Tolkien writes that Smaug's rage was the kind which " is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy lose something they have long had but never before used or wanted.

In the prologue to The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien writes that Hobbits are between two and four feet ( 0. 61 – 1. 22 m ) tall, the average height being three feet six inches ( 1. 07 m ).

In Unfinished Tales Tolkien writes that on the 20th of September in Gríma was captured by the Nazgûl in the fields of the Rohirrim, while on his way to Isengard to inform Saruman of Gandalf's arrival at Edoras.

In The Lord of the Rings Tolkien writes that they breed slowly, for no more than a third of them are female, and not all marry ; also, female Dwarves look and sound ( and dress, if journeying — which is rare ) so alike to Dwarf-males that other folk cannot distinguish them, and thus others wrongly believe Dwarves grow out of stone.

In this long line, Tolkien writes, there appeared occasionally " an heir so like to his Forefather that he received the name of Durin.

J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, stayed in Great Haywood during the winter of 1916 / 17 and in his story ' The Tale of the Sun and the Moon ' ( The Book of Lost Tales 1 ) he writes about a gnome called Gilfanon who owned an ancient house "... the House of a Hundred Chimneys, that stands nigh the bridge of Tavrobel ".

In The History of Middle-earth Tolkien writes about an Orc captain named Boldog but later specifies that Boldog may have been either a term or a title for another special kind of Orc instead of a personal name.

Tolkien writes that these bore a white Elf-rune with the value of " S " on their helmets.

All Tolkien writes of her then, though, is that she died there in the water.

Tolkien writes that Faramir was outnumbered by ten times at Osgiliath, where he lost one third of his men.

Fram slew the dragon Scatha the Worm, and according to some accounts was killed in dissension between the Éothéod and the Dwarves arising from the distribution of Scatha's hoard ; as a result, Tolkien writes, " There was no great love between Éothéod and the Dwarves.

Although Tolkien writes that Nandorin Elves came down the Anduin as early as the First Age, it is only in the Second Age that Elves are mentioned specifically near Dol Amroth.

Tolkien writes that their race became mixed with lesser men, and " quickly dwindled ".

In an early draft of the " Music of the Ainur ", Tolkien writes: "... Only one thing I have added, the fire that giveth Life and Reality, and behold, the secret fire burnt at the heart of the world .".

In The Hobbit, Tolkien writes of the protagonist and title character Bilbo Baggins composing his memoirs.

Tolkien writes of several other historical documents related to the Red Book, but it is unclear whether these were integrated into editions.

His fate is not described, although Tolkien writes almost all of the servants of Sauron that fought before the gates of Minas Tirith were killed.

Tolkien writes nothing else about Gothmog — not even what race of beings he belonged to.

Other errors include the pronunciation of " Dúnedain " as rhyming with " pain " — whereas it should rhyme with " dine ", as Tolkien writes in one of his appendices.

The 20th-century fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien anglicized Álfheim as Elvenhome, or Eldamar in the speech of the Elves.

J. R. R. Tolkien, in the legendarium surrounding his Elves, uses " Gnomes " as a name of the Noldor, the most gifted and technologically minded of his elvish races, in conscious exploitation of the similarity with gnomic ; Gnomes is thus Tolkien's English loan-translation of Quenya Noldor, " those with knowledge ".

In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.

In the early 30s Tolkien decided that the proto-language of the Elves was Valarin, the tongue of the gods or Valar: " The language of the Elves derived in the beginning from the Valar, but they change it even in the learning, and moreover modified and enriched it constantly at all times by their own invention.

Along with a few words in Khuzdul, Tolkien also developed runes of his own invention ( the Cirth ), said to have been invented by Elves and later adopted by the Dwarves.

In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien uses the main dwarf character Gimli to finally reconcile the conflict between Elves and Dwarves through showing great courtesy to Galadriel and forming a deep friendship with Legolas.

In the last interview before his death, Tolkien, after discussing the nature of Elves, briefly says of his Dwarves: " The dwarves of course are quite obviously, wouldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews?

Tolkien used Dwarves, instead, which corresponds with Elf and Elves.

Tolkien tells of two Balrogs slain by Elves in the fall of Gondolin.

Eldamar is " Elvenhome ", the " coastal region of Aman, settled by the Elves ", wrote Tolkien.

In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien, Calaquendi means in Quenya " Light-folk ", but was often translated " Elves of the Light ".

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Vanyar are the fairest and most noble of the High Elves.

Tolkien explained that " the word Quenya itself has been cited as an exempla ( e. g. by Ælfwine ), but this is a mistake due to supposition that kwenya was properly kwendya and directly derived from the name Quendi " Elves ".

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Noldor ( meaning those with knowledge in Quenya ) are Elves of the Second Clan who migrated to Valinor and lived in Eldamar.

Their hair colour was usually very dark brown ( according to Tolkien, Elves did not have absolute black hair ), but red and even white (" silver ") hair exist among them too.

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the fictional Sindar ( meaning Grey People, singular Sinda, although the latter term was not generally used by Tolkien ) are Elves of Telerin descent.

In the fictional word of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Nandor ( singular Nando ) were Elves of the Third Clan.

In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Edain () were men ( humans ) who made their way into Beleriand in the First Age, and were friendly to the Elves.

Sindarin was a language Tolkien created and described the Elves of Middle-Earth to possess ; who " awoke " the Ents and taught them language.

These show the influence of the world of Tolkien and the elves, especially the " High Elves " are by far the most powerful race of C & S1.

* The Minor Arcana consist of highly skilled magicians such as the Alchemist seeking the philosopher's stone and the potion of immortality, the Jewelsmith Artificer, which manufactures protective amulets and rings Powers ( similar the Elves of Eregion who were manipulated by Sauron in the work of Tolkien ), the Mechanician Artificer that makes the statues come alive, mechanisms and magical traps, the Weaponsmith Artificer that manufactures weapons and armor magic ( a class in which Dwarves particularly excel ), the Astrologer who reads the future in the stars and Diviner which reads the future in Tarot cards.

In the Quenta Silmarillion Tolkien wrote, " From that day the hearts of the Elves were estranged from Men, save only those of the Three Houses of the Edain.