✨ Royal Mirkwood family portraits ✨ -  Taken at Hobbitcon Vier by @bittersuites

Silver game is strong. Leggles be like ‘Ada, Nana, NO!’ 

Thranduil- King of Mirkwoodby@fuckablenerdstuff
Calithilien- Queen of Mirkwoodby@mayo-chan
Legolas- Prince of Mirkwoodby@twerkingintomirkwood

_{It was where it all began. The garden that Oropher once built was now the garden where they would raise the child that grew within Iestil. It was no doubt a daunting task, but also one that brought great joy to the Mirkwood couple as they passed their days in serenity patiently awaiting the day to welcome their child into the world. And it was underneath the pale leaves of spring, that they would often find themselves reminiscing of times past and how far they have come – together.}

_{“My only wish is to raise our child as my father once did with this garden — with all the love and care in all of Arda.”–Thranduil to Iestil}

_{She was the most radiant around flowers, he’d often recall her smile as they would stroll through their gardens at night, taking time to admire the bulbs that would eventually come into bloom. He had taken her to see his father’s gardens the first time they had met, and he could still remember the way her eyes lit up with awe as she looked around, admiring the scents and colors of the flora around her. It wasn’t until after Oropher’s death when he decided to close the gardens off, making them private.}

_{A wall was built cutting the inside off from the rest of the world. It was a place that his father had painstakingly created when they had first relocated from the treetops of Greenwood. To others, it could have been viewed as a tribute to the fallen king who found beauty in nature, but to him, it was much more than a simple tribute. It was a place that contained his father’s love, a father’s love which he would never feel again. And even though he knew it was selfish, he wanted to keep it to himself.}

_{The garden was a place where he’d find himself in silence, lost in an array of thoughts, a place he would come to escape the whispers and murmurs that filled his halls after his father’s passing. It was originally a place for him to seek refuge in, but it soon became a way for Thranduil to cope– for him to recover. It was a safe haven where he could be surrounded by nothing but nature, a place where the outside world couldn’t interfere with the internal war that brewed within him. A place where the nightmares of the past couldn’t reach him. It was a place that reminded him of his father’s love and the comfort of her smile.}

_{It was support, not pity, that she had shown him during that prolonged period of grief. It was something which, he realized after her passing, he had took too much for granted.}

_{While most of his advisers were trying to ask him questions relating to his new found kingship, she provided the much needed comfort of silence. He had felt lost and alone, struggling to find his own identity. Too long he had just been known as the son of Oropher. But at that moment in time, he was no longer a prince, but a king. And honestly, it frightened him. Was he worthy of the throne in which his father once ruled upon? Was he even fit to be a leader to his people? Or would he only lead them to the path of ruin and despair?}

_{But her constant presence quelled the nerves that shook him. And more often than not, he’d find her sitting by his side at night in silence as the two of them would look upon on the stars among the small blossoms of flowers that surrounded them– the only sound was the soft sound of rushing water by an adjacent stream reminding them both that time was still ticking away. It was moments like that which filled him with a warmth that he had not felt since the day he had left for war. Tranquility.}

_{And it was within those closed walls where he grew to love flowers as much as she had. And it was within those walls where he regained his composure and confidence, where he regained his mind back from the waves of self-doubt that once clouded over his mind. And as the weeks passed and turned into months, he had changed. Changed into someone who was no longer a prince standing in the shadows of his fallen father, but a king, someone who could rightfully rule upon the woodland throne as his father had once done—king, of the woodland realms. -Last Farewell, Ch. 8}

_{“Ionneg Legolas, if I were to ask of you for one thing, it would be to know that your Nana and Ada love you more than all of Arda itself,”}

_{Mother’s Day: One of Iestil’s fondest moments, back to peaceful times with her husband and son.}

_{Wishing you all a Happy Mother’s Day from the Mirkwood Family}

_{3/25 - Happy Birthday Lee Pace!}

_{“You are safe, that is all that matters,”}

_{“A great serpent of the North, they had said, a creature that brought fear and death to all in its wake. Dragon fire is unlike most fires we are well accustomed to, it is like a potent poison– it burns and corrodes with every intention of turning all that it touches into ash.}

_{I first heard the news when I was visiting my mother and father in Lothlorien, that the company of elves coming out of Greenwood had been decimated by a great serpent of the North.}

_{Our healers worked feverishly to heal his wounds before my arrival, but in the end, even I could not save his eye entirely. We traveled swiftly to Imladris shortly after, for there is no greater healer in Arda than Lord Elrond, but ultimately, Lord Elrond could only confirm our greatest fears— that his eyesight could not be salvaged.”}

_{“Anthon ‘ûr nîn anlen,”}

_{“It is a holiday celebrated by man is it not? While we do not have such a day in our culture, Thranduil and I have grown to celebrate our union with every passing day. There is a fondness in our hearts that links us together, and it is through that unbreakable bond which we appreciate what we have. For while the seasons may change as the winds come and go as dictated by Eru above, not a day goes by where I will do cherish him with my heart.”}

_{“It is quite intriguing that you bring such an inquiry up, mellon, for it is a memory that I fondly remember. Yes, there have been several times where I would do my husband’s hair for him, but after a while, Legolas seemed to take an interest in it.}

_{Our Little Leaf would often watch as I would braid his hair and occasionally his father’s; a simple braid entwined with flowers that bloomed during each season, encapsulating the colors and spirit of our forests. There were several occurrences where Legolas would try to braid his father’s hair, I believe he was trying to emulate the way I did his,” Iestil can’t help but laugh as she recalls the memory, “but ultimately he wound up knotting up Thranduil’s hair despite trying his hardest. Although, if I remember correctly, he also haphazardly took the flowers from his own hair and stuck it in his father’s, along with random blossoms that he found within our private gardens.}

_{Afterwards, Thranduil took it proudly in stride and paraded throughout our halls with his hair in such a configuration, flowers protruding out and all. I wish you could have seen the smile upon our son’s face as his eyes lit up at his masterpiece getting shown off by his father,”}

_{“My love for you will never fade,”}

^{Rhîw, the fifth season of the Elvish calendar–the time of winter and of the bitter cold. It was the season that reminded her of his eyes the most —- a piercing color of icy blue. Like the first snowfall of the year underneath clandestine skies– like the translucent blue of cerulean that reflected upon the frozen lakes across Mirkwood. As delicate as crystals, yet hardly fragile at all. Ice, was the color of his eyes… cold, yet beautiful, but his heart reminded her of the warmth of the vigorous spring in which he was named after. Warm and full of life.}

^{He had always told her that her eyes were the opposite of his own. A mysterious grey-blue. Like the cloudy peaks of the mountain tops during the winter, like the light snow that refracted the colors of the sky upon it—an ethereal misty blue. ‘Innate warmth’}. ^{he said they reminded him of Echuir}, ^{the time of ‘stirring’… when winter melted into spring. - Excerpt from Prelude to Spring}

^{// Happy 2016 from Thranduil & Iestil!}

_{The Witch, The Elk & The Vampire - Happy Halloween from Iestil, Legolas, & Thranduil}

elithien:

Mirkwood family cuddling in bed time! With Elithien watching over her boys.