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tilions · 3 years

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hey! yo! you mind talking a bit more about the extended fëanorian family ocs you have? how many there are, how they’re related, when they’re born, the rough arc of their life?

Hello thank you for your ask! No I don't mind talking about them at all! I love them all very much but please be prepared that this is going to be a long one and that I couldn't even fit everything I want to talk about in here

I have talked about Maglor's, Caranthir's and Curufin's wives before so I left them out on purpose. So I'm just going to talk about the third and fourth generation here.

If you exclude Elrond and Elros Maglor and his wife Cellin have four children and in order of their birth their names are Gilloth, Nelladon, Gilrin and Belegur. Gilloth has a son named Arrod, none of the other three are married or have children. Curufin and his wife Aiwë have one more child besides Celebrimbor, Aracundo. Celebrimbor himself has a son named Aenion. Caranthir and Calairie remain childless. I'm not sure yet where Gil-Galad belongs family wise in my headcanon but let's just assume he's Orodreth's son for convenience.

I don't exactly have stories for them all. Aracundo, Nelladon and Aenion are probably the most fleshed out one's when it comes to their stories but I love them all regardless.

A badly drawn family tree for reference. If you want some more details there are about 2k words of bullet points under the cut :)

Gilloth

Daughter of one of Maedhros's guards and Maglor's second in command

Born some time before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad

Both her parents die in the Nirnaeth, and she is taken in by Maglor and his wife Cellin and is raised as their daughter

Loses her voice during the War of Wrath but refuses to tell anyone how it happened (possible Trauma related?)

Helps Celebrimbor run Eregion in the S.A

Is very interested in architecture and has great talent

Also helps with the construction of Rivendell and moves there after Eregion falls

Has great impact on her siblings upbringing

She and Erestor start courting after Glorfindel locks them in a room together and only allows them out after Erestor confesses his feelings

They marry mid Third Age

Their only child is called Araráto or Arrod in Sindarin

Because Maglor has given all his children a father name (be they his real children or not) she got one as well

It's Tintanárë (Sparkling Fire)

She's very close with Aracundo especially during the latter half of the second Age and the early Third Age

Her favourite people in Middle Earth are dwarves. She gets along well with them and even learns some Khuzdul from Narvi because she can't just reveal the secret

She is very strong at Oswanë and uses is constantly to communicate

Elrond has a lot of headaches because she directs her absurd thoughts at him to annoy him

Arrod is her sunshine and she would die for him

Not a very good warrior but she's doing her best

Aracundo

Second Born son of Curufin and Aiwë of the Teleri

Fathername: Artafinwë (Exalted Finwë)

He's my depressed disaster gay

Tall boy™ (maybe even taller than Maedhros?)

Born: 464 F.A (same year as Turin because reasons) in Nargothrond

He doesn't remember his dad because his parents parted ways after the Lúthien incident

He grows up in Cirdans care because that's where his mom took him

His best friend growing up was Ereinion even though the other is several years older than him

He doesn't have a lot of temperament and is more like his mother, calm and sensitive

Fights in the War of Wrath as Ereinion's second in command but is more known for his strategies and not for his actions on the battlefield

He and Ereinion get married early into the Second Age (yes he's Gil-Galad's husband and they love each other very much fight me)

He goes absolutely berserk once he sees his brother used as a banner of Sauron's forces after Eregion falls and probably takes down half their army by himself

People who knew Maedhros had a very very vivid flashback that day

When his mother sails not long after he remains in Middle Earth to fight Sauron

He gets much more quiet and reserved after losing his brother, mother and nephew in one go

He is very much pro Last Alliance and openly supports Elendil but mostly because he wants to avenge Celebrimbor's death

Uh… you know who dies during that battle? Ereinion and Aracundo blames himself for it

He stops speaking and becomes a shadow of himself afterwards

Refuses both the crown and Vilya

Lives with Cirdan for some time but moves to Rivendell after Celebrían sails to support Elrond

Has no big part in the second ring war

He sails alongside Cirdan and Celeborn

His life gets from good to worse to tragic to suffering

But he gets reunited with Ereinion in Valinor so it's not a total tragedy

Nelladon

Maglor's and Cellin's first biological child

Born: 1700 S.A

Died: 2770 T.A.

