#Gwaeron

[kroashent]

The Important questions

Kroashent cast's favourite pastries:

Kathalia - Kouign Amann Gwae - Chasson aux Pommes Marie - Madeleines Morgiana - Baklava Enora - Mille Feuille Antoinette - Pastries?! 🥹

That is all

[koyunsoncizeri]

!!! ❤️❤️ This is one of my fave works as well :')!! İn glad u liked it!! ❤️🌺

🌿Gwaerufin🗡️

@noldorinpainter answered my casual request during a chat one day to draw Gwaeron (my Northern Sinda OC), and Curufin, son of Feanor.

Needlesstosay, I LOVE it! This is the perfect piece to commemorate finishing the fic featuring their ship, The Wind That Blows (locked to ao3 users only)

Thank you, arkadasim.🥰

[forgottenrealmsgodssmashorpass]

[elronds-library]

The Wind That Blows

by feanorianswelcome (@danmeiljie)

Gwaeron, A Northern Sindar Elf joins with the Feanorians when they arrive in Beleriand, and is a faithful follower throughout the First Age, serving a few of the Sons of Feanor, and finding love.

Mature, Major Character Death

Words: 33,994

[awsheets]

He bowed low.  “I am Drizzt Do’Urden, ranger of Gwaeron Windstrom, guardian of Icewind Dale.  I have come to kill you.”

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[artemis-entreri]

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Easter Eggs (Part 2)

[[ Part 1 can be found by clicking this link.

Deep in the Crevices

You've really got to search for these:

Mordenkainen: Yes, him again! Those are the three circles of his two-bladed sword on the Mordenkainen's arcane seal on the Castle Never vault. What's more, those same three circles appear on the front of the helmet of disjunction—which casts Mordenkainen's disjunction.

The spear of Aoth Fezim: Who? The Thayan warmage involved in the War of the Zulkirs during Szass Tam's takeover of Thay in the The Haunted Lands and Brotherhood of the Griffon series of novels by Richard Lee Byers from 2007 to 2013.

Trip and Shuffle: Introduced in A Reader's Guide to R. A. Salvatore's the Legend of Drizzt, marked only on maps since then. Only named on the Monopoly board.

Driftwood Tavern: From Neverwinter Campaign Setting and Drizzly novels. Only named on the Monopoly board and cast list. I don't even recall this in the movie.

The Citadel: Too dark to be sure, but the tower in Thay may be Szass Tam's base of operations.

Holga's darksteel greataxe: Made from darksteel and functioning roughly as last detailed in Magic of Faerûn and Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. This was forged by Ghelryn Foehammer of Targos, who appeared in 2e and 5e.

Loudwater: The thieves robbed Jolym of Jolym's Barrels & Packing in Loudwater, which was only mentioned in Volo's Guide to the North, 1993.

Zulkir Dmitra Flass: a 1300s Red Wizard of Thay, a non-speaking role and named only in the cast list.

Din Caldwell, of the Caldwell family of Baldur's Gate, named only in the cast list.

Porb Piiradost, of the Piiradost family of Waterdeep (not seen since 2nd edition), named only in the cast list.

Lord Nasher Alagondar: That's his giant statue outside the Neverwinter arena.

Lord Halueth Never: So possibly that's his giant statue next to Nasher's

The Gray Hands, just mentioned in the Neverwinter arena.

A portrait of Volothamp Geddarm in instrument to the heist.

How in the Hells Did You Find This?

The most obscure, the deepest cuts:

Pendant of invisibility: Kira's magic item. Most likely a coincidence as it wasn't on the wiki before, but it matches perfectly with a magic item of the same name in the back of Dungeon #112 in 2004.

The flashback of Szass Tam's spell and takeover of Thay appears to be a quick fictionalized summation of the events of The Crimson Gold and Unclean as well as the next century of Thayan history and descent into a necromancer's realm. Presumably this is set circa 1375 before Szass's coup and the Thayan civil war in the latter book.

Szass Tam's beckoning death spell for creating mass numbers of undead follows exactly the supposedly false story of "the spell of Undeath" that the would-be Harper King Rundorl Moonsklan and duped ally of Szass Tam spread in the early 1200s DR, as detailed in The Code of the Harpers by Ed Greenwood in 1993.

Whether or not it can be seen in the final cut of the film, thanks to an old photo from the set of the Triboar playhouse, we know there are images depicting the three boars for which the town was named as well as a shirtless man we assume to be Gwaeron Windstrom (given that god's relevance to the town).

