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lledron · 9 months

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Sauron Mairon Halbrand y Alicent

I always make the joke that Sauron is Aule's daddy's boy and keep it canon. So I have an idea:

AU Where Sauron in human form ends up in Westeros and sees Yvanna. She is Yvanna, she is the wife of dad / Aule. She is mom. And mom is crying. And yes, I'm adding to the theory that Melkor's giant spider is from Lovecrath's universe, so crossovers are possible!

Sauron can't help. Here he is nobody and he has not recovered his powers. He is sickened by the mess, by the Targaryen traditions of marrying each other. Sauron notices that Mama is biting her nails. Mom should be happy and have trees. And mom should pay attention to it and be happy with those creepy trees with faces.

Alicent does not understand who gives her personalized jewelry with the theme of Mother and Maiden. She knows Sauron. "Hello my lady"

Sauron disguises himself as a cat to attend Alicent and Viserys' meetings. He is against Otto's plan, mom is fifteen years old. Fifteen fucking human years.

This can go two ways:

Sauron kills all the dragons because Alicent made a comment that while Syrax is beautiful she would never ride a dragon. Mom is afraid, now I have to protect her, be the man of the house because mom can't be married to another man who isn't dad.

Daemon boasts that he took Alicent's virginity and is killed by Sauron. Mom is from dad.

Sauron manages to find the equivalent of Aule in this world and cheats on the parents.

Alicent is very sure she is ready to have children after stopping Sauron from conquering Middle-earth.

Sauron takes the form of a child. More shenanigans to come, now he has everything he wants, for now.

Alicent and any poor man who is Aule in this universe, congratulations. Their son is a narcissistic sociopath who loves them with all his heart.

In another line, Alicent marries Viserys, but Mairon has not regained his power, so he cannot prevent his mother from being raped.

Sauron discovers that his siblings are nuisances, but they will give Mom more power. Mom is a goddess, a Valar, but also a 15-year-old girl.

So Sauron takes over Aegon, comforts Mum, tells Aegon he's a little shit worse than Curumo and Aegon's first word is shit.

Helena is born. And here she is different. Sauron hated Curumo for stealing Daddy's attention, but he respected Melian. He now has another sister, who is also a woman in a world of shit. But Heleana has magical potential, so he will teach her well. He will teach her to lie, to deceive, to put on makeup.

All of this happens while Sauron takes the form of a little boy so he can stay with the queen alone. Alicent hugs him and hugs from mom feel good. On one hand, Alicent recognizes that Mairon/Sauron has a connection. She loves him, she is his mother in all the universes. But her son is evil and she knows it. But he hasn't proven to be more evil than the other men.

Aemond is born and Sauron throws a tantrum. He doesn't want another brother and hates him as much as he hates Aegon for hogging Mom's attention. Then Daeron is born and Sauron screams because there is so much evil in the world! Criston Cole is horrible, but he makes mom happy. As long as he isn't platonic, Sauron will keep it. Suddenly, Sauron can shapeshift into a dragon. Since he hates Rhaenyra's bastards he plans to play a little prank at Laena's funeral. Nothing to go wrong. He just needs Aemond's help. Aemond claims a dragon and that dragon leads everyone to see Rhaenyra doing it with his uncle.

And shit breaks loose. Aemond is happy to have a dragon, the Velarions are angry, and Laenor calls for a duel against Daemon for his sister's honor.

Laenor wins and kills Daemon. Rhaenyra will go on trial for being an adulteress and Harwin will be her champion. Then Criston Cole kicks Harwin's ass. Heleana uses her magic to make Rhaenyra admit the truth about her bastards. Alicent rebukes Sauron because now there is a political mess and because his brother thought he had a dragon. "It was just a joke, mom, I didn't know it would go this far," she says with puppy dog eyes.

#the rings of power #sauron #mairon #halbrand #alicent hightower #alicent x criston #aule valar #yavanna kementari #aemond targaryen #aegon ii targaryen #heleana targaryen #melian the maia #curumo #anti daemon targaryen #anti daemon x rhaenyra #team green

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valarmorghulisrp · 2 months

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Darle el poder a Aegon podía suponer el fin de los Siete Reinos y Alicent era la que mejor lo sabía. Pero si ese era el destino de aquella tierra, así sería. Estaba dispuesta a ver al mundo arder solo porque su hijo tuviera en sus manos aquello que le pertenecía por derecho. El Trono de Hierro esperaba a Aegon II Targaryen. Alicent Hightower en Second of His Name [Evento] Día 03 del mes 06.

Que el Guerrero le conceda valor y le proteja en estos tiempos oscuros.

Que el Herrero le conceda fuerza, para que pueda soportar esta pesada carga.

Y que la Vieja, que conoce el destino de todos los hombres, le muestre el camino que debe seguir y le guíe a través de los oscuros parajes que le aguardan.

Aegon Targaryen, Segundo de su Nombre, Rey de los Ándalos y los Primeros Hombres y Protector del Reino.

gifs: fuente

#eventos #aegon II targaryen #valar morghulis rpg #juego de tronos rpg #foro de rol #personajes

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lowcountry-gothic · 2 years

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Ilúvatar and Ainulindalë

Valar

The Two Trees of Valinor

Thingol and Melian

Ulmo, Ossë and Tol Eressëa

Fëanor and The Silmarils

The Flight of the Noldor

Maedhros and Fingon

The Fall of Fingolfin

Beren and Lúthien

Art by Wavesheep. Part I | Part II | Part III.

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kanafinwe-makalaure · 1 year

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All the songs Maglor wrote during the Second Age

I Am Sad At The Beach (Part I)

Noldolantë 2 (It Got Worse)

All My Brothers Are Dead (Minor Key)

A Seagull Just Shat On Me

A List Of All The People I Murdered (To Pay Homage To Them) (At Least The Ones I Remember) (Sorry To The Rest)

I Am Sad At The Beach (Parts II&III)

I Am So Proud Of My Adopted Sons

Sometimes I Wish My Wife Hadn't Left Me (Good For Her Though) (But I Do Miss Her)

Requiem For Elros Tar-Minyatur (Secret)

Sorry Everyone (Including Everyone I Murdered And Drove From Their Homes And Also The Valar (You Guys Are Not As Bad As My Dad Said))

I Just Wanna Go Home (But If Anyone Ever Sees Me Again I Will Die Of Embarrassment And Shame For My Many Crimes)

I Am Sad At The Beach (Part IV)

One Of The Strings On My Lyre Broke (Significantly Impacting The Way I Play It) (Three Stringed Lyre Acoustic Sessions)

Seashells Remind Me Of The Beach At Alqualondë During My Glorious Uni Days (Where I Later Murdered A Bunch Of People) (I Hope None Of Them Were People I Went To Uni With)

I Am Sad At The Beach Parts I-IV (Adapted For Three Stringed Lyre)

I Befriended The Seagull That Has Been Bullying Me For Nearly Three Thousand Years

All My Brothers Are Dead (Reprise)

I Am So Sick And Tired Of Eating Mostly Fish

My Lyre Is Down To Two Stings

I Want My Mum

Intense Piece For Two Stringed Lyre (I'm Sure These Last Two Strings Will Hold Up Fine)

By Manwë This Can't Be Happening (Acapella Version)

I Think Elrond Is Looking For Me (Possibly To Execute Me For My Crimes But Likely To Love Me Which Is Way Worse) (Acapella Version)

#also titled maglors slow descent into madness #silm shitpost #silm crack #Silmarillion #Maglor #I'm so sorry for this #Elrond finds him and takes him to Rivendell #and puts a set of brand new strings on his lyre

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runawaymun · 1 year

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The Valar, but make them Egyptian

Varda Elentári - as Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky, vault of the heavens, often drawn arched over the Earth god, Neb.

Manwë - as Horus, most notably god of kingship, healing, protection, the sun and the sky.

Aulë - as Ptah, creator-god and maker of things, a patron of craftsmen, especially sculptors

Yavanna - as Taweret, goddess of fertility, rejuvenation, and protection.

Mandos - as Anubis, god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld.

Nienna - as Nephthys, goddess of grief, mourning, darkness, temple service, magic, and embalming.

Ulmo - as represented by two wedjat eyes resting in the water. The wedjet eye is a symbol that represents protection and healing -- and Tolkien makes a point of telling us that Ulmo keeps watch over all the comings and goings in Arda.

Oromë - as Amun, “The Hidden One”, creator of animals, patron of hunters.

Melkor - (skulking beyond the wings (doors) of night) as Set, god of deserts, storms, disorder, and violence.

The file’s huge so feel free to click/zoom. Some more closeups under the cut! I’ve had this brain worm in my brain for a while ever since reading more up on the heirarchy of the Valar and discovering that, conveniently, there are eight “exalted ones” + melkor, making nine, like the Egyptian Ennead. Though unfortunately I couldn’t slap them all neatly into Ennead slots, I did really enjoy linking them to their Egyptian ‘counterparts’, if you will. :)

+ Orome focus because he deserves it, plus the reference used for his section: Ramses II (cosplaying as Amun bc all the Pharoahs did).

#The Silmarillion #my art #silmart #tolkien art #<3 #this was a lot of fun to do

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polutrope · 9 months

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Melkor indeed declared afterwards that Fëanor had learned much art from him in secret, and had been instructed by him in the greatest of all his works; but he lied in his lust and his envy, for none of the Eldalië ever hated Melkor more than Fëanor son of Finwë, who first named him Morgoth; and snared though he was in the webs of Melkor’s malice against the Valar he held no converse with him and took no counsel from him. The Silmarillion, Ch. 6 'Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor'

I think it's so interesting that Fëanor apparently never spoke to Melkor.*

But what I find even more interesting is this passage in 'The Later Quenta Silmarillion (II)':

And lo! Melkor then set new lies abroad, and whispers came to Fëanor that Fingolfin and his sons were planning to usurp the leadership of Finwë and the elder line of Fëanor [etc., more lies]. But to Fingolfin and Finarfin it was said: 'Beware! Small love has the proud son of Míriel ever had for the children of Indis! [etc., more lies].' It is told also that when Melkor saw that these lies were smouldering he began to speak, first to the sons of Fëanor, and at other times to the sons of Indis, concerning weapons and armour ... Morgoth's Ring, 'Later QS (II)', §52-52a (p. 276)

This is pretty similar to what's in the published Silm (much of which is closely derived from this text; I'll put the passage below the cut if anyone wants to compare), but the bit about "to the sons of Fëanor" does not appear.

Fëanor refused to listen to Melkor, but Melkor definitely got at him other ways. One might conclude based on the published Silm that his sons were a logical conduit for his lies, but I love that it's stated outright in the Later QS. Juicy.

*Other than, I suppose, the incident when Melkor shows up uninvited and has the door slammed in his face.

Second passage as it appears in the Silmarillion (Ch. 7):

Then Melkor set new lies abroad in Eldamar, and whispers came to Feanor that Fingolfin and his sons were plotting to usurp the leadership of Finwe and of the elder line of Feanor, and to supplant them by the leave of the Valar; for the Valar were ill-pleased that the Silmarils lay in Tirion and were not committed to their keeping. But to Fingolfin and Finarfin it was said: ‘Beware! Small love has the proud son of Miriel ever had for the children of Indis. Now he has become great, and he has his father in his hand. It will not be long before he drives you forth from Tuna!’ And when Melkor saw that these lies were smouldering, and that pride and anger were awake among the Noldor, he spoke to them concerning weapons; and in that time the Noldor began the smithying of swords and axes and spears.

#feanor #morgoth #sons of feanor #meta #quotes #the history of middle-earth #morgoth's ring #working on a Feanor bio so don't be surprised if you see random Feanor musings on this blog between now and November

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gsirvitor · 1 year

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Let's list all of James Cameron's movies and what they are based on.

Aliens, Alien 3 - Sequel to someone else's IP.

Terminator 1, 2, 3, Salvation, Genesis, Dark Fate - based on The Outer Limits, The Driver and Mad Max 2, despite this it was an Original Idea, though SkyNet is clearly inspired by AM from the short story I have no Mouth and I must Scream by Harlan Jay Ellison.

Titanic - based on real events.

Piranha II: The Spawning - based on a screenplay by Charles H. Eglee.

Rambo: First Blood Part II - Sequel to someone else's IP.

The Abyss - based on H. G. Wells' short story "In the Abyss," though Cameron denies this, claiming it to be an original idea.