Has Nerdanel's signature red hair but otherwise full on takes after his mother's side of the family

His fathername is Russanáro (copper fire)

Aso has the epithets Copperhead from the dwarves, Pityatinto (Little Sparkle) from his grandfather and Tyalmahto (Toymaker) from the Numenorians

Self sacrificing idiot (we'll get to that later)

His passion is toymaking but also woodworking but he's also a great singer and loves storytelling

For every new baby family member he makes an abundance of toys and when all of them grow up he travels the world to make toys for the children of other families

The only members of his own family to never receive a toy from him are his younger brother Belegur, as well as his cousins on his mother's side of the family (all of them are born after his death)

A very good boy, only wants to make the people happy

He finds Aenion again with the dwarves of Erebor after they establish their kingdom there

Tries to talk him into visiting their family but stays unsuccessful until his death

Speaking of his death and self sacrificing

He dies during Smaugs attack on Erebor while he tries to make time for Thrain and Thror to escape. He faces Smaug in the throne room with nothing more than a iron shield on him

And burns

He fully knew he was going to die but he did it for his friends

Probably aroace

Also the first member of the House of Fëanor to get re-embodied

Gilrin

Maglor's and Cellin's only biological daughter and Fëanor's only biological granddaughter

Born: 20 T.A.

Like Celegorm she takes after Miriel in terms of appearance but inherited her grandfather Tinwës blonde hair

Not the tallest but still like half an inch taller than Fëanor and Curufin

Has a lot of artistic talent and can paint life like images

She painted the wall painting of Isildur cutting of Sauron's finger only with a very bad sketch from Glorfindel and a mental image provided by Galadriel as a reference

Basically always happy and smiling

Hates it when she has one-sided conversations, feels like she's intruding somehow

Celebrían is her big idol and she was devastated when she got hurt and had to sail

Was even more devastated after Nelladons death and isolated herself for a while

Starts traveling with Gildor and his group from that point on to get some distraction and is among the elves who meet Frodo, Pippin and Sam in the Shire

Will not sail until her parents do

Does her best to support Aragorn as the new king of Gondor because she feels like that's what's she owes to Elrond and partially also Elros even though she never met him

The most Avarian out of her siblings

Belegur

Finwë 2.0

Seriously the boy looks like Finwë as much as Arwen looks like Lúthien

People find it quite disturbing (People are Maglor, Glorfindel and Cirdan)

Fathername: Cuináro (living fire)

Born: either 3019 T.A. or somewhere between 10 and 50 Fourth Age

Youngest member of the House of Fëanor even younger than his youngest nephew

Elladan, Elrohir, Arwen and Arrod call him little uncle and he hates it (he loves it but pretends he hates it)

Spends most of his childhood in Gondor because his parents moved the like almost immediately to be with Aragorn and Arwen

Has a deeper connection to men than all of his other siblings (aside from Elros for obvious reasons)

He feels weird when he sees his best friends from childhood grow up, get children and then see those grow up and have children of their own all while he himself is still a child/teenager/going adult

When Elfwinë's son Éomund II. who he was closest with dies, Belegur is devastated

His relationship with mortality becomes rather complicated afterwards

Dedicated scholar and historian

Also only sails when his parents will

Has a very easy time befriending people

Probably the best warrior out of his biological siblings just because Gilrin hates fighting and Nelladon just doesn't care about weapons

In possession of the one Feanorian Braincell might as well have inherited it from his mother)

Aenion

Celebrimbor's son

Born somewhere between 1620 and 1680 S.A

I have no idea who his mother is, any suggestions?

Thought about making him the love child of Tyelpë and Annatar but this feels kinda weird but also hilarious

Looks like Curufin acts like Caranthir

Cantëacurufinwë™ (blame the fact that Tyelpë is called Nelyacurufinwë)

Aenion probably isn't his real mothername but he calls that himself and everyone just does the same

Grumpy cat™

Raised by dwarves after Eregion fell and stayed with Durin's line until the Sacking of Erebor (Thrain brought him to Rivendell)

Speaks almost no Sindarin but is fluent at Westron and Khuzdul

Has no interest in learning Quenya

Creative use of swear words

A Smith like almost everyone else in his father's line

If he is Sauron's child, he has very much cat eyes and you can't convince me otherwise, also the Ring would probably love him

He goes back to Erebor after the dwarves retake it and helps them rebuild it

Feels very guilty for Nelladons death because he couldn't convince him to flee with him

Can't look Cellin or Maglor in the eye because of this

Fights during the War of the Ring alongside the Dwarves of Erebor

Sails with Gimli and Legolas

Arrod

Son of Gilloth and Erestor

Born sometime after his parents wedding

Takes more after his father in terms of appearance but has been influenced a lot by Glorfindel growing up

A total goof

One of the elves who 'greet' Thorin and company when they arrive in Rivendell

Gets into unnecessary fights very often

Very protective

Loves Estel to death and is very sad when Aragorn grows up and doesn't want to be carried around piggyback style anymore

Does it anyways

Idk I have not thought about him a lot

Here and here are Picrews that visualise them :) || Tolkien OC Overview here

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symbelmyn · 8 years

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Looks like my headcanon of a blonde Elfwinë disturbed everyone.