Scenes of Lord Halueth Never and the early history of Neverwinter appear on the walls of Forge's office.

Wild Realmslore Theorizing

Insert meme of madman in front of conspiracy board here.

In Thay, it's "the eve of the solstice" and a few people are carrying red-and-yellow sun symbols. Amaunator the sun god has the summer solstice as his holy day and a sun holy symbol, particularly this one. While newly revived in 1374 DR and his association with Thay is unknown, it is plausible.

Daurgothoth moved into Dolblunde in the Year of Beckoning Death, 1253 DR, which has the same name as the Szass Tam's spell. Daurgothoth, the Creeping Doom, a dracolich, is also conspicuously absent from Dolblunde, while that necromantic spell for creating undead pours forth from something that looks like it just might be part of a dragon's horn.

We don't know officially what type of undead to classify Dralas and the other victims of Tam's beckoning death, however we note that they seem like perhaps a cross between the living Thayan knights and the unliving dread warriors (a favorite and original creation of Tam's).

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Once again, credit for these finds goes to BadCatMan and the Forgotten Realms Wiki.

Once the movie hits streaming services, I’ll do an updated version of this post with movie screencaps to make it a more thorough visual guide. ]]

[banished-away]

Because Drizzt believes in gods less as entities of their own and more as the personification of one's own ideals, it actually makes more sense for him to follow Gwaeron Windstrom like he did in Crystal Shard instead of directly Mielikki, in this essay I will-

[sageadvicednd]

If I made a Tabaxi Cleric of the Forge Domain, what Deity might he worship?

Kind sir, if I made a Tabaxi Cleric of the Forge Domain, what Deity might he worship?Just about any deity, but Malar, Chauntea, Red Knight, Mielikki, and Gwaeron Windstrom are all good "fits." — Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 10, 2017

[journeybetweenthepages]

Next is my Elf (Wood Elf) Ranger (because im fucking basic) of the Beast Master Conclave (Very basic) (Soldier/Scout, Druidic Warrior) with a Black Jaguar as his companion named Ransan. He usually uses Archery as his main combat type but has a shortsword he carries (is actually a snapped in half longsword)(Fav Enemy: Orcs/Goblins) (Fav Terrain: Forest) He wears facepaint that covers large sections of his face (Seen drawn by me above).

Elhir Oakenglen

His Father (Endros) is a General in the woodland realm where he is from and his younger brother (Ehtan) is part of a type of royal guard he never really fit in to that kind of gilded role so he instead took up the path of a woodland vanguard to patrol and keep guard over the forests surrounding the realm he hasnt really been back home in decades (He's roughly 156 years old) and sends letters scarcely, usually to his mother (Almay).

As an Elf Elhir would worship Corellon Larethian and Rillifane Rallathil as a Ranger he prays to Solonor Thelandria, Mielikki, and Gwaeron Windstrom. (The Archeart/Wildmother in Exandria and Erastil in Golarion.)

[abracadav-r]

no worries! as you can see, elminster here is decidedly not like his later depictions (white haired or black when younger, red hat if not full red robes) and alias + dragonbait seem to be in a very "proto" form too, when azure bonds also came out in 1988 (original crystal shard release year). can't say much conclusively without talking to one of the jeffs, but these paintings (heroes and villains, realms of tsr) strike me as likely some of the earliest depictions of these characters, likely based off early drafts of their initial novels. may have been a situation that these were used as "reference sheets" for later art, such as the "old drizzt" used on numerous later book covers with the gold headplate and silver hoop earrings, so it may have been made back before drizzt was finalized (ie like savage north with the pale eyes and gwaeron windstrom as the deity).

its a weird-ass elminster. assume its a thing like "proto drizzt" aka the silver eyed one referenced in 2e materials before ra took over writing for that character. like elminster is correctly black-haired on temptation of elminster but then you go to elminster in myth drannor and the reddish hair is back (though with his iconic red hat et al), so i assume myth drannor and making of a mage use some earlier "off model" art.

[kroashent]

Dragon's Hoarding - Gwae

Coins are so fascinatin', don'y ye agree? They tell all sorts of different stories, and ye never know what ye're gonna find while collectin'... these shiny, shiny coins... I've amassed quite a hoard... I mean, a collection. Dragon? De ye mean counterfeits? Aye, dinnae tell anyone, but I've got a few of those too! Its hard to get them, ye know.

Cursed coins? Actually, in the numismatic community, those would be "uncirculated proofs with hexing devices obverse". I dinnae think I have any of those, but wouldn't that be something? Of course, I'm sure I'd notice. Now if you dinnae mind, I need to find some more coins to grow me hoard...

