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arofili · 1 year
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Tolkien Fandom Event Calendar
Recently I’ve received some asks about events/weeks in the Tolkien fandom, so I thought I’d compile a list of those that I know about. This is not exhaustive, and dates are subject to change by the organizers of these events!
Other blogs you can check out are @tolkieneventsblog and @tolkienfandomevents, though I’m not sure how active those are. The @silmarillionwritersguild Discord also has a channel dedicated to signal boosts for all sorts of Tolkien-related & general fandom happenings, which is another excellent way to keep up with fandom goings-on.
Want to run your own event? Here’s some of my tips!
If your event is not on here and you’d like it to be, let me know and I can add it :) Note: I will only add events that have announced dates!
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JANUARY Screw Yule My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — work time Lord of the Rings Secret Santa @lotr-sesa — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge @thorinsspringforge — signups Second Age Week @secondageweek
FEBRUARY Hidden Paths My Slashy Valentine — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge — claims Maedhros and Maglor Week @maedhrosmaglorweek
MARCH Back to Middle-earth Month @spring-into-arda Thorin’s Spring Forge — work time Fëanorian Week Fun with Fanon Fest Round 1 @funwithfanon
APRIL Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb — signups Silm Remix @tolkienremix — signups & assignments Thorin’s Spring Forge — reveals  Aralas Week @aralas-week Barduil Month @bi-widower-dads All of Arda is Autistic @all-of-arda-is-autistic F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase I @spring-into-arda
MAY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — claims Silm Remix — reveals Aspec Arda Week @aspecardaweek Angbang Week @angbangweek Gondolin Week @gondolinweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase II
JUNE Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles @fall-for-tolkien — signups Tolkien Ekphrasis Week @tolkienekphrasisweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase III
JULY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles — claims Tolkien Gen Week @tolkiengenweek LotR Ladies Week @lotrladiessource Tolkien Appreciation Week @tolkienweek Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week @tolkienlatamandcaribbeanweek
AUGUST Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — deadlines Scribbles and Drabbles — art reveals Innumerable Stars Exchange @innumerable-stars — nominations & signups Tolkien of Colour Week @tolkienofcolourweek Silvergifting Week @silvergiftingweek Tolkien OC Week @tolkienocweek
SEPTEMBER Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Innumerable Stars Exchange — signups & assignments Sindar Week @sindarweek Dor Cúarthol Week @dorcuartholweek Finwëan Ladies Week @finweanladiesweek
OCTOBER Innumerable Stars Exchange — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Half-elven Week @halfelvenweek
NOVEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa @officialtolkiensecretsanta — signups & assignments Scribbles and Drabbles — fic reveals Nolofinwean Week @nolofinweanweek
DECEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa — advent calendar & reveals My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — signups & assignments Lord of the Rings Secret Santa — claims Khazad Week @khazadweek
MONTHLY EVENTS: These events have prompts/challenges occurring every month. Teitho Contest Tolkien Short Fanworks Silmarillion Writers’ Guild @silmarillionwritersguild
(this list was last updated 5/4/23)
LEGACY EVENTS: These events used to occur, but have not happened within the last year. Arda Needs More Pride @ardaneedsmorepride (bimonthly; last run 2020) Kiliel Week @kilielweek (timing variable; last run 2021) @oneringnet monthly events (last run 2021) Atani Week @ataniweek (January; last run 2021) Legendarium Ladies April @legendariumladiesapril (April; last run 2020) Gates of Summer Exchange @gatesofsummerexchange (May-June, last run 2022) Tolkien South Asian Week, run by @arwenindomiel (June; last run 2022) Arafinwëan Week @arafinweanweek (July; last run 2019) Fëanturi Week (August; last run 2019; no official blog and the creator has deactivated) Imladrim Week @imladrimweek (November; last run 2019) Doriath Week @doriathweek (November; last run 2020) Tolkien Family Week @tolkienfamilyweek (November; last run 2021)
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starspray · 2 months
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Throwback Thursday
Thanks @sallysavestheday for the tag! I think the rules I saw were for a fic older than a week? So here’s one from 2016!