#strange things happen sometimes #Elfwinë #Eomer #Éomer #Lothiriel #Lothíriel #OTP #Eothiriel #headcanon #Rohan #House of Eorl

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anghraine · 10 months

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I've harped a lot on the Stewards' backstory and its intersection with Elrosian beardlessness per Nature of Middle-earth (and Peoples of Middle-earth and implied in Unfinished Tales). But I think the implications of what we're told are genuinely fascinating in terms of Gondorian culture.

Like, okay:

+ Apparently royal ancestry was essentially required for some very powerful political offices, at least at one point. (Tolkien says Húrin of Emyn Arnen must have been the king's cousin, of royal ancestry, to be given the Stewardship.)

+ Húrin was not, however, a member of the royal house despite being a descendant of Anárion, and his house was not in the succession. The most obvious explanation is that they're descended through a woman. I guess it might be an illegitimate line like the Beauforts (or both), though it doesn't seem like that's much of a thing—but it'd be interesting if the Stewards' refusal to claim the throne was an answer to the Tudors as well as the Stuarts.

+ Royal ancestry doesn't seem as common as it would realistically be after that much time. It's treated as fairly extraordinary (though not as vanishingly rare as I think fandom sometimes treats it) and Tolkien explicitly distinguishes between Dúnedain and Dúnedain of Elvish heritage (esp via Elros).

+ I guess there was an echelon of Gondorian society descended from the royal family that used Quenya names, and only they got to do it. It doesn't seem like it was just the Stewards (before the Ruling Stewardship led to Performative Sindarin) but a whole cultural thing. Okay.

+ UT has this explanation about how the mystique of the Princes of Dol Amroth goes back to one Silvan ancestor and it's really cool even if they weren't descended from Sindar or High Elves. Since it turns out Elrosian Elvish heritage is really persistent, I guess they're not Elrosians? It kind of makes for a fascinating dynamic. (Extra points to Lothíriel of Dol Amroth for naming her firstborn son after Elendil, lol, even if it's not literally in Quenya. Power move tbh.)

+ Buuuut there are definitely some people descended from Elves who just don't inherit it. Tolkien specifically contrasts beardless part-Elves like Aragorn, Boromir, and Faramir with the bearded Théoden and Éomer, but they've got Silvan ancestry too and it just didn't take—I think pretty obviously on the thematic level because they're so aligned with very much non-Elvish Rohan, but it's still suggestive. Is Elfwinë bearded? He's supposed to look like Imrahil ... and what about Eldacar?

+ What are the implications of being bearded or deliberately clean-shaven in Dúnadan society? What do beardless Elrosian Gondorians look like to people like the Rohirrim, for whom beards would normally be a mark of maturity? Do any other Gondorians imitate the beardlessness of the Elrosians? Is that actively discouraged in a sumptuary law kind of way?

I don't know, but I do enjoy how bizarre these people are.

#anghraine babbles #ondonórë blogging #peak problematic faves lol #legendarium blogging #nature of middle earth #húrinionath #húrin of emyn arnen #house of dol amroth #lothíriel #long post

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anghraine · 2 years

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I’m not sure why it is that 90% of jokes are either a) incomprehensible or b) painfully unfunny to me, but Legolas soberly eulogizing Boromir as “Boromir the Fair” is hilarious to me.

Legolas is an Elf who is startlingly “fair” to pretty much everyone, including Boromir’s own people, but when they’re laying Boromir to rest, Legolas’s contribution to the sad musical number is “he was so pretty, too :( rip”

Bonus: later, he meets Boromir’s uncle, and his takeaway is this: “That is a fair lord and a great captain of men.” Okay, Legolas.

(Yes, Imrahil is known as “Imrahil the Fair,” the grandson who resembles him is “Elfwinë the Fair,” Boromir is repeatedly described as fair, Faramir closely resembles him and also has a “fair face,” so this isn’t just Legolas’s perception of them. But he certainly has his priorities in order!)

