#salmar imagine

[a-world-of-whimsy-5]

Day 19 | Prompt: Golden fruit

Pairing: Salmar x Maglor

Themes: NSFW | Smut-ish | Public fondling

Warnings: Heavy petting | Handjob as a reward.

Word count: 400+ words

Summary: Lessons take an interesting turn when Salmar gives Maglor instructions on playing the harp.

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"No, no, Káno. That is not how you strum the harp." Salmar retrieved the gilded instrument and laughed despite his growing frustration. "This is how you do it."

He made himself more comfortable on the grass and played a haunting air about a deep and abiding love that was found, and then carelessly lost. It was a theme of such indescribable beauty that it soon reduced Maglor to tears. When he stopped, nothing could be heard save for water bubbling in amber fountains and golden fruit swaying gently in a cooling wind.

"That was most wondrous, my lord." Maglor came closer, and held out his hand. Salmar returned the harp, but only after forming a most wicked idea. His student and companion had struggled to play for many a day now. Perhaps an incentive to do better was needed. "May I try again?"

Salmar agreed. Then he bided his time till the right moment presented itself. Maglor plucked at silver strings, unaware at first of the hand gliding up his thigh. Then warmth radiated through the silks of his robes. He opened his eyes, and shivered.

"My lord?"

"Do you want me to stop?"

Maglor licked his lips, his passions slowly rising when Salmar gave his thigh a gentle squeeze. Certain he was flushing, he said, "No. Never."

"Good." Salmar was pleased. His hand now slipped beneath the hem of Maglor's tunic, gentle but determined. "And so long as you play well, I will keep rewarding you. Carry on."

The elf continued even when a practiced hand moved between his thighs. Salmar gave another playful squeeze and smiled when the music eventually faltered, and he was rewarded with a moan that was as bewitching as his student’s singing.

"Start again," he commanded, and he drew back his hand.

Maglor gazed at his mentor, his startling azure eyes now dark with wild need. Salmar saw it, and thought no sight in all of Arda was more alluring.

"I will touch you," Salmar urged. "But as an enticement, nothing less than that. So if you want me to keep pleasuring you while you play...."

“I will play. I will play.” Maglor took to his instrument and sang again, greedy for more. Salmar waited and listened, then continued to indulge in his own way. His hand found its way back to that place between Maglor's thighs, and he groaned under his breath when he found the elf already stiff to his touch.

"You have been blessed in more ways than one," he admitted without shame. "And nothing pleases me more than knowing you are mine."

Maglor eagerly lapped up the praise. He did not waver either, no matter what his body demanded. Salmar took note of his composure and set himself to the task of loosening drawstrings and clasps. Maglor's breath did not hitch until Salmar took him into his hand.

"Continue playing," he insisted.

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[gallus-rising]

To all you Salmar Gym Leader for that OC asks meme: #12. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? (on vacation or permanently!)

12: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? (on vacation or permanently!)

Rex: I've never really thought about it. I guess I'd like to check out the competitive scene over in Orre.

Luna: Canalave City in Sinnoh. More specifically it's library.

Rowen: ...I hear Sevii's quiet this time of year.

Trent: The Great Marsh in Sinnoh! I'm afraid I wouldn't be doing much exploring myself, but I know my pokemon would love the off-leash areas.

Lily: I would love to go backpacking around Hoenn! You know, climb Mt. Chimney, go spelunking in the Meteor Falls, and Route's 119 and 120 near Fortree are great for camping! Not to mention Hoenn's, like, the world hub for water sports.

Edith: Violet City in Johto. I'd like to visit the Sprout Tower.

Priscilla: Eheheh, I know it's childish, but I've never been to a real theme park and would love to visit Nimbasa City in Unova. Maybe I could even take a tour around Chargestone Cave while I'm in the region.

