Bedlam in Beleriand

Bedlam in Beleriand: A Last Homely Server D&D Campaign

[bedlam-in-beleriand]

About the campaign

Our first session was January 13th, 2024. We meet once a month, in three groups. Each session is ran again with each group, and through magic and suspension of belief, we make it work quite well.

We have a collection on ao3 here!

We use components of 5e and Adventures in Middle Earth (a 5e branch). Now, onto the story!

It is 2986, and 9 adventurers have recived letters froma mysterious "G", asking to meet in Bree in the Prancing Pony to investigate some rumors in the North, near the ruins of Fornost. The adventurers convence, but the mysterious G can no longer come, and asks them to please still investigate, then to meet him in Rivendell to tell him what they found.

They investigate, and report to Rivendell, to the one and only Gandalf. They tell him of what they found, a group of orcs, wargs, and some nameless thing. And he tells them that it was a test, to see if they were ready... to time travel to the first age, to help the peoples there and save who they can. As they meet new friends in Rivendell, time travel back to First Age 456 and find their footing, the party grows to 15 adventurers.

They soon meet a hero of the first age, and begin their journey into the chaos and bedlam of Beleriand.

Now, we meet our party.

Characters:

Amriel

Elf - Lorinand

Scholar

2986

Packrat of tea & scrolls. Former follower of Amroth. Has packrat friend named Insil.

Baennor

Elf - Rivendell, Noldor

Wanderer

~2890

Smith

Brianna Hornbeam

Human - Breelander

Warden

33

Former Bounder of Bree, now voyager/diplomat in the Southlands. Enjoys a good campfire singalong.

Caranel

Elf - Rivendell, Noldor

Rogue

~500

Though very young by elf standards, knows a bit about the first age because both parents are (former) Feanorians. Is more than he seems.

Celemiril

Elf - Mirkwood

Scholar

~750

Young, frequently visits Rivendell, rather book-smart than street-smart, and due to her young age, her knowledge about the first age is purely theoretical (books/scrolls/discussions with the ones remembering the past)

Clover Cotton

Hobbit - Harfoot

Ranger

Mid 40's

Clover will always put priority on food and safety and will take no one’s BS. She gives great hugs in case of need.

Cormac

Dwarf - Iron Hills

Slayer

[age here]

Egil of Erebor

Dwarf - Erebor

Scholar

~60

Nerd about old stories and preserving historical documents, randomly plays music whenever he has nothing better to do, and likes to look good, might get grumpy if he has to go any more than three days without having the time to properly comb and braid his hair and beard.

Haethrun

Human - Beorning

Fighter

26-27

Honey connoisseur.

Meledhel

Half elf, half orc - Avari

Druid

3000+

A kind and thoughtful crafter with a love of pink.

Mili

Dwarf - Erebor

Scholar

Early 50's

Is often mistaken for a young man of the bardings by people who don't know her.

Mirenilde, aka "Mirya"

Elf - Valinorian Feanorian

Wanderer

7172

Former follower of Maedhros

Odd

Dwarf - Grey Mountains

Wanderer

77

Would love to be a great craftsman and chemist, regrettably more suited to destroying things.

Trevadriel

Elf - Rivendell

Wanderer

541

Mommy issues. Was supposed to travel to the East. Philosophically confused.

Tirmalda Turkavarno Larpenasta, "Aewglin"

Elf - Valinorian Feanorian

Scholar

Older than Feanor, younger than Finwe

Ancient babysitter, now healer. always open to talk about embarrassing stories of the royal family as children. Helped raise Feanor and his sons, most of the Finweans.

The DM

Possibly Eru Iluvatar

Older than the universe

Has ultimate power, ultimately uses it to torture the players and characters

(joking aside, I'm the DM, and @curiouselleth is my main blog where I post a variety of Silmarillion stuff, fanfic, art, and nonsense 💖)

Guest characters - only present in single sessions

Halwyn

Human - people of Haleth

Slayer

27

Secret sister of Haleth who was hidden away. Loves embroidery.