What I Have Made for Thee (822 words) by StarSpray Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aragorn | Estel/Arwen Undómiel Characters: Aragorn, Arwen Undómiel, Halbarad (Tolkien), Gilraen (Tolkien) Additional Tags: legendarium ladies april, gapfiller Series: Part 68 of Wisdom of the Evening Star, Part 9 of Leaves Are Yet Swinging Summary:
And when Aragorn was abroad from afar Arwen watched him in thought; and in hope she made for him a great and kingly standard, such as only one might display who claimed the lordship of the Númenóreans and the inheritance of Elendil. - The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
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gonna tag @grundyscribbling @dangerously-human @naryaflame and uhh, anyone else who wants to be tagged!
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imakemywings · 1 year
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A selection: Azaghal/Maedhros, Indis/Nerdanel, Melian/Thingol.
Azaghal/Maedhros:
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This is one of those ships with barely any content, but there is so much potential! Consider: Azaghal meets Maedhros when Maedhros saves Azaghal's party from attack by Orcs, and Azaghal dies covering Maedhros' retreat from the Nirnaeth. Consider also: the potential of flirting via military alliance. Frankly, I think anyone who's into Maedhros is a bit of a freak, because Maedhros is such a closet freak himself. He may cover it up well (early on) but it's there. Also, the potential for cultural exchange and misunderstandings!
For your consideration:
Beware of women with beards and men without (Fanfic)
Maedhros & Azaghal. (Fanart)
We're here to drink your beer and steal your rum (Fanfic)
the beginning of an alliance ⚔️(Fanart)
Height Difference (Fanart)
Indis/Nerdanel:
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Aha this is one I've briefly talked about before...it's premised largely on my belief that Nerdanel is not personally very fond of Indis and they clashed a lot throughout her marriage to Feanor because Nerdanel always defaults to taking Feanor's side, even when she might privately acknowledge he was being unreasonable. Anyway, I think Indis is nonetheless Concerned about Nerdanel after the Flight of the Noldor and I really need to get around to that fic about Nerdanel indulging in some mommy kink with Feanor's stepmom.
For your consideration:
Indis/Nerdanel for Legendarium Ladies April (Fanart)
idk (Fanart; nsfw)
Melian/Thingol:
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You knowwww how much I love this ship. Come on!! It's a slightly fucked up fairytale <3 Melian is the ONLY Ainu who pairs with one of the Children and she gives up her life in that realm to rule with Thingol and live as an Elf in one of their realms. I am sooo attached to their both being a little freaky <3 They have to be; nobody else of either of their species ever does what they do. And the fact that Melian bounces as soon as Thingol gets killed suggests imo she only ever stayed for him. We love an amoral queen who is senselessly devoted to her (comparatively) fragile Elf king. She must have annoyed Namo and Vaire so much asking about when she can have her boytoy back. And Thingol takes the crown of Elf sexual freaks imo that boy is down for anything at least once. And their aesthetics as king and queen of Beleriand and Doriath are just prime.
For your consideration:
All That's Best of Dark and Bright (Fanfiction)
Young Thingol and Melian (Fanart)
Thingol and Melian from tonight's livestream (Fanart)
Thingol and Melian comic (Fan comic)
Melian and Thingol (Fanart)
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We've all been there. One of our fannish pet peeves is enjoying a moment and the urge is there like an itch that won't stop until it's scratched: to complain, to lash out, to rain on the parade with monsoon force.
Elleth (@vefanyar) experienced one of those moments. I interviewed her this month about her role in promoting women-centric and femslash fanworks, and she recalls "a promotion week that was hosted on Tumblr for a group of male characters who were and still are fandom favourites and didn't strictly need promoting." But instead of ruining others' fun, Elleth collaborated with Frilly to create Legendarium Ladies' April, an event to promote fanworks about Tolkien's female characters.
Using the philosophy (learned from another SWG member, Independence1776) of "Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate," Elleth ran many women-centric events and projects over the years. In the past few months on Cultus Dispatches, we've focused on what it is and was like to create fanworks about women in the Tolkien fandom. We've described a fandom that was openly hostile to fanworks about women and where creators feared sharing their women-centric work. But we've also detailed a change, and while the fandom is still far from perfect, creators no longer avoid creating women-centric works (even *gasp* femslash!!) because they dread the reaction. Elleth, her collaborators, and the events they used to encourage and celebrate women-centric and femslash fanworks were part of bringing about that change.
Elleth was kind enough to sit down with me to tell me about her various events, how she became interested in writing about women (spoiler alert: she wasn't always), and how she's seen the fandom change over the years. As we discuss fan history that is discouraging—even sometimes shameful—where women-focused fanworks are concerned, Elleth's work offers a bright point, and a hopeful one. You can read the interview with Elleth here.