Cora: Hmm, there are so many places I'd love to see, but I hear Kalos' Lumiose City is beautiful. I'd love to see it at least once in my life ~☆

thank you for the questions <3

[techcrackul]

The 5 Biggest Technology Trends In 2021 Everyone Must Get Ready For Now

Another factor this is clean is that nowadays’s maximum vital tech traits will play a huge component in assisting us address and adapt to the numerous demanding situations dealing with us. From the shift to operating from domestic to new regulations approximately how we meet and engage in public spaces, tech traits could be the riding pressure in coping with the change.

In many ways, Covid-19 will act as a catalyst for an entire host of adjustments that have been already at the playing cards anyway, way to our an increasing number of on line and virtual lives. Things will simply appear greater fast now, with necessity (lengthy stated because the mom of invention) because the riding pressure. And must or not it's the case that – as positive US presidents have predicted – Covid-19 “magically disappears” – the adjustments it has introduced approximately will now no longer, as we are able to have discovered to do loads of factors greater effectively and safely.

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is certainly certainly considered one among the largest tech traits on the moment, and at some point of 2021 it becomes an excellent greater precious device for assisting us to interpret and apprehend the sector round us. The extent of records we're gathering on healthcare, contamination costs, and the achievement of measures we take to save you the unfold of contamination will preserve to boom. This manner that gadget getting to know algorithms becomes higher knowledgeable and an increasing number of state-of-the-art withinside the answers they discover for us.

From pc imaginative and prescient structures tracking the potential of public regions to studying the interactions exposed via touch tracing projects, self-getting to know algorithms will spot connections and insights that could cross left out with the aid of using guide human analysis. They will assist us expect call for for offerings from hospitals and different healthcare carriers, and permit directors to make higher choices approximately while and wherein to install resources.

For enterprise, the venture could be to apprehend the converting styles of consumer behavior. More human interest will take vicinity on line – from purchasing and socializing to digital operating environments, meetings, and recruitment. During 2021 we are able to count on the equipment we use to research those behavioral shifts to come to be greater state-of-the-art and an increasing number of suit the price range and infrastructure necessities of increasingly organizations.

2. Robotics, Drones, and Vehicle Automation

As the extent of passengers the usage of public delivery fluctuates from week to week, relying on neighborhood situations, projects round self-riding motors will preserve at an growing pace. Driving performance throughout public delivery networks could be a concern for provider carriers in addition to civic authorities, wherein lowering human exertions prices will assist stability the uncertainty round consumer call for.

In current years we've visible the emergence of robots withinside the care and assisted dwelling sectors, and those becomes an increasing number of vital, in particular on the subject of interacting with participants of society who're maximum prone to contamination, inclusive of the elderly. Rather than completely changing the human interplay with caregivers this is so vital to many, we are able to count on robot gadgets for use to offer new channels of communication, inclusive of get entry to to 24/7 in-domestic assist, in addition to to certainly offer companionship at instances while it could now no longer be secure to be sending nursing workforce into homes. Additionally, groups locating themselves with premises that, even as empty, nonetheless require protection and upkeep, will flip to robotics carriers for offerings inclusive of cleansing and security. This interest has already caused hovering inventory fees for companies worried in presenting robots.

Drones could be used to supply important medicinal drug and, prepared with pc imaginative and prescient algorithms, used to reveal footfall in public regions in an effort to pick out locations wherein there's an extended chance of viral transmission.

3. The As-A-Service Revolution

“As-a-provider” – the availability of offerings that we want to stay and paintings via cloud-primarily based totally, on-call for systems – is the important thing that has placed the alternative tech traits we speak approximately nowadays in attain of anybody. It’s the cause why AI and robotics are a opportunity for pretty much any enterprise or organization, irrespective of their length or price range. Thanks to cloud services from groups like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and an ever-developing horde of startups and spinoffs, innovators in all fields can install modern-day tech with little in advance funding in equipment, system or specialised people.

As the continuing pandemic rages round the sector, we've sincerely visible that groups that depend on cloud to offer scalable answers as-a-provider are prospering. Take Zoom, for instance, which has fast come to be a family call way to the velocity with which it turned into capable of upload servers and boom its insurance and great of provider. This turned into because of its cloud-primarily based totally nature and its partnerships with its personal provider carriers, that have been capable of fast boom potential to fulfill call for. In 2021 and beyond, that is going to come to be an increasing number of vital and greater opportunities will open up for everyone.