The Muse - based on a screenplay written by Monica Johnson and Albert Brooks.

Solaris - based on the 1961 science fiction novel of the same name by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.

True Lies - based on the 1991 French comedy film La Totale!.

Strange Days - Original Idea, biggest flop of his career.

Alita: Battle Angel - based on Yukito Kishiro's manga series Gunnm.

Avatar 1 & 2 - Alien Pocahontas, Original Idea Do Not Steal.

Now let's go over Tolkien's works, and what they're based on.

The Hobbit - based on the story of Bilbo Baggins a character he made up to act as the focal point of thrilling adventures he'd often make up and share with his children.

The Lord of the Rings - began as a personal exploration of his interests in philology, religion, particularly Roman Catholicism, fairy tales, as well as Norse and Celtic mythology, but the trilogy was also crucially influenced by the effects of his military service during World War I.

The Silmarillion - was influenced by many sources. A major influence was the Finnish epic Kalevala, especially the tale of Kullervo. Influence from Greek mythology is also apparent in the way that the island of Númenor recalls Atlantis, and the Valar borrow many attributes from the Olympian gods.

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth - literally what the Director's cut of the LOTR wishes it could be, stories and essays ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings.

The History of Middle-earth - a legendarium based on everything he's written.

Mr. Cameron, you are but a babe, unable to even stand on the shoulders of a literary giant like Tolkien.

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undomel · 1 month

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The Undómiel chronicles, also known as Adelina's portrayal notes, in their full extent,

Arwen was the first to notice that Frodo is in need of healing, offering him her place in the Undying Land to ensure he would find it [healing]. The fact there was a place for her, to begin with, I parallel with Lúthien's choice (which is, too, narratively important, as it is spoken by Arwen herself), who was either to be mortal or had the option to be counted among the Ainur. It is, in my opinion, not necessarily true for Arwen to be equal to Lúthien wholly, albeit because of their existing juxtaposition, I cannot veto it, either, and it is my belief that a similar scenario may or may not have been true for her, had she made a different choice to her foremother. Furthermore, it speaks to her wisdom, no less, that she is the one to notice Frodo's suffering and to offer a means to better it. This, naturally, is a result of an action taken prior, which leads me to believe it may or may not have been collaborated via the only Ainur Arwen knew, Olórin [Gandalf] as at the time it was, Arwen has since chosen mortality (and if she had been in contact with the Ainu prior, she was no longer in contact with them after [and I do portray her as having contact, as Undómiel).

To support my claims, I offer quotes below,

from the mention of the choice of Lúthien, and Arwen's offer,

A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him now when he departs to the Havens; for mine is the choice of Lúthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter. But in my stead you shall go, Ring-bearer, when the time comes, and if you then desire it. If your hurts grieve you still and the memory of your burden is heavy, then you may pass into the West, until all your wounds and weariness are healed.

to the professor's letters, wherein her confirms Arwen's contact with the Ainur via the Ainu Olórin [Gandalf],

He appears at first to have had no sense of guilt (III 224-5);* 1 he was restored to sanity and peace. But then he thought that he had given his life in sacrifice: he expected to die very soon. But he did not, and one can observe the disquiet growing in him. Arwen was the first to observe the signs, and gave him her jewel for comfort, and thought of a way of healing him. [4] It is not made explicit how she could arrange this. She could not of course just transfer her ticket on the boat like that! For any except those of Elvish race `sailing West’ was not permitted, and any exception required `authority’, and she was not in direct communication with the Valar, especially not since her choice to become `mortal’. What is meant is that it was Arwen who first thought of sending Frodo into the West, and put in a plea for him to Gandalf (direct or through Galadriel, or both), and she used her own renunciation of the right to go West as an argument. Her renunciation and suffering were related to and enmeshed with Frodo’s: both were parts of a plan for the regeneration of the state of Men. Her prayer might therefore be specially effective, and her plan have a certain equity of exchange. No doubt it was Gandalf who was the authority that accepted her plea. The Appendices show clearly that he was an emissary of the Valar, and virtually their plenipotentiary in accomplishing the plan against Sauron. He was also in special accord with Cirdan the Ship-master, who had surrendered to him his ring and so placed himself under Gandalf’s command. Since Gandalf himself went on the Ship there would be so to speak no trouble either at embarking or at the landing.

II.

Arwen is neither an Elf nor Man. Being the daughter of Elrond, she is able to choose, as her father had, as his forebearers did, to be counted among either elves or men (ultimately, choosing Lúthien's choice, and therefore mortality).

Despite her genetical (for a lack of a better word,) half-elven status, however, Arwen is never treated as such [half-elven] unless in letters, despite being, genetically (for a lack of a better word), no less or more elf than her brothers, who, in the narrative, are not referred to as elves in a single instance, but the half-elven, singled out as such in all instances where they are mentioned.

This, however, does not happen with Arwen, who, for a lack of a better word, once more, is put on a (proverbial) pedestal,

To support my claims, I offer quotes below,

from Arwen's introduction,

So it was that Frodo saw her whom few mortals had yet seen; Arwen, daughter of Elrond, in whom it was said that the likeness of Lúthien had come on earth again; and she was called Undómiel, for she was the Evenstar of her people.

to the mentions of her twin brothers, Elladan and Elrohir,

So much alike were they, the sons of Elrond, that few could tell them apart: dark-haired, grey-eyed, and their faces elven-fair.

once,

The company halted, and there was not a heart among them that did not quail, unless it were the heart of Legolas of the Elves, for whom the ghosts of Men have no terror.

twice,

And from that evening onward the Nazgûl came and followed every move of the army. They still flew high and out of sight of all save Legolas...

thrice,

Lo! lords and knights and men of valour unashamed, kings and princes, and fair people of Gondor, and Riders of Rohan, and ye sons of Elrond, and Dúnedain of the North, and Elf and Dwarf, and greathearts of the Shire.

Narratively, Arwen bears an "odd" status (as, in it [the narrative] she is talked in relation to her people, her mother's kin, and whereas her half-elven heritage is mentioned in letters, it is not mentioned in the narration per se).

