men of the west

a blog completely dedicated to the northern dúnedain "they were the SONS and DAUGHTERS of FORGOTTEN kings, walking in loneliness" ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧

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- Celairant -

[dunadaneth]

Thank you to @mariaeldin for the beautiful paintings of Créa! They came out so beautifully and look like they belong in a medieval book somewhere, and I can’t wait to get these in the mail to have in my room :’)

[sirgarrowman]

Commission for dunadaneth

❤❤❤thank you❤❤❤

[yoursarcastichorse]

Finished another comm of @/dunadaan's ranger, I'm obsessed with her features!!!

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“Few of your friends made it out of Tâl Methedras, and the tales of those who did are not encouraging.”

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“Do not be fooled… It was Radanir’s idea.”

“Quiet.”

if nothing else i think we can all agree Radanir is the most dramatic

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‘I will be glad to see daylight again, and I know Lothrandir must feel the same!’

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low effort joke but the ‘this orc has broken every bone in its body’ line murdered me

[dunedainsource]

really happy to announce a new and improved tagging system!

[tolkienillustrations]

The Grey Company by Catherine Karina Chmiel

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The prisoner of Nan Curunír

aka Lothrandir aka The Ranger I’ve Lost Sleep over

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“You’re laughing. I mucked all the ox pens in Tûr Morva and you’re laughing”

This time it’s Radanir and Halbarad, running very important errands for the Falcon clan.

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OBSESSED with LOTRO lately, drew some of the Grey Company on the road. Left to right we have Corunir, Dagoras, Langlas, and Golodir, four of my favorites. Used artbreeder to scheme up some faces and then referred back to the game models for specifics.

nerd thoughts under the cut:

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[askmiddlearth]

Sarn Ford

The Dunedain rangers protect the Shire because it was originally a part of Arnor, which was their kingdom. So they feel it’s their duty to protect the hobbits (I mean, they protect the rest of the people living in Eriador, but by the time the War of the Ring comes around, the Shire is the largest settlement of men left.) Also, the hobbits are so innocent, I think most people who aren’t evil have a huge soft-spot for them. (Also, Gandalf told them to.)

When the nazgul came to the Shire, they came riding up the Greenway (an old road that connected Gondor to Arnor.) At Sarn Ford, a rocky crossing of the Brandywine along the southern border of the Shire, the nazgul ran into a group of rangers stationed there to protect the Shire. There was a fight, but the nazgul chased the rangers off. Four of the nazgul ride into the Shire, while the other five continue to chase the rangers off towards the east.

So, the rangers did try to protect the Shire from the nazgul. It’s just.. they’re nazgul, you know? Not a whole lot men could do about it. The nazgul basically went wherever and did whatever they wanted in Eriador, until they met Glorfindel at the Last Bridge and were driven off themselves, allowing Aragorn and the hobbits to make it close enough to Rivendell for Frodo to beat the nazul to the Bruinen.

((I’d love to see an animated map showing the nazgul’s movements in Eriador during the Fellowship of the Ring, because it seems like they’re just running back and forth all over the place.))

SOURCES: LOTR, LOTR Appendices

((This is a screenshot from the Sarn Ford segment of Lord of the Rings: War in the North))

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The House of Húrin by Magali Villeneuve 

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Why the Dunedain matter: a psa

The films imply that Sauron’s influence & growing power can be noticed even in Eriador, i.e. the stone trolls wandering south from The Trollshaws

Who are the first people to notice things changing/going awry in the North? The same people who guard it, aka the Dunedain.

If the Nine have been set free from their tombs, where’s the first place the Witch-king is probably gonna head after Dol Guldur? Angmar.

Guess who is stuck watching the cesspit that is Angmar. If you guessed the Dunedain, you guessed correctly.

Who probably discovers the tombs are empty after Gandalf and Radagast?

The same people who sealed the Witch-king away, aka the Dunedain

Who has to deal with all the shit Thorin & Co. stirred up on their way through Eriador? 

The Dunedain

Who also has lost a kingdom partially to greed and cowardice and has wandered homeless for nearly an age aside from the dwarves of Erebor?

The Dunedain

Guess who has all but lost their hope of a having a kingdom once more save for a prophecy that foretells it one day being rebuilt aside from Thorin & Co?

If you guessed the Dunedain, you are correct

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Idraen by JakeMurray