#barahir

[silmalope]

i was out of town for most of @tolkienfashionweek last week, so here is a fill for a few different days at once! feat. Aerin modeling First Age Hadorian womenswear and some partly finished sketches of Bëorians :)

[fickleartdump]

finrod and his humans </3

less blurry versions under cut

[nynevefromthelake]

Finrod &the ring of Barahir

[elena-kukanova]

In the meantime, a whole plot bundle has come together

Fen of Serech

[ayaosguqin]

King of Nargothrond , Five Act Tragedy

“I go now to my long rest in the timeless halls beyond the seas and the Mountains of Aman. It will be long ere I am seen among the Noldor again; and it may be that we shall not meet a second time in death or life, for the fates of our kindreds are apart. Farewell!' He died then in the dark, in Tol-in-Gaurhoth, whose great tower he himself had built.

Link to my Ko Fi

[thesummerestsolstice]

Going with the idea that the Silmarillion is a flawed recounting of First Age history, what is the *funniest* thing it could be wrong about?

Celegorm tried to kidnap and marry *Beren,* not Luthien

Maeglin didn't actually exist

Thingol didn't die, he and Melian just got lost in the woods for 200 more years

Fingon and Galadriel are the same person, somehow

"Maedhros" is actually three different people

Findis is also Miriel's child but everyone forgets her :(

Finarfin was married to Eonwe, not Earwen

Beren, Barahir, and Beor have all had their names and roles mixed up

Most of the stated genders in the Silmarillion are wrong

Voting ended onSep 6, 2024

[forestials]

“…but Barahir came up with the bravest of his men and rescued him, and made a wall of spears about him; and they cut their way out of the battle with great loss. Thus Felagund escaped, and returned to his deep fortress of Nargothrond; but he swore an oath of abiding friendship and aid in every need to Barahir and all his kin, and in token of his vow he gave to Barahir his ring."

[eilinelsghost]

The Ring of Felagund/The Ring of Barahir

I confess that (despite mostly enjoying the films) I hold onto several longstanding and extremely petty beefs with Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy. And, surprising no one, my pettiest and fiercest grudge is their design for the Ring of Barahir.

I think (besides the One Ring) it's the most clearly described piece of jewelry in the legendarium:

two serpents with emerald eyes, one upholding, one devouring a crown of golden flowers

And yet! When you look at the film's design, there is a) no crown of golden flowers, b) the serpents do not seem to be either upholding or devouring anything, but kind of just chilling there, and c) the serpents do not have emerald eyes, but rather a single, giant emerald that's plopped in the middle, presumably in place of the golden crown.

It's a lovely ring! But it's not the ring Finrod gave to Barahir.

Anyway, all that to say I finally caved and drew the one that has lived in my head for 24 years. Please clap.