#adrahil

[anghraine]

While I'm being self-indulgent (is Self-Indulgent Sunday a thing?) wrt the Aranor (f!Aragorn/f!Faramir) fics/verse, some of my favorite details that have yet to appear in the fics:

—Andreth (f!Denethor) had a much more complicated path to the Stewardship than in canon and was the first woman to ever rule Gondor in her own right. In a case of extreme dramatic irony, Andreth's successful fight for the Stewardship helped pave the way for Aranor to become the first Ruling Queen.

—Andreth married relatively late in life for a first marriage. Although her marriage to the much-younger Gwindor of Dol Amroth was forwarded by both their families, they were passionately devoted to each other. But Gwindor longed for the sea of his home and wasted away in Minas Tirith, under the shadow of Mordor. (I particularly enjoy the reversal here, ngl.)

—Andreth refuses to leave Minas Tirith when she sensibly evacuates most of the other women and children, including her daughter and last surviving heir, Míriel (f!Faramir). Before Míriel's departure, Andreth places her in charge of the evacuees and instructs her to take up the Stewardship and lead their people to Gondor's refuges should Minas Tirith fall.

—The Northern Dúnedain have long prided themselves on the unbroken father-to-son line of the heirs of Isildur. But Arathorn dies leaving only a daughter, Aranor, far too young to forward her claim as heir of Isildur. The N. Dúnedain are inclined to pass the heirship to the nearest patrilineal male relation, ideally one already grown—until Elrond intercedes on toddler Aranor's behalf and takes on her care.

—When Aranor, a lean, greying, middle-aged woman, arrives in Gondor at the head of the army of the Dead and leads the defeat of the Corsairs, the southern Gondorians are grateful but also a bit "bzuh?" That was definitely not on their fantasy bingo cards.

—Even without an Aragorn/Arwen situation (Aranor's love is real but unrequited), Elrond comes to Gondor to see Aranor—as beloved as his natural daughters—become Queen Elessarnë. He ends up having a very kind talk with Míriel, who faces an uncertain future even as she still dreams of Númenor.

—Speaking of the unrequited Aranor/Arwen, Aranor is so used to loving Arwen in a very fairy-tale kind of way that she herself doesn't realize her feelings have shifted until well after the fact, and later, when she realizes she's in love with Míriel, it seems natural to assume this will also be unrequited. (Pining. This is a verse for pining.)

[thanaredreamtof]

the winter solstice

closed starter for @athaexnen

Felicity could not believe it. She had not felt grass beneath her feet for almost four years, and now she was wandering through a forest all through the night. The girl was shivering, but it did not matter, she was outside at long last. She had left under the cover of darkness, and now the sun was starting to rise, and the misty fog of the morning settled over the land. Each step brought a crunch with it, as the ground had not yet thawed from the nights frost. She was freezing cold, and hugged the makeshift cloak around her, but she did not care. She was outside. She was outside. She had escaped. And with two weeks to go till the Winter Solstice, all she had to do was lay low and remain hidden until it had passed.

She had no idea where she was going, or when she would get anywhere, but so long as she could put distance between herself and that castle, that prison, she would keep moving forward.

She was still recalling the nights events in her mind when she heard something. Like a deer spooked by a hunter, Felicity's eyes darted to the source, and her blood ran cold as she made eye contact with a man. She froze in her tracks, apart from the King, and the guardsmen who would throw her some food, she had had no contact with anyone in the four years she'd been locked away. Her breath caught in her throat and she looked at him, she should have been more careful not to be seen, and now it was too late.

"Good morning sir" she said, once she finally found her voice again, though it quaivered.

[athaexnen]

“i have to end this now before it escalates into you being hurt.” Felicity to Adrahil

Adrahil paused for a moment, jaw setting as he found himself staring at the girl before him. Had he entirely planned on developing feelings for Felicity, no, but life worked in mysterious ways. "What are you talking about? If it means you're safe, I care not for my own being," he replied as he shook his head. "You come first. As long as you're by my side, you're safety is the first thing on my mind."

Not that he would outright tell her how he felt, not just yet. He wasn't even sure if she felt the same way. Taking a step towards her, he carefully took one of her hands. "Nothing needs to end."

