#falmari

[maellor]

So i was rereading The Duel of Finrod and Sauron and i noticed something:

"... Then the gloom gathered: darkness growing

in Valinor, the red blood flowing

beside the sea, where the Gnomes slew

the Foamriders, and stealing drew

their white ships with their white sails

from lamplit havens..."

- Lay of Leithian

Calling the Falmari "foamriders" instead of "mariners" or something along those lines makes me think that, perhaps, they weren't only great shipwrights, mariners, fisherpeople etc.

They were surfers.

And then i can't help but imagine Finrod and his brothers surfing during their visits at Alqualonde. Perhaps the Arafinwians once dragged their cousins to Alqualonde to teach them how to surf (and to show off their own exquisite skills in it).

#the Teleri are surfers #Ulmo sends them his best waves #Feanor being angry that Finarfin's children can do something that his sons can't but still refusing to let the Arafinwians teach them #even if the Feanorians had learned surfing crossing the sea with surf boards would be impossible so kinslaying it is #had to actually stop thinking about the kinslaying to notice the wording in the lay #no idea if this had been said before because i'm new here #the Duel of Finrod and Sauron #Lay of Leithian #Finrod Felagund #Arafinwians #Teleri #Falmari #my first post

[silmarillion-dnd]

Elvers:

Masterlist

Eldar:

Vanyar:

About: The Vanyar are the smallest host of Eldar, and were all blessed by Manwe who gave them gifts of poetry and song. All Vanyar have + 2 when using their voice, for singing or convincing others and advantage on Intelligence. They prefer to fight with spears and have white banners in battle. They are residents of Oiolossë and Valimar. They speak Sindarin (common) and Quenya (the Vanyar dialect). If they were born in Valinor they glow in the dark meaning enemies might spot them.

Description: The Vanyar all have golden hair.

Noldor:

About: The Noldor is the second host of the Eldar. Noldor means those who know, showing their thirst for knowledge. They are known for being the most skillful of the Eldar hosts and were loved by Aule, whom they learned from. Their most known skills include developing their language, building castles and towns, gem cutting, and smithing. They are also infamously known as being the proudest of the Elvers. They have advantage in Intelligence and Wisdom. As a Noldor you can be devoted to any of the Valar except Namo. They favor swords and shields above other weapons. They are residents of Tirion, Formenos, Nevrast, Hithlum, Gondolin, Nargothrond, Dorhonion, All East Beleriand, and Lindon (all over Beleriand these are just the most known of). They speak Sindarin (common) and Quenya. If they were born in Valinor they glow in the dark meaning enemies might spot them.

Description: The Noldor are known for their black (dark) and a few times red hair, and grey eyes. They are about 7 feet tall.

Teleri:

About: The Teleri is the third and largest host of the Eldar who moved to Valinor. They are known for their fair voices, which they were once named after. They have advantage in Intelligence and Charisma. They are residents of Alqualondë, Isle of Balar, Ossiriand, Doriath, Tol Eressëa, and Mithlond. They speak Sindarin (common), Quenya, Telerin, and Nandorin. If they were born in Valinor they glow in the dark meaning enemies might spot them.

Description: They are known for their mostly silver, and at times dark, hair, and some were said to have skin so pale it was described as white.

Falmari (Sub-Race of the Teleri): The Falmari were the Teleri who took the Great Journey into Beleriand and reached Valinor, and are known for their ships. They are residents of Alqualondë and Tol Eressëa. They speak Sindarin (common), Quenya, and Telerin.

Sindar (Sub-Race of the Teleri): The Sindar, also known as the grey Elvers are good singers, woodsmen, and shipbuilders. Their hair is usually dark. They are residents in Doriath, the Falas, and Nan Elmoth (all over Beleriand these are just the most known of). They speak Sindarin (common).

Nandor (Sub-Race of the Teleri): The Nandor is the Teleri who turned aside from the Great Journey to the Misty Mountains, they are described as having white skin, and dark or brown hair, and are great lovers of nature and animals in the dark and deep forests, and are a very secretive folk. They are called green Elvers. They are farmers out from their name Nandor which means farmer. They are residents of Lothlórien, as the first people there, Greenwood the Great (although that´s first mentioned in the second age, they where the first residents there so they probably where there in the first age too), Belfalas, Ithilien, might have been the first there, and Ethir Anduin, as the first people there. They speak Sindarin (common), Silvan Elvish, and Nandorin (their own language). If you play as a Nandor you automatically have an Elven Cloak (a cloak that can blend into any form of environment and gives you +3 on stealth).

