#Ilmarë Moodboard

[arospecfanworksweek]

AFW Round Four Masterlist

We had sixty-five entries this year, nearly double the last round - huge thanks to all who participated! If anything is missing or miscategorized or otherwise incorrrect, please don’t hesitate to let me know. (Note: these are all linked to the AFW reblogs rather than the original posts for purposes of TW and organizational tags.) That's all for now, and see you next year!!

No Theme Arospec Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora: demiromantic, aromantic spectrum, arofriend, cupioromantic, heartless aromantic, aroace, aroallo, grayromantic, aromantic "Stolen Moment" Alice in Borderland fic by @angstsplatter "True Love" Jumanji fic by @angstsplatter Alloaro Riku edits by @aro-sora Parallels gifset by @hyperfixation-or-death "You are not alone" Kingdom Hearts/Parasite Eve/NieR/Theif fic by @haveievermentioned

Day 1: struggling with one's identity / non-SAM aro DC Legends of Tomorrow fic by @lovelessfirst "Scabs" Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic by @angstsplatter Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fanart by @pileofpawns Non-SAM aro Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora "harpstrings were made for plucking" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Original moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Non-SAM aro Círdan The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili

Day 2: pride in one's identity / loveless aro Carpenter The Silt Verses fanart by @artsying-ifer "this last formulated thought has been spinning around in my head: i am enough. i am heartless and i am enough." Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Original moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming "Arrows in a Quiver" The Magnus Archives fic by @rayneing-on-your-parade Loveless aro Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Loveless aro Findis The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili

Day 3: facing arophobia / aroflux "On Top of Everything Else" Star Wars fic & moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Aroflux Tycho Celchu Star Wars moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Aroflux Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Aroflux Vána The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili "this time, time, time" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate

Day 4: educating others and/or oneself / frayromantic "o, eurydice: return to thy tomb & slumber" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Frayromantic Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Frayromantic Curufin The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili Lithromantic & frayromantic wolves coloring page by @corelliaxdreaming "Friends of my Heart" Kingdom Hearts fic by @aro-sora Frayromantic Tommy Fuller Off the Map moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming

Day 5: aro stereotypes / lithromantic Aro stereotypes edits by @corelliaxdreaming "woman, life, freedom" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate Lithromantic Kingdom hearts logos by @aro-sora Lithromantic Finrod Felagund The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili Lithromantic Miraculous Ladybug fic @lovelessfirst Lithromantic & frayromantic wolves coloring page by @corelliaxdreaming

Day 6: meeting other aros / aegoromantic The Grimrose Girls edit & fic by @arojenniferwalters Aegoromantic Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora Aegoromantic moodboard by @corelliaxdreaming Aegoromantic Finduilas Faelivrin The Silmarillion moodboard by @arofili "the vanity of adoring love, but not oneself adoring" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate

Day 7: Free Day Aspec Teen Wolf giftset by @kyanitedragon Teen Wolf edits by @kyanitedragon: 1, 2, 3, 4 Kingdom Hearts logos by @aro-sora: lovequeer, alternate lovequeer, lovequeer aro Parallels aesthetics by @hyperfixation-or-death Arospec Disney ladies icons by @corelliaxdreaming "for me" Sk8 the Infinity fic by @tellmewhatyouc Soft romo Ilmarë x Arien The Silmarillion moodboard & poem by @arofili Aromanticizing the entire cast of BBC Ghosts edits by @babygirljulianfawcett "imtinan" Genshin Impact fic by @commonfate

[ao3feed-tolkien]

Love and its lack

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/f4ml2EW

by starlightwalking

A collection of ficlets and moodboards for Arospec Fanworks Week / Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week 2023.

Words: 54, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English

Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Círdan | Nowë, Findis (Tolkien), Vána (Tolkien), Curufin | Curufinwë, Finrod Felagund | Findaráto, Finduilas Faelivrin, Ilmarë (Tolkien), Arien (Tolkien)

Relationships: Findis & Indis (Tolkien), Oromë/Vána (Tolkien), Oromë & Vána (Tolkien), Curufin | Curufinwë & Fëanor | Curufinwë, Celebrimbor | Telperinquar & Curufin | Curufinwë, Finduilas Faelivrin & Gwindor, Arien/Ilmarë (Tolkien), Arien & Ilmarë (Tolkien)

Additional Tags: Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, Arospec Fanworks Week 2023, Aromantic Character, Complicated Relationships, Self-Discovery, Ficlet Collection, Embedded Images

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/f4ml2EW

[ainurmoodboards]

Ilmarë

The Lovely, The Handmaiden, The Starlit One

Ilmarë was a Maia known as the handmaiden of Varda and was one of the chiefs of the Maiar. This is about all the information we get about her from the Silmarillion.

