#flight of the noldor

[maironsmaid]

Y'all need to see this omfg this is so good holy shit I'm so normal about this

#it's a rubber #silmarillion #oath of feanor #feanor #curufinwe #tolkien appreciation post #jrr tolkien #tolkien #elves #flight of the noldor #noldor #silmarils #sons of feanor

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

What if there were elves that left for middle earth from valinor before the flight of the noldor?

You know the short story “the ones who walk away from omelas”?

Basically, valinor is perfect, except when it’s not. And while most elves are willing to bend to the valar for protection, a few of them will not.

They don’t leave with fanfair. They don’t announce their escape.

But every now and then, you’ll notice that an elf has gone away.

They walk out of the door one night and board a small ship. And they sail away to find a better place. Or go back home to the land in which they were made.

And then over half the noldor make a big deal about fleeing valinor and those elves go “jesus christ, guys, we made sure to leave without causing a ruckus for the sole purpose of not getting ‘punished’ by the valar”

#lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #lotr elves #flight of the noldor #headcannon guys #don’t take it to seriously #valinor #middle earth

[eccentricmya]

Prompt: The viewpoint of a Noldo on the ships while Uinen’s tears make the sea rougher

Anon! Thank you for this most inspiring prompt! 🤍💛

I've decided to explore this as diary entries for @silmarillionepistolary week! There will be one entry for each day. Hope you like it ^^

Chapters: 1/7 Warnings: Major Character Death Characters: Original Characters, Uinen (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Epistolary, Flight of the Noldor, Psychological Horror

Summary: Some snippets from the journal of Almalindë during the flight of the Noldor on the stolen ships.

#silm fic #flight of the noldor #horror? #my writing #silmarillion #silmarillionepistolary

[mothdalf]

Tolkientober day 20: The Flight of the Noldor through the frost of the Helcaraxë

#inktober #tolkientober #inktober day 20 #inktober frost #day 20 frost #helcaraxe #flight of the noldor #fingolfin #grinding ice #silmarillion #yott more like yeet #my art

[nin-varisse]

Fëanor to Olwë, having already killed half his people: Listen, I'm being very reasonable right now, just give me the boats.

#he could have already killed ALL of his people #feanor #olwe #noldor #teleri #flight of the noldor #incorrect quotes #feanorians #silmarillion #silm

[ettelenethelien]

...and the Valar will fence Valinor against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains.

My pet theory:

The Valar are at first incredibly opposed to the idea of telling the elves who stayed in Valinor anything about their exiled kin, but not for any nefarious reasons. It takes a while for the remaining Amanyar to convince them that actually no news is much more nerve-wracking than bad news.

I mean this is actually very illogical and I wouldn't expect beings that experience emotions very differently if at all to guess, but it is like that nonetheless

not that it would have been possible to hide how bad things are once people start to feel their family dying en masse anyway

#my post #Valar #Doom of Mandos #Noldor #flight of the Noldor #tolkien #Silmarillion #silm

[formenos]

crossing the Helcaraxë is like grinding ice? You know what else is grinding? *points* carnifindo and forodion over there. We get it, your wives died in the ice yesterday, look, ioreth just died over there alright you’re being a bit loud. We’ll sing her a fourteen hour lament. What do you mean more noldo will die if we do that? exile yourself. die. die. I’m not a kinslayer but die. may námo cast you away from the halls of the dead. oh it’s because you have a sore throat from the ice? well that’s alrigh- oh curulambe just froze to death. Just another day on the bleeding Helcaraxë.

#I found this in my drafts folder #it was written at 3am lord help me #helcaraxe #the silmarillion memes #the silmarillion #helcaraxë #flight of the noldor

[elentarial]

Throwback Thursday

Throwback to January 2023 and my second fic on AO3 Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) I was still working on non-lame titles. Thanks for the tag @melestasflight

He rose to his feet, wiping the wetness from his cheeks. "Goodbye, mother. I love you."

“And I you, Nelyo." He alone had come to bid her farewell. "May the light of the stars guide your way in the darkness."

He offered her a watery smile and turned back down the beaten footpath to where his horse stood waiting, the crimson of his cape swirling about his tall frame. Nerdanel gripped the doorframe until she felt splinters pierce her fingers, but she could not force herself to turn away as his horse disappeared from view.

She was still standing there, silent tears dripping down her face, when Mahtan came to fetch her for the midday meal. She folded herself into her father’s strong arms and sobbed like the young woman she had been when she had told him that she was leaving the Mansions of Aulë for Fëanor’s house. Both father and daughter rued the day that a dark-haired prince had entered Aulë’s forges and stolen their children from them.

tagging (no pressure) @i-did-not-mean-to

@cilil @skaelds

#silm fic #maedhros #nerdanel #flight of the noldor

[theriverwild]

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Duplicity

Part Two of my Use Well the Days Series

Ch. 10) The Death of Hope, And Then—

Rating: T/M for brief descriptions of violence, mature themes, and mentions of sexual desire; WC: 5.3k

snip below the cut

"Are you going to stop them from waging a new war or not?" Aulë stood to his full height, looking down on Mairon as he had always done. And not just that the Vala’s stature was greater than his own. "I'm going to do nothing that would make it easier for you and your Master to destroy Middle Earth." There it was. Marking the beginning of the end of his days in Aman.  But Aulë was wrong in one thing. "You know nothing of what I want for Middle Earth!"

#SATPOD #Use Well the Days #TWLATS universe #flight of the noldor #immediate aftermath of the death of the two trees #mairon leaves aman #trop fanfiction #light haladriel/saurondriel #mostly mairon arguing with other characters #yavanna and aule don't have a happy marriage

[sunincubeart]

I need more & MORE Feanor!!!