Hithiel

Elf - Ossiriland

Scholar

[age here]

Diplomat of the Green elves.

[camille-lachenille]

Thank you @thelien-art for this portrait of my beloved OCs, Bellien and Bruidagra, that I created for the @bedlam-in-beleriand dnd campaign. They're old, they're weirdos and they're in love.

[quenta-narsilion]

Edrahil of Nargothrond

The chief of the Ten who remained faithful to Finrod and followed him and Beren on the Quest for the Silmaril, and the only one to be named.

A message from Laure:

Although he's a very minor character in the Silmarillion and is often overlooked, I find Edrahil's decision to speak up during Finrod's abdication to be very interesting and telling of his character, showing how much he cares about Finrod and his kingdom.

But what made me truly care about Edrahil and want to cosplay him is his role and character in the DnD campaign @bedlam-in-beleriand , which I am part of. There, he plays a significant role in the plot as the Captain of the Guard and as Finrod's partner.

The costume is based on his uniform in the campaign, bearing Finrod's sigil on the tunic, which is hand painted on the fabric by me.

Edrahil: @maellor

[erdarieldraws]

Two lonely souls; one a warrior prince, the other a minstrel chasing lost fragments of history. Ordinarily, they should have little to do with one another... but when both are swept along on an adventure far from home and its rules of propriety, a connection grows that cannot be denied. They have been tasked with saving a world. Can they also save each other?

Happy Valentine's Day! Here's a silly little book cover I made, featuring my Egil and @my-gender-is-the-silmarils' Thili from @bedlam-in-beleriand! I do really love our silly gay dwarves

[helsex]

Guy who is touch starved but emotionally repressed goading you into punching him for completely normal reasons

[lidoshka]

El arte y el artista + The art and the artist

@feanorianweek #5 - Curufin

[foxleycrow]

Celegorm & Curufin for @feanorianweek — procreate drawing. I enjoy drawing sad Fëanorians.

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

Celegorm: guys...I don’t think this is a great idea.

Maglor: I mean this in the nicest way possible, but if Celegorm is being the voice of reason, then this entire operation is fucked.

[thetiredprometheus]

Plus matching pyjama version:

@maedhros-where-he-should-be

@rains-of-eurus

Pretty rough but I hope it's okay

[sakasakiii]

imladris lads :D it started off as a few doodles of gildor bc of a great prompt i received from an anon a few weeks ago, and then spiralled into something else entirely bc i havent really taken the time to explore much of anything imladris-related? i really like the lindir-is-maglor concept so heres my take on how it couldve happened haha

as always, credit to Cartoon Network for the sparkly pink BG

thanks so much for the ask!! here's my take on gildor :DD i really like the way anon asked the question and it was what inspired me to draw finrod in the mix too strangely enough?? the vibes are similar 🤭

[camille-lachenille]

@curiouselleth Gildor spotted!

[alyaofthenumenorians]

Non-Silamarillion fans, you have just been dropped into Arda.

Who do you choose to befriend, knowing nothing about? (Non-Silm fans only, plz! No cheating!)

8 ft tall scarred hot ginger elf with PTSD and a missing hand

Elf blacksmith who keeps going on about rocks and is named ‘Spirit of Fire’

Sad but hot human man with a black sword, lots of names, and survivor’s guilt

Quiet artsy emo elf teen who wears all black and stares into your soul

Handsome magical king’s advisor who wants humans to sail to the undying lands

Voting ended onFeb 14, 2025

[tanoraqui]

Now that this is done, I think I can say that, judging not by the intent of the character but rather by their blast radius, ie, the record of how likely is anyone who personally knew them to survive, the options from Best to Worst are:

BEST: Quiet artsy emo elf teen who wears all black and stare into your soul/Maeglin — many people survived the fall of Gondolin, including notably Idril, Tuor and Eärendil, who are textually confirmed to be fine to this day even though he TRIED to kill them!

