#silmarillion valar

[mfelewzi]

•Art by Wolfeyes.

By Facebook page Nyéni

•From the French version of the Lost Road, translated in English.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐧

« Men were more frail, more easily killed by weapons or by accident, and less able to heal; prone to illness and ailments; and they grew old and died. What happened to their spirits after death is unknown to the Elves. Some say that they also go to the Halls of Mandos; but that their waiting place there is not that of the Elves; and that only Mandos apart from Iluvatar, and from there Manwë, knows where they go after their period of contemplation in these silent halls by the Western Sea. They are not reborn on earth, and no one has ever returned from hell, except Beren son of Barahir, whose hand had seized a Silmaril; but he never again addressed mortal Men. The fate of Men beyond death perhaps does not rest in the hands of the Valar; and not everything has been revealed in the Music of the Ainur. »

[ylieke]

[silmalope]

Some Valar designs (+ Uinen!)

[quinthejester]

Aulë, Mairon and Curumo

because i wanted to draw a 'family' portrait of them :)

[corsairspade]

there are many reasons I like the "Erestor son of Caranthir" headcanon but secretly the main one is that I'm imagining all of the remaining noldo auditors sighing of relief when Caranthir dies and they don't have to try play 4d chess with multiverse time travel trying to catch this guy doing tax evasion. life is good for exilic auditors now.

and then suddenly Elrond and Elros turn up again! even better! oh who's this, Elrond? your good friend Erestor? he's helping you with your taxes? oh how swe- what is this Elrond. What is this. your paperwork for your taxes you say. not a declaration of war? because it looks like a declaration of war on the exilic auditors, Elrond.

and then all the auditors are so busy doing "extreme tax auditing™" for the first time since the second Kinslaying that they don't tell anyone they're pretty sure there's another scion of the house of Fëanor running around.

[anattmar]

little doodle of Yavanna

[wisesnail]

And finally here I come with a Moringotto aka the guy who thought it was a good idea to work with a giant spider…🙈

Prints and other stuff on my RedBubble and Threadless

[fingolfinwiththesteelchair]

My favorite Morgoth moment is when the Great Enemy of Middle Earth got attacked by a big spider and shrieked so loudly all his balrogs heard from miles away and had to come rescue him. Damsel behavior

[trash-ainu]

Eru: Here are all the resplendent Valar whom you may serve. This is Manwë, whose domain is Air, the very Breath of Arda. This is Yavanna, Giver of Fruits and Queen of Earth. But I think for you, most fitting would be Aulë the Smith, who—

Mairon, pointing at Melkor: I want that one.

Eru: Him?!

The rest of the Valar: Him?!

Melkor, in the background, choking on the water he was drinking straight from a flower vase: Me?!

[arlenianchronicles]

My first submission for this year's @tolkienrsb (slide 32) in collab with @the-red-butterfly! Manwe takes a human form to visit the Edain; he befriends a blind elder from a village of the House of Beor, and slice-of-life shenanigans ensue XD

[nervmaup]

Melkor, Manwë, Mandos, Yavanna

I've heard that my Melkor looked pretty much like Janosik. Well, I can't agree but it's still a nice comlement

[mfelewzi]

A Elbereth Gilthoniel - Clamavi De Profundis

[aguythatlikesstuff]

Tulkas is so funny to me. His greatest joy in life is fighting Melkor. In theory he basically fills the role of "God of War" but in practice it's really just "God of Kicking Melkor's Ass".

I imagine Nessa saw this on Tulkas' dating profile:

Likes: Breaking Morgoth's stupid face.

Dislikes: Morgoth's stupid face.

Hobbies: Rearranging the features of Morgoth's stupid face; painting landscapes with Morgoth's blood; learning new knots to tie Morgoth's limbs in.

Favorite Music: Morgoth's bitchy scream; Morgoth's bones snapping; Morgoth begging for mercy.

[uvanym]

To Varda, Ilúvatar said: 'I will give unto thee a parting gift. Thou shalt take into Eä a light that is holy, coming new from Me, unsullied by the thought and lust of Melkor, and with thee it shall enter into Eä, and be in Eä, but not of Eä.'

[stellavesperis]

One of the funniest interactions in the Silmarillion for me tbh is when Curufin decides not to kill Eöl. I mean, it appears he doesn’t have much of an issue with murder and it probably would have been better in the long run for him to have killed Eöl but instead he’s like “by the laws of the Eldar I may not slay you at this time”. As opposed to some later date??? And also the same laws you broke in Alqualondë??? It’s just so funny to me. And the way it plays out in my head here is really more like:

Curufin: bitch get off my lawn I’m already in trouble with Maedhros and if I kill someone again I’ll never hear the end of it. Every minute you stay here is a threat to the both of us.

[lowcountry-gothic]

Ulmo, Valar of the Sea, Tuor, and Voronwë from Tolkien's Unfinished Tales, by Alba Real.