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edit: realized I forgot to add a "depends/combo" option so just go with the closest option and put it in the tags/replies
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AU where Aredhel founded Gondolin and Eol nabbed Turgon (and little idril)
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#silm#silmarillion#turgon#aredhel#idril#reverse gondolin au#old art rb#self rb#behold the beginning of the reverse gondolin au
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Melkor
inspired by @caenith here
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Maglor wanders the shores of what used to be Beleriand (now somewhere south of Lindon). His voice is lost amongst the waves crashing against the cliffs, and he wonders what would have become of his fate had he cast himself into the Sea alongside the Silmaril all those centuries ago.
He reaches almost reflexively for his harp, corroded from Ages of mistreatment. Charred fingers twitch against worn strings, muscle memory recalling the motions of the Noldolantë even when his shattered mind does not. His music, too, drowns among the cold waters. When footsteps approach behind him, he does not bother to draw his rusted blade, or even to look back.
"You have lost the touch," he hears. Daeron's voice, quieter than it once was, lingers in the air. "You were better."
The high notes of a flute mingle with the hum of his harp, twin laments wailing into the darkness of the Sea.
Fingon does not play often anymore. Rarely does the mood strike him, and mostly when he is alone, his heart is sorrowful. But at the Mereth Aderthad some merriness of the crowd strikes him, some warmth of the liquor, and he picks up the harp and plays, unthinking, a drinking-song from bygone days. Around him elves laugh and dance, an ocean of swirling silk, and he hears little his own music.
“You have lost the touch,” Maglor says, “you were better.”
Fingon looks down at the joints of his fingers, where feeling has not returned since the ice, and says naught.
#writing#is this anything#love how everyone is scolding maglor in the tags#like a particularly troublesome cat#maglor#daeron#wow the minstrels are not having a good time huh#not to mention#finrod's battle with sauron was likely the last song he ever sang in beleriand#the land that brought him so much joy#and his last Song was twisted into despair#:(((#'fingon does not play often anymore' is it bc of the thangorodrim memories???#;-;
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High King Maglor AU
Years pass and mourning gives way to grief. Maglor's great laments are sung no more, replaced instead by the steady chants of war. He has honed himself into a deadly blade, become sharp and cruel in the way only a once-kind man could be.
He reaches Morgoth and sings: not the soft, deceptive lullabies of Lúthien, but lashes of brittle anger and searing pain. There is nothing for Morgoth to twist, for his Song has been a tool of the unlight since the first note that rang out over the waters of Alqualondë.
Morgoth is robbed but merely wounded, for none save Fëanor himself could even hope to approach the power to truly assault the Enemy. Entire armies are slain storming the gates of Angband, but Maglor simply gathers who is left and assembles a new force of vengeance.
He is exiled, his closest brother dead, his father and mother long gone across the sea, and those brothers who still live resent his crusade in fear of their father's fate. He has nothing to lose, only memories to care for, and ghosts to avenge.
To slay a Vala is an impossible task, but still High King Maglor musters the remnant of his last army and storms again the throne of Angband.
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#not silm#not art#goblin#goblin band#just random stuff lol#wish tumblr had the gradient text#if you can have it in colored tags why not post text??
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the eyemask is very helpful but it does have some side effects
(tags via @mirkwood-hr-department)
downsides of treelight hair: must either wear a veil at night or deal with treelight in your face
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Reverse Gondolin AU Patch Notes 4/22!
(tagging @general-illyrin @tar-thelien @who-needs-words @bilbo-baggins-is-a-fcking-vibe and anyone else who wants to join!)
🌟 New
Ar-Pharazon joins Sauron after getting disowned, and later becomes the Witch-King of Numenor (thanks to who-needs-words; also there's a fic by who-needs-words and art by tar-thelien now!)
Mordor steals the Numenorean tech. Mordor now has steampunk industrial-revolution level technology.
