#Nauglamir

[myceliumelium]

Day four billion of being Unwell over the nauglamir and the utter horseshit that happened to Finrod's legacy.

[dovesandmagpies]

The necklace is finished, this is my first attempt at making the Nauglamir, since making it I discovered it should actually be gold and probably have a few more stones. It is still very pretty though and I am very pleased with it.

Now, onto attempt no. 2.......

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

[curiouselleth]

"Untitled Map of Beleriand" for @tolkienrsb 2024! Fanfic by @naryaflame coming soon!

This was my first time participating so I wanted to make something big. 4ft x 3ft (122cm x 91cm), canvas, watercolor, and fine point marker for the little pictures!

Places in the pictures, going from left to right:

View of the sea from Vinyamar

View of the sea from Balar, facing West

Nauglamir

Amon Rudh

Minas Tirith on Tol Sirion

A dock at the Havens of Sirion

Gondolin

The gate into Menegroth

Amon Ereb

Himring

The hills around Thargelion

A forge in Nogrod

A hall in Belegrost

[kathrins-sketchbook]

Nauglamir Tryptich

[fistfuloflightning]

Thingol sat long in silence, gazing upon the great treasure that lay upon his knees; and it came into his mind that it should be remade, and in it should be set the Silmaril. For as the years passed Thingol’s thought turned unceasingly to the jewel of Feanor, and became bound to it, and he liked not to let it rest even behind the doors of his inmost treasury, and he was minded now to bear it with him always, waking and sleeping.

[alexandra-scribbles]

Hot Take

Thingol didn't have a right to keep the Nauglamir, neither did Luthien or Dior or Elwig. That thing should have gone to Galadriel (who was probably in Menegroth when Hurin dropped it at Thingol's feet). Thingol had the horrible habit of coveting and keeping things that were not his to keep or desire (which ultimately caused his downfall) and many innocents died because of his greed.

[anittmyer]

Why does Thingol feel entitled to the artifacts of the descendants of Finwe?? And honestly, for elves who were "very close friends", Thingol IMMEDIATELY seems to dislike the Noldor but especially the children and grandchildren of Finwe.

But essentially laying claim to not only the silmarils, but the Nauglamir, which was made for Finrod. Grandson of Finwe. I'm starting to think Thingol never really liked Finwe.

The silmarils were stolen after stolen, it's not like Feanor made the silamrils collateral for anything. So they still rightfully belong to his family. And the Nauglamir was taken from the ruins of Nargothrond, essentially robbing a grave, and given to Thingol who thought it was smart to put the silmaril ON Nauglamir. Like my elf brother in Eru... WhY!?!? And all to be given to Luthien? I don't dislike Luthien but uh... why we giving her essentially stolen Noldorin family artifacts??

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That was just a rant of lore I've been reading about and how I personally interpret what transpired. My interpretation probably won't match what others think. Again, this was my interpretation.

[youareunbearable]

Thinking about the Nauglamir, as one does, and just, like I know I have a bias as an Indigenous woman who's historical artifacts are often stolen and who's peoples' treaties and promises are typically disregarded by other authority figures and whose ancestors were treated like animals and hunted for sport but God Thingol fucking sucks in that tale (and in general)

Like I've always kinda disliked Thingol, gives off major White Settler vibes but this whole tale is so tragic when you look at it through an Indigenous lens

We start off with a friendship. Good old Finrod Badger man himself, hears about his cousin Caranthir doing business with a new type of people that Love Gems just like the Noldor! Hes Thrilled!! He meets with the people, Dwarves, and while they are a lot shorter and got more hair than the Men he met, they become fast friends.

He talks about his travels and mentions that he fell in love with the art style of Thingol's domain. The Dwarves are uneasy, cause they have bad history with Thingol's people, but inform Finrod that Actually We Made That. Finrod is Over The Moon and commissions them to make one for him too. As a show of faith, they allow him to build it on a mountain that has history to them and Finrod, you know he would be, is respectful of this and pays them their due and more through Elf goods and more trade then they normally would have

Nargothrond is done and Finrod is super impressed with their skills and commissions them again. This time, to make a necklace of the gems he personally carried over from Valinor. The Dwarves would understand the importance of these gems, they're literally Family Jewels and one of the only things Finrod has left of his homeland

So the Nauglamir is made. From Noldor gems and Dwarvish skill and shared friendship and memories of both parties. Its an agreement, a contract, a visual showcase of the friendship and alliance between the Dwarves and the Noldor.

(My people did this to. We made visual agreements. Wampum belts. Each shell bead took 1 whole day of hard labour to make and these belts had hundreds of them. They're symbolic and important as well as a beautiful showcase of skill and craftsmanship. They are almost always made between friendly nations)

Then we have Azaghal. Who was saved by Maedhros and had a great friendship with him. They exchanged gifts, worked together on an alliance, and probably traded tales with each other. Azaghal and his people would have known why the Noldor are here in Beleriand. They would have known the importance of the Silmarils to the Noldor, to the Feanorians especially. They could avenge their fallen kings, stop the evil from spreading, complete their Oath, and go home. Azaghal was even willing to give up his life, and the lives of his men, to help Maedhros get a Silmarils back.

