page before moving articles in the future. Thank you. --[[User:GondolinFan|GondolinFan]] ([[User talk:GondolinFan|talk]]) 23:03, 25 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power title card opening ==<br />
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Hello.I would like to ask you something.Why did you change the main image that I put on page The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power?I put it because it is the title opening card for each episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series.Do you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] [[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]], 02.40, 03 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Hi, I reverted your edit because the title card opening does not reflect the show as a whole. As I explained in my edit summary, it only appears within episodes two through eight and does not appear in episode one and any of the extra content, primarily because it does not appear in episode one.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 06:05, 3 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Moving images ==<br />
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I would like to ask you something.Why do you change the name of the images that I uploaded and are related to The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power series? I think that all the names of these images that you changed and I uploaded and I named it are fine.So, there is nothing wrong.You didn't have to do all these changes in those images that you did today.Do you understand what I am saying? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 22:08, 04 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Back ==<br />
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Hello.Welcome back here, on Tolkien Gateway. --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 13:54, 17 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Images Numenor ==<br />
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Hello.I think that you didn't have to do all these things you did on the images that I just upoladed. Anyway, I have no problem with you, in order for you to know.I am not trying to offend you. --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 00:04, 30 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:The reason why I changed the name of the image of the citadel of [[Armenelos]] was because the name of that place is the [[King's Court]]. As such, having the name of the image be the name of what it depicts is better in my opinion than having the name be a generic name. The reason why I changed the image that you called the harbour of [[Númenor]] was because Númenor does not just have one harbour and one city. Despite my issue with those two names, the images that you upload are very good. Speaking of which, I had previously posted a question on your [[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου#Question|talk page]].[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 01:44, 30 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::Hello.I just read your message that you wrote to me on my talk page and I would like to say to you that I haven't found any image of the exterior of Hall of Lore.As of any image of the exterior of the King's Tower I haven't searched it yet, if you want to know. --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:37, 30 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::There actually is a shot of the exterior of the [[Hall of Lore]] before the interior is shown. It is shown in a wide shot for a few moments from two angles when Captain Elendil and Galadriel are just riding up to the overhang that it lies upon. There are also some shots of it in the behind the scenes video for that episode, which is six minutes long, so it would likely be easier to find the shots that I am referring to in there. However, the best shot in my opinion is at the absolute beginning of Scene 29 and the time stamp is at 29:50/39:32. You would know that it is the right shot if the subtitles are just beginning to bleed the sound of "hammering" from the next shot. As for the [[King's Tower]], there are multiple great exterior shots of it. In fact, in episode three, there is a night shot of it in the "Episode Stills" section of the "Bonus Content" tab of the X-ray feature that can be accessed within the episode. It is not centered, but perhaps you could go to that shot where the time stamp is at 57:33 just immediately before it cuts to Miriel walking up the stairs of the tower. There may be better shots of it, but this is a start. On a side note, when you upload the images to the wiki, I do think that they should be called "Hall of Lore" and "King's Tower" respectively. In addition, I just found a shot of the [[Watchtower of Ostirith]] that may be better than the current one. It is in episode four and the time stamp is 18:58/52:45. It shows the Watchtower from the other side, which includes not only the tower and the top bridge, but also the pathway carved into the two hills and the two bridges “below” the top bridge. Perhaps the current image of it could be replaced by the shot I just mentioned as there is only room on the [[Watchtower of Ostirith]] page for one image. There is also a concept art section on the X-Ray feature. Those should perhaps be on the wiki as well. I hope that all of this helps. Thanks.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 23:37, 30 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Images ==<br />
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Hello and happy new year to you. You did good job for uploading these images you uploaded today, and for all of these editings but be careful, not to be blogged again from TG by LorenzoCB or by any other administrator of TG.I am just warning for you in order for the worse for you to be prevented.Nothing more. --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 21:39, 1 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power plot ==<br />
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Hello. I would like to ask you something. Have you seen episodes 6 - 8 (six to eight, I mean)? I am asking that because if you did, then add informations about the plot and about the differences that all of these episodes have from Tolkiem's books. So, what do you think? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 22:59, 5 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I have seen those episodes, but I would prefer editing and revising it once someone does add that information in. However, if I must, then I will add in that information.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 23:04, 5 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== No problem ==<br />
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Hello user Dour1234.OK. No problem.In this case, the result is the same. The page still exists, albelt in other name. --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 14:52, 28 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Help ==<br />
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Hello user Dour1234.Can you help me in editing the template:films that I just edited? I don't know what to do I think you understand my intentions about this template that I just edited.Don't you? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 00:35, 31 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Elros (Mirkwood guard) ==<br />
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Hi! I've seen your changes to the Elros (Mirkwood guard) page and the new links you put on the pages for the two radio series where the character appears. However, currently both of those links are redlinks, because you linked to "Chief of the guards" and not Elros. Was that on purpose? Also, just in general, should the Elros page be moved, now that it's not chiefly about the movie character anymore? Or were you already planning on doing that? Regards, [[User:Adunoeth|Adunoeth]] ([[User talk:Adunoeth|talk]]) 16:34, 8 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
:The redlinks were an oversight on my part. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I will change the links to go to the proper page. As for moving the current page, I have no plans on making a move proposal as the name of the page itself does not matter and I see nothing wrong with the current name since it is still a name that was given to the character and the name is still mentioned in the Portrayal in adaptations section, so the name truly is “accurate” in a way. All that matters is the content of the page. However, if you want to make a proposal to the “[[Authorities]]” (this is a joke), or to the admins of the site, or to the [[User:Hyarion|site-creator]], go on ahead, but do not mention me because I am not going to make such a proposal myself because the current name is fine in my opinion.<br />
:If you can find any information on the character in LOTRO, could you possibly add it to the page? I am having no luck in finding such information. [[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 00:38, 9 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== [[Oliphaunts]] ==<br />
Hello,<br />
Considerations about their size can be an indication of whether they are elephants or distinct animals resembling elephants. Sorry for "unsourced statements" but how to source something which can be seen in a movie? It seems somewhat difficult.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/172.71.122.201|172.71.122.201]] 19:12, 20 March 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I reverted your edit because what you stated is already said in the “Portrayal in adaptations” section on the page.[[User:Dour1234|Dour1234]] ([[User talk:Dour1234|talk]]) 19:21, 20 March 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Yes you're right. I displaced it in the right section. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.122.92|172.71.122.92]] 19:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Eye of Sauron ==<br />
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Hello.There was no reason to do what you did on the page The Eye of Sauron, and I am referring to the fact that you reduced the images of the Eye of Sauron in adaptations. Just pit it according to the right timeline of the first appearence. OK? --[[User:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου]] ([[User talk:Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου|talk]]) 15:41, 06 April 2023 (UTC)</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Eye_of_Sauron&diff=371447Eye of Sauron2023-04-06T15:37:25Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* Portrayal in adaptations */</p>
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[[File:John Howe - The Eye of Sauron 01.jpg|thumb|''The Eye of Sauron'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
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The '''Eye of Sauron''', generally called '''the Eye''', was a symbol of [[Sauron]] the [[Dark Lord]], mainly acknowledged when it was perceived by [[Frodo Baggins]] while carrying [[the One Ring]]. The Eye was projected as a mental image to show Sauron's unceasing vigilance and piercing perception. It was displayed as an emblem on the weaponry of Sauron's servants, or at least the [[Orcs]]'.<br />
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Sometimes used as a synonym for Sauron himself, it is also referred to as the '''Eye of Barad-dûr''', the '''Eye of Mordor''', the '''Great Eye''', and the '''Lidless Eye'''; and particularly as an emblem, the '''Red Eye''' or '''Evil Eye'''.<ref>{{RK|I3}}, entry "Eye, the"</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
With the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the fair shape of [[Sauron]] had been destroyed, so when he came back to [[Mordor]], he was forced to take a different one. Once in [[Barad-dûr]] with his Ring, he wrought a new shape: "an image of malice and hatred made visible; and the Eye of Sauron the Terrible few could endure."<ref>{{S|IV}}</ref> From the [[Window of the Eye]], the piercing Eye looked westwards in the direction of [[Mount Doom]].<ref name=Doom>{{RK|VI3}}, pp. 942</ref><br />
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Much later, in the [[Third Age]], Frodo met [[Galadriel]] during the [[Quest of the Ring]], and she allowed him to see into her [[Mirror of Galadriel|Mirror]]. This showed him many things:<br />
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{{blockquote|But suddenly the Mirror went altogether dark, as dark as if a hole had been opened in the world of sight [...]. In the abyss there appeared a single Eye that slowly grew, until it filled nearly all the Mirror. So terrible was it that Frodo stood rooted, unable to cry out or to withdraw his gaze. The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat's, watchful and intent, and the black slit of its pupil opened on a pit, a window into nothing.<br>Then the Eye began to rove, searching this way and that...}}<br />
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Horrified, Frodo knew that the Eye was looking for him, among many other things, and it was trying to get into his mind if he allowed it. Once the vision ended, Galadriel told him that she knew what he had seen, for she could perceive Sauron, constantly trying to read her thoughts. "''But still the door is closed!''"<ref>{{FR|II7}}, pp. 364-5</ref><br />
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Some days later, Frodo ran away from [[Boromir]] while wearing the Ring and sat upon the Seat at [[Amon Hen]]. There he could see many places attacked by the Dark Lord, until the vision showed him [[Mordor]] and [[Barad-dûr]]. Feeling hopeless, he felt the Eye within the Dark Tower, an eye "that did not sleep". Both Frodo and Sauron became aware of each other at that moment, but the will of Sauron began affecting him and almost became aware of his location, before Frodo jumped out of the Seat and took off the Ring.<ref>{{FR|II10}}, pp. 400-1</ref> [[Gandalf]] took part in this mental battle with the Eye, for he struggled with the '''Eye of Mordor''', which left him very weary.<ref>{{TT|III5}}, pp. 495, 499</ref><br />
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As Frodo approached the [[Gates of Mordor]], the weight of the Ring became almost physical, but worst was the Eye, as he called it: "that horrible growing sense of a hostile will that strove with great power to pierce all shadows of cloud, and earth, and flesh, and to see you [...]. Frodo knew just where the present habitation and heart of that will now was: as certainly as a man can tell the direction of the sun with his eyes shut. He was facing it, and its potency beat upon his brow." [[Gollum]] probably felt the Eye's pressure too, but he was too focused on his desire for the Ring.<ref>{{TT|IV2}}, pp. 630-1</ref> Sam could also feel the Eye while wearing the Ring in the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]], searching for the [[Ring-bearer]] in the shadows which it had created.<ref>{{RK|VI1}}, p. 898</ref><br />
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While entering [[Mount Doom]], Frodo and Sam could see the Eye in plain sight in the Window when winds removed the surrounding darkness of Barad-dûr: "One moment only it stared out, but as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye." Fortunately for them, Sauron was not watching the entry of the Orodruin, but looking northwards towards the [[Army of the West]]; but the vision of the Eye deeply shocked Frodo.<ref name=Doom/><br />
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===Emblem===<br />
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings cover (detail).jpg|thumb|The Eye of Sauron as drawn by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' first edition covers.]]<br />
During the [[War of the Ring]], the [[Orcs of Mordor]] used the '''Red Eye''' as a sign, in contrast with the white "S" [[Cirth|rune]] used by the [[Orcs of Isengard]].<ref>{{TT|III1}}, p. 416</ref> They had it painted in banners upon black,<ref>{{RK|V10}}, p. 888</ref> on their helmets,<ref>{{RK|VI1}}, p. 913</ref> and on their shields.<ref>{{TT|III3}}, p. 451</ref> Sam could also see the symbol in a livery at the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]].<ref>{{RK|VI1}}, p. 903</ref><br />
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Sometimes Orcs used the eye for mockery of others, as in the vandalized statue of a [[Gondorian]] king,<ref>{{TT|IV7}}, p. 702</ref> or in the severed human heads thrown against [[Minas Tirith]].<ref>{{RK|V4}}, p. 823</ref><br />
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[[Flies]] in Mordor had red eye-shaped blotches.<ref>{{RK|VI2}}, p. 921</ref><br />
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==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the earliest version of the [[legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', the precursor of Sauron was the cat [[Tevildo]], whose eyes "were long and very narrow and slanted, and gleamed both red and green".<ref>{{LT2|I}}, pp. 16, 26</ref> In a following phase of the legendarium, [[Thû]] (an earlier name for the character of Sauron) watched the [[vale of Sirion]] "with sleepless eyes of flame", and when facing [[Felagund]], "his flaming eyes he on them bent".<ref>{{LB|C7}}, p. 227, v. 2055; p. 230, v. 2168</ref> As Donald O'Brien explains, the Eye of Sauron was not meant to replace these previous versions, but it is the result of an evolution that came from them, in which even the earliest feline characteristics remained.<ref>''[[Beyond Bree]]'', [[Beyond Bree June 1992|June 1992]], "The Eye of Sauron" by Donald O'Brien, pp. 2-4</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Eye of Sauron.jpg|The Eye of Sauron in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Eye of Sauron poster.jpg|The Eye of Sauron in a poster for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online Shadows of Angmar - Eye of Sauron.png|A vision of the Eye of Sauron emblem in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''<br />
|File:Shadow of Mordor - Eye of Sauron.jpg|The Eye of Sauron in ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Gollum - Emblem of the Eye of Sauron.jpeg|The emblem of the Eye of Sauron in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]]''<br />
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'''1995-8: ''[[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game]]'':'''<br />
