The north wind doth blow, and soon we shall have… Tolkien Secret Santa 2018!
Welcome to the Tolkien Secret Santa, a digital gift exchange held during the festive end-of-year season. Everyone who participates gets to receive a small digital present from an anonymous Secret Santa and make a small Secret Santa present of their own, which could take any number of forms: a fic, a playlist, an artwork, a poem, or an edit. The only limits are the gifter’s imagination!
Here’s how you can participate:
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Sign upon this pagestarting November 1st, which includes the full joining instructions. Please read them carefully!
Follow this blog! This way you’ll get updates, inspiration/ideas for gifts, and relevant information about the event.
Receive your giftee’s details by December 1st.
Post your small gift – anonymously! – starting December 14th.
Tag your Secret Santa on December 24th!
Make sure to keep an eye on the blog for updates, fun prompts for interaction during the challenge, reblogged content after the 24th, and more.
Our full guide, including FAQ, important dates, and the event code of conduct, can be accessed here. Please read it carefully to ensure that everyone has a smooth and enjoyable exchange.
Here’s to a wonderful Tolkien Secret Santa 2018!
Thanks to everyone who has liked, reblogged, and commented so far! It’s been brought to our attention that the links above aren’t working on reblogs because they went to our original URL, so here are the working ones!
Despite the desire of the Silvan Elves to meddle as little as might be in the affairs of the Noldor and Sindar, or of any other peoples, Dwarves, Men, or Orcs, Oropher had the wisdom to foresee that peace would not return unless Sauron was overcome. He therefore assembled a great army of his now numerous people, and joining with the lesser army of Malgalad of Lórien he led the host of the Silvan Elves to battle. The Silvan Elves were hardy and valiant, but ill-equipped with armour or weapons in comparison with the Eldar of the West; also they were independent, and not disposed to place themselves under the supreme command of Gil-galad. Their losses were thus more grievous than they need have been, even in that terrible war… . Oropher was slain in the first assault upon Mordor, rushing forward at the head of his most doughty warriors before Gilgalad had given the signal for the advance. Thranduil his son survived, but when the war ended and Sauron was slain (as it seemed) he led back home barely a third of the army that had marched to war.
Unfinished Tales, “The History of Galadriel and Celeborn.”
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