4. 5G and superior connectivity

Faster and greater dependable net does not simply imply we are able to load webpages greater fast and spend much less time looking ahead to movies to release on Youtube. Each successive develop in cell connectivity from 3G onwards has unlocked new use instances for the net. 3G made internet surfing and records-pushed offerings beneficial on cell gadgets, 4G caused the increase of streaming video and track systems as bandwidths extended, and 5G, likewise, will open greater doorways in phrases of what's possible.

5G manner that offerings counting on superior technology inclusive of augmented truth and digital truth (mentioned below) in addition to cloud-primarily based totally gaming systems like Google's Stadia or NVidia's GeForce Now come to be a feasible proposition, everywhere at any time. They additionally threaten to make cable and fiber-primarily based totally networks redundant, with their want for us to be tethered to a selected location.

In short, 5G and different superior, high-pace networks make all the different traits we speak right here to be had everywhere, any time. Complex gadget getting to know packages counting on actual-time get entry to to Big Data reassets may be performed withinside the area, through automation. A first rate instance is Norwegian fishery operator Salmar that makes use of a 5G community to automate the care and feeding of its fish. Image reputation algorithms are used to hit upon which fish are over or under-feeding, and robotically dispense meals and medicinal drug had to maintain them healthy. Initiatives like this could come to be an increasing number of vital at some point of 2021, wherein organizations appearance to boom automation throughout their workforces.

5. Extended Reality  – Virtual and Augmented Reality.

These phrases cowl generation that makes use of glasses or headsets to challenge pc-generated imagery without delay into the person's area of imaginative and prescient. When it's far superimposed over what the person is viewing withinside the actual international, it's far AR. And while it's far used to vicinity the person into a wholly pc-generated environment, it's far VR.

During subsequent yr we are able to once more count on to look those, along with the alternative traits mentioned right here, helping in tackling demanding situations posed with the aid of using the modern-day international situation. Largely this could contain permitting us to keep away from doubtlessly risky conditions wherein there will be a chance of viral transmission. For instance, scientific examinations and prognosis can an increasing number of be finished remotely. A answer to be had to opticians permits eye exams to be finished completely in VR, as high-definition cameras deliver a clean picture of the patient's eye. An AR device then permits the consumer to browse the variety of glasses on provide and notice what they seem like on their personal face while not having to depart their domestic.

We may even see an boom withinside the use of VR and AR equipment inside education. This will lessen the want for us to paintings in crowded study room situations – if now no longer totally, then as a minimum in regions and at some point of instances while it's far recognized that transmission costs are high.

And as greater records at the situations and way wherein viral transmission takes vicinity will become to be had, AR equipment could be used to present out actual-time warnings while we circulate via regions wherein the contamination is thought to have unfold. Even easy steps like reminding us to scrub our arms while we contact a door manage in a public area or issuing an alert while a tool senses that we've touched our face with out washing our arms, ought to assist to shop lives and forestall us spreading infection across the actual-phrase environments we inhabit and circulate via.

[ainurmoodboards]

The Valarindi (The Children of the Valar)

In the earlier stages of Tolkien's writings, the Valar were less angelic and more like pagan (especially Greco-Roman) deities. One of the most notable features at this point was that some of the married couples among the Valar had children. The term for these beings was Valarindi, and it was used to refer to any child (or in a couple of cases, grandchild) of one of the Valar. This group of beings included:

Nessa, the Dancer, The Swift

Nessa was the daughter of Aulë and Yavanna, the sister of Oromë, and was associated with dancing, deer, and speed. Her wedding to the Vala Tulkas was the first and only marriage between two Valar to take place within Arda itself. The fact that she is strongly associated with deer and nature and that her brother is connected to hunting makes her vaguely reminiscent of the Greek goddess Artemis. Meanwhile, her connections to love, dancing, and beauty and her marriage to the warrior Vala Tulkas are comparable to Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus. Nessa and Tulkas had a son named Telimektar in the earliest stages.

