#dior eluchil

[aamuusva]

Celegorm

#Celegorm #tyelkormo #turcafinwe #the silmarillion #silmart #tolkien #dior eluchil #cw blood #looking at Kurvo

[myceliumelium]

I think Dior deserves a beard and almost completely round ears. Just some real human vibes coming off this guy if you ask me. Iconic how he told the Feanorians to fuck off (king shit) and forgot that the girdle was gone (less king shit).

Side bar, I think it would be very much the vibe if he wore golden ear caps sometimes for appearing more elven purposes. also I am so unwell about the Nauglamir getting the silmarillion glued into it.

#dior eluchil #doriath #peredhel #silmarillion #art #tolkien

[thevalleyisjolly]

As an intrinsic part of their Mortal heritage, I like to think that all the Half-Elven in Middle-earth have at one point in their lives (but most especially their youths) had a fairly unflattering haircut that they genuinely believed was the hottest shit ever:

Dior had a long feathered mullet that was a pure flex to show off how naturally full and voluminous his hair was. He only cut it once the twins were born and it became too much work to maintain while looking after two babies.

Elúred and Elúrin got their hands on an unattended bottle of hair dye when they were five and gave themselves skunk hair bangs that took months to wash out.

Elwing once experimented with teasing her curls into a big 80's hairdo because people told her how her father used to have big hair.

Eärendil had to cut his hair after a lice scare onboard one of Círdan's ships and went for a bowl cut that he thought would be quick and easy to do. Unfortunately, the bowl he used was a little too small and the high fringe made it look like he was wearing a small hat made out of hair. Idril had conniptions. Tuor managed to hold in his laughter until he could reach the privacy of an inner room. Elwing demonstrated the incredible power of love by both saying yes to his proposal and offering to neaten his fringe so that it at least looked a little less choppy.

Elrond stubbornly sported a man bun undercut for two whole years after he lost a bet with one of Maedhros' Mortal retainers and Maglor made a sighing comment about how he shouldn't worry because his hair would soon grow back out "nice again."

Elros gave himself curtained hair in solidarity with Elrond so that Maglor would get off his back, and kept it until the first time he commanded a war party and got good-naturedly ribbed to hell about looking like a 14 year old kid.

Like father like son, Elladan wore a rat tail for a few years after one of the Dunédain wagered he couldn't pull it off. He really couldn't, although he thought it looked great and was forever trying to do fancy styles with it until Elrohir staged a sibling intervention.

Elrohir maintained a buzzcut for nearly fifty years after his parents a little too amusedly said that he could do whatever he liked with his appearance now that he was of age.

Arwen went through a phase in her 200s where she dyed her hair with whatever colours she could get her hands on. The silver was very nice (Celeborn was extremely proud) and the blue highlights were interesting but still managed to work. She even made a decent ginger. However, the attempt at Arafinwëan gold just ended up a washed-out bleach blonde that is to date the only thing that has ever stunned Galadriel into utter speechlessness.

+Although not born Mortal, Lúthien spent a full Valinorean year with feathers instead of hair while trying to shape-shift into a nightingale. It actually made for quite an aesthetic when she took the time to preen them properly, but as she was far too busy running around having adventures with Daeron, the effect was more often ruffled bird's nest than sleek wings.

#lotr #silmarillion #dior eluchil #elúred #elúrin #elwing #eärendil #elrond #elros #elladan #elrohir #arwen #peredhil headcanons

[kathrins-sketchbook]

Nauglamir Tryptich

#I totally forgot to post this here oops #Slightly better at drawing than at social media smh #Nauglamir #again some selfindulgent silm jewelry/fashion art xD #it just goes from glittery to gloomy #as the doom descends #silmarillion #silm art #tolkien fanart #beleriand fashion #finrod #finrod felagund #luthien #luthien tinuviel #dior eluchil #illustration

[lycheesodas]

family portrait 🥺

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#tolkien #silmarillion #dior eluchil #nimloth #elwing #elured #elurin #doriath #silmart #oneringnet #i know the twins are supposed to be older but i'm so attached to big sister elwing now #i should probably save the color palettes i use for characters LMAO i handpick them every time #lycheedraws

[in-the-glow-of-a-silmaril]

I have to reread the silm regularly or I lose track of canon entirely. Like, what do you mean Lúthien and Beren met their grandkids??? I mean, that's amazing, what a pleasant surprise! I can't believe I forgot this! But then. Wait a second. That means that the timeline looks like this:

Thingol dies. The dwarves march to avenge what they think are their innocent kinsmen, slain by Thingol bc of his greed (actually slain bc they killed Thingol. For greed). There is a battle in the Thousand Caves between elf and dwarf, wherein Mablung is slain and the Silmaril taken by dwarves.

