#valaroma

[bretwalda-lamnguin]

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[curufiin]

i womder if celegorm has a mini valaroma. an eldaroma, if you will

[dalliansss]

Prompt: I have a confession to make. I've always secretly wanted to ride a dinosaur!"

Curufinrod + Turko hehehehehe

Intoxicated starters

For the love of the Valaroma, Celegorm could not understand why he is often the elf to be roped in whenever Curufin makes a fool of himself. The last time was a festival setting and Curufin had overdid it on the dwarven beer, boasting that he would not be stupid enough to drink -- but again, his brother lost track of his tankards (and Celegorm knew a great reason why, what with Ingoldo busy munching fruit beside Curufin the entire time) and he had found him passed out in a hallway, hugging a vase for a pillow.

At least tonight, he isn't alone. Celegorm is rolling his eyes to the next continent as he supports Curufin by the right arm, and their cousin Finrod has Curufin by the left arm. Curufin isn't walking -- in fact, he stopped walking or even functioning an hour before, and now he was busy babbling in his iteration of Black Speech, dark hair fallen forward to hide his face, for that was just as well, because Celegorm was decidedly torn whether to laugh at his plastered look or punch him.

Tonight, the bastard found miruilin. Found him and Finrod having little shots of the lethal milk wine as they discussed the updated routes for Nargothrond's scouts and patrols, and then Curufin asked if he could be given a glass. Finrod found him a shot glass, and Curufin gave the blond one a look so withering Finrod could only quirk his own eyebrows at him.

Then the wise elf said, 'Give me a real glass, I am not a child, Ingoldo.'

Well, he definitely wasn't an adult right now, Celegorm thought spitefully, in great annoyance, as he and Finrod dragged Curufin down the hallway toward the suites allocated to them.

Finrod was humming to himself, a small festive tune. He is rose-dusted in the cheeks, not drunk, just a bit tipsy to be on the more pleasant side of things. Celegorm...well, he wasn't even tipsy at all. A con for one of the tough drinkers of the family, alongside Nelyo and Amras. (The three of them never get drunk.)

Then Curufin's head snaps up. He makes a pained groan and he squints. "I have a confession to....to make," Curufin slurs. "I've always s-secretly...wanted...to r-ride an anna-bon. Yes. an---anne---anb--on. Yes. Gallivant across the-- the Anfoglet, and then....sweep the....BAH you get the damn i-dea."

Finrod explodes into a tittering of giggles. Celegorm quirks an eyebrow at his blond cousin, but Sunshine seems to ignore him, instead giggling like no tomorrow, the rose in his cheeks deepening into outright crimson.

Curufin turns his head toward Finrod. "Yeaaaaahhhhh....you laugh, huh?" Now, Curufin waggles his eyebrows at Finrod. "You like....that, Ingoldo....? I'm sure....you do. Ride....you all morning."

More scandalous giggles from Finrod.

Celegorm, horrified and disgusted both, clears his throat very loudly. "You're in no condition to be riding anything, Curvo, Eru-damn it, move your damn feet."

But that was futile, because Curufin has forgotten how legs and feet work, and was just dragging all appendages behind him.

"Turko!" Curufin exclaims, as if seeing him for the first time. "Turko! My beloved---brother! Y're here! I thought---you and Huan--- drownded!"

"Well-spotted," Celegorm grunts in disgust.

"Sooooooooooo," Curufin's head swiveled toward Finrod again. Again that horrific eyebrow-waggling. "How about....ride you? Or you r'de me? You can r'de me...."

Finrod bites his lower lip, and then bursts into an outright guffaw.

Celegorm shudders. This damn hallway seems longer tonight than it had ever been. He is half tempted to toss Curufin out of the window, send him splashing at the fountain outside. He dares a sideways glance at the two.

Disgusting. Curufin was now making moon-eyes at Finrod, who was now laughing so hard he was crying and trying to wipe his tears with his free hand.

