#Tossdir

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Tossdir's other birds are named like this btw. Tweethedis is the only one that doesn't bully him

[a-lonely-dunedain]

I’m in this post and…. Well, you’re not wrong but I don’t like it

I love my OC!

*puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the horrors* *puts him through the hor

[drpumpkins]

This is the BOOP#02 game! You've been BOOPED. Now you gotta Boop someone else's ask box too 🐾 🐾 🐾

Cat!Tossdir has chosen violence (affectionate)

OBSESSED WITH THIS LITTLE DOODLE thank yuo SO much for the boop i am going to Lovingly Smack My Followers

[elfroot-and-laurels-moved]

never gonna pass up a request to infodump about my lotro blorbo hehe. I feel like you probably already know a bit about Ethedis' backstory, but idk how much lol (I never posted a proper bio for her on tumblr but I keep meaning to do that)

Anyway Ethedis is the daughter of everyone's favorite Elf Who Dies In The First 5 Minutes Of The Game, Talagan Silvertongue!

She was just a baby when he died in the fall of Edhelion, (making her just around 350 years old in present time. baby.) and years after that her mother became too consumed by grief and had to sail while Ethedis was still very young. Elrond took her under his wing after that, and under his guidance she became a loremaster. Her story follows the epic line pretty closely after that point, and she gets embroiled in The War very quickly while trying to avenge her father (idk how much more I should say on that front, I'm trying to avoid too many spoilers for any new players who might see this)

Anyway she's generally very bright and cheerful (canonically being one of the tra-la-la-lally elves from The Hobbit), but the epic line inflicts some Big Trauma™ on her pretty quickly, and it only gets worse from there. Soon enough her sunshine-y demeanor becomes less of a natural expression, and more of a mask she has to maintain to keep herself and her allies from falling into despair. She's told that she has an ability to inspire hope in those around her, which becomes a great burden to bear. She gets it into her head that, because fear and despair are weapons of the Enemy, openly expressing her doubts is something she Absolutely Cannot Do. She's told that she is a light in the darkness, a warmth amidst the cold, and she feels that she's not allowed to be anything else.

She has to eventually learn to open up to her friends about her feelings, learn that she's allowed to be sad around them and that her sorrow isn't some malevolent force that will drag down everyone around her, that she's allowed to need help too, and her friends want to help her. Also she's best friends with my other PC and Traumatized Ranger, Tossdir! (thought about sending in his backstory, but I don't know if you've played Before the Shadow yet and his backstory like, entirely consists of spoilers for that lmao)

And some Miscellaneous Facts about her:

She was friends with Corunir before he went to Angmar and the assumed dead, pestering him with questions about Dunedain history and generally dragging him into her shenanigans whenever he was in Rivendell. it was... not very pleasant for her to hear the other Rangers eventually start referring to him in the past-tense whenever she asked about him.

her in-game surname, Silverspring, comes from both of her parents' names (Silver from "Silvertongue" and spring from her mother's name Ethuilas, "spring leaf")

Will Not Stop Befriending Rangers (even though they keep dying and breaking her heart)

she's not a half-elf or anyone who would otherwise be granted Luthien's Choice™. Despite this, I'm going to find some way for her to get into the human afterlife. She and her best friend Tossdir are a set, you see, I cannot separate them. the Power of Friendship can break the rules, as a treat.

She's also friends with Arwen! There's uh, a lot of internal angst with her about that. Wishing she had the same choice Arwen has, then guilt over that jealously, sorrow at the prospect of losing another friend to a mortal fate, all that fun stuff. (because for most of her story she doesn't believe she can achieve a mortality, and only gets that option after Tossdir and Corunir are dead)

consequently, the knowledge that her friends will eventually die is slowly eating her alive <3 (I promised to give her story a happy ending, never said I'd be nice with how I got there)

Ethedis I care you 🩵

[poetry-draws]

for @a-lonely-dunedain, her lovely ocs Ethedis and Tossdir, protecting the road south for the Grey Company!

i'm love them

[a-lonely-dunedain]

THREE OF THEM!! <3

reblog to give a plushie to the person you reblogged this from

[hallothere]

26 for someone who hasn't been in the plinko recently?

26. Helpless/Motionless/Paralyzed what do we consider recently...... hmm......

One moment, his boots had been dodging fallen foes and allies alike. He'd found that melancholy man of Rohan, Horn, and joined in his search for allies. Aragorn had been moving steadily through the ranks of foes, and the rest of the Grey Company with him. Bregadir had been separated from the fighting, and that had proved a costly mistake.

Now, his boots were lodged as if in amber. Like an insect held suspended in sap. Or, maybe- the idea flashed across his mind as the man of Mordor stepped into view- a trophy fish. Taxidermy bird.

