I am inviting all authors and artists who love Tolkien to participate in my April Tolkien Challenge!
Every day, there will be a new object central, which is the object we will be talking about! Do whatever you want with this; Write a piece about it, share information about it, create something art-related about it….anything goes!
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Anglachel was the earlier name of the blade, before it got reforged into Gurthang; the sword Túrin Turumbar would hold for the rest of his life. It was made by the dark elf Ëor, and remade by the smiths of Nargothrond. Beleg Cúthalion, chief warden of the elven king Thingol, held Anglachel before he was killed by Túrin, who was unaware the elf had been his friend. Gwindor, another friend, kept the sword with him until Túrin came back to his senses.
As the sword got reforged, Túrin named it Gurthang, which roughly translates to “Iron of Death”. After the naming of the blade, Túrin became known as Mormegil; the “Black Sword”.
The next big moment of the blade, was when Túrin used it to slay the dragon Glaurung. Upon discovering that his wife, Nienor Níniel, was also his sister, and that she had killed herself, the man fell into a state of panic and despair. In his pain, he used Gurthang to slay himself. With the death of his master, Gurthang shattered to the floor, the shards to be buried with Túrin and Nienor underneath the Stone of Hapless.
“Hail Gurthang! No lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that wieldeth thee. From no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou therefore take Túrin Turambar, wilt thou slay me swiftly?” Túrin had asked his blade, to which it responded with “Yea, I will drink thy blood gladly, that so I may forget the blood of Beleg my master, and the blood of Brandir slain unjustly. I will slay thee swiftly.”
BITCH I’M BACK*slams Silm sketches on your desk* Went diggin around for art I’ve never posted and found some Silmarillion sketches I’ve done in the past few months.
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Based on my 3 sentence fic from a couple of days ago, wherein Túrin manages to save Finduilas from the Orcs.
Gwindor once said she only stood between Túrin and his doom. I often have wondered whether things would somehow have turned out better in more ways than one, had Túrin been able to protect her.
Turin, son of Hurin, Turambar, The Black Blade. His is one of Tolkien’s most heartbreaking, yet one of the most compelling. Son of the greatest hero among men, driven to avenge himself upon his father’s enemies, cursed by the fates to be the downfall of his house, his friends and the great wyrm Glaurong. I know he is traditionally depicted wearing mostly black, but I like the idea of the first age being more decorative, inspired much by the descriptions of the armaments of Gondolin. #drawing #procreate #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #ipadpro #tolkien #hero #armor https://www.instagram.com/p/BwahdPgHp8p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s1oolhogivjk
