#gwindeth

[thelordofgifs]

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Round 1

Eldacar of Gondor vs Gwindeth

Eldacar of Gondor:

The twenty-first King of Gondor, also known as Vinitharya. During his reign the conflict known as the Kin-strife occurred and he was forced from his throne for ten years.

The blorbo of all time actually. He’s the protagonist of one of the most interesting stories in the LoTR appendices, the Kin-strife, and everything about his life story is so fascinating! His father was the crown prince of Gondor and his mother was the princess of Rhovanion so not a Númenorean. As a result all the racist nobles of Gondor made noises about how Eldacar was of “lesser race” and wouldn’t live as long as a “true Dúnadan”. One of the most fascinating examples of fantasy racism in Tolkien’s works imo – the bigotry is awful but the bigots have a shield to hide behind! Obviously their concerns are actually valid because they just don’t want their king to die young! (Their concerns aren’t valid. But I think the worldbuilding here is great.) Anyway Eldacar was born in Rhovanion and given the birth-name Vinitharya, but when he returned to Gondor aged five he was obliged to take up the Quenya name Eldacar, presumably to pacify all the racists in Gondor. He’s the EMBODIMENT of mixed-race/immigrant child trauma my beloved. Eventually his father died and he ascended to the throne of Gondor, but then his shitty second cousin Castamir (all my homies hate Castamir he’s the worst) started the civil war known as the Kin-strife and usurped Eldacar’s throne. Eldacar was forced to flee north to Rhovanion but Castamir captured his eldest son Ornendil and had him cruelly put to death which is SO SAD. But Eldacar, being brave and resourceful and clever and extremely cool, put together an alliance with his mother’s kinsfolk in Rhovanion and after ten years reclaimed his throne, which turned out to be slightly easier than expected because Castamir was The Worst and all his subjects hated him. And Eldacar PERSONALLY fought and killed Castamir HIMSELF and AVENGED HIS SON which is extremely important when you consider all the cringefail elves in the legendarium whose quests for revenge didn’t really go anywhere at all. Then he lived to be 235 proving that all the idiot racists who were worried about his lifespan didn’t have any idea what they were talking about, as is par for the course with racists. Also the Kin-strife itself has such far-reaching consequences for the history of Gondor! The Corsairs of Umbar, Gondor’s long-standing enemies, are actually followers of the descendants of Castamir. And during the Usurpation of Castamir Osgiliath was sacked and burned, leading to the beginning of its decline as Gondor’s greatest city. Even though Eldacar’s story is, to me, ultimately hopeful, it’s also such a fascinating turning point in the history of Gondor. Also ALSO he’s explicitly surrounded by textual ghosts which is really fascinating. His father Valacar has “children” plural – so Eldacar had siblings!! What were they like? How did they react to it all? And his son Aldamir is described as Eldacar’s second son and third child, meaning that he had a daughter too. Who was she?? What happened to her? He’s such a blorbo and there’s so much interesting stuff to dig into around him and he has to win this entire tournament please please please ❤️

Gwindeth:

A spirit who watched over lake Evendim and the surrounding Anorian ruins in the LOTRO game. She was also known as “The Blue Lady of Nenuial”

lady of the lake! goldberry-type water spirit who lives in/keeps lake nenuial. loved elendil & hung out with the kings in annuminas until the division of arnor. will yell at you if you accidentally kill the frogs in her cave. very intense all the time

Round 1 masterpost

[numbaoneflaya]

Errrm what the scallop ☝️ it’s a new oc post (drunken)

Had a few shots and I’m stretching out my oc muscles rn bcs it’s been a while since Iv rly gone in on making a new one (thurwen once again has been stealing my attention)

This is gonna be a rant for me to remember what the scallop I was thinking when I wake up tomorrow but I come up w all my best oc ideas drunk. So.

GWINDETH. nicknames Gwin, Gwinny, peapod, slipper. Don’t ask for context of the last names as she will not give it.