Eru. Why did I encourage Curufin? Why? Sweet Yavanna, spare me, Celegorm thinks, desperately, and he shudders some more when Curufin makes kissy lips and smoochy sounds toward Finrod, who was clearly having the time of his laugh, laughing his heart out.

@skaelds

[tolkien-feels]

Yes, I do have headcanons, but they are Boring (intentionally so)

Okay, so, Feanor's device being this

I can't make up my mind about Nerdanel, but I headcanon the sons of Feanor all change... you know those rays that go from the blue circle to the white circle? Those.

Maedhros has, instead of rays, an additional circle cutting through the yellow space, colored red. However, after Feanor's death, he starts wearing Feanor's device unchanged

Similar to Maedhros, Maglor has a circle cutting through the yellow, but it's a very wide circle left without any paint - he's literally cleaving through the gold

Celegorm has a stylized version of Valaroma - eight of them, like the eight rays

Caranthir doesn't add anything, he makes the yellow black

Curufin has the same rays as Feanor, but they're pointed inwards

Ambarussa share a device, but it's just Feanor's device without the rays

If anyone has headcanons about feanorian heraldry/badges/imagery/slogans, please share them with me? Individually, politically, whatever. I feel like a have the obvious (stars, silmarils, fire, swords, hounds for Celegorm) but I've hit a standstill.

What do the Feanorians have on their bumper stickers/t-shirts/embroidered patches/enamel pins?

[tolkien-feels]

Feanorian Week Day 3: Celegorm

You probably know this by now but - I'm sharing one random headcanon for each prompt.

This one is a little late due to tumblr eating the original post and forcing me to write it all over again.

Childhood

Of all their children, the one who inherited Feanor and Nerdanel's love of traveling around Aman the most was Celegorm. This is true even as he grows into adulthood, but in childhood his excitement was endearingly obvious. Besides serving as an opportunity to have fun with his brothers away from their usual duties, he's in love with learning as much as he can. He wants to know the name of every rock, wildflower and songbird he sees, he wants to know how Maedhros can climb a hill so fast and how to sing all the walking songs Maglor knows, he tries (rather unsuccessfully) to sketch landscapes with Nerdanel, and he asks ten thousand questions as Feanor produces map after map of unexplored or underexplored places. According to Orome, this is very much how the Noldor behaved on their way across Middle-Earth, so baby Celegorm turns peak Noldo in the wild - hence Orome taking him under his wing.

Hunting

This one is almost crossing over from headcanon into meta but I really wanna share it. Have you ever researched courtly hunting? I did when I was maybe 12? I don't remember most of it, but one thing I do remember is that excoriation - butchering - is A Big Deal. It's highly ritualistic, with terminology, correct steps and complex hierarchies - from the highest lord to a hound, who should be allowed to eat what? I imagine elves must be even more over the top about this. As cooking is also a highly gendered activity, I can't help but headcanon Celegorm is a great hunter not only in the training of animals and in the chase itself, but in the excoriation, cooking, and in the social niceties specific to post-hunt meals. He's never as princely as he is in this kind of situation.

Orome & Huan

Orome has plenty of elves who follow him, but not a single person in Aman is unsure who his favorite is. Even so, it's a small scandal when he gifts Huan to Celegorm. There is delighting in teaching the Children, and then there is sharing with them blessings which are reserved for the Valar. Already Celegorm blurs the lines between Quendi and animals, and now the Hound of Valinor calls him master. What will he claim next? Nahar? Valaroma? In response, Orome simply has Celegorm plead his own case to the Valar, and despite his relative youth, his eloquence as well as his obvious love for Huan and loyalty for Orome earns renown second only to Finwe's pleas during the whole Miriel-Indis saga. (Of course, Feanor will outdo both, but that is still in the future.)

Strength & Beauty

Being the Strong Finwe is a pretty neutral thing in Aman. It makes him a good hunter and explorer, but that's pretty much it. The Dagor-nuin-Giliath changes that permanently. The high of being strong enough to crush that orc-host combined with the low of balrogs being too strong for his father makes Celegorm keenly aware of the power of physical strength in Beleriand. Except maybe for Maedhros, Celegorm hones his strength and physical skills more than any of his brothers, determined to never be outmatched.

