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Lord of The Rings || Wonder Woman
AUTHOR’s NOTE:
Gal Gadot = Diana
Orlando Bloom = Legolas
More will be explained in the 2nd Chapter - The Amazons, but here's a brief summary of how LOTR and Wonder Woman are connected in the story:
This story combines the origin story/movie plot of Wonder Woman as well as the LOTR movies and mythology.
To understand the mythology of LOTR better, a video is provided above^^^
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Themyscira is an island off the coast of the mainland of Middle Earth. This is where Diana and the Amazons live.
They used to live on the mainland amongst Men, Elves, Dwarves, etc. but after Isildur refused to destroy the One Ring after the Battle of The Last Alliance and the defeat of Sauron, Isildur threatened war on the Amazons when they persisted he throw the ring in the fires of Mount Doom.
After seeing how corrupt Men have become and after the Nine ringbearers of Men fell to the dominion of the One Ring (becoming the Ringwraiths/Nazgûl), the Amazons immigrated to Themyscira and swore that they will never involve themselves in the matters of Men ever again. No Men are allowed to step foot on Themyscira as punishment for betraying the Amazons.
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Rather than the Greek gods such as Zeus and Ares who were the creators of Men in the Wonder Woman movie, they will be replaced by Eru Ilúvatar and the Ainur/Valar, who were the creator of all existence and the supreme beings in LOTR.
The Amazons as a race were created by the One True God Ilúvatar alongside the race of Men during the Years of The Sun near the end of the First Age and upon the dawn of the Second Age after the awakening of the Elves. (I'm saying this based on research, so please correct me if I'm wrong). They are the third of the Children of Ilúvatar.
Much like Elves and unlike Men, the Amazons are an immortal race; they can live for thousands of years and not age and are immune to disease.
However, Amazons may die or be slain by injuries to vital organs, are susceptible to poison, and can freeze/burn to death.
When he saw that mankind was easily corrupted and that their desire for power turned them against each other, Eru Ilúvatar created the Amazons to influence mankind's hearts with love and to keep peace in Middle Earth.
Throughout history, the Amazons have always stood beside mankind. While mankind were given the gift of mortality, the Amazons are immortal in order to help mankind for generations.
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Diana, much like her origin story from the DC Universe, was sculpted from clay by her mother Hippolyta.
Since the Amazons were a race of all women and had turned their backs from Men, Hippolyta yearned to have a child but was unable to conceive.
In an act of desperation, she sculpted a baby with clay and prayed and begged for Eru Ilúvatar (the supreme being of the universe/creator of all existence) to breathe life into the baby made of clay with the Secret Fire (the ancient Flame Imperishable/The Flames of Anor).
The Ainur saw Hippolyta's grief and sorrow and sang a song (The Music of Ainur) of sorrow in return. Through the song, the Flame Imperishable was passed into the baby and breathed life into it.
Hippolyta wiped away the clay to find flesh; a real baby in her arms.
Although the Ainur allowed Hippolyta to have a child, since she had neglected her purpose as an Amazon and turned her back on Mankind by fleeing to Themyscira, the Ainur decreed that Hippolyta's daughter, Diana, must fulfill her duty and return to mankind to finish what Hippolyta hadn't.
Diana was destined by the Ainur to take an important role in the defeat of Sauron to restore mankind back to its former glory: Diana is the only one capable of killing the Nazgûl; the corrupted beings of the ringbearers of mankind who are now under Sauron's control.
Since the Nazgûl were once Men who were overtaken by their desire for power, it is only right for an Amazon to have the power to defeat them.
In this context, Diana is to be Hippolyta's greatest joy as well as her punishment from the supreme god Ilúvatar.