Beren and Lúthien live in Tol Galen at this time with their son Dior, his wife Nimloth, and their three young children. Word comes to them quickly of what has transpired. I'm gonna quote this next bit bc for some reason it means a lot to me:

"Then Beren arose and left Tol Galen, and summoning to him Dior his son they went north to the River Ascar; and with them went many of the Green-elves of Ossiriand."

I think it hits hard bc this is the only canon interaction we see between Dior and his parents (unless you count that he bades them farewell when he leaves to restore his grandparents' kingdom). Anyway.

So Beren and Dior get the silmaril, bring it back to Lúthien, and Dior leaves with his family to try to restore Doriath.

Then, in autumn, Dior is brought the silmaril and news of his parents' death.

The feanorians attack in midwinter.

If I'm understanding everything right, it is extremely possible and even probable that Thingol died, Melian left, Doriath was ransacked, Dior became king, Lúthien and Beren died, and then Dior and Nimloth were killed all within the span of a year.

The excitement with which Dior's arrival is greeted breaks my heart. He ended up getting so little time to help them recover before a final tragedy ended Doriath entirely.

#silmarillion #silm #dior eluchil #beren #luthien #doriath

[yourlocalnetizen]

Hot take

The first Kinslaying was the only unjustified one.

The Teleri were innocent people who just didn't want to give up their boats.

If the Noldor wanted to go to Middle Earth so bad they should have tried harder at convincing the Teleri, built their own boats, or tried the Helcaraxe.

Luthien, Dior, & Elwing had NO RIGHT to the Silmarils however. Stealing stolen goods doesn't make you any less of a thief if you know who the rightful owner is and CHOOSE NOT TO GIVE IT BACK.

While I love Elwing, the Feanorians absolutely had the right to fight her and her useless nepo baby father for something her ancestors stole from the guy who stole if from their father and killed their granddad.

The Silmarils belonged to Feanor and his heirs PERIOD.

If you want to fight me about light or whatever not being theirs, let me tell you this, if you pick a leaf off public property, can you not keep it?

Of course you can, the light of the trees was public property.

#feanorians #feanor #sons of feanor #maedhros #maglor #celegorm #caranthir #curufin #amrod #amras #luthien #dior eluchil #elwing #the silmarillion

[velvet4510]

#dior eluchil #lotr #jrr tolkien #lotr books #lotr theories #lotr poll #the silmarillion #half elf #half elves #earendil #elwing #nimloth #beren and luthien #tolkien legendarium #valinor #dior

[raointean]

Lúthien comes of age in safety and love. Her father rules in kindness and her mother shields the land from evil.

Dior comes of age in a time of unease. His father is strong and brave, his mother wise and bold, but the Fëanorians are a threat that ever hangs over his head.

Elwing comes of age in Valinor with her husband by her side and a trail of loss and woe behind them. Her sons are taken and her people are dead. The weight of responsibility is nearly enough to crush her.

Eluréd and Elurín do not come of age, they never had the chance.

Elrond and Elros come of age in a war zone. There is death and screaming, blood spills as often as rain. They have no parents, only each other. The world has never been safe for them. They know it never will be.

Elladan, Elrohir, and Arwen come of age in safety and love. Their mother is kind and wise, their father shields the land from evil.

#silmarillion #peredhil #eldritch peredhil #elrond peredhel #lúthien #melian the maia #elu thingol #beren #dior eluchil #elwing #elured #elurin #elros #eärendil #elladan #elrohir #arwen undomiel #generational trauma #hc that peredhil come of age at 40 #elwing and eärendil were 35 when the third kinslaying happened #dior is an exception #he's only a quarter elvish so he ages faster

[eunoiaastralwings]

Lúthien & Lúthriel

@runawaymun omg hun this is beautiful - thank you so much for doing this for me. am in love your headcanon of the Sindar having native Paiutte roots - so wonderful omg 😭😍

Here's mama Lúthien with my oc Lúthriel (@luthriel-tinuviel).