@thanaredreamtof

[aspenrockymountainhigh]

THE PRINCE IMRAHIL OF DOL AMROTH

"That is a fair lord and a great captain of men. If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising." --Legolas (RotK)

At the time of the War of the Ring Prince Imrahil was the chief nobleman of Gondor. He was the son of Adrahil and brother of the Lady Finduilas (wife of Steward Denethor II). After his father's death in T.A. 3010, he became the twenty-second Prince of Dol Amroth. Imrahil was the father of Lothíriel, who married Éomer of Rohan.

Art: Gandalf and Imrahil, "On the walls of Minas Tirith" by Meneldil-Elda

[emyn-arnens]

Hello! hope you're having a good week!

I was wondering if you have any headcanons about Imrahil's family (specifically Ivriniel because I have an obsession but really I'd love to hear your thoughts on any of them)?💚

Hi! Thanks for the ask! 💛 Friend, I think you’re telepathic; the Dol Amroth fam has been on my mind constantly lately. I’ve been spinning lots of Finduilas and Ivriniel thoughts around for a fic I’ve been poking at, so here’s some of them:

Ivinriel and Finduilas were very close growing up and into adulthood. Finduilas would often paint the flowers in Ivriniel’s gardens or read books or letters out loud to Ivriniel while she tended to her gardens.

Ivriniel the gardener, of course, and acclaimed horticulturist of Dol Amroth.

When they were younger, Ivriniel tended to appoint herself as Finduilas’ protector, as she was both the eldest and had a stronger personality than her sister (Finduilas was perfectly capable of standing up for herself but generally didn't mind Ivriniel's intervening).

Ivriniel was concerned about Finduilas’ marriage to Denethor (and afterwards blamed him in part for Finduilas’ death and held no small amount of resentment towards him) and wanted to make sure that Finduilas really wanted to marry Denethor and wasn’t just accepting his offer out of duty to their parents (she was). (Side note: I’ve always interpreted Finduilas and Denethor’s marriage as either arranged, or that Denethor offered and Finduilas felt like she couldn’t let her parents down. Regardless of how it happened, I think she ultimately didn’t have a lot of choice in the decision and agreed out of obligation/duty.)

Neither sister was particularly inclined towards marriage, but Ivriniel was even less inclined than Finduilas, so Finduilas felt it was her duty to present herself as the marriageable sister (and maybe—I just had this idea—volunteered to marry Denethor instead of Ivriniel. You know what, that’s tasty, I like it. It gives Ivriniel a generous helping of guilt that she’d rather pawn off on Denethor).

Finduilas is big on duty. Wonder where Boromir and Faramir get that from.

I’ve been spinning LOTS of thoughts lately (read: have been reading too much into) about the connection both Finduilas and Ivriniel’s names have to Finduilas of Nargothrond (this is what the fic centers on). Ivriniel has the same root as Faelivrin, and I think it’s very interesting that the sister who lives was given the name inspired by the one that Gwindor gave Nargothrond Finduilas during a happy part of her life…and Dol Amroth Finduilas didn’t get that. She got the name Nargothrond Finduilas died with. Something something Dol Amroth Finduilas was doomed from the start something something. Maybe her mom had a little bit of the Elvish mom foresight thing going on.

Regardless, I think Adrahil and his wife were perhaps obsessed with COH. Or Nargothrond Finduilas. It’s just too coincidental.

Finduilas has many complicated feelings towards her name and namesake. When her despair set in in Minas Tirith, she felt that she was doomed to meet the end that she hurtled toward.

When Finduilas began ailing, her letters to Ivriniel slowed and then eventually stopped. Ivriniel, having gotten a sense of Finduilas’ declining health and emotional state from the letters she received before then, started sending pressed flowers, cuttings, and seedlings that she knew Finduilas loved with her letters to remind her sister of their home, in the hope that they might raise her spirits. They didn’t, of course, because Finduilas’ despair was too deep, but she treasured them all the same. The cuttings and seedlings inevitably died (Symbolism ™️), but Finduilas refused to let anyone throw out the dead plants.