Silvan (Sub-Race of the Nando): Silvan, also known as wood Elvers, are rivals to Dwarves, and descending of the Nandor who choose to live in the Vales of Anduin. They are residents of Lothlórien, Ithilien, Edhellond, Greenwood the Great, and Belfalas. They speak Sindarin (common) and Silvan Elvish (their own langue). If you play as a Silvan you automatically have an Elven Cloak (a cloak that can blend into any form of environment and gives you +3 on stealth).

Avari (Moriquendi): 

About: The Avari, or unwilling according to the Vanyar and Noldor, where the Elvers who refused to take the great journey. Some of them are said to know dark magic (following the letters and drafts it´s either song or rune magic (you can choose only one if playing an Avari)) and others where said to be corrupted by Morgoth or having turned savage in the wild, and their biggest rivals are said to be the Eldar. What is known about them is that they lived in tribes with unique and private cultures and rituals, some big others small, consisting of usually family, although only six tribes are mentioned; Kindi, Cuind, Hwenti, Windan, Kinn-lai, Penni. They are residents of Eriador, Rhûn, Taur-Im-Duinath, and the Vales of Anduin. They speak Sindarin (common) and various Avarin languages (their own languages).

Description: Nothing is said about how they look.

Pros: They have advantage in Dexterity, Constitution,  history, and arcane rolls. They have darkvision and can´t get sick, they are also immune to the spell sickness unless it´s a powerful Ainur who cast it.Cons: A lot of other races can be hostile against them, they are also hostile to each other, and a lot of the time won't want to make alliances. Elvers are also all stubborn, and usually convinced they are the only ones who are right. All Elvers take a quarter more damage in psychic attacks than other races.

#tolkien #jrr tolkien #silmarillion #vanyar #noldor #teleri #falmari #sindar #nandor #silvan #avari #moriquendi #silmarillion d&d

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

peoples of middle-earth ❖ the falmari

"In water they had great delight, and those that came at last to the western shores were enamoured of the sea. The Sea-elves therefore they became in the land of Aman, the Falmari, for they made music beside the breaking waves."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor”

[ID: A picspam consisting of 12 images in shades of grey and brown, both tinged with purple.

1: A brown-skinned person in profile against the sky. They have long dark hair, a pearl earring, and are wearing a sheer white garment that partially obscures their face / 2: Pearls in various shapes / 3: White text with a faint shadow reads “falmari” in all caps / 4: A circle of columns in water / 5: Moon jellies / 6: A person with dark skin and wavy black hair shown from the back. They are wearing a piece of jewelry like a camisole, but its made of pearls / 7: A close-up showing the face of a brown-skinned model with vitiligo, which causes them to have sections of paler skin as well / 8: Wet sand strewn with pebbles and shells / 9: The engraved mouthpiece of a silver flute, inset with purple jewels / 10: Same format as Image 3, but the text reads “wave-folk” in all lowercase / 11: Fishing nets / 12: A swan bending its head to the water /End ID]

#edits with the wild hunt #brought to you by me #the professor’s world #the silmarillion #elves elves elves #falmari #silmedit #tolkienedit #elvensource #oneringnet #fandomaesnet #fantasycreatorsnet #mepoc #described #picspam

[the-lady-auri]

Rûvain

"Beside the Sea, where the Noldor slew The Foamriders, and stealing drew Their white ships with their white sails From lamplit havens"  My falmari oc Rûvain, Eldest of Olwë's line. It is rumored though, that he is actually one of the first born... Whatever the truth, he acts as a son of Olwë Commissions open, see pinned post

#elf #oc #original character #lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #falmari #teleri #Olwe #Auri's Art #noldor #tolkien

[silmawensgarden]

Hairstyles for the elven groups

So I've been thinking about sharing some of my designs for the different groups of elves in middle earth.

Here I'm going with the hairstyles, I'll probably post clothing styles later as well.

Noldor + Vanyar ↑↑

The noldor have a love for crafting and beautiful things. My HC is therefore also that they don't go easy on the jewelry. And since hair + elves is already pretty serious business, decorating something like hair would be seen as adding more beauty to a somewhat sacred thing.

I read somewhere that the vanyar preferred to wear more modest jewelry. But my own HC is actually that they very much enjoy using 'sun'-symbolism. So lots of bright golden jewelry in Halo styles adorned with flowers.

Teleri/Falmari + Nandor ↑↑

Teleri and Falmari people in my HC use pearls and seashells the most in their jewelry making. Since they have such a close bond to the sea, I think it wouldn't be uncommon for them to have mastered the art of using pearls and shells to their liking.

