Endnotes
i. J.R.R. Tolkein, The Silmarilliion, Ballantine Books, 1981, pg. 3
ii. ibid, pg. 324-325.
iii. J.R.R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Houghton-Mifflin
Company, 1994, pgs. 356-7
iv. Isaiah 53:7-11
v. Aeschylus, Agamemnon
vi. Unless you count the myth of the Nephilim in Genesis 5, and that's really a stretch.
vii. The most powerful detail in the end is Frodo's final corruption by the Ring. Arriving at
Mount Doom, he declares that he will claim the Ring for himself, alerting Sauron to his
presence. Frodo is undone by Smeagol, who in his lust to have the ring, bites it from Frodo's
hands, and exulting over the return of his Precious, falls into the fires, taking the Ring with him.
Thus, even Evil's corruption turns against itself.
viii. Essos, where Danaerys Targaryen spends most of the story, Sothyros, a dangerous jungle
continent, and the mysterious Ulthos.
ix. A fan-created name for the world of Westeros,but a useful one.
x. This dualism and the faiths penchant for fire suggest a nod to Zorastrianism.
xi. George R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia, Jr, and Linda Antonsson, The World of Ice and Fire,
Bantam Books, 2014, pg. 286
xii. ibid, pg. 306
xiii. ibid, pg. 307
xiv. Ibid, pg. 303
xv. Chambers himself borrowed the name "Carcosa" from a short story by Ambrose Bierce.
xvi. The World of Ice and Fire, pg. 308
xvii. Because the show is finished, I have relied largely on its version of events.
xviii. Aeschylus, Agamemnon