#telperinquar

[aamuusva]

Telperinquar

[sauronism]

celebrimbor pointing out the imperfection in sauron's fabricated reality, as both of them match in skills as a creator. sauron can craft the most appealing illusion in the entire world, but celebrimbor will always sees right through the deception, due to sauron's need for order. the reality he crafted is perfect. too perfect. nothing in this world is perfect. the patterns of the mouse, and the candle is the flaw within his works. celebrimbor merely critiques it.

[sauroff]

Dense nerd Tyelpë is my type of Tyelpë

[sandwichmustbetasty]

i love this elf more than anything in this world

[quinthejester]

because this is exactly what happened with annatar and celebrimbor <3

[sandmoer]

“Sorry… my city can no longer provide shelter for a creature as beautiful as you. ”

A rare respite from two years of torture.

[inthehouseoffinwe]

Finrod and Maedhros in the halls or post embodiment talking about Sauron.

Not about the torture or the agony they went through, more like gossiping on how much of a peacock he was, strutting around and bragging about how beautiful he is.

If you came across them in the street you’d think they’re talking about one of those overdressed Tirion nobles, but then you hear “I preferred his torture to his speeches because dear Eru those were a whole new level of pain-“

“Heard all of two before being mauled. Definitely preferred the werewolf.”

Celebrimbor sometimes joins these sessions but he’s got the additional years of having known Annatar and it’s therapeutic to talk about how self absorbed he was to people who really understand. Safe to say Maedhros and Finrod sombrely commiserate the kid on dealing with that for centuries.

“How did you two become friends??”

“I think his vanity numbed my brain.”

“That’s fair.”

[naarisz]

In the trap

[thelien-art]

Fëanáro, Nerdanel & Telperinquar

Latest portraits

Sons of Fëanáro

Now to the house of Fingolfin!

HC:

Feanor: Feanor dresses in pale colors like Miriel. I like to think Miriel dresses in light colors, not necessarily white. I don´t think he adorns himself with a lot of jewelry, just enough for him to be stylish, but not more, as he cares more about making things for those he cares for than himself, and if it is for himself, he would rather focus on something more practical, like lamps and machines.

Nerdanel: I have a surprising lot of thoughts about Nerdanel, one of them being that she´s a very loud Feanorian stan, although there´s a lot she thinks is plainly stupid she still supports her husband(ex??) and most of his ideals fierily. I think she dresses much more plainly than other Noldor, but will not necessarily turn down the option to adorn herself in jewelry. While I think she eagerly awaited her crowning, I don´t think it ever came, and she therefore never really had the possibility to wear a crown (not circlet she could still wear circles) as Finarfin was crowned when his brothers left. I don´t think that married in, in the Noldor royal house, could wear crowns before they themself was crowned kings/queen, even if it was just over a smaller piece of land. This left her to never wear a circlet as she was waiting to be crowned queen which never happened, meaning she never wore something on her head. She still wore royal braids and such, as that was accepted. All this leads her to be called Ríantaú by those who are against Feanor**. * She ends up going to Formenos and taking in all the Feanorian loyalties over the ages, becoming a queen at the end although never crowned, and known as a bitter woman because of her sons' departure.

Celebrimbor: I don´t read Celebrimbor as a naive person, rather I read him as someone who bears a lot of guilt, and in some cases let it control him, even if he was not the one at fault, this makes it easier for him to welcome everyone when the second age begins, after all evil was destroyed right? That was what the Valar said, and it does harm to everyone to throw someone out in the wilderness. I do believe he was aware that Annatar was a Maia of Morgoth, I also believe that while he didn´t think Annatar was all good, he believed in himself that he could make Annatar a better person. When Celebrimbor is reborn he ends up seeking out Nerdnal, who welcomes him in her city with open arms where he stays most of his time. On jewelry, I was helped by a lot of people (@lulukeskywalker pointed out that Eregion was named after the hollie trees it´s said to have) with the holly HC some might have heard about him, and it comes from that Eregion had a lot of hollie trees, which is a very sweet note professor, thank you for that, so I, of course, had to give him some holly themed jewelry. On a last note of jewelry, I tried to give him something between art nouveau and brutalism, to give him his own style. - note Celebrimbor follows second age fashion, therefor having his braids at the back instead of both at the front and back. - note Celebrimbor´s circlet is very intentionally inspired by Maglor´s.

Other HC:

I like to think that both Thingol and Finwe ruled their land as Empires, meaning that there were smaller kings and queens under their rule, while the rest, like Owlë and Ingwë ruled as only kings. I think it makes most sense with Thingol but I also like it with Finwe as his family was so big so it would make sense. - examples would be the roman empire and Scandinavia around year 0 to year 500 where the really where no kingdoms as we see them today but many small kings and later one king over the small kings. *

**Ríanta = To crown/Coronate: Quenya - Ú = Without/Destitute of: Quenya - Ríantaú = Without crown/Crownless: Quenya

Grey, mostly a pale grey close to white, is the mourning color for the Eldar´s as it´s associated with Nienna.