His weapons were lowered and he was without defense. Horn, too, seemed unable to move, but he couldn't really see. The sounds of battle had to pierce through a layer of the enchantment like a fog. All his senses were dulled, and with man and sword looming above him, he wasn't sure that was a kindness.

The fighting was far from over but here, in what were likely his last moments, he could practically see the birds descend. Neither good nor evil, acting only from what master or nature had instructed, thinking not of war but only of their next meal. Well, maybe not wholly neutral. He thought of Rockbeak, answerable to mischief matching with his own intelligence, and the almost shamefaced look when he was caught stealing jacks from Bree children.

He thought of Wastrel and stolen scones. Not wholly neutral.

Bregadir was slapped back into the present as the sword came up over the man's head. To cleave him in two, presumably. The end was here and he couldn't blink.

But then a gauntlet of gold burst from the side of the road. Helmeted heads rocked and the enchantment that held him frozen wavered. Bregadir was able to dive and roll to relative safety while the blur of red and gold and grey pummeled with the might of long learning.

Tossdir was here once again. In his darkest hour, his cousin shone.

[ao3feed-tolkien]

Collection of Angst and Hurt-Comfort Prompts

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/0O21KQj

by A_Lonely_Dunadan

did a little angst/hurt-comfort ask game on Tumblr, decided to post a ficlets here. a lotta these are short and/or not up to my normal standards but hey it was a fun way to get some practice in :>

the prompt list I revived the asks from here --> https://ift.tt/jTeYClV

Words: 5843, Chapters: 6/7, Language: English

Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings Online

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: yeah it's mostly OCs here lol, Margim, Celeair, Ethedis, Tossdir, Corunir (Lord of the Rings Online), Meneldir (Lord of the Rings Online), Gorwen (Lord of the Rings Online), Golodir (Lord of the Rings Online)

Relationships: Tossdir & Meneldir, Ethedis & Tossdir, Tossdir & Gorwen, OC & Meneldir, OC & Gorwen, Celeair/Margim, OC & OC, OC/OC, Ethedis/Corunir, actually not sure if I should tag it as Ethedis/Corunir or Ethedis&Corunir, I'm not sure what I would define their relationship as during the time their ficlet takes place lol, I mean it'll be Ethedis/Corunir Eventually so we'll go with that for now

Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Torture, it's pretty vague tho, Hurt/Comfort, One Shot Collection

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/0O21KQj

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Meneldir slips away. He is gone.

so. I finally remade this old thing in all the heart-wrenching detail it deserves. I'm sorry, in my defense- I actually don't have a defense.

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Tossdir would throw the fight. he doesn't have it in him to hurt a little kitty cat. can't participate in ginger on ginger violence

(if you don't know the character just go off of vibes)

[a-lonely-dunedain]

it's the first day of yule fest, you know what that means! (Angmar Tossdir finally got his scarf)

[a-lonely-dunedain]

"oh that guy? that's our roommate Kro- I mean Kevin. They're a normal human man."

(their strategy to keep Krobus hidden is just to gaslight the town into thinking they're a Normal Guy) (shockingly it's been working)

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Watch out Mordirith! Two depressed Rangers and an elf are coming for you!

happy birthday to me I'm drawing my Blorbos and making you look at them.

(individuals/notes under the cut)

I've decided to change Ethedis' hair a bit, giving her longer slightly curly bangs. I drew her like this once before, honestly I think I should have stuck with it, it's very cute. I thought something was missing with this drawing, turns out it was birds! so I gave her a raven, bluebird, and chickadee. idk if there's any Bird Symbolism™ going on here, I just thought they looked cute

and of course my favorite Ranger Corunir <3 I've decided to draw his pre-Grey Company outfit with more blue tones rather than the typical Ranger green. Mostly because green is already Ethedis' Color™ and also I just think blue suits his personality *shrug*

and of course my special little guy Tossdir. I didn't really add or change anything about his look here, besides remembering to make his cloak look properly worn out. He's perfect just the way he is *gives him a little kiss on the head*

it's funny now that I think about it, I kinda made the trio color coded based on their line specializations lol

on Treebeard Corunir is a blue guard, Tossdir is a red brawler, and Ethedis... uh. well in game she's blue/red, but I think I end up writing her with more emphasis on healing/buffing than her in-game counterpart, so she's more blue/yellow, and that makes green. There! my color-coding of their designs makes sense now!

[a-lonely-dunedain]

guys I think Tossdir is having a heart attack

[a-lonely-dunedain]

His ass is Aromantic, which means his [Power of Friendship] attack deals x2 damage! So watch out!

[a-lonely-dunedain]

I love these two Not-Technically-Rangers, I sure hope nothing bad happens to them!