The Black Speech On The One Ring While Tolkien generally calls the language Rohan, after the people who spoke it, scholars of his work now generally prefer the term Rohirric. The language was ...

Populated as it is with elves, demons and magic of all kinds, J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is perhaps the most influential fantasy narrative of the past century. But few things ...

The speech’s placement during the darkest moment ... reminding both characters and the audience of what they’re fighting for. Where Tolkien describes this event through secondhand exposition ...