:The card "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/7448c0d5-c443-4723-9e0e-5b4101cf40b3 Eye of Sauron]" appeared in ''[[Middle-earth: The Wizards|The Wizards]]'' (the first set for the game), used to improve the prowess of each automatic-attack against other players. "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/9fdbdfc4-2ad8-4235-8c15-35115f00c2da The Lidless Eye]" appeared in the set [[Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye|''The Lidless Eye'']], and can be used by players to enhance their general influence. "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/5b5f7402-9510-45ec-b66e-18e4dc494f6d Blazon of the Eye]" is also in this set, used to direct influence against factions. "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/b50a4f07-115c-4f90-bc6b-9e40d81858e6 Eye Never Sleeping]" appeared in ''[[Middle-earth: Against the Shadow|Against the Shadow]]'', and cancels one hazard creature attack. <br />
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'''2001-3: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:In [[Peter Jackson]]'s film adaptation, the Eye appears to Frodo on several occasions. However, it is also featured as a physical, living object between the pinnacles of [[Barad-dûr]]. This is usually interpreted as Sauron's actual physical form during the War of the Ring. However, in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'', there is a scene where the camera zooms into the pupil of the Eye, briefly revealing Sauron in his humanoid, armoured form. In the film the Eye also literally searched the lands of Mordor with a red beam of light like a spotlight, and the light could be seen constantly sweeping the lands. It was quenched when [[the One Ring]] was cast into [[Orodruin]].<br />
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'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:In ''[[The Desolation of Smaug]]'', the Eye is shown, in which the pupil slowly becomes Sauron's shape as seen in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series. Once we zoom into the Eye, we go through the pupil and see the Eye again, as an endless circle of the Void, portraying the 'window into nothing' from Tolkien's description.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[:Category:Images of the Eye of Sauron|Images of the Eye of Sauron]]<br />
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[[Category:Devices and symbols]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=File:The_Lord_of_the_Rings_-_The_Return_of_the_King_-_Eye_of_Sauron.jpg&diff=371446File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Eye of Sauron.jpg2023-04-06T15:36:34Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου moved page File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Eye of Sauron.jpg to File:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Eye of Sauron.jpg: I change the title because there has been a mistake.This scene is from the second film of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Peter Jackson, not the third. You can check that by seeing the secondand the third film. </p>
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[[File:John Howe - The Eye of Sauron 01.jpg|thumb|''The Eye of Sauron'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
{{quote|He took up again the great Ring and clothed himself in power; and the malice of the Eye of Sauron few even of the great among Elves and Men could endure.|''[[Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age]]''}}<br />
The '''Eye of Sauron''', generally called '''the Eye''', was a symbol of [[Sauron]] the [[Dark Lord]], mainly acknowledged when it was perceived by [[Frodo Baggins]] while carrying [[the One Ring]]. The Eye was projected as a mental image to show Sauron's unceasing vigilance and piercing perception. It was displayed as an emblem on the weaponry of Sauron's servants, or at least the [[Orcs]]'.<br />
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Sometimes used as a synonym for Sauron himself, it is also referred to as the '''Eye of Barad-dûr''', the '''Eye of Mordor''', the '''Great Eye''', and the '''Lidless Eye'''; and particularly as an emblem, the '''Red Eye''' or '''Evil Eye'''.<ref>{{RK|I3}}, entry "Eye, the"</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
With the [[Downfall of Númenor]], the fair shape of [[Sauron]] had been destroyed, so when he came back to [[Mordor]], he was forced to take a different one. Once in [[Barad-dûr]] with his Ring, he wrought a new shape: "an image of malice and hatred made visible; and the Eye of Sauron the Terrible few could endure."<ref>{{S|IV}}</ref> From the [[Window of the Eye]], the piercing Eye looked westwards in the direction of [[Mount Doom]].<ref name=Doom>{{RK|VI3}}, pp. 942</ref><br />
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Much later, in the [[Third Age]], Frodo met [[Galadriel]] during the [[Quest of the Ring]], and she allowed him to see into her [[Mirror of Galadriel|Mirror]]. This showed him many things:<br />
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{{blockquote|But suddenly the Mirror went altogether dark, as dark as if a hole had been opened in the world of sight [...]. In the abyss there appeared a single Eye that slowly grew, until it filled nearly all the Mirror. So terrible was it that Frodo stood rooted, unable to cry out or to withdraw his gaze. The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat's, watchful and intent, and the black slit of its pupil opened on a pit, a window into nothing.<br>Then the Eye began to rove, searching this way and that...}}<br />
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Horrified, Frodo knew that the Eye was looking for him, among many other things, and it was trying to get into his mind if he allowed it. Once the vision ended, Galadriel told him that she knew what he had seen, for she could perceive Sauron, constantly trying to read her thoughts. "''But still the door is closed!''"<ref>{{FR|II7}}, pp. 364-5</ref><br />
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Some days later, Frodo ran away from [[Boromir]] while wearing the Ring and sat upon the Seat at [[Amon Hen]]. There he could see many places attacked by the Dark Lord, until the vision showed him [[Mordor]] and [[Barad-dûr]]. Feeling hopeless, he felt the Eye within the Dark Tower, an eye "that did not sleep". Both Frodo and Sauron became aware of each other at that moment, but the will of Sauron began affecting him and almost became aware of his location, before Frodo jumped out of the Seat and took off the Ring.<ref>{{FR|II10}}, pp. 400-1</ref> [[Gandalf]] took part in this mental battle with the Eye, for he struggled with the '''Eye of Mordor''', which left him very weary.<ref>{{TT|III5}}, pp. 495, 499</ref><br />
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As Frodo approached the [[Gates of Mordor]], the weight of the Ring became almost physical, but worst was the Eye, as he called it: "that horrible growing sense of a hostile will that strove with great power to pierce all shadows of cloud, and earth, and flesh, and to see you [...]. Frodo knew just where the present habitation and heart of that will now was: as certainly as a man can tell the direction of the sun with his eyes shut. He was facing it, and its potency beat upon his brow." [[Gollum]] probably felt the Eye's pressure too, but he was too focused on his desire for the Ring.<ref>{{TT|IV2}}, pp. 630-1</ref> Sam could also feel the Eye while wearing the Ring in the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]], searching for the [[Ring-bearer]] in the shadows which it had created.<ref>{{RK|VI1}}, p. 898</ref><br />
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While entering [[Mount Doom]], Frodo and Sam could see the Eye in plain sight in the Window when winds removed the surrounding darkness of Barad-dûr: "One moment only it stared out, but as from some great window immeasurably high there stabbed northward a flame of red, the flicker of a piercing Eye." Fortunately for them, Sauron was not watching the entry of the Orodruin, but looking northwards towards the [[Army of the West]]; but the vision of the Eye deeply shocked Frodo.<ref name=Doom/><br />
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===Emblem===<br />
[[File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings cover (detail).jpg|thumb|The Eye of Sauron as drawn by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' first edition covers.]]<br />
During the [[War of the Ring]], the [[Orcs of Mordor]] used the '''Red Eye''' as a sign, in contrast with the white "S" [[Cirth|rune]] used by the [[Orcs of Isengard]].<ref>{{TT|III1}}, p. 416</ref> They had it painted in banners upon black,<ref>{{RK|V10}}, p. 888</ref> on their helmets,<ref>{{RK|VI1}}, p. 913</ref> and on their shields.<ref>{{TT|III3}}, p. 451</ref> Sam could also see the symbol in a livery at the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]].<ref>{{RK|VI1}}, p. 903</ref><br />
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Sometimes Orcs used the eye for mockery of others, as in the vandalized statue of a [[Gondorian]] king,<ref>{{TT|IV7}}, p. 702</ref> or in the severed human heads thrown against [[Minas Tirith]].<ref>{{RK|V4}}, p. 823</ref><br />
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[[Flies]] in Mordor had red eye-shaped blotches.<ref>{{RK|VI2}}, p. 921</ref><br />
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==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the earliest version of the [[legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]'', the precursor of Sauron was the cat [[Tevildo]], whose eyes "were long and very narrow and slanted, and gleamed both red and green".<ref>{{LT2|I}}, pp. 16, 26</ref> In a following phase of the legendarium, [[Thû]] (an earlier name for the character of Sauron) watched the [[vale of Sirion]] "with sleepless eyes of flame", and when facing [[Felagund]], "his flaming eyes he on them bent".<ref>{{LB|C7}}, p. 227, v. 2055; p. 230, v. 2168</ref> As Donald O'Brien explains, the Eye of Sauron was not meant to replace these previous versions, but it is the result of an evolution that came from them, in which even the earliest feline characteristics remained.<ref>''[[Beyond Bree]]'', [[Beyond Bree June 1992|June 1992]], "The Eye of Sauron" by Donald O'Brien, pp. 2-4</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Eye of Sauron.jpg|The Eye of Sauron in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Eye of Sauron poster.jpg|The Eye of Sauron in a poster for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online Shadows of Angmar - Eye of Sauron.png|A vision of the Eye of Sauron emblem in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''<br />
|File:Shadow of Mordor - Eye of Sauron.jpg|The Eye of Sauron in ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Gollum - Emblem of the Eye of Sauron.jpeg|The emblem of the Eye of Sauron in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]]''<br />
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'''1995-8: ''[[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game]]'':'''<br />
:The card "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/7448c0d5-c443-4723-9e0e-5b4101cf40b3 Eye of Sauron]" appeared in ''[[Middle-earth: The Wizards|The Wizards]]'' (the first set for the game), used to improve the prowess of each automatic-attack against other players. "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/9fdbdfc4-2ad8-4235-8c15-35115f00c2da The Lidless Eye]" appeared in the set [[Middle-earth: The Lidless Eye|''The Lidless Eye'']], and can be used by players to enhance their general influence. "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/5b5f7402-9510-45ec-b66e-18e4dc494f6d Blazon of the Eye]" is also in this set, used to direct influence against factions. "[https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg/cards/b50a4f07-115c-4f90-bc6b-9e40d81858e6 Eye Never Sleeping]" appeared in ''[[Middle-earth: Against the Shadow|Against the Shadow]]'', and cancels one hazard creature attack. <br />
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'''2001-3: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:In [[Peter Jackson]]'s film adaptation, the Eye appears to Frodo on several occasions. However, it is also featured as a physical, living object between the pinnacles of [[Barad-dûr]]. This is usually interpreted as Sauron's actual physical form during the War of the Ring. However, in the extended edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'', there is a scene where the camera zooms into the pupil of the Eye, briefly revealing Sauron in his humanoid, armoured form. In the film the Eye also literally searched the lands of Mordor with a red beam of light like a spotlight, and the light could be seen constantly sweeping the lands. It was quenched when [[the One Ring]] was cast into [[Orodruin]].<br />
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'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:In ''[[The Desolation of Smaug]]'', the Eye is shown, in which the pupil slowly becomes Sauron's shape as seen in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series. Once we zoom into the Eye, we go through the pupil and see the Eye again, as an endless circle of the Void, portraying the 'window into nothing' from Tolkien's description.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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| image=[[File:John Howe - Gollum.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Gollum" by [[John Howe]]<br />
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| othernames=Sméagol<br/>''[[Trahald]]'' ([[Westron|W]])<br />[[Stinker]]<br/>[[Slinker]]<br />
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| location=[[Vales of Anduin]], [[Misty Mountains]], [[Mordor]], [[Woodland Realm]], [[Desolation of the Morannon]], [[North Ithilien]], [[Shelob's Lair]], [[Cracks of Doom|Sammath Naur]]<br />
| affiliation=[[Stoors]], [[Ring-bearers]]<br />
| language=[[Westron]]<br />
| birth=c. {{TA|2430}}<ref name=guide>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 167, entry "Gollum"</ref><br />
| birthlocation=Near [[Gladden Fields]], [[Vales of Anduin]]<br />
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| death=[[25 March]] {{TA|3019}}<br />
| deathlocation=[[Mount Doom]], [[Plateau of Gorgoroth]]<br />
| age=c. 589<br />
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{{Quote|And when he said 'gollum' he made a horrible swallowing noise in his throat. That is how he got his name, though he always called himself 'my precious.'|''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[Riddles in the Dark]]"}}<br />
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'''Gollum''', also known as '''Sméagol''', was a creature (originally a [[Stoors|Stoorish]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]]) who bore [[the One Ring]]. He lived in the [[Misty Mountains]] for most of his life. In {{TA|2941}} he lost the Ring to [[Bilbo Baggins]]. For the rest of his life he sought to recover his "precious" "birthday present". In {{TA|3019}} he followed the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] and met [[Frodo Baggins]]. After leading Frodo into [[Mordor]] and betraying him to [[Shelob]] he finally seized the Ring in [[Cracks of Doom|Sammath Naur]]. In his euphoria he died and destroyed the Ring after falling into the fires of [[Mount Doom]].<br />
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==History==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Sméagol was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of riverland [[Stoors|Stoor-kind]] who lived on the banks of the [[Anduin]] in the later [[Third Age]]. Sméagol belonged to the reputable family of the stern and wise Matriarch.<Ref name=shadow/> He spent the early years of his life living with his extended family during the [[Watchful Peace]], when [[Sauron]] was in the [[East]].<ref name=ta/> <br />
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He had some amount of education in lore, as during his youth he had learned of the events concerning the [[War of the Last Alliance]] against [[Sauron]].<ref name=Passage>{{TT|IV2}}</ref> He also knew the [[riddle-game]], and riddles that were known to their cousins in [[the Shire]].<Ref name=shadow/><ref name=riddles>{{H|Riddles}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Anke Eißmann - Sméagol and the Ring.jpg|left|thumb|''Sméagol and the Ring'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]<br />
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Around the year {{TA|2463}}, on his birthday, his friend (and close relative) [[Déagol]] offered him a cheap present.<ref name=L214>{{L|214}}</ref> Later that day they went boating in the [[Gladden Fields]], and as Sméagol was nosing at the banks, Déagol was pulled into the water by a large fish, and found a gold ring. Sméagol demanded the ring as a birthday present and strangled Deágol when he refused, and hid his body.<Ref name=shadow/> Sméagol became the fourth [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] after Sauron, [[Isildur]], and [[Déagol]].<ref name=ta>{{app|TA}}</ref><br />
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After this event, he returned home and understood he was invisible. He kept his treasure a secret and used it in malicious ways, to see and hear secrets and hurtful things. and was corrupted further by the ring. Soon he became unpopular and his peers avoided him; they often cursed and kicked him, and he bit their feet. Becoming a loner, he muttered to himself and gurgled in his throat, for which they called him ''gollum'', and he survived by stealing. Eventually even his grandmother, desiring peace, banished him from their family and [[hobbit-hole]].<Ref name=shadow/><br />
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===Exile===<br />
Sad for the hard world, he wandered in loneliness up the River, and followed a stream. He spent time by some deep pools, aided by the invisibility of the Ring, he caught fish which he ate raw. [[Third Age 2470|Some time later]]<ref name=ta/> eventually forgotten by him, the [[Sun]] started to scorch his skin and eyes, and as he looked up he noticed the [[Misty Mountains]] from which the stream ran down. He decided to go there, in the desirable darkness, safe from the scorching sun, with more "roots" and secrets to discover there. Indeed, by night he climbed up the highlands, and wormed into the little cave out of which the stream flowed.<Ref name=shadow/><br />
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The Ring's malignant influence twisted his Hobbit body and mind and prolonged his life far beyond its natural limits. The murder of Déagol haunted him, and as a psychological defence he repeated to it (as he talked to it) that it turned up to him so as to be his "Birthday Present" and his "[[precious]]".<ref name=shadow/><br />