[thestaroffeanor]

Curufinwë the Crafty and Telperinquar the Ring Smith

Or actually just a proud, protective father and his cute, open-hearted son :) Not much here to say except that I got to try a new technique for shading and am quite happy about the results.

Oh, and I'm trying out a hc with the "light of Valinor" that so prominently is said to dwell in all Valinor-born elves (first had Tyelpe without it so I could better showcase the difference, but then I looked it up and he was not born later in Beleriand so eh). Elves born in the West get light pupils from me, a reflection of the trees and an inflection, actually. In daytime, the light in their eyes would be silver and golden at night, reminiscent of Telperion and Laurelin. Maybe they had somehow absorbed the tree light as they grew up. After the Noldor's flight, perhaps that even granted them some semblance of familiarity to what was lost and some comfort at gazing into their loved ones' eyes.

Of course, without the trees and the Valar's blessings, that kind of light lingered in the ones that had come from Valinor, but their children, born in Middle-Earth, would not inherit it and so even that small reminder of the Era of Trees was slowly forgotten. Few Eldar possess these tree-lit eyes anymore, but imagine the shock of the first new parents in Beleriand to see their children's dark pupils and maybe believe the Valar had not only forsaken them (which most had made their peace with) but their innocent descendants as well.

[dfwbwfbbwfbwf]

Fëanárions and Their Preferred Kit

I designed their heraldry here.

Fëanáro

Gambeson (on the longer side), mail hauberk, open face helmet (with red plume, of course)

One handed arming sword, single edged

Center grip round shield with his heraldry on it

Maitimo

Gambeson, mail hauberk, glove, full plate (he's "vulnerable" at close range) with a closed face helm; ring of copper like a crown on the helm

A sling

Long rapier (he's very tol) with an elegant but sturdy crossguard and a fuller

Kite shield (attaches to right forearm, and it can be removed by himself in case of emergency) with his heraldry on it

Macalaurë

Gambeson, mail, gloves, and open faced helmet

Flanged mace

Heater shield with his heraldry on it

White cape for the drama

Single edged blade, bastard sword length, curved slightly (helps with edge alignment), thin crossguard

Tyelcormo

Gambeson, mail, gloves, and green brigandine; sometimes he can be wrangled into wearing an open face helmet (he's very vain about his hair)

150lbs war bow, made of yew and his own hair (ew)

A beautiful bec de corbin! :D

A hand and a half sword, double edged, with a crossguard that curves toward the tip slightly

Carnistir

Gambeson, mail, breastplate, pauldrons, gorget, gloves, and close faced helmet

Indigo cape

Intricate two-handed falchion with a gold plated hilt

Haleth's spear

Curufinwë

Gambeson, gloves, pale yellow brigandine, and a closed face helmet

Warhammer with the head in the shape of the family star

Heater shield with his heraldry

Hand and a half single edged sword with a slight curve, a ricasso, a fuller, and a solid crossguard

Telperinquar

Gambeson, gloves, mail, full plate, and a closed face helmet (Curvo won't let him out otherwise)

Warhammer with the head in the shape of the family star

Kite shield with his heraldry

Longsword, double edged, with a ricasso, a double fuller, and a solid crossguard

Ambarto

Gambeson, gloves, and boiled leather cuirass, painted red

85lbs bow

Single edged shortsword, no crossguard

Ambarussa

Gambeson, gloves, and boiled leather cuirass, painted orange

85lbs bow

Single edged shortsword, no crossguard

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@erendur @peasant-player

Look what you guys made me do.

[marawolfart]

The last moments of Celebrimbor's life 💔

[sauronism]

this show really is cheeky when it comes to sauron and his relationships with other characters. galadriel? implied. adar? implied. celebrimbor? implied. your ex? implied. your ex's ex? implied as well. your mom? unfortunately, implied as well.

[tolkien-povs]

Curufin: Can you babysit Tyelpë tonight? Me and my wife are going on a date.

Amrod: I'm not a doctor, but I don't think sitting on babies is safe. Just saying.

Celegorm: What happens if he cries? Do I just sit harder on him?

[artesdaterramediabykithkerulin]

Annatar💍Celebrimbor

[quinthejester]

Silvergifting Week - Larger Circle

Celebrimbor speaks to another person, and Annatar is just like 'how dare >:O'. Annatar requires being the centre of Celebrimbor's universe every second of every day.

(Narvi is getting really tired of Annatar's behaviour lmao and honestly, same bestie)

@silvergiftingweek