The Nandor being one group of elves that is closest to nature, I believe that they would mostly use natural accessories for their hair like flowers or vines.

Avari + Silvan ↓↓

Avari were the unwilling ones because of their overpowering love for the stars. Because of this I do HC them to mostly use darker colors in combination with night blooming flowers. Especially ones that resemble stars. So their hair will likely have pearly flowers braided into it to represent starlight.

The Silvans are another group that is close to nature; woodland elves. I HC that they use similar jewelry and Accessories as the Nandor but they also use more classical metal jewelry. Hairstyles can be intricate or just left loose.

#silmarillion #tolkien #elves #noldor #vanyar #nandor #silvan #avari #silmarillion art #silm art #teleri #falmari #hairstyles for elves can go on for way longer than I'm able to write right now xd

[vorbarrsultana]

The HOUSE OF ELWЁ was a noble house of Telerin elves. It was founded by Elwë (Elu Thingol), who led the Teleri to Valinor. However, along the way they split into many different groups. Throughout the Ages, Thingol, his younger brothers, and their descendants ruled numerous kingdoms both in Aman and Middle-Earth. The most notable members of this house were king Thingol himself, his daughter Lúthien, Elwing the White, Olwë, the King of Alqualondë, and lord Celeborn of Lothlórien. King Thranduil of Mirkwood and his son Legolas most likely were closely related to the House of Elwë as well.

#litedit #tolkienedit #tolkien #the silmarillion #silmedit #elves #sindar #nandor #falmari #* #*aes #elven houses #oneringnet #tolkiensource

[arofili]

@tolkienofcolourweek day six | multicultural identities ● migration ● time | the sundering of the teleri

The Nelyar were the third clan of the elves, the largest and most fractured. A third refused the Journey west to Aman, and along with half the Tatyar became known as the Avari. The remaining two-thirds of the Nelyar were the last and slowest host of the Eldar (those who embarked upon the Journey), and were named by the others the Teleri, the Last, though they called themselves the Lindar or Lindai, the Singers.

Though all the Minyar-Vanyar and Tatyar-Noldor who took the Journey arrived in Aman, the Lindar were greatly sundered along the way. In the fertile vales of the river Anduin, many Lindar abandoned the Journey and remained there under the leadership of Lenwë, known also as Dan or Denweg. These were named by the other hosts the Nandor, those who went back, but they saw themselves as closer kindred to the Avari, and in time would merge with the Penni tribe into one people, the Tawarwaith or Silvan elves, dwelling mostly in the forests of Eryn Galen and Lórinand.

The Lindar who marched onward were sundered again upon crossing the Blue Mountains into Beleriand. There a group of them forsook the Journey and traveled northward to the grey lands of Hithlum, and became known as the Mithrim, the grey folk. The rest of the Lindar lingered in Beleriand, some waiting by the shores of the sea to be taken to Aman and others exploring the vast forests. It was at this time that their king, Elwë, was lost in the wood of Nan Elmoth, and could not be found. Many of his folk searched for him, and when it came time for the Lindar to leave, they would not go for love of him.

Thus Olwë brother of Elwë took kingship of his people and took those who would across the sea to the Blessed Lands. These were the shore-dwellers, who boarded Tol Eressëa the Lonely Isle and sailed across the waters; but Ossë, Maia of Ulmo, loved them jealously, and broke off a small piece of the island near Beleriand’s shores, leaving many of them stranded from their kin. These Ossë taught to build and sail ships, and they returned to Beleriand under the leadership of Círdan the shipwright, though they mourned their separation from their departed kin. Tol Eressëa did not return again, and thus those Lindar who remained called themselves the Egladhrim, the Forsaken, for the Valar and their kindred had abandoned them to the wilds of Middle-earth. Those who made it at last to Valinor became known as the Falmari, the people of the waves, for they dwelt ever by the shores of the sea.

The Egladhrim were further divided into two groups: the Falathrim, the folk of the waves, who like their kin the Falmari made their home along the coast, though on the opposite shore; and those who remained faithful to Elwë, who at last emerged from Nan Elmoth and took the name Elu Thingol. Slowly the language of the Lindar of Beleriand changed, and they called themselves the Edhil, people of the stars, whether they were Mithrim or Falathrim or Elurim. In this time also Denethor son of Lenwë who had stayed by the Anduin took a group of his father’s people into Beleriand, calling themselves the Laikwendi or Laegrim, and settled in Ossiriand in the shadows of the Blue Mountains.