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[[File:Michael Hague - Riddles in the Dark.jpg|thumb|right|''Riddles in the Dark'' by [[Michael Hague]]]]<br />
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Gollum lived longer than any other Hobbit could, and for over four hundred years he managed to live on a small island surrounded by a subterranean [[Gollum's lake|lake]]. He preyed upon any raw [[fish]] that he caught from his small raft, though sometimes he manages to catch [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains|Goblins]] from the nearby [[Goblin-town]]. In later years he found Hobbit and [[Elves|Elven]] food repulsive. The Ring's corrupting influence as well as centuries of isolation in the Misty Mountains took a deep toll on him both physically and mentally. He became disfigured and grotesque in appearance, and by the time he met the Hobbit [[Bilbo Baggins]] he was afflicted with almost complete madness.<br />
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===Departure of the Ring===<br />
In July {{TA|2941}}, during the [[Quest of Erebor]], Bilbo stumbled upon Gollum's lake and found the Ring. Gollum had lost the Ring in the network of caves leading to the lake, though in fact it is more proper to say that the Ring abandoned Gollum, for it was known to have a will of its own. As [[Gandalf]] said later, the [[Necromancer]] was becoming more powerful, and it was a good time for the Ring to change hands and get back to Sauron.<ref name=shadow/> <br />
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Gollum is Defeated.jpg|thumb|left|''Gollum is Defeated'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br />
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While he was unaware of his loss, he met [[Bilbo Baggins]] who was lost, and it's possible that Gollum's own part of his mind was pleased to hear again a kindly voice that reminded him of the outside world, but this also made his evil part angrier.<ref name=shadow/><br />
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After the famous [[Riddle-game]], Gollum refused to show Bilbo the promised way out and plotted to murder him. When he went to get his "''birthday present''", however, he found that it was gone. He suddenly realised the answer to Bilbo's last riddle - "''What have I got in my pocket?''" - and became furious. Bilbo inadvertently stumbled across the Ring's power of invisibility as he ran, allowing him to follow Gollum to the entrance of the cave. There, Bilbo at first thought to kill Gollum, but was overcome with pity, so he jumped over him to escape. As Bilbo ran, Gollum cried out, "''Thief! Thief, Baggins! We hates it forever!''"<ref>{{FR|Ring}}</ref><br />
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===Into the wild===<br />
He stayed two more years in the Mountains although he was disgusted by the empty night, nasty furtive eating and resentful remembering. He hated darkness, light and the Ring most of all, but his addiction to it was so great that he overcame his hatred and fear of the light and the Orcs. He left and pursued Bilbo,<ref name=shadow/><ref name=ta/> but the trail was cold. <br />
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Hiding from the Sun and [[Moon]], quickly and silently he moved by night, hunting small creatures. As the Ring was no longer devouring him, he was a bit revived, and new food and air made him stronger. He followed Bilbo's trail through [[Mirkwood]] and even reached [[Esgaroth]] and [[Dale]]. Spying on the [[Men of Dale]] he learned more about the thief and [[the Shire|where he was from]]. Then apparently he decided to turn back and go [[Eriador|West]] to find the thief, again through Mirkwood. The [[Elves of Mirkwood]], apparently cooperating with [[Gandalf]], tracked him. His presence terrified the beasts and birds, as he ate eggs and the young animals from nests and holes, even broke into houses and approached cradles of the babies of the [[Woodmen]], who spoke about a blood-drinking ghost, until he reached again the Great River; then for some reason, as the Wood-elves say, he turned southwards and his traces were lost. And then Gandalf neglected the matter because he had much else to think at that time, which was a great mistake because it was the year [[Third Age 2951|when]] [[Sauron]] declared himself openly, and Gollum turned towards [[Mordor]].<ref name=shadow/><ref name=ta/><br />
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[[Third Age 2980|Thirty years later]] he reached the confines of Mordor, and met [[Shelob]], who would help him take his revenge. As he ventured into Mordor he was captured by Sauron and for the next years he was forced to reveal what he knew about the Ring.<ref name=ta/> Thus Sauron's spies learned from him that the One Ring was found, and the names "[[The Shire|Shire]]" and "hobbits". Meanwhile ({{TA|3001|n}}) Gandalf suspected that Bilbo's Ring was one of the [[Rings of Power]] and changed his plans to resume his search for Gollum, but that was in vain as his tracks had been too old now,<ref name=shadow/> and Gollum was in Mordor. By {{TA|3017}} Gollum was set free, only to be caught at last by [[Aragorn]] at the skirts of the [[Dead Marshes]]. After many perils Aragorn led and turned him over to [[Gandalf]].<ref name=shadow/><ref name=ta/> Gollum whined and cringed and licked his wounded hands and fingers.<ref name=shadow/><br />
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[[File:Inger Edelfeldt - Gollum Held Captive by the Elves.jpg|thumb|right|''Gollum Held Captive by the Elves'' by [[Inger Edelfeldt]]]]<br />
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The [[Wizards|Wizard]] attempted to interrogate him and among Gollum's growling, snorting, curses and lies (he talked about his "birthday present", which his grandmother gave him among her [[Rings of Power|magic rings]]) Gandalf endured many weary days. He had to threaten him with fire, and managed to learn of the story he didn't know bit by bit, but Gollum didn't say much after the departure of Bilbo as he feared Mordor more. Gollum felt misunderstood and ill-treated, exiled into a hole and then "robbed"; and spoke about revenge, thanks to his new friends.<ref name=shadow/> Gandalf placed him in the care of the [[Silvan Elves]] living in [[Thranduil]]'s [[Woodland Realm]] of [[Mirkwood]].<ref name=b3>{{App|B3}}</ref><br />
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===War of the Ring===<br />
In June of {{TA|3018}}, Orcs raided the [[Elves of Mirkwood]] (in an obviously coordinated attack) allowing Gollum to escape. He resumed his search of the Ring and presumably, he decided to hide into [[Moria]] in [[August]], in order to lose his pursuers, the [[Elves]] and the servants of [[Sauron]]. However he could not open the [[Doors of Durin]] from the inside so didn't exit into [[Eriador]] to reach [[the Shire]].<ref name=b3/><br />
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Presumably he stayed there for months, until the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] entered Moria from the Door on [[13 January]] of [[Third Age 3019|the next year]], and Gollum picked up the trail of the new [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]], [[Frodo Baggins]], as they travelled through Moria.<ref name=b3/> [[January|Two days later]] Gandalf was lost while fighting a [[Durin's Bane|Balrog]] and breaking the [[Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]; it is unknown how he crossed the chasm or the Bridge, but he came with them to [[Lothlórien]] without their knowing. Hiding somewhere around the shores of [[Anduin]], Gollum spied their departure,<ref name=b3/> and floating on a log, followed their boats down Anduin to [[Rauros]]. <br />
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He pursued [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] across the [[Emyn Muil]] when they struck out on their own towards Mordor. Gollum followed them, but after a confrontation in which he bit and nearly strangled Sam, Frodo subdued him. Frodo tied an [[Elves|Elvish]] rope around Gollum's ankle for a leash, but the mere touch of the rope pained him. Taking pity on the wretched creature, Frodo made Gollum swear to help them. Agreeing to the oath, Gollum swore by the "Precious" itself, and Frodo released him. The unlikely company, guided by Gollum, made their way to the [[Black Gate]], the entrance to Mordor.<br />
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Frodo's kindness brought out the "Sméagol" personality, and he made at least some effort to keep his promise. The two had a strange sort of bond from both having been Ringbearers; in Gollum, Frodo saw his possible future, and so wanted to save him so he could save himself. Gollum also feared Frodo, and also thought that helping him would deprive Sauron of the Ring.<br />
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When the Black Gate was reached and found to be well guarded, Gollum convinced them not to go that way, saying that they would be caught and Sauron would regain the Ring. Gollum said he would lead them south, where he knew of another entrance into Mordor.<br />
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Frodo and Sam were caught by [[Faramir]], and Gollum followed them, getting caught in the [[Forbidden Pool]] beneath [[Henneth Annûn]]. When Frodo allowed Faramir to briefly take Sméagol prisoner, however, he felt betrayed, allowing the "Gollum" personality to take control. Faramir found out that the place Gollum was taking them was called [[Cirith Ungol]]. He then warned Frodo and Sam of the evil of that place.<br />
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Gollum at the Forbidden Pool.jpg|thumb|''Gollum at the Forbidden Pool'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br />
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Frodo, Sam, and Gollum left Faramir and began crossing the pass of Cirith Ungol in the border-mountains of the [[Ephel Dúath]]. On [[11 March]] Gollum visited the great spider [[Shelob]], because he was planning to betray the Hobbits to her and then get the Ring for himself. When he returned the Hobbits were asleep. The sight of Frodo sleeping nearly moved Gollum to repent.<Ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> However, Sam woke up and spoke harshly to Gollum, and all hope of redemption was lost. Gollum followed through with his plan and led Frodo and Sam into [[Shelob's Lair]]. For this service to Shelob, the Orcs of Cirith Ungol knew Gollum as "Her Sneak".<br />
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Just as Frodo warned him, Gollum's betrayal of his oath ultimately led to his undoing, for Frodo and Sam escaped from Shelob's lair and came against all odds to the volcano [[Mount Doom]]. Gollum followed them all the way, seeking a chance to surprise them and take the Ring. When Frodo and Sam had almost reached their destination, he attacked, but failed to get the Ring. Sam, who had hated Gollum on sight, tried to bring himself to kill him, but relented out of sheer pity and disgust, turning his back on the beaten creature.<br />
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Moments later, Frodo was standing on the edge of the [[Cracks of Doom]], but, unwilling to destroy the Ring, claimed it for himself and put it on. Then Gollum attacked again. The two fought whilst Frodo was invisible and finally Gollum bit off Frodo's finger.<br />
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Here Frodo's kindness in sparing Gollum's life was rewarded, for Gollum then teetered on the edge of the great pit, lost his balance and fell in, taking the Ring and finger with him with a last cry of "Preciouss!". Had Gollum not lived to play this final part, there would have been a good chance that Sauron would have regained the Ring, as he knew where Frodo was as soon as he put the Ring on.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Appearance===<br />
[[File:Peter Xavier Price - The Stairs of Cirith Ungol.jpg|left|thumb|''The Stairs of Cirith Ungol'' by [[Peter Xavier Price]]]]<br />
Sméagol was a Hobbit, but he spent long centuries (thanks to the Ring) in darkness and damp, influenced by its evil power. It is possible that thanks to his hardy Hobbitish nature that he was not reduced to a [[Wraiths|wraith]].<ref><br />
{{webcite|author=Stan Brown|website=FAQ of the Rings|articleurl=http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/ringfaq.htm#Q1-GollumWraith|articlename=Why hadn’t Gollum turned into a wraith long ago?}}</ref> However, he was reduced to a small, extremely thin and wiry person, with scrawny neck, pale skin, flat feet, long thin hands with clammy fingers, and large pale eyes that seemed to glow. His sense of sight, as well as his hearing and smelling, were very good, due to the time he spent underground.<br />
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He could move and climb silently like a spider, and although he had only six teeth left,<ref>{{H|5}}</ref> he could give deep bites, even able to bite off Frodo's finger.<br />
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===Personality===<br />
Sméagol was quick and strong, the most inquisitive and curious-minded of his community. He was interested in roots and beginnings. He owed [[#Etymology|his name]] to his interest in roots and deep pools; he dove, burrowed and tunnelled under trees, plants, and mounds. He tended to neglect anything that was higher, like the flowers, the trees and looking at the hills.<ref name=shadow/><br />
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During his centuries of loneliness and under the Ring's influence, he seems to have developed something similar to a personality disorder: his "Gollum" personality was a slave to the Ring and would kill for it, overwhelming his former self, who still vaguely remembered things like friendship and love. Not having anyone else to speak to, he often quarreled with himself. Gollum both loved and hated the Ring and himself. He often referred both to the Ring and himself as "my Precious", perhaps confusing the two entities.<ref name=guide/><br />
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Endgame on the Mountain.jpg|thumb|right|''Endgame on the Mountain'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br />
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Years later, [[Samwise Gamgee]] would name the "Sméagol" personality "[[Slinker]]" (for his fawning, eager-to-please demeanour), and the "Gollum" personality "[[Stinker]]".<br />
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Other aspects of the Ring's corruption was the aversion to all living creatures, especially the [[Elves]] and all things Elven. The [[Elven rope]] burnt his skin, and [[lembas]] tasted like dust to him and choked him.<br />
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Sméagol, as a Hobbit, was perhaps good at heart, but he was relatively greedy and mean.<ref name=L214/> Bilbo was corrupted far more slowly by the Ring because his adventures with it began with an act of mercy, while Gollum began his with murder.<ref name=shadow>{{FR|Shadow}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
[[File:Turner Mohan - The Ringbearers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The Ringbearers'' by [[:Category:Images by Turner Mohan|Turner Mohan]]]]<br />
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Sméagol's name (pron. {{IPA|[ˈsmæ͡ɑːɣoɫ]}}), deriving from [[Old English]] ''sméah'', is an adjective meaning "creeping in, penetrating". It is etymologically related to the word ''[[smial]]''. This title was also applied by the Anglo-Saxons to the Biblical Cain, from the story of Cain's murder of his brother Abel in Genesis. This draws a clear connection between the two.{{fact}}<br />
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''Sméagol'' is the translation of an actual [[Westron]] name ''[[Trahald]]'', the meaning of which was "burrowing, worming in" or "apt to creep into a hole". In both [[Westron]] and Old English, Sméagol's name is related to [[Smaug]]'s: Smaug's name in "true [[Dalish]]" was ''[[Trāgu]]'', and the ''Trah-'' stem in ''Trahald'' and ''Trâgu'' is thus an analogue of the Germanic stem present in both ''Sméagol'' and ''Smaug''.<br />
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] explained in his "[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Guide to the Names in ''The Lord of the Rings'']]" the origin of the name ''Sméagol'' in the lemma on [[smials]]:<br />
{{blockquote|'''Smials'''. A word peculiar to hobbits (not Common Speech), meaning 'burrow'; leave unchanged. It is a form that the Old English word '''smygel''' 'burrow' might have had, if it had survived. The same element appears in Gollum's real name, '''Sméagol'''.}}<br />
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The name ''[[Smaug]]'', which means "''squeezed through a hole''", is thus related.<ref>{{L|31}}</ref><br />
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===Pronunciation===<br />
{{Pronounce|Anglo-Saxon - Sméagol.mp3|Gilgamesh}}<br />
In both the 1981 BBC radio adaptation and in Peter Jackson's films ''Sméagol'' is pronounced as "SMEE-gol", although the placement of the acute accent suggests that the correct pronunciation is "SMAY-uh-gol". On the other hand, in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s recordings of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' he also pronounced it "SMEE-gol" or "SMEE-AH-GOL", suggesting that ''éa'' should either be pronounced as a long "i"-sound or as a diphthong ''ea'', and not as two distinct vowels "e" and "a"<ref>{{webcite|author=J.R.R. Tolkien|website=J.R.R. Tolkien reads from 'The Lord of the Rings' #1|articleurl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBQJTaMMMhI&feature=youtu.be&t=95|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien reads from 'The Lord of the Rings' #1}}</ref>. Tolkien had a habit in his writing to put diacritics in varying places, as can also be seen in the name ''[[Eärendil]]'', which also occurs spelt ''Ëarendil''.<br />
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==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the first edition of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Gollum did not appear quite as wretched or as bound to the Ring. Tolkien revised this characterisation to fit the concept of the Ruling Ring developed during the writing of ''The Lord of the Rings''. Tolkien then explained the version given in the first edition as a lie that Bilbo made up to tell the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] and [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Christensen">[[Bonniejean Christensen]], [[Jared Lobdell]] (ed.), "Gollum's Character Transformation in ''The Hobbit''", published in ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]'', pages 7-26</ref><br />