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avoyagetoarcturus · 3 years
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The Women of Lake-town Stand With Their Men In Life And In Death!
Hilda Bianca and That One Laketowner With a Shovel for Legendarium Ladies April 2021
To the fanboys out there who think women going into a battle with farming tools is unrealistic, please look up Prudence Wright’s Guard from Pepperell, Massachusetts in the American Revolutionary War!
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thegirlwhohid · 3 years
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Morwen, daughter of Baragund, was the wife of Húrin, Lord of Dor-lómin; and their son was Túrin, who was born in the year that Beren Erchamion came upon Lúthien in the Forest of Neldoreth.
Morwen Eledhwen moodboard
Legendarium Ladies April: (24/30)
The Silmarillion characters: (129/?)
Characters’ moodboards: (436/?)
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mellar1l · 4 years
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"...their sister was Aredhel the White. She was younger in the years of the Eldar than her brothers; and when she was grown to full stature and beauty she was tall and strong, and loved much to ride and hunt in the forests. There she was often in the company of the sons of Fëanor, her kin; but to none was her heart’s love given. Ar-Feiniel she was called, the White Lady of the Noldor, for she was pale, though her hair was dark, and she was never arrayed but in silver and white." Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Silmarillion (p. 51). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition. "A sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of Finwë; her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin." Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Silmarillion (pp. 51-53). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition. Aredhel and Galadriel were first cousins, born in the same year. A close friendship between the two of them is never alluded to, which is interesting considering the other parallels. Aredhel's greatest friends are the sons of Fëanor, while Galadriel is closest to her brother Finrod. Of note, Galadriel and Melian share a particularly close friendship, and Galadriel lives with her in Doriath for a significant period of time. At some point, Aredhel wanders into the forest of Nan Elmoth where she marries Eöl, who ultimately spells bad news. In my head there's a final meeting between the two of them in Doriath just before Aredhel's death which is sketched out in this sequence. And Galadriel remembers and mourns her oldest female companion with whom she shared happier days. This series of drawings is again a departure from my usual style of digital painting and unapologetically Frozen-influenced. Sisterhood is forever! This was really fun to do. Are there other stories you'd like to see done in comic form?
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I'm one day late for legendarium Ladies April but here's Arwen embroidering (is that the word?) Luthien!
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(Pencildrawing colorised on computer)
Here's an Eowyn sketch
And Melian with a Nightingale
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ncfan-1 · 3 years
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Melian, as she learns about the true nature of partings.
@legendariumladiesapril doesn’t seem to be doing prompts this year, but I’m still writing fics off of the past years’ prompts.
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Tar-Vanimeldë as Erendis, for @legendariumladiesapril‘s “Metaception” prompt (and also “Symbolism and Iconography”, come to think of it).
I like to think that the Númenóreans enjoyed historical plays as much as we do, and I also like to think that Tar-Vanimeldë - the queen who loved the performing arts more than governing - loved to act in such plays. With that in mind, here’s a poster for a melodramatic play (or maybe opera) about Aldarion and Erendis, starring (hah) none less than Tar-Vanimeldë in the leading role.
Totally shamelessly copied from Alphonse Mucha’s poster for Gismonda featuring la grande Sarah Bernhardt, of course. Considering Gismonda’s attitude towards her suitors, it would perhaps have been more fitting for Tar-Ancalimë rather than Erendis; but the palm made me think of the bough of returning that Erendis brought to Aldarion, so Erendis it was.
That effing gown took FOREVER. Why did it have to be brocade? *shakes fist at Mucha* Also, the weird fading effect at the bottom of the painting is in the original. I just copied it. I suspect Mucha got sick of that gown, too. :P
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sleep-oven · 4 years
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LLA Day 6: Symbolism and Iconography
Morwen, the Raven.
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Legendarium Ladies April 2020
Hello there! 
I hope you are all coping well with the current situation, practicing social distancing and staying healthy. ♥ This is just a quick notice saying that given the surplus of time I (and most everyone reading this) have on my hands, I will be running LLA this year. It would not have been possible on my normal school schedule, which is fairly exacting, but as it stands, I’m going to try my little bit to hopefully offer a little bit of a bright spot and distraction while we’re trying to get through this situation. 
The blog will update during the next couple of days; I’m already in the process of collecting prompts. Those will be rolled out on the appropriate dates. 
Please spread the word!