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In Alvez, the World of Kroashent, the size and value of a Wind Dragon's hoard determines its power, as their magic grows in proportion to their valued holdings. Sometimes, however, magically charged items can find their way out of a dragon's hoard into the possession of an unsuspecting individual with dramatic effects....

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Val's Notes: This one was inspired by a suggestion that came up during a live draw event on the Kroashent Discord. The idea was to transform some of the Kroashent girls (in this case, Marie and Enora) into dragonesses. I found the concept really fun and decided to work in the idea of the personal habits and collections of the characters being the triggers for such changes. In Gwae's case, her coin-collecting habit gets the better of her, and she goes a little overboard as her new draconic nature awakens, bringing her form along with it!

I'm planning on making a set of these, so keep an eye out for more to come!

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[danmeiljie]

😍 Commissioned Artist Appreciation Post 🙏

I just wanted to take a moment and thank my friends who accepted my requests for them to share their talents and bring some beloved characters to life! ❤️

I love each of these and looking at them makes me smile 😊

...in no particular order...

Kidnap Fam Sees the Silmaril: @noldorinpainter

Gwaeron and Curufin: @noldorinpainter

Wangxian Being Unbound: @busymagpie

Wenzhou Being Soft: evugh-draws

The Sons Of Feanor Last Family Portrait: @nailsinmywall

I have a couple more commissions in the works or being planned and I'm very excited about them!

Celebrating fandom art is what got me creating this tumblr in the first place and brave enough to write fic.

Thank you!

[iamjaynaemarie]

Welcome to March. I didn't want to forget Thranduil (and Lee Pace) Month. I have been burning the candle at both ends lately as the entire book series has stolen time from me. But it is Isilya (Monday), the first Monday of March so Happy Isilya and welcome to March. Greetings, March (Súlimë/Gwaeron).

[thatonefatgumsimp]

alright alright ik, I'm going get it now- (← definitely didn't get distracted sketching for creatuanary-)

(Under the cut so u don't have to scroll too far if u don't wanna see:)

Front of the journal, some marker bled through so I just leaned into it and make it blood spatter (well- after I tried removing it and it started taking off the journal's color too-):

Table of contents (with page numbers in both Common and Elvish):

The actual journal entries:

Translations (with strikethroughs/mistakes documented for your amusement...also the italics are my notes):

KRISTRIS' JOURNAL (do not read…please-)

DAY 0 OF ADVENTURING:

Amya (mummy in Elvish) dearest thinks I shouldn't go and says that adventuring is too dangerous because not everyone comes back alive or in 1 piece. I know she's worried and I get where she's coming from, but I have to do this. I need to know what's out there and I have to find myself. Anyways, it's late, more tomorrow. – 4th day of Gwaeron Kristris ‹3 K.A.F.

DAY 1 OF ADVENTURING:

Amya cried this morning when I left. I'm gonna miss her, but I'll be fine. Now to find somewhere giving out quests. Talk later. – K.A.F

Udat Update: I found a tavern, hopefully they give out quests, more updates to come later. 1 (1 but in Elvish)

On the drawing:

Kristris (in what I assume is Elvish cursive, but idk, I tried my best- (╥﹏╥) someone help-)

5th day of Gwaeron

2 (2 but in Elvish)

Updad Update (I can't spell- ╥﹏╥ ):

I met a very nice tree man whom agreed to do a quest with me, more to come later tonight. ← he – K.A.F.

Update: he seems very intelligiblᵉ (← she/I didn't leave room cuz intelligible is a long word) and we've already made a plan. I wasn't paying attention earlier when we were getting our quest, but apparently the farmer whom we're helping wants us to capture the alpha of a pack of wolves terrorizing his livestock. I've already build built and set up a trap and the tree man is staring starting on other tasks like building a fire for when night falls. I'm also quite glad that he said the berries I found for breakfast are edible, for I always tend to have a hard time with foraging…although, I suppose luck is on my side this time. Will write more in the mu morning, I must try my best to focus my attentions that have been t led astray. – 5th day of Gwaeron K.A.F.

Good morn, journal! I have an update. We captured the alpha last night and scattered the rest. The farmer gave us coin and we h intend to re-home the alpha. 3 (3 but in Elvish)

More lad later. – K.A.F.

Update: I once again ↑ <was not paying attention> earlier and the farmer gave us metal, not coin. Also I named the alpha Yukon and if you cout couldn't tell from my amount of misspells and missed words, I'm very sleep deprived. Anyways, tree man said we're making weapons for me with h the metal, so more later. – K.A.F.