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In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', it is mentioned that [[the One Ring]] was found "''ere the Kings failed in Gondor''". This can mean that originally, Gollum's age was intended to be considerably more than six hundred years (further reinforced by certain places in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' like Gollum referring to tales about an uncorrupted [[Minas Ithil]] or Gandalf comparing his people to "fathers of the fathers of the [[Stoors]]"). In fact it seems likely that Sauron leaving the Mirkwood in 2063 T.A. and some Hobbits settling there after that are details added for the purpose of making the smaller age possible; perhaps in order to make it possible for Gollum and the other characters to have the same language.<br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
[[John Garth]] has suggested that the character of Gollum carries echoes of the "''night-haunting, man-eating''" [[Ogres|ogre]] [[Wikipedia:Grendel|Grendel]] in ''[[Beowulf (disambiguation)|Beowulf]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[John Garth]]|articleurl=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/05/j-r-r-tolkien-beowulf-one-mans-passion-threshold-between-myth-and-reality|articlename=J R R Tolkien's Beowulf: one man's passion for the threshold between myth and reality|dated=29 May 2014|website=[http://www.newstatesman.com/ newstatesman.com]|accessed=29 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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|File:The Hobbit (1966 film) - Gollum.jpg|[[The Hobbit (1966 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1966 film)]]<br />
|File:The Hobbit (1977 film) - Gollum.jpg|[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Gollum.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]<br />
|File:David T. Wenzel - Gollum.jpg|[[The Hobbit (comic book)|''The Hobbit'' (comic book), 1989]]<br />
|File:The Hobbit (2003) Gollum.JPG|[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings- The Treason of Isengard - Concept art Gollum.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Gollum poster.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Sméagol2.jpg|As Sméagol in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) - Gollum.JPG|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Gollum.jpg|''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''<br />
|File:Lego - Gollum poster.png|Gollum as a ''[[Lego]] mini figure''<br />
|File:Guardians of Middle-earth - Gollum.png|''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]<br />
|File:Shadow of Mordor - Gollum.jpg|''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Gollum - Gollum's description.jpeg|Gollum's description in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]]''<br />
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===Films===<br />
'''1977: [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is a frog-like green creature, voiced by [[Theodore Isidore Gottlieb|Brother Theodore]]. Here, his "Gollum" noise sounds like muttering instead of swallowing.<br />
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'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is depicted as a skinny, dark grey creature, voiced by [[Peter Woodthorpe]]. <br />
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'''1980: [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]:'''<br />
:Brother Theodore reprised his role from the earlier [[Rankin/Bass]] production. Some footage from ''The Hobbit'' was reused to introduce the viewer to the story. <br />
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'''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is a CGI-motion capture creature voiced by actor [[Andy Serkis]]. He is barely glimpsed in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where he is voiced by [[Dominic Monaghan]] in absence of Serkis. Gollum becomes a central character in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]''. The ground-breaking CGI character was built around Serkis's voice, movements and expressions, sometimes by using a motion capture suit which recorded his movements and applied them to the digital character, and sometimes by the more laborious process of digitally "painting out" Serkis's image and replacing it with Gollum's. In one such shot in ''The Two Towers'', Serkis' real spittle can be seen emerging from Gollum's mouth.<br />
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:In ''The Return of the King'' Serkis himself appears in a flashback scene as Sméagol before his degeneration into Gollum. This scene was originally earmarked for ''The Two Towers'' but held back because it was felt that audiences would relate better to the original Sméagol once they were more familiar with who he became. The decision to include this scene meant that Gollum's face had to be redesigned for the second and third movies so that it would more closely resemble Serkis'.<br />
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'''2012: [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]:'''<br />
:[[Andy Serkis]] reprised his role as Gollum.<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=[http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref><br />
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===Television===<br />
'''1993: [[Hobitit|''Hobitit'']]:'''<br />
:Gollum is depicted as an old, white creature, portrayed by [[Kari Väänänen]],the same actor who played [[Aragorn]] in the series.<br />
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===Radio series===<br />
'''1955: [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The voice of Gollum is provided by [[Gerik Schjelderup]].<ref name="RT1723">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1723, [[16 November|November 16]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
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'''1968: [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The narrator refers to Gollum (voiced by [[Wolfe Morris]]) as "Galloom", even though Gollum himself manages to pronounce his name correctly. Gollum's role is based on that of the second edition of ''The Hobbit''.<ref>[[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]], "Riddles in the Dark" <br />
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'''1979: [[The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:[[Gail Chugg]] provided the voice of Gollum.<br />
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'''1980: [[Der Hobbit (1980 German radio series)|''Der Hobbit'' (1980 German radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is played by Jürgen von Manger.<br />
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'''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum, again performed by [[Peter Woodthorpe]], has the first lines of the play (save [[Gerard Murphy|the narrator]]). He is described as "''slimy and as dark than darkness''".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)]], "The Long Awaited Party"</ref><br />
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'''1989: [[Hobit (1989 Slovak radio series)|''Hobit'' (1989 Slovak radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The voice of Gollum is provided by Karol Čálik.<br />
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'''1992: [[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is played by Dietmar Mues. <br />
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'''2002-2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The voice of Gollum is provided by Ibrahim Maiga.<br />
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===Games===<br />
'''1982: ''[[The Hobbit (1982 video game)]]'''''<br />
:Gollum appears in the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. He will persistently speak riddles to Bilbo, and strangle him to death if he fails to answer them in time. However, if Bilbo puts the [[One Ring|Ring]] on, then Gollum will not be able to see him. He can also be killed by Bilbo or his companions, even though doing so would seriously conflict with established canon.<br />
'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum, voiced by [[Quinton Flynn]], is seen thrice: first, in the introduction scene, he is stooping over his precious, dashing away from the camera. He is a creature in colour and clothing much like Jackson's version. He is briefly glimpsed again in [[Moria]], but not more than a dark shape with a green outline can be seen.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]], "3 Passages"</ref> His most important role is in the final stages of the game: he can be seen atop several ridges, and can even be visited on a rock on the shores of [[Nen Hithoel]]. He throws a [[fish]], the "Xiphiidae", at "[[Aragorn|Ranger]]". This will become the most deadly weapon in the game, and replaces [[Andúril]] in the weapon slots.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]], "Amon Hen"</ref> <br />
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'''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (video game)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is accompanying Sam and Frodo during [[Osgiliath]] mission and the is the final boss of the game at the Crack of Doom. Unlike all other enemies of the game, he takes no damage from any attacks - instead the players must perform combinations to push him into lava below.<br />
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'''2003: ''[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|Sierra's The Hobbit'']]:'''<br />
:Gollum appears in a cut scene after the level "Riddles in the Dark". Only Bilbo's last riddle - "''What have I got in my pocket?''" - is shown, after which Gollum spouts out all possible answers in one sentence rather than in three turns. Gollum is a dark grey, hobbit-like creature with seven spiky teeth, who walks on all fours like an ape would, and like his Rankin/Bass counterpart, his "Gollum" noise is a muttering instead of a swallowing. He is voiced by [[Daran Norris]].<ref>[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], "Riddles in the Dark"</ref><br />
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'''2004: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is a "Hero" unit for the Servants of the Enemy, used primarily for scout missions.<br />
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'''2004: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is a "Hero" for the Mordor factions. His health is extremely low and his attacks extremely weak, but has value for the scout missions.<br />
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'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''<br />
:In non-storyline battles, stealthed Gollum is roaming the map. If detected and killed, he drops The One Ring, which can give huge advantage to the side that gets it.<br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is encountered thrice, though the player has yet to know his name. The first time he is met in southern [[Trollshaws]], where the player prevents him from attacking the baby of two Fishermen; the second time he is seen in southern Mirkwood, where the player must defeat the Orcs who attempts to capture him, the third time is on the Shores of Anduin, where the player has to make sure he does not fall prey to the spiders.<br />
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'''2012: ''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is a striker-type "guardian" with four abilities: ''Throttle'', ''My Precious'', ''Coward'' and ''We are starved''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.guardiansofmiddleearth.co.uk/guardians/gollum|articlename=''Guardians of Middle-earth'': Gollum|dated=|website=[http://www.guardiansofmiddleearth.com/ ''Guardians of Middle-earth'' official website]|accessed=16 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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'''2014: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is featured in the game as a supporting character. In the game, set between ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gollum is searching for [[the One Ring]] and encounters [[Talion]], the protagonist of the game and helps him in his Quest.<br />
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'''2017: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of War]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is featured in the game as a supporting character.<br />
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'''2023: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum will appear in the game as the player character.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://lingwe.blogspot.se/2012/12/smeagol-whats-in-name.html Sméagol — what's in a name?] by [[Jason Fisher]]<br />
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| name=Gollum<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Gollum.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption="Gollum" by [[John Howe]]<br />
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| othernames=Sméagol<br/>''[[Trahald]]'' ([[Westron|W]])<br />[[Stinker]]<br/>[[Slinker]]<br />
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| location=[[Vales of Anduin]], [[Misty Mountains]], [[Mordor]], [[Woodland Realm]], [[Desolation of the Morannon]], [[North Ithilien]], [[Shelob's Lair]], [[Cracks of Doom|Sammath Naur]]<br />
| affiliation=[[Stoors]], [[Ring-bearers]]<br />
| language=[[Westron]]<br />
| birth=c. {{TA|2430}}<ref name=guide>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 167, entry "Gollum"</ref><br />
| birthlocation=Near [[Gladden Fields]], [[Vales of Anduin]]<br />
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| death=[[25 March]] {{TA|3019}}<br />
| deathlocation=[[Mount Doom]], [[Plateau of Gorgoroth]]<br />
| age=c. 589<br />
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{{Quote|And when he said 'gollum' he made a horrible swallowing noise in his throat. That is how he got his name, though he always called himself 'my precious.'|''[[The Hobbit]]'', "[[Riddles in the Dark]]"}}<br />
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'''Gollum''', also known as '''Sméagol''', was a creature (originally a [[Stoors|Stoorish]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]]) who bore [[the One Ring]]. He lived in the [[Misty Mountains]] for most of his life. In {{TA|2941}} he lost the Ring to [[Bilbo Baggins]]. For the rest of his life he sought to recover his "precious" "birthday present". In {{TA|3019}} he followed the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] and met [[Frodo Baggins]]. After leading Frodo into [[Mordor]] and betraying him to [[Shelob]] he finally seized the Ring in [[Cracks of Doom|Sammath Naur]]. In his euphoria he died and destroyed the Ring after falling into the fires of [[Mount Doom]].<br />
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==History==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Sméagol was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of riverland [[Stoors|Stoor-kind]] who lived on the banks of the [[Anduin]] in the later [[Third Age]]. Sméagol belonged to the reputable family of the stern and wise Matriarch.<Ref name=shadow/> He spent the early years of his life living with his extended family during the [[Watchful Peace]], when [[Sauron]] was in the [[East]].<ref name=ta/> <br />
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He had some amount of education in lore, as during his youth he had learned of the events concerning the [[War of the Last Alliance]] against [[Sauron]].<ref name=Passage>{{TT|IV2}}</ref> He also knew the [[riddle-game]], and riddles that were known to their cousins in [[the Shire]].<Ref name=shadow/><ref name=riddles>{{H|Riddles}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Anke Eißmann - Sméagol and the Ring.jpg|left|thumb|''Sméagol and the Ring'' by [[Anke Eißmann]]]]<br />
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Around the year {{TA|2463}}, on his birthday, his friend (and close relative) [[Déagol]] offered him a cheap present.<ref name=L214>{{L|214}}</ref> Later that day they went boating in the [[Gladden Fields]], and as Sméagol was nosing at the banks, Déagol was pulled into the water by a large fish, and found a gold ring. Sméagol demanded the ring as a birthday present and strangled Deágol when he refused, and hid his body.<Ref name=shadow/> Sméagol became the fourth [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]] after Sauron, [[Isildur]], and [[Déagol]].<ref name=ta>{{app|TA}}</ref><br />
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After this event, he returned home and understood he was invisible. He kept his treasure a secret and used it in malicious ways, to see and hear secrets and hurtful things. and was corrupted further by the ring. Soon he became unpopular and his peers avoided him; they often cursed and kicked him, and he bit their feet. Becoming a loner, he muttered to himself and gurgled in his throat, for which they called him ''gollum'', and he survived by stealing. Eventually even his grandmother, desiring peace, banished him from their family and [[hobbit-hole]].<Ref name=shadow/><br />
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===Exile===<br />
Sad for the hard world, he wandered in loneliness up the River, and followed a stream. He spent time by some deep pools, aided by the invisibility of the Ring, he caught fish which he ate raw. [[Third Age 2470|Some time later]]<ref name=ta/> eventually forgotten by him, the [[Sun]] started to scorch his skin and eyes, and as he looked up he noticed the [[Misty Mountains]] from which the stream ran down. He decided to go there, in the desirable darkness, safe from the scorching sun, with more "roots" and secrets to discover there. Indeed, by night he climbed up the highlands, and wormed into the little cave out of which the stream flowed.<Ref name=shadow/><br />
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The Ring's malignant influence twisted his Hobbit body and mind and prolonged his life far beyond its natural limits. The murder of Déagol haunted him, and as a psychological defence he repeated to it (as he talked to it) that it turned up to him so as to be his "Birthday Present" and his "[[precious]]".<ref name=shadow/><br />