#i don't have a lot of legolas feelings but the fact that he's a reliable dúnadan hotness meter is amazing #anghraine babbles #legendarium blogging #legolas #boromir #imrahil #deep blogging

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anghraine · 2 years

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For my anon who asked about the chronology of, and interrelationships between, the children of Aragorn and Arwen / Faramir and Éowyn / Lothíriel and Éomer—

The chronology is here, but briefly, the next generation in order of age: Princess Melyanna -> Elboron of Ithilien and Elfwinë of Rohan -> maybe-Steorrahild of Rohan -> Prince Eldarion, Morwen of Ithilien, and Athelflaed (Aravain) of Rohan -> Princess Telperiën and Glóredhel of Ithilien -> Éadmund and Éadwyn of Rohan, and Cirion of Ithilien.

There are lots of interrelationships, especially between the royal children and Faramir and Éowyn’s children, but here are some of the first to come to mind:

- Glóredhel, as you noted, is bffs with Princess Telperiën, and while not particularly close to Eldarion during their childhoods, knows him and readily consents to marry him. They become friends during their betrothal and fall deeply in love over the first few years of their marriage. (You didn’t ask about intergenerational relationships iirc, but Glóredhel always got on particularly well with Aragorn—as a little girl, she took an immediate liking to him that he found touching, and he was very pleased by her marriage to Eldarion.)

- Morwen is reasonably close to her brother Elboron and sister Glóredhel, but somewhat less to her brother Cirion—less because of his character than because she’s very focused on the here and now and a much-younger brother falls somewhat under her radar. So does her own son, Barahir, after Morwen is devastated by the early death of her husband. Glóredhel and Eldarion take pity on their sister-son and offer to bring him into the royal household with their own children, which Morwen gratefully agrees to. Barahir takes well to it and from an early age, absorbs everything he can learn, especially from Arwen.

- Eldarion tends to be a little more comfortable around girls than boys, though he’s on good terms with friendly, serious-minded Elboron. But he’s closer to his sisters and probably to Morwen, and definitely closer to Aravain (née Athelflaed), the most overtly Dúnadan of Lothíriel and Éomer’s children—so much so that she was fostered in Ithilien, which is what brought them into proximity. She became an extraordinary warrior, a difficult path somewhat smoothed by her aunt Éowyn’s glory, and stayed at Eldarion’s right hand until her death. She was never in love with him, or anyone, but they were devoted friends.

- Melyanna is the eldest of the next-gen characters by several years and, while not exactly standoffish, the most solitary of them. She’s fond in her reserved (though slightly bossy) way of her siblings and (to a lesser extent) the Ithilien children.

- Prince Éadmund, the bookish younger son of Lothíriel and Éomer, rather looked up to his fierce sister Athelflaed until her departure. Afterwards, he became closer to his other siblings, especially his elder brother Elfwinë (a somewhat restrained but gracious, considerate personality), the only other boy, and his twin Éadwyn. He and Aravain maintained an affectionate correspondence, however, and he also corresponds regularly with his cousin Cirion.

- Steorrahild is very middle-child in some ways; she gets on well enough with her siblings and appreciates the concern of her far-flung relations for her welfare, but (even as a shieldmaiden) feels vaguely restless until she ends up in Arnor as the wife of a Dúnadan of the North. She likes being part of the rebuilding effort and, while she misses her family, isn’t particularly devastated by it.

- Éadwyn, also a shieldmaiden, is both more daring and more contented in her life as princess of Rohan. She loves horses and songs, and while not quite as skilled a warrior as Aravain or Elfwinë, is not someone to underestimate. Somewhat unexpectedly, she’s very close to her ultra-Númenórean mother, and eventually, to her scholarly twin Éadmund, though she identifies strongly with her father and Rohan.

#long post #anon replies #respuestas #anghraine's headcanons #legendarium blogging #melyanna #eldarion #telperiën of gondor #elboron #morwen of ithilien #glóredhel of ithilien #cirion of ithilien #elfwinë #elvaeth #aravain #éadmund #éadwyn #fourth age headcanons

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anghraine · 2 years

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So Faramir and Eowyn have 4 children, two daughters and two sons. Their youngest daughter marries Aragorn's son and is best friend with his youngest daughter. Could you share your hc concerning the chronology of each children (Aragorn/Arwen, Faramir/Eowyn, Eomer/Lothiriel) ? If possible the relationship between each others ?