Wickedness

Of course, nobody ever thinks of themselves as being evil, but Celegorm extra, extra, extra doesn't see things that way. He truly, genuinely has come to believe there's no such thing as a morally upright person. Faced with a decision difficult enough, anyone is capable of doing morally despicable things. As a general rule, he just doesn't wait until all decisions suck. He proactively does what's best for him, and he errs on the side of assuming everybody is as wicked as him. Of course, honor is a great bonus, but he's quite comfortable without it if the benefits outright the cost, or if he's just too short on time to bother doing the moral math.

Love/Unrequited

The shadow of Miriel is upon all Finweans, but maybe especially upon the one who looks so much like her, fair-haired, swift-speaking and never at rest. Even as a child, Celegorm can't escape the ghost of his grandmother, and this makes him, to put it mildly, skeptical about the idea of One True Love. Tallying up how few women follow their husbands into exile reinforces that belief. To want and to love are the same thing in his book, and one can be persuaded into wanting - did not Indis do that to Finwe? Though Luthien is beautiful and politically convenient enough that Celegorm wouldn't much care if she hated him, he doesn't see why he can't make her forget Beren, like he made Nargothrond forsake beloved Finrod.

[eigwayne]

“Above all the horns of his host [Valaroma] was heard in the woods that Yavanna brought forth in Valinor; for there Oromë would train his folk and his beasts for the pursuit of the evil creatures of Melkor.” [Silm., “Of the Valar”]

Celegorm doesn���t just know how to hunt deer. He came to Middle-Earth already knowing how to hunt orc.

He might have come to Middle-Earth to hunt orc.

[watercolorofthemoon]

MORE NOTES!!!

Ulmo - OCEAN MAN. makes music with horns?? pretty cool ig

Namo - everyone calls him mandos lmao L + ratio. valar of death? angel of death vibes ngl.

Vaire - Namo's wife. weaves time and stories. kinda simliar to the great spider weaver i think?? has a sick as fuck name

Irmo - EVERYONE CALLS HIM LORIAN LMAOOOOO (L loser), master of visions and dreams (you remember him from sansukh yuh yuh)

Este - Irmo's wife, healer of hurts (????)

Nienna - mightier than ester, sister of the feanturi (dont know what that is), and didn't marry. sad girl sings sad girl bops.

Tulkas - Tulkas Astaldo the valiant. last to come to the earth, helps with war against melkor. the REAL gigachad, fast as fuck boi. dumb as fuck tho (himbo? HIMBO!!) and a good friend :)

Nessa - Tulkas' wife. deer woman, loves to dance wee woo wee woo. (i also love her) sister of orome.

Orome - angery. loves middle earth, last to leave for valinor. hes THE REAL MONSTER HUNTER. loves dogs and trees (who doesn't tho) called aldaron, lord of forests. has a horse named Nahar, and a horn names valaroma

Vana - wife of orome, yavanna's younger sis, springe bay bee

There were nine of chief power, but ofc melkor got yeeted and there are 8. called the Aratar. Manwe, Varda, Ulmo, Yavanna, Aule, Mandos, Nienna, and Orome.

ITS MAIAR TIME BABEY

Ilmare - Handmaid of Varda

Eonwe - banner-bearer and herald of Manwe.

Osse - vassal of Ulmo. doesn't actually go into the ocean, loves the beach (sweater weather playing in the distance)

Uinen - Osse's wife, lady of the seas. can restrain osse's wildness (stronk woman awooga)

(end notes, 01/14/23)

Silmarillion notes

Like I've said before, someone told me to take notes for this round of reading the silmarillion (context: i've read it twice before and absorbed absolutely nothing of it) AND i also said that i only read the silmarillion when im really depressed or really fucking tired.

I already made a post about this, but my notes are absolutely fucking chaotic, and exactly ONE person said "hey, share ur notes." so. here is the post, I will simply be adding more on when i make more notes.