After Finduilas' death, Ivriniel always wondered if there was more she could have done to save her sister—if she had visited her more often in Minas Tirith, if she had pushed against Denethor’s insistence that Finduilas stay in Minas Tirith where her physicians were and just taken her back home to Dol Amroth, or if she had married Denethor and prevented Finduilas from ever having to go to Minas Tirith.

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Favourite Female Tolkien Character Poll - Round 1, Match 29

Finduilas of Dol Amroth

Was married to Denethor, and the mother of Boromir and Faramir. She died when Boromir was 10 and Faramir was 5.

[Denethor] had married late, taking as wife Finduilas, daughter of Adrahil of Dol Amroth. She was a lady of great beauty and gentle heart, but before twelve years had passed she died. Denethor loved her, in his fashion, more dearly than any other, unless it were the elder of the sons that she bore him. But it seemed to men that she withered in the guarded city, as a flower of the seaward vales set upon a barren rock. The shadow in the east filled her with horror, and she turned her eyes ever south to the sea that she missed.

Ioreth

A talkative elderly woman of Gondor who worked in the Houses of Healing. Also chats with her country relative during Aragorn’s coronation.

Then an old wife, Ioreth, the eldest of the women who served in that house, looking on the fair face of Faramir, wept, for all the people loved him. And she said: “Alas! if he should die. Would that there were kings in Gondor, as there were once upon a time, they say! For it is said in old lore: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer. And so the rightful king could ever be known.��

And Gandalf, who stood by, said: “Men may long remember your words, Ioreth! For there is hope in them. Maybe a king has indeed returned to Gondor; or have you not heard the strange tidings that have come to the city?”

“I have been too busy with this and that to heed all the crying and shouting,” she answered. “All I hope is that those murdering devils do not come to this House and trouble the sick.”

[lesbiansforboromir]

"hands of the king" anon here again. im LOVING it so far. it's incredibly well-written! haven't gotten very far into it -maybe around chapter 14? also, no worries about TWs, but feel free to list them here for anyone who may find them useful! 💖

AAAAH It's Borondir time for you! Oh and time to begin to hate Adrahil, and be SOOO annoyed at these two and their ineptitude with this whole undying devotion thing, love this for you! But yes so well! Hands of the King TW for incestuous abusive relationships, sexual harassment, child abuse (abusive fathers and mothers), graphic descriptions of burns, anti-sex work which is not really addressed but is certainly canon compliant, incredibly uncomfortable discussions of sex and cultural ways of handling sex that are deeply uncomfortable, sex scenes most of which are lovely but some of them also slip into being very uncomfortable and most of them are so goddamn plot relevant somehow, REALLY ableist language surrounding one specific character which is I think an attempt to be not ableist but it slips a lot, abortion and miscarriage and a good amount of plot surrounding characters being pregnant, A PLAGUE that I'm putting in here because dang does that plot hit different these days, spousal violence in a variety of ways and degrees... I feel like there are more but those are what i can think of off the top of my head.

It seems astounding to say it's such a good damn fanfic after all that but it really is, the writing is genuinely that good and the characterisations (except for a few scenes I have particular hatred of) is just so perfect, I still have to recommend it.

[anghraine]

So, we know very little about Faramir and Lothíriel's relationship beyond the facts that a) they're first cousins and b) they marry siblings.

They're first cousins through a particularly important family tie across many cultures (Faramir is her father's sister-son). And although he looks like a young man, he's actually quite a bit older than Lothíriel is. But we have such bare table scraps about Lothíriel herself that there's really very little to go on.

The parallel between their marriages has always interested me, though, even if my take on Éomer/Lothíriel is decidedly unromantic. So I like to imagine that there is a bond of some kind there that influenced that parallel, even if the age gap (and potentially, distance) complicates things and she's the baby of their generation of Adrahil's descendants.

Faramir wouldn't actually describe her as his baby cousin or whatnot, given his speaking style and the norms of their culture, but I can imagine his description of her to Éowyn or Éomer or both giving the impression of someone very young and comparatively dainty. And then it turns out that she's over six feet tall with elaborate black braids, the education, manners, and habits of a Númenórean princess—and, like certain relatives, she has a preternatural command over horses.