Oh, thanks for the interest! I haven't yet assigned specific dates, so an exact chronology is difficult, but going with the ages required by various plot points and references in my headcanons, this is the basic order:

- Melyanna, daughter of Aragorn and Arwen, born.

- Elboron, son of Faramir and Éowyn, and Elfwinë, son of Éomer and Lothíriel, born at similar times.

- ??Steorrahild (am not 100% set on her name), daughter of Éomer and Lothíriel, born.

- Eldarion and Morwen (daughter of Faramir and Éowyn) are born at similar times, along with Athelflaed (daughter of Éomer and Lothíriel, but fostered in Gondor and more generally known as Aravain).

- Telperiën, daughter of Aragorn and Arwen, and Glóredhel, daughter of Faramir and Éowyn, born.

- Éomer and Lothíriel's twins, Éadmund and Éadwyn, born; Faramir and Éowyn's last child, Cirion, born. He's the baby!

I'll get to you on the interrelationships in a separate post :)

#anon replies #respuestas #legendarium blogging #anghraine's headcanons #fourth age headcanons #melyanna #elboron #elfwinë #elvaeth #eldarion #morwen of ithilien #aravain #telperiën of gondor #glóredhel of ithilien #éadmund #éadwyn #cirion of ithilien

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anghraine · 3 years

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I don’t necessarily imagine Faramir playing the harp (though it would be cool), but there is this vague association in my head between Faramir’s musical proclivities and Dol Amroth’s unsurpassed harpers.

This is by no means canon, just the link my brain made, probably because a) Faramir’s extensive knowledge of music is one of the reasons that people consider him an inferior captain to Boromir in Minas Tirith, and b) Faramir is the nephew and grandson of Princes of Dol Amroth.

My headcanon is that it’s one way in which Faramir actually does take after the Dol Amroth side, and by extension, that the House of Dol Amroth is traditionally into music and/or musical patronage (hence the famous harpers!). So, the end result is that I have this idea in my head that Fourth Age reunions between the members/near kin of the House of Dol Amroth are just these Major Occasions with a) hugs and b) musical numbers.

#swerving into even more headcanon: i imagine that the most intensely musical of the current dol amrothians are faramir and lothíriel #and they've bonded over it at various points #like ... when he could spare the time he would dig old songs out of the archives and have a copy made for her and sent off #from the time that she got interested in traditional music #and it was always super exciting for lothíriel to get her hands on a new old thing and master it #so she has this vast repertoire of old númenórean music she's memorized by the time that she goes to edoras #and brings this whole retinue of musicians as part of her household #some of elfwinë's earliest memories are of lothíriel singing lullabies older than rohan to him #meanwhile éowyn canonically talks about expanding her musical horizons and i'm pretty sure faramir's eyes fill with sparkles #and that they end up bringing all sorts of musicians to ithilien as they're rebuilding it #:)#anghraine babbles #legendarium blogging #faramir #house of dol amroth #lothíriel #anghraine's headcanons #éowyn #elfwinë #my little piano: music is magic #jewel of the seashore

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anghraine · 4 years

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Tolkien frequently shifted around his ideas about how language was used in Gondor and Rohan, but I wanted to settle my headcanon in my own mind. So, headcanons for the royal house of Rohan + language!

- The language of the Mark/Rohan is called Rohirren in Gondor, but the Rohirrim rarely refer to it by that name. When necessary to name it for some reason, they just call it Markish.

- The “speech of Gondor” used in Thengel’s court was the Common Tongue/Westron (not Sindarin). Most people in Meduseld could speak it already, but some resented giving it priority over Markish.

- Morwen picked up enough Markish to understand it quite well, but was self-conscious about speaking it. She was fully fluent in both Westron and Sindarin, though she more often spoke Westron, especially in Rohan. Mostly she used Sindarin when she wanted to be absolutely sure her husband/children would listen to her. Théoden, Théodwyn, and the other girls grew up with an understanding that Sindarin = serious business.

- Théoden spoke Westron and Sindarin as a child, and learned Markish later on, after Thengel returned to Rohan with Morwen and the children. He always preferred it aesthetically to his native languages (he also preferred it politically, later). But he retained enough Sindarin to use it affectionately with his mother.