Breton female, about 5’7, 29 at the start of elder scrolls online so around the age of 1029 at the start of Skyrim. Black hair in a meticulously maintained short cut that doesn’t reach the bottom of her ears, side part bangs that reach just to the top of her eyebrows bcs if it gets any longer it makes her wanna shave her head. Healer/necromancer/it’s complicated. Starts out as a healer but as time goes on her life he much worse as does the state of the world, and she doesn’t trust anyone or anything else to take care of it so she becomes a lich. Easier said than done but she has… a lot of practice. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Her becoming a lich and getting interested in necromancy happens way after the events of ESO. God. Okay so no one gonna read this anyhow so I’m just marking main character traits so I remember

•genius

•obsessive

•kind hearted but unsure how to express it as she is v non expressive nd people frequently misinterpret her

•has a decent relationship w her parents. It’s not good it’s not bad it’s just slightly less than average but she seeks their approval

•has always been interested in the process of decay and corpses and thus was not very popular as a child :/

•her parents worry about her, but don’t understand her and don’t want to. They just want her to be normall

•loud noises, busyness and bright lights kind of make her go insane but she’s become an expert at internalizing discomfort so she just kind of goes nonresponsive when these things happen bcs she doesn’t wanna be a bother. But if they go on long enough and she can’t get a break she will be a bitch about it

•her favorite animal is the mountain lion! She relates to it a lot. That’s up to u 2 figure out how

•she’s prone to fits of melancholy and depression. The only thing she can do in these times to keep from spiraling is to throw herself into her studies

[hallothere]

46 for gwindeth?👀

"This is all my fault."

The voice was soft, barely a whisper above the sound of the falls. The frogs did not add their voices, and the snakes made no passage and no sound. She could not help him now, not the way he needed.

"My fault..." It was a small, despondent repetition. Gwindeth stepped around the bodies of the others, some still in hurt or slumber, some shifting in pain or confusion. She found him and crouched down. This one she knew from the city. This one watched over the places of his ancestors and his living kin alike. This one was good.

He couldn't see her with his face creased like that. Contorted in pain and guilt. She didn't like being seen, not always, but this one was lost. He did not need to suffer so. Gwindeth ran a hand just over his forehead. Water ran freely off his face and moved his hair from his eyes. It fell into the grass from the cloak and shoulder-guard pressing so heavily on his neck.

One of the others would come around soon. Not many in her halls were in grave danger. A few. She would see to them before it became worse. But this one needed her, if only for another moment. His despair was heavier than the water draining back into her ponds. Water could do so much good and so much harm to Men. Heal or hurt.

"I should have... now we're all..."

He was still in the throes. Guilt or pain or guilt and pain. The losses could have been heavier. He did not know. A frog croaked. Gwindeth turned and saw the largest Man roll onto his stomach. His cloak ran with water and with blood, but still he tried to get to his knees. He would stumble in another moment. Untended, he would die in another minute.

"No," she finally said. Softly, for his ears alone. "It is not yours. It is mine, and not wholly mine. Will I guard Elendil's tomb but not his children?"

She stood, noting that he had dried enough to be comfortable. Hopefully, the others had as well. The large Man dropped to the grass, spent. She would save him. She would save the rest of them. Not one of Elendil's kin would be taken from her halls. Not after all else she had lost.

[sweetearthandnorthernsky]

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[aurore-parle-de-ses-idees]

o! gwindeth for blorbo bleebus?

[loremastering]

candid photo of calenglad preparing to meet gwindeth

[rohirric-hunter]

Eithel Gwaur makes me sad because while it's been... modified... the base architecture here is not Mordorrim, it's Gondorian.

The purpose of this structure is unclear, but it may have been in part a home for Rauniel. Gwindeth's home, after all, has an Arnorian structure in it that was apparently built for her, and Gulthava has a grotto in Kidzul-kalah that she calls home. (Though it's less clear here that this place was meant for her and she didn't just move in after the Dwarves left.) So there does seem to be a trend of people building homes for River-maids if they happen to know them. This structure is pretty large, so it may have also served some other purpose. Filtering the water, maybe, since it was coming from the Mountains of Shadow.

IDK it's just sad to think that this place probably used to be beautiful, and Rauniel probably spent a lot of time here.

[chaos-corvus]

Give Gwindeth that which she desires the most

And Kytt does it very adorably, too

[poetry-draws]

👀 I’m here to fill the inbox with more rangers…so how about Calenglad and Gwindeth?

Calenglad Remained

[arafins]

- Calenglad -

for @nenuials​

[tehri]

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[thelordofgifs]

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Round 1 Bracket!

here we gooo! Hopefully the image quality isn't too awful - I can read it alright if I zoom in, at any rate. For round 1 there will be 4 polls a day for 16 days, posted at 4pm UTC starting tomorrow, 18th May. Poll durations will all be one day. I'll post links to all the round 1 polls on this masterpost as they go live below the cut; each day there'll be 1 poll from each "corner" of the bracket.