Oromë, The Huntsman of the Valar

Oromë was the son of Aulë and Yavanna, the brother of Nessa, and the Lord of the Forests and the Huntsman of the Valar. After the Valar retreated to the continent of Aman, Oromë would still occassionally return to Middle-earth to hunt the creatures of Melkor, and it was during one of these trips that he came upon the first elves. He was also strongly associated with horses and was especially loved by the people of Rohan, who believed that their horses were descended from ones he brought from the West. Oromë is like a mix of the Greek god Apollo with the many horse and forest gods of the different Celtic tribes, who the Romans often adopted as aspects of Apollo. Oromë was married to Vána, who was technically his aunt, and they had a daughter named Nieliqui; this relationship is very reminiscent of those of many Greek gods and goddesses.

Fionwë-Urion,

Fionwë-Urion was the son of Manwë and Varda, the brother of Erinti, and a warrior associated with light and fire. His connection to fire can be seen in his love for Arien, who at this point was called Urwen/Urwendi, with the names Urwen and Urion both coming from a rootword meaning fire or flame. At one point Tolkien developed a story where Melkor tried to claim Arien/Urwen as a wife, attacking her while she was guiding the Sun through the sky. She released herself from her body in an explosion of fire and "died", permanently scarring Melkor and causing the Sun to go out of control and burn parts of Arda, creating the deserts. It was said that Fionwë-Urion would kill Melkor/Morgoth in the last battle at the end of days due to his love for Arien/Urwen. This story was eventually dropped before The Silmarilion was published; Melkor fears Arien too much to attack her, while the Ainu who is in love with Arien is Tilion, the guide of the Moon. Fionwë-Urion eventually evolved into the Maia Eonwë, in the process also absorbing the character Nornorë, the Herald of the Valar, who became one of the "Lost Valar".

Erinti,

Erinti was the daughter of Manwë and Varda and the sister of Fionwë-Urion. At one point, she was written as the sister of Salmar/Noldorin and Ómar/Amillo instead of being the sister of Fionwë-Urion, though their parents aren't specified. At that stage, the three siblings were the only Ainur who left Aman to live with the elves of Tol Eressea. Erinti is associated with love, beauty, and music, which is fitting since Ómar and Salmar are both associated with music as well. She was eventually rewritten as Manwë and Varda's daughter, but despite this important parentage not much was said about her. Though the concept of the Valarindi was eventually dropped and the Valar became more like angels, Erinti survived as Ilmarë, the handmaiden of Varda. Together with Eonwë, who was once her brother Fionwë-Urion, she was a chief of the Maiar.

Nieliqui, The Little Maiden of the Valar

Nieliqui was the daughter of Oromë and Vána, and references to her as "the little maiden" suggest she may have been the youngest and most childlike of the Valar. Not much is said about Nieliqui besides the fact that she was a small maiden who liked to dance in her father’s woods. This often took place while Ómar-Amillo (a Lost Vala), who was the Vala of song and music, would sing in the woods. Both of Nieliqui’s parents had strong connections to nature, especially trees, and some fans have imagined her as a dryad-like character. Her love of dancing suggests that, she also takes after her aunt Nessa, the Vala of dancing. Nieliqui disappeared from Tolkien's writings once he abandoned the concept of the Valarindi and created the Maiar, and she doesn't appear in The Silmarilion.

Telimektar, The Warrior of the Sky

Telimektar was the son of Tulkas and Nessa, and a mighty warrior who fought hard in the struggles against Melkor/Morgoth. He is described as having a long sword kept at his waist by a silver girdle. His face and weapons are also described as heaving a silver gleam. In early writings, the constellation Orion (which contains many stars classified as blue giants) is Telimektar, with the star Nielluin/Helluin (Sirius) being described as his toe. He is in the sky as a guard against Morgoth, and he was given stars by Varda to mark his shape so the Valar would know he was there. He is also said to have diamonds on his sword’s sheath that will glow red when the last battle occurs at the end of the world. Telimektar was eventually dropped, but one of the many variations of his name, Telumehtar, appears as a name for the constellation Orion in the appendices of Lord of the Rings, and as the name of the 28th King of Gondor.

