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1978: Fantasy Quarterly #1 [anthology] From 1978-1992, Elfquest was published as a series of consecutive titles: 1978-1984: Elfquest: The Original Quest - 20 story issues plus one "extra" issue (#21); #1 reprints the story from Fantasy Quarterly #1; #21 was a "bonus" issue containing fan letters about the end of the quest, background sketches, published reviews, editorials, and other behind ...
The first edition of The Silmarillion contains two maps. There is a large fold-out drawing of Beleriand. [T 6] The Ered Luin mountain range on its right-hand edge approximately matches the mountain range of that name on the left-hand edge of the main map in The Lord of the Rings. The other is a smaller-scale drawing of the central region of the ...
T 7] Aragorn was thus not only of a long royal lineage, and not only with an admixture of Elvish blood: it was the best possible, being both from high Elves and Elvish kings. [12] [13] The Tolkien scholar Angela Nicholas argues that Aragorn's combined Man, Elf, and Maia ancestry "infuses divinity into his character."
Elfquest (or ElfQuest) is a comic book property created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978, [1] and still owned by them. It is a fantasy story about a community of elves and other fictional species who struggle to survive and coexist on a primitive Earth-like planet with two moons.
Furthermore, the knowledge of an elf's soulname gives the person who knows said soulname power over that elf, in a notably similar manner as True Names in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series. While the Wolfriders were at Blue Mountain, Winnowill was able to prevent Dewshine from leaving the mountain by using her soulname as a form of mind control.
Few fantasy writers so meticulously map their kingdoms, or invent legends, family trees and even languages for their characters." [4] Dwayne Thorpe comments in Mythlore that family trees are one of the elements that Tolkien used to make Middle-earth seem real: Elves and dwarves are drawn partly from tradition, of course.
The Halfblood Chronicles is a series of four fantasy books written by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey.The series is set in a mystical world of elves, wizards and dragons. The series is released by Tor Books, and comprises Elvenbane (1991), Elvenblood (1995), Elvenborn (2002), and Elvenbre
Sketch map of Beleriand in the First Age. Gondolin (centre top) is encircled by mountains. The city of Gondolin [a] in Beleriand, in the extreme northwest of Middle-earth, is founded with divine inspiration. The mightiest of the Elvish cities, it is hidden by mountains and endures for centuries before being betrayed and destroyed. [T 2]