(also note: i have barely gotten past Valaquenta. Be patient with me <3)

The Valar or whatever IDK:

Eru/Illuvatar? - "The one" okay main character come thru. idk what he did tbh he just told melkor "hey stob it" a couple times

Melkor?? Morgoth?? Who tf are u? - Big Bad im guessing?? ofc he is self explanatory you dumbass bitch. sounds kinda slay tho. WAIT. IS HE HOT???

Manwe - The main gigachad

Varda - STAR LAYDEE (hello sailor), rejected melkor?? is he an incel???, pwetty lady make heart go boom boom

Aule - MOUNTAIN MAN TAKE ME BY THE HAND

Yavanna - The nature bitch (?), cottagecore probably, married mountain man, she's my favorite tbh. slay queen yas

(end notes for now, 10/14/22)

[ainurmoodboards]

Maiar of Oromë, The Huntsman of the Valar

Oromë was the husband of Vana and the brother of Nessa, and was known as The Lord of Forests, The Huntsman of the Valar, and The Great Rider. He was known for his love of hunting and when the Valar retreated from Middle-earth to Aman following the destruction of the two lamps, he would occasionally return to hunt the creatures of Melkor. It was during one of these hunts that he discovered the first elves wandering in the starlight, and he named them the Eldar, The People of the Stars. After dwelling with them for a while he returned to Aman to inform the rest of the Valar that the first Children of Illuvatar had awakened, and were already being plagued by Melkor’s creatures. It was eventually decided to invite the Eldar to join the Valar in Aman, setting in motion the beginning of the major events that lead to The Silmarilion.

Oromë loved horses and hounds and rode on a great horse named Nahar. It was for this reason that he was known of and loved by the people of Rohan, who claimed that their great horses known as the Mearas were descended from steeds Oromë brought from the West. It was also believed that the wild oxen the lived near the sea of Rhun were descended from Oromë’s oxen as well. Huan, The Hound of the Valar, was one of Oromë’s hunting dogs who had been granted special powers by the Valar.

Oromë was one of the Aratar and had a great horn called the Valaroma that he blew, which sounded like thunder and frightened even Melkor himself. It was for this reason that the people of Rohan named him Bema, a name that comes from a rootword for trumpet.

Pallando was a Maia of Oromë, a member of the Istari, and one of the Blue Wizards along with his friend Alatar. In Tolkien’s early drafts, he associated Pallando with Mandos and Nienna, but eventually changed this to make Pallando a Maia of Oromë, the Vala who had traveled and hunted with his retinue throughout Arda prior to the Awakening of the Elves. Because of this, Oromë had the most knowledge of the lands of Arda, including those to the east of the lands where The Lord of the Rings takes place.

Alatar was a Maia of Oromë and one of the two Ithryn Luin (Blue Wizards) along with Pallando. Alatar was the second Maia after Curumo/Curunir (Saruman) chosen to be one of the Istari and he chose to bring his friend Pallando, also a Maia of Orome, along with him. When they arrived in Middle-earth, they were sent into the east, beyond the borders of the maps that appear in Lord of the Rings, to combat the power of Sauron. It is generally believed that they were chosen because of their association with Orome, who would travel throughout Arda to hunt and was familiar with the even farthest places.

Tolkien’s perception of how successful Alatar and Pallando were changed throughout his stages of writing. In earlier drafts he envisioned them as failing, somewhat like Saruman, and instead either intentionally or unintentionally founding secret/magic cults. But later he changed this so that they were instead successful in leading some of the peoples in the east who didn’t worship Sauron to rise up against him. This is depicted as forcing Sauron to divert some of his attention and resources into the east, which helped make sure that the good peoples of the west weren’t overwhelmed by his forces. In these later drafts Tolkien gave the Blue Wizards new names, Morinhetar (Darkness Slayer) and Romestamo (East-Helper), though he doesn’t specify which name goes with which wizard.