As Undómiel, Arwen has a nearly Ainur-like standing, however, and it is this why I believe she is not seen as half-elven, despite very, very much being half-elven. Undómiel is what defines her personhood until her choice [to become mortal] does, and as she [Undómiel], she has a role to fulfill. A role that I ascribe to the Quenya-speaking population of "her" people [the Ñoldor?], due to it being given in Quenya, an epessë, an after-name (wherein and/or which she was bestowed), to begin with.

Her people, moreover, are mentioned in separation to her mother's kin (with whom she dwelled). It begs the question.. who is she important to? Which specific group?

[The Quenya-speakers].

Undoubtedly, Undómiel may (or may not) be interpreted as an Ainu-like figure to the Quenya-speaking population of her people [the Ñoldor? The exiled Ñoldor?]. It is for this that I decided to portray all and/or any mentions of Undómiel as used to ward off darkness. Undómiel evokes light where darkness is to fall. It is her role to ensure that the path of those she is sacred to will be void of said darkness should they call on her name, for where Undómiel steps, light follows..

III.

I will not speak on Arwen's rule as a queen here, per se, but I will draw a comparison of Arwen to another figure, to Melian.

Melian and Arwen are both foreign queens in foreign land (foreigners, in a political situation where their social standing is marked by their foreignness), they are both wise women, in their respective roles, and they are both fated to endure the loss of love, and only then, to depart the world as they know. Arwen bears her [Melian's daughter's] likeness, but, ultimately, Melian's fate (in how I portray her).

To support my [wise-woman] claims, I offer quotes below,

IV.

In line with what is given above, Arwen will be portrayed as a fae-like (the equivalent of the prior mentioned Ainu-like) figure, as Melian was intended to be.

If the fairy-tale aspect is excluded, Arwen's foreignness does complicate her status as queen, her queendom. It is, nearly, a political nightmare, not non-manageable, but not necessarily manageable.

VI.

Arwen struggles with being mortal, with mortality, physically, psychologically.. In addition, it is due her struggle, moreover, I portray that Arwen bears children only twice, a son, Eldarion, and twin daughters.

To support my claims, I offer quotes below,

But I say to you, King of the Númenoreans, not till now have I understood the tale of your people and their fall. As wicked fools I scorned them, but I pity them at last. For if death is indeed, as the Eldar say, the gift of the One to Men, it is bitter to receive.

VII.

Arwen does not take Glorfindel's place, as per the film's portrayal — she is a skilled horseback rider, however, she does not engage in warfare as seen in the film. It is not to say she is defenseless, nevertheless, she is not. Arwen is a "magic" user similarly to how Melian was.

IX.

She is a symbol of hope to her people, similarly to how Aragorn is to his. Moreover, she brings hope to Aragon as well.

To support my claims, I offer quotes below,

And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. And all eyes followed his gaze, and behold! upon the foremost ship a great standard broke, and the wind displayed it as she turned towards the Harlond. There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor; but Seven Stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count. And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold. Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur’s heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the Sea to the kingdom of Gondor; and the mirth of the Rohirrim was a torrent of laughter and a flashing of swords, and the joy and wonder of the City was a music of trumpets and a ringing of bells.

Arwen "loses" her Undómiel status, upon her mortality. Not the epessë, not the regard, but the role

#long /#long post /

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imakemywings · 1 year

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“hurhughgj why didn’t Elwing just give them the Silmaril?”

Other people have written essays on this ofc but just to recap:

1. You don’t owe the maniacs who slaughtered your family and destroyed your home anything

2. Luthien won it fair and square; the Feanorians had two other Silmarils they could be retrieving but curiously they seem content to pursue this one and leave the other two with Melkor

3. They believed it was protecting Earendil while he tried to locate Aman to seek the intercession of the Valar and keeping the havens safe while they recovered from the Feanorians’ LAST kinslaying efforts

“Then Elwing and the people of Sirion would not yield the jewel which Beren had won and Luthien had worn, and for which Dior the fair was slain; and least of all while Earendil their lord was on the sea, for it seemed to them that in the Silmaril lay the healing and the blessing that had come upon their houses and their ships.” (“Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath,” The Silmarillion) (Emphasis added because this was not a unilateral decision by Elwing)

4. At such a time as the Feanorians were attacking the havens, Elwing has zero reason to believe that the guys who abandoned her brothers as children to die of exposure in the woods would just let everyone go if she gave them what they wanted

“urughghghgg Elwing abandoned her children!!!”

1. She tried to kill herself because of the Feanorians

1.5 QII makes this even clearer (thanks @polutrope for the quote)

“And yet Maidros gained not the Silmaril, for Elwing seeing that all was lost and her child Elrond taken captive, eluded the host of Maidros and...cast herself into the sea, and perished...” (Quenta II, The Shaping of Middle-earth)

2. “Great was the sorrow of Earendil and Elwing for the ruin of the havens of Sirion, and the captivity of their sons...” (“Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath,” The Silmarillion)

3. If they save their kids but Melkor destroys the world what was any of it for? They’re trying to save everyone, Elrond and Elros included, but that necessitates getting the help of the Valar and the efforts that Earendil and Elwing make in Aman

Literally if you can’t tell Elwing and Earendil both were good people who were the victims of terrible circumstances and impossible choices I think you need to revisit your reading comprehension lessons

#rambling #ooh the rage is active tonight #elwing #elwing defense

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bretwalda-lamnguin · 11 months

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"Turambar indeed had followed Nienóri along the black pathways to the doors of Fui, but Fui would not open them, neither would Vefántur. Yet now the prayers of Úrin and Mavwin came even to Manwë, so that those twain Túrin and Nienóri entered into Fôs'Almir, the bath of flame, even as Urwendi and her maidens had done in ages past before the first rising of the Sun, and so were all their sorrows and stains washed away, and they dwelt as shining Valar among the blessed ones, and now the love of that brother and sister is very fair"

Book of Lost Tales II - Turambar and the Foalókë - J.R.R. Tolkien

#túrin turambar #nienor níniel #coh #book of lost tales #book of lost tales II #no thoughts only túrin and nienor deification scene #also túrin following nienor along the paths of the dead...#<3 #truly inseperable even in death #twice beloved #my posts

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silmforrookies · 1 year

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Chapter II. Valaquenta, or Wow, That's a Lot of Names

Alright, so where were we - ah yes, Eru showed the Ainur the vision of the World (Arda), and a lot of them decided Arda is cool so they came down and started shaping the world. Sounds about right.

