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Dates
Born III 2788; survived until at least III 2941
Location
Ravenhill, an outlying hill of Erebor the Lonely Mountain
Species
Ravens
Pronunciation
ro'-ak
Meaning
Unknown1
Titles
Chief of the great ravens of the Mountain

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  • Updated 31 July 2018
  • This entry is complete

Roäc

The old raven of Ravenhill

Carc
Roäc

The chief of the ravens of Ravenhill near Erebor, a descendant of those that had remained on the hill even after Smaug had driven out their old allies, the Dwarves. Roäc was a very ancient bird indeed: his father Carc had seen Smaug descend on the mountain, and Roäc was no less than one hundred and fifty-three years old ('out of the egg', as he put it) when he met Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. It was Roäc who told the adventurers that Smaug was dead, and who arranged for messages to be passed between Thorin and Dáin Ironfoot in preparation for the troubles that followed.


Notes

1

Roäc's name, and that of his father Carc, seem to have been designed to recall the croaking sounds made by real ravens. That is by no means to suggest that the names had no meaning (they quite possibly did in the ravens' own language) but we have no hint as to what that meaning might have been.

See also...

Carc

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  • Updated 31 July 2018
  • This entry is complete

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Roäc

The old raven of Ravenhill

Dates
Born III 2788; survived until at least III 2941
Location
Ravenhill, an outlying hill of Erebor the Lonely Mountain
Species
Ravens
Pronunciation
ro'-ak
Meaning
Unknown1
Titles
Chief of the great ravens of the Mountain

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 31 July 2018
  • This entry is complete

Roäc

The old raven of Ravenhill

Carc
Roäc

The chief of the ravens of Ravenhill near Erebor, a descendant of those that had remained on the hill even after Smaug had driven out their old allies, the Dwarves. Roäc was a very ancient bird indeed: his father Carc had seen Smaug descend on the mountain, and Roäc was no less than one hundred and fifty-three years old ('out of the egg', as he put it) when he met Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. It was Roäc who told the adventurers that Smaug was dead, and who arranged for messages to be passed between Thorin and Dáin Ironfoot in preparation for the troubles that followed.


Notes

1

Roäc's name, and that of his father Carc, seem to have been designed to recall the croaking sounds made by real ravens. That is by no means to suggest that the names had no meaning (they quite possibly did in the ravens' own language) but we have no hint as to what that meaning might have been.

See also...

Carc

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 31 July 2018
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2011, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
A Discus profile report contains more than sixty pages of detailed and relevant information - explore our library of sample DISC reports.