[athaexnen]

45﹕ sender  kisses  receiver’s cheek - felicity x adrahil

Adrahil blinked for a moment, registering that Felicity had indeed just leaned up and kissed his cheek. He couldn't help but smile, almost amused by the fact as he looked down at her. "What was that for?" he asked gently.

[sulfin-evend]

Aragorn and Eowyn are closer related than Aragorn and Arwen

Human genetics travel. They seriously get places, especially when we factor in that so elusive female line.

Eowyns maternal grandmother is a Dunedain lady named Morwen of Lossarnach, afterwards the Queen of Rohan. She is from an elite Gondorian family, the cadet branch of the Princes of Dol Amroth. The same family Denethor's wife Finduilas hails from.

Seeing that aristocratic families often marry within the same elite social circle, it is almost positive that at least royal princess married into the Dol Amroth family. Also that a Dol Amrothian lady is a direct forbear of the Gondorian line of kings.

Aragorn is descended from the Gondorian royal house from Princess Firiel daughter of King Ondoher about 14 generations ago. To put this into perspective you are 15th cousins at the least with the most distantly related member of the same ethnicity as yourself. And 50th cousins at most remove with the least related to you human on the planet.

Within Firiel is the genes of most of Gondorian aristocratic houses. It does not matter for instance if her mother was from Dol Amroth or if her grandmother was one of a pair of sisters who married into the Royal house and the House of Dol Amroth respectively. Or if Firiels first cousin was the forbear of the lords of Lebennin for instance, and a daughter would eventually wind up as Morwen's maternal or paternal foremother. Simply due to the exponentially large amount of ancestors every individual has and the massive amount of generations between Aragorn and these forbears. So that makes Eowyn and Aragorn at least 15th cousins if not closer. Their shared common ancestor probably lived 1300 years ago. Compare this to Aragorn and Arwen who's common ancestors Elwing and Earendil had their children about 6 millennia ago.

Also Faramir and Eowyn are 5th cousins at most.

Faramirs mother Finduilas, and Eowyns Grandmother Morwen are from the same family, the Princely house of Dol Amroth, though Morwen's father was not the Prince but a younger son of the line. Morwen and Faramir' grandfather Adrahil are contemporaries. The impression is they are not first cousins, but much further distant the prestige of association with the house would fade. So I would place Morwens grandfather as the you get brother of Aglahad, her father as first cousins to Angelimir. Morwen herself as second cousin to Adrahil, and their respective grandchildren as fourth cousins. Maybe fifth cousins if you want to add another generation of separation. At any rate the relationship was close enough that Prince Imrahil acknowledged Eomer as a kinsman.

[elfwines]

[Princes of Dol Amroth] were a family of the Faithful who had sailed from Númenor before the Downfall and had settled in the land of Belfalas, between the mouths of Ringló and Gilrain, with a stronghold upon the high promontory of Dol Amroth (named after the last King of Lórien).

1. Aglahad (T. A. 2827 - 2932) 2. Angelimir (T. A. 2866 - 2977) 3. Adrahil II (T. A .2917 - 3010) 4. Imrahil (T. A. 2955 - F. A. 34) 5. Elphir (T. A. 2987 - F. A. 67) 6. Alphros (T. A. 3017 - F. A. 95)

[sesamenom]

Tolkien only mentions people's absent mothers or wives if they're dead

...so about that:

dead, named

miriel

elenwe

luthien

nimloth (of doriath)

morwen

rian

nienor

aerin

finduilas [girlfriend]

eilinel [girlfriend]

arwen

theodwyn

tar-miriel

beruthiel

finduilas (of gondor)

primula

gilraen

elfhild

assumed eventually dead (mortal), named

adanel

andreth [girlfriend]

arachon

beldis

emeldir

zimrahin

gildis

gloredhel

hareth

hiril

meleth

elros' wife

tar-vanimelde

tar-ancalime

silmarien

almarian

erendis

ailinel

lindorie

inzilbeth

firiel

rian (of gondor)

morwen (of gondor)

morwen (of the dunedain)

ivorwen

not dead (as of last mention), named

tatie

nerdanel

indis

anaire

earwen

aredhel

idril

iminye

ilwen

meril [existence uncertain]

amarie [fiancee]

eldalote

enelye

galadriel

ungoliant

fluithin [existence uncertain]

