"But Ulmo coming up the river laid a deep sleep upon them and heavy dreams; and the trouble of the dreams remained after they awoke, but neither said aught to the other, for their memory was not clear, and each believed that Ulmo had sent a message to him alone. But unquiet was upon them ever after, and doubt of what should befall, and they wandered often alone in untrodden lands, seeking far and wide for places of hidden strength; for it seemed to each that he was bidden to prepare for a day of evil, and to establish a retreat, lest Morgoth should burst from Angband and overthrow the armies of the North." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Of the Return of the Noldor"
@esotolkienweek day 4: lakes & rivers, sleep ⇢ FINROD & TURGON BY AELIN-UIAL
[ID: a picspam made up of 12 images in shades of brown, blue, and green.
1: Branches over water / 2: A cave with column-like mineral formations and a shallow pool of water in the center. Light comes in from an unseen opening in the ceiling / 3: Brown and green italicized serif text on a black background reads "And when again thirty years had passed, Turgon son of Fingolfin left Nevrast where he dwelt and sought out Finrod his friend upon the island of Tol Sirion, and they journeyed southward along the river," / 4: A person's hand brushing the surface of green water. They have dark brown skin / 5: Flowers bending down to touch rippling water / 6: A starry night sky, with the brown clouds of a nebula or galaxy / 7: A duck swimming in a shallow, sunlit stream / 8: The lower half of Kenyette Barnes's face. She has brown skin and long golden-brown hair in dreadlocks / 9: White buildings against a pale blue sky / 10: Same format as Image 3, but the text reads "being weary for a while of the northern mountains; and as they journeyed night came upon them beyond the Meres of Twilight beside the waters of Sirion, and they slept upon his banks beneath the summer stars." / 11: The tree-lined shore of a river seen through mist / 12: Steep mountain peaks covered in snow //End ID]
