endillos: @arwenindomiel’s tolkien south asian week day 1: ainur + monochrome • MELIAN Me

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@arwenindomiel’s tolkien south asian week day 1: ainur + monochrome•MELIAN

Melian was the name of a Maia who served both Vána and Estë; she dwelt long in Lórien, tending the trees that flower in the gardens of Irmo, ere she came to Middle-earth.Nightingalessangaboutherwherevershewent.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of the Maiar”

[ID: An edit for Melian, consisting of six images mainly in red and orange.

1. A south asian woman with her hair in a braid. She’s wearing a red and orange gown and golden jewelry. This image contains text reading “Melian the maia”
2. A rainforest. The green is recolored to be red
3. A nightingale singing in a tree. Like the previous image, this has been recoloured to be mainly red
4. The same woman as in image one, with a veil now. This image contains text reading “and among his people there were none more beautiful, nor more wise, nor more skilled in songs of enchantment”, which is a quote from The Silmarillion
5. That woman again, now once more without the veil. The text on this image reads “Melian the maia”, like in image one
6. A series of gateways built from red stones

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