Oct 1, 2025
Meet Lil' Erestor, my mascot for @erestober!
Here he is on my windowsill, and he will accompany me throughout the month - follow along and see where all he ends up!
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Meet Lil' Erestor, my mascot for @erestober!
Here he is on my windowsill, and he will accompany me throughout the month - follow along and see where all he ends up!
Here are the prompts for Erestober! Each week has a quote from Lord of the Rings and three keywords, and then three art medium prompts and three autumn-themed prompts (because it is my favourite season).
You can use the prompts however you wish - let them inspire you, or do your own thing!
October 1st - 7th
Beside Glorfindel there were several other counsellors of Elrond’s household, of whom Erestor was the chief.
Origins | Lore | Life
Epistolary | Bookbinding | Meta
Roasted Chestnuts | Rainy Afternoons | Corn Mazes
October 8th - 14th
“Then,” said Erestor, “there are but two courses, as Glorfindel already has declared; to hide the Ring for ever; or to unmake it. But both are beyond our power. Who will read this riddle for us?”
Riddles | Decisions | Uncertainty
Drabbles | Moodboards | Costume Design
Falling Leaves | Equinox | Fairy Tales
October 15th - 21st
First rode Elrohir and Elladan with a banner of silver, and then came Glorfindel and Erestor and all the household of Rivendell.
Relationships | Family | Loyalty
Filking | Photography | Fiber Arts
Harvest Festivals | Kite Flying | Candy
October 22nd - 28th
“Thus we return once more to the destroying of the Ring,” said Erestor, “and yet we come no nearer. What strength have we for the finding of the Fire in which it was made? That is the path of despair. Of folly I would say, if the long wisdom of Elrond did not forbid me.”
Hope and despair | Wisdom | Experience
Poetry | Calligraphy | Sculpture
First Frost | Fog | Wind
October 29th - 31st
“But within those bounds nothing seems to dismay him,” said Erestor.
Alternate Universe | Crack | Beyond Canon
Playlists | Comments | Rec Lists
Ghosts | Pumpkins | Cobwebs
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
For @erestober
Characters: Erestor, Maedhros, Caranthir, Haleth
Relationships: Erestor & Caranthir & Haleth, Erestor & Maedhros, Caranthir/Haleth
Tags: Wakes & Funerals, Grief/Mourning, Family, Gifts, Unreceived Gifts, Angst, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Uncle-Nephew Relationship, Mentioned Fëanor, Mentioned Míriel, Erestor as the son of Halenthir, Fëanorian Erestor
Summary:
"It will grow tall and strong in time," Atya had told Erestor at the funeral after they and his cousin - his mother's nephew - planted the sapling together. "And it will shelter many men and elves and beasts alike, just like how your mother had sheltered her people."
Though those words were said in comfort to Erestor, his father drew no solace from them for himself. He was an elf who had just lost his mortal wife for eternity, and there was no quick cure to heal the ills of such grief. Atya had stood vigil by the little tree for an entire turn of the Sun and Moon, then he retreated inside his tent and had not left it since. --------
Days after the funeral of his mother Haleth, Erestor gets a visit from an uncle he's meeting for the first time and receives a gift that has missed his parent's wedding until it is far too late.
Nuonyárë (Chapter 2 of 4)
In which a chance encounter with a sickly Elfling at the edges of Gil-galad's encampment turns Erestor's world on its head.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
A child of an outcast house. A soldier of unlikely fortune. A man whose place in the world is the space between. A friend in unprecedented circumstances.
Or, in a nutshell, Erestor.
My contribution to @erestober 2025. Chapter 2 now up! Fits well with the prompt "uncertainty", I think. :)
Lil' Erestor by the harbour!
What will he do? Hopefully not kinslaying and arson!
Lil' Erestor in the big city (Hamburg)
What is he up to?
Tomorrow!!!
Erestober begins tomorrow! I'm excited - I hope you are too
For anyone who needs some last-minute inspiration - here's the prompt list!
It's the third week of Erestober! This week's Erestor quote is
First rode Elrohir and Elladan with a banner of silver, and then came Glorfindel and Erestor and all the household of Rivendell.
This week's prompts:
Relationships | Family | Loyalty
Filking | Photography | Fiber Arts
Harvest Festivals | Kite Flying | Candy
As always, the prompts are there for inspiration, and you can use them however you wish - or not at all!