Lomion and Celebrimbor are married (thanks to the poll); Gil-galad is their collective and adoptive heir. Many feuds are resolved.
Celebrimbor survives but is wounded at the destruction of Eregion. He joins the White Council.
The Kin-strife becomes a proxy-kinslaying-war thanks to Sauron exploiting the tension in Gondor (thanks to who-needs-words)
FA 371 - Erestor Carnistirion born
FA 534 - Wedding of Lomion and Celebrimbor. Gil-galad [possibly son of Orodreth for balance?] is adopted.
SA 3411- Lomion dies to Sauron at the Dagor Orodruin / Battle of Mount Doom. Gil-galad named high king
TA 1640 - Elrond establishes the Elerondo Fortress in the ruins of the Dome of Stars in Osgiliath
TA 1976 - Surviving Numenoreans retreat to the Stronghold of Numenor in Imladris
TA 3018 - Elrond claims the title of High King of the Sindar (for decoy purposes)
TA 3018/3019 - The Fellowship departs. Gil and Glorfindel leave with the Lindon army just ahead of the Fellowship; Elrond and Erestor [Carnistirion] leave not long after. The passing of two armies conceals the path of the Fellowship.
TA 3019 - Dagor Anghabar [name in progress] / Battle of the Dwarrowdelf, between the army of Lindon and the orcs of Moria. Glorfindel kills Durin's Bane.
[ purple = new part of timeline ]
🛠 Fixed
Turgon dies in the Fall of Gondolin by being crushed by a building after going back to look for Elrond & Elros (thanks to who-needs-words)
Oropher & Thranduil find/rescue Elwing; Galadriel and Celeborn take her to Gondolin (thanks to thelien and bilbo-baggins-is-a-fcking-vibe)
Celebrimbor survives with some wounds after the destruction of Eregion. He later joins the White Council and lives with Lomion & Gil-galad in Lindon. (thanks to general-illyrin)
🚧 Ongoing
should Castamir found a naval-based Evil Power (Angros instead of Angmar)
how many Palantiri should be lost - does it make it too weird story wise if there's still a ton of palantiri floating around, especially since celebrimbor is fully capable of using them
how should the Scouring of the Shire work when Lindon is right there - does Lindon get destroyed earlier in the War of the Ring? Currently I have most of the army off w/ Gil around Gondor/Mordor
what happens to Celebrian
do arwen/elladan/elrohir get to do anything important
how to do the Breaking of the Fellowship?? Gandalf refuses to die so far - Glorfindel killed the Balrog (with full energy, full gear, and hair tied back) with far fewer casualties and now Gandalf won't go anywhere. should I still try to get rid of him?
🌱 Upcoming
Scale up major battles (helm's deep, pelennor, isengard, morannon) to account for the presence of two entire extra armies, comprised mostly of Last Alliance veterans (and a handful of Gondolin/Kinslaying/Wrath veterans)
Does Gil-galad die
Figure out the Witch King of Numenor logistics
Figure out what Galadriel and Celebrimbor get to do
⭐ Timeline Additions
SA
3319 - Downfall of Numenor. Tar-Miriel leads a greater force of the Faithful away. Lomion uses Nenya to protect Lindon from the floods.
3320 - Arnor and Gondor founded. Stronghold of Numenor founded at Imladris. Elendil named heir to Tar-Miriel.
3399 - Sauron takes Minas Ithil
3400 - Last Alliance formed by Lomion and Tar-Miriel, with Elendil as the commander of the Numenorean forces.
3401 - Numenorean divisions of Last Alliance march to Stronghold in Imladris.
3404 - Last Alliance marches to Mordor. Battle of Dagorlad and Siege of Barad-dur. The Sindar slow their initial rush under the word of Prince Elrond. Lomion and Elendil combine forces with Oropher and Amdir to break the Black Gate. Siege of Barad-dur. Shelob is slain. Deaths of Oropher and Amdir. Thranduil defers the High Kingship. Thranduil named King of the Greenwood. Amroth named King of Lorien.
