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emilybeemartin · 9 months

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I've been drawing just, so many dudes, so here are some Ladies of Gondor and Shieldmaidens of Rohan! Sometimes you just have to design a bunch of ren-faire gowns and accessories, you know?

First, Eowyn, the best excuse to draw split skirts. Her star-embroidered gloves were a gift from Faramir, but it wasn't until I drew Finduilas below that I realized her pendant was probably also a gift from him as well.

Lothiriel! I referenced her pose from my fave, @adorkastock. I don't have many headcanons about Lothiriel but I imagine she's the only person who can make Eomer trip over his own feet.

Theodwyn, Eowyn and Eomer's mother! Maybe she was born with a clubbed foot. We don't know. Tolkien only tells us she was pretty. A big thank-you to @hurricanek8art, @fruitbatvampiresociety, and @arrowpunk for giving me great feedback on her cane, including wrapping the base in leather and adding a skirt hike to her belt to keep her hem up.

Elfhild, Theoden's wife and Theodred's mother! No big headcanons here, either, but I think she'd bring Theoden a lot of joy and purpose and thus a lot of grief and aimlessness when she died.

And finally, Finduilas. There's the pendant Faramir gave Eowyn, and oh, her cape clasp looks familiar.

Tolkien gives us a few extra sentences about Finduilas, and so we know she had a difficult time in Minas Tirith. He writes that she was gentle and beautiful, but that "she withered in the guarded city... the shadow in the east filled her with horror, and she turned her eyes ever south to the sea that she missed." He also says Denethor "loved her, in his fashion," which I read as, "guy couldn't healthily express an emotion if it was written out for him." I imagine Finduilas was lonely and isolated, and, in pregnancy, afraid of the world she was bringing her babies into.

But maybe things weren't all bad! Maybe before she got too ill, she brought her boys to the seashore, where Faramir would babble and splash and Boromir would run all over creation and bring her treasures.

#lord of the rings #lotr #women of lord of the rings #fantasy fashion #gondor #rohan #eowyn #lothiriel #theodwyn #elfhild #finduilas #boromir #faramir

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haleth · 9 months

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The Bachelor: Nargothrond coming soon! (The Bachelor is Túrin. Everyone dies.) Flower meanings under the cut!

Aeglos (I based its appearance off of gorse flowers)- A fictional flower that grows near her grave and has the same name as Gil-Galad's spear (cause who doesn't love a Fin-Galad hc)

Carolina Roses- Love is dangerous (this one feels self evident)

Hemlock- You will be my death (...)

#finduilas #finduilas faelivrin #silmarillion #the silmarillion #silm #silm art #the children of húrin #tolkein #my art <3 #my posts <3 #once upon a time #I was peacefully working on my finduilas time travel fic #and then I woke up 5 days later with this drawing and a little less of my soul

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salialenart · 3 months

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Happy birthday my wife 🥹💓 @awesomevictoriau

The most talented editor 🌞 here is your princess Finduilas playing snowballs❄️

#finduilas #fanart #art #silmarillion #the silmarillion #lord of the rings #lotr fanart #lotr #elf #tolkien #the hobbit #fantasy #illustration #turin

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elven-sisters · 3 months

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'𝔖𝔲𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔩𝔶 ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔡 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔬 𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢, 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔜𝔢𝔱, 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 ℑ 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔄𝔫𝔡 ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔶...' I hope they'll find their happy ending in Aman ✨😢

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forestials · 10 months

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The lineage of Kings

- Finarfin

- Finrod

- Orodreth

- Finduilas

#is there any colour too garish for me to use?…nope #the silmarillion #finarfin #finrod #orodreth #finduilas #finrod felagund #arafinwë #the silmarillion art #my art #forestials art #usually I think of gil-glad as the brother of finduilas but I am open to all and every possibility

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thesummerestsolstice · 2 months

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Headcanon Crafts for Everyone I Missed Last Time:

Idril: a sculptor. She worked with every kind of stone imaginable, and often went looking for new material in Gondolin’s mines with Maeglin. (Look my Maeglin head canons are complicated but they should get to be friends the narrative has hurt them too much already) She actually preferred not to make elvish figures, instead focusing on strangely beautiful stone landscapes and various animal-like figures. She was actually responsible for Middle-Earth’s version of the gargoyle, having carved several to stand guard over Gondolin. Several elves swore that the statues moved, but she never addressed those rumors. She also liked to paint her work with bright colors, which would’ve been seen as odd back in Valinor, but fit right in in First Age Middle-Earth.

Maeglin: a smith, but his craft was more in-line with Avarin practice than Noldor practice; with much less focus on the idea of making gems and heavier focus on understanding natural geology and the properties of various gems and metals. He knew the mines of Gondolin better than anyone, and wrote plenty about the the earth under the earth. His work also had fairly significant Dwarfish influences. He liked to make mechanically complex pieces, with moving parts or even some internal gear work.