Finrod is dead. The Noldor are weak and scattered. Maedhros is displaced from his home in Himring, and all the gossip they hear about him is that he's a shell of the Elf he used to be before the Noldor High King died.

A group of Dwarves are ordered to come to Doriath on Thingol's behalf. "Add this gem to this necklace" theyre told. Its a beautiful necklace. Its a beautiful gem. They start to do as they are told but things aren't sitting right with the Dwarven smiths. An older one notices first.

On the necklace with the beautiful and feather light gems, they notice a little sigil on the clasp. Its a Dwarven Smith sigil. They know the only work that smith did with Elven gems was Finrod’s Nauglamir. The smiths whisper amongst themselves in a frantic hiss. Why would the king of the Sindar Elves, one who has vocally stated his dislike and distrust of the Noldor, have Finrod’s necklace that THEY made for him out of friendship?

They turn to the strange gem they've been told to set within the Nauglamir. Its brilliant, beautiful, and glows with an inner light that is so very Elvish. One smith mentions the tale of Finrod, how he died helping Beren and Luthien get a Silmaril. The same Silmaril that the Noldor, and the Feanorians, need. The one their kings died to help them get.

One of the Dwarves feels sick. These are stolen goods. Goods literally taken from a grave and from their allies enemy and given to another that literally wouldn't even spit on them when they burned. Thingol cannot have these goods, from the perspective of the Dwarves, they aren't his. The Silmaril, well, maybe you could make an argument, but the Nauglamir? No way, it was stolen from a literal graveyard of a Noldor city and the person who gave it to him had no right or claim to it ever.

So the Dwarves tell him this. And Thingol is furious. He says, and I quote: "How do ye of uncouth race dare to demand aught of me, Elu Thingol, Lord of Beleriand, whose life began by waters of Cuivienen years uncounted ere the fathers of the stunted people awoke?" And goes nuts. He's throwing out slurs, he's trying to pull a Karen, definitely claiming Manifest Destiny which is so wild and kicks them out without even paying for their labour. For their craft, their skill, their time. He doesn't acknowledge the unwritten treaty of friendship by completing this craft of unimaginable skill.

So they take it back. Sure Thingol died, but he is a thrice over thief at this point and no friend of the Dwarves or their allies.

Then Mr vegan "ill never harm or eat a living being" murders all the Dwarves that are trying to go back home with their rightful due. But what would Beren know about that anyways, he clearly has no head or mind about whats right or wrong as he himself finds it easy to cash in a favour from a king not to help resettle his displaced people, but to ask this king to sacrifice his own men and life to help him get married.

When Doriath is sacked by the Feanorians, oh I bet the Dwarves were pleased. I bet some of them even joined, what with being allies of the Noldor and all. The Dwarves hate the Elves, but not the Noldor who were loyal and trustworthy friends. Who paid and honored their skills and craft, who were cheated by the Sindar just as much as they were. Who fought and bled and died fighting evil while the Sindar stayed behind in their girdle

It was Silverfist Celebrimbor himself, a Noldor and a Feanorian who continued with their relationship. Who gave them rings of power to solidify that relationship. Shame he was betrayed, be he didn't mean harm.

By the third age its a shame the Noldor are the smaller group of Elves in middle earth. They would have helped Durin’s Folk more. The Elves and Dwarves might of had a better relationship. I'm sure Elrond tried, and some Dwarves were warmer to him on account of being adopted sons of Maedhros and Maglor. Buts hes also Thingol's blood, and that is a blood memory type of mistrust.

[anna-dreamer]

Day 25. Shining

My sweetheart baby Finrod wearing Nauglamír

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

hm so i find it weird that dior is mostly depicted with the silmaril worn in a crown on his head when, as i understood it, the nauglamír - in which the silmaril was set - is a necklace. shouldn't the silmaril be around his neck then?

[myceliumelium]

Finrod wearing all his dwarven jewellery, an a goth version of Nauglamir bc we deserve it.

[dovesandmagpies]

The finished Nauglamir!

This took so long to make and I love it! It's a bit over the top but I don't care, it's so pretty!

It's not perfect, it falls forward at the front due to the weight of stone, but I think I can fix it once I get hold of some slightly smaller jump rings. But all in all its a very good attempt, definitely something I can imagine an elven king wearing

[overlord-of-fantasy]

Dior is going to be in trouble!

Dior wears the Nauglamir in public

Sons of feanor: Nice necklace.

Sons of Feanor added Dior to their list "People to rob"

Dior:... guys?

[velvet4510]

Why or why not?

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]