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[[File:Michael Hague - Riddles in the Dark.jpg|thumb|right|''Riddles in the Dark'' by [[Michael Hague]]]]<br />
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Gollum lived longer than any other Hobbit could, and for over four hundred years he managed to live on a small island surrounded by a subterranean [[Gollum's lake|lake]]. He preyed upon any raw [[fish]] that he caught from his small raft, though sometimes he manages to catch [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains|Goblins]] from the nearby [[Goblin-town]]. In later years he found Hobbit and [[Elves|Elven]] food repulsive. The Ring's corrupting influence as well as centuries of isolation in the Misty Mountains took a deep toll on him both physically and mentally. He became disfigured and grotesque in appearance, and by the time he met the Hobbit [[Bilbo Baggins]] he was afflicted with almost complete madness.<br />
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===Departure of the Ring===<br />
In July {{TA|2941}}, during the [[Quest of Erebor]], Bilbo stumbled upon Gollum's lake and found the Ring. Gollum had lost the Ring in the network of caves leading to the lake, though in fact it is more proper to say that the Ring abandoned Gollum, for it was known to have a will of its own. As [[Gandalf]] said later, the [[Necromancer]] was becoming more powerful, and it was a good time for the Ring to change hands and get back to Sauron.<ref name=shadow/> <br />
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Gollum is Defeated.jpg|thumb|left|''Gollum is Defeated'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br />
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While he was unaware of his loss, he met [[Bilbo Baggins]] who was lost, and it's possible that Gollum's own part of his mind was pleased to hear again a kindly voice that reminded him of the outside world, but this also made his evil part angrier.<ref name=shadow/><br />
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After the famous [[Riddle-game]], Gollum refused to show Bilbo the promised way out and plotted to murder him. When he went to get his "''birthday present''", however, he found that it was gone. He suddenly realised the answer to Bilbo's last riddle - "''What have I got in my pocket?''" - and became furious. Bilbo inadvertently stumbled across the Ring's power of invisibility as he ran, allowing him to follow Gollum to the entrance of the cave. There, Bilbo at first thought to kill Gollum, but was overcome with pity, so he jumped over him to escape. As Bilbo ran, Gollum cried out, "''Thief! Thief, Baggins! We hates it forever!''"<ref>{{FR|Ring}}</ref><br />
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===Into the wild===<br />
He stayed two more years in the Mountains although he was disgusted by the empty night, nasty furtive eating and resentful remembering. He hated darkness, light and the Ring most of all, but his addiction to it was so great that he overcame his hatred and fear of the light and the Orcs. He left and pursued Bilbo,<ref name=shadow/><ref name=ta/> but the trail was cold. <br />
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Hiding from the Sun and [[Moon]], quickly and silently he moved by night, hunting small creatures. As the Ring was no longer devouring him, he was a bit revived, and new food and air made him stronger. He followed Bilbo's trail through [[Mirkwood]] and even reached [[Esgaroth]] and [[Dale]]. Spying on the [[Men of Dale]] he learned more about the thief and [[the Shire|where he was from]]. Then apparently he decided to turn back and go [[Eriador|West]] to find the thief, again through Mirkwood. The [[Elves of Mirkwood]], apparently cooperating with [[Gandalf]], tracked him. His presence terrified the beasts and birds, as he ate eggs and the young animals from nests and holes, even broke into houses and approached cradles of the babies of the [[Woodmen]], who spoke about a blood-drinking ghost, until he reached again the Great River; then for some reason, as the Wood-elves say, he turned southwards and his traces were lost. And then Gandalf neglected the matter because he had much else to think at that time, which was a great mistake because it was the year [[Third Age 2951|when]] [[Sauron]] declared himself openly, and Gollum turned towards [[Mordor]].<ref name=shadow/><ref name=ta/><br />
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[[Third Age 2980|Thirty years later]] he reached the confines of Mordor, and met [[Shelob]], who would help him take his revenge. As he ventured into Mordor he was captured by Sauron and for the next years he was forced to reveal what he knew about the Ring.<ref name=ta/> Thus Sauron's spies learned from him that the One Ring was found, and the names "[[The Shire|Shire]]" and "hobbits". Meanwhile ({{TA|3001|n}}) Gandalf suspected that Bilbo's Ring was one of the [[Rings of Power]] and changed his plans to resume his search for Gollum, but that was in vain as his tracks had been too old now,<ref name=shadow/> and Gollum was in Mordor. By {{TA|3017}} Gollum was set free, only to be caught at last by [[Aragorn]] at the skirts of the [[Dead Marshes]]. After many perils Aragorn led and turned him over to [[Gandalf]].<ref name=shadow/><ref name=ta/> Gollum whined and cringed and licked his wounded hands and fingers.<ref name=shadow/><br />
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[[File:Inger Edelfeldt - Gollum Held Captive by the Elves.jpg|thumb|right|''Gollum Held Captive by the Elves'' by [[Inger Edelfeldt]]]]<br />
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The [[Wizards|Wizard]] attempted to interrogate him and among Gollum's growling, snorting, curses and lies (he talked about his "birthday present", which his grandmother gave him among her [[Rings of Power|magic rings]]) Gandalf endured many weary days. He had to threaten him with fire, and managed to learn of the story he didn't know bit by bit, but Gollum didn't say much after the departure of Bilbo as he feared Mordor more. Gollum felt misunderstood and ill-treated, exiled into a hole and then "robbed"; and spoke about revenge, thanks to his new friends.<ref name=shadow/> Gandalf placed him in the care of the [[Silvan Elves]] living in [[Thranduil]]'s [[Woodland Realm]] of [[Mirkwood]].<ref name=b3>{{App|B3}}</ref><br />
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===War of the Ring===<br />
In June of {{TA|3018}}, Orcs raided the [[Elves of Mirkwood]] (in an obviously coordinated attack) allowing Gollum to escape. He resumed his search of the Ring and presumably, he decided to hide into [[Moria]] in [[August]], in order to lose his pursuers, the [[Elves]] and the servants of [[Sauron]]. However he could not open the [[Doors of Durin]] from the inside so didn't exit into [[Eriador]] to reach [[the Shire]].<ref name=b3/><br />
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Presumably he stayed there for months, until the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] entered Moria from the Door on [[13 January]] of [[Third Age 3019|the next year]], and Gollum picked up the trail of the new [[Ring-bearers|Ring-bearer]], [[Frodo Baggins]], as they travelled through Moria.<ref name=b3/> [[January|Two days later]] Gandalf was lost while fighting a [[Durin's Bane|Balrog]] and breaking the [[Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]; it is unknown how he crossed the chasm or the Bridge, but he came with them to [[Lothlórien]] without their knowing. Hiding somewhere around the shores of [[Anduin]], Gollum spied their departure,<ref name=b3/> and floating on a log, followed their boats down Anduin to [[Rauros]]. <br />
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He pursued [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] across the [[Emyn Muil]] when they struck out on their own towards Mordor. Gollum followed them, but after a confrontation in which he bit and nearly strangled Sam, Frodo subdued him. Frodo tied an [[Elves|Elvish]] rope around Gollum's ankle for a leash, but the mere touch of the rope pained him. Taking pity on the wretched creature, Frodo made Gollum swear to help them. Agreeing to the oath, Gollum swore by the "Precious" itself, and Frodo released him. The unlikely company, guided by Gollum, made their way to the [[Black Gate]], the entrance to Mordor.<br />
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Frodo's kindness brought out the "Sméagol" personality, and he made at least some effort to keep his promise. The two had a strange sort of bond from both having been Ringbearers; in Gollum, Frodo saw his possible future, and so wanted to save him so he could save himself. Gollum also feared Frodo, and also thought that helping him would deprive Sauron of the Ring.<br />
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When the Black Gate was reached and found to be well guarded, Gollum convinced them not to go that way, saying that they would be caught and Sauron would regain the Ring. Gollum said he would lead them south, where he knew of another entrance into Mordor.<br />
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Frodo and Sam were caught by [[Faramir]], and Gollum followed them, getting caught in the [[Forbidden Pool]] beneath [[Henneth Annûn]]. When Frodo allowed Faramir to briefly take Sméagol prisoner, however, he felt betrayed, allowing the "Gollum" personality to take control. Faramir found out that the place Gollum was taking them was called [[Cirith Ungol]]. He then warned Frodo and Sam of the evil of that place.<br />
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Gollum at the Forbidden Pool.jpg|thumb|''Gollum at the Forbidden Pool'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br />
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Frodo, Sam, and Gollum left Faramir and began crossing the pass of Cirith Ungol in the border-mountains of the [[Ephel Dúath]]. On [[11 March]] Gollum visited the great spider [[Shelob]], because he was planning to betray the Hobbits to her and then get the Ring for himself. When he returned the Hobbits were asleep. The sight of Frodo sleeping nearly moved Gollum to repent.<Ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> However, Sam woke up and spoke harshly to Gollum, and all hope of redemption was lost. Gollum followed through with his plan and led Frodo and Sam into [[Shelob's Lair]]. For this service to Shelob, the Orcs of Cirith Ungol knew Gollum as "Her Sneak".<br />
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Just as Frodo warned him, Gollum's betrayal of his oath ultimately led to his undoing, for Frodo and Sam escaped from Shelob's lair and came against all odds to the volcano [[Mount Doom]]. Gollum followed them all the way, seeking a chance to surprise them and take the Ring. When Frodo and Sam had almost reached their destination, he attacked, but failed to get the Ring. Sam, who had hated Gollum on sight, tried to bring himself to kill him, but relented out of sheer pity and disgust, turning his back on the beaten creature.<br />
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Moments later, Frodo was standing on the edge of the [[Cracks of Doom]], but, unwilling to destroy the Ring, claimed it for himself and put it on. Then Gollum attacked again. The two fought whilst Frodo was invisible and finally Gollum bit off Frodo's finger.<br />
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Here Frodo's kindness in sparing Gollum's life was rewarded, for Gollum then teetered on the edge of the great pit, lost his balance and fell in, taking the Ring and finger with him with a last cry of "Preciouss!". Had Gollum not lived to play this final part, there would have been a good chance that Sauron would have regained the Ring, as he knew where Frodo was as soon as he put the Ring on.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Appearance===<br />
[[File:Peter Xavier Price - The Stairs of Cirith Ungol.jpg|left|thumb|''The Stairs of Cirith Ungol'' by [[Peter Xavier Price]]]]<br />
Sméagol was a Hobbit, but he spent long centuries (thanks to the Ring) in darkness and damp, influenced by its evil power. It is possible that thanks to his hardy Hobbitish nature that he was not reduced to a [[Wraiths|wraith]].<ref><br />
{{webcite|author=Stan Brown|website=FAQ of the Rings|articleurl=http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/ringfaq.htm#Q1-GollumWraith|articlename=Why hadn’t Gollum turned into a wraith long ago?}}</ref> However, he was reduced to a small, extremely thin and wiry person, with scrawny neck, pale skin, flat feet, long thin hands with clammy fingers, and large pale eyes that seemed to glow. His sense of sight, as well as his hearing and smelling, were very good, due to the time he spent underground.<br />
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He could move and climb silently like a spider, and although he had only six teeth left,<ref>{{H|5}}</ref> he could give deep bites, even able to bite off Frodo's finger.<br />
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===Personality===<br />
Sméagol was quick and strong, the most inquisitive and curious-minded of his community. He was interested in roots and beginnings. He owed [[#Etymology|his name]] to his interest in roots and deep pools; he dove, burrowed and tunnelled under trees, plants, and mounds. He tended to neglect anything that was higher, like the flowers, the trees and looking at the hills.<ref name=shadow/><br />
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During his centuries of loneliness and under the Ring's influence, he seems to have developed something similar to a personality disorder: his "Gollum" personality was a slave to the Ring and would kill for it, overwhelming his former self, who still vaguely remembered things like friendship and love. Not having anyone else to speak to, he often quarreled with himself. Gollum both loved and hated the Ring and himself. He often referred both to the Ring and himself as "my Precious", perhaps confusing the two entities.<ref name=guide/><br />
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[[File:Ted Nasmith - Endgame on the Mountain.jpg|thumb|right|''Endgame on the Mountain'' by [[Ted Nasmith]]]]<br />
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Years later, [[Samwise Gamgee]] would name the "Sméagol" personality "[[Slinker]]" (for his fawning, eager-to-please demeanour), and the "Gollum" personality "[[Stinker]]".<br />
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Other aspects of the Ring's corruption was the aversion to all living creatures, especially the [[Elves]] and all things Elven. The [[Elven rope]] burnt his skin, and [[lembas]] tasted like dust to him and choked him.<br />
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Sméagol, as a Hobbit, was perhaps good at heart, but he was relatively greedy and mean.<ref name=L214/> Bilbo was corrupted far more slowly by the Ring because his adventures with it began with an act of mercy, while Gollum began his with murder.<ref name=shadow>{{FR|Shadow}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
[[File:Turner Mohan - The Ringbearers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The Ringbearers'' by [[:Category:Images by Turner Mohan|Turner Mohan]]]]<br />
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Sméagol's name (pron. {{IPA|[ˈsmæ͡ɑːɣoɫ]}}), deriving from [[Old English]] ''sméah'', is an adjective meaning "creeping in, penetrating". It is etymologically related to the word ''[[smial]]''. This title was also applied by the Anglo-Saxons to the Biblical Cain, from the story of Cain's murder of his brother Abel in Genesis. This draws a clear connection between the two.{{fact}}<br />
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''Sméagol'' is the translation of an actual [[Westron]] name ''[[Trahald]]'', the meaning of which was "burrowing, worming in" or "apt to creep into a hole". In both [[Westron]] and Old English, Sméagol's name is related to [[Smaug]]'s: Smaug's name in "true [[Dalish]]" was ''[[Trāgu]]'', and the ''Trah-'' stem in ''Trahald'' and ''Trâgu'' is thus an analogue of the Germanic stem present in both ''Sméagol'' and ''Smaug''.<br />
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] explained in his "[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Guide to the Names in ''The Lord of the Rings'']]" the origin of the name ''Sméagol'' in the lemma on [[smials]]:<br />
{{blockquote|'''Smials'''. A word peculiar to hobbits (not Common Speech), meaning 'burrow'; leave unchanged. It is a form that the Old English word '''smygel''' 'burrow' might have had, if it had survived. The same element appears in Gollum's real name, '''Sméagol'''.}}<br />
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The name ''[[Smaug]]'', which means "''squeezed through a hole''", is thus related.<ref>{{L|31}}</ref><br />
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===Pronunciation===<br />
{{Pronounce|Anglo-Saxon - Sméagol.mp3|Gilgamesh}}<br />
In both the 1981 BBC radio adaptation and in Peter Jackson's films ''Sméagol'' is pronounced as "SMEE-gol", although the placement of the acute accent suggests that the correct pronunciation is "SMAY-uh-gol". On the other hand, in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s recordings of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' he also pronounced it "SMEE-gol" or "SMEE-AH-GOL", suggesting that ''éa'' should either be pronounced as a long "i"-sound or as a diphthong ''ea'', and not as two distinct vowels "e" and "a"<ref>{{webcite|author=J.R.R. Tolkien|website=J.R.R. Tolkien reads from 'The Lord of the Rings' #1|articleurl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBQJTaMMMhI&feature=youtu.be&t=95|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien reads from 'The Lord of the Rings' #1}}</ref>. Tolkien had a habit in his writing to put diacritics in varying places, as can also be seen in the name ''[[Eärendil]]'', which also occurs spelt ''Ëarendil''.<br />
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==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In the first edition of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Gollum did not appear quite as wretched or as bound to the Ring. Tolkien revised this characterisation to fit the concept of the Ruling Ring developed during the writing of ''The Lord of the Rings''. Tolkien then explained the version given in the first edition as a lie that Bilbo made up to tell the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] and [[Gandalf]].<ref name="Christensen">[[Bonniejean Christensen]], [[Jared Lobdell]] (ed.), "Gollum's Character Transformation in ''The Hobbit''", published in ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]'', pages 7-26</ref><br />
