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Swords of the wandering star

(Anguirel and Anglachel for @esotolkienweek day 4: relics)

#esotolkienweek2026 #esotolkienweek #anguirel #anglachel #the silmarillion #tolkien art #silm art #swords #arting with the wild hunt #brought to you by me #described #when anglachel gets made over as gurthang she loses the gold hilt. not edgy enough for túrin (and too reminiscent of beleg)

Well, look who it is...

That's right, Esoteric Tolkien Week, your center for all things strange, mystical, inexplicable, and unfathomed in Arda and beyond, is back for round two! We are open to all types and ratings of fanwork, and are eager to welcome returners and new faces alike. A few bits of useful tattle for the moment:

Further information and event guidelines can be found here

Prompts will be released by the end of the month (March 31st, 2026)

Event planned to run July 13th - 19th, 2026

An ao3 collection will open closer to the run date—if you have any work hanging around that you'd like to submit now, or just want to get inspired, you can find the small but mighty 2025 collection here

And that's about it for now! Feel free to jump in the askbox with any burning questions you come up with in the meantime, or any other words that need sharing.

Looking forward to creating with you again in this second lap of ours 💫 Welcome, or welcome back.

— mod @riding-with-the-wild-hunt

(Banner artwork by Frédéric Bennett)

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@esotolkienweek day five | ruins | eregion-that-was

The travellers reached a low ridge crowned with ancient hollytrees whose grey-green trunks seemed to have been built out of the very stone of the hills. Their dark leaves shone and their berries glowed red in the light of the rising sun. Away in the south Frodo could see the dim shapes of lofty mountains that seemed now to stand across the path that the Company was taking. At the left of this high range rose three peaks; the tallest and nearest stood up like a tooth tipped with snow; its great, bare, northern precipice was still largely in the shadow, but where the sunlight slanted upon it, it glowed red. Gandalf stood at Frodo’s side and looked out under his hand. ‘We have done well,’ he said. ‘We have reached the borders of the country that Men call Hollin; many Elves lived here in happier days, when Eregion was its name.’ [...] ‘I think we will rest here, not only today but tonight as well. There is a wholesome air about Hollin. Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the Elves, if once they dwelt there.’ ‘That is true,’ said Legolas. ‘But the Elves of this land were of a race strange to us of the silvan folk, and the trees and the grass do not now remember them. Only I hear the stones lament them: deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone. They are gone. They sought the Havens long ago.’

—The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, “The Ring Goes South”

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@esotolkienweek day one: lands ༝ the witch-realm of angmar

1 "the kingdom of angmar was founded in the far north of the misty mountains by the lord of the nazgûl, who was then aptly named the 'witch-king of angmar.' rising in TA 1300, angmar was established with the purpose of quelling the dúnedain of the north and the remains of arnor."

2 "the capital of angmar was carn dûm. it was the realm’s greatest fortress and served also as the seat of its king; it stood on the northwestern hand of the mountains of angmar. a mountain fortress of evil, carn dûm was inhabited by dark-willed men, orcs, and other fell creatures in service to the witch king of angmar."

#esotolkienweek #esotolkienweek2026 #lotr #angmar #lord of the rings #sulove’s works #I said I was going to do something witch - king related .#witch king my good friend my good friend witch king and his evil fortress castle #angmar is top four tolkien locations for me i cannot even lie #video

A Matter of Song

a treat for @antlered-vixen and just in time for @esotolkienweek

During the Noontide of Valinor, Findekáno is summoned to perform the ancient rites of the Awakening of Song. His guide is to be Fëanáro, the greatest of singers among all Eldalië.

Ecstasy grips both guide and student. Their Music unravels beyond them, in its subtle mystical ways, altering the course of the river that dictates the fate of the Noldor all.

On AO3.