3411 - Dagor Orodruin. Fifth use of the Nenya and Narya in battle.
Death of Lomion Irission. Gil-galad named High King of the Noldor. Prince Elrond named herald to Gil-galad. Nenya given to Prince Elrond. Death of Elendil. Defeat of Sauron. Isildur named heir to Tar-Miriel. Isildur takes the One Ring. Celebrimbor warns against it.
TA
2 - Isildur plants a sapling of Nimloth in Minas Anor. Battle of the Gladden Fields. Deaths of Ciryon and Aratan. Isildur attempts to flee to Rivendell. Death of Isildur in the Misty Mountains. Elendur rescued by the Host of Elrond. Elendur named heir to Tar-Miriel.
8 - Death of Tar-Miriel. Elendur takes the name Tar-Elecano // Tar-Oromendur as High King of Numenor. Valandil named King of Arnor.
1000 - The Witch King of Numenor reveals himself. The Istari first appear.
1050 - The Shadow falls on the Greenwood.
1300 - the remaining Nazgul reappear.
1409 - The Witch-king invades Arnor from the North. Tar-Varandil [line of Elendur] comes to the aid of King Arveleg I. Rhudaur and Amon Sul destroyed. King Arveleg retreats to Cardolan.
1432 - Eldacar named King of Gondor. Beginning of the Kin-strife. Tar-Moreniel [line of Elendur] sees weakening support for the High Kingship.
1437 - Osgiliath Rebellion of Castamir. Prince Elrond breaks the brief Siege of Osgiliath and disowns Castamir for kinslaying. Castamir escapes captivity in the Stronghold at Imladris and flees to Ar-Pharazon.
1439 - Sauron funds Castamir's second attack on Osgiliath. Prince Elrondeleron endorses Eldacar and aids in the defense of Osgiliath.
1448 - Siege of Pelargir. Castamir becomes a Ringwraith. End of the Kin-strife.
1449 - Sons of Castamir establish Umbar.
1470 - Death of Tar-Moreniel. Laurelien marries into the line of Isildur. Lines of the High Kings and the Kings of Arnor merged.
1473 - Birth of Argeleb II son of Araphor and Laurelien.
1635 - The Great Plague appears in Rhovanion.
1636 - The Great Plague spreads to Gondor. Death of the White Tree. Osgiliath weakened. Barrow-wights appear. Celebrimbor begins to suspect Sauron. Prince Elrond uses Nenya to slow the spread of the Plague.
1637 - Castamir revealed as a Ringwraith. Castamir founds Angmar // Angros.
1640 - The capital of Gondor is moved to Minas Anor. The sapling of the White Tree is planted. Prince Elrond founds the Elerondo Fortress at the Dome of Stars in the ruins of Osgiliath to guard Mordor. Glorfindel dwells at the Elerondo Fortress.
1851 - Angmar temporarily defeated. Wainriders attack Gondor. Forces of the Elerondo Fortress come to the aid of Gondor.
1856 - Death of King Narmacil II. Sixth use of Nenya in battle by Prince Elrond to flood the Anduin. King Calimehtar repels the Wainriders.
1973 - King Arvedui calls for aid against the Witch-king of Numenor and the King of Angmar.
1974 - Destruction of Arnor.
1975 - Angmar destroyed. Two palantiri lost.
1976 - The surviving Numenoreans secretly retreat to the Stronghold of Numenor at Imladris.
1980 - Durin's Bane awakens in Khazad-dum.
1999 - Rumors of Durin's Bane reach Lindon.
2000 - Nazgul besiege Minas Ithil. Glorfindel and the folk of Elerondo Fortress drive back the Black Army.
2004 - Minas Ithil weakened but not captured. The Nazgul are driven back by High King Gil-galad and Prince Elrond. Ar-Pharazon's identity confirmed.
