#first age

[velvet4510]

Daily my thoughts stray to the fact that Beren the Renowned defiantly held the light of a Silmaril aloft to protect the love of his life from an enormous foul monster of darkness creeping toward them in a previously untouchable land of evil…and then thousands of years later, Frodo Baggins defiantly held the light of that same Silmaril aloft to protect the love of his life from an enormous foul monster of darkness creeping toward them in a previously untouchable land of evil.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #lotr books #lord of the rings #the silmarillion #tolkien legendarium #literary parallels #first age #third age #beren #frodo baggins #carcharoth #shelob #beren erchamion #lotr frodo #silmarils #two trees #angband #cirith ungol #lotr the two towers #beren and luthien #beren x luthien #samfro #frodo x sam #luthien tinuviel #samwise gamgee

[nurantarenendurath]

Allergies

Mairon: Whenever I'm near Melkor, I become red, my breath quickens and i sweat profuesly! Mairon: That can only mean one thing! Eonwe: You're allergic to him! Mairon: Exactly! Curumo:... what?

#Angbang #incorrect silmarillion quotes #Mairon #Melkor #Sauron #Morgoth #Silmarillion #first age #chat #Curumo #Saruman #otp #stuff

[annoyinglandmagazine]

Elrond and Elros Series Ideas 2

For a framing devise, which maybe shouldn’t be revealed until maybe halfway through the first season, I think it’s probably Elrond explaining it to Bilbo as he tries to compile his songs and history extracts of the Old Tales and takes full advantage of any primary sources he can find. The story is interspersed with Elrond packing things away for his journey west, you see things like murials of ships coming to life at the start of an episode and rings being taken out of their boxes suddenly switching to a scene where you can see them on the hands of one of the characters of the show.

As a battle scene with Maedhros taking out an entire battalion of orcs single handedly (pun fully intended) fades out you can see the same sword carefully taken out of its intricate scabbard and despite the layer of dust it is sharp as ever as it is cradled in hands that clearly aren’t the scarred one’s from the scene. The finale absolutely has to end with Elrond balancing on the prow of the ship to Valinor with a soft smile on his face and one tear rolling down his cheek as he gazes at the horizon.

The framing will also serve to explain why most of the first half of the season or so, four or five episodes, are in a more broad strokes epic style with very few little details or casual dialogue, mostly it’s political and military discussions, it comes across as if it’s more a story that’s been passed down because it’s not from Elrond’s point of view. It’s mostly a large scale kind of story with big battle scenes and political drama.

This is juxtaposed with the clips of the twins and their relationship with the Feanorians in the camp and Maglor and Maedhros in which we see Elrond learning how to heal because he’s the only one there that can and there’s loads of really sweet emotional moments where it looks like Maedhros is finally starting to accept them and you get much more dialogue with little bits of humour as well because this is what Elrond remembers.

Basically it feels like an entirely different show about two feared war lords letting down their barriers in order to try and form a tentative bond with these scared children as they grow up and it’s a really moving subplot next to the main plot of armies fighting dragons and Balrogs and kings and lords trying to form stable alliances in the unnavigable situation that is elf politics (especially the Finarfin and Gil Galad High Kingship of The Noldor situation because there is a lot of mileage in that one.)

The first time we see the Third Kinslaying properly is a bit later in the season, there’s vague flashes that allude to it in the twin’s nightmares, is Oropher explaining to Thranduil that they mustn’t fully trust the Noldor which comes on the heels of intense political manoeuvring the entire episode between him and Gil Galad. He refers to how they destroyed two of their people’s cities and ended the line of their royal family in one brutal attack. The way this scene is done should definitely open up with warning bells ringing louder and louder as the camera cuts from Mirkwood to Sirion and the most menacing music possible plays over the Feanorians entering.

It absolutely has to be an intensely brutal scene, maybe not in the graphic violence sense but emotionally the destruction has to be devastating, buildings set on fire, maybe a toy in a child’s limp hand or something like that; it’s horrifying is the point. Elwing flings herself into the sea and it ends with Oropher looking over the burning wreckage from the distance, just a few hours too late, a thriving settlement reduced to nothingness in the space of a day.

The Sindar all believe the twins to be dead and no one ever speaks the name of Elwing’s child or children, it isn’t specified, because it’s such a dreadful tragedy; they don’t show Elrond and Elros as Elwing’s sons until the end of the first season when we see two six year olds hiding in a wardrobe in a burning building and suddenly there’s footsteps and the door is thrown open to reveal Maglor stained with blood.