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In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', it is mentioned that [[the One Ring]] was found "''ere the Kings failed in Gondor''". This can mean that originally, Gollum's age was intended to be considerably more than six hundred years (further reinforced by certain places in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' like Gollum referring to tales about an uncorrupted [[Minas Ithil]] or Gandalf comparing his people to "fathers of the fathers of the [[Stoors]]"). In fact it seems likely that Sauron leaving the Mirkwood in 2063 T.A. and some Hobbits settling there after that are details added for the purpose of making the smaller age possible; perhaps in order to make it possible for Gollum and the other characters to have the same language.<br />
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==Inspiration==<br />
[[John Garth]] has suggested that the character of Gollum carries echoes of the "''night-haunting, man-eating''" [[Ogres|ogre]] [[Wikipedia:Grendel|Grendel]] in ''[[Beowulf (disambiguation)|Beowulf]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[John Garth]]|articleurl=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/05/j-r-r-tolkien-beowulf-one-mans-passion-threshold-between-myth-and-reality|articlename=J R R Tolkien's Beowulf: one man's passion for the threshold between myth and reality|dated=29 May 2014|website=[http://www.newstatesman.com/ newstatesman.com]|accessed=29 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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|File:The Hobbit (1966 film) - Gollum.jpg|[[The Hobbit (1966 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1966 film)]]<br />
|File:The Hobbit (1977 film) - Gollum.jpg|[[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Gollum.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]<br />
|File:David T. Wenzel - Gollum.jpg|[[The Hobbit (comic book)|''The Hobbit'' (comic book), 1989]]<br />
|File:The Hobbit (2003) Gollum.JPG|[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings- The Treason of Isengard - Concept art Gollum.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Gollum poster.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Sméagol2.jpg|As Sméagol in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) - Gollum.JPG|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Gollum.jpg|''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''<br />
|File:Lego - Gollum poster.png|Gollum as a ''[[Lego]] mini figure''<br />
|File:Guardians of Middle-earth - Gollum.png|''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]<br />
|File:Shadow of Mordor - Gollum.jpg|''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]''<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Gollum - Gollum's description.jpeg|Gollum's description in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]]''<br />
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===Films===<br />
'''1977: [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is a frog-like green creature, voiced by [[Theodore Isidore Gottlieb|Brother Theodore]]. Here, his "Gollum" noise sounds like muttering instead of swallowing.<br />
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'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is depicted as a skinny, dark grey creature, voiced by [[Peter Woodthorpe]]. <br />
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'''1980: [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]]:'''<br />
:Brother Theodore reprised his role from the earlier [[Rankin/Bass]] production. Some footage from ''The Hobbit'' was reused to introduce the viewer to the story. <br />
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'''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is a CGI-motion capture creature voiced by actor [[Andy Serkis]]. He is barely glimpsed in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where he is voiced by [[Dominic Monaghan]] in absence of Serkis. Gollum becomes a central character in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]''. The ground-breaking CGI character was built around Serkis's voice, movements and expressions, sometimes by using a motion capture suit which recorded his movements and applied them to the digital character, and sometimes by the more laborious process of digitally "painting out" Serkis's image and replacing it with Gollum's. In one such shot in ''The Two Towers'', Serkis' real spittle can be seen emerging from Gollum's mouth.<br />
<br />
:In ''The Return of the King'' Serkis himself appears in a flashback scene as Sméagol before his degeneration into Gollum. This scene was originally earmarked for ''The Two Towers'' but held back because it was felt that audiences would relate better to the original Sméagol once they were more familiar with who he became. The decision to include this scene meant that Gollum's face had to be redesigned for the second and third movies so that it would more closely resemble Serkis'.<br />
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'''2012: [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]:'''<br />
:[[Andy Serkis]] reprised his role as Gollum.<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=[http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref><br />
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===Television===<br />
'''1993: [[Hobitit|''Hobitit'']]:'''<br />
:Gollum is depicted as an old, white creature, portrayed by [[Kari Väänänen]],the same actor who played [[Aragorn]] in the series.<br />
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===Radio series===<br />
'''1955: [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The voice of Gollum is provided by [[Gerik Schjelderup]].<ref name="RT1723">Radio Times, Volume 133, No. 1723, [[16 November|November 16]], [[1956]]</ref><br />
<br />
'''1968: [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The narrator refers to Gollum (voiced by [[Wolfe Morris]]) as "Galloom", even though Gollum himself manages to pronounce his name correctly. Gollum's role is based on that of the second edition of ''The Hobbit''.<ref>[[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]], "Riddles in the Dark" <br />
</ref><br />
<br />
'''1979: [[The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:[[Gail Chugg]] provided the voice of Gollum.<br />
<br />
'''1980: [[Der Hobbit (1980 German radio series)|''Der Hobbit'' (1980 German radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is played by Jürgen von Manger.<br />
<br />
'''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum, again performed by [[Peter Woodthorpe]], has the first lines of the play (save [[Gerard Murphy|the narrator]]). He is described as "''slimy and as dark than darkness''".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)]], "The Long Awaited Party"</ref><br />
<br />
'''1989: [[Hobit (1989 Slovak radio series)|''Hobit'' (1989 Slovak radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The voice of Gollum is provided by Karol Čálik.<br />
<br />
'''1992: [[Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)|''Der Herr der Ringe'' (1992 German radio series)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is played by Dietmar Mues. <br />
<br />
'''2002-2003: [[Pán prsteňov (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)|''Pán prsteňov'' (2001-2003 Slovak radio series)]]:'''<br />
:The voice of Gollum is provided by Ibrahim Maiga.<br />
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===Games===<br />
'''1982: ''[[The Hobbit (1982 video game)]]'''''<br />
:Gollum appears in the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. He will persistently speak riddles to Bilbo, and strangle him to death if he fails to answer them in time. However, if Bilbo puts the [[One Ring|Ring]] on, then Gollum will not be able to see him. He can also be killed by Bilbo or his companions, even though doing so would seriously conflict with established canon.<br />
'''2002: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum, voiced by [[Quinton Flynn]], is seen thrice: first, in the introduction scene, he is stooping over his precious, dashing away from the camera. He is a creature in colour and clothing much like Jackson's version. He is briefly glimpsed again in [[Moria]], but not more than a dark shape with a green outline can be seen.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]], "3 Passages"</ref> His most important role is in the final stages of the game: he can be seen atop several ridges, and can even be visited on a rock on the shores of [[Nen Hithoel]]. He throws a [[fish]], the "Xiphiidae", at "[[Aragorn|Ranger]]". This will become the most deadly weapon in the game, and replaces [[Andúril]] in the weapon slots.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]], "Amon Hen"</ref> <br />
<br />
'''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (video game)]]:'''<br />
:Gollum is accompanying Sam and Frodo during [[Osgiliath]] mission and the is the final boss of the game at the Crack of Doom. Unlike all other enemies of the game, he takes no damage from any attacks - instead the players must perform combinations to push him into lava below.<br />
<br />
'''2003: ''[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|Sierra's The Hobbit'']]:'''<br />
:Gollum appears in a cut scene after the level "Riddles in the Dark". Only Bilbo's last riddle - "''What have I got in my pocket?''" - is shown, after which Gollum spouts out all possible answers in one sentence rather than in three turns. Gollum is a dark grey, hobbit-like creature with seven spiky teeth, who walks on all fours like an ape would, and like his Rankin/Bass counterpart, his "Gollum" noise is a muttering instead of a swallowing. He is voiced by [[Daran Norris]].<ref>[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]], "Riddles in the Dark"</ref><br />
<br />
'''2004: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is a "Hero" unit for the Servants of the Enemy, used primarily for scout missions.<br />
<br />
'''2004: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is a "Hero" for the Mordor factions. His health is extremely low and his attacks extremely weak, but has value for the scout missions.<br />
<br />
'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''<br />
:In non-storyline battles, stealthed Gollum is roaming the map. If detected and killed, he drops The One Ring, which can give huge advantage to the side that gets it.<br />
<br />
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is encountered thrice, though the player has yet to know his name. The first time he is met in southern [[Trollshaws]], where the player prevents him from attacking the baby of two Fishermen; the second time he is seen in southern Mirkwood, where the player must defeat the Orcs who attempts to capture him, the third time is on the Shores of Anduin, where the player has to make sure he does not fall prey to the spiders.<br />
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'''2012: ''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is a striker-type "guardian" with four abilities: ''Throttle'', ''My Precious'', ''Coward'' and ''We are starved''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.guardiansofmiddleearth.co.uk/guardians/gollum|articlename=''Guardians of Middle-earth'': Gollum|dated=|website=[http://www.guardiansofmiddleearth.com/ ''Guardians of Middle-earth'' official website]|accessed=16 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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'''2014: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is featured in the game as a supporting character. In the game, set between ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gollum is searching for [[the One Ring]] and encounters [[Talion]], the protagonist of the game and helps him in his Quest.<br />
<br />
'''2017: ''[[Middle-earth: Shadow of War]]'':'''<br />
:Gollum is featured in the game as a supporting character.<br />
<br />
'''2023: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]]'''''<br />
:Gollum will appear in the upcoming videogame as it's protagonist.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://lingwe.blogspot.se/2012/12/smeagol-whats-in-name.html Sméagol — what's in a name?] by [[Jason Fisher]]<br />
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==On Earth==<br />
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* '''[[1977]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children found [[The Tolkien Trust]] charity.<br />
* '''[[1984]] - ''[[The Monsters and the Critics]]'' is published in the US.'''<br />
* '''[[2003]]''' - ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien (Library of Great Authors)|J.R.R. Tolkien: His Life and Works]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2006]]''' - ''[[The Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2009]]''' - ''[[War of the Ring (2009 book)|The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game: War of the Ring]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún]]'' is released in paperback.<br />
* '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[West of the Mountains, East of the Sea]]'' is published.<br />
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==In Arda==<br />
* {{TA|3019}}:<br />
**{{Cal Rest-Frodo}}<noinclude>[[Category:Dates|092]][[fi:1. huhtikuuta]]</noinclude></div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=6_June&diff=3712016 June2023-04-01T12:31:57Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* On Earth */</p>
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* '''[[1916]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] leaves England for France.<br />
* '''[[1925]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] is born.<br />
* '''[[1928]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is [[The Meaning of Everything|invited to a dinner]] marking the completion of the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''.<br />
* '''[[1964]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Sue Parman|a letter to Sue Parman]].<br />
* '''[[1972]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 338]].<br />
* '''[[1975]]''' - [[Hugo Dyson]] dies.<br />
* '''[[1984]]''' - [[Åke Ohlmarks]], Swedish translator, dies.<br />
* '''[[2002]]''' - At the [[wikipedia:2002 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]], ''[[Lord of the Piercing]]'' is aired. <br />
* '''[[2008]]''' - [[Forodrim]]'s 36th birthday celebration.<br />
* '''[[2023]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is scheduled to be published in the US.<br />
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==In Arda==<br />
* {{TA|3019}}<br />
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==January==<br />
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[Birthday Toast#Tolkien Society tradition|Birthday Toast]].<br />
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==March==<br />
* '''[[25 March|25]]''' - [[Tolkien Reading Day]].<br />
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is published in the UK.<br />
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==May==<br />
* '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]] is scheduled to be released.<br />
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==June==<br />
* '''[[6 June|6]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is scheduled to be published in the US.<br />
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==July==<br />
* '''[[2 July|2]]''' - The 2023 [[Tolkien Society]] seminar, is scheduled to take place.<br />
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==August==<br />
* '''[[15 August|15]]''' - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 2024]]'' is scheduled to be published.<br />
* '''[[31 August|31]] - [[3 September]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 2023]] is scheduled to be held.<br />
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==September==<br />
* '''[[2 September|2]]''' - ''[[Tolkien's Faith]]'' is scheduled to be published.<br />
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==?==<br />
* '''?''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria]] is scheduled to be released.<br />
* '''?''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth]] is scheduled to be released online.<br />
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<div>{{book<br />
| title=The Battle of Maldon:<br><small>together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth</small><br />
| image=[[File:The Battle of Maldon together with the Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.jpg|275px]]<br />
| author=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<br />
| editor=[[Peter Grybauskas]]<br />
| illustrator=<br />
| publisher=[[HarperCollins]]<br />
| date=[[30 March]] [[2023]]<br />
| format=Hardcover<br />
| pages=208<br />
| isbn=9780008465827<br />
| precededby=[[The Fall of Númenor]] (2022)<br />
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'''''The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth''''' is a book of writings by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], edited by [[Peter Grybauskas]] and it was published in [[30 March]] [[2023]] in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is scheduled to be published in [[6 June]] of the same year.<br />
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The book presents for the first time Tolkien's own prose translation of "[[wikipedia:The Battle of Maldon|The Battle of Maldon]]", a 10-century [[Old English]] poem about a real world battle, alongside the poem ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' with its related essays, an imaginary sequel to the Battle (previously published in works such as ''[[Tree and Leaf]]''). It also includes an [[Index:Unpublished material|unpublished]] lecture "[[The Tradition of Versification in Old English]]", which deals with the nature of poetic tradition.<br />
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The deluxe edition will include a colour frontispiece reproducing a page of Tolkien’s original manuscript of ''The Homecoming''. A digitally remastered recording of ''The Homecoming'', read by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien, will be available on CD for the first time.<br />
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==From the publisher==<br />
{{blockquote|First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.<br />
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In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon.<br />
