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Mammals of Himlad

Now that I’ve finished world building posts on birds for each Fëanorian realm pre Amon Ereb, I’m going through mammals next!

Mammals of the March of Maedhros can be found here, of Maglor’s Gap here, and my environmental world building Masterlist is here!

As always, I included world building notes so it’s not just a list of species! I did focus more on the Noldorin host because I want to make a separate post for the Avari of Eastern Beleriand!

Himlad was a realm in Eastern Beleriand, bordered on the West by the river Aros and on the East, its tributary, Celon. It means ‘cool plain’ in Sindarin and was described simply as a cold region, likely due to its proximity to the March and thus to the Iron Mountains, the cold fronts of which extend throughout the surrounding regions. 

Steppes and plains: goitered gazelle, Common shrews, steppe lemming, yellow steppe lemming, desert hare, social voles, corsac fox, steppe cat, Przewalski's horse and other wild horses, grey marmot, Mongolian gazelle, striped dwarf hamster, silver vole, Gobi big brown bat, steppe polecat, Daurian hedgehog, Pallas’s cat, roe deer, Eurasian lynx (rare, outskirts/forest borders), marbled polecat, long earred jeroba, khulan (wild ass), winter white dwarf hamster, long eared hedgehog 🦔, Mongolian wolf

By the rivers: Brandt’s bat, common water shrew, harvest mouse, common otter (rare), dhole, wild boar, elk (rare)

World building notes

Horses are the primary domestic animal in northeastern Beleriand down to Estolad and some are sired from those brought from Valinor while some were tamed from wild horses in Beleriand. Horses of Eastern Beleriand retain their winter coat for more of the year than their kin and this is especially true of the March and Himlad where snow falls heavily throughout the colder months.

Wild horses appear on the crest of two of the noble houses who accompanied Celegorm. They are often depicted in running stance in both Noldorin and Avarin art to represent the steppes of Himlad.

Horse milk is used to create a strong alcohol which is served during the Noldorin autumn festival.

Celegorm and his scouts and hunters bring hounds to Himlad, which aid them in both hunting and some military activities. Some wild canines are adopted or bonded as well including foxes and wolves. In the beginning, Celegorm and his lords are stringent regarding the behavior of the hounds and mitigate their ability to damage the ecosystem of Himlad. Over time and in their later locations west, they neglect these duties.

One of Curufin’s lords holds a herd of yak. The young were gifted through a defense alliance with an Avarin group in Southern Himlad. Like in the Gap, most milk comes from yak, goat, or sheep rather than cows.

I personally enjoy the headcanon that prehistoric (in today’s world) bear species occasionally ventured into the plains of East Beleriand to hunt.

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Phobias by characters

Some of these are not exactly a "phobia", but still cause fearful or distressed reactions in the character.

May contain spoilers.

Aliens Celty (Durarara!!)

Asymmetry Death the Kid (Soul Eater)

Balloons Bill (King of the Hill) Brown Puffle (Club Penguin) Fungus (Numb Chucks) Lacey (Corner Gas) Mae (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) Roger (Secrets of Shakespeare's Grave) Roy (The IT Crowd)

Bats Ant (The Deep) Hank (King of the Hill) Lorelai (Santiago of the Seas)

Bicycles Flex Mentallo

Birds Akito (NORN9) Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)

Blood Dakkan (Beyond the Western Deep) Dimity (The Finishing School Series) Doc Martin Draculaura (Monster High) Jonesy (6Teen) Toko (Danganronpa) Tre (Stuck) Tsunade (Naruto)

Buttocks Dementoid

Cats Gilbert (Pandora Hearts) Katsuobushiman (Anpanman) Ranma (Ranma 1/2) Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Umibozu (City Hunter)

Chickens Dirk (Savannah Reid) Tanner (Raven's Home) Tyler (Total Drama Island)

Clowns Creepie (Growing Up Creepie) Mary (Dog with a Blog)

Cows Deadpool

Dentists Fangbone

Dogs Dorothy (VA-11 HALL-A) Isabel (Paranatural) Izaya (Durarara!!) Mew (Mewkledreamy) Yuzuru (Ensemble Stars!)