Now, what exactly is Valaquenta? Basically, it's a chapter where Tolkien introduces us to the divine beings, not in "general", like in the last chapter, but more personally - we learn their names, what they are like, what are their domains, and that Melkor is a b-(CENSORED). Though we already knew that last bit.

Valaquenta can be divided into three sections:

Fanboying Over Valar

Fanboying Over Maiar

Melkor Is A Bastard And We Should Not Forget That

"Noldo", you might ask, "with all my due respect, who the hell are Valar and Maiar?"

Valar and Maiar are two kinds of Ainur - an Ainu is a Vala or a Maia depending on their power; Valar are the rulers, and Maiar are the servants. There are seven Vala-Lords and seven Valië-Queens; so fourteen if put them together and fifteen if you add Melkor - but Melkor is an idiot so he doesn't count. Their names are: Manwë, Ulmo, Aulë, Oromë, Namo (Mandos), Irmo (Lórien), and Tulkas; and Varda, Yavanna, Nienna, Estë, Vairë, Vána, and Nessa.

Well. Onto the main course! (if you've just heard someone sobbing in despair, yeah, that was me, sorry.) LETS LEARN ABOUT THE VALAR, KIDS! LETS RAISE OUR PRAYERS TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR MANWË SÚLIMO-

Manwë, also known as Manwë Súlimo, is the creator of skies and air and all that inhabits it. He's Eru's favourite. Eru's perfect son. Eru's golden child. He understands Eru like no one else does and often has private chats with him. When they only descended into Arda, he was second in might to Melkor, but, since Melkor is an idiot, he's deemed the strongest of the Valar. Manwë is married, and his wife's name is Varda.

Varda is elven favourite. Her surname is Elbereth, or Elentári, depending on which political party you will choose later in the years. She is Lady of Stars, and her domain is light. She and Manwë dwell together on the highest peak of Taniquetil (local holy mountain), and when they sit beside each other on their thrones, Varda hears all what's happening in Arda, and Manwë sees further than anyone else.

Oh, by the way! Melkor wanted to date Varda but she rejected him, because - you guessed it! - he is an idiot. So Melkor is scared shitless of her, as he should be.

Ulmo is the Vala of water, and he is positively Done. Manwë? Done. Melkor? Done. Eruhini? Do- oh wait, he loves those, actually.

Ulmo doesn't give a shit unless the world is literally falling apart. He doesn't wear "normal" bodies like the other Valar and appears in a form of giant warrior (borderline giant wave) which scares the Children of Ilùvatar which, in turn, makes Ulmo sad - because he loves them.

Ulmo reigns over all waters and often travels to Middle-Earth. Elves believe his voice and words can be heard in rivers and streams. He was best friends with Manwë, but we don't know much about the current state of affairs - only that Ulmo rarely visits land or other Valar.

Aulë is a craftsman. He is second in might to Ulmo, and created a lot in tandem with him and Manwë. He made metals and minerals, and he delights in all handiworks - from little trinkets to majestic buildings. He and Melkor are ✨narrative parralels✨. Both of them are driven by the will to create something new and original - but, while Melkor wastes his power on envy and hatred, Aulë doesn't think himself greater than the others, is quick to help and to be helped. Melkor absolutely hates his guts. He's been destroying Aulë's creations since the dawn of time. Aulë first have been repairing them, but then grew weary, tired of Melkor's temper tantrums.

Aulë is married to Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits, also called Kementári, Queen of Earth. She claims author rights to the animals and plants and is as powerful as Varda.

Next up are Feantúri-brothers, Námo Mandos and Irmo Lórien, named so for the places of their dwellings - and then, their respective spouses.

Námo, the Lord of Doom, knows time, or, as Galadriel said, "things that were, things that are, and things that yet may be". He suffers from a disease known as "I TOLD YOU SO! I TOLD YOU SO, BUT NOOOO, WHY WOULD WE LISTEN TO NÁMO, AKA THE DOOMSMAN, AKA THE ONE WHO KNOWS LITERALLY ALL THE SPOILERS?!" His name is Námo, but he is often called Mandos because his home is called Mandos, House of the Dead. He summons all the dead souls and makes sure they heal accordingly. He's married to Vairë the Weaver, who weaves the history of Arda into her tapestries.

Irmo Lórien is a Vala of dreams and rest. His respectable place of dwelling is Lórien - the fairest of places in Arda. He lives with his wife Estë, Valie of healing, who sleeps by day and walks by night. Lórien is a place where many find peace and refreshment - not just Elves, but Ainur too.

Similar to Estë, but more powerful than her, is Nienna. To shorten the story:

Nienna is Sadness and Grief, and she mourns every wound Melkor does to Arda. In fact, she started mourning long before the Arda even existed, in her Song. She spends a lot of time in Halls of Mandos, helping dead souls and mourning with them.

Then comes Tulkas the Valiant. Tulkas is. Well.

(live footage of tulkas viping the floor with melkor, years of the lamps, silmarillion)

He's super strong and is absolutely unhinged. Dude knows no fear. He has only one mission: to beat up Melkor. Yes, you guessed it, Melkor absolutely hates his guts. He is married to Nessa, Valie of... dancing? beauty? Nessa is a sister of Oromë - Vala of Hunting. Oromë loves forests and loves Middle-Earth; he would often visit it, and he would often beat Melkor's ass, too. Orome has a sister, Vaná, Valië of Youth.

So, there are fourteen Valar - but if you thought we're done, ohoho! you're in for a wild ride, my friend, for the Valar are divided into Aratar (kings and queens) and non-Aratar (everybody else). There are eight Aratar: Manwë, Varda, Ulmo, Aulë, Yavanna, Aulë, Nàmo, Nienna and Oromë. Melkor could've been up there, but he's an idiot, so. Yeah.

Yeah.

(cries in dozen more of the Maiar)

Alright, kids. Buckle up, since the Maiar are beating up my ass and I have no patience left!

Ilmarë and Eönwë - chiefs of the Maiar in Valinor. Ilmarë is a handmaid of Varda and Eönwë is a Herald of Manwë.