In Tolkien’s earlier works, she was at one point called Erinti and was associated with love, beauty, and music. Here she was the sister of Salmar/Noldorin and Omar/Amillo, who were both also associated with music. The three siblings were notable in that they were the only Valar (the concept of the Maiar hadn’t been developed yet) to leave Aman and live among the elves on the island of Tol Eressëa. 

Tolkien later changed her to be the daughter of Varda and Manwë and the sister of Eönwë. Here they were called the eldest of the children of the Valar, since at this point Tolkien still hadn’t created the Maiar. She lived high in the sky and is hinted to be powerful, but is also described as being uninterested in war. 

Once Tolkien developed the Maiar he abandoned the idea of the Valar having children, resulting in the Valar becoming more like angels and saints and less like Greco-Roman or Norse deities. Ilmarë became a Maia of Varda and her brother Eönwë became the herald of Manwë, and they are described as “chiefs” of the Maiar. She therefore retains her power and association with Varda, but she is no longer described as lovely and beautiful like in earlier texts. Of her earlier “brothers” Salmar becomes a Maia of Ulmo who made his conch shell horns, while Omar/Amillo was dropped. 

As a beautiful and lovely maiden who is associated with both the heavens and the sea (Erinti lived on an island and her “brother” Salmar is associated with the sea) Ilmarë can perhaps be seen as an angelic, idealized version of the love goddess Venus/Aphrodite. It is generally agreed that Aphrodite’s cult originated from eastern cults of goddesses such as Isis, Ishtar, Astarte, Asherah, and Atargatis, who all had associations with love as well as stars and the sea. Her name also heavily implies a connection to Ilmatar, a virgin spirit of the air in Finnish mythology who is impregnated by the sea; Tolkien drew heavily from Finnish mythology in his works. Ilmarë’s depiction as a powerful, heavenly woman who has no interest in war also indicates that, like many of Tolkien’s female supernatural characters, she is influenced by the Virgin Mary via Tolkien’s Catholic faith. 

[alessandrapedrotti]

Ilmarë è una Maiar e ancella di Varda, dunque uno spirito guardiano della luce e delle stelle. È ritenuta una dei capi dei Maiar insieme a Eönwë, araldo di Manwë

[space-hobbits]

Ilmarë/Arien (Ilmarien) moodboard

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[outofangband]

Tolkien Moodboard masterlist

Just like my sensory board masterlist here, this will be added to so feel free to check the original when you want! This doesn’t include older moodboards I made which are less organized or nice.

Fingolfin and Rochalor (and death) Nonbinary/Abinary Fingon Sauron: Lord of Werewolves and Vampires Modern Day Yavanna  Modern Day Aulë Modern Day Varda Modern Day Manwë Modern Day Manwë and Melkor Rog Celebrian (as based on the headcanons of @dreamer-s--hideaway The Mercy of Manwë Avari Aesthetic Vanyar Aesthetic Teleri Aesthetic Noldor Aesthetic Sea Green Maglor  Eärwen Anairë Nerdanel Glorfindel Caranthir Curufin Celegorm Fëanárë (gender-bent Fëanor)  Modern Maedhros  Darker Modern Maedhros Fingon au one, two The Torture of Maedhros Egalamoth Autumn Maedhros Elrond Nessa Autumn Celegorm   Ilmarë Barad Eithel Rog x Glorfindel  Maedhros Post Angband  Húrin Morwen  Niënor Níniel Túrin Turambar Urwen (Lalaith) Rían Aerin I have my geography edits here!

[thegirlwhohid]

Chief among the Maiar of Valinor whose names are remembered in the histories of the Elder Days are Ilmarë, the handmaid of Varda, and Eönwë, the banner-bearer and herald of Manwë, whose might in arms is surpassed by none in Arda.

Ilmare moodboard

The Silmarillion characters: (49/?)

Characters’ moodboards: (257/?)

[ainurmoodboards]

Varda (Fanuilos Aesthetic) Varda is the Vala of stars and light, the wife of Manwë, one of the Aratar, Queen of the Valar, and the one most beloved by the elves. Her face radiated the light of Ilúvatar and she appeared in shining white fana in visions to the Elves of Middle-earth, and thus was called Fanuilos. Fanuilos is an epithet of Varda and means "bright (angelic) figure ever white (as snow)" When Melkor first began to create chaos, Varda saw his mind, and despised him. Melkor feared and hated Varda the most out of the Valar because he had been unable to control light, which Varda was most associated with. When Manwë contested with him for Arda, Varda came from the deeps of Eä to his side. During the Spring of Arda, she filled the Two Lamps with light. In Valinor she kept the dews of the Two Trees in the Wells of Varda. When Mandos foretold of the coming of the Elves and how they would always look to Varda in reverence, she took it upon herself to set new stars for the Elves to see when they awakened. For this, Varda is the Vala most loved and revered by the Elves. She also hallowed the Silmarils of Fëanor when he created them, so that any being or creature of evil could never handle them without being burned. After the death of the Two Trees, she took the remaining flower of Telperion and the fruit of Laurelin and placed them in vessels made by Aulë. Her handmaiden is Ilmarë, a Chief of the Maiar, who at an earlier stage of Tolkien's writings was her daughter. Olórin (Gandalf/Mithrandir) also served her in addition to Manwë, Nienna, and Irmo/Lorien. In Tolkien's earlier works, the characters Arien (Urwen/Urwendi), Ilinsor (steersman of the Moon), and Telimektar (the constellation Orion) are connected to her as well. In Middle-earth, she was revered by the Elves who called her name and sung hymns to her (such as the Elven Hymn to Elbereth) and perhaps answered to prayers, even to Samwise Gamgee. The very mention of her name was said to be deadly to evil spirits, such as when Frodo uttered the name in the presence of the Morgul Lord. The Valar, being divine beings below the ultimate Creator, Ilúvatar, are thought of as being the Middle-earth equivalent of saints and angels; it has therefore been suggested that Varda, in her role as the most loved and prayed-to Vala, may be an equivalent of the Virgin Mary in Tolkien's own Catholic faith.