Dolphins Jade (Victorious) Raquelle (Barbie) Ryan (Barbie)

Ducks Mera (Epithet Erased) Will (The Infernal Devices)

Eggs Momoko (Sumomomo Momomo)

Electronics Chuck (Better Call Saul) Gnarrk (Teen Titans)

Fire Tristan (Crown of Feathers)

Fish Alice (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) Antonio (Power Rangers) Rosaline

Floors Benjy (Teenager Worrier)

Fuzz Lucy (Peanuts)

Flying Wolverine (X-Men)

Gelatin Donna (Out Of This World)

Ghosts Luigi (Mario) Maika (Aikatsu Friends!)

Grapes Arlene (Stick It to the Man!)

Hamsters Badyah (DeadEndia)

Horses Finn (Warrior U)

Insects Kija (Yona of the Dawn)

Ladders Niko (OneShot)

Lima beans Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron)

Men Ai (Kageki Shojo!!)

Mice Doraemon Gary (Miranda) Minnie Mouse Tony (Saved by the Bell)

Mushrooms Imca (Valkyria) Sara (Jewelpet Twinkle)

Needles Cesar (Waste of Space) Elda (Otaku Elf) Excel (Excel Saga) Goku (Dragonball Z)

Pickles Jimmy Two-Shoes

Pigs Karen (Liv and Maddie)

Porcelain Guybrush (Monkey Island)

Red Elis (Canvas 2)

Reptiles Josuke (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) Sylvia (Sea Haven)

Revolving doors Jiro (Parisa)

Robots Double G (Game Shakers) Junna (Robotics;Notes)

Santa Claus Erma

Sentence enders (gobi) Hibiki (PriPara)

Slugs Lina (Slayers)

Snakes Blake (The Glee Project) Mae (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn) Triple G (Game Shakers)

Space Gene (Outlaw Star)

Spiders Ross (Friends) Stacy (Octodad)

Swings Rachel (Friends)

Trees Hot Dog Person (Uncle Grandpa)

Turtles Josuke (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Vehicles Tobari (Nabari No Ou)

Water Cascão (Monica's Gang) Truman (The Truman Show)

Zombies Ryan (Barbie)