It’s referenced previously that the twins guardians have a dark reputation and it may have already been said that they are the sons of Feanor who were responsible for the massacre so it’s not a leap for it to be confirmed that they found the twins through dubious means but this is the first time people who don’t have the background knowledge will see where the twins came from.

Elros might brandish a sword at him but Maglor slowly takes off his helmet off and tells him they won’t come to any harm. Eventually he manages to coax them out and takes them in his arms and just as the camera pans out over the wreckage of Sirion once more you can hear the hushed voices of a conversation something like this; Maedhros: Elwing’s sons? Truly Maglor? Maglor: Well who else will take them? We killed their mother after all.

#Silmarillion #tolkienfamilyweek #lotr #elrond peredhel #elros tar minyatur #kidnap fam #maedhros #maglor #bilbo baggins #first age #war of wrath #ereinion gil galad #finarfin #Oropher #thranduil

[helio-phobe]

Kinslayer.

+detail

#maedhros #my stuff #the silmarillion #tolkien #first age #third kinslaying #tolkien elves

[tolkienosaurus]

If you have a different favourite quote, choose your favourite one of these and then comment yours down below. Only dialogue quotes.

#tolkien #lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #feanor #first age #the silmarillion #melkor #morgoth #turin #hurin #nienor #fingon #quotes #silm quotes

[nelyos-right-hand]

I love how much the elves love hidden cities. The host of Valinor only just arrived and two princes of the royal family immediately dissappear to build hidden cities. And a few thousand years later Elrond builts another one. How many people must have been like "Elrond, all the hidden cities we had ended up in total disaster" and Elrond's just like "nope, I want a hidden city". They're like toddlers who can't stop building blanket forts and I think it's hilarious.

#silmarillion #the silmarillion #elrond #tolkien #turgon #gondolin #finrod #orodreth #nargothrond #rivendell #lotr #tolkien elves #first age #my post

[celebrimborium]

the rings of power + references to first age figures

#lotredit #ropedit #tropedit #ringsofpowersource #the rings of power #tolkienedit #tolkiensource #fantasyedit #tvedit #first age #elves #valinor #morgoth #luthien #feanor #finrod #aule #uinen #earendil #silmarillion #lore #rop s1 #rop 1x01 #1x02 #1x03 #1x05 #* #1k #2k #i'm sure i missed a bunch

[ettelenethelien]

1st age Beleriand dashboard Simulator

🌫️ mithrim-noldo following

Yeah, Thingol kind of flew off the handle with banning Quenya and all that, but why on Arda are people now justifying the Kinslaying in response?? have some nuance and also, that's just plain horrible.

✨ btw-this-is-hopeless following

hope it's fine to copy your tags, mithrim, because they're great:

#I mean I know this is probably because they've taken part in the kinslaying themselves #but #can't you just admit you did wrong and move on? #in so far as it is possible because of course forgetting would be disrespectful and unwise #because the consequences are with us still #but it should be way more comfortable than being on your defences all the time #always ready to rationalize or deny #with a conscience you cannot silence

✴️ eightpointedstar83

I am tired of typing this out again and again but Alqualondë could have been averted had the teleri been less self-centred and readier to cooperate. Thingol is just another example of this attitude. But of course, please deny that the third clan is what it is and pin the blame on the people who saved everyone's skins.

We have done nothing wrong and yet our own people are turning on us. One day you will rue this.

Long live the house of Fëanor!

💝 heart-in-a-box

This is just the sort of behaviour OP was talking about.🤦‍♀️

🌫️ mithrim-noldo following

Admittedly, this seems to be a fanatical Fëanorian and more committed than the average apologist of his/her own actions - but yes.

#current events #thingol's quenya ban #my post

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🧝🏼‍♂️maglorfeanorion following

finished another canto of the noldolante today

🌖 hunters-moon

you have a tumblr account??!

🧝🏼‍♂️ maglorfeanorion following

do I know you?

🌖 hunters-moon

yes :)

🧝🏼‍♂️ maglorfeanorion following

wait - yeah, I do...

which of the twins are you?

🌖 hunters-moon

how did you know😮???

👨🏻‍🦰red-haired-twin

he looked through your blog, nitwit :)

🧝🏼‍♂️maglorfeanorion following

I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find you two out of all possible people on here...

so - which is which?

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🌸 a-flower-in-the-snow following

himring winters are horrible and I hate my parents for bringing me to middle-earth

#rant #children of exilse #i meant #children of exiles #coe

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🏞️ the-wide-earth-unexplored following

Y'all weren't joking when y'all said the Sirion is impressive...

(more photos under cut)

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#photography #nature photography #nature #sirion #falls of sirion

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🖼️ wonder-the-earth

is it still a secret city when everyone is talking about it?

👰🏼‍♀️ celebrin following

that's a good question

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👤 incessant-leaves following

It makes me sick to see all those positive nostalgic posts about the Mereth Aderthad. How pretty the pools of Ivrin were or weren't doesn't change the fact that THE NOLDOR WERE HIDING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE KINSLAYING THE WHOLE TIME. Yeah "everyone was kind" back then. You were feasting together with people whose cousins you had killed and have the audacity to complain they don't like you as much anymore. I don't care if you're a Sinda or a Noldo who "didn't take part in it" - if you say anything positive about it I'm blocking you.

#mereth aderthad #the truth about ivrin

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💎 lord-maedhros-is-the-true-king

Things they don't want you to know about Fëanaro:

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🏹 huntingprincess following

with all due respect, gondolin is the most boring place in the world.

🌼 golden-flower

it's not. but you're entitled to your opinion.

🌌 daughterofdoriath following

if only all debates on here were as civil...

👤 incessant-leaves

OP is a kinslayer apologist. Didn't you check that out before you started praising them?

🌌 daughterofdoriath following

*throws hands up*

I was admiring that one exchange.

(and this was actually more about @golden-flower's response than about OP)

*sighs*

#this site...

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image used for Sirion: link

#I'll try making part two with men in the picture #but I'm posting this for now #unreality #in universe texts #Tolkien #the Silmarillion #Silmarillion #Beleriand #beleriand politics #first age #noldor #sindar #gondolin

[nevermindigotthis]

Today on Silmarillion shitposts: It‘s not murder if you call it a death sentence!

#my art #sketch #comic #silmarillion #silmarillion: of maeglin #maeglin #turgon #eol #shitpost #meme #death of eol #tolkien #first age #gondolin

[hailearendel]

"Hail Eärendil, bearer of light before the Sun and Moon! Splendour of the Children of the Earth, star in the darkness, jewel in the sunset, radiant in the morning!"

(The Silmarillion, "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath”)

_________

My idea for this painting is again to experiment with a traditional-looking style :)

Forgot to add the Silmaril in his forehead in the sketch and decided to go on without it because a) I hate to plan lighting b) I still have no settled opinion on what a silmaril looks like.

I usually associate Eärendil with cool colors (muted blues, grays,silver, and white), so here I tried to break a little from my own perception of the character and went for a mostly golden version of him; the cobalt blue is one of my favorite colors, but I find it really hard to combine with other colors because it's very saturated so I used a vibrant orange in the background to balance the whole thing. Like I said, I meant for this to be an idealized portrayal of him (I made something that I think would fit a numenorean palace hall because I can't stop thinking about Númenor); I think the real Eärendil would look much more disheveled and frightened when he arrived in Valinor

#middle earth #tolkien art #the silmarillion #tolkien #earendil #first age #war of wrath

[sweetteaanddragons]

Pick Your Battles (Pick - Different Battles. Put That One Back.)

(I wrote this at Christmas and put it up on AO3, but it looks like I forgot to crosspost it here!)

(Having written a lot of time travel stories where people wish they could just attack Melkor, I decided it was finally time to let someone. Time travelling Fingon seemed perfect for the job.)

“You attacked Lord Melkor,” Fingon’s father said with incredulous emphasis, “with your teeth.”

“With a chair, first,” Fingon said. He had attempted to use weaponry before resorting to unarmed combat. “I wanted Uncle Feanaro’s sword, but I didn’t think I could get it away from him in time.”

He was aware that this was not actually helping his case. It might have helped his case if he had collapsed into some kind of mock breakdown instead, puddling onto the desk in his father’s study in heaving sobs, but he had never been much of an actor, so he stood before it instead, a reporting soldier before his general, instead of a penitent youth before his father as he should have been.

He might have been able to dredge up some penitence, actually, if only for the pain on his father’s face, except the provocation had been so very great that he really felt he could not have done otherwise.

His father at last stopped his pacing and collapsed into a seat behind his desk, holding up his hands in supplication. ”Why, Findekano?”