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annaquenta · 4 years
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[Image description: Colored pencil drawing of Arien and Uinen from the Silmarillion about to kiss. Uinen is a blue mermaid with kelp-hair and green eye; she is reaching up out of the ocean to her girlfriend. Arien is a red and yellow sun goddess with a mass of pale curly red hair streaming behind her and a skirt like a sunbeam trailing behind her; she is hanging from the Sun and reaching down to her girlfriend. Behind Uinen the sky is darkening, and three large stars are visible alongside a scattering of smaller stars and Eärendil pushing his star across the sky; behind Arien the sky is an orange-pink color as the sun sets. On the ocean, beneath Arien, a ship (dwarfed by the Maiar) sails on calm waters, about to be attacked by a purple and green kraken. End image description.]
April 16, 2020
sunset with Arien and Uinen 🌊🔆
suggested by @orlandobloom ! thank you <3 also for @legendariumladiesapril !
References/Inspiration: kraken, arien's position, arien's arms, uinen's position, general insp, uinen's fins, uinen's tail, uinen's hair, uinen's ears, arien's markings, uinen's hand, arien's hair
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ambarto · 4 years
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An entry for @legendariumladiesapril​. I saw the April 15 prompt Absences and Distances and this scene sprang of its own will in my mind. It’s the first time I’ve ever put Findis in my writing, let alone her POV, it was interesting to try.
Night had fallen, the sky having faded from blue to black, Arien leaving her place to Tilion. Findis still couldn’t say she had gotten used to the new lights. Arien was much, much brighter than the Trees had ever been, so bright Findis had seen people’s skin redden and burn if they stayed too long in her light. Tilion was gentler, dimmer, and Findis found she preferred his light. Some of those who had seen Cuivienen, ages past, said night now resembled the starlit darkness they had lived in.
Findis was always left with a bitter taste in her mouth at the mention of Cuivienen, these days.
Her mother had retired to her bedroom to rest. She was often weary, as of late, preferring solitude and silence most of the time, and only enjoyed the company of her family. The little she had left of it. Findis feared for her. Indis was strong, but she had lost so much and in such a cruel way. There were moments when Findis almost thought Indis would lie down and part from this world, the way the first wife of Findis’s father had done.
Miriel had come back to life, or so Findis had been told. Neither her nor Indis had gone to see her. Findis had never met Miriel, but she found part of her resented that woman. She wondered if Miriel knew what her son had done, if she felt sorry for the strife Feanaro had brought to their family in the name of a mother he had never met.
In the darkness, Findis knelt by a chest, taking out its contents slowly. Finwe had had his own house near Taniquetil, having it built after Nolofinwe and Arafinwe had married, so that their whole family could visit Indis’s people without having to crowd some relative’s home. Findis remembered old days, in which all her siblings and their children would come here for a family reunion. She remembered the liveliness, the sounds of kids playing and arguing, Nolofinwe and Arafinwe shouting at their children to stop making a mess. There had been so many people in there, they had started to run out of rooms to put them.
Now there was silence, and only Findis and Indis were there. Arafinwe had to stay in Tirion, to manage the Noldor, and there was no one else left.
Findis dug through a chest in her room, taking every dusty memory out of it, hoping to make the house seem more hospitable, despite the fact no amount of sweeping and cleaning seemed to do the job.
There were some dresses she had not put in years, things she had almost forgotten. A silk, blue skirt, a gift from Nolofinwe for one of her begetting days. A coat she had gotten during a particularly cold winter, back before Arafinwe had married. The dress she had worn at the feast thrown to celebrate Irisse reaching adult age. She took everything out, and laid it on the bed or on the rugs. She would have to hang many of these things out to the air, tomorrow.
She wondered why she hadn’t looked at so many of these clothes in such a long time. Maybe it was because her family had rarely taken trips to her mother’s people, in the years before Finwe’s murder, because the situation in Tirion was too delicate for them to all leave. Maybe they just hadn’t had much to celebrate.
Her fingers dragged on the wooden bottom of the chest, and closed over something cold and hard. An hair clasp, cast out of silver, with a silver motif on it, and a green stone decorating it. Beautifully made. Findis turned it between her fingers, trying to remember when she had gotten it. She preferred to keep her hair plainly braided, and rarely wore anything so elaborate in them. Flashy jewelry had always been to Lalwende’s tastes.