Finduilas: a hunter. Her and her father were both nature people, just in very different ways. She was silent, with all the grace of a dancer, and quick enough to outrun most of what she hunted. She preferred to go after more aggressive animals– wild boar, wolves, bears, even wargs– and leave the deer and rabbits be. She was born in Beleriand, and had never met the Valar, but sometimes, privately, offered up prayers to Orome. She liked to imagine she could’ve been in his hunt, if things had turned out a bit differently.

Celebrimbor: a smith, in the very traditional Noldor sense. Gemworker, specialized in jewelry, made various famously beautiful pieces, etc. Was never quite happy sticking to hairpins and necklaces. Longed to try his hand at imbuing his work with real power, but always talked himself out of it. A whole binder of concepts for works of power sat locked away in a chest in his workshop for centuries. He never talked to anyone about it. He was as ashamed of his feelings for his craft as he was of his feelings for his family. By the end of his life, he’d made peace with only one of those things.

Earendil: a mariner? Alright, he was definitely a mariner, and he loved the ship life– he even built a few boats of his own, in a similar fantastic style to Turgon’s architecture– but he also had a longstanding fascination with the natural world, and filled volumes and volumes of journals with information on various plants, animals, and minerals. But natural lore isn’t a recognized Noldor craft, since it involves learning but doesn’t really produce tangible results. Still, it was a passion he got from afternoons spent learning about geology with “Uncle Mole,” and one he shared with Elrond. Researching the beauty and wonder of nature gave Earendil something to do with his immortal life, and was a big part of the reason Elrond chose to be immortal at all.

Gil-Galad: a king. No, really, he’d been the high-king of the Noldor since he was a child, and hadn’t really had time for trivialities like “finding a life purpose” or “having fun.” He was too busy learning how to stay alive in late stage Beleriand (read: hell) and learning to rule the least cooperative group of elves imaginable. He wanted to be a painter, and while he found enough practice time to get good at his chosen craft; because of how long detailed paintings can take, he almost never had time to actually make anything. He tried not to let it bother him too much. He didn’t always succeed at that.

Elrond: in a bit of a weird spot. Elrond is most associated with lore and healing; but, as discussed, “lore” isn’t considered a craft. And, well. Healing had to be Elrond’s craft, right? He’d been doing it since he was seven, and just about the only person in Amon Ereb who could still use healing powers. And it was good work, and it was rewarding, even if it often left him feeling so burned out and worried that he forgot to eat or sleep. It took him a long time to admit to himself that healing for him was what fighting was to many other elves: a necessity. Truth be told, he’d rather be gardener, working with the earth to create a place of peace and beauty. Also, Elrond is basically a nature spirit. So. It was something he began to explore in the peace of the early Second Age. He found that his Ainuric powers had all sorts of interesting effects on plant life. He also learned how to breed new varieties of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Still, he never really considered that it could be a proper craft for him. At least, not until he first saw the valley that would one day become Rivendell.

Headcanon Crafts for Finwe and his Children, the House of Feanor, the House of Fingolfin, and the House of Finarfin.

#silmarillion #silm headcanons #house of finwe #noldor #noldor crafts #idril #maeglin #finduilas #celebrimbor #earendil #gil galad #elrond #elrond peredhel #eldritch peredhel #I have feelings about elrond and gil galad #they had to grow up so fast #they deserve peace

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eilinelsghost · 4 months

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Finduilas Ereinion

Happy birthday, @welcomingdisaster! You are one of the most delightful people on this absurd little site, a wonderful friend, and a truly gifted writer and artist. Since drawing Finduilas is how we met, here's that Finduilas redrawn to include his Gil-galad future.

I hope this next year is full of goodness and joy!

#finduilas #gil-galad #fingalad #my art #the silmarillion #frankie draws

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nobunsonpesach · 4 months

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Chubby Finduilas?

Here she is!

Bonus with Turin dinsdknishdksdk

#fat art #fat elves #silm art #chubby elves #finduilas #turin turambar

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naarisz · 14 days

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Another beloved companion, who joins you and your second companion, and love interest.

#silmarillion #silm #polls #silmarillion rpg game #tolkien #galadriel #miriel therinde #daeron #indis #elrond #ilmare #beren erchamion #finduilas #caranthir #celebrimbor

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emilybeemartin · 6 months

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The result of @ass-deep-in-demons and I pondering Thorongil and Boromir

#This is why Boromir had to die in canon #aragorn #boromir #finduilas #thorongil #lotr

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elficially-done-with-life · 2 months

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I've put Gil-Galad here because from my understanding it was Tolkien's final decision that he was Orodreth's son (although I'm not sure he wouldn't have changed that again😅). Anyone can interpret it however they want of course, that's just how I interpret it.

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vorbarrsultana · 11 months

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i just love the third house of the noldor. i love wise finarfin, and delicate eärwen, and unbreakable finrod, and fierce angrod. i love fiery aegnor, and proud galadriel, and gentle orodreth. i love radiant finduilas, and brave gil-galad, and strong celebrían. the ultimate blorbo house

#tolkien #the silmarillion #finarfin #eärwen #finrod #angrod #aegnor #galadriel #orodreth #gil-galad #celebrian #finduilas #house of finarfin

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mandhos · 1 year

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