8 ft tall scarred hot ginger elf with PTSD and a missing hand/Maedhros — at least 2 people, Elrond and Elros, textually survived sustained interaction with Maedhros.

Handsome magical king’s advisor who wants humans to sail to the undying lands/Sauron — technically, a lot of people are implied to have met Sauron whose fates are not confirmed—orc generals, southern and eastern kings, non-Celebrimbor artisans of Eregion. And Frodo, and even Sam briefly bore the Ring! Say, 1.5 people met Sauron and provably survived, even though the experience sucked.

Elf blacksmith who keeps going on about rocks and is named “Spirit of Fire/Fëanor — there are no confirmed survivors of interaction with Fëanor. there are a number of unknown fates, ie, not explicitly dead nor dead-then-alive-again [for the purposes of this polls, we tumblr users not being Elvish, I think that counts as dead.] These include Nerdanel, Finarfin, Maglor.

WORST: Sad but hot human man with a black sword, lots of names, and survivor’s guilt/Túrin — I can only think of one (1) character whose fate is, at best, unconfirmed after meeting Túrin. Otherwise, everyone who meets Túrin canonically dies. Everyone who loves Túrin, or whom Túrin loves, dies particularly tragically. There could be unnamed, unmentioned Iathrim or Nargothrondrim who survived the falls of their countries…. But mostly, I know it may be tempting, because his intentions are so good and he’s a true and loyal friend, but do NOT befriend Túrin!

[matineaux-deactivated20260222]

kind of weird how parts of your soul are left in various locations without any warning… like yes i’m always at the top of that hill, sitting at the bus stop, in the cool light of the Japanese restaurant, standing at the pier etc etc

[bedlam-in-beleriand]

Proper post later BUT

THEY WON THE NIRNAETH

Possibly soon to be called Dagor Erthad - Battle of the Union

THEY KILLED GLAURUNG AND GOTHMOG AND ANOTHER BALROG

THEY SAVED FINGON AND HURIN AND HUOR AND AZAGHAL AND EVERYONE

[curiouselleth]

Caranel Dragonsbane

Trevadriel Balrogsbane

Odd the Clever, whose weapons blinded Glaurung himself

Egil the Battle Bard, whose inspiration kept everyone going even in the thickest of the fight

Amriel the Faithful, who called Ulmo himself and he answered

Mirya the Defiant, who screamed at Gothmog to put Finrod down and Gothmog listened

(by @enjolras-in-valinor)

[bedlam-in-beleriand]

Proper post later BUT

THEY WON THE NIRNAETH

Possibly soon to be called Dagor Erthad - Battle of the Union

THEY KILLED GLAURUNG AND GOTHMOG AND ANOTHER BALROG

THEY SAVED FINGON AND HURIN AND HUOR AND AZAGHAL AND EVERYONE

[yewfae]

Tolkien: Elwe and Olwe had a brother called Elmo

Me: I am a serious adult taking things seriously

Me:

Me:

[subatoism]

Love love love characters that present themselves as emotionally open social butterflies but the more you see of them the more obvious it is that they’re the most closed off fuckers in the story. Sure, they want to help you with your personal problems and messy emotions, but if you turn that shit back on them, they’ll shut down or deflect every time. Why are you sticking your nose in their business anyway? It’s not like it matters. They’re not a person, they’re just a role being played. They’re the guy who fixes things and saves people. Please ignore the man behind the mask, he’s fine. Everything’s fine.

[bedlam-in-beleriand]

How to draw a family tree: Bedlam in Beleriand DnD campaign edition

start drawing a regular family tree from Tolkien's works

draw a second canon family tree, as unrelated to the previous as possible

add OCs on both trees for flavour

start connecting the two families with various adoption, platonic and marriage bonds

add a third canon family tree for more flavour (also works with an entirely homebrewed family tree)

oh no. It's starting to grow in circles

repeat steps 1 to 5 a couple times

add more OCs, canon characters and links between them where you can still see the paper under the ink

the end result should look like this: