#and also i imagine that maedros is looking at an approaching subject

[arlenianchronicles]

Whelp I’m back into the kidnap fam stuff again loll How, you ask? Well, after thinking about my bodyguard OCs and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, I got sucked into my favourite master/servant dynamic, and I ended up making a bodyguard AU for these four!

I went on a ramble with this, so feel free to keep reading if you want to know more about this AU that I’m still developing ^^;;;

Behold! Prince Elrond of the Sindar stands with Maedros, his fierce and tall personal guard. I’ll be doing a separate piece for Maglor and Elros, mostly because I've included these bonus sketches! This AU kinda calls for an overhaul on the Silm because I’ve given it a more medieval vibe. And also since some/most events would have to be changed, and the Fëanorians would have a somewhat subservient behaviour around the twins.

But for now, my thought process is that the Fëanorians become the personal bodyguards of the Princes Elrond and Elros. Maedros takes to staying near Elrond more; Elrond is a gentle soul, compassionate and sweet ... Essentially the opposite of Maedros in that his guard is fierce and strong, perhaps a bit like cold stone on the outside, but with a fire in his heart. He sees it as his duty to be Elrond’s iron shield, you could say XDD cuz yknow elrond doesn’t have a physical shield yet, nor a metaphorical one for his heart cuz he’s quite open and honest and maedros wants to protect him and

Now, about their designs, I always wanted to give Maedros some armour for this AU, but lemme tell you, I can’t draw armour to save my life lmaoo So I had to go on Pinterest! I kinda wish I’d made him a bit bulkier, but ah well XDD And I don’t think he needs to wear his armour all the time, especially since the twins are kept safe in the Fëanorians’ fortress, but his thought process is that you can never be too careful. Who knows, maybe there’ll be an assassination attempt on his charge! And I’m sure he’s strong enough to wear as much armour as he wants; this is nothing to him loll

Elrond is wearing Sindarin garments, as usual. I really want to talk about his crown here – it’s a mix of Sindarin and Noldorin styles. I used the crown concepts of my Midnight Elves for the Sindar: members of the royal family wear flower crowns (with natural flowers, branches, leaves etc.), though for the Silm, I headcanon that this tradition was inspired by Melian. So maybe there was an attack on Doriath (not a Kinslaying though loll), and the twins’ original crowns were destroyed. After the Fëanorians took them to their fortress, they had new crowns crafted for them in the shape of their originals, but cast in metal and studded with gems as per Noldorin tradition.

#boy i'm really indulging in this fave trope of mine hahahaa #ahahahahaa #MUAAHAHAA #sorry i got carried away there #art #my art #tolkien #silmarillion #fanart #silmarillion fanart #maedhros #elrond #feanorians #bodyguard!au #i'm not fully happy with the shape of elrond's crown tbh #like you can see in the concept sketch that it curls around his head #but the frontal face perspective threw me off #siiigh ah well i guess #i like how the flowers/leaves turned out tho XDD #and also i imagine that maedros is looking at an approaching subject #mebbe the audience or someone who seems suspicious #and he's like hmmmm i no trust #but elrond puts his hand on maedros' and is like #no need to be suspicious all the time loyal one #let's see what they have to say