The Lays of Arda, showing connection between Middle Earth & our world, based on the unfinished #Tolkein story The Lost Road.

Detail of Arda showing men in the Ice Age being driven into the caves; above is Babylonian forging bronze weapons. #tolkein

Detail from Arda showing Mountain Orcs slaying Isildor and the one ring being lost. Below is the Battle of Bywater. #tolkein

Detail of Arda showing Sauron killing Gil-Galad and Haerendil, Elendil's father, in the background #tolkein

Detail of Arda showing the sinking of Numenor in the 2nd age, and Elendil & his sons escaping with the Palantir seeing stones #tolkein

Detail from The Lays of Arda showing mythical coming of the Tuatha De Danaan to Ireland #tolkein

Best $6 purchase ever. #lord of the rings #lotr #tolkein #middleearth #books

Lord of the Rings Drinking Game. #LOTR

Nerdgasm x2! #lotr #tolkein

Nerdgasm! #lotr #tolkein

Frodo has been in Tucson the whole time!? Owns a sandwich shop... #LOTR #Tolkein

Most recently-read awesomesauce book: The Hobbit by J.R.R. #Tolkein

Back to photos. Perrot's Folly, Edgbaston, apparently inspiration for JRR #Tolkein's Two Towers. He lived nearby.

A sea of orcs dashing against the walls of an elven city!