#tolkien oc #tolkien art #the silmarillion #silmarillion #tolkien elves #the silm #Doriath #Lúthriel Tinuviel #Lúthien #luthien #doriath #dior eluchil #tol galen #silm oc #silmarillion oc #silmarillion art

[softlysilverfountainsfall]

Bear with me while I rules-lawyer the spirit of the Oath of Feanor because I'm pretty sure that's exactly what Maedhros did.

The Oath is specifically targeted at anyone who "hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh, finding keepeth or afar casteth a Silmaril" which I do not believe means anyone who touches a Silmaril, despite "in hand taketh" because all the other stipulations are targeted specifically at people who keep the Silmarils away from the Feanorians, by hiding, hoarding, keeping, or even throwing it far away. It would also just be bizarre if, say, a Feanorian follower returned the Silmaril to their lords and the Oath required that they kill them.

However, the strongest evidence for the Oath only applying (or being interpreted to only apply) to people who deliberately withhold the Silmarils from the Feanorians are Maedhros'/the Feanorians' actions before the 2nd and 3rd kinslayings: in both cases, they send a letter demanding the return of the Silmaril. Now, if by touching/posessing the Silmaril, the deaths of Thingol, Dior, and then Elwing are already demanded by the oath, why in the world would they send a letter (losing part of the element of surprise), not even to declare war, but demanding the Silmaril's return? Sending that letter implies that this can still be resolved peacefully if the Silmaril is handed over.

It's my interpretation that Maedhros/the Feanorians are rules-lawyering this tiny loophole in the oath (regardless of whether the oath is present magically/compulsive/just their own dedication) by deliberately closing their eyes to the fact that the current holder of the Silmaril definitely believes it to be their possession and is deliberately keeping it from the Feanorians---which lasts as long as that holder hasn't confirmed that desire.

After all, Thingol, Dior, and Elwing didn't steal the Silmaril, they received it from family members. If the Feanorians ignore the intent behind their keeping it (before that intent is confirmed by the holder's response to the Feanorian's demand), then they could consider Thingol et al to simply...coincidentally...happen to be holding a Silmaril, not possessing it for themselves and therefore not liable to the oath.

Actually, one line in the text from after Thingol refuses to return the Silmaril even hints that even after that, the situation might be salvageable if the Silmaril is returned by free will: "Celegorm and Curufin vowed openly to slay Thingol and destroy his people if they came victorious from war [this is pre-Nirnaeth], and the jewel were not surrendered of free will" (emphasis mine, Of the Fifth Battle, The Silmarillion).

Of course, the Oath drives the Feanorians to reclaim the Silmarils, and so I view the letters to Thingol, Dior, and Elwing as last-ditch attempts at solving this peacefully (via exploiting the above loophole). (Note: this is not necessarily meant to make the Feanorians more sympathetic, this is just me trying to figure out why they sent those letters.) However, this also dooms them to a kinslaying, because as soon as Dior and Elwing reject returning the Silmaril, they have explicitly or implicitly claimed it for themselves and have now "in hand taketh" the Silmaril instead of just touching it and happening to have it around, which means their deaths are now demanded under the Oath.

#I'm saying Maedhros / the sons of feanor because in the text #they seem to send the letters as a group especially to Dior #but the in the messages to Thingol and Elwing #Maedhros is slightly more singled out as the active party in sending/recieving messages + he's the head of the house #so I think he had the larger role here #the silmarillion #oath of feanor #maedhros #sons of feanor #feanorians #kinslaying #second kinslaying #third kinslaying #doriath #havens of sirion #thingol #elu thingol #dior #dior eluchil #elwing #softlysilver

[carmisse]

Fëanáro and his sons-(and daughter) in-law.

X : Rank your children's spouses or partners from one to ten.

Fëanor : ...

Fëanor : I've been waiting for this moment since Maitamo was in diapers!

Fëanor : Findekáno is an eight. He was the first one and I really came to see the fact that he and Maitamo would get married when they had the chance. He is quite nice though because of him I have to see Ñolofinwë's face on weekends at the family dinner. Other than that, it's stranger not to see him at home, I got used to having him there, he's good company.

Fëanor : the first time I met Makalaurë's wife she punched me in the jaw. She is sassy and not afraid to express her displeasure with anyone plus Dae is really very talented, she is also the only person who can manage to shut Káno up, she sings too well, a ten, she is my favorite.

Fëanor : Tyelko was always a free fëa, that's why I didn't expect him to settle down, not even with Irissë and even less with Oromë. That's why Dior was a strange surprise, I don't really know the history of those two and I haven't dealt much with him, he's usually serious, and I don't blame him for that. A seven.

