#tuor

[lowcountry-gothic]

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

[charri-fish]

Idril meeting Tuor for the first time xD

Idril is having a full shoujo manga experience, while Tuor is trying to navigate a political drama loll

[celebrimborium]

the rings of power + references to the first age (and earlier)

[part i]

[southaway]

Tuor, Lord of the House of the Wing

So, wings were an obvious choice for me, so was the star shape. Stars and waves for Eärendil's father and Elrond and Elros' grandfather, I'm nothing if not predictable. I also used the same design for Dramborelg that I used before, other than that, I just made him look similar to how I've drawn Eärendil before.

[silmalope]

Some of the rough sketches I’ve made so far for the SWG March challenge. Since I don’t have time to finish them properly, I thought I’d share in one big batch :)

[in order: Finrod reflects on the loss of his scars after returning from the Halls; Ainulindalë; Túor as a thrall in Hithlum; Melian mourning Thingol.]

[thesummerestsolstice]

I like the idea that the Valar can grant boons to men or elves they favor. Sometimes visible– glowing markings, feathers, claws– and sometimes not. Attitudes of these blessings ranged from fear to reverence to jealousy, often reflecting opinions of the Valar more generally.

Galadriel's special treelight hair came from Finarfin. Finarfin got it as a result of Manwe's favor. Given how rare it was for Manwe to bestow such gifts, this caused quite a stir. Later, Morgoth would spread rumors that Manwe was trying to set Finarfin up as the new Noldor crown prince, bypassing Finwe's older children.

Namo gave Fingolfin a blessing, and no one was particularly sure why, Fingolfin included. The truth was that Namo had already foreseen Fingolfin's death, and wanted to give him the strength to let him wound Morgoth before falling to him. Namo has always felt a sense of responsibility for those who choose to come to his halls, even if he's powerless to change their fates.

Celegorm was blessed by Orome, given the kind of teeth and claws that a few of his best disciples had been granted over the years. Orome couldn't take those gifts back, so Celegorm kept them for all his life. You wouldn't know that looking at paintings of him, though, because none of them show him with the marks of Orome's hunt. Whether this was a choice made by him or by later revisionists trying to minimize his connection with the Valar is unknown.

Varda gave blessings to both Earendil and Gil-Galad in the final years of the First Age. Both of them are said to have shone like stars afterwards, and there were some darker rumors that like the hallowed Silmarils, they would burn any unholy flesh that touched them. Some speculated that the blessings were Varda's way of apologizing for leaving the elves to face Morgoth alone for so long.

Ulmo is probably the Vala who's given out the most blessings– Cirdan, Turgon, Finrod, and Tuor all recieved boons from him, among others. But everyone who's gotten blessings from Ulmo is weirdly secretive about it. There's lots of gossip floating around– Ulmo is the reason Cirdan has a beard, Ulmo is the reason Turgon is taller than Maedhros, Ulmo is the reason that everyone likes Finrod so much, actually everyone blessed by Ulmo gets gills and he has secret underwater meetings with them– you get the idea. Well, probably no reason to consider that last one. I can't imagine any of the Valar using their power for something that foolish.

There is fierce scholarly debate on whether Thingol received a blessing from Melian, and whether her descendants could, theoretically, do the same. Elrond would like everyone to please stop asking him about it. Elrond would also like everyone to please stop talking about Gil-Galad's hair turning silver after the two of them took a very normal hunting trip together.

(Multiple Valar have tried to take credit for just how amazingly luscious and wonderful Finwe's hair is. But no, that wasn't a blessing. He's just like that.)

[eloquentsisyphianturmoil]

Tolkien being like “and THEN Tuor—” who has already been raised by elves, escaped thraldom, and lived as a wild outlaw for some enrichment “—took his harp which he carries with him ALWAYS and also he’s quite skilled :3” like. I know you love your guy but have you ever heard of less is more.

[vaegonposting]

i am always thinking of the contrast and it is always funny

[maxwell1138]

This post goes in appreciation of Ulmo. I think that Ulmo doesn't get the praise he deserves, he was the only Vala who never gave up on elves and men and loved them greatly. Unlike his brothers, he never hid himself behind the pélori, instead chose to stay on the sea and rivers, watching closely over the children of Iluvatar, helping them every time he could. He always felt compassion towards them and held hope that they could do the right thing.

If you ask me, he is the one who deserves to be the king of the Valar instead of Manwë.

[arlenianchronicles]

My second submission for @fall-for-tolkien's Scribbles and Drabbles event, featuring Annael, Rian, and baby Tuor! I don't often see content with these three, so I thought I'd give them some spotlight! Drawing baby Tuor was lots of fun, he's just so squishy cute! XD

[rinthecap]

Valentine's day with Tuor and Idril in Vietnamese traditional clothings

[galstelperion]

Therefore Idril and Tuor departed from Nan-tathren, and went southwards down the river to the sea; and they dwelt there by the mouths of Sirion, and joined their people to the company of Elwing Dior's daughter, that had fled thither but a little while before. And when the tidings came to Balar of the fall of Gondolin and the death of Turgon,

Ereinion Gil-Galad son of Fingon was named High King of the Noldor in Middle Earth.

–  The Silmarillion, Chapter 23: Of Tuor And The Fall Of Gondolin

[elves-as-things-my-friends-said]

Maeglin: I know what cleavage is!

Tuor: say it then. Define cleavage.

Maeglin: its the tendency of a mineral to break along flat planar surfaces determined by the structure of its crystal lattice -

[azalearanger]

"For the valour of the Edain the Elves shall ever remember as the ages lengthen, marvelling that they gave life so freely of which on earth they had so little." - Ulmo to Tuor (The Fall of Gondolin)

How tragic, how heartbreaking and bittersweet, that the greatest gift of undying friendship of men to elves must be cut short by death.

How heart-wrenching for the Eldar to linger on with the memory of that gift, a hole torn in the flowing fabric of their ageless years, a friend never returning, never to meet again beyond the western sea.

What choice do they have, but to return this gift to the children of their dearest friends, fleeting though their time may be.

[exercise-of-trust]

Hey there, been loving the way you draw silm characters! If you’re still taking requests in September I’d love to see Tuor? Thank you!

not sure where i think this is but i wanted some tree practice and some soft light from behind. maybe an early morning in gondolin? or maybe he's taking a stroll around his cave in mithrim? up to you!

(still taking requests through the end of september!)

[deus-sema]

He was squirming, cringing and sobbing from within while saying each of these names