#mirrormeres

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Kheled-zâram - the Mirrormere by Nia Kovalevski

[pulpsandcomics2]

Durin's Crown and the Mirrormere

[a-little-hobbit-hole]

Ginni finally made it to the other side of Moria, distracted with story quests and forgetting the epic. This is the most of Moria quests I have ever done and have found I really like the story of skipped zones (redhorn, flaming deeps, haven't done foundations yet but I never skip nud-melek). I don't think I like flaming deeps tho, I kept getting lost in there. I plan to finish up the quests, finish up the exploration deeds, and save the slayers for later ☺️ I also wanna run lothlorien and do the same there (quests and exploration, slayer later), then maybe pause for a time and backtrack on other deeds in other zones now that Ginni is 60

[bluehourskyeli]

They stooped over the dark water. At first they could see nothing. Then slowly they saw the forms of the encircling mountains mirrored in a profound blue, and the peaks were like plumes of white flame above them; beyond there was a space of sky. There like jewels sunk in the deep shone glinting stars, though sunlight was in the sky above. Of their own stooping forms no shadow could be seen.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The world was young, the mountains green,

No stain yet on the Moon was seen,

No words were laid on stream or stone

When Durin woke and walked alone.

He named the nameless hills and dells;

He drank from yet untasted wells;

He stooped and looked in Mirrormere,

And saw a crown of stars appear,

As gems upon a silver thread,

Above the shadow of his head.

The world was fair, the mountains tall,

In Elder Days before the fall

Of mighty kings in Nargothrond

And Gondolin, who now beyond

The Western Seas have passed away:

The world was fair in Durin's Day.

A kind he was on carven throne

In many-pillared halls of stone

With golden roof and silver floor,

And runes of power upon the door.

The light of sun and star and moon

In shining lamps of crystal hewn

Undimmed by cloud or shade of night

There shone for ever fair and bright.

There hammer on the anvil smote,

There chisel clove, and graver wrote;

There forged was blade, and bound was hilt;

The delver mined, the mason built.

There beryl, pearl, and opal pale,

And metal wrought like fishes' mail,

Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,

And shining spears were laid in hoard.

Unwearied then were Durin's folk;

Beneath the mountains music woke:

The harpers harped, the minstrels sang,

And at the gates the trumpets rang.

The world is grey, the mountains old,

The forge's fire is ashen-cold;

No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:

The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;

The shadow lies upon his tomb

In Moria, in Khazad-dûm.

But still the sunken stars appear

In dark and windless Mirrormere;

There lies his crown in water deep,

Till Durin wakes again from sleep.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" - J.R.R. Tolkien

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

Gimli son of Glóin, come wax poetic to me about the lady Galadriel. Gimli son of Glóin help me. save me, Gimli son of Glóin

what do you mean hes fictional. i need him

[almostlookedhuman]

[chechula]

Gimli,Frodo and Sam by Mirrormere ♡

[theoppositeofprofound]

How much more deranged would Middle-Earth be if Tolkien was given access to modern scholarship re:the ageless depth of trees?

It’s true that by the end of the Third Age, no trees in Eregion remember the elves that walked there. But there’s an ancient yew in Rivendell that Gil-Galad planted, a clone of one of the old trees of Lindon, that’s still thriving when Elrond leaves his home. It’s seen elven kings and laughing lords and harried messengers. Though trees don’t care about such things, it’s nice to be seen.

There’s a golden aspen grove between Lothlorien and Fangorn. The elves say Nimrodel planted it before her name was Nimrodel, before continents sank, when the forests were home only to a handful who loved them more than paradise.

By the shores of the Mirrormere is another yew. In a little known tradition, kept by one dwarf alone, every Durin plants a few of its seeds, and one of those trees always lives long enough to see his next self.

There’s a cypress in the port of Umbar. Locals say the lord in Mordor planted it the first time he visited (he was still in the habit of planting trees back then). It lived past several of his deaths but faltered, finally, beneath the ashes of his last, worst destruction—more than four thousand years later.

On a tiny island in the sea is a little cluster of spruce trees—some scrap of drowned Beleriand too holy, for one reason or another, to falter. It’s the same tree—when one falters a new coppice comes to take its place, growing out of the same root system. There’s a betting pool among the deep sea fishers of the Falathrin about whose grave lies beneath.

Much is made of the White Tree of Gondor, but on the hillsides in Ithilien, dangerously close to Minas Ithil, are gnarled olive trees that witnessed the Last Alliance. Faramir is inordinately fond of them without knowing the reason why.

Ulmo keeps a garden of sea sponges. The oldest didn’t just see Númenor founded and drowned, it saw the bones of the very first second-comers. (Ossë collects many things.) It’s been… 10,000 years? 12,000? Sponges don’t keep time, they just remember.

Ulmo also keeps a bed of sea grass older than the destruction of the Lamps, but he doesn’t mention that to other people; it’s just for him.

[faolonfiendrender]

People have probably done this one so have some below as well. ignore the background noise, my brother is playing games on voice call, and it is too hot to close my door.

poll time. yes this is just a ploy to get people to recommend me poems

if yes, let me know which poems/recite some for me in the tags!

[ellieofthewoods]

gimli taking frodo to see the mirrormere makes me want to cry

“this is one of the most important places in my people’s culture and i want to share it with you” STOP IM ALREADY EMOTIONAL

and aragorn! recognizing how important it is to gimli! and telling him to go look even though they’re under pursuit and arguably don’t have the time!

[arsonwizard]

this has been said before but MAN we were robbed of Gimli in the movies. i just reread chapter 6: Lothlórien and it was the sweetest, most gentle thing. give me the dwarf who found out that his uncle figures died grisly, horrible deaths and then looked at Frodo, who just lost HIS uncle figure, and asked him to look in the Mirrormere with him. Just… finding comfort in each other as they leave Moria behind

[i-am-pinkie]

Whoa! This is BEAUTIFUL!! 😍❤️

Did some messing around and cleaned up that Fili painting a bit for fun.

[rixareth]

The world was young, the mountains green, No stain yet on the Moon was seen. AIN'T IT SAD?

No words were laid on stream or stone When Durin woke and walked alone. THAT'S TOO BAD.

He named the nameless hills and dells; He drank from yet untasted wells; He stooped and looked in Mirrormere, And saw a crown of stars appear...

dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun

MONEY MONEY MONEY MUST BE FUNNY IN A RICH MAN'S WORLD

[aredhels]

The world is grey, the mountains old, The forge's fire is ashen-cold; No harp is wrung, no hammer falls: The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; The shadow lies upon his tomb In Moria, in Khazad-dûm. But still the sunken stars appear In dark and windless Mirrormere; There lies his crown in water deep, Till Durin wakes again from sleep.

[enbyofdionysos]

additional things I’ve learned about LOTR from reading Fellowship (I’m on Part 2, Chap 6):

Bilbo’s mithril isn’t just mithril but also pretty af — Gimli says “It is a mithril-coat. Mithril! I have never seen or heard tell of one so fair. Is this the coat that Gandalf spoke of? Then he undervalued it. But it was well given!” aka Thorin’s engagement ring is not only expensive af but he has taste

I’ve heard people talk about Aragorn and Frodo’s friendship but nobody! mentioned! Frodo! and! Gimli! having! cousin! energy!

Those are Gloin and Bilbo’s booooyyyysss

Gimli bringing Frodo along to see dwarvish sights like the Kheled-zâram where Durin looked in the Mirrormere (specifically saying “Come with me, Frodo!”) and them listening out for Gollum together