Fëanor : Turukáno reminds me too much of Ñolofinwë; he openly hates me and I respect him for that; but he also makes Moryo smile more often than usual, his mood changes when he's around his husband. Besides they have been together for too long, they never told anyone but Aracáno and I suspected it. He is an eight.

Fëanor : I'm not sure if Findaráto counts, he and Curufinwë have been divorced for a long time, however they also kiss a closet when they think no one sees them. He and Curufin made me grandfather, although at the time there was yelling and a couple of broken things, he took responsibility, and like Findekáno his company is pleasant. He's a solid nine, plus Arafinwë is easier to stand than Ñolo.

Fëanor : Pityo has no husband, wife or partner; unless it's secret, I can't score this time.

Fëanor : Telvo on the other hand, well. He leaves Artaresto and Arakáno, the son, I mean. I must say that the three of them are really adorable, if somewhat disastrous, you don't want to know what an argument between them is. Frankly they are the healthiest polyamory I've seen in a long time. Both Arteresto and Arakáno are a nine.

Plus : Telperinquar's husband.

Fëanor : Annatar is an annoying little shit, I am offended that you think I accept him, if it were not for Tyelpe I would throw him into the void with his ex-husband.

Notes :

Daeron is trans, she is an elleth. When he and Maglor met, the son of Fëanor fell in love with her, he proposed to her a few days after they met for the first time. A hundred years pass before she accepts him, they marry with only trees as a witness, they drifted apart after Doriath.

She was upset for a long time, with her husband and her brothers-in-law.

They meet in Imladris, Elrond is the one who brings them together (he locks them in a room until they talk) Maglor apologizes and she accepts them even though she knows it will take time to heal. Finally, they sail to Valinor accompanying Elladan and Elrohir. Regarding her name, he doesn't really mind Daeron. But her family in-laws call her Dae, Maglor nicknamed her that when he met her, this with her permission.

Amrod has no interest in anyone, he is very tired of everyone.

#feanor #house of feanor #feanorians #russingon #daemags #celegorm/dior #turgon x caranthir #curufinrod #Amrod #Orodreth/Amras/Argón #fingon #Daeron of Doriath #dior eluchil #turgon #finrod felagund #orodreth #argon #silm crack #silm headcanons #silmarillion headcanon #the silmarillion #the silm fandom

[matrose]

lúthien's line

[lúthien - dior - elwing - elrond - arwen - eldarion]

#silmarillion #lotr #luthien #dior eluchil #elwing #elrond #arwen #eldarion #art #☺️

[southfarthing]

a dying dior laying on the floor trying not to think about the pain, and wondering instead if he will go to the halls of mandos with nimloth or if he will go to wherever his parents went. wondering where his children are and if they will survive. all the loss and bitterness and all the life cut violently short... anger stirs weakly within him, but it's no use. it's too late.

with one last effort, he looks down at celegorm's blood on his sword, and the smallest of smirks tugs at his mouth. at least he has taken lúthien's revenge. at least he has done something with his short reign.

#dior #dior eluchil #guess who just re-read the fall of doriath chapter ✌️😔 #silmarillion #mp #sunny writes

[lycheesodas]

fairest of them all

#tolkien #silmarillion #luthien #dior eluchil #elwing #silmart #illustration #digital art #oneringnet #usersari #userlyndeth #usertilions #thcrin #i love this family theyre so iconic #lycheedraws #welcome to my shorthair luthien agenda

[in-the-glow-of-a-silmaril]

Okay I'm definitely reading too far into it but the fact that Thingol names Dior his heir is so interesting to me. Because it seems...sentimental.

Like. Lúthien and Beren are mortal when Dior is born. It's a terrible grief to Thingol and Melian, as they know they will lose their daughter. And regardless of your thoughts on peredhel aging, Dior was unquestionably growing up far quicker than an elf. There's room for hope, but no certainty that Dior won't grow and die as a mortal man.

Thingol, meanwhile, is ancient, immortal, and tremendously proud. He does not seem to have anticipated his own death - and if he did, his choices are very strange indeed. Naming Dior as his heir seems more like an act of love, an affirmation of public support for Lúthien's family and Dior himself, than anything expected to ever be relevant. I wonder how that line of succession would have developed if things hadn't turned out the way they did.

#silm #the silmarillion #dior eluchil #thingol #continuing to overthink the silm