varda

yavanna

vana

nessa

vaire

este

uinen

goldberry

melian

celebrian

elwing

lothiriel

eowyn

nimrodel (of lorien) [fiancee]

adamanta

lalia

eglantine

esmeralda

rosamunda

diamond

belladonna

donnamira

mirabella

belba

camellia

laura

pansy

linda

lobelia

chica

rosa

gilly

mimosa

prisca

dora

peony

tanta

lily

estella

alfrida

dina

cora

adaldrida

lavender

amethyst

ruby

sapphire

jessamine

gerda

druda

primrose

hilda

ivy

berylla

malva

hanna

salvia

menelgida

asphodel

nina

bell

marigold

rose (other one)

rose

lily (other one)

elanor

cwen

naimi

vaire (of tol eressea)

unnamed

nerdanel's mom

maglor's spouse [gender uncertain]

caranthir's spouse [gender uncertain]

celebrimbor's mom

ilion's wife

indis' mom

fingon's possible wife [existence disputed]

finduilas' mom

earwen's mom

denethor (of the laiquendi)'s mom

celeborn's first wife/amroth's mom [existence uncertain]

saeros' mom

cirdan's mom [existence disputed]

celeborn's mom

galadhon's mom

thranduil's mom

legolas' mom

nimloth (of doriath)'s mom

wives of beor, baran, belen, boron, baranor, beldir, boromir (of the beorians), bregor, beren (other one), bregolas, baragund, belegund

anduir's mom

amdir's wife/amroth's mom [existence uncertain]

wives of marach, imlach, magor, hathol, haldan, halmir, hundar, hunthor, haldad, haldar

bor's wife

ulfang's wife

gorlim's mom

dorlas' wife

aerin's mom

wives of vardamir, tar-amandil, nolondil, veantur, tar-elendil, earendur, axantur, hatholdir, caliondo, cemendur, hallatan, tar-anarion, tar-surion, isilmo, tar-minastir, tar-ciryatan, tar-atanamir, tar-ancalimon, tar-telemmaite, tar-alcarin, tar-calmacil, tar-ardamin, ar-adunakhor, ar-zimrathon, ar-sakalthor, tar-palantir, tar-gimilkhad

wives of valandil, earendur (second one), numendil, amandil, elendil, isildur, anarion, valandil, meneldil, eldacar, arantar, tarcil, tarondor, valandur, elendur, earendur (third one), amlaith, beleg, mallor, celepharn, celebrindor, malvegil, argeleb I, arveleg I, araphor, argeleb II, araval, araphant, aranarth, arahel, aranuir, aravir, aragorn I, araglas, arahad I, aragost, aravorn, arahad II, arassuil, arathorn I, argonui, arador,

wives of cemendur, earendil (of gondor), anardil, ostoher, tarostar, turambar (of gondor), atanatar I, siriondil, tarciryan, earnil I, ciryandil, ciryaher, calmacil, romendacil II, calimehtar, vidugavia, castamir, aldamir, hyarmendacil II, telemnar, minastan, tarondor, telumehtar, narmacil II, arciryas, calimehtar (other one), calimmacil, ondoher, siriondil (other one), earnil II

wives of marhari, marhwini, forthwini, frumgar, fram, leod, eorl, brego (of rohan), aldor, frea, freawine, freca, goldwine, deor, helm, hild, frealaf, brytta, walda, folcwine, fengel

wives of pelendur, vorondil, mardil, eradan, herion, belegorn, hurin I (of gondor), turin I (of gondor), hador (of gondor), barahir (of gondor), boromir (other one of gondor), cirion, hallas, hurin II, belecthor I, orodreth (of gondor), egalmoth (of gondor), beren (of gondor), beregond (other one), belecthor II, thorondir, turin II, turgon (of gondor), ecthelion II (of gondor)

wives of adrahil I, galador, agalahad, angelimir, adrahil II, elphir, imrahil

smeagol's grandmother

ibal's mom

beorn's wife [mortality uncertain]