Uinen and Ossë - Maiar of Ulmo. Ossë loves coasts and islands and delights in storms. Uinen is his wife, and she loves the deep waters. Ossë, chaotic bastard as he was, once almost joined Melkor and went unhinged, but, fortunately, Uinen brought him back to the light side with the ✨power of love✨. Ossë is still a tiny little bit unhinged and sometimes loves drowning ships for funsies, that's why sailors pray to Uinen to calm him down. Relationship goals, amirite.

Melian was a Maia who spent most of her life in Middle-Earth, married a major elven hottie, borned a daughter who was even a bigger hottie, and suffered from a disease known as "for god's sake please someone listen to a literal angel advising you", but we know nothing about that yet.

Ólorin, aka Gandalf, aka Mithrandir, aka The Guy You Definitely Know About!

AND NOW, FINALLY, LETS TALK ABOUT OUR LOCAL DEMONS! I'VE GOT FITEEN MINUTES UNTIL 15 H, CAN YOU TELL I'M SANE

Alright - so, of course, we've got our local Satan, Melkor, aka Morgoth, aka Bauglir, aka The Guy Who is Still A Bastard. He didn't have a particular domain - but he had part in powers of all the Ainur, and it was intended for him to help other Ainur excell even more at their crafts. Unfortunately, he spent all of his might to hate and envy, until he could do nothing else but imitate the creations of other Ainur. Still, there were many who followed him; most terrifying of them were Valaraukar, aka Balrogs - spirits of fire, demons of terror.

And of course, Sauron. What to say about Sauron?... Well, he's a bastard who looks up to Melkor. Mini-Boss. Mini-Morgoth. He does have cool fire-cat-werewolf aesthetic, though. If Melkor is chaos, Sauron is Order. If Melkor is brute force, Sauron is swift strategy. Sauron, though he's a Maia, is as terrifying as his Master, and it's better not to cross him.

Well, that was it! I've got two more minutes left until 15h - you'll get me next time, procrastination >:)

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The blue rose is related to Stark maidens, first the unnamed Stark girl and then Lyanna. Bael and Rhaegar tainted those roses. Dany seeing the blue flower in HOTU is omnious as all her visions were negative and omnious. She is more in lines with Bael and Rhaegar who will try to taint the blue rose.

Agreed. The language around the roses can include Jon, who is Lyanna's son and himself lived a parallel experience to his own mother with his abuser Ygritte and she called him a "maid"). But it's not especially connected to him outside of references to Stark women, and certainly not exclusive to him.

Lyanna, Bael's Winter Rose, and Sansa share obvious parallels, and a theme of abduction, sexual exploitation and childbirth. (As of yet only foreshadowed for Sansa, obviously.) But that doesn't mean that's all a Winter Rose can do.

Ned Stark reached out his hand to grasp the flowery crown, but beneath the pale blue petals the thorns lay hidden. He felt them clawing at his skin, sharp and cruel, saw the slow trickle of blood run down his fingers, and woke, trembling, in the dark.

Promise me, Ned, his sister had whispered from her bed of blood. She had loved the scent of winter roses. (AGOT, Eddard XV)

I agree on the ominousness of the HOTU visions. Whether Jon, Sansa or Arya (who is likely to be a maiden flowered by the time this becomes relevant), all of the characters with an obvious connection to the blue flower and the Stark maiden role are likely to spell bad news for Dany.

A blue flower grew from a chink in a wall of ice, and filled the air with sweetness. . . . (ACOK, Daenerys IV)

My money is on all of them, but especially on the little Winter Rose whose connection to sweetness is particularly... sharp.

This connection from the TWOW Mercy sample chapter is my favorite:

"One of the mummers," said the pretty one. He pushed his fair hair back off his brow and smiled at her. "Sorry, sweetling, we don't speak your gibble-gabble." (...)

"I know your tongue, a little," she lied, with Mercy's sweetest smile. "You are lords of Westeros, my friend said." (....)

"I am not," lied Mercy. "I'm a maiden now." "Not for long," said the comely one. "I'm Lord Rafford, sweetling, and I know just what I want.(....)

"The laces," he urged her. "Be a sweet girl and undo them." Instead she slid her finger down along the inside of his thigh. He gave a grunt. "Damn, be careful there, you —" Mercy gave a gasp and stepped away, her face confused and frightened. "You're bleeding." (...)

"Think so?" asked Arya, sweetly. Raff the Sweetling looked up sharply as the long thin blade came sliding from her sleeve. She slipped it through his throat beneath the chin, twisted, and ripped it back out sideways with a single smooth slash. A fine red rain followed, and in his eyes the light went out. "Valar morghulis," Arya whispered, but Raff was dead and did not hear. (TWOW, Mercy)

Other interesting mentions of sweetness for Arya in the books:

"No, sweet one," he murmured. (...) You were born in the long summer, sweet one, you've never known anything else, but now the winter is truly coming. Remember the sigil of our House, Arya." (AGOT, Arya II)

"Boy! Sweet boy! Is it war, red war? Boy, free us. A man can fight. Boy!" (...) "Boy!" called Jaqen H'ghar. "Sweet boy!" (ACOK, Arya IV)

"The Red God has his due, sweet girl, and only death may pay for life. This girl took three that were his. This girl must give three in their places. Speak the names, and a man will do the rest." (ACOK, Arya VII)

"The hungry gods will feast on blood tonight, if a man would do this thing," Jaqen said. "Sweet girl, kind and gentle. Unsay one name and say another and cast this mad dream aside." (ACOK; Arya IX)

"I'll steal a sweet kiss with the point of my blade, heigh-ho, heigh-ho." She thought she heard a woodharp too, beneath the soft rush of the river. (ASOS, Arya II)

Lady Smallwood's maidservants scrubbed her so hard it felt like they were flaying her themselves. They even dumped in some stinky-sweet stuff that smelled like flowers. (...) "Master Mott said it was time I made my first longsword. He gave me a sweet piece of steel, and I knew just how I wanted to shape the blade. Only Yoren came, and took me away for the Night's Watch." (..) (ASOS, Arya IV)

"Does my sweet peach have a name?" (ASOS, Arya V)

"This cave is dark too," said the Hound, "but I'm the terror here. I hope your god's a sweet one, Dondarrion. You're going to meet him shortly." (ASOS, Arya VI)

"Six," Thoros said reluctantly. "And each time is harder. You have grown reckless, my lord. Is death so very sweet?"

