#estel

[inwpaintress]

[wild-flowerhoney]

elrond as a dad is a concept people don't use enough frankly. just. elrohir and elladan and arwen following their ada around like ducklings. as they grow they keep doing it and it's not uncommon to see three adult elves just shadowing their father whenever they're not off causing chaos.

then arwen leaves and aragorn all but drops on elrond's lap and he picks up on it and now its elrohir, elladan and estel making a line after him. estel gets left behind easily so elrond is in the habit of checking that he's got all his kids following him.

after, in valinor, elrond will sometimes falter, not hearing the familiar steps following his own. even after elrohir and elladan sail, he'll turn every so often and freeze, panicking for a moment because where are arwen and estel? when did he leave them behind? and as soon as that moment is over he's just feeling the loss of them all over again. the twins never say anything, never protest or even seem to notice the sudden stops. they just leave him time to compose himself until he's ready to keep walking.

[inthehouseoffinwe]

Ok so I do like using Lindir is actually Maglor.

But I love the idea that he’s just some random kid who got promoted by Elrond because he has the people skills and can handle things like rowdy dwarves without causing a political fallout. Before this he was just happily doing his thing being a minstrel in the Hall of Fire, which is where Celebrian first noticed this talent.

He was offered the job. He accepted with honour.

But he didn’t realise the sheer amount of shenanigans such a job would entail. And now he’s permanently part of the House of Elrond and all the drama and fun that comes with it.

Featuring: An Age Old Kinslayer reluctantly dragged kicking and screaming by a far too happy Glorfindel to his new home. A grumpy advisor. A very flamboyant Captain who for some reason loves to irritate everyone the Advisor and sad old Kinslayer. A workaholic Lord far too good at playing off his exhaustion. A deceptively mischievous Lady who ropes him into her schemes. And a constant stream of Dunedain chieflings playing in the halls, bringing chaos where they go, almost knocking over priceless artefacts.

And let’s not forget Elrond’s children. He’s only a century older than Elladan and Elrohir and has a minor crisis when they call him ‘Uncle’ for the first time. (They grow out of it very quickly, but still call him that on occasion just to mess with him.)

Arwen’s no better.

Aragorn… well he can’t fault the boy for it. By this point it’s endearing rather than crisis inducing… though that might just be because he’s human.

(Elrond’s very proud of him.)

[mooneyedmoth]

Elrond and his boys; Elladan, Elrohir and little 10 year old Estel (and Bilbos here too for scale)

So like...I kinda went rouge and did my own thing for this family because I wanted them to be compatible with the Elwing and Eärendil designs I made back in February.

Also for our purposes this is what Elladan and Elrohir wear when they are visiting Rivendell and lounging around, not what they wear to hunt orcs lol

[lynarc]

[leucisticpuffin]

@tolkiensiblingsweek, day 2: In which Estel wants to be just like his foster brothers, so they're taking him on an Adventure. (He's brought his wooden sword in case of monsters.)

[southaway]

@nolofinweanweek Day Seven: King Elessar

Just barely finished in time for the last day of Nolofinwean Week, but I did it. Maybe at some point I'll do a matching portrait of Arwen. I debated which of them to draw, knowing I wouldn't have time to draw both. And it came down to me having drawn just Arwen more recently than just Aragorn. Still I'm happy with it. I stuck with the same color theme and a lot of the same patterns as I used in my 2023 piece of Aragorn and Arwen wed

[falpiancaraxus]

Will forever be on the hill of Elrond doesn't hate Aragorn for loving Arwen, neither is he mad at Aragorn for it. Elrond has love Aragorn since he took that boy as part of his family, and he will forever love that little starry eyed boys, looking at him in wonder and endless questions about the world. But the moment he made Aragorn his adopted son is also the moment he had accepted that his Estel will not be forever. A human life, no matter if they're Dunedain born or not, is still too short a life compared to an Elf. Thus, over the years of Elrond raising Aragorn, he had slowly accepted that the little child to whom he sang elvish lullaby every night will live a short life.

So when Aragorn came to him, professing his love to Arwen, his only daughter, it's not the anger for their love that cause him to lash out but instead of the reality that he will lose both his son and his daughter.