Epic feanor calls for flight of the noldor

#art #fanart #tolkien #silmarillion #elf #feanor #feanaro #noldor #first house #this world need more feanor #flight of the noldor

[inahandful-of-dust]

Events of the First Age shown in Rings of Power

From The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022-) Episode 1 "A Shadow of the Past"

The DARKENING OF VALINOR was the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, Laurelin and Telperion, by Morgoth and Ungoliant.

The OATH OF FEANOR, sworn by Feanor and his seven sons after the theft of the Silmarils.

The FLIGHT OF THE NOLDOR from Valinor to Middle-Earth, led by Fingolfin across the Helcaraxë following the First Kinslaying at  Alqualondë.

The WARS OF BELERIAND, probably either the Dagor Bragollach (Battle of Sudden Flame) or the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (Battle of Unnumbered Tears).

The WAR OF WRATH, last of the Battles of Beleriand, and the subsequent SINKING OF BELERIAND

#first age #years of the trees #the silmarillion #rings of powers #creation requires sacrifice #tolkien gave me life #oath of feanor #war of wrath #dagor bragollach #nirnaeth arnoediad #wars of beleriand #darkening of valinor #flight of the noldor #1x01 a shadow of the past

[sesamenom]

the Feanorions (plus Fingon) during the Flight of the Noldor.

left to right: amrod, caranthir, amras, curufin (with celebrimbor), celegorm, maedhros, fingon, maglor's wife (with gil galad), maglor, feanor

#silm #silmarillion #flight of the noldor #feanor #maglor #maglor's wife #gil galad #fingon #maedhros #celegorm #amrod #amras #ambarussa #caranthir #fingon is just hanging out with maedhros and maglor #poor feanor traveling with all 7 kids and two actual babies #imagine curufin trying to kinslay with a screaming baby on his back

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

Her family didn’t know Miriel was dead-

Until the noldor came back to the eastern shore.

And even then they weren’t informed officially, in the traditional way,

But rather through the grape vine.

That she faded and was almost instantly replaced by some damned valinor-born hussy.

When they heard it, they couldn’t believe it. Not with the way they remembered finwe being an absolute simp for miriel. Not with how they knew the entire reason finwe journeyed with Orome in the first place was to impress her.

But the evidence was there, with the child and grandchildren of the other elleth taking up territory, taking up land that had been declared sacred, claimed for millennia WITHOUT SO MUCH AS CONSULTING THE ELVES WHO NEVER LEFT THESE SHORES.

when Oropher heard that the grandchildren of the elleth who replaced his daughter would be invited to doriath as a sign of good faith by Melian’s thrall his rage could be felt all throughout the city. He refused to have anything to do with them throughout their entire stay, and even when celeborn, son of elmo, married galadriel, he refused to interact with her more than necessary.

(Galadriel thought his huffy-ness was due to her being a noldor and the kinslayings. She also never realized that Elu Thingol was no more than Melian’s thrall, and that Elwe was all but dead. As far as Oropher is concerned she’s got her head way too far up her ass for him to take her seriously)

(Galadriel’s thought that the silver haired ellon was a stiff prejudiced hufter. This viewpoint prevailed throughout history)

(Celeborn was confused at oropher’s attitude towards galadriel, but did his best to run interference before galadriel pissed Oropher off enough to snap and kill her)

Miriel’s family knew that there would be no way she would just fade without foul play.

(They’re right)

Oropher is patient. That’s what makes him deadly.

The valar worshipping hairlots took galadriel observation at face value.

That’s fine. Makes it easier for him.

Because they’re fools if they think that he won’t raise hell for his child, consequences be damned.

(Miriel’s family is braying for blood. And only those who remember the early years know the storm that awaits when Oropher comes though the halls.)

(May the earth, sky, and sea have mercy on them)

#lord of the rings #silmarillion #lotr #the hobbit #lotr elves #oropher #miriel #miriel therinde #finwe #legolas #thranduil #shamelessly pushing my ‘miriel and thranduil are twins agenda’ #this post is mostly exploring oropher’s reaction to the fliht of the noldor #don’t worry the rest of miriel’s familyis just as pissed #flight of the noldor #oropher is patient and deadly #galadriel thinks way to highly of herself #celeborn is really concerned at the way his uncle figure is acting #celeborn doesn’t know Elu’s a thrall or that Mitiel is oropher’s kid #the silvans and avary don’t believe in the valar #and have very different traditions from the noldor vanyar teleri and sindar #miriel’s death has foulplay mark my words #oropher does not like indis hence the bashing

[nothinghereisworking]

The Slow Decay

Rated: T Category: Gen Characters: Unnamed/Unidentified Wordcount: 100

Cannibalism, Helcaraxë, Flight of the Noldor, Drabble 

Survival makes many things possible.

#author: cuarthol #tolkien fanfiction #cannibalism #helcaraxe #flight of the noldor #drabble

[wanderer-clarisse]

Ambarussa for day 6 of @feanorianweek!

#ambarussa #amrod #amras #clarisse doodles #tolkien #the silmarillion #illustration #feanorians #feanorianweek #i'm enjoying drawing these characters as i imagine them pre-flight of the noldor. the days when they were still free from tragedy ;-;

[ettelenethelien]

My brother's theory regarding the 10% of the Noldor that never joined the exile: well, maybe they weren't actually unusually wise. Maybe they would have gone, but they weren't there when Fëanor was orating, and the people who tried to relay the speech to them weren't as inspiring xd

#my post #Fëanor #flight of the Noldor #noldor