#gilmith

[hhimring]

Stay a Little While

Late submission for @halfelvenweek for Day 5 (Gilmith).

I have previously written a pair of stories in which Gilmith meets Maglor by the sea, two years after her mother Mithrellas left, and a second time when Gilmith is beginning to age. Gilmith reminds Maglor of Elrond and Elros and he feels that any comfort or explanation he can try to offer for his fellow elf Mithrellas is inadequate, but to Gilmith what he does say is meaningful and at the end of the second encounter she asks him to stay with her a little while. He agrees. A little while can stretch a bit, when the person involved is an elf born in the Years of the Trees...

Seasons come. Seasons go. Gilmith’s hair turns white, old age finally catching up with her. Maglor’s hair stays black. He remains with her until the end, a discreet presence held by her request.

Gilmith dies as the sun rises over Dol Amroth, painting sea and sky in brilliant colours. Maglor, who cradled her in his arms over the past hours to ease her breathing, gently puts her down.  The low sounds of the lullaby he was humming cease.

Maglor leaves. The rest belongs to Gilmith’s mortal relatives. A fresh grief blossoms alongside ancient pain, as he walks on in sunlight.

(100 words in MS Word)

The previous ficlets (links go to AO3):

First encounter: Half-Elven

Second encounter: A Distant Shore

[The beginning of the drabble incorporates the current prompt for tolkien100, a drabble community on Dreamwidth]

[naryaflame]

Gilmith, Half-Elven My first piece for @tolkienrsb 2021; I was lucky enough to have this claimed by the wonderful irivail.  Keep an eye out for their fic when reveals happen next weekend!

[thegirlwhohid]

According to the same traditions Galador was the son of Imrazór the Númenórean, who dwelt in Belfalas, and the Elven-lady Mithrellas. She was one of the companions of Nimrodel, among many of the Elves that fled to the coast about the year 1980 of the Third Age, when evil arose in Moria; and Nimrodel and her maidens stayed in the wooded hills, and were lost. But in this tale it is said that Imrazór harboured Mithrellas, and took her to wife. But when she had borne him a son, Galador, and a daughter, Gilmith, she slipped away by night and he saw her no more.

Gilmith moodboard

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[lesbiansandboromir]

Beginning of my project to take canon women in Tolkien who never wed and making them into butch lesbians :) Anyway, Gilmith became a pirate

[lesbiansforboromir]

Anyway now I’m back I’m gonna tell you all that, whilst Galador was raised as Imrazor’s heir and therefore felt like he had a place within the people of Dol Amroth, the absence of her mother left Gilmith feeling adrift. This was especially true because of her GNC self, her body actively rebelled against all roles and boxes that could be expected of her and whilst she had a fairly good relationship with her father, he also found her confounding and did not know how to approach her. 

This fact was even more true since I think in my head, Mithrellas ran away because of the realisation she came too that she would have to lose her family eventually. She could not be counted among the souls of men and, even if she could, she didn’t wish to be. So she fled that life and Imrazor was honest with his children as to what he believed had driven her away. So Gilmith percieved that both her humanity had driven her mother away, and yet also that Mithrellas’ elvenness had abandoned her. 

With this in mind, whilst Galador settled contentedly into his people, Gilmith did not. She was left in a limbo of belonging and, when Imrazor died, she said farewell to her brother and took to a ship. It was the sea where she found a sense of home, travel becoming her foundation. She continued to live, for centuries eventually and took the name Imrabalkân. She loved the sea so deeply that even Osse deigned to speak with her and they considered each other fractuous friends. 

The crew of the ship she eventually captained was often changing, but many remained with her for decades still and with change as her life she found no pain in this. She did not make a home at any port, but she had a name in each of them and always brought unique trade goods from far off places even during wartime, always able to slip past pirate ships or hold her own against a boarding. And she would return at times to Dol Amroth, passing through the court as a stranger but always keeping an eye upon her brother’s descendants. 

[arofili]

the adventurers mithrellas and gilmith ⚝ for @naryaflame ⚝ @innumerable-stars

But in this tale it is said that Imrazor harboured Mithrellas, and took her to wife. But when she had borne him a son, Galador, and a daughter, Gilmith, she slipped away by night and he saw her no more…

Image description below the cut.

[Image description: 6 pictures depicting Mithrellas and Gilmith from the Unfinished Tales. The first image depicts a woman with white-blonde hair and striking blue eyes. She is wearing a beaded headpiece and a white dress. This image is titled “Mithellas & Gilmith.” The second image depicts the cheek and white hair of a pale-skinned person with pointed elf ears. Over the image is a semitransparent pale blue box with white text overlaid, reading: “And when her brother Galador passed on to receive the Gift of Men, Gilmith departed from Dol Amroth like unto a ghost and sought for Mithrellas, for like her mother she had chosen the fate of the Eldar.” The third image depicts the legs of a person in a sheer white dress walking along a shoreline. They are wearing beaded anklets. Over the image is a semitransparent pale blue box with white text overlaid, reading: “Coming to the shores of the sea Gilmith beheld her mother from the first time since her birth, and recognizing her Mithrellas wept and embraced her daughter.” The fourth image is grayscale and depicts the torso and head of person leaning over emptiness, facing downward. They have long silver hair and are wearing a white garment. It is captioned “Mithrellas & Gilmith.” The fifth image depicts a nude woman on a gray background from the shoulders up. She has pale skin and blonde hair, her eyes are mostly closed, and she s wearing a feathered earpiece around a pointed ear. It is captioned “Mithrellas & Gilmith.” The sixth image depicts pale-skinned hands tangled up in small white flowers, resting on partially-submerged sheer blue cloth.  Over the image is a semitransparent pale blue box with white text overlaid, reading: “Together they wandered the wide expanses of Middle-earth for many years, until at last a sea-longing overcame them and they set sail for the West in a ship of their own crafting.” End image description.]

[laurelsblue]

First part of the Dol Amroth princesses series. (Bold is for canon names.)

Inzilbeth - wife of Saphadzir I and mother of Adrahil I and Lomuhad.

Gimilbel - wife of Adrahil I.

Glisiel - mother of Mithrellas.

Urunithil - wife of Lomuhad and mother of Imrazor.

Mithrellas - wife of Imrazor and mother of Galador and Gilmith. (Note that this is more of an idealised “what elves should look like” version popular in later centuries than an accurate depiction of her actual appearance. In reality she looked very much like both her mother and daughter.)

Gilmith - daughter of Imrazor and Mithrellas.

[the-wavesinger]

One of these days, when I disappear, something nasty will actually have happened to me. BUT THIS IS NOT THAT DAY.

(I mean, unless you define ‘something nasty’ as one hell of a PMS and also a lot of unrelated aching muscles and a headcold and RL (and fandom. Oops?) things piling up hellishly but.)

In other news, @vefanyar​ wrote the loveliest fic for me for Rare Pairs. It’s called Fee of Passage, Gilmith/Uinen, and so so gorgeous ♥. If you haven’t already read it, do! I promise there will be no regrets!