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Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship.<br />
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J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon 'the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy'. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth’s retainers come to retrieve their duke’s body.<br />
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Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien's own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien's bravura lecture, 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English', a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been 'the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien's fiction', most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.}}<br />
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*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover ([[2023]]), pp. 208. ISBN 9780008465827<br />
*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover with slipcase ([[2023]]), pp. 208. ISBN 9780008465834<br />
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==See also==<br />
* ''[[The Battle of Maldon (1937 book)|The Battle of Maldon]]'' (an edition of the poem by [[E.V. Gordon]], [[1937]])<br />
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==External links==<br />
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<div>{{book<br />
| title=The Battle of Maldon:<br><small>together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth</small><br />
| image=[[File:The Battle of Maldon together with the Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.jpg|275px]]<br />
| author=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]<br />
| editor=[[Peter Grybauskas]]<br />
| illustrator=<br />
| publisher=[[HarperCollins]]<br />
| date=[[30 March]] [[2023]]<br />
| format=Hardcover<br />
| pages=208<br />
| isbn=9780008465827<br />
| precededby=[[The Fall of Númenor]] (2022)<br />
}}<br />
'''''The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth''''' is a book of writings by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], edited by [[Peter Grybauskas]] and it was published in [[30 March]] [[2023]] in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is scheduled to be published in [[1 April]] of the same year.<br />
<br />
The book presents for the first time Tolkien's own prose translation of "[[wikipedia:The Battle of Maldon|The Battle of Maldon]]", a 10-century [[Old English]] poem about a real world battle, alongside the poem ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' with its related essays, an imaginary sequel to the Battle (previously published in works such as ''[[Tree and Leaf]]''). It also includes an [[Index:Unpublished material|unpublished]] lecture "[[The Tradition of Versification in Old English]]", which deals with the nature of poetic tradition.<br />
<br />
The deluxe edition will include a colour frontispiece reproducing a page of Tolkien’s original manuscript of ''The Homecoming''. A digitally remastered recording of ''The Homecoming'', read by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien, will be available on CD for the first time.<br />
<br />
==From the publisher==<br />
{{blockquote|First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.<br />
<br />
In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon.<br />
<br />
Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship.<br />
<br />
J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon 'the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy'. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth’s retainers come to retrieve their duke’s body.<br />
<br />
Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien's own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien's bravura lecture, 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English', a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been 'the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien's fiction', most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.}}<br />
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==Publication history and gallery==<br />
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*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover ([[2023]]), pp. 208. ISBN 9780008465827<br />
*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover with slipcase ([[2023]]), pp. 208. ISBN 9780008465834<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* ''[[The Battle of Maldon (1937 book)|The Battle of Maldon]]'' (an edition of the poem by [[E.V. Gordon]], [[1937]])<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-battle-of-maldon-together-with-the-homecoming-of-beorhtnoth-j-r-r-tolkien-1?variant=40119203954766 Official product page] at HarperCollins<br />
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[[Category:Upcoming books]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=The_Battle_of_Maldon:_together_with_The_Homecoming_of_Beorhtnoth&diff=371158The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth2023-03-31T15:03:00Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''''The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth''''' is a book of writings by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], edited by [[Peter Grybauskas]] and it was published in [[30 March]] [[2023]] in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is scheduled to be published in [[1 April]] of the same year.<br />
<br />
The book presents for the first time Tolkien's own prose translation of "[[wikipedia:The Battle of Maldon|The Battle of Maldon]]", a 10-century [[Old English]] poem about a real world battle, alongside the poem ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' with its related essays, an imaginary sequel to the Battle (previously published in works such as ''[[Tree and Leaf]]''). It will also include an [[Index:Unpublished material|unpublished]] lecture "[[The Tradition of Versification in Old English]]", which deals with the nature of poetic tradition.<br />
<br />
The deluxe edition will include a colour frontispiece reproducing a page of Tolkien’s original manuscript of ''The Homecoming''. A digitally remastered recording of ''The Homecoming'', read by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien, will be available on CD for the first time.<br />
<br />
==From the publisher==<br />
{{blockquote|First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.<br />
<br />
In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon.<br />
<br />
Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship.<br />
<br />
J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon 'the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy'. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth’s retainers come to retrieve their duke’s body.<br />
<br />
Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien's own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien's bravura lecture, 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English', a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been 'the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien's fiction', most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.}}<br />
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==Publication history and gallery==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
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*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover ([[2023]]), pp. 208. ISBN 9780008465827<br />
*[[HarperCollins]] hardcover with slipcase ([[2023]]), pp. 208. ISBN 9780008465834<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* ''[[The Battle of Maldon (1937 book)|The Battle of Maldon]]'' (an edition of the poem by [[E.V. Gordon]], [[1937]])<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-battle-of-maldon-together-with-the-homecoming-of-beorhtnoth-j-r-r-tolkien-1?variant=40119203954766 Official product page] at HarperCollins<br />
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[[Category:Upcoming books]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=1_April&diff=3711551 April2023-03-31T12:20:09Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* On Earth */</p>
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<div><noinclude>{{month|April|hide31=yes}}<br />
Events that occurred on {{PAGENAME}}.<br />
==On Earth==<br />
</noinclude><br />
* '''[[1977]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children found [[The Tolkien Trust]] charity.<br />
* '''[[1984]] - ''[[The Monsters and the Critics]]'' is published in the US.'''<br />
* '''[[2003]]''' - ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien (Library of Great Authors)|J.R.R. Tolkien: His Life and Works]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2006]]''' - ''[[The Roots of Tolkien's Middle Earth]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2009]]''' - ''[[War of the Ring (2009 book)|The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game: War of the Ring]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún]]'' is released in paperback.<br />
* '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[West of the Mountains, East of the Sea]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2023]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is scheduled to be published in the US.<br />
<br />
==In Arda==<br />
* {{TA|3019}}:<br />
**{{Cal Rest-Frodo}}<noinclude>[[Category:Dates|092]][[fi:1. huhtikuuta]]</noinclude></div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=30_March&diff=37115430 March2023-03-31T12:19:04Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* On Earth */</p>
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<div><noinclude>{{month|March}}<br />
Events that occurred on {{PAGENAME}}<br />
==On Earth==<br />
</noinclude><br />
* '''[[1936]]''' - C.A. Furth (of [[Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin Ltd]]) writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.<br />
* '''[[1940]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 38]].<br />
* '''[[1953]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]] move to [[76 Sandfield Road]].<br />
* '''[[1968]]''' – The documentary ''[[Tolkien in Oxford]]'' is aired on the [[BBC]].<br />
* '''[[1972]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 334]].<br />
* '''[[2005]]''' - ''[[Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings]]'' is published.<br />
* '''[[2023]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is published in the UK.<br />
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==In Arda==<br />
* {{TA|3019}}:<br />
** {{Cal Rest-Frodo}}<br />
** First Quarter of the Moon<noinclude><ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xlix</ref><br />
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[[Category:Dates|090]][[fi:30. maaliskuuta]]</noinclude></div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=2023&diff=37115320232023-03-31T12:18:38Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* March */</p>
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<div>{{year-header}}<br />
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==January==<br />
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[Birthday Toast#Tolkien Society tradition|Birthday Toast]].<br />
<br />
==March==<br />
* '''[[25 March|25]]''' - [[Tolkien Reading Day]].<br />
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is published in the UK.<br />
<br />
==April==<br />
* '''[[1 April|1]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is scheduled to be published in the US.<br />
<br />
==May==<br />
* '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]] is scheduled to be released.<br />
<br />
==July==<br />
* '''[[2 July|2]]''' - The 2023 [[Tolkien Society]] seminar, is scheduled to take place.<br />
<br />
==August==<br />
* '''[[15 August|15]]''' - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 2024]]'' is scheduled to be published.<br />
* '''[[31 August|31]] - [[3 September]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 2023]] is scheduled to be held.<br />
<br />
==September==<br />
* '''[[2 September|2]]''' - ''[[Tolkien's Faith]]'' is scheduled to be published.<br />
<br />
==?==<br />
* '''?''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria]] is scheduled to be released.<br />
* '''?''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth]] is scheduled to be released online.<br />
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{{years|2020|2021|2022|2023|2024|2025|2026}}<br />
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[[Category:Years (real-world)]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=2023&diff=37115220232023-03-31T12:17:51Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* March */</p>
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==January==<br />
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[Birthday Toast#Tolkien Society tradition|Birthday Toast]].<br />
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==March==<br />
* '''[[25 March|25]]''' - [[Tolkien Reading Day]].<br />
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - ''[[The Battle of Maldon: together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]'' is published in the UK.<br />
<br />
==May==<br />
* '''[[25 May|25]]''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Gollum]] is scheduled to be released.<br />
<br />
==July==<br />
* '''[[2 July|2]]''' - The 2023 [[Tolkien Society]] seminar, is scheduled to take place.<br />
<br />
==August==<br />
* '''[[15 August|15]]''' - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 2024]]'' is scheduled to be published.<br />
* '''[[31 August|31]] - [[3 September]]''' - [[Oxonmoot 2023]] is scheduled to be held.<br />
<br />
==September==<br />
* '''[[2 September|2]]''' - ''[[Tolkien's Faith]]'' is scheduled to be published.<br />
<br />
==?==<br />
* '''?''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria]] is scheduled to be released.<br />
* '''?''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth]] is scheduled to be released online.<br />
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{{years|2020|2021|2022|2023|2024|2025|2026}}<br />
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[[Category:Years (real-world)]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Luke_Evans&diff=371085Luke Evans2023-03-29T13:50:17Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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<div>{{actor<br />
| image=[[File:Luke Evans.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Luke Evans<br />
| lifetime=[[15 April|April 15]], [[1979]]<br />
| played=[[Bard]], [[Girion]]<br />
| film=[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]<br />
| played2=<br />
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'''Luke Evans''' (born [[15 April|April 15]], [[1979]] in Aberbargoed, Wales) is a Welsh theatre and film actor. He portrayed [[Bard]] as well as [[Girion]] (Bard's ancestor) in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' films]].<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
{{quote| It's interesting, It's quite an organic journey I've been on with The Hobbit, because obviously I wasn’t in the first film. I watched from a distance as everybody else, enjoyed the premiere, and watched the characters being taken in by the fans and all that. But then obviously when the second film came out that was very exciting because I got to see, as well as the rest of the world, Bard the Bowman come to life. It's been really lovely watching and reading the positive reception around the world, and different fans all really enjoying Bard and liking his story and liking me playing him. So it's been a positive experience so far.|Luke Evans, Collider}}<br />
{{quote|He has three children and he’s forced into becoming a leader and he doesn’t really want to be a leader. I think he’s happy just looking after his family and just…he doesn’t want a war. His emotions are very human and I guess that will make him quite appealing to an audience.|Luke Evans about Bard, lordoftherings.net}}<br />
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[[fi:Luke Evans]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Fry&diff=371084Stephen Fry2023-03-29T13:46:37Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Stephen Fry''' (b. [[24 August|August 24]], [[1957]]) is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director. He portrayed the [[Master of Lake-town]] in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]].<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
{{quote|Remember the question before the time and they are a threat to Smaug.|Stephen Fry, YouTube}}<br />
{{quote|I suppose the real biggie is free will. I find it interesting that no one really talks about it: I would say that 98 per cent of all philosophers would agree with me that essentially free will is a myth. It doesn’t exist. That ought to be shocking news on the front of every newspaper. I’m not saying we don’t look both ways before we cross the road; we decide not to leave it to luck as to whether a car is going to hit us. Nor am I saying that we don’t have responsibility for our actions: we have agency over the body in which our minds and consciousness dwell. But we can’t choose our brains, we can’t choose our genes, we can’t choose our parents.|Stephen Fry, The Sydney Morning Herald}}<br />
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==Roles==<br />
*[[2013]] - [[2014]]: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]: [[Master of Lake-town]]<br />
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[[fi:Stephen Fry]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Martin_Freeman&diff=371083Martin Freeman2023-03-29T13:36:28Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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{{actor<br />
| image=[[File:New Line Cinema - Martin Freeman.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Martin Freeman<br />
| lifetime=[[8 September|September 8]], [[1971]]<br />
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{{quote|Despite the various rumors and speculation surround this role, there has only ever been one Bilbo Baggins for us|[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="Announcement">[http://www.deadline.com Deadline], "[http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/peter-jackson-sets-first-names-for-the-hobbit/ Peter Jackson Sets First Names For 'The Hobbit']", 21 October 2010 (accessed 23 October 2010)</ref>}}<br />