2050 - Death of Earnur. End of the Kings of Gondor and the apparent end of the line of Isildur.
2463 - One Ring discovered.
2510 - The Shadow emerges from Dol Guldur. Galadriel sends a warning to Gil-galad and Celebrimbor in Lindon.
2758 - Umbar attacks Osgiliath. Elerondo Fortress weakened.
2851 - The White Council discusses Dol Guldur. Saruman delays an attack. Gil-galad becomes suspicious.
2901 - Sauron becomes aware of the survival of the line of Elendur. Minas Ithil destroyed.
2930 - Ithilien deserted.
2931 - Birth of Aragorn. Aragorn is hidden with Elrond to be raised in Imladris.
2941 - Bilbo finds the One Ring. Battle of the Five Armies. Dol Guldur is overrun and Sauron is wounded.
2942 - Sauron returns to Mordor. Elerondo Fortress destroyed. Glorfindel returns to Imladris.
2952 - Elrond and Gil-galad reveal to Estel his true name and ancestry. Aragorn receives the Shards of Narsil and a Lamp of Celebrimbor.
2953 - Last meeting of the White Council. Saruman begins to fortify Isengard.
2980 - Aragorn and Arwen are betrothed. The High Kingship of Numenor is pledged to Aragorn.
3001 - Gandalf begins to suspect the One Ring is in the Shire. Bilbo's birthday. Frodo receives the One Ring.
3016 - Arwen returns to Imladris.
3018 - The War of the Ring begins. Prince Elrond claims the title of High King of the Sindar to draw the attention of Sauron. Mirkwood attacked by orcs. Lorien reinforces its borders. Osgiliath taken by Mordor.
Gil-galad leads an army out of Lindon. Celebrimbor accompanies Aragorn to escort Frodo to Rivendell. The Nazgul are driven out of the Shire by one of the Lamps. Celebrimbor leaves one Feanorian Lamp in Hobbiton.
The Council of the Eldar is held and the Fellowship of the Ring formed. High King Gil-galad travels ahead with Lord Glorfindel and the army of Lindon.
3019 - The Quest of the Ring. The Fellowship departs. High King Elrond departs later with Prince Erestor Carnistirion and the army of Imladris. The Fellowship meets Gil-galad and Glorfindel at the gate of Moria.
Dagor Anghabar / Battle of the Dwarrowdelf. The army of Lindon drives out the orcs of Moria. Durin's Bane slain by Glorfindel. Far less casualties occur with the help of an experienced balrog-slayer. Gandalf is injured by the Shadow. Gandalf sends the Fellowship towards Lorien.
The storm over the Caradhras clears. Elrond and Erestor cross the Caradhras with the army of Imladris.
[ green // blue means two main options, red means i need to think about it more, and orange means the character is invented for the line of Elendur ]
@general-illyrin @tar-thelien @who-needs-words I think you all mentioned being interested in the reverse gondolin au - is anyone interested in helping with wrangling the timelines, especially the second age stuff? Here's the current outline:
(Edit: anyone feel free to help out if you're interested!)
YT 14365 - Birth of Lomion
YT 14373/FA 1 - Death of Argon
FA
2 - Aredhel adopts Lomion
300 - Birth of Idril
316 - Turgon & Idril kidnapped by Eol
400 - Turgon & Idril rescued. Death of Eol
465 - Finrod more-peacefully passes throne to orodreth while on Quest. Everyone except beren still dies
472 - Nirnaeth. Turgon named High King of the Noldor.
476 - Turgon abdicates official title. Aredhel named High King of the Noldor.
496 - Tuor comes to Gondolin
502 - Wedding of Idril and Tuor
503 - Births of Earendil and Elwing. Idril begins to have foresight dreams about the Fall.