Another Maia of Oromë was Tilion, the steersman of the moon. He often laid in the shade of the tree Telperion, and was strongly associated with the color silver. He was in love with Arien, though it isn't clear if that love was reciprocated. His love for her is used to explain why the moon is sometimes in the sky at the same time as the sun, and the moon's darks spots were said to come from when Tilion got too close to Arien's heat. When he left Arda to guide the moon in the sky, he forsook his humanoid/elvish "body" and took the form of a brilliant flash of light. Melkor sent many dark creatures and spirits into the sky to attack Tilion when he first appeared, but he managed to vanquish all of them. Tilion doesn't appear in Tolkien's early works; Ilinsor, a sylph (air spirit) who loved snow and starlight and assisted Varda, becomes the steersman of the Moon, while Irmo-Lorien's youthful servant Silmo was in charge of watering the tree Silpion/Telperion. At one stage of Tolkien’s writings, he invisioned animal characters such as the Eagles and Huan as being Maiar who took animal bodies instead of humanoid/elvish ones. This concept was eventually changed, but if it had been kept then Huan the Hound of the Valar would probably have been associated with Oromë as well. 

[0rome-archived]

Oromë gave the man a long, dark scowl, composing himself and resisting the urge of ripping one of the man's limbs off, just as a warning.

"Ye've clearly never heard of my secret bridge. Or the sound of Valaroma. Nae, A reckon ye're but a thrall tae Gothy, no a fighter. A was tae no cross tae Arda but A've done so and thinned Gothy's beasts when A could. Unfortunately Am tae admit his might with his armies is too much fer me alone. A ken well whit he does, which is why he's well hated."

0rome replied to your post ““You speak of things you don’t and never will understand. How about…”

“If we’re like Gothy A would’ve already eaten ye - Or worse, A would’ve fed ye tae Tills here. No very good, he’s got a small mouth; would be slow and painful.”

“Ye think I ken it not? How do ye think I can speak yer tongue? Sauron taught me, aye, and modified me to make sure I could be able to. Nae fer me asking, if I might add. And what about all tah others? Do ye ken what Gothy, as ye call him, had been doing fer centuries tah people, all over Arda but in yer precious Valinor? But naught, ‘twas only important when yer trees got burned, nae when hundreds o’people got tortured and turned into orcs and werewolves and worse things beside. He does these, and ye look away and twiddle yer metaphorichal thumbs, when ye could stop him.

So, oh Hunter of Monsters, ask yerself what yer precious Eru put ye into Arda tah begin with, when monsters are made and ye do nothing about them, nothing at all. Are ye still needed here, or should ye go back where yer other kin be?”

[ainurmoodboards]

Oromë (Winter Aesthetic)

Oromë was the husband of Vana and the brother of Nessa, and was known as The Lord of Forests, The Huntsman of the Valar, and The Great Rider. He was known for his love of hunting and when the Valar retreated from Middle-earth to Aman following the destruction of the two lamps, he would occasionally return to hunt the creatures of Melkor. It was during one of these hunts that he discovered the first elves wandering in the starlight, and he named them the Eldar, The People of the Stars. After dwelling with them for a while he returned to Aman to inform the rest of the Valar that the first Children of Illuvatar had awakened, and were already being plagued by Melkor’s creatures. It was eventually decided to invite the Eldar to join the Valar in Aman, setting in motion the beginning of the major events that lead to The Silmarilion. 

Oromë loved horses and hounds and rode on a great horse named Nahar. It was for this reason that he was known of and loved by the people of Rohan, who claimed that their great horses known as the Mearas were descended from steeds Oromë brought from the West. It was also believed that the wild oxen the lived near the sea of Rhun were descended from Oromë’s oxen as well. Huan, The Hound of the Valar, was one of Oromë’s hunting dogs who had been granted special powers by the Valar. 

Oromë was one of the Aratar and had a great horn called the Valaroma that he blew, which sounded like thunder and frightened even Melkor himself. It was for this reason that the people of Rohan named him Bema, a name that comes from a rootword for trumpet. 

In Tolkien’s early writings, when the Valar were more like Greco-Roman gods and could have children, Oromë was the son of Aulë and Yavanna and he and Vana had a daughter named Nieliqui.