"Sweet? No, my friend. Not sweet." (ASOS, Arya VII)

"Fire consumes." Lord Beric stood behind them, and there was something in his voice that silenced Thoros at once. "It consumes, and when it is done there is nothing left. Nothing."

"Beric. Sweet friend." The priest touched the lightning lord on the forearm. "What are you saying?" (ASOS, Arya VIII)

Oh, that's bloody sweet. I'll be sure and tell him that, before I cut his heart out." (ASOS, Arya IX)

She paddled after the sharp red whisper of cold blood, the sweet cloying stench of death. (ASOS, Arya XII)

The dead were never hard to find. They came to the House of Black and White, prayed for an hour or a day or a year, drank sweet dark water from the pool, and stretched out on a stone bed behind one god or another. They closed their eyes, and slept, and never woke. (AFFC, Arya II)

"Cat, be a sweet and bring my clothes for me." (...) Three pinches will produce that sleep that does not end. The taste is very sweet, so it is best used in cakes and pies and honeyed wines. Here, you can smell the sweetness." (AFFC, Cat of the Canals)

"Until darkness is as sweet to you as light," the waif would say, "or until you ask us for your eyes. Ask and you shall see." (...) A sweet death and a gentle one, the kindly man was fond of saying. (ADWD, The Blind Girl)

He means to send me away. "I have no heart. I only have a hole. I've killed lots of people. I could kill you if I wanted."

"Would that taste sweet to you?"

She did not know the right answer. "Maybe."

"Then you do not belong here. Death holds no sweetness in this house. (ADWD, The Ugly Girl)

There are a small number of more neutral ones, but... there's a theme there.

#winter rose #arya stark #anti daenerys targaryen #stark maiden #sweetness

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listen this is kinda crack and this is very crack and this is PURE crack, but nonetheless I’m sitting here slightly overwrought at the thought of… Even without Sauron to defeat, I think the Third Age still ends, the Age of Men still begins, with the Choice and wedding of Arwen Evenstar; the departure of Elrond and Galadriel and the final fading of the last great elven-realms of Middle Earth. Maybe they stay a few extra years to meet all the grand/great-grandchildren? But they don’t tarry long.

But Celebrimbor keeps tarrying! Why shouldn’t he? The ring he bears is Narya II, kindler of spirits, a little less great than its (long-since destroyed) original but also never dragged down in the final fall of a One. He married to a Great Maia determined to keep him alive and spiritually whole at any cost. (They’ve debated “at any cost” and compromised on Celebrimbor not getting himself killed and so never direly pressing the issue.)

Yes, the great elven-realms are gone—but I’m not sure they ever made a new one, after losing Ost-in-Edhil and destroying Númenor in retaliation, and being in mild shock for a few years after just barely surviving the destruction of Númenor. The Valar may or may not send Istari in this timeline, because there’s already Celebrimbor and Annatar wandering around Middle Earth and further continents, and for a while whatever of the Mirdain are left to go with them, randomly showing up in different realms to offer technological innovation, loudly and slightly threateningly debate the ethics of the local laws, and introduce/encourage/oversee use of the international currency Annatar introduced when the economy of pretty much every coastal country in the world was conveniently floundering in the face of an unexpected giant oceanic. (They weren’t in shock for that long.) (It’s called the mainad, lit. “precious thing”, pl. mainaid. Celebrimbor officially named it, but you bet your ass Annatar-who-is-emotionally-an-evil-cat was already thinking it.) (Why back a currency in gold or silver when you can back it in a minor deity saying, “Because I said so”?)

(Okay, they more like settle places for a couple centuries at a time, because you need time to get a forge set up just right and really get to work in it. Despite Celegorm’s best efforts, Celebrimbor has never been a camping person, or even an inns person.)

So they just...keep doing that in the Age of Men. It’s like having semi-benevolent trickster gods but inversed to creating order rather than chaos. Except now and then, when absolutely necessary, they do overturn governments.

But…Celebrimbor is getting tired, metaphysically. Even Narya can only do so much, even for her bearer. Maybe especially for her bearer. Even Annatar can only do so much, when his power is set against the great Marring of the World—to which he once contributed proudly!—that erodes the fëa of Elves just as disease and age erode the hröa of Men. More slowly, obviously, but no less inevitably.

[Tangential headcanon: in the late First Age, everybody but especially Elves were getting morally shaky and plain unpleasant to be around, in the way stress often brings out the worst in people but…moreso. Morgoth’s Ring, Arda is called, because his defeat came only when he’d poured so much power into the whole world that the rest of him could be chained and exiled. When the other Valar kicked him out of Arda, they managed to card out enough of that twisted, corruptive intent and throw it out with him that now it’s just...wearing. Tiring. To live in this world. Normal amounts of “stress makes people worse” - and the stress can ebb rather than grow and grow. Unless you live in Valinor where it’s aggressively sterilized of even this ultimate, exhausting Marring.]

At first Annatar takes advantage of it—less nagging to not infringe on people’s free will for their own good and the good of the world overall! Finally! Maybe he even argues that they’ve been doing things more or less Celebrimbor’s way for literally 6000+ years with only minimal, at most moderate net average improvement and glorification of Arda, so it’s PAST time to try Annatar’s way where they also use armies, blatant coercion, etc. Tired of the argument, a little less invested than he used to be, Celebrimbor agrees, and the Dark Lord starts to build an empire once more…

But only for a few centuries. He doesn’t get very far. Because once he’s conceded that point, Celebrimbor has less… Is less. It’s just hard to be hype for a dream that isn’t his anymore - he fought the long defeat and, well, he lost. As prophecied three Ages ago on the shore of what would be Lindon. It’s so thoroughly the Age of Men that he hasn’t seen another elf in decades, and it was Maglor who doesn’t count, and he’s tired.

And Annatar lost his own war over 6000 years ago when he admitted, “Well I’m not going to do it without you!”

So, like, Annatar settling some affairs, maybe even letting the “good” guys “win” for the sake of hope or whatever, and just walks away, carrying a half-drowsing Celebrimbor. (Celebrimbor nuzzling into his chest because husband soft, warm, literally and metaphysically.) He walks - or maybe flies on epic wings of fire; one last #drama moment - to the beach where Dave (the Balrog) is sitting with Maglor, who is... if Celebrimbor is half-faded, Maglor has reverted entirely to the frail-but-for-his-Song, half-faded, half-hallucinating beach hobo he was when Dave first found him. Having a companion who was also There, Back Then, and monstrous at the time (and still kinda now) was good for him for a millennia or two, but he’s been exhausted since he threw the Silmaril into the Sea. Since years before that, actually. But if he doesn’t tell the tale, and paean the star and requiem the dead and... who will? And what other purpose has he?