Once Tolkien dropped the concept of the Valarindi and created the angelic Maiar instead, the fates of these characters changed. Oromë and Nessa became Valar in their own right, Fionwë-Urion and Erinti morphed into Maiar, and Nieliqui and Telimektar were dropped. Even Melkor once was envisioned to have a son named Kalimbo/Kosomot with an ogress named Fluithuin or Ulbandi, but this character changed into Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs.

[arlenianchronicles]

Valaquenta: The Lords

While taking my Silmarillion break and having fun in Discworld, I started thinking about the Valar. Consider me surprised! I thought I burned myself out on Silm art. But, you know, I do like the Valar. Nienna is my favourite so far, and I’ve found myself thinking about Manwë these days. Nor did I ever finish designing the rest of the lords, so ... That’s what led to this.

A general note to make before I dive into the specific lords -- the swirls of light on their chests are meant to represent their power, which is music, but it’s also their names in Tengwar (Classical Mode)! I had a general concept behind this, and I’m probably butchering the explanation, but I wanted to somehow represent those parts of Ilúvatar’s mind that the Valar came from / their respective songs during the Ainulindalë. The only way I could see accomplishing that was through the use of their names.

I would’ve preferred to use their Valarin names, really (along with the Sarati script), but those would be too long; I had no idea where I’d put Mānawenūz in Manwë’s portrait, for example XDD

Speaking of Manwë, let’s dive into the lords themselves, shall we? I’ve even included closeups to see their song-names better!

Manwë

I’ve had a few thoughts before about what his design would be ... Something with birds or clouds, stuff like that. But then I had the idea to give him a form that resembles a seraphim angel!

Also, here’s the second version of his portrait; the orange clouds were originally meant to be white and represent his hair, but once his head feathers took over that job, I just felt like I needed to fill the empty space.

Ulmo

Nothing much to say here; it felt like an obvious decision for me to turn him into the sea itself. Drawing all those coral reefs actually got me thinking about doing a Maiar portrait series ... My designs for Ossë and Uinen associate them with coral and pearls respectively, and of course I’d include Salmar this time with the conch shell horns XDD

Aulë

The smith himself! He crafted the stuff. Created the Dwarves. So I decided to turn him into a mountain loll He also has a mountain-hammer, as you can see; I imagine it’s made out of some gold-like material, maybe a super-strong metal that he made himself, and something obsidian-like for the handle.

Oromë

Boy oh boy, this was a tough one. I wanted to give him an otherworldly look like the others, but ... How to make him look like a hunter at the same time?

Well, I remembered that my design for Nessa included deer antlers and a fur cloak (or super curly hair). Given that they’re siblings, why not give Oromë antlers too? Plus I’ve seen similar designs from other Tolkien artists; it certainly suits him! And he also hunts monsters and fell creatures, so how about he wears some monster pelts?

The end result kinda makes me think of Hollow Knight loll But I really like it :DDD

Námo

I designed him a while ago, so I didn’t have much trouble with him XDD Originally, his “hair” was supposed to be a veil with gold threads, perhaps to suggest that Vairë had woven it for him. But then I turned it into hair with gold strands that cover his eyes. Y’know, cuz judge.

Irmo

When I showed this one to my friends, the first thing they mentioned was that it had Olympics vibes, which ... I suppose makes sense! I probably had it on the subconscious loll

I still wasn’t able to get the full idea of how I imagine him though; I see him as a psychedelic-y geometric figure, very much like Polaris (a resonance-based entity) from Control.

Tulkas

This guy was the toughest to design initially, I think. He’s described as the most warlike of the Valar, being very strong and also a hardy friend. He’s Oromë’s opposite in that he’s known for his laughter (whereas Oromë has the terrible wrath).

And then I took inspiration from Manwë’s design with the Biblical angels, but used a throne angel for Tulkas instead of a seraphim! 

