#legendarium

[goldenatreides]

melkor | morgoth

unfinished sketch 5/?

aka someone needs to pry the lasso tool out of my hands and get me to finish a work please

[officer-lahit]

after more than ten years of my tolkienism, Melkor & Sauron are no longer a pairing, but a spinoff of the Office 😈

[transhuman-priestess]

Is Tom Bombadil Based or Cringe?

Based

Cringe

Voting ended onJul 31, 2025

[helpmeimblorboing]

The One Ring just had, like, the WORST luck, huh ?

Like, it gets launched from it's master's hand, but no matter - look, here's a human to corrupt. Such easily corruptible creatures they are. And I'm even gonna get him killed as petty revenge for Sauron's death !! Mwahaha my reign of terror is beginning

And then it gets picked up from the river, and then it's just like

Who the fuck are you ? A Hobbit ? Uhhh... that's weird. Hey, d'you wanna rule the world, kiddo ? ...no ? You just wanna stare at me all day ? And do nothing but stare at me ? D'you... wanna go to Mordor ? No ? Where'd you wanna go instead ? GOBLINTOWN ? Oh, yeah, that sounds great !!

And then it gets to Goblintown, but instead of getting a chance to possess a goblin they are surrounded by - perfect vessels for it - it spends 600 years stuck with fish-eating little Hobbit freak. And then it finally gets picked up, and it's ANOTHER FUCKING HOBBIT

So, it goes with him, noticing that he's surrounded by dwarves. Surely, SURELY, he's going to end up dying and the Ring's gonna end up in the hands of one of them, right ?

Oh, what's that ? He outlives them all ? Oh, well, that's alright - look, an Istari's right there !! Maybe, he'll -

WHY IS THERE ANOTHER FUCKING HOBBIT PICKING ME UP

[aylen-san]

The Silmarillion teaches us that immortality does not guarantee emotional maturity.

[matrose]

Sauron forges the One Ring

posted about the reference already but once more on the actual post: this is part of the genesis mosaic in san marco, venice. it depicts adam being endowed with a soul, which is symbolized by a little guy with wings :-) since sauron poured some of his own self and being into the ring i wanted to draw him with a little soul piece guy. i also thought giving him a halo that also gets used up to make the ring would beeee very fun! thanks for reading ❣️

[wearepaladin]

Something that astounds me is that there hasn’t been any serious attempt by anyone to depict a young Aragorn story. More specifically, of his adventures under the name Thorongil, Eagle of the Star, during the period between the Hobbit and Fellowship. Let me outline what takes place here.

From 2957 to 2080, Aragorn served in the courts of both Rohan and Gondor at a critical time, as this not long into Sauron’s return as a power in Middle Earth, and being an existential threat to both kingdoms. That’s 23 years of interesting stories to tell, showing several critical details about his development.

1. It shows him learning how to be a leader outside the confines of either Elrond’s or the Dunedain’s influence, where his role was known, if kept secret, and immediately respected once he took his role of chieftain, while in Gondor and Rohan under an assumed name and initially an outsider, his eventual leadership and trust had to be hard earned and genuine. This would prove critical in the War of the Ring, as he would be able to rally both Rohan and Gondor at their times of greatest need.

2. He also learns the ways of Gondor and Rohan as a government servant, earning the respect of both kingdoms Thengel and Steward Ecthellion, and thus know both the culture and the way these kingdoms were run. If you have ever heard someone sneer at Aragorn’s leadership lacking an understanding of the Gondorian Tax Code, just point to this fact.

3. All of the above situates Aragorn to be in a story that contains both courtly intrigue and a long war against the existential threat of Sauron. While he was beloved by Ecthellion for example, Denethor had no such warm compunctions towards him, and that had to lead to some tense moments that could translate well into a story of court intrigue.

4. Aragorn also lead a critical victory against the Corsairs of Umbar, Allies of Sauron, destroying Sauron’s primary naval attack force and slowing the plans of Conquest considerably. Umbar had a long history of those among Númenor who cleaved close to Sauron, and any depiction of them would provide an antagonist that hasn’t received as much focus as other servants of Sauron, allowing for some interesting exploration.

5. At the end of the 23 years of service, Aragorn went East, into enemy Territory, and it’s from his recounting of this we know a bit about Rhun, the home associated with the Easterlings, and where the stars appear different in the night sky. Outside of Mordor, are whole groups of people that have never received a fair look on what life is like under Sauron, and would not make peace with the men of the west until Sauron’s defeat. Here we could see not only men but the dark elves who never went west to see the light of the trees, who could have a culture quite different front their western cousins, and where the two blue wizards fought a unknown war against Sauron.

6. When Aragorn returned home via Lothlórien , he reunited and began the process of courting Arwen and gave her the Ring of Barahir, and she in turn abandoned her mortality for him. A powerful ending that heralds all the future events to come.

In short, you got character growth, you have conflict of intrigue and against evil, foes and cultures previously unexplored, and potential for new faces and heroes to invest in and hope for. When the Legendarium becomes open for all to write and publish, that is the novel I want to read and maybe even write myself. I’m amazed no one else seems to have hit on it.