Dave has spent the last couple centuries trailing after Maglor along the shoreline, making sure he eats and sleeps in kind of the way you look after your beloved pet who’s on their last legs and it’d almost be a mercy to put them to sleep already but they’re hanging in there and they still seem happy when they lie in the sun and you love them too much to give up quite yet... (Cracky romance is great but I do think Dave does less well than Annatar at ever internalizing the idea that the Children of Eru could be their equals rather than, like, surprisingly competent sentient annoyances.)

Annatar arrives to this, Celebrimbor in his arms, and he says, “Come on, Dave, let’s go - it’s time to take the kids home.” And maybe they argue (Dave argues; Dave is a little scared, though he won’t admit it; the Balrogs were servants of Melkor even before they all entered Arda. He’s never been anything but foe to the other Valar. But Annatar used to be Sauron, Deceiver and Gorthaur, Lieutenant of Angband, and before even that he was Mairon, servant of Aulë, so he prevails. And moreover, he builds a boat (which they probably have to con Maglor onto because he’s also still scared to Sail),

The Men, having “defeated” the Dark Lord, promptly declare it to be the Fifth Age now. Presumptuous - they haven’t even invented the steam engine yet.

[Slightly overwrought, to be clear, because maybe it’s about...care-taking. Maybe it’s about love. Maybe it’s about redemption and no one being lost, no matter how long it takes them to come home. Maybe it’s all a story about learning to respect and care for your father’s differently-born younger children, who are, in fact, yours to care for as well, and not actually a blight upon the world.]

#ficlet #my fic #the hell do i tag this #the silmarillion #silvergifting #annatar #sauron #mairon #celebrimbor #maglor #dave the balrog #he's a character now shh #once again i've caught myself in a trap wherein i NEED to write a foundational fic in a...not series so much as coherent timeline #in order to provide proper context for the rest of it (which i keep bithely writing instead)

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Hi, it's Moonlord, and can it be more than one request? For the trick-or-treating? For example, Finrod became a werewolf, in a Finrod/Celegorm (with or without Curufin) or Finrod/Turgon

Hello dearest!

You didn't say whether you wanted a trick or a treat, so I stayed with the vibe of the previous story!

🎃Trick🎃

Have another ficlet about Finrod, Curufin, Celegorm, AND Turgon.

This is Part II of this idea. (Part I)

Have 600 words of Wolfinrod.

Celegorm frowned as he entered the clearing—as an accomplished hunter, he relied on his instincts unhesitatingly, and the musky scent making his nostrils flare now set his teeth on edge.

Something was here, and it was hungry.

Pushing his younger brother—Curufin, for all the things he might have been to him throughout the ages, would never not be a youngling in need of protection—behind his broad, muscular back, he squared his shoulders and advanced cautiously.

“Cousin,” Turgon looked up sharply, his full, sensual lips contorted into a mocking sneer. “I did not expect thee to come.”

The derision dripping like blood from those white teeth was so maddening that Celegorm almost failed to notice the bright golden eyes—tinged with ocean green and sky blue—that settled on his approaching form voraciously.

“What—” he cried out in alarm as sleek limbs untangled and silver fur rustled in the eerie quietude of the remote meadow—even blinking rapidly did nothing to dispel the nightmare he seemed to have fallen into unwittingly.

In Turgon’s lap lay a wolf. Nay, Celegorm knew dogs and wolves well enough to know that there was nothing natural or legitimate about that overgrown, sharp-fanged monstrosity now rolling to its massive paws and stalking towards them leisurely.

“Don’t toy with them,” Turgon warned softly, but there was no real reprimand in that exhortation.

“What sorcery is this?” Celegorm groaned. His body melted into a defensive stance as he heard Curufin gasp breathlessly behind him, and he patted his hip in search of the purely decorative knife he wore on his belt.

“It is he, this is our cousin Finrod,” Curufin hissed. “The Valar have returned him to us…changed.”

The canine creature, intelligent eyes flickering with something akin to dark humour, paused and settled on his strong haunches as if waiting for the appropriate reaction.

“It cannot be,” Celegorm panted, but his hand extended against his will to touch the soft fur of the mysterious he-wolf.

Yes, Celegorm trusted his instincts, and he had never crossed an animal he had not been able to connect with.

Freed of the necessity of polite words and proper turns of phrase, he could let his raw thoughts and unfiltered emotions flow through the unique, inexplicable bond that could only ever be established between unguarded, feral souls.

On that primal level of hunger and survival, he finally managed to convey his shame and debilitating regret. They were pack animals and letting one of their own face danger and death on his own meant unbearable infamy for those who had stayed behind to usurp a position they had not deserved.

Finally, the creature that was Finrod and yet resembled their ridiculously cheerful, strongminded cousin only vaguely inclined its heavy, lethal head in mute acceptance of their contrition.

Then its ears perked up and it gave a short, commanding yap that brought Turgon to his feet and made Celegorm’s skin tingle with the old-familiar thrill of the hunt.

“Stay here,” the silver-haired savage hissed at his forge-bound brother as the scent of a disoriented deer that had been separated from its herd flooded his awareness. “There will be blood.”

“I am no longer afraid of blood,” Curufin laughed, fey and ferocious, and pulled a thin, deadly blade from the sleeve of his formal tunic. “Let’s go!”

As one, the fallen descendants of righteous Finwë fell into a run, their steps all but inaudible, in pursuit of yet another innocent, clueless victim to satiate their thirst for slaughter that even the grace of the Valar had not erased from their guilty souls.

Ah, this was fun! Thank you so much for your amazing prompts!

-> Masterlist October

#ask #IDNMT answers #Anonymous #cilil #IDNMT writes #fanfiction #writing #tolkien writing #jrrt #FOTFICS october event #FOTFICS trick-or-treat #Trick #Finrod #longing #Part II #Celegorm #regrets #Curufin #Turgon

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