506 - Second Kinslaying. C^3 dead, celebrimbor stays in gondolin. Aredhel denounces the oath/kinslaying and disowns C^3
Elwing survives & is found by Oropher & Thranduil // Galadriel & Celeborn. oropher, thranduil, oropher's wife, and thranduil's then-gf // galadriel & celeborn take Elwing to Gondolin as refugees. The Silmaril is left hidden in the woods of melian's domain.
507 - Elwing comes to Gondolin.
509 - Idril captured by Morgoth. Idril reveals the location of Gondolin in exchange for an Oath to not harm her family (Turgon, Tuor, and Earendil). Idril rescued.
510 - Gondolin prepares for war with Morgoth.
513-522 - Siege of Gondolin. Deaths of Duilin and Rog. Gothmog slain by Aredhel the Huntress. First use of the Three Rings by Lomion and Celebrimbor in defense of Gondolin. House of the Hammer of Wrath destroyed.
523 - Maedhros believes a Silmaril is with Elwing at Gondolin.
525 - Earendil weds Elwing. Lomion weds ???. Adoption of Gil-Galad
532 - Births of Elrond and Elros.
538 - Third Kinslaying at Gondolin. Death of Amras. Elrond and Elros kidnapped by Maglor. Deaths of Elwing and Turgon. Second use of the Three Rings by Lomion and Celebrimbor. Deaths of Maedhros and Aredhel. Lomion named King of Gondolin and High King of the Noldor. Deaths of Salgant, Penlod, and Tuor. Earendil named Lord of the House of the Wing.
540-549 - War declared between Gondolin and the Feanorians of Himring over the Third Kinslaying and kidnapping of Princes Elrond and Elros.
549 - Elrond and Elros recovered. Feanorians and Gondolin severely weakened. Celebrimbor // Gil-Galad declared heir to the High Kingship.
552-554 - Second Siege & Fall of Gondolin. Third use of the Three Rings by Lomion and Celebrimbor. Deaths of Ecthelion, Glorfindel, Egalmoth, and Turgon. Idril and Celebrimbor lead survivors through the Secret Way.
555 - Gondolithlim refugees arrive at Sirion.
556 - Idril departs for Valinor.
558 - Earendil searches for Valinor.
560 - Havens of Sirion destroyed by Morgoth. Gondolithlim/Doriathrim survivors scattered. Elrond and Elros rescued (as adults) by Maglor.
572 - Morgoth controls Beleriand. Earendil and reembodied Elwing come to Valinor and rally the Host.
575-617 - War of Wrath
618 - Maglor claims the Silmaril from Eonwe's camp and casts himself into the Sea. Death of Maglor.
620 - End of the First Age.
SA
1 - Founding of the Grey Havens and Lindon under High King Lomion
2 - Elros becomes the first King of Numenor
c. 500 - Sauron returns to Middle-Earth in the East.
650 - Eregion is founded
1000 - Galadriel is given Vilya; Lomion wields Nenya
1170 - Annatar comes to Lindon and Lomion turns him away. Lomion warns Celebrimbor of Eregion of his suspicions.
1200 - Annatar comes to Eregion. Celebrimbor takes him in to monitor.
1250 - Celebrimbor creates the Seven; Lomion creates the Nine.
1410 - Annatar is kicked out of Eregion.
1600 - The One Ring is forged. Sauron remains in hiding.
1610 - Sauron begins to gather and prepare armies in the East.
1673 - War of the Elves and Sauron begins.
1675 - Sauron invades Eriador.
1677 - Fall of Ost-in-Edhil. Celebrimbor and Lomion remain at the House of the Mirdain. Death of Celebrimbor in battle // Fourth use of the Three in battle. Sauron does not learn of the Seven. Founding of Imladris.
1678 - Sauron defeated by the Numenoreans and the Elves of Lindon.
1679 - Sauron flees to Mordor. First White Council held.
3147 - Civil war in Numenor.
3225 - Ar-Pharazon seizes the Sceptre.
3228 - Elrond claims the Sceptre. Ar-Pharazon disowned. Tar-Miriel named Ruling Queen.