Fingon paused.

His reasons were entirely natural and entirely irresistible.

However.

They were not reasons that would have been at all comprehensible before Findekano had found his way to Thangorodrim and become Fingon.

“I had sworn to do so,” he tried.

The last time he had seen his father look so despairing, it had been right before he went off to go fight Morgoth, although not, admittedly, with his teeth.

He thought. He'd never actually asked.

“You swore to hit one of the Valar with a chair,” his father clarified in the flattest tone Fingon had ever heard from him.

Technically, no.

Technically, what he had sworn was to never let Morgoth lay a hand on Maedhros again. The fact that he had not pictured anything remotely similar to these circumstances when making that vow did not exempt him from it; nor did he particularly wish to be considered exempt from it.

Just because he had somehow found himself in a time before Morgoth had revealed the evil in his heart did not mean that evil was not already beginning its foul work.

“Swore an oath to whom?” his father demanded.

Fingon did not think the truth would be useful to family tensions, or the fully explained truth to the recently shaken belief in his sanity.

In the face of his stubborn silence, his father’s exasperation slowly drained away, leaving only his weariness behind. “You could have been killed,” he said. “If Lord Melkor had lost his restraint for even a moment - “

For a moment, it was not his father’s current, unblemished form, that Fingon saw.

Whatever his father saw on his face, it made him change tactics. “This cannot be kept quiet. If we can assure the Valar it has been handled, perhaps it need not come before Manwe, but - “

An idea suddenly blossomed, one born of a very different case before Manwe.

He did not wish to approach the Valar with the truth of his situation, not when he didn’t wish it undone.

But certain other truths . . . well, they had come out in a trial once before.

“Let it go before Manwe,” he said, interrupting his father. “Let it all be handled in the open. It will be better that way.”

“Findekano - “

“It will be,” he promised with a quick bow before darting out of the room without waiting for leave.

He suspected his father wouldn’t want him to leave the house at present, but he really must; he needed to find Maitimo as he had a horrible suspicion he might have accidentally hit him with that chair.

#time travel #fingon #silmarillion #first age #fingon finds himself back in the first age #he also finds himself ten feet away from Melkor #and conveniently close to a very throwable chair #Nolofinwe has a headache #Feanaro has a new favorite nephew #Maitimo is very confused about why Findekano had this reaction to Melkor offering Maitimo a handshake

[velvet4510]

We all know Fëanor as “the guy obsessed with his Silmarils” but it’s quite something to remember that when he first discovered Morgoth had ransacked his house, he wasn’t even thinking about how the Silmarils were most likely stolen. He immediately searched the debris not for the jewels, but for his dad.

#jrr tolkien #lotr books #the silmarillion #tolkien legendarium #first age #valinor #noldor #tolkien elves #feanor #finwe #house of finwe #silmarils #morgoth #fëanor

[litwinde]

nerdanel and fëanáro doodle

#silm #silmarillion #tolkien #elves #eldar #nerdanel #feanor #fëanor #fëanáro #house of finwe #istarnië #first age #years of the trees #house of fëanáro #noldor #ñoldor

[knightofthenewrepublic]

RAIDING ANGBAND

#middle earth #silmarillion #first age #feanor #sons of feanor #fingon #hurin #hurin thalion #glorfindel #turin turambar #rog #turgon #finarfin #cirdan #tuor #thingol #fingolfin #finrod #beren and luthien #beren erchamion #luthien tinuviel #huan #My memes #lotr elves #lotr memes

[helio-phobe]

Fingon, High King of the Noldor

#fingon #tolkien #my stuff #the silmarillion #first age

[myceliumelium]

Wanted to try my hand at some prop design so here's a collection of Maedhros's few possessions that made it past the end of the first age. So, there's his comb in the top left, i like to think that it was given to him by Nerdanel, and that maglor is the one who kept it, along with the cloak pins. Then there's his earring, i think that that one stays in the ruins of himring until the second song of arda. The hunting knife, he gave to Elros, and it sank with numenor. The book is a painstakingly preserved collection of letters from his brothers and fingon, that was likely delivered to Elrond by one of the last of mae's followers after his death, and the firefly is a nightlight that he made for baby gil-galad that followed him to sirion and well into the second age, though it's origins and maker weren't remembered by anyone.

#silamrillion #art #maedhros #as close to archeology as i can get with these long lived bastards #first age #feanorians #tolkien