ghan's wife

wives of girion, bard, bain, brand, bard II

wives of baranor (of gondor), beregond, borlas, berelach II

grima's mother

dunhere's mother

aghan's mother

mim's wife

wives of durin I, durin II, durin III, durin IV, durin V, durin VI, nain I, thrain I, thorin I, gloin (other one), oin (other one), nain II, dain I, borin, thror, thrain, gror, nain, farin, fundin, groin, dain II, gloin, thorin III

isengrim II's wife [mortality uncertain]

wives of isumbras III, ferumbras II, fortinbras I, isumbras IV, isumbold, isembard, adalgrim, flambard, sisigmond, adelard, ferdinand

wives of odo, olo, polo, ponto, dudo, adalgar, jago, gundahad, vigo, bosco

wives of gorhendad, sadoc, saradas, orgulas, marmadas, hamfast, wiseman, holman, cottar, hobson, holman, andwise, halfred, frodo (gardner), holfast

wives of woden, heden, eoh, tulkastor

if we include implied mortality (orange), we have our totals of:

total named: 129

dead, named: 43 not dead, named: 86

total unnamed: 273

probably dead, unnamed: 230 not dead, unnamed: 43

obviously the eventual mortality of the gazillion numenoreans does impact these numbers quite a bit, but it still does stand that more of the unnamed mothers/wives are dead than the named ones (84% vs 33%)

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other notes:

orange = implied eventual death due to mortality at some point up to the end of the TA

[gender uncertain], [girlfriend], and [fiancee] characters were counted as wives

[existence uncertain] and [existence disputed] characters were included

[mortality uncertain] characters were counted as not dead

actually not only is Legolas’s mother still alive, post-quest she was like ‘Aragorn I’m your mum now’ and Aragorn was like ‘that’s kind of you but no need’ and she was like ‘NO. I AM YOUR MUM NOW.’

& Legolas was solemnly like ‘this means we are brothers now. I take my brotherly responsibilities very seriously. Family game night is on Tuesdays.’

that’s what happened.

[arofili]

the line of elros ≋ princes of dol amroth ≋ headcanon disclaimer

          Adrahil II was the son of Angelimir, and the twenty-first Prince of Dol Amroth. He ruled during the time of the Shadow’s lengthening, though outright was not waged until after his death. Adrahil spent much of his youth in Minas Tirith, where he met and married Branniel, a noblewoman who was a distant cousin to Steward Ecthelion II. After the birth of their first child, Ivriniel, they removed to Dol Amroth to raise their children in a quieter land.           Ivriniel was a strong-willed woman and a great rhetorician. When she came of age she was eager to leave Dol Amroth and return to Minas Tirith, the city of her birth, an environment she found much more intellectually stimulating. She valued her independence and remained happily unwed for all of her days.           Her younger sister Finduilas was in many ways her opposite. She was of great beauty and gentle heart, loving her sea nearly as much as she loved her sister. While visiting Ivriniel in Minas Tirith, the Steward’s son Denethor II became enamoured of her, though he was many years her senior, and begged her to stay and become his wife. At her mother’s encouragement, Finduilas agreed, though nearly as soon as she settled into her new home she began to yearn for Dol Amroth and the shores of the sea.           Finduilas bore Denethor two sons, Boromir and Faramir. Her husband cared little for the younger son, and thus she did her best to raise him on her own despite her own dwindling health, which Denethor refused to believe was caused by her confinement in the stone city. The Shadow of Mordor lengthened over Minas Tirith, filling her with great horror, and her despair at being so far from the ocean became so great as to make her ill in spirit as if she were an elf afflicted with sea-longing. Not even the company of Ivriniel her sister lifted her heart, and before long Finduilas died at the age of only 38, incredibly young for one of the Dúnedain.           Finduilas’ younger brother Imrahil never forgot that it was Denethor’s stubbornness that prevented his sister from returning to the sea that was her home, and treated his law-brother coolly from thence forth, though he came Minas Tirith often to visit his young nephews.

[morwensteelsheen]

Days of Cold Pity

Prologue

Stewards, kings, and women without crowns in the age of war.

On Ao3

Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

Rating: Mature

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Denethor II/Finduilas of Dol Amroth; Éowyn/Faramir (son of Denethor)

Characters: Aragorn | Thorongil, Ecthelion II, Adrahil II

[chemsexholmes]

they should just straight up start naming antidepressants after tolkien characters. who gives a fuck