Did you know?... Middle-earth Fun-Fact of The Month!

Did you know...

That the famed and coveted Dwarvish metal of "Mithril" actually has an Elvish name? As Bilbo gave his dear nephew Frodo the "small shirt of mail" before his departure in Rivendell, he said, "It is as light as a feather... and as hard as dragon scales." The name Mithril consists of two Sindarin words: mith ("grey, light grey") + ril ("brilliance"). Click here to read more on the interesting lore of Mithril!