Feel free to drop any propaganda in my ask box, either before or during the polls! I hope everyone has fun campaigning for their little-known blorbos :)

Frequently Asked Questions

POLLS

18/05:

Bofur vs Tauriel

Barliman Butterbur vs Ancalagon

Berúthiel vs. Mithrellas

The chief dancing bear of Númenor vs. Erutáro

19/05:

Dís vs Beorn

Gamling vs Bill the pony

Pearl Took vs Faniel

Ulbandi vs Miaulë

20/05:

Nerdanel vs Círdan

Nessa vs Caranthir’s wife

Urwen vs Elmo

Random orc of Morgoth vs Narthseg

21/05:

Elros vs Oropher

Erendis vs Tilion

Eärnur vs Mahtan's wife

Bëor's wife vs Múta

22/05:

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins vs Finarfin

Tevildo vs Amlach

Gelmir Guilinion vs Legolas of Gondolin

One (1) Rivendell elf who sings tra-la-la-lally vs Bingo Baggins

23/05:

Amrod vs Idril

Ilmarë vs Tar-Ancalimë

Andróg vs Fíriel of Gondor

Hiril (daughter of Barahir) vs Youngest of Finrod’s Ten

24/05:

Ecthelion vs Huan

Ingwë vs Salgant

Silmariën vs Tata

Viznak vs Ælfwine

25/05:

Olwë vs Edrahil

Eorl vs Meássë

Larnach’s daughter vs Jajax

26/05:

Lightning Disqualification (1)

Pengolodh vs Ioreth

Lothrandir vs Nob

Golfimbul vs Ainairos

27/05:

Lightning Disqualification (2)

Arien vs Egalmoth

Golodir vs Vidumavi

Ornendil vs Meril

28/05:

Haleth vs Beleg

Tom Bombadil vs Beregond

Inzilbêth vs A fox passing through the woods on business of his own

Makar vs Andvír

29/05:

Mablung vs Tuor

Nellas vs Curufin’s wife

Imin vs Tinfang Warble

Beleth vs Findegil

30/05:

Nimloth vs Anairë

Elurín vs Rog

Corunir vs Elulindo

Nuin vs Faramir (son of Ondoher)

31/05:

Rían vs Míriel

Argon vs Eluréd

Hareth vs Belen

Narmeleth vs Horn

01/06:

Daeron vs Andreth

Finduilas of Dol Amroth vs Findis

Eldacar of Gondor vs Gwindeth

Gelmir (messenger of Círdan) vs Bór

02/06:

Tar-Míriel vs Eöl

Thuringwethil vs Mahtan

Ilwen vs Eilinel

Enel vs Hirgon

03/06:

Belladonna Took vs Bain

Finduilas Faelivrin vs Halbarad

Azaghâl vs Lalwen

[msb-lair]

Dragon: Gwindeth - Skydancer Female

(Ringlets scroll applied on 2019-02-09)

Purchased For: 9,000 treasure Hatched On: 2019-02-01 ID: 49021912

Parentage: Ary/Tron Flight: Arcane

Primary: Teal Metallic Secondary: Cerulean Shimmer Tertiary: Robin Gembond Ringlets Eyes: Common

Comments: A fandragon for Gwindeth, a water-spirit who dwells in a lakeside cave at Lake Evendim. She is involved in several chapters of the epic book quests in Lord of the Rings Online.

Apparel: 

Bishoujo Observation

Undine’s Flatfins

Siren Sylvan Headpiece

Grove Sylvan Dress and Bracelets

Sky Blue Leg and Wing Silks

Celadon Arm Silks and Scarf

Familiar: Thunderstomp

Progeny Testing: 

N/A

Broods: 

[hallothere]

calenglad!

CALENGLAD!!!!

one aspect about them i love

honestly i love how deeply he is depicted to love and feel. like. how much he loves Annuminas, how much he loves his kinsmen, how much he worries and frets and gets angry and and-- Calenglad took all his stats in Feeling Emotions

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

sappiest, bravest man alive. fell SO in love with the lake maiden that he made his home in Danger Ruins Town. and YET loves his Chieftain and people so much that he left all that behind to try to save the world. Asks nothing in return except Once, and even that was a.... reserved request in the grand scheme of things.