3232 - Sauron taken to Numenor as a prisoner.
3274 - Elrond kicks Sauron out of Numenor and outlaws the morgoth cult.
3310 - Morgoth cult publicly reappears.
3319 - Downfall of Numenor. Tar-Miriel leads a greater force of the Faithful away.
(green // blue means two main options, red means i need to think about it more)
The main details I'm figuring out right now are
does Celebrimbor still die at Eregion - I don't think he's getting captured/tortured, but he could still die in the battle. On the other hand, he could probably survive by using Narya & Lomion using Nenya, but that would definitely have repercussions further down the line
how does Idril's deal work - I'm currently thinking of Idril exchanging the location of Gondolin for her family's guaranteed safety, because it seems in character for Reverse Idril? But on the other hand, even if I limit it to immediate family at the time of the oath (tuor, turgon, earendil) then idk where turgon dies? Maybe Maglor can kill him but that seems kind of random
where and how does Turgon die
how does Prince Elrond's character even work
how does Numenor still fall when factoring in Prince Elrond - I'm thinking that the morgoth death cult gained enough traction during the time sauron was there that even after Elrond kicks him out, the cult still sticks around and reemerges later? The Fall still happens, but they never go to attack valinor and there's a good deal more Faithful (maybe 40-60%?)
#silm#silmarillion#timeline#reverse gondolin au#currently im trying to figure out the ongoing/upcoming stuff#if anyone has suggestions for that (or any of it really) it would be much appreciated!#coming up w ruling names for the line of elendur is surprisingly difficult#cant decide whether i should go with late numenorean style names or the early valar names#elerondo fortress is actually pretty interesting#i wonder if the gondorians intentionally named it the dome of stars#or was there a dome of stars in original numenor that elros named and they were carrying on a tradition?#or was it actually just a coincidence?#but yeah mid third age politics when glorf is hanging around osgiliath with a small army is weird#btw tar miriel is still ruling queen during the last alliance but she's getting old and was probably injured in the Downfall#so elendil/isildur go w the army as the commander of the numenorean army#celebrimbor left a lamp in the shire specifically to keep nazgul out#its obviously a pretty temporary solution but it does delay the nazgul's door to door bagginssss-ing#enough that they get a solid head start#the mordor trek might also be a bit easier given that shelob is dead#much to think about
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The Reverse Gondolin AU finally has its own sticky note! :D
#silm#silmarillion#reverse gondolin au#not art#i'll post the patch notes and timeline for sa 3319-ta 3019 sometime tomorrow hopefully#maglorath is blue sticky notes#and union of elrond lives exclusively in my notebook
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still silm fanart, just earendil instead of maglor
If you guys were on here at 11 years old what would you be posting about
#not art#silm#fandom#i first read the hobbit when i was like 9#and then lotr shortly afterwards#and then i got into the silm#i think my first silm art was a very odd looking pencil drawing of earendil in my sketchbook#and then a lumpy ancalagon vs earendil#i dont remember the rest#galadriel was probably in there somewhere too#and maybe a feanorion or two?#i did not retain very much from my first read through lol#i just recognized earendil from bilbos song and went !!!
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Lmao imagine if a couple wanted to get married in Lindon or Imladris and saw Elrond and was like “sure why not” and just, asked him to witness their vows in place of any actual maiar or valar.
Like the relationship between the elves in the Valar-Only-Mildly-Care Place and the Valar/Maiar themselves has got to still be stiff since elves are stupidly stubborn about holding grudges, so imagine if a couple just went “fuck the valinor glowsticks, Lord Elrond has been feeding us well and sheltering us for over a century. He’s got some ainur blood anyway.”
