I don’t usually post about personal things, but I’m breaking that rule today, because I’m trying to process something that happened to me recently. I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism a few weeks ago. At first, all I saw was the downsides. How it makes me difficult to work with,
Welcome Valaraen! Valaraen is the first beta reader to sign up with the new system! You can read their profile on the Beta Readers’ page. If you know anyone who would be interested in this, give them a link to the Beta Reader Application form.
Hello everyone! It has been a long, long, long, year. I graduated from college at long last, got a job, quit that job, and somehow, amidst all of that, I finished modernizing the website. My good friend Phil Smith has moved on to follow his own writing projects (should be
Welcome to the Realelvish Random Name Generator! This name generator works a bit differently from others on the internet. A program isn’t doing the name-making. That means no random syllable games being passed off as Tolkien’s languages. Tolkien isn’t doing the name-making either. These are unique names for your unique
This dialect of Sindarin was originally spoken in south-eastern Beleriand – Lindon and Ossiriand. The survivors moved to Mirkwood and Lothlórien, joining their Nandorin cousins. The Nandor adopted this dialect of Sindarin. Villains Names for the Villainous characters. Personality Names that describe one’s temperament. Emotions Names having to do with
This is the dialect of Sindarin spoken in Doriath, and later kept alive among Galadriel’s friends in Lothlórien. This dialect has the greatest prestige in Middle-earth. Villains Names for the Villainous characters. Personality Names that describe one’s temperament. Emotions Names having to do with one’s emotions. Physical Attributes Anything that
Simplified Pronunciation Guide Vowels Monophthongs A – long as in ‘father’ Æ – the TRAP vowel, short as in ‘bad’, ‘glad’ E – the DRESS vowel, short as in ‘bed’, ‘fed’ Ĭ – the KIT vowel; short as in ‘sick’ I – a long ‘i’ as in ‘machine’ O –
This dialect of Sindarin was spoken by the Gondorians. It is found in many name of the upper-classes, because it is associated with court-life. Villains Names for the Villainous characters. Personality Names that describe one’s temperament. Emotions Names having to do with one’s emotions. Physical Attributes Anything that the 5
It was a lot of fun getting to do this. I think I’ll do more interviews and talks later on, since I had fun. LOTRO Players News Episode 113: Languages in Tolkien In the interview we announced the Dwarvish and Sindarin phrasebook LotRO plugins. I’ll post the links to the
At 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, I’m being interviewed about my Tolkien-language work, along with a good friend of mine, The Dwarrow Scholar and you can listen and chat along with others listening to the show here: http://mixlr.com/the-players-alliance/