Also, I know that Tulkas is supposed to have golden hair, so let’s just imagine that his hair is a red-gold here; and it has different shades of gold in different lighting XDD

Melkor

I ended up including him even though he’s not counted among the Valar. I gave him the same shape as Manwë since they’re brothers, but changed his “wings” to shadow and smoke. He also has a halo like Manwë’s, but as you can see, it’s shattered.

I also imagine him to be made out of volcanic rock / obsidian, with little lava cracks and scars.

[the-heart-vigor]

Huor could not imagine living a life without Rian and Salmar, his friend. He wanted to believe that everything would be alright soon enough. He was tired of fighting for dear life.

‘ dreams are funny, aren’t they? ’

“Sometimes, they are” Huor sighed as he remembered that dream which was a vision of a bleak future. He knew that he would die young, he knew it now, but he was never afraid of death. It was his duty to fight and die to save his loved ones, as a matter of fact. So, he was not afraid of the dreams which foreshadowed his death.

[a-world-of-whimsy-5]

Rating: E

Day 18 | Prompt: Dark shores

Pairing: Salmar x Ómar Amillo

Themes: Smut (subtle) | Soft

Warnings: Sibling incest | Kissing | Handjob

Word count: 300 words

Summary: Salmar and Ómar spend some time by themselves on a dark shore.

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[a-world-of-whimsy-5]

Day 10 | Prompt: Sunless sea

Pairing: Salmar x Ulmo

Themes: Soft | NSFW elements

Warnings: Kissing

Word count: 500 + words

Summary: Salmar presents Ulmo with a special gift, one that was crafted by his own two hands

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Ulmo came to him here, on the quiet shore of a sunless sea. The whales appeared first, azure and golden, their eyes gleaming like stars. The chariot came after, rising out of the dark waters, and then Ulmo himself appeared, holding onto silver reins. He waded through the waves and walked to the shore, his eyes flashing like quiet lightning. His robes, the color of a starlit sea, all inky black and deep blue with streaks of silver, clung to his form. His hair was all a tumble, and a shade darker than his robes. Coral clung to his wrists. 

“Hail and well met, my lord.” Salmar dipped to his knees, then shivered when the Lord of Waters touched him on the shoulder, caressing it in a way that was familiar only to him.  

“Arise, Lirilo.” Ulmo extended his other hand, and he took it. “And tell me what you have beside you.”

“A gift, my lord.” Ulmo lifted a chest wrapped in soft doeskin lying in the sand. He loosened the thin strip of ribbon that bound it and lifted the lid to reveal the treasure within. “Tis a horn, my lord, and the only one of its kind. It holds all the songs of the sea, of the dark waters that flow within the earth, and of the creatures that call them home.”

Ulmo accepted the gift and studied it for himself. It held the understated brilliance of a pearl, and the craftsmanship was unlike anything the Lord of Waters had seen.

“This is a worthy gift,” Ulmo replied with gratitude. “And one that would be treasured, I assure you.”

Salma smiled, his gaze firmly on the fine sand. They may have been Ainur, he and Ulmo, and so much more than that to each other, but it did not alter the fact that Ulmo was one of the Aratar, and far greater than he. It was only proper that he conduct himself so. Ulmo sighed. He lifted his chin and cupped it in his hand.

“How many times must I ask you not to hide those beautiful eyes from my own?”

“One more time, my lord,” Salmar flushed, and glanced at him playfully. “As always.”

The shadow of a smile played across Ulmo’s lips. “As always,” he echoed, and kissed him on the mouth. It was light, tremulous, and tasted faintly of salt. Salmar sighed when Ulmo held him in a warm embrace. He let go of the chest and twined his arms around his companion’s neck, his passions inflamed. When Ulmo drew him even closer, it was plain his own passions were reaching their peak.

“That was far sweeter than any gift.” Ulmo stepped back and looked over his shoulder. The whales swam further away and pulled the chariot with them beneath the water, as if an unheard voice commanded them to. “Let us stay here a while, Lirilo. I am in no hurry to return."

Stay they did, until Ulmo took Salmar with him to his own halls deep below the sea.

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