So they ask Elrond to be witness and he agrees thinking they just want a lord’s blessing or something and then-
“[Elvish Marriage Vows] we swear in the name of Lord Elrond Peredhel and Eru Illuvatar [More Marriage Vows]”
And at this point Elrond just has to roll with it but he bluescreens later while Erestor and Glorfindel laugh at him (Celebrian and or Gil-Galad too if they’re around)
Bonus points if It becomes a tradition in Imladris/Lindon even though he neutrally suggests a vala instead every time like
Elrond, trying not to get smited as soon as he steps foot into Valinor: hey Lady Yavanna is pretty cool though, right?
Elven Couple, exiled thousands of years ago and still frost-bitten: yes, pity there were no flowers in the Grinding Ice, my Lord. Anyways, would you mind being a witness to our wedding ceremony?”
Elrond starts glowing slightly and never lives it down. He goes to Valinor and people still ask him out of tradition or genuine respect and the Valar just have to put a small tapestry of Elrond as a patron of unions or something so they can claim some sort of control over the situation.
Elrond is mortified, and nobody lets him live it down.
#stuff to draw#not art#wait didn't he basically do that for aragorn & arwen#and also as part of the coronation ceremony bc of the whole elros' brother thing#omg the helcaraxe couple is so petty lol 'pity there were no flowers in the grinding ice. elrond you take the vala role'#did. did elrond accidentally become a minor maia by virtue of the Popular Vote#imagine! people traveling to ask elrond to bless their newborn child#or praying for protection when they cross the caradhras#Elrond the Resident Vala#even funnier when gandalf exists#hes just busy catering hobbit birthday parties#vaire has to make an Official Tapestry for elrond LOL#elrond has now been enshrined as a Maia of ???#maybe ulmo can adopt him lol#not to mention earendil is functionally a maia of varda#given that he directly serves varda and also serves the same role (celestial vehicle driver) as tilion and arien#and elwing has her whole gull wings/ulmo blessing thing going on so is visually a maia of ulmo#congratulations elrond you have been voted the Most Helpful of the Ainur
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More fun facts:
Nahar is named after the sound a horse makes.
Fingolfin's horse is named Rochallor. "Roch" means "horse" (the rest of the gloss is unknown).
One of Tevildo's friends/servants is named Miaule. As in the word "miaug/meoi", which means "cat" and is also the sound a cat makes.
Draugluin is based on "draug", which means "wolf". (The full name means blue wolf.)
Fun fact:
"Dog" in Middle Quenya is "huan" (glossed as such in 1930's Etymologies).
Which means, you guessed it, Tyelkormo Feanarion, son of a renowned labengolmo, named his magical, given by a Vala dog "Dog". And, quite frankly, should be recognized for that
#silm#not art#hmm#i think thats it?#names#huan's name is probably oromes fault#but yeah these people are not particularly creative with animal names#ancalagon's lucky he's not named Uruloke (dragon)
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scrolling tolkiengateway and recognized @ten-thousand-leaves in the image credits??
#not art#not silm#ten-thousand-leaves#tolkiengateway#uhh. i hope they asked first?#but anyways it was kind of surprising to see#huh
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star wars by silm logic
for the silm-sw dual citizens:
I was wondering what would happen if star wars (particularly tbb bc that's the currently-releasing bit of star wars) adhered to silm logic:
Hunter is the local leader of a hidden city (Pabu)
Omega is the heir
Rex is the overall leader of a warring people (clone rebellion)
Hemlock is the local leader of a branch of the Forces of Evil
Palpatine is the overall Enemy
so therefore
Rex and Echo gather an army of escaped clones. They rescue Cody or Wolffe from the Empire. Song and fire are greatly involved.
Themes of rising hope are invoked as they make a stand against the Empire. The clone rebellion grows further.
They are initially victorious and manage to rescue the clone prisoners from Tantiss with few casualties. Hemlock is ousted and flees to the heart of the Empire (but his operation will return in time)
Echo goes to check on the Batch on Pabu and ask them to ally with him and Rex in the upcoming battle.
