#Dernhelm

[thelien-art]

December; the 1st

Advent Game: Éowyn x Faramir

Where did Éowyn's bouquet of mistletoe and birch branches land?

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[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

Yes, yes, Sean Bean was afraid of the helicopter and Ian McKellan hated Elijah Wood’s music choices in the makeup trailer and Billy Boyd had to go to the emergency dentist in full hobbit get-up, but my absolute favorite behind-the-scenes tidbit from the LOTR movies is that half the riders of Rohan were actually women. A whole army full of Dernhelms, it just couldn’t be more *chef’s kiss*.

[saintstars]

Reposting Arwen & Eowyn Armour designs (for them joining the battle at Helm's Deep)

[mummelthecryptid]

dernhelm and windfola

eowyn with short hair is so important 2 me

backgroundless version under the cut

[theworldsoftolkein]

Dernhelm by Matthew Stewart

[hjbirthdaywishes]

December 16, 2024

Happy 57 Birthday to Miranda Otto.

[dhelglore]

"But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter... Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him." Dernhelm // Éowyn Shieldmaiden of Rohan

[kindlythevoid]

"There seemed to be an understanding between Dernhelm and Elfhelm, the Marshal who commanded the eored in which they were riding.”

Return of the King pg. 101

OH REALLY. IRREGULAR-LOOKING NEWCOMER DERNHELM has an UNDERSTANDING with ELFHELM, THE MARSHAL THEY ARE RIDING UNDER WHO FALLS UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE HOUSE OF EORL. HOW INTERESTING.

[tenth-sentence]

It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[theelfmaiden]

"A sword rang as it was drawn. 'Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may.'

'Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!'

Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.'"

- the Battle of Pelennor Fields, March 14-15th 3019 T. A. ...

... aka "why not to celebrate Tolkien Reading Day with smth that happened ten/eleven days ago" me thinking 🤔

Anyway, Happy Tolkien Reading Day folks!!! 📖⚔️🐎

[the-spirit-of-yore]

Dernhelm par Matthew Stewart

[thelien-art]

Shieldmaiden of Rohan, and Lady of Ithilien; Warrior and Healer

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Eowyn lived in Ithilien with Faramir, who had been declared ruling Prince of the land, after the war of the ring, and dwelt together in the hills of Emyn Arnen, where she was known as both the Lady of Ithilien and Emyn Arnen, as well as Shieldmaiden of Rohan, and shield arm.

[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

Sanity check, Elfhelm and Éowyn edition:

I have spent my entire LOTR-reading life feeling certain that Elfhelm knew perfectly well that Dernhelm was Éowyn, and he made a conscious decision to look the other way about it. Like, it never really even occurred to me that other people don’t read it this way…until literally this morning, when someone told me that I’m flat out wrong. I’m not the only one, right??

I mean, first of all, Elfhelm’s a smart guy, and an éored is only 120 people. I think it’s more than fair to assume he had enough familiarity with his own men to notice an unexplained outsider and then ask some basic questions (especially when the unexplained outsider also had an unauthorized hobbit in tow!). Secondly, the text itself says:

There seemed to be some understanding between Dernhelm and Elfhelm, the Marshal who commanded the éored in which they were riding. He and all his men ignored Merry and pretended not to hear if he spoke.

Now, I included that second sentence because you could argue that the understanding between Dernhelm and Elfhelm is just about their agreement not to acknowledge Merry’s presence. But I don’t think it has to be read that way. This paragraph is from Merry’s perspective, so that’s the element of the understanding he’s focused on, but it doesn’t mean that’s the full extent of the agreement. And, again, it seems unreasonable to me to think that Elfhelm could have enough interactions with Dernhelm to be able to reach an understanding of any kind with him without also realizing in the process that a) Dernhelm is not one of his regular men; b) Dernhelm is acting kind of squirrely; c) Dernhelm is atypically light/small; and d) Dernhelm’s face looks an awful lot like the king’s niece.

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter because I’m gonna keep thinking of Elfhelm the way that I always have–as a good dude who keeps his mouth shut about both Merry and Éowyn because he knows how to mind his own business and he doesn’t begrudge anyone their desire to fight for the greater good. But I have to admit that my mind is kind of blown that other people never saw it that way!

[saintstars]

more of that helm's deep au

[ceevee5]

I still think the book version of this is far better than the Peter Jackson film. In the book, you don‘t even know it‘s Eowyn until after Theoden gets wrecked by the Witch King‘s flying whatzit. All you know is that Merry has been riding with “Dernhelm.” When they set out from Edoras, Merry sees someone glancing keenly at him. “A young man, Merry thought as he returned the glance, less in height and girth than most. He caught the glint of clear grey eyes; and then he shivered, for it came suddenly to him that it was the face of one without hope who goes in search of death” … “Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.'”

She’s no man D:

[inthiskingdomwewillendure]

The Return of the King in 4k