Update: I made a sword, dagger, and a long dagger and also quite hastily accepted a quest from a shady lady. I also showed tree man my ideas for cob candy and oat clusters. I don't have my plans for jerky with me, but I do have the sample, so it's fine. More later. – K.A.F.

SHE TRIED TO KILL US! SHE FRIGGIN' TRIED TO KILL US! bh that at crazy bag!! I had to throw my voice and hide up a tree and blood spattered on my face (that's also where the blood on her journal came from) and we mel met a silent knight who saved us from the ruffians and we almost died. My hands are shaking. – K.A.F.

I saw a firefly. That's all. – K.A.F. 4 (4 but in Elvish)

We made it to the tavern and the young man singing this night has a lovely voice. Amya might have looked at him differently if she were here as he's a tiefling, and a red one at that, but I think he looks cool! Might sketch him later. – K.A.F.

The tiefling boy was very nice and I tipped him 2 gold for his performance. I must go to sleep, but I want to sketch him first. – K.A.F.

On the drawing:

← the singer Kristris but in less messy Elvish "cursive"

6th day of Gwaeron 5 (5 but in Elvish)

DAY poorly written 3 3 OF ADVENTURING:

I forgot to write the 2nd day's adventuring header yesterday, but in my defense, I slept not the day before. I slept well last night thought. – K.A.F.

Update: tree man said he invited the tiefling boy from the tavern last night to go adventuring with us…speaking u of tree man, I asked his name and- pfhuuuu…my magic pen died. Of course. Anyways, he said the closest thing in common was…uhhh- something something strong wind. Anyways I've decided to instead call him "Zard", short for "wizard". He said that we have to go adventuring to find him a staff. I don't know why he doesn't just use another focus or something, but that's fine. Anyways, while we're waiting for the tiefling boy, we're going shopping and foraging for supplies. Fingers crossed the luck of the Gold Lord is with me as it was when I was picking berries the other day. That's all for now. – K.A.F.

Big update: we went scavenging for supplies and went to the store. We first went to the textile shop and bought 4 bolts of fabric I intend to turn into cloaks. I also bought

6 (6 but in Elvish) oats and nuts at the store and Zard got hardtack and salted meat at the store. We also got a doll the Shadow Knight wanted at the textile store. In gathering, Zard collected herbs and roots as well as several flowers to help us…meanwhile, I embarrassed myself by telling Zard that I poisoned a proff professor in foraging class and then proceeded to pick nothing but poisonous mushrooms for me, Zard, and the Shadow Knight so…anyways, I'm going to draw the Shadow Knight and his doll now. – K.A.F.

Translations on the drawing:

Kristris (in the best Elvish cursive I could think of last time, don't @ me)

← Shadow Knight

7th day of Gwaeron

7 (7 but in Elvish)

Update to my previous entry: on the way back to the tavern, I told Zard about the proficiencies I found I had with the Elves. That I'm better at sword fighting than dagger throwing, that I'm proficient in some histories, animal ham handling; especially wild ones, I have decent perception…well- most of the time- but I am good at lots of other things! I can cast comprehend languages fairly well and I know lots of music…though…it is mostly Elvish music and a little Dwarvish taught to me by Eloira. I also know a decent amount aba about investigating from various books I read and stories I was told about great and revered detectives and adventurers when I was younger. I also learned to tinker with what little I have on hand from legends and stories about an old legendary half-wood elf named Beef MacTynkver (← definitely not an Angus MacGyver reference- 👀)…anyways, the tiefling boy…I've been saying "boy" lightly, he's really around my age…anyways, he's not here at the tavern yet so we're waiting for him. In the meanwhile, there's a dwarf here singing sailor song and we've ordered dinner. I just hope to not embarrass, that is, make a fool of myself in front of the waiter. More to come. – K.A.F. 8 (8 in Elvish)

WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER POLL WOOOOO!!

It's been a while, but I need a definite answer and I'm indecisive.

So context: the past few days (meaning last night and today-) I've been journalling in Elvish as one of my DND OCs and I've done two days of journal entry and a drawing and am working on more journal entries and doodles. So that being said, I've gotta know:

[outofangband]

So, you’ve talked a little about the climate of Himring, but I’m the annoying type of person that needs numbers. How many degrees is it in the different seasons? How long do the seasons last for? If it were comparable to a place on Earth, where would that be (Norway maybe?) ? Sorry if this is a stupid question or you’ve already answered it somewhere lol :)

Not annoying!