They march on Coruscant. Things suddenly go disastrously wrong. Cody is killed in battle. Rex faces Palpatine in single combat.
Rex dies tragically.
Eagles.
Echo tells Hunter about the battle. They are delayed on their way and attempt to ride to the rescue. The Batch arrives just after the deaths. Echo is sad.
Pabu is betrayed while the Batch is on Coruscant.
Pabu is invaded by the Empire. Hemlock subjugates the people into his weird clone experimentation program.
Dragons.
The Batch returns to destroyed/invaded Pabu and is unable to intervene.
While attempting to protect their city most of the Batch dies.
Echo is very sad.
Hunter is captured and killed in front of Omega.
Omega escapes and swears an Oath mourns the Batch.
Echo is broken by grief for the ghosts of his past and vanishes.
Omega later becomes a Rebellion leader, carrying the memories of the failed clone rebellion and the haven of Pabu with her.
Echo fades/dies on some random planet as the forgotten remnant of the GAR/Clone rebellion.
#star wars#tbb#silm#<- sort of#not art#this is so funny both universes just straight up collapse if you cross apply logic#star wars world everybody dies tragically#and the empire sticks around bc they don't have 40 generations of rebel heroes#and also their rebels cannot fund 400 years of siege#and then silm world feanor survives somehow and makes it everyone's problem#feanor is literally Too Angry To Die and if you apply the logic where that actually is a valid method of survival#then you get Invincible Feanor Soloing Morgoth with a Silmaril Lightsaber Somehow
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Day 6 - Loss for @silmarillionepistolary
Unfinished Royal Portrait of High King Findekáno
This portrait by an unknown court painter was left unfinished after the High King's tragic death in just the sixteenth year of his reign. It was later recovered from the ruins of Himring Fortress, among several other possessions of the late High King. It is believed to have been left there shortly before Prince Maedhros Feanorion attacked the camp of Eonwë the Herald in a successful attempt to reclaim two Silmarils.
#silm#silmarillion#silmarillionepistolary#fingon#this was really fun!#might actually finish the portrait lol#poor guy got crowned high king and then promptly pancaked by gothmog
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before and after they figured out a better sleeping arrangement
(galadriel is used to it. celeborn is decidedly not.)
downsides of treelight hair: must either wear a veil at night or deal with treelight in your face
#silm#silmarillion#galadriel#celeborn#hair problems#poor celeborn#he basically lived in a cave with zero sunlight for most of his life and then he marries the glowiest elf in all of arda#he probably wears sunblock to bed
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jrr tolkien feanor: CHARGE EM AND THEY SCATTER
already inflicted this on the discord server and decided to make everyone suffer here too
assigning silmarillion elves bad driving habits
feanor: speeds, unless you tailgate, in which case he will slow down until you back off. if he has to stop in the middle of the high way, that's your fault for entering a battle of wills with feanor
fingolfin: tailgates
finarfin: does 5 below the speed limit in the outside lane
maedhros: chronic backseat driver
fingon: incapable of using turn signal unless he has explicitly been reminded by maedhros in the past 15 minutes
maglor: plays music so loudly he cannot hear sirens if an emergency vehicle needs to pass
celegorm: explicitly ignores those special speed limits around schools (either they learn or they die)
curufin: has modified the shit out of his car so the engines are super loud because he thinks it makes him look cool
caranthir: knows the location of every speed and red light camera in tirion. abuses this knowledge.
celebrimbor: on his phone
nerdanel: thinks stop signs are a suggestion (see also: red flags)
finrod: incapable of recognizing when he is too drunk to drive. very insistent he gives his drunk friends a drive home because they're to drunk to drive and he wants them to be SAFE
turgon: tells everyone to get an electric car while not actually having one himself
#silm#silmarillion#not art#driving#his biography stuff is really funny#like theres the whole viking axe chase and the bus hijacking#and also the rest of his family refusing to get in a car with him after he managed to knock down a stone wall on a road trip
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