#hirwen

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

"The Men of that house were dark or brown of hair, with grey eyes; and of all Men they were most like to the Noldor and most loved by them; for they were eager of mind, cunning-handed, swift in understanding, long in memory, and they were moved sooner to pity than to laughter." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of Men Into the West"

[ID: an edit comprised of four posters in shades of green and brown.

1: Maricela Gualinga, a sarayuku kichwa (indigenous ecuadorian) woman. She has brown skin and dark, straight hair pulled back behind her, and is painting detailed designs on her face with a focused expression. In the upper left corner of the image, off-white and brown gothic-style text reads "Hirwen," with a white line extending down the left side of the poster. Off-white serif text in the bottom right corner reads "Hirwen was a woman of the House of Bëor. Niece to Andreth Saelind, she learned much from her of the lore and traditions of their people. She was quick to laugh and kind, and her family, especially her youngest brother Barahir, valued her wisdom and measured counsel." / 2: Bars of sunlight shining on a mossy clearing in the forest. The same gothic text as before in the bottom left corner reads "Greatness," with a line extending horizontally to the opposite corner. Serif text in the top left corner reads "descendants of Bëor & Andreth" and below it "foremothers of Beren & all his line" / 3: A tree with many attached trunks. Same format as Image 2, but the gothic text is in the top right corner and reads "Tradition," while the small text is at the bottom left and reads "wise women of the House" and "keepers of lore & knowledge" / 4: Nina Gualinga, a sarayuku kichwa woman with brown skin and dark, straight hair pulled back behind her and bangs falling over her forehead. She is bending down with a serious expression to place dots of paint onto her arm and has already drawn patterns across her face. She is wearing a green short-sleeved shirt. Same format as Image 1, but the orientation is reversed. The larger text reads "Beldis," and the small text reads "The second child of Hirwen’s elder sister Bregil, Beldis was born to great rejoicing amongst her people. Though retiring towards all but those closest to her, she was possessed of great affection for her aunt Hirwen, who loved and understood her niece without the need for speech." //End ID]

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Favourite Female Tolkien Character Poll - Round 1, Match 4

Pick your favourite!

Hirwen

Adanel

Voting ended onJul 30, 2023

Hirwen

Barahir’s second-oldest sister (out of a family of five total).

Adanel

A wise-woman of the people of Marach in First Age Beleriand. Daughter of Malach Aradan, married to Belemir, and friend/mentor of Andreth. Andreth lived with her and Belemir for many years, and was either living or visiting there at the time of the Athrabeth. She is the one who tells Andreth of the lore that Men were originally created to be immortal, and their mortality is the result of some evil or corruption of Morgoth (which, in the Tale of Adanel within the “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth”, is given as an account of the Fall that closely parallels the later corruption of Númenor, and also has some similar notes to the events in Sauron’s deception of the Elves of Eregion).

Of the Wise some were women, and they were greatly esteemed among Men, especially for their knowledge of the legends of ancient days. Another Wise-woman was Adanel…of the People of Marach, whose lore and traditions, and their language also, were different from those of the People of Bëor. But Adanel was married to a kinsman of Andreth, Belemir of the House of Bëor: he was grandsire of Emeldir, mother of Beren. In her youth Andreth had dwelt long in Belemir’s house, and so had learned from Adanel much of the lore of the People of Marach, besides the lore of her own folk.

[arofili]

three houses of the edain ✾ house of bëor ✾ headcanon disclaimer

          Bregor was the eldest child and only son of Boromir, and the second Lord of Ladros. He was a great hunter and battle-archer, bearing a mighty bow that survived to become an heirloom of his House in Númenor. He ruled his people peacefully, advised by his youngest sister Beril and his quick-witted wife Díneloth, and from time to time his other sister Andreth Saelind, who spent much of her time alone but imparted great wisdom on the occasions that she walked among her people.           Díneloth bore Bregor five children: Bregil, whose own quiet love story resolved much happier than that of her aunt Andreth’s; Hirwen, a gardener who beautified the house of her father; Bregolas, his father’s heir and a mighty warrior; Gilwen, who mapped the stars and helped her brothers navigate on their many journeys; and Barahir, a valiant man who survived the fall of his House and fathered the famed hero Beren Erchamion.

[kareenvorbarra]

Women of the House of Bëor

The Men of [the House of Bëor] were dark or brown of hair, with grey eyes; and of all Men they were most like to the Noldor and most loved by them; for they were eager of mind, cunning-handed, swift in understanding, long in memory, and they were moved sooner to pity than to laughter. - The Silmarillion

There were fair-haired men and women among the Folk of Bëor, but most of them had brown hair (going usually with brown eyes), and many were less fair in skin, some indeed being swarthy…the Folk of Bëor were more steadfast in endurance of hardship and sorrow, slow to tears or to laughter; their fortitude needed no hope to sustain it.

- Of Dwarves and Men

Andreth - Rachel Weisz  ✧  Beril - Jessica Brown Findlay Bregil - Aiysha Hart  ✧  Hirwen - Yasmine Al Massri Gilwen - Jennie Jacques  ✧  Emeldir - Indira Varma Beleth - Irina Shayk  ✧  Beldis - Begüm Akkaya Morwen - Tuba Büyüküstün  ✧  Rían - Golshifteh Farahani

[faramir-boromir]

The History of Middle-earth \ House of Bëor Part II

In the reign of Boromir as Lord of the House of Bëor, great grandson of Bëor, the Bëorians were granted Ladros in Dorthonion (ruled by Finrod’s brothers Angrod and Aegnor) as a feifdom of their own by the House of Finarfin which they inhabited until the Dagor Bragollach in 455 when Dorthonion and Ladros included were swept away by Morgoth’s offensive and Boromir’s grandson Bregolas, the third Lord of Ladros was slain, leaving the leadership of the ruined house to his brother Barahir.

[alackofghosts]

Anonymous said: Andreth telling a story to some of her younger relatives?

names are in the captions!

[alyruko]

I really love your Andreth! It makes me very happy that you draw her older. Do you think you could draw her, maybe with little nieces and nephews?