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"Thus led by Tuor son of Huor the remnant of Gondolin passed over the mountains, and came down into the Vale of Sirion and fleeing southward by weary and dangerous marches they came at length to Nan-tathren, the Land of Willows, for the power of Ulmo yet ran in the great river, and it was about them. . . There Tuor made a song for Eärendil his son, concerning the coming of Ulmo the Lord of Waters to the shores of Nevrast aforetime and the sea-longing woke in his heart, and in his son’s also." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"

@esotolkien week day 2: waters, music ❃ TUOR IN NAN-TATHREN

[ID: an edit comprised of four posters primarily in shades of green, blue, and peachy orange. Each picture contains text from J.R.R. Tolkien's poem The Horns of Ylmir. From top to bottom, left to right, the images show:

1: Willow branches hanging over gently rippling water. A thin white rectangular frame encompasses the center of the picture, with a cutout at the top in which cursive text reads "Nan-tathren." Smaller white serif text at the bottom of the frame reads "Twas in the Land of Willows where the grass is long and green— / I was fingering my harp-strings, for a wind had crept unseen" / 2: Waves crashing on a rocky shore, lit by warm sunlight. Same format as Image 1, but the cutout is at the bottom, and reads "Belegaer," while the serif text is at the top and reads "And was speaking in the tree-tops, while the voices of the reeds / Were whispering reedy whispers as the sunset touched the meads / Inland musics subtly magic that those reeds alone could weave" / 3: Ocean waves rolling onto a beach, a distant headland visible in the haze. Same format as Image 2, but the text reads "Great Sea" and "Twas in the Land of Willows that once Ylmir came at eve. / In the twilight by the river on a hollow thing of shell" / 4: Reeds and cattails growing by green water. Same format as Image 1, but the text reads "Land of Willows" and "He made immortal music, till my heart beneath his spell / Was broken in the twilight, and the meadows faded dim / To great grey waters heaving round the rocks where sea-birds swim."//End ID]

#esotolkienweek2026 #esotolkienweek #tuor #nan-tathren #ulmo #beleriand #the silmarillion #the fall of gondolin #tfog #tolkienedit #silmedit #tolkiensource #sourcetolkien #oneringnet #fantasyedit #litedit #edits with the wild hunt #brought to you by me #described

"And the deeps rose beneath them in towering anger, and waves like unto mountains moving with great caps of writhen snow bore them up amid the wreckage of the clouds, and after many days cast them away upon the shores of Middle-earth. And all the coasts and seaward regions of the western world suffered great change and ruin in that time; for the seas invaded the lands, and shores foundered, and ancient isles were drowned, and new isles were uplifted; and hills crumbled and rivers were turned into strange courses." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth"

@esotolkienweek day 1: lands ❃ REMNANTS OF BELERIAND

[ID: an edit comprised of four banners in various shades of muted, desaturated grey, brown, and green. From top to bottom, they show:

1: A lone boulder on a rocky outcropping amid sparse grass. White gothic-style text at the center of the image reads "Tol Morwen" in all caps, and beneath it, in a smaller white serif font, "morwen's isle" / 2: The shores of a mountainous, forested island beneath an overcast sky. Same format as Image 1, but the text reads "Tol Fuin" and "the dark isle" / 3: The ruins of a stone building overlooking a small, rocky inlet, looking out to sea. Same format as the previous images, but the text reads "Himring" and "the ruined fortress" / 4: A stone castle built out into a harbor. Text reads "Lindon" and "the last city"//End ID]

#esotolkienweek #esotolkienweek2026 #the silmarillion #beleriand #tol morwen #tol fuin #himring #lindon #tolkienedit #silmedit #fantasyedit #litedit #tolkiensource #sourcetolkien #oneringnet #edits with the wild hunt #brought to you by me #described

2026 Esoteric Tolkien Week prompts have landed! As before, each day is composed of a place, an action, and an object—feel free to use some, all, or none as you see fit; they are inspirational, not obligatory. Further event guidelines can be found here for your delectation as you begin your idea-brewing process. And as always, feel free to reach out with any questions, concerns, or world-altering secrets in the meantime.

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