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

in my own little mind he is- despite being a deep feeler- not a big emoter. 60% of the time he cries is a stress response and has to explain to the babyranger he's not mad, he's not sad, but water coming out of his eyes is his reaction to the fact that the Gilminuial sunk for the 9th time, carrying half their supplies for the winter

and

one character i love seeing them interact with

Helchon! but also literally any babyranger

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

What Did He And Gwindeth Talk About In Their Secret Meetings Devs Flashbacks When

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

i hc Culang is one of his chief juniors, not his right hand, but someone he relies on which is why he got to come. also one of the few he can't successfully 'you're just a baby' at. Culang will go 'can a baby do this' and then hit a trick shot. they both have absolutely brutal imitations of each other

[sweetearthandnorthernsky]

He had become enamoured of Gwindeth and Lake Nenuial, and chose to remain behind. listening: spotify, youtube

run river run - run river run / out of dreams, into the sun / wake river wake / there's fire coursing through your blood

trees - climbin' trees / like we did when we were children / scalin' walls / the walls that took us years to build

to be young - oh, it was white sand and deep blue waves / we were running up the shore / sun glints on sparkling faces / i don't feel or see anymore

old friend - old friend come back home / even though you always were alone / you had to push against the fates / just to make it / make it through the gate

brother - i've shared my life with you, brother / since i recall, you've been my friend / you say we're not like the others / still we must die, all things must end

cold is the night - long is the road that leads me home / and longer still when I walk alone / bitter is the thought of all that time / spent searching for something I'll never find

shoulder to shoulder around the fire - and the cities all crumble / brick by brick / while i'm stuck on the top floor / watching it give

collapse - these ancient skies have seen / more than you could ever dream / so watch the world collapse around you / to melt that heart of stone

i hear it in the wind - i hear it in the wind / through the echoes and whispers that come with warning / of old stories and cautionary tales / of a world that's changing

the ghost on the shore - lie where i land let my bones turn to sand / i was born on the lake and i don't want to leave / every eye on the coast ever more / will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

[rangers-are-cool-moved]

Reaching Out

For: Elrond | @malkuvoitenoldoran​

Muse: Arathorn

Verse: What is Seen is Not Always what Lies Ahead | AU

  DAY and NIGHT; SUN and MOON; LIFE and DEATH; LIGHT and DARK.

  Each keeps the other in CHECK, preventing the BALANCE from failing.

  But when that balance is broken and you stand on a razor-sharp knife edge, 

  DO YOU ASK FOR HELP THAT MAY NEVER COME OR CUT YOURSELF OPEN AND

         F

                 A

                          L

                                   L

                                           ?

  As both a Ranger and the current Chieftain of the Northern Dunedain, Arathorn had seen his fair share of Death. Caused by both his own hands and that of others, as well as Nature itself. He had also seen Life, new and old, but then that was not unusual when it came to the Wandering Men of the North. Killing had always been seen as a necessary evil when it came to his kin, one that he took no delight in doing. But rarely had much choice, lest darkness spread across the lands.

  On a more personal level, Arathorn had been hit with both loss and joy at the same time. Joy - for the birth of his son and heir, Aragorn. And loss- for his wife, Gilraen had passed from this world just a few days after Aragorn was born. What should have been a happy occasion was marred by grief and pain. As well as a anger that had been directed at him by Gilraen’s grieving parents. For it had been as unexpected to them, as it was by him.

  He needed to visit Tinnudir and Rushingdale, the place where the Lady Gwindeth spent much of her time. But making the trip there whilst caring for his son wasn’t worth the risk. With his father also gone, Maechedir not up to looking after a baby again and not completely trusting his in-laws, there was only one place he could take Aragorn.

  It was the dead of night when the lone eyed Ranger dismounted carefully from the back of his rather patient dappled grey mare. He hadn’t given any warning that he was coming, unlike normal. He couldn’t run the risk of the note being intercepted by their enemies. There weren’t that many elves awake at that time of night, so he slipped into the room that was kept for when he visited.

  Imladris.

Home of Lord Elrond, his children and their kin. Long time allies to that of the Dunedain and the elf who had helped raise him.

  Arathorn didn’t fall asleep once he had gotten his son settled though. He simply curled up by the sleeping chid and silently watched over him. Aware that he would probably be getting visitors in the morning when his horse or presence was noticed.