Contributors

I would like to thank Måns Björkman for providing the family trees. Also thanks to Helge K. Fauskanger (of Ardalambion) for allowing me to post his essay 'Tolkien's Tolkien's Not-So-Secret Vice'.
Thank you Ryan Lovett of Rolozo Tolkien for providing most of the art on this site.

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Site FAQ

1. When was the site created?

I created this site on the 10^th of May 2000 and it is still heavily under construction.

2. What is Calacirya?

Calacirya is Quenya for light-cleft. The Calacirya was the great ravine in the Pelóri (the mountain chain that ran down the east of Aman - the Undying Lands). It was the only pass in the mountains and was created so that the Telori could still see the stars while enjoying the Light of the Two Trees.

"Even among the radiant flowers of the Tree-lit gardens of Valinor they longed still at times to see the stars; and therefore a gap was made in the great walls of the Pelóri,"
(The Silmarillion, Of Eldamar)

The high green hill of Túna was raised in the Calacirya and "upon the crown of Túna the city of the Elves was built, the white walls and terraces of Tirion; and the highest of the highest of the towers of that city was the Tower of Ingwë, Mindon Eldaliéva, whose silver lamp shone far out into the mists of the sea." (ibid.). After Morgoth escaped from Valinor the Calacirya was fortified, "in the Calacirya they set strong towers and sentinels,"(The Silmarillion, Of the Sun and the Moon).
I thought because of what it was, Calacirya would be good name for my site which I hope lets a little light through.

3. Which html editor has been used

I haven't used one, I can't afford one, I just used Notepad. However for a few of the images I used Adobe Photoshop which I was luckily able to borrow from the library.

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5. How does the counter work?

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Here are some banners of mine, which you might want to use as links. I would recommend you upload them on to your site but if you want to link directly to them then feel free, but the URL may change.

Site Design

I have used various free services in the making of the site. I would like to recommend the following companies for providing a very good service.
Bravenet provides the Poll, Guestbook, feedback form and Site Search.
The counter is provided by thecounter.com that provides me with lots of interesting statistics.
I have submitted my site to various search engines using SiteAdd who also provide a counter, which is equally as good as mine.
The Random Quote is provided by htmlGEAR.

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