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[2] [8] The Sundering allowed Tolkien to explain the existence of Norse mythology's Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar, Dark and Light Elves. The Dark Elves, who lived underground in Svartalfheim ("Black Elfhome"), are rehabilitated by Tolkien as his Moriquendi. The Light Elves lived in Alfheim ("Elfhome") and correspond to his Calaquendi. [2]
The First Sundering was mentioned in Lost Empires of Faerün (2005) and The Grand History of the Realms (2007), and again in Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (2008). The first two books are supplements written for D&D v3.5 and the later book is the official Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide for D&D 4th Edition. [citation needed]
The first campaign guide for the new edition, the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (2015), was released on November 3, 2015, and only covered a fraction of the Forgotten Realms. [52] [9] It describes the 2013 Sundering event, referred to as the Second Sundering in the book, and its consequences in game terms and lore. [53]
In his 2022 book Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth, Robert Stuart on the other hand describes Tolkien's emphasis on Aragorn's ancestry as "aristocratic racism", likening Tolkien's implied views on race to those of the French 19th century diplomat Arthur de Gobineau, which he characterises as "anti-democratic, anti-national and, above ...
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The 'stories' were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse. To me a name comes first and the story follows." [2] The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger writes that [3] it is important to remember that all of Tolkien's studies, the focus of his profession, was a concentration on the importance of the word.
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[2] Elves were directly dangerous, too: the medical condition "elf-shot", described in the spell Gif hors ofscoten sie, "if a horse is elf-shot", meaning some kind of internal injury, [12] was associated both with neolithic flint arrowheads and the temptations of the devil. Tolkien takes "elf-shot" as a hint to make his elves skilful in archery ...