World Building Masterlist which has the other Himring posts!

I hope this is ok! As always please feel free to ask more! I enjoy your questions!

So first a note on the Calendar

I will make a more detailed post on the months and seasons and a post on the seasons can by found in my second headcanon masterlist

Our source for this is an analysis of Tolkien’s many calendars called The Reckoning of Time

There are six seasons described in both Sindarin and Quenya;, Spring, Summer, Autumn or Harvest, Fading, Winter and Stirring. Spring, autumn, fading and stirring last 54 days each and Summer and winter last 72 days.

Their dates for seasons are also somewhat different than in the Northern hemisphere

Elves begin their year in the late month of Gwaeron, an equivalent of March. Spring lasts from March 21st until the middle of May. Summer is from mid May until late July. Autumn is from here until Late September. Then, before the start of fading there is a period of three days. Fading lasts until early November when Winter begins. Winter lasts until late January when stirring begins which lasts until mid March.

When exactly a system of twelve months was established in Beleriand is unclear (though it’s worth noting that twelve base systems for Valarin years existed in the Years of the Trees)

(Túrin’s birth month is given as Gwaeron or March though the calendar used by the humans was primarily associated with Númeanor.)

I go with the idea though that it did originate in the First Age, at least in some form

That being said, as I think you implied in your ask, the official start and finish of a season is not necessarily the same as the cultural or local understanding of a season based on the surrounding climate (for example spring might officially start on March 21st in much of the Northern hemisphere but not all places consider it officially spring until snowfall becomes less frequent which might not happen until April)

Himring winters definitely last longer, typically the period from Mid November (Hísimë in Quenya, Hithui in Sindarin) to late March.

The transitional seasons named by the elves, Stirring and Fading, are far less defined in the March of Maedhros.

Spring, when the snow melts and plants start to grow is typically from early April to late June with the high summer characterized by long days and the warmest weather lasting only two months, during July and August. Autumn or Harvest and Fading blend together from September to mid November and finally, Stirring is typically considered only truly in the weeks before the beginning of spring

Winter temperatures generally range -8 degrees Celsius/18 degrees Fahrenheit to -25 Celsius/-15 Fahrenheit (including windchill)

Summers are fairly mild with an average of 21 degrees Celsius or 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It rarely gets above 78 degrees Fahrenheit/26 degrees Celsius.

spring is still very cold with 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 4 to 10 degrees Celsius being common.

Autumn temperatures are mild at first but drop quickly with heavy winds. Similar temperatures to spring at first with temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit or 4 degrees Celsius often starting in Mid October if not earlier

Precipitation is actually low though snow might remain on the ground for much longer around the year. Precipitation in the taiga is usually rain the summer as well as snow and fog. 

As for real life place comparisons, yay! This means I get to talk more about ecoregions and biomes! (Explanation here)

The most likely biomes are boreal forest and taiga or tundra. Tundras are defined by tree growth that is (negatively) impacted by low temperatures though the growing season like with taiga might be longer than in other places as the native flora has a temperature to trigger growth that is lower than plants in warmer climates. Taiga, also known as boreal or snow forests are defined by coniferous forests of mainly pine, spruce and larch in the global North in colder climates. 

As always please feel free to ask more!

[echoofthemusic]

Hadorian blorbirthdays in the King’s Reckoning calendar system (canon approximates):

Túrin - Gwaeron/Súlimë (2/21-3/22), FA 464

At this time Túrin was almost eight years old, in the month of Gwaeron in the reckoning of the Edain, in the year that cannot be forgotten. — CoH

Lalaith - Gwirth/Víressë (3/23-4/21), FA 466

In that year Túrin son of Húrin was yet only five years old, and Urwen his sister was three in the beginning of spring. — CoH

Tuor - Girithron/Ringarë (11/21-12/20), FA 472

For there was a dwelling of this people in the mountains westward of Lake Mithrim; and thither they led her [Rían], and she was there delivered of a son before the end of the Year of Lamentation. — UT

Niënor - Narwain/Narvinyë (12/23-1/21), FA 473

Early in the year after Túrin was gone Morwen gave birth to her child, and she named her Niënor, which is Mourning; but Túrin was already far away when she was born. — CoH

Eärendil - Gwirth/Víressë (3/23-4/21), FA 503

In the spring of the year after was born in Gondolin Eärendil Halfelven, the son of Tuor and Idril Celebrindal; and that was five hundred years and three since the coming of the Noldor to Middle-earth. — Silm