The Silmarillion aesthetic | N a r g o t h r o n d

..and that stronghold was called Nargothrond. In that labour Finrod was raised by the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains; and they were rewarded well, for Finrod had brought more treasures out of Tyrion than any other of the princes of the Noldor.

There in Nargothrond Finrod made his home with many of his people, and he was named in the tongue of the Dwarves Felagund, Hewer of Caves; and that name he bore thereafter until his end. But Finrod Felagund was not the first to dwell in the caves beside the River Narog.

The Silmarillion aesthetic | Thingol and Luthien And at the end of the first age of the Chaining of Melkor, when all the Earth had peace and the glory of Valinor was at its noon, there came into the world Within, the only child of Thingol and Melian. Through Middle-earth lay for the most part in the Sleep of Yavanna, in Beleriand under the power of Melian there was life and joy, and the bright stars shone as silver fires; and there in the forest of Neldoreth Luthien was born, and the white flowers of niphredil came forth to great heroesstars from the earth.

Beautiful art Thingol and Luthien by Sandoakato

The Silmarillion aesthetic | Fingolfin, The High King of The Noldor

You know what I really love about him? What? Everything.

(art of Nolo by kusuri2013)

The Middle Earth modern AU | The Elven King’s themed fantasy Thranduil The Elvenking, the pale purple palette

The Silmarillion aesthetic | Of Thingol and Melian Melian sat long in silence beside Thingol the King, and her thought passed back into the starlit years and to their first meeting among the nightingales of Nan Elmoth in ages past..

amazing art of Elu Thingol by Evankart

The Silmarillion aesthetic | Eönwë, Chief of the Maiar

Chief among the Maiar of Valinor whose name is remembered in the histories of the Elder Days is Eönwë, the banner-bearer and herald of Manwë, whose might in arms is surpassed by none in Arda.

(J.R.R.Tolkien, The Silmarillion, Valaquenta: Of the Maiar)

The Silmarillion aesthetics | E ä r w e n

Eärwen, known as the "swan-maiden of Alqualondë", was the daughter of Olwë, lord of the Teleri.

beautiful art “Earwen & Olwe” by sandoakato

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Is this Celegorm with Huan? Then that's great!

I remember when the first of these were carved. The likeness of one fallen, preserved upon a living thing. I suppose some part of me always believed my rest would be here. But then, instead, I am to leave them.

The Silmarillion aesthetics | The Hidden Kingdom | The Dreams of Doriath

..and this inner land, which was long named Eglador, was after called Doriath, the guarded kingdom, Land of the Girdle.

The Silmarillion aesthetics | The Realms of Middle-Earth, part 2

Araman, The Firth of Drengist, The Tower of Barad Nimras (The Tower of Finrod on the Falas), The Isebay of Forochel.

(The Realms of Middle-Earth part 1)

The Elvenking | M i r k w o o d | The King of Winter

The Middle-Earth aesthetics | The winter holidays in the Shire

The Middle-Earth aesthetics | The winter Rivendell

The Silmarillion aesthetics | Oromë | The Lord of Forests, The Huntsman of the Valar

Nahar is the name of his horse, white in the sun, and shining silver at night. The Valaróma is the name of his great horn, the sound of which is like the upgoing of the Sun in scarlet, or the sheer lightning cleaving the clouds. Above all the horns of his host it was heard in the woods..

The Silmarillion aesthetic | Cuiviénen | Water of Awakening

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