lotr meme: six locations [4/6] → Minas Morgul
All was dark about it, earth and sky, but it was lit with light. Not the imprisoned moonlight welling through the marble walls of Minas Ithil long ago, Tower of the Moon, fair and radiant in the hollow of the hills. Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing.
ioda:
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
lotr + (some of) my favorite shots for nan–elmoth
I will not say “Do not weep”, for not all tears are an evil.
I Aear can vên na mar.
The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever. But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted. And the Ring of Power has a will of its own.
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings.
My dear Sam, you cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do. Your part in this story will go on.
I know what I must do. It’s just… I’m afraid to do it.
The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit!
graphic giveaway winner: @cutetauriel“I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales.” - “What?” - “I wonder if people will ever say, ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’ And they’ll say ‘Yes, that’s one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn’t he, Dad?’ ‘Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that’s saying a lot.” - “You’ve left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam… Frodo wouldn’t have gotten far without Sam.” - “Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn’t make fun. I was being serious.” - “So was I.”
What are we holding on to, Sam?
