#Beorings

[rittare]

Andreth and Bregor in Dorthonion.

[nynevefromthelake]

Ok it’s mermay, so what about Finrod and Beor mermaid au? Finrod is a sea prince and very curious about people and Balan is widowed fisherman who lives near the shore with his sons

[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 :/

[spruceneedles]

Aegnor and Andreth (concept)

[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.

[thelien-art]

hi! I love your pride month ask event so much and now I finally have a fan account and can participate this year :) could i put in a request for bi bëor? bi bëor has taken over my brain since reading the atandil series and now I cant think of him any other way <3

thanks for running this every year! such a great event

He is my nr 1 human :) - I used this request to try and play around with his design, as I like to see him a bit playful at times, anyway him in clothes picked out by Finrod

I like this design for him when visiting Finrod but not as a "wild man" :)

I drew the flag before I thought of the cape

🏳️‍🌈CELEBRATE PRIDE WITH ME🏳️‍🌈 - send in a character or a ship with a pride flag and I´ll draw it

Also maybe this Ask?

I wanted to play around a bit with only Beor but I´m adding this ask I haven´t deleted it so I might get around it still just for safety

[aotearoa20]

lil’ Beren: Master Elf! I… I… this is my rabbit! I love him so much!! Do you like rabbits more than Men?

Finrod: (crouching down) Well little one, all sentient beings are important and so I don’t think you can love any sentient creature more than another. We should care about everything and love everything unless…

Finrod: (pause) unless, of course, it attacks you

Finrod: in which case, lovingly see it off with a big stick

Barahir: (trying not to laugh) that’s… that’s so profond Nòm

Finrod: But! Love all things buddy :)

Lil’ Beren: unless..

Finrod: unless it’s coming at you mate, then… dispatch it with love

[violetumbrellalover]

⚔️Three Houses of Edain⚔️

A little over three centuries after the Noldor had returned to Middle-earth, Finrod discovered a new people in the glens of the Blue Mountains. These were Men out of the distant East of Middle-earth, the first of their kind to be seen in Beleriand. These Men crossed the mountains as three distinct peoples, but each of these peoples became allies of the Elves in the Wars of Beleriand. The name Edain became associated with these friends of the Elves, and their leaders gave rise to three houses: those of Bëor, Haleth and Hador.

House of Bëor

Bëor was the first of Men to cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, and his house is thus considered the first of the houses of the Edain. Bëor himself became a vassal of Finrod, and many of his descendants also served the Elves. Later generations of this house held the land of Dorthonion, until it was lost to Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach. The greatest of the heroes of the House of Bëor was Beren, who escaped from Dorthonion and captured a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown.

House of Haleth

The people known as the Haladin spoke their own language, alien to that of the other Edain. They were the second house of Men to cross the Mountains, and settled for a while in the southern part of Dor Caranthir. Faced with a sudden assault by Orcs, they united under a leader named Haldad, but he was slain defending his people. His daughter Haleth, from whom this house took its name, led the survivors into the west, until they reached the Forest of Brethil, where they settled. This house of the Edain is noted for their friendship with the Drúedain, with whom they shared their forest home.

House of Hador

The Third House of the Edain derived from the followers of Marach, who led his people across the Blue Mountains soon after the other houses. The Men of this House built a strong alliance with Fingolfin's people in Hithlum. Indeed, Marach's great-great-grandson Hador was made Lord of Dor-lómin by the High King of the Noldor, thus giving his name to this renowned House. Among Hador's famous descendants were Húrin and Huor, Túrin and Tuor, and Eärendil the Mariner.

“Do you forget to whom you speak? Such things you spoke long ago to our fathers; but we escaped from your shadow. And now we have knowledge of you, for we have looked on the faces that have seen the Light, and heard the voices that have spoken with Manwe."

~ Húrin Thalion in The Children of Húrin, "The Words of Húrin and Morgoth"

[daily-smol-silm]

Hullo! Can I put in a Finrod/Bëor request if that would be something you'd like to smol?

Day #75 - Finrod/Bëor

10/10 ship, very stackable.

[runawaymun]

For the winter prompts...possibly a #1 of Finrod and Bëor with Bëor holding the mistletoe? (cheeky of him)

Here they are!!! :D thank you for the request!!

[nynevefromthelake]

ones in a dream I met you

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Beren said ‘tell me about Bëor’ in Tol-in-Gaurhoth and that’s how Edrahil learned everything he’d never wondered about his lord’s sex life.

[winds-of-zephyr416]

BOOPABLE ELVES (and Ainur) ((and Edain))

Boopable: 

Fingon (will blush)

Celebrimbor (will boop you back. This will lead into a chain reaction of back-and-forth boops if not kept in check).

Maedhros (but only by Fingon)

Maeglin (stares into your soul)

Glorfindel (thanks you?)

Beor the Old (only boopable by Finrod)

Elrond (unfazed, looks at you like this is normal).

Not Boopable:

Eönwë (too tall 😔)

Manwë (too tall + your hand phases through his face. Would be boopable otherwise)

Finrod (does the booping)

Melian (Thingol tried, once. didn’t go well).

Dangerous Boops:

Fëanor (boopable, immediately stabs you)

Sauron (boopable, will set you on fire)

Morgoth (not boopable, your hand dissolves the moment you touch his face. (((Why would you even want to boop the Dark Lord in the first place?? That’s Sauron’s job, not yours))).