[ainurmoodboards]

Maiar of Varda, the Starkindler

Varda is the Vala associated with light and holiness and made the stars and constellations. She is the wife of Manwë and is counted among the Aratar, the eight most powerful Valar. She was one of the first to sense Melkor’s evil and rejected him early on, causing him to hate and fear her more than the other Valar. Her character and the elves’ reverence for her has drawn strong comparisons to the role of the Virgin Mary in Tolkien’s Catholic faith. 

In the Silmarillion, Ilmarë is called the handmaiden of Varda and one of the leaders of the Maiar. Her name comes from an elvish root for starlight that is present in other names like Ilmen and Ilmarin, and in turn comes from the a Finnish word for air. Not many details are given about her, but in early versions of Tolkien’s works she was at one point the daughter of Varda and Manwë and called Erinti. At one stage she was also instead the sister of Salmar-Amillo and Omar-Noldorin, who were both associated with music, and the three of them left Valinor to live with the elves on the island of Tol Eressea. She was associated with love, beauty, and music in these stages, and was also called Lotesse as well as Akairis, which means bride. The second half of January was called Enrintion in honor of her. 

The Maia Olorin, who later became known in Middle-earth as Gandalf and Mithrandir, was a servant of Varda and her husband. He was also a student of Nienna and spent time in the gardens of Lorien as well. When Varda and Manwë decided to send Olorin to Middle-earth as one of the Istari he was reluctant and didn’t feel ready. But they remarked that that was all the more reason for him to go, and indeed he was a key player in the downfall of Sauron and destruction of the One Ring. 

In early works by Tolkien, the Maia Arien is described as a Maia of Varda, whereas in the Silmarillion she is called a Maia of Vana. Her initial association with Varda may have been due to the fact that Arien becomes the guardian of the sun, which is placed in the sky much like Varda’s stars. It’s also worth noting that, while Tolkien doesn’t usually specify what stars are “made of” it’s implied that there is a connection to fire. Before the existence of the Sun and the Moon as well as the Two Trees, the world was lit by two “lamps” which were lit by Varda. Both Arien and Olorin, who are two Maiar who are closely associated with fire, are connected to Varda. 

In Tolkien’s early legendarium, before the Maia Tilion was created, we are introduced to Ilinsor. Ilinsor is described as a sylph, which is a type of air spirit, who loves snow and starlight and “aided Varda in many of her works.” This was at a point in Tolkien’s writings when the Maiar didn’t exist and the Valar were less angelic and more like Greco-Roman deities. In addition to the Valar having children (some of whom eventually became Maiar instead), there were many kinds of minor nature spirits such as sylphs, nymphs, mermaids, dryads, leprawns, pixies, brownies, sprites, fays, etc. Ilinsor was chosen to be the steersman of the Moon because of his familiarity of and association with the sky and starlight. 

Finally, there was one point in Tolkien’s writings where Tulkas and Nessa had a son named Telimektar, whose name means something like Sky Warrior. He was also called Taimondo/Taimordo, which means Shepherd of the Sky. He had a long sword kept at his waist by a silver belt, and he fought alongside his father against Melkor from a young age. It was said that his face and weapons gleam like silver in the dark and he has diamonds on his sword sheath, which will glow red at the Great End. He was placed in the sky to watch over Melkor (and hence is the elvish explanation for the constellation Orion) and Varda gave him stars to mark his presence. His character and story were eventually dropped, and the elvish name for the constellation Orion instead became Menelmacar. A version of his name was given to the 28th King of Gondor, Telumehtar Umbardacil. 

[thegirlwhohid]

Chief among the Maiar of Valinor whose names are remembered in the histories of the Elder Days are Ilmarë, the handmaid of Varda, and Eönwë, the banner-bearer and herald of Manwë, whose might in arms is surpassed by none in Arda.

Eönwë moodboard

The Silmarillion characters: (38/?)

Characters’ moodboards: (240/?)