Brown Elven Leather Pouch “Bordeaux Flower”

The walls of Caras Neldorath.

Would you stand before these gates as a friend, or as an enemy?

It is an immense team effort by the Lager der Elben construction team to put this stockade into place for each Epic Empires. The modules have to be carried to the location and assembled there, and after the event, they are again disassembled and carried to their storage location. My part in this was very small: During the original planning phase I gave feedback and Ideas to how it looks from the outside and what it should support gameplay-wise: Limited cover for defending archers and plenty of space where enemies can try to climb the wall.

The photo was taken by The Kelric View

I kind of ended up researching elvish belt shapes. There were more than I thought.

None of these Designs are designed. I just collected them. Maybe it will help some of your guys out here with designing your elven costumes.

On this day in 1977, Orlando Bloom was born. He made his breakthrough as Legolas Greenleaf in Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Illustration to my fanfic. Kennar of Sindar and “Feanaro” in Angband.

fonmuller:

More of Túrin and Beleg because I want to see more of them :D

Something That Makes Me Sad

The idea that the Silvan elves in Lorien lost their culture and traditions while under Noldor/Sindar rule.

Imagine the Lorien elves visiting the Woodland Realm after the War of the Ring and Thranduil purposely inviting them when there is some sort of Silvan festival going on. He just assumes that similarly to his people, despite Sindar/Noldor rule, they would still observe it. But they don’t and they have forgotten how to celebrate it. They see the Mirkwood elves celebrating as they had done millennia ago and how the House of Oropher have embraced it and not sanitised* it.

Thranduil drinking with highest ranking silvans and laughing loudly in a completely undignified way. Legolas dances with his people and smokes the sweet smelling herbs that make your brain go numb. Yes, they can play the part of the Sindar Lord very well, but their hearts’ rest with their people, not with their lineage.

They meet Thranduil’s Silvan Queen (she’s alive and Silvan and I won’t take any criticisms on this), who drapes her legs over her husbands and rests her head on his shoulder when she gets sleepy. The Lorien elves could not imagine their own Lord and Lady acting in such a way in public.

In conclusion, while the Sindar may have brought order to the Silvan elves, in Mirkwood they did so without compromising what made them Silvan to begin with. The Sindar are just there because the Silvan’s don’t know how to negotiate a trade deal, which is fair enough considering that isn’t exactly an everyday skill.

*The word ‘sanitised’ is not a COVID joke. When colonial powers would go into areas, they would often force changes upon cultural traditions to bring them into line with their own culture.

Silvan elves in Valinor anyone??

I need Silvan elves in Valinor fan fiction. Like, what do they do? Who do they piss off?

I can just imagine them rocking up later than everyone else, not really giving a fuck. They completely reject the Noldor and Sindar traditions and customs and just go and find a forest somewhere.

Sometimes they come out for special occasions but purposely try and piss off as many high and mighty pricks as possible. (They make a drinking game out of it.) And those high and mighty pricks always turn to Oropher, Thranduil or Legolas to try and get them to stop, but they just join in.

They get drunk, smoke all sorts of fun herbs and just generally enjoy their lives now they aren’t plagued by the darkness.

The Valar get really pissy about it too, except Yavanna because she joins in. So does Radagast.

ceescedasticity:

~early Second Age~

Sindar perspective:

• You abandoned us in Middle-earth
• We’re stronger and wiser than you because we actually went through stuff and fought the Enemy while you sat around in safety twiddling your thumbs
• You prioritized your grudge against the Noldor over our lives
• You’re stuck up and tacky and had your brains fried by Trees and have all the same problems as the Noldor except for kinslaying
• We don’t need or want your charity

Lindar of Alqualondë perspective:

• Elwë abandoned us first, and gave up any right to speak for us or act for us
• Speaking of sitting in safety twiddling one’s thumbs while others fought and died, were you one of the Iathrim?
• Sure it was nothing like what you went through but stop saying we have never suffered.
• Sure we had some overly emotional people who screwed up then, but at least we never hunted dwarves for sport
• Do NOT badmouth the Trees
• We were trying to help, you seemed lost

dorwinionwhining:

avantegarda:

avantegarda:

I saw a post about traditional folk music genres from around the world and I couldn’t resist the urge to do one for some of the various kindreds of Elves, I am so sorry

Vanyarin Folk Music Genres

• God Loves Everyone But Especially Us
• Gee The Valar Sure Are Great
• Here Is An Hour-Long Poem About Wine
• Let’s Stomp On Some Grapes
• My Wife/Husband Has The Prettiest Hair In Town
• Everything Is Absolutely Fine

Noldorin Folk Music Genres

• My Family Is The Best And Bravest, Fuck You
• A Comprehensive List Of Things Feanor Has Invented
• I Would Kill God For A Silmaril
• I Built You A Giant Library Because I Love You
• Look At How Shiny And Glamorous Our Swords Are
  
• Oh Shit We Fucked Up We Fucked Up

Telerin Folk Music Genres

• Yo Ho Ho We Are Not Pirates But We Appreciate The Aesthetic
• My Girlfriend Makes The Best Boat Sails
• I Caught A Fish And It Was Thiiiis Big
• Boats Boats Boats Boats Boats
• The Noldor Killed Everyone I Love (Fuck You)

Sindarin Folk Music Genres

• All Trees Are Great But Especially This One (It’s A Metaphor For Love)
• Never Forget How Hot The King’s Wife And Daughter Are
• I Shot That Deer Because I Respect It
• I Made Moonshine And Now We Must Dance All Night
• Please Marry Me, I Have A Very Long Bow (Definitely Not A Double Entendre)
• Fuck All The Noldor Except The Ones Thingol Is Related To (But Also Them A Little Bit)

Avarin Folk Music Genres

• I Never Live In The Same Place For More Than A Year (Huzzah, Adventure!)
• I Don’t Know Who Manwe Is And At This Point I’m Too Embarrassed To Ask
• Will You Marry Me If I Wrestle A Bear?
• Congratulate Us On Avoiding Being In This Story

Some Edain music genres:

• My Husband Is A War Hero But Now He’s Dead
• The Elves Are Super Cool So We’ll Fight Satan For Them
• Our Village Has The Best Beer
• I Own Twenty (20) Axes
• I Love My Horse More Than My Parents
• The Valar Are Cool, I Assume

These are all pure gold. May I also suggest for the Noldor:

• Formenos Prison Blues

spidertams:

Here’s the short comic about young Elion I promised, hope you enjoy it!!

In Tolkien’s work, elves can die from roughly two things: of being murdered, or of having a broken heart. The second thing is what’s happening to Thraniavas. I always pictured dying of a broken heart as something really slow, as if the elves who suffer from it would slowly start to forget everything they loved day by day, until they are left empty and they simply fade away. The untimely demise of his wife, Elion’s mother, was the last straw that was left before his heart shattered into pieces, as he carried on his shoulders the loss of his father Oropher, and an endless count of his friends and people in the War of the Last Alliance.

Thraniavas’ condition is also what lead Elion to having an interest for art. He always documented his adventures in drawings so he could show his father when he was back home. It’s something he did all his life and never stopped doing.