#Beorings

[elena-kukanova]

In the meantime, a whole plot bundle has come together

Fen of Serech

[rittare]

Andreth and Bregor in Dorthonion.

[chechula]

End of the year = cleaning my desk. This Finrod and Beor doodle from June (?) was hidden there ♥

[wanderer-clarisse]

... and he was eager moreover to discover all that he could concerning Mankind. He it was that first met Men in Beleriand and befriended them; and for this reason he was often called by the Eldar Edennil, 'the Friend of Men'. (Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth)

(partially inspired by this)

[mandhos]

[arlenianchronicles]

Just a little sketch of Beren and Luthien sharing a hidden kiss! I wasn't sure what to do for the background so I just gave up on it loll But I still love these two very much :'''D

Also, I've been posting my "not appropriate for eyeballs" Beren/Luthien art on AO3, so if y'all are interested, feel free to check it out! It includes a bunch of melons, peaches, and a side helping of eggplants; and it's my first foray into the super spicy art stuff, so I appreciate the support! loll ^^;;

[nynevefromthelake]

Just some cosy hairbrushing

Also I got a bit got carried away with anatomical study so there is a version with a less amount of clothes

[welcomingdisaster]

i heard from the edain in ossiriand that lord balan is having a mid-life crisis and dating some blond floozy who looks young enough to be his kid. in unrelated news elves in nargothrond tell me that finrod felagund is cradle robbing some human guy like 1/10th his age :/

[exercise-of-trust]

Hi there! I love your art and only just now saw that you had been taking asks. I’m probably too late, but if not, would you have any interest in drawing Finrod (/ or and) Bëor? Thanks so much for sharing your art on here! It’s so lovely!!

(And sorry if this sent twice - I got a weird error the first time and wasn’t sure if it went through)

you are not too late, here's a couple of music boys for you! finrod has never seen a dulcimer before and he's absolutely entranced

(taking requests through the end of september!)

[spruceneedles]

Aegnor and Andreth (concept)

[elena-kukanova]

Winter Dortonion and a brief moment of happiness Andret teaching Aegnor how to skate. I like the idea that skating is a human invention, and something the elves could learn from the edain :3

Эта работа будет украшать последнюю страницу календаря на предстоящий год :)

...Наконец, они достигли озера, о котором им говорила Андрет. Замерзшая гладь была так чиста, что казалась темно-синей, с невиданно сложенными в глубине друг на друга белыми голышами круглой гальки. К берегу вел крутой спуск — летом его обожали ласточки, ежа, васильки и ромашка, но зимой склон становился пуст и тих. Андрет улыбнулась им и помахала рукой: Айканаро видел, что она стояла на берегу, где сквозь толстый лед, ещё белый на мелководье, пробивались рогоз и камыш. Травы засохли и мертво шелестели. Братья в нерешительности замерли, глядя на лёд. За щеки куснул порыв холодного ветра, будто подгоняя спуститься вниз. Айканаро неодобрительно поглядел на гладкий, страшный черно-синий лед. Он ненавидел эту синюю бездну — аж передергивало. До сих пор в ушах стоял ломко-жуткий, далеко разносящийся во влажном воздухе треск. Как светла, легка и нетронута этим кошмаром казалась Андрет! Она не ведала ужасов Хелькараксэ и не знала, как долго спорил он с братом о том, что им следовало попробовать разделить зимнюю забаву эдайн: может, то излечило бы их обоих от вечного ужаса перед снегом и льдом, навсегда въевшимися в память знаком горя, предательства, лишений и смерти...

Харт, "Снежинка" https://archiveofourown.org/works/50857267

[azalearanger]

"For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marvelling that they gave life so freely of which on earth they had so little." - Ulmo to Tuor (The Fall of Gondolin)

How tragic, how heartbreaking and bittersweet, that the greatest gift of undying friendship of men to elves must be cut short by death.

How heart-wrenching for the Eldar to linger on with the memory of that gift, a hole torn in the flowing fabric of their ageless years, a friend never returning, never to meet again beyond the western sea.

What choice do they have, but to return this gift to the children of their dearest friends, fleeting though their time may be.

[southfarthing]

lotr character quiz

silmarillion character quiz

hobbit character quiz

have a wild saturday night everyone<3

[eilinelsghost]

One thing I can't escape in wrangling with Finrod's complex relationship with the Edain (especially as it is worked out in Atandil, but also generally in the text of the Silmarillion) is how the heart of Tolkien's vision for Elves and the relationship between the First and Secondborn Children can be traced throughout his story, specifically as relates to the First House of the Edain.

Tolkien outlines his general thoughts behind the Elves and their place in Arda in his letter to Milton Waldman where he says:

“The doom of the Elves is to be immortal, to love the beauty of the world, to bring it to full flower with their gifts of delicacy and perfection, to last while it lasts, never leaving it even when ‘slain’, but returning – and yet, when the Followers come, to teach them, and make way for them, to ‘fade’ as the Followers grow and absorb the life from which both proceed.”

Letter 131 to Milton Waldman

The "purpose" of the Elves, then, is to love and lift up the Secondborn and then to hand the world on to them.

In Finrod, we see this from the moment he meets Men in Ossiriand. We are told that he sees them and at once "love for them stir[s] in his heart." He loves them exactly as he finds them, before any interaction with or influence over them. They—the new, the stranger, the unknown other—are lovely and beloved in their difference, fellow Eruhíni in the darkness of Arda Marred.

And from that point onward, he works consistently as a mediator to establish peace and friendship between the various Elven peoples and Men.

He teaches them, yes—in Ossiriand and presumably after as they begin to integrate with Elven settlements—but he is also eager to learn from them as well. We are told this in the intro to the Athrabeth, but more importantly we are shown this throughout the text of that same chapter. He enters the conversation with one mindset and understanding, then leaves the conversation having changed his entire understanding of Arda and its future based solely on what Andreth has taught him of humans' philosophy of their own embodiment. Together they wrangle through the pitfalls of each's position and it is their combined knowledge and understanding which brings about the hope at the end of their conversation.

Finrod embraces this mutual work and discovery and holds to the new-found hope at once. "Await us there," he says in closing, both asserting that he has changed his understanding based on Andreth's words and also placing himself in a position of dependency. It is humans whose nature could bring about this hope of Arda Remade and he does not hesitate a moment in embracing that they, the Followers, would then be "the lordly ones." And he does this with joy and eager anticipation.

The clearest example of how he embodies this vision is also the broadest: his relationship with the Edain begins with Balan—Bëor, the Vassal—and culminates with his oath to Barahir and his sacrifice and death on behalf of Barahir's son. He marks this oath with the crest of his own house, which then shifts from the Ring of Felagund to the Ring of Barahir, by which name it is known for the duration of Middle-earth's history.

Within the brief 155 years that Finrod operated in relationship with Men, the First House of the Edain moves from wanderers to Vassals to Heirs.

And thus Finrod is embodying that very purpose which Tolkien outlined as the doom of the Elves: he prepares the way for the Followers, he willingly fades before them, and he passes the world (his life, his own crest/birthright) freely to their keeping.

[anna-dreamer]

Day 7. Longing.

Heyyyyy i did a Finrod/Bëor!

"Ты ведь не искал меня? - Искал!"

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