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Axe and Bow

A Legolas and Gimli fan archive

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...including references to Tolkien's works and online reference material for Legolas & Gimli fanfiction writers, as well as sources for general Middle-earth information.

Contents

• Gimli - information and background
• Legolas - information and background
• Dwarf information
• Elf information
• Middle-earth information and reference material
• Miscellaneous pages

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Gimli - information and background

• JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit. (Family background)
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, Unfinished Tales. For Gandalf's account of the events of The Hobbit, as told to Frodo, Sam and Gimli.
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle Earth Series, Volumes 7-9. (See the Axebow 'The bits we missed' page.)
• Axebow - The Gimli Page

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Legolas - information and background

• JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit. (Family background)
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle Earth Series, Volumes 7-9. (See the Axebow 'The bits we missed' page.)
• Speaking of Legolas - Suite101.com. Article by Michael Martinez
• Legolas of Mirkwood, Prince Among Equals by Ellen Brundige
• Axebow - The Legolas Page

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The Dwarves

• General
• JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit.
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle Earth Series, Volumes 12 (The Peoples of Middle-earth) Part 1 ch. IX (iii) and Part 2 Ch. X.
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle Earth Series, Volumes 11 (The War of the Jewels) Part II.15.
• Annals of Arda; Dwarves
• Tolkien Encyclopaedia - Dwarf Section
• The Grey Havens - Dwarves - Dwarf list
• Then Dwarves, Them Dwarves - Suite101.com. Article by Michael Martinez
• Then Dwarves, Them Dwarves Part II - Suite101.com. Article by Michael Martinez
• History
• JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit. Particularly ch. 1
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix A.3
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle Earth Series, Volumes 12 (The Peoples of Middle-earth) Part 1 ch. IX (iii) and Part 2 Ch. X.
• Clan Gimli - The history of Dwarves
• The Grey Havens - What were the origins of the Dwarves
• Genealogies
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix A.3
• Languages
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix F.1
• JRR Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien, The History of Middle Earth Series, Volumes 12 (The Peoples of Middle-earth) Part 1 ch. 2 and Part 2 Ch. X.
• Ardalambion - Khuzdul Wordlist and Discussion
• Names
• Tolkien Encyclopaedia - On Dwarvish Names
• Where Tolkien got his Dwarf-Names from - An extract from the poetic Edda, supplied by Camilla Sandman
• The Old Norse Language - excellent resource for Old Norse words, including a section on Old Norse names and their structures.
• Viking Names found in the Landnamabok - Nore Old Norse names than you can shake a large pointy stick at.

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The Elves

• General
• JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, and almost all of The History of Middle-earth... Tolkien liked Elves.
• Annals of Arda; Elves
• Tolkien Encyclopaedia - Elves' Section
• History
• JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion.
• JRR Tolkien, Unfinished Tales, Part 2.IV. 'The History of Galadriel and Celeborn'.
• Genealogies
• JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion.
• Languages
• Ardalambion - Sindarin Wordlist
• Ardalambion - The Quenya Page
• Appleyard's Quenya Document
• The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
• Miscellaneous
• The Wild, Wild, Wood-elf West - Suite101.com. Article by Michael Martinez
• Do Elves dream of eclectic sleep - Suite101.com. Article by Michael Martinez

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Middle-earth Reference

• General
• Need we mention Tolkien's writings? I would hope not.
• The Encyclopaedia of Arda
• The Grey Havens
• Tolkien Encyclopedia Interactive Edition
• History
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendix B (The Tale of Years)
• Alberto Monteiro's Tolkien Page - Chronology
• The Grey Havens - Middle-earth A Chronology of the First Age
• Languages
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Appendices E & F
• Ardalambion - The pick of the Tolkienian Languages sites.
• Google Directory - Tolkien Languages category
• The Tolkien Language List (TolkLang)
• Geography
• JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion. Includes maps of Beleriand.
• JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit. Includes map of the Lonely Mountain, Dale etc.
• JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. Includes maps of Middle-earth in the Third Age.
• Barbara Strachey, Journeys of Frodo
• Karen Wynn Fonstad, The Atlas of Tolkien's Middle-earth
• Tolkien Atlas Home Page
• The Tolkien Archives - maps and charts of Middle-Earth and other lands...

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Miscellaneous useful sites and resources

• The Beta-Readers Index. Note that a lot of the betas listed won't touch L/G, alas.
• How do Characters in Tolkien's M-e look like? - from Alberto Monteira's Tolkien site
• Suite 101 - Articles by Michael Martinez

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