The Revived Tolkien Trivia

Dear dear...

Athelas (or Kingsfoil, or asëa aranion....)

(Aragorn) ..."for it is a healing plant that the Men of the West brought to Middle-earth. Athelas they named it...."


....The herb had also some power over the wound, for Frodo felt the pain and also the sense of frozen cold lessen in his side....
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FotR - Book 1 - Chapter XII - Flight to the Ford
 
No!:eek:


Right then, Mr Lazer...

Who suggested that Frodo should be allowed to sail to the West, and who would have authorised it? (Two names, please)
 
But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him now when he departs to the Havens; for mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter. But in my stead you shall go, Ring-bearer, when the time comes, and if you then desire it.
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LOTR, RotK, Ch VI Many Partings

I'm not sure who you mean that authorised it, though. For the taker I guess, for the homework is a-calling...
 
Clue, Marky:
So far, so good, but the other answer is much more obscurely placed, though the Arwen answer is repeated beside it.:p
 
The second part of the answer must be (I think):

Arwen is not a 're-incarnation' of Luthien (that in the view of this mythical history would be impossible, since Luthien has died like a mortal and left the world of time) but a descendant very like her in looks, character, and fate. When she weds Aragorn (whose love-story elsewhere recounted is not here central and only occasioanlly refereed to) she 'makes the choice of Luthien', so the grief at her parting from Elrond is specially poignant. Elrond passes Over Sea. The end of his sons, Elladan and Elrohir, is not told: they delay their choice, and remain for a while.
As for 'whose authority decides these things?' The immediate 'authorities' are the Valar (the Powers or Authorities): the 'gods'.
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Let. 153 To Peter Hastings (draft)
 
Afraid not, Marky: in the bit I'm looking for, JRRT says " No doubt it was X who was the authority....."

You're in the correct book, though! :D
 
Oh, Marky...are you in a hurry?:p

The Ents will come looking for the Entwives...

When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day:
When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain
I'll look for thee, and call to thee; I'll come to thee again!
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TT - Book III - Chapter IV - Treebeard
 
:D

What was JRRT's original suggestion for the title of what became The Fellowship of the Ring?
 
Okay, here we are:

Would it not do if the 'book-titles' were used: e.g. The Lord of the Ring: Vol. I The Ring Sets out and The Ring Goes South;
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Let. 136 To Rayner Unwin
 
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