Lalwende! Now Findis remembered. Lalwende had been trying to convince Findis to do something more elaborate with her hairstyle, and Findis had finally capitulated in occasion of Turukano’s wedding. An aunt had to look her best for one of her favorite nephews, although Findis never let it show that she had any preferences. Lalwende had been ecstatic to be allowed to do her sister’s hair.
“Here are some clasps I think would suit you,” Lalwende had said, making Findis sit down and going behind her sister to start working on her braids. “Pick the one you like best.”
“This one.”
Lalwende had laughed when Findis had shown her her choice. “Oh, refined tastes. This one was a gift Feanaro made for me, on my five hundredth begetting day.”
“Feanaro did? How thoughtful of him,” Findis had said. Feanaro rarely did anything for his younger siblings, but when circumstances demanded he gifted them something, he always went out of his way to craft something of superb quality. Yet another excuse for him to show off his skills.
Findis didn’t remember if Feanaro had seen her wearing that clasp, or if he had commented on it. Clearly, she must have also forgotten to give it back to her sister, if it had ended up at the bottom of this chest.
She clenched her hand around the shiny jewel, until it hurt her palm. Nothing Feanaro had made would get bent or ruined just by the strength of her hand, but Findis would have wanted to feel the clasp crumble in her fingers. Any memory of her half-brother had her blood boil with rage, ever since he had decided to leave Valinor on his foolish quest for vengeance. She wouldn’t have cared if only he and his sons had gone, because any love she had once had for him had long since been burned away by Feanaro’s insults and disdain, and if he chose to go die in a reckless battle then that was his choice to make. But he had to drag the rest of their family in too, had taken away Nolofinwe and all his children, and all of Arafinwe’s children too. And Lalwende. It was his fault if Indis suffered this way, and Findis alone could not erase her mother’s grief. It was his fault if Arafinwe and Earwen rarely smiled anymore, lines of worry always on their faces, and if Anaire had gone to live with her brother-in-law, unable to bear the loneliness of her empty house.
Findis’s grip softened. Even if she could not break this clasp, it would be wrong of her to try. It was Lalwende’s, after all, regardless of who the smith had been. She would be angry if Findis ruined it.
Lalwende, Lalwende. She had possibly been the child of Indis who had been closest to Feanaro, if only because she always knew how to match his rude remarks word for word and with a grin on her face. Findis had never truly understood her younger sister. She didn’t share Lalwende’s free spirit, nor her reckless confidence that sometimes bordered on arrogance. Findis loved to read, and practice embroidery, and have amiable chats, while Lalwende was always traveling, or hunting, or practicing her bow skills. Findis sat in discussions with Arafinwe and helped little Turukano learn to write, Lalwende took her nephews and nieces and sometimes even Feanaro’s own son with her and went riding off for weeks. Where Findis delighted in the contemplation of Varda’s stars, Lalwende hunted with Orome. So different they had been, from the color of their hair to every last interest.
But how Findis missed her now. Lalwende had always took up space, her laughter strong and contagious. Had she been here, she would have known how to cheer their mother up and how to fill this silent house with noise. Findis did her best, but she was painfully aware that her quiet demeanor couldn’t chase away Indis’s grief, no matter how many smiles and kind words she had. And how could she hope to bring her mother joy, when Findis herself felt the world had dimmed in a way Arien’s light could not brighten.
She rose to her feet, dusting off her skirts with her hand. Lalwende’s room was right next to hers. The desk was still covered in all the weird trinkets Lalwende had brought back from her travels. The smell of a place closed for too long lingered in the air, and Findis resolved to come and open the windows in there the next morning. She should have done so more often, but she rarely went in her sibling’s rooms.
She gently placed the clasp on Lalwende’s bedside table. Maybe the Valar would one day be merciful enough for her sister to find it again.
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avoyagetoarcturus · 4 years
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Tauriel for Legendarium Ladies April. I’ve always thought she’d make a fantastic comic heroine.
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thegirlwhohid · 3 years
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Rían, daughter of Belegund, was the wife of Huor, son of Galdor; and she was wedded to him two months before he went with Húrin his brother to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. When no tidings came of her lord she fled into the wild; but she was aided by the Grey-elves of Mithrim, and when her son Tuor was born they fostered him. Then Rían departed from Hithlum, and going to the Haudh-en-Ndengin she laid herself down upon it and died.
Rían moodboard
Legendarium Ladies April: (26/30)
The Silmarillion characters: (131/?)
Characters’ moodboards: (438/?)
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