When the Dark Rider returned and attacked the Edhil, Denethor was slain in battle upon the lonely hill of Amon Ereb, and his people fled back to Ossiriand, taking no other king and fighting no other wars. He was avenged by Thingol, and a small portion of the Laikwendi chose to follow him back to Menegroth, his city of caverns; ever after they were known as the Guest-elves, for they were yet a people apart from the Elurim. At this time Melian, wife of Elu and a Maia of great power, brought up a Girdle about the forests of central Beleriand, and the realm within it was called Doriath, the Land of the Fence, and its people were named the Iathrim, the folk of the fence.

Later, when the Noldor would return to Middle-earth in exile, the Lindar of Beleriand would be called in their tongue the Sindar, the Grey-elves, which in their own tongue was Thinnedhil. But to themselves they were always the Edhil, divided into Mithrim and Falathrim and Iathrim and Laegrim; and Elu Thingol claimed kingship over them all, though many found greater friendship in the Noldor than with him.

[transcript of image text & graphic flowchart of the Sundering beneath the cut]

A full image description is available in alt text. Below is a transcript of the text in each image.

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Falmari: Folk of the Waves. Those of the Teleri who followed Olwë, brother of Elwë, and came to the shores of Beleriand and traveled upon the Tol Eressëa across the Great Sea. The Falmari settled upon the shores of Aman, where they founded Alqualondë, the Swan-haven.

Sindar: the Grey-elves. Those of the Teleri who reached Beleriand under the leadership of Elwë, but did not reach Aman. For love of Middle-earth, or for their King, they remained in the East. In their tongue they called themselves the Edhil, but the exiled Noldor called them the Sindar.

Mithrim: the Grey Folk. Those of the Sindar who moved northward and settled in Hithlum around the Lake Mithrim. They were closest to the Noldorin exiles and unfriends of the Iathrim, who spoke a different dialect of their language, Edhellen.

Egladhrim: the Forsaken. Those of the Sindar who remained in Beleriand for love of Elwë their vanished King, rather than following his brother Olwë to Aman. This group also included those Sindar who came to the travelling island, but were left behind when the Isle of Balar broke off, and were not returned for.

Falathrim: Folk of the Waves. Those of the Egladhrim who would have gone to Aman had not their part of Tol Eressëa broken off and become the Isle of Balar, leaving them stranded near Beleriand. The Falathrim were led by Círdan the Shipwright, and were beloved of Ossë.

Iathrim: Folk of the Fence. Those of the Egladhrim who remained in Beleriand for the sake of their King, Elwë Singollo, who vanished before the Teleri were able to cross to Aman. When Elwë finally re-emerged with his Maia wife, Melian, he took the name Elu Thingol and established the Hidden Kingdom of Doriath, Land of the Fence.

Nandor: Those Who Went Back. Those of the Teleri who, upon reaching the fair vales of the river Anduin, forsook the Great Journey. Their first leader was Lenwë, known also as Dan or Denweg, but as their numbers grew they spread out and took other lords and kings.

Silvans: Folk of the Forest. Those of the Nandor who remained in the Vales of Anduin and the surrounding territory. The SIlvan elves mainly dwelt in Lórinand and the Greenwood, and were close in kinship to the Penni Avari.

Laikwendi: the Green-elves. Those of the Nandor who, under the leadership of Denethor son of Denweg, came to Beleriand later than the rest of their Telerin kindred. After Denethor's death in the First Battle of Beleriand, they took no other King, though some small portion of their people moved to Doriath and became known to the Iathrim as the Guest-elves.

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SUNDERING OF THE ELVES: A GRAPHIC FLOWCHART

#tocweek2022 #tolkienedit #silm #silmarillion #teleri #falmari #sindar #mithrim #falathrim #iathrim #silvans #laiquendi #my edit #my writing #edit writing #my meta #headcanons #tefain nin #mepoc #sundering of the elves #id in alt text #this is like. 90% canon? with definite interpretative bias #and a bit of headcanon thrown in #but it's mostly canon!

[marhelf]

Falmari.

These are my OCs: brother and sister, Nimros and Neniel. He is a healer and she is a water-listener: the one who can hear Ulmo’s messages in babbling water, the skill she learned from Uinen. I don’t have a proper story for them yet, just some random facts:)

#tolkien fanart #tolkien #tolkien elves #Silmarillion Fanart #sketch #watercolor #Falmari #teleri #my art

[eleajay]

Stereotypes of the three elven tribes lol

Vanyar: Golden hair, blue eyes, slightly curly hair, long and slightly curling ears

Noldor: Raven hair, brown/grey/dark eyes, super curly hair, ears pointing almost vertical

Teleri: Silver hair, dark/navy eyes, straight hair, thin ears pointing close to horizontal

#silmarillion #lord of the rings #lotr #tolkien #vanyar #noldor #teleri #sindar #falmari #my art

[elenaire-marione-montes]

The Silm Headcanon no. 2:

THE GREAT HOUSE OF OLUE (CAVA OLUE)—This is either Headcanon or Non-canon Lore from The Silm.