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Top 100 Favorite Albums

1. Trout Mask Replica [Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, 1969] 2. Paul's Boutique [Beastie Boys, 1989] 3. Judgment! [Andrew Hill, 1964] 4. The Hot Rock [Sleater-Kinney, 1999] 5. The Band [The Band, 1969] 6. 1977-1983 [Kleenex/Liliput, COMP, 2011] 7. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man [Louis Armstrong, COMP, 1994] 8. Jack Johnson [Miles Davis, 1971] 9. Rain Dogs [Tom Waits, 1985] 10. Ghetto Blaster [Red Aunts, 1998] 11. Wild Honey [The Beach Boys, 1967] 12. The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death [John Fahey, 1965] 13. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) [Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, 1978] 14. Mode For Joe [Joe Henderson, 1966] 15. Come Out, Come Out [cub, 1995] 16. The Nightfly [Donald Fagen, 1982] 17. Big Band and Quartet in Concert [Thelonious Monk, 1963] 18. Swordfishtrombones [Tom Waits, 1983] 19. Good Old Boys [Randy Newman, 1974] 20. Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing [Compulsive Gamblers, 2000] 21. Mambo Nassau [Lizzy Mercier Descloux, 1981] 22. The Definitive Collection [Chuck Berry, COMP, 2005] 23. Gobi. The Desert EP [Monolake, 1999] 24. Arthur [The Kinks, 1969] 25. Dig Me Out [Sleater-Kinney, 1997] 26. The Great Reunion [Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington, 1963] 27. whokill [tune-yards, 2011] 28. Watertown [Frank Sinatra, 1970] 29. The Yellow Princess [John Fahey, 1968] 30. Mose Allison Sings [Mose Allison, COMP, 1963] 31. Money Jungle [Ellington/Mingus/Roach, 1963] 32. Empyrean Isles [Herbie Hancock, 1964] 33. Odyshape [The Raincoats, 1981] 34. Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Tom Waits, 2006] 35. Highway 61 Revisited [Bob Dylan, 1965] 36. London Calling [The Clash, 1979] 37. Black Up [Shabazz Palaces, 2011] 38. Way Out West [Sonny Rollins, 1957] 39. Critical Beatdown [Ultramagnetic MCs, 1988] 40. Point of Departure [Andrew Hill, 1965] 41. Ultraglide in Black [The Dirtbombs, 2001] 42. Everybody Down [Kate Tempest, 2014] 43. Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 [James Brown, ARCHIVAL, 1992] 44. Complete Town Hall Concert 1947 [Louis Armstrong, ARCHIVAL, 1983] 45. NTS Sessions 1-4 [autechre, 2018] 46. Homogenic [Björk, 1997] 47. Faust [Faust, 1971] 48. Modern Vampires of the City [Vampire Weekend, 2013] 49. Singles - 45's and Under [Squeeze, COMP, 1982] 50. Star Time [James Brown, COMP, 1991] 51. Germfree Adolescents [X-Ray Spex, 1978] 52. Mars Audiac Quintet [Stereolab, 1994] 53. Safe as Milk [Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, 1967] 54. Labour of Lust [Nick Lowe, 1979] 55. The Richard D. James Album [Aphex Twin, 1996] 56. The Velvet Underground [The Velvet Underground, 1969] 57. Droppin' Bombs [Trouble Funk, COMP, 1998] 58. The B-52's [The B-52's, 1979] 59. One Beat [Sleater-Kinney, 2002] 60. Jesus of Cool [Nick Lowe, 1978] 61. Small Faces [Small Faces, 1966] 62. Flamingo [Flamin' Groovies, 1970] 63. Saxophone Colossus [Sonny Rollins, 1956] 64. In My Own Time [Karen Dalton, 1971] 65. Giants of Jazz [Henry "Red" Allen, COMP, 1980] 66. Sonny Rollins/Sonny Stitt Sessions [Dizzy Gillespie, COMP, 1976] 67. Night at the Village Vanguard [Sonny Rollins, 1958] 68. Fear of a Black Planet [Public Enemy, 1990] 69. Five Guys Walk Into A Bar... [Faces, COMP, 2004] 70. The Singles [Bikini Kill, COMP, 1998] 71. Doc at the Radar Station [Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, 1980] 72. Too Much Too Soon [New York Dolls, 1974] 73. 1928 Sessions [Mississippi John Hurt, COMP, 1979] 74. 12 Songs [Randy Newman, 1970] 75. Misterioso [Thelonious Monk, 1958] 76. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [The Beatles, 1967] 77. Out to Lunch! [Eric Dolphy, 1964] 78. Small Change [Tom Waits, 1976] 79. At Folsom Prison [Johnny Cash, 1968] 80. Nikki Nack [tune-yards, 2014] 81. Village Green Preservation Society [The Kinks, 1968] 82. Atrocity Exhibition [Danny Brown, 2016] 83. The Blues and the Abstract Truth [Oliver Nelson, 1961] 84. Hokey Fright [The Uncluded, 2013] 85. 1999 [Prince, 1982] 86. Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) [Car Seat Headrest, 2018] 87. Monk's Music [Thelonious Monk, 1957] 88. Live in Tasmania [John Fahey, 1981] 89. Bitches Brew [Miles Davis, 1970] 90. Piñata [Freddie Gibbs/Madlib, 2014] 91. Mother 2 [Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, 1994] 92. Nation Time [Joe McPhee, 1971] 93. Oylam [Judith Berkson, 2010] 94. Tijuana Moods [Charles Mingus, 1962] 95. Live at Montmartre [Stan Getz, 1977] 96. Blowout Comb [Digable Planets, 1994] 97. The Hissing of Summer Lawns [Joni Mitchell, 1975] 98. Clear Spot [Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, 1972] 99. Martes [Murcof, 2002] 100. Complete 1937-1941 [Lionel Hampton, COMP, 1976]

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Hot and fresh Top 30 Favorite Albums chart.

1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica 2. Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock 3. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 4. Andrew Hill - Judgment! 5. The Band - The Band 6. Kleenex/LiLiPUT 1977-1983 7. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 8. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson 9. Louis Armstrong - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 1923-1934 10. Red Aunts - Ghetto Blaster 11. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey 12. tUnE-yArDs - Whokill 13. Thelonious Monk - Big Band And Quartet In Concert 14. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 15. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly 16. Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe 17. Chuck Berry - The Definitive Collection 18. The Kinks - Arthur 19. Frank Sinatra - Watertown 20. John Fahey - The Yellow Princess 21. James Brown - Star Time 22. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau 23. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys 24. Sonny Rollins - Way Out West 25. Monolake - Gobi: The Desert EP 26. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up 27. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out 28. CUB - Come Out, Come Out 29. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground 30. Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles