The Hall of Fire

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: the site isn't going to go away, just my role

As Jackson Browne said in the late-70's when Springsteen was headlining with him and someone told him 'they're not booing you, they're yelling Brooooce'...

"What's the difference?"

Wow. Are you truly serious about that? If so, I'm overwhelmed! And yes, its been a Long & Winding Road... I'm really trying to finish this in July, which would make it around 8yrs. But its also the 100th anniversary to the month of when Tolkien himself claimed his Secondary World first sprouted....

#50 Smaug the Golden – winged dragon [TG:155,EoA:27,Wik:25,RF:10,JT:25,DD:34,MD:7,JR:12,JG:1,HC:1,Let:1,LR/SL/CH:8,HM/UT:10=316pts] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Smaug Who else could kick off the top 50, just half a year beyond his short reign as a film-star? Nearly half his points come from Tolki...

#60 Celebrimbor, Lord of Eregion and the Gwaith-i-Mírdain – noldo lord/smith [TG:52,EoA:12,Wik:12,RF:17,JT:73,DD:29,MD:2,DK:1,Let:1,LR/SL/CH:5,UT/HM:18,HoF+:20=242pts] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Celebrimbor We begin the top 60 with the greatest craftsman outside of his grandfather Fëanor. Celeb...

No worries, you were in Chicago to bid adieu to the Dead, weren't you? Did they play either 'Friend of the Devil' or 'Dire Wolf'? #70 Thranduil the Elvenking, 2nd King of the Woodland Realm – sinda king [TG:88,EoA:27,Wik:7,RF:18,JT:52,LR/SL/CH:5,UT/HM:12=209pts] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Thrand...

#80 Beleg Cúthalion, chief of the marchwardens of Doriath – sinda soldier [TG:47,EoA:4,Wik:18,RF:21,JT:31,MD:2,DK:1,JG:1,LR/SL/CH:12,HM/UT:53,HoF+:3=193pts] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beleg A healthy amount of points awarded to him across the board, including 3pts from several favourite-charact...

VtF, I've made edits to the following entries on the main-list: #98 Nienna, #133 Eriol, #247 Azaghâl, and #267 Ghân-buri-Ghân. The latter 2 being just musical changes, while the former 2 were errors I made in the entries, caught too late. #133 simply corrects Gondolin for Nargothrond, and #98 extrac...

Pink Floyd's 'Mother' was Gilraen's song, back near #300. John Lennon's 'Mother' is still to come. As for Míriel's place, I guess its a good thing I weighted the votes from the initial thread here so high or she wouldn't be anywhere near the top-100. And while that thread of long ago asked the quest...

I’m making a few changes to expedite this process. The #’s 101, 100, 99 (Arvedui, Barahir, Tulkas) were the last characters to be in a 3-way tie, and were ranked according to their number of indexed pages, as I’ve been doing all along. As there are only a half-dozen or so characters left in 2-way ti...

I'm from Canada. Being a hockey fan is a constitutional requirement. Glad you appreciated Band on the Run. McCartney's Blackbird (from the same concert I believe) started us at #300 for Roäc, so I thought it particularly appropriate. As for Goldberry & Space Oddity, I decided in my summary to st...

Yes, sorry! (The Stanley Cup has been hoisted, so my time should be undeviatingly devoted to the final stretch!) We’re now in the Top 100 characters of the Legendarium; and those that remain, I have no doubt are the Giants of Arda! (The accompanying secondary list I hope also approaches its respecti...

The question then becomes who, in the top-100, would you displace? Which we can follow up on... ;) Since my favourite radio station just had their annual Top-500 Memorial Day Classic Rock Song Countdown, I’ll post the songs that so far overlap with the list here, attempting to prove I’m nearing the ...

#110 Meneldil, 3rd King of Gondor – gondorian dúnadan king [TG:39,EoA:72,Wik:8,RF:3,JT:15,MD:2,LR:1,Sil:1,UT:4,H8:2,H12:4=151pts,24indx.pgs] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Meneldil Meneldil may be a bit of an anomaly. Nearly half his points derive from the Encyclopedia of Arda , because of his leng...

#120 Caradhras the Cruel (n) – mountain [TG:30,EoA:11,Wik:18,RF:10,JT:21,MD:5,LR:6,H5:6,H6:12,H7:12,H9:2,H12:6=139pts,63indx.pgs] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Caradhras Yes, this admittedly pushes the limits of those entities that display a hint of sentience in order to make my list. But stone-gi...

First Ben E., now B.B., R.I.P! (And as music deaths seem to come in threes, and Albert, Freddie, and King Curtis are all long gone, if I were Carole, I’d check myself into a hospice soon). I do honour the legend with the 3rd King appearing below... #130 Tar-Palantir, 24th King of Númenor – númenórea...

#140 Óin, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer [TG:55,EoA:2,Wik:1,RF:6,JT:22,DD:13,JR:14,LR:1,H6:4,H7:2,H12:2=122pts,45indx.pgs] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Oin All of Thorin’s company are coming in steadily now, each with varying scores, as Fili below will attest. Óin was one of B...

Not that easy, since there are so many classic rock songs referencing the Sun, but yeah, in the end it had to be.

And RIP Ben E. King!

Wait no more... #150 Kili, companion of Thorin Oakenshield – dwarf adventurer [TG:66,EoA:2,Wik:4,RF:5,JT:3,DD:12,MD:1,JR:15,LR:1,H12:2=111pts,49indx.pgs] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Kili Well, the top-eighth of the overall master-list of 1200 begins appropriately with another one of the 13 dwarve...

#160 Ar-Adûnakhôr, 20th Ruler of Númenor – númenórean king [TG:23,EoA:14,Wik:3,RF:9,JT:21,LR:3,Sil:3,UT:10,LoE:11,H5:2,H12:6=105pts,15indx.pgs] http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ar-Ad%C3%BBnakh%C3%B4r Tar-Herunúmen was his Quenya name, still inscribed in the scrolls out of fear of the Valar. In fact, ...

Haven't been keeping tabs on that lately, but I'm sure, with my many mistakes, that its proving to be necessary. Glad you enjoy the music! 160 great songs to come... and, oh yeah, some important characters too!