'''Martin Freeman''' portrayed [[Bilbo Baggins]] in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit (film series)'']].<ref name="Announcement" /> The role was previously played by [[Ian Holm]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' films]].<br />
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==Casting==<br />
As far back as [[2007]] rumors were circulating by fans that Freeman would be an ideal candidate.<ref name="MTV">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/ MTV Movies Blog], "[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/09/17/will-martin-freeman-hitch-a-ride-to-the-hobbit/ Will Martin Freeman Hitch A Ride To 'The Hobbit'?]", 17 September 2007 (accessed 23 October 2010)</ref> On [[11 October|October 11]], [[2010]] Freeman confirmed he had to turn down the role due to scheduling conflicts,<ref name="Empire">[http://www.empireonline.com Empire], "[http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=29175 Martin Freeman Talks The Hobbit]", 11 October 2010 (accessed 23 October 2010)</ref> however he was officially announced for the role on [[21 October|October 21]], 2010.<ref name="Wired">[http://www.wired.com Wired], "[http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/10/hobbit-bilbo ''Hobbit'' Movies Get Their Bilbo: Martin Freeman]", 22 October 2010 (accessed 23 October 2010)</ref><br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
{{quote|I’ve watched the films again, obviously in more detail before I came to this. I looked at Ian’s (performance) more when I needed to. Again, I don’t really know how much I should say, but there were points where it was relevant for me to look very closely at Ian’s performance.|Martin Freeman, Weintraub}}<br />
{{quote|I think it definitely has an effect on him. Maybe I shouldn't say how much of it is negative or positive, but it's clear that it has a pull on him, that, I guess would be recognizable from The Lord of the Rings. But it takes a different turn, I guess. I suppose, 'cause The Hobbit anyway, is slightly lighter and it's more of a family affair, so it's not quite as dark. But it doesn't mean the stakes aren't there. It definitely still has to matter that he is in possession of this thing. And I think a lot of the time, even he doesn't realize why he wants to hold onto it so much, but there is an unspoken hold that it has on him, an unconscious hold.|Martin Freeman, Collider}}<br />
<br />
==Awards==<br />
* [[2013]] - '''[http://www.mtv.com/ MTV Movie Award]''', Best Hero, ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''<br />
* 2013 - '''[http://www.empireonline.com/ Empire Award]''', Best Actor, ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''<br />
<br />
==Bibliography, selected==<br />
===Articles===<br />
* [[2012]]: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''<br />
** "Foreword"<br />
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[[fi:Martin Freeman]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Evangeline_Lilly&diff=371082Evangeline Lilly2023-03-29T13:31:56Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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{{actor<br />
|image=[[File:Evangeline Lilly.jpg|250px]]<br />
|name=Evangeline Lilly<br />
|lifetime=[[3 August]] [[1979]]<br />
|played=[[Tauriel]]<br />
|film=[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]<br />
|played2=<br />
|film2=<br />
|imdb=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1431940/ Profile]<br />
}}<br />
'''Nicole Evangeline Lilly''' ([[3 August]], [[1979]]) is a Canadian actress. She portrayed [[Tauriel]] in the [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]].<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150286515141558|articlename=The Hobbit Casting Update|dated=19-June-2011|website=[http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook]|accessed=22-Dec-2011}}</ref><br />
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==Trivia==<br />
From 2004 to 2009 she was in relationship with [[Dominic Monaghan]], her co-star from the series ''[[Wikipedia:Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Charmaine Patterson|articleurl=https://people.com/tv/dominic-monaghan-opens-up-about-evangeline-lilly-split/|articlename=Dominic Monaghan Says He 'Only Got My Heart Broken Once' as He Opens Up About Evangeline Lilly Split|dated=31 August 2022|website=People|accessed=1 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=Giada Iuliano|articleurl=https://www.elle.com/it/showbiz/news/a864173/e-finita-tra-evangeline-lilly-e-dominic-monaghan/|articlename=Showbiz È finita tra Evangeline Lilly e Dominic Monaghan?|dated=28 October 2009|website=elle|accessed=1 January 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Quotes==<br />
{{quote|It would be my pleasure. Because of course, that is the greatest source of my anxiety on this film, is that I'm going to be lynched. I was a die-hard fan of these books before the films ever came out. And when I say die-hard, I wasn't the person who could speak Elvish, but I really loved them. And I wasn't actually going to see the original films, because I didn't think it was possible that a film could represent the books appropriately. So I was protesting, and I wasn't going to see them. And then my family all took a jaunt together, the entire family, to see the movies, and were like, "What, you're just going to stay home?" So I saw the movies and was thoroughly impressed that Peter Jackson managed to make my vision of the book come to life, as well as my sister's and my father's, and my aunt's and my uncle's, everyone's. It seemed to somehow pan across everyone's vision, even though we all knew we had to have had different visions of the books.|Evangeline Lilly, Collider}}<br />
{{quote|I think Tolkien definitely inspires me as a writer, and inspired me towards writing because good story impacts your life. I think somewhere deep down inside, one of the great motivations to write is to have an impact, to say something. And then recently I’ve been doing a lot more studying writing. Much like acting, I’m not formally trained, I’m not formally trained in writing and I think writing is a little bit more of a structured-specific craft. I’ve been doing my homework. I’ve been studying. As I’ve been studying and learning about story structure learning more about what it takes to develop a story that will have an impact, that will resonate with an audience, the more it starts to impact my choices as an actress. I find myself right now, when I look at different roles and potential things for the future, where before I would read a script and instinctively I knew if I wanted to do the job. If that story was resonating and it might feel impactful or say something to the world. Now I am able to make a more cerebral choice. In my mind I can actually break it down and say what’s missing is X, Y and Z. If only they had added these six elements then the script would have come to a place where I would be willing to do it. I think something we all know by gut instinct because we’ve been telling stories since the beginning of time. We all instinctively know what works and what doesn’t, I’m starting to now intellectually understand that.!|Evangeline Lilly, DarkHorizons.com}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[2013]] - '''[http://www.mtv.com/ MTV Movie Award]''', Best Fight, ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''<br />
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[[fi:Evangeline Lilly]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Sylvester_McCoy&diff=371081Sylvester McCoy2023-03-29T13:22:50Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Sylvester McCoy''' (b. [[20 August|August 20]], [[1943]] as '''Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith''') is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of The Doctor in the ''Doctor Who'' series. He portrayed [[Radagast]] in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]. <br />
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{{quote|Well, he's an eccentric old hippie, really - and I was an eccentric young hippie! Now I'm old… maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the eccentricity - you can go places, you can be wacky and you don't have to be constrained. I think that's why people are eccentric - eccentricity is a weapon… and it's great!|Sylvester McCoy, Digital Spy}}<br />
{{quote|Well, last summer, Peter Jackson, Fran, and Phillippa flew over, and invited me for tea. So they got me a car, and drove over for tea. I thought it was more auditioning, because I’d screentested for it. But when I got there, they said would you play the part? Would I? No! Of course not!|Sylvester McCoy about Radagast, lordoftherings.net}}<br />
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* [[2012]]-[[2014]]: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]: [[Radagast]]<br />
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[[Category:The Hobbit (film series) cast]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Benedict_Cumberbatch&diff=371080Benedict Cumberbatch2023-03-29T13:17:23Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Benedict Cumberbatch''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], is a British actor who portrayed the dragon [[Smaug]] and the [[Sauron|Necromancer/Sauron]] in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]] using motion capture as well as his voice .<ref name="THCumberbatch">{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/TheHobbitMovie/posts/238891146211018|articlename=If Benedict Cumberbatch...|dated=8-May-2012|website=FB|accessed=12-May-2012}}</ref> He starred with [[Martin Freeman]] in the BBC TV series [[Wikipedia:Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[2013]] - '''[http://www.bafta.org/los-angeles/britannia-awards Britannia Award]''', British Artist of the Year, ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''<br />
* [[2014]] - '''[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/ Behind the Voice Actors Awards]''', Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film, ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''<br />
* 2014 - '''Behind the Voice Actors Awards''', Breakthrough Voice Actor of the Year.<br />
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==Bibliography, selected==<br />
*'''[[2014]]''': ''[[Smaug: Unleashing the Dragon]]'' (foreword)<br />
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[[Category:The Hobbit (film series) cast]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=2024&diff=37106920242023-03-28T18:12:01Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* ? */</p>
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==January==<br />
* '''[[1 January|1]]''' - All of [[Index:Writings by J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien writings]] are expected to enter in public domain in countries where copyright expires in 50 years after the author's death, such as in [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], [[wikipedia:New Zealand|New Zealand]] and [[wikipedia:Belarus|Belarus]].<br />
* '''[[3 January|3]]''' - [[Birthday Toast#Tolkien Society tradition|Birthday Toast]].<br />
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==April==<br />
* '''[[12 April|12]]''' - [[The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim]] is scheduled to be released on cinemas.<ref name="ReleaseDate2">{{webcite|website=|articleurl=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lord-of-the-rings-anime-movie-release-date-1235093505/|articlename= "Lord of the Rings Anime Movie Sets 2024 Release Date"|author=Couch Aaron|dated=15 February 2022|accessed=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
==?==<br />
* '''?''' - An [[Untitled Wētā Workshop video game]] is expected to be released.<br />
* '''?''' - The second season of [[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]] is expected to be released.<br />
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[[Category:Years (real-world)]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Mawle&diff=371068Joseph Mawle2023-03-28T18:09:34Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle''', known as '''Joseph Mawle''', is an English actor. He portrayed [[Adar (The Rings of Power)|Adar]] in the first season only of the ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power|The Rings of Power]]'' series by [[Amazon Studios|Amazon]]. His role was recast for the second season of the series, with [[Samuel Hazeldine]] taking over his role.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7631058/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm|articlename=''The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'': Full Cast & Crew|website=IMDb|accessed=19 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|articleurl=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-rings-of-power-season-2-cast-1235273164/|articlename=‘The Rings of Power’ Recasts Major Role for Season 2|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessed=1 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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His character was first announced as "Oren".<ref>[https://deadline.com/ Deadline], "[https://deadline.com/2019/10/the-lord-of-the-rings-joseph-mawle-cast-star-amazon-series-oren-game-of-thrones-alum-1202765493/‘The Lord Of The Rings’: Joseph Mawle To Star In Amazon Series]", 7 January 2020 (accessed 21 October 2019)</ref> <br />
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{{quote|I loved my time exploring middle earth and diving into Tolkien’s mythology. I’m so honoured that the character was liked. He cared deeply about telling you his story.|Joseph Mawle, Just Jared}}<br />
{{quote|Though as an actor it remains my wish, my job description to explore new characters and worlds. Wishing all the best to cast and crew for S2, I’ll be cheering you on from the sidelines X.|Joseph Mawle, Twitter}}<br />
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[[Category:The Rings of Power (TV series) cast]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Charles_Edwards&diff=371067Charles Edwards2023-03-28T18:04:29Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Charles Edwards''' is an English actor. He has portrayed [[Celebrimbor]] in the Amazon's ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'' series.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9788618/fullcredits|articlename=Full Cast & Crew|dated=|website=IMDB|accessed=31 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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{{quote|I was obsessed with it all when I was a kid. Everyone obviously talks about the Peter Jackson movies, but when I was little, I had the animated Ralph Bakshi version from 1978. That was my total obsession, at the time. So, to be returning to this world, you walk on set, and of course, the little nine-year-old in you starts jumping up and down and remembering the excitement when you first encountered Tolkien. To be involved in it now is really very special.|Charles Edwards, Collider}}<br />
{{quote|He may have an ulterior motive for that, but Celebrimbor is very much in support of working together. Neither race would have produced the wonders that they had, that they created, without the aid of the other. So clearly, we're in a time of peace, certainly in terms of the working relationship, and (Celebrimbor) has great respect for them. And Dwarves have a reputation as being fanatical workers, and jewelers and crafters; and Celebrimbor very much respects that.|Charles Edwards, Outlookindia}}<br />
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[[Category:The Rings of Power (TV series) cast]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Ismael_Cruz_C%C3%B3rdova&diff=371066Ismael Cruz Córdova2023-03-28T18:00:07Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Ismael Enrique Cruz Córdova''' is a Puerto Rican actor. He has portrayed [[Arondir]] in Amazon's ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'' series.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9788618/fullcredits|articlename=Full Cast & Crew|dated=|website=IMDB|accessed=31 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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{{quote|I had quite the harrowing journey to get this role. My desire to be part of the Tolkien world started when I was 14, and I definitely wanted to be an elf. I was struck down, people saying things like, "Elves don't look like you" and that kind of thing, so it was something I pursued pretty aggressively. When the casting calls came out, I knew it was something I must do. I had a couple of rejections in the process; they said the role wasn't going to go in my direction. But I kept fighting and fighting and fighting, something like six or seven months of auditions. And I finally made it to the final screen test, where they flew me to New Zealand with six other guys, and I got the part.|Ismael Cruz Córdova, Cnet}}<br />
{{quote|It feels like a confirmation that the journey that I started many, many years ago when I became an actor is coming to fruition and that I’m on the right path. I feel I’ve felt ready.|Ismael Cruz Córdova, Remezcla.com}}<br />
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[[Category:The Rings of Power (TV series) cast]]</div>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Maxim_Baldry&diff=371065Maxim Baldry2023-03-28T17:56:55Z<p>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίου: </p>
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'''Maxim Alexander Baldry''' is an English actor. He has portrayed [[Isildur]] in Amazon's ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'' series.<ref name="VFInside">{{webcite|author=The Lord of the Rings on Prime|articleurl=https://deadline.com/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-maxim-baldry-set-lead-amazon-series-1202873677/|articlename=‘The Lord Of the Rings’: Maxim Baldry Set As A Lead In Amazon Series<br />
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{{quote|I had the gift of bringing this guy to life and giving him a personality, making him as a relatable young sailor on the cusp of adulthood who's trying to find himself.|Maxim Baldry, Vogue Magazine}}<br />
{{quote|We obviously know the signpost that Tolkien has written for this character, so we know where he ends up and we know where he goes. But the beauty of this show is that JD and Patrick are crafting the, how does he get between each signpost? How does he get between each thing? Tolkien hasn’t written that. He hasn’t really evolved each storyline, in that way. Every season, I’m learning new things about him.|Maxim Baldry, Collider}}<br />
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