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Legolas in spandex · 03-07-2006, 03:13 PM

Which land of Middle Earth do you find to be most captivating or mysterious?

Earendilyon · 03-09-2006, 02:50 AM

Most captivating: Angband (FA), Mordor (SA, TA)
Most mysterious: the Enchanted Isles

yavanna II · 03-15-2006, 11:14 PM

Most captivating: Lorien (the one in Valinor, and the land of Galadriel)
Most mysterious: Numenor; the White Mountain where Manwe and Varda live; the Ring of Doom where the Valar hold council

Valinor is the most mysterious and captivating for me....

Legolas · 03-20-2006, 09:19 PM

Lothlorien on reading The Fellowship of the Ring the first time. The description was so capitvating and mysterious; it really caught my attention that first time as the Fellowship went on without Gandalf from the mountains (a familiar place as I had read The Hobbit already) - I still imagine the transition to be a capitvating and fantastic one. I thought this was captured beautifully in the movie - part of why it was my favourite of the films.

03-28-2006, 12:55 PM

for me, it has to be the shire. anything concerning the elves will obviously be thought of as mysterious and beguiling. the shire and it's inhabitants prove to be the most enigmatic. as gandalf said himself, you can spend a month with hobbits,
and still not know them. the shire exudes an otherworldly charm, much the same as those native to it's lands.

Elu Ancalime · 03-28-2006, 02:48 PM

Khand: What kind of geography is it? From their breif description, they sound like Mongols, or other central asian nomads on horseback.

Rhun: This land that two wizards dissapeared into. What sort of temples and cities are here? Only Aragorn and Suruman could answer.

Harad: Land of Mumakil. Are their any ports or cities similar to the Swahilii city-states? If the Mumakil are here, what other sabertoothed cat or ape could one find in the desert or jungle?

Upper Misty mountains, Mts of Angmar/Carn Dum, Grey mountains: Gundaband? How grand is it compared to Khazad-dum? Could stand on a precipice on the grey mts, and look north to a tundra, and turn around to see a forest? Dragons bred there? How do dragons breed?

These land on the extremes of the map interest me so much.
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Legolas in spandex · 04-07-2006, 06:30 PM

I best like the house of Elrond (Not really a land) but I loved how Lothlorien had a dark and angelic beauty to it.

Tuor in Gondolin · 04-08-2006, 09:20 AM

Most captivating: Rhovannion in general and specifically
both the various polities of elves, men, and dwarves, and
how they seemed to generally ineract in such harmony (Hollin
on a grand scale).
Most mysterious: The area of the Sea of Rhun. Who lived
there at various times, what was it like, how might JRRT
have utilized it in other tales of Middle-earth, (how was
wine made there

), etc. Of course, as Tolkien observed,
that's part of the interest of Middle-earth, barely glimpsed areas,
vistas, stories.

Letty · 05-31-2006, 04:59 PM

Rivendell rocks!!!

ninja91 · 06-01-2006, 05:22 AM

most captivating: Gondor
most mysterious: I would have to say Moria, because of the once great kingdom of dwarves that once dwelt there have all left their god-like halls
oh yeah, and lorien is pretty mysterious too. and creepy.
most interesting: Mordor

ArathorofBarahir · 06-07-2006, 11:27 AM

I would have to say that the most captivating lands, sorry can't choose just one, would have to the Shire, Bree and Rohan and the most mysterious land in all of Middle Earth would have to the Barrow-Downs.

03-07-2006, 03:13 PM	#1
Legolas in spandex Wight Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 106	The greatest Land Which land of Middle Earth do you find to be most captivating or mysterious? __________________ "I want to die in my sleep, like my grandfather... not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

03-09-2006, 02:50 AM	#2
Earendilyon Wight Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 166	Most captivating: Angband (FA), Mordor (SA, TA) Most mysterious: the Enchanted Isles __________________ "For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me." Dominus Anulorum TolkienGateway - large Tolkien encyclopedia.

03-20-2006, 09:19 PM	#4
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,850	Lothlorien on reading The Fellowship of the Ring the first time. The description was so capitvating and mysterious; it really caught my attention that first time as the Fellowship went on without Gandalf from the mountains (a familiar place as I had read The Hobbit already) - I still imagine the transition to be a capitvating and fantastic one. I thought this was captured beautifully in the movie - part of why it was my favourite of the films. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

03-28-2006, 02:48 PM	#6
Elu Ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Anador Posts: 479	Khand: What kind of geography is it? From their breif description, they sound like Mongols, or other central asian nomads on horseback. Rhun: This land that two wizards dissapeared into. What sort of temples and cities are here? Only Aragorn and Suruman could answer. Harad: Land of Mumakil. Are their any ports or cities similar to the Swahilii city-states? If the Mumakil are here, what other sabertoothed cat or ape could one find in the desert or jungle? Upper Misty mountains, Mts of Angmar/Carn Dum, Grey mountains: Gundaband? How grand is it compared to Khazad-dum? Could stand on a precipice on the grey mts, and look north to a tundra, and turn around to see a forest? Dragons bred there? How do dragons breed? These land on the extremes of the map interest me so much. ________ Best portable vaporizer Last edited by Elu Ancalime; 03-03-2011 at 11:33 PM.

04-07-2006, 06:30 PM	#7
Legolas in spandex Wight Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 106	I best like the house of Elrond (Not really a land) but I loved how Lothlorien had a dark and angelic beauty to it. __________________ "I want to die in my sleep, like my grandfather... not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

03-15-2006, 11:14 PM	#3
yavanna II Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in my own little world Posts: 142	Most captivating: Lorien (the one in Valinor, and the land of Galadriel) Most mysterious: Numenor; the White Mountain where Manwe and Varda live; the Ring of Doom where the Valar hold council Valinor is the most mysterious and captivating for me....

03-28-2006, 12:55 PM	#5
silverstorm Guest Posts: n/a	for me, it has to be the shire. anything concerning the elves will obviously be thought of as mysterious and beguiling. the shire and it's inhabitants prove to be the most enigmatic. as gandalf said himself, you can spend a month with hobbits, and still not know them. the shire exudes an otherworldly charm, much the same as those native to it's lands.

04-08-2006, 09:20 AM	#8
Tuor in Gondolin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,651	Most captivating: Rhovannion in general and specifically both the various polities of elves, men, and dwarves, and how they seemed to generally ineract in such harmony (Hollin on a grand scale). Most mysterious: The area of the Sea of Rhun. Who lived there at various times, what was it like, how might JRRT have utilized it in other tales of Middle-earth, (how was wine made there ), etc. Of course, as Tolkien observed, that's part of the interest of Middle-earth, barely glimpsed areas, vistas, stories. __________________ The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.'

05-31-2006, 04:59 PM	#9
Letty Animated Skeleton Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 48	Rivendell rocks!!! __________________ Ash to ash Dust to dust Fade to black I will have my vengeance-in this life or the next

06-07-2006, 11:27 AM	#11
ArathorofBarahir Wight Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Crickhallow Posts: 247	I would have to say that the most captivating lands, sorry can't choose just one, would have to the Shire, Bree and Rohan and the most mysterious land in all of Middle Earth would have to the Barrow-Downs. __________________ King of the Dead: The dead do not suffer the living to pass. Aragorn: You will suffer me.