- Théodwyn, born and raised in Rohan, knew Markish, Westron, and a good deal of Sindarin (though she found the latter strange and difficult). She and Éomund generally used Markish with each other and their household, but their children were brought up with both Markish and Westron from the cradle.

- Théodred knew Morwen much better than Éomer and Éowyn, and loved her dearly. He took pains to learn Sindarin and almost always addressed her in it.

- Éomer and Éowyn learned some Sindarin in their early days in Meduseld, but it fell into general disuse after Morwen’s death, and in the wake of the following years, they largely forgot it.

- Éomer has no real preference between Westron and Markish and speaks both equally well. He remembers a little Sindarin, picks up some more from Lothíriel, and even more than that in his campaigns with Aragorn and Gondor. He’s still only semi-fluent, but he’s perfectly ready to use it as well as he can when the situation seems appropriate.

- Éowyn also switches between Westron and Markish equally well. At first, she mostly uses Westron in her married life, since she can be sure that everybody understands her that way. She does become fluent in Sindarin; it’s all around her, she has vague memories of it, she’s good with language anyway, and it seems a way of showing respect to both her new people and Morwen, whose legacy she feels much more strongly after her own marriage.

- It does take a little while, so there’s a phase when she makes Faramir stop courteously using Westron with her and instead do dramatic recitations of epics in Sindarin. He makes her do it with Rohan’s epics in return, in part to get a better grasp on the language and partly out of genuine interest, and they’re both super interested in how they both tell the story of Cirion and Eorl. Apart from that one, Éowyn likes the Narn and Eärendil vs Ancalagon best of the Sindarin-language epics, though her favourite Gondor-beloved historical figure is Haleth.

- She also gradually shifts from using Westron to using Sindarin in her letters to Lothíriel, who has a very strong preference for Sindarin and is somewhat at sea in Rohan.

- Elfwinë and his siblings are equally fluent in Westron, Markish, and Sindarin, though each has their own preference. He himself is a lover of lore and also knows some Quenya.

#éowyn #éomer #théodred #théoden #morwen of lossarnach #thengel #faramir #lothíriel #elfwinë #legendarium blogging #house of eorl #i honestly hadn't thought of how the gondorian and rohirren versions of the ride of eorl are probably ... not the same #but i kind of love it??#anghraine's headcanons #anghraine babbles #sindarin #rohirren #westron #linguistic stuff

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anghraine · 4 years

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While I’m at it, Lothíriel headcanons:

Physically, she bears a strong resemblance to her father and her aunt Finduilas, but differs quite a lot in personality—in particular, she’s much more straightforward and assertive, within the bounds of what she considers proper conduct

She’s bi and aro

She’s proudly Dúnadan and resists assimilation into Eorling norms, instead maintaining Gondorian customs and habits in her personal conduct/court, which doesn’t always go over well

Like several others in her family, she has a vaguely preternatural command over horses that makes her a fearless rider, which does go over well

In the couple of years before LOTR, she was effectively fostered in Minas Tirith with her aunt Ivriniel (who came there with Finduilas and never left) and studied healing with her. Both she and Ivriniel were (reluctantly) among the women and children removed from Minas Tirith before ROTK

She sometimes seems immature and sheltered to Éowyn (bc she is, when they meet), but they become good friends, and help each other adapt to the other’s culture

She’s intensely interested in politics and is very much aware of her role as a political figure, actively forwarding Dol Amroth’s and Rohan’s interests

As queen, she feels somewhat overshadowed by her cousin/predecessor, Morwen of Lossarnach, who seems to have been much more charismatic and assured than Lothíriel feels

She has black hair and grey eyes. Surprise!

She loves stories, but tends to prefer the ones about Gondor or Númenor to the First Age tales

She and Éomer are somewhat wary of each other at first, but become good friends and partners through the years of their marriage, and trust each other implicitly

However, in the earlier years in particular, their children (especially Elfwinë, the oldest) barely know Éomer because of Aragorn’s wars, and for that and other reasons she’s deeply ambivalent about Aragorn himself, though she appreciates his competence and his respectful treatment of her father and her cousin Faramir

She isn’t sure what to think about hobbits

Her favourite brother is Erchirion, who once rode straight from Minas Tirith to Edoras when she got sick and made her laugh

Other than that incident, she’s very healthy and lives well into her nineties

#anghraine babbles #lothíriel #legendarium blogging #anghraine's headcanons #/#//#///#////#/////#ivriniel #éomer #elfwinë #erchirion #my lothíriel is deeply flawed and i love her dearly

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