This is the family tree char I draw in which one of the few generations of Olwë survived major conflicts even in post-Alqualondë Kinslaying. And I also included the kiddos of Aiaruen (Telerin ver. of Eärwen) and Finarfin in this tree. Then, I followed the second picture especially the rules/legend of this family tree.

Note: I just determined the few Telerin equivalents of their names as much as I can, because I learned a little to familiarized the undeveloped Elvish language.

Ex. Aiaruen = Eärwen, Arfinue = Finarfin, Aiarindile = Eärindil; Aiarlote = Eärlótë, Aiarmīro = Aearmir, Teleprīan(ne) or Telperīan(ne) = Celebrian, Athēolue = Asëolwë, etc.

Ctto. of the second pic.

#books #tolkien legendarium #headcanon #the silmarillion #silm headcanons #ocs everywhere #telerin #tolkien elves #teleri #falmari #sea elves #alqualonde #post-alqualondë events i guess #Olwëans survived everything except the kiddos of Eärwen #Olwëans #Telerin Equivalence #silm trash #Most family members of Olwë didn't received the names of their own so.... #ctto

[lotrfashion]

Dress for a Falmari - Atelier Versace

#lord of the rings #the silmarillion #falmari #elves #lotr #clothing

[legendaryevokercupcake]

Fun fact, Tolkien's elves don't sweat

#lotr #Silmarillion #The Silmarillion #The Hobbit #Lord of the Rings #Elves #silm elves #noldor #vanyar #sindar #silvan #falmari

[lotr-fashion]

Dress for a Falmari Elf

Marchesa Spring/Summer 2016

#falmari elf #falmari #the silmarillion #lotr fashion #marchesa #blue

[archivist-of-dreams]

For Day 1 of @tolkienocweek ! Just. Quick doodle but XD

Lindäiar (called Ingäiar in middle earth) is my favorite Falmari captain. Pansexual, and suffering from large burn scaring from the first Kinslay, he is loving and caring individual. After the War of Wrath and Eonwe calls back the Eldar, he offers his services as Captain to sail them back and forth. While single, he adopted four children and aided many more after the kinslay. As a result, he has a very large family! His father is the canon Half Maia Tinfang Warble, and he is known for having a “voice of the sea” ( as he is named). He normally looks very young for his age because of this, but I tried showing the ripples of him holding his breath training here! He knows that he must be prepared as a captain! He both loves and respect Ossë and Uinen.

I have more of him if you’re interested!

#tolkien art #art #tolkien fanart #digital art #tolkien #house of the golden flower #silmarillion #falmari #teleri #tolkienocweek #tolkien oc #genocide

[whispersofthefey]

🔱 Alqualondë 🔱

🌊🌊🐟🌊🌊🌊🦢⛵️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🐋🌊

"Their halls were of pearl, and of pearl were the mansions... at Alqualondë, the Haven of the Swans, lit with many lamps. For that was their city, and the haven of their ships; and those were made in the likeness of swans, with beaks of gold and eyes of jet..."

🔱💠⚪️💠🪞💠⚪️💠⚜️💠⚪️💠🪞💠⚪️💠🔱

🔱⚪️💠⚪️🪞⚪️💠⚪️⚜️⚪️💠⚪️🪞⚪️💠⚪️🔱

To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying, 🕊

The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. 🌊

West, west away, the round sun is falling, 🌅

Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,

The voices of my people that have gone before me? 🎶

I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;

For our days are ending and our years failing. 🌲

I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing. ⛵️

Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,

Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling, 🎵

In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover, 🍶🦢👑

Where the leaves fall not: land of my people forever! ⛲️🏔🛶

#lord of the rings #lotr elves #lotr #the silmarillion #arda #middle earth #elves #teleri #tolkien #falmari #eldar #valinor #aman #tol eresseä #🦢 teleri #elfkin

[mad-hermit]

I feel like scrimshaw should be an important part of Telerin culture, the more elaborate pieces becoming family hierlooms.

#a mad hermit shouts into the void #teleri #falmari #falathrim #tolkien headcanons #silm headcanons