"In all the days of the Third Age, after the fall of Gil-galad, Master Elrond abode in Imladris, and he gathered there many Elves, and other folk of wisdom and power from among all the kindreds of Middle-earth, and he preserved through many lives of Men the memory of all that had been fair; and the house of Elrond was a refuge for the weary and the oppressed, and a treasury of good counsel and wise lore." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" "Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone. . ." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
@arwenindomiel's tolkien south asian week ☸︎ day 3: home ☸︎ RIVENDELL
[ID: an edit comprised of four posters in muted browns, reds, and blues, showing different aspects of nepalese architecture.
1: A multi-terraced wooden building with intricately carved woodwork and lattices. White text in the top left corner backed by a white line reads "rivendell" in all caps, and in smaller text underneath "stronghold and refuge" / 2: A row of carved wooded columns holding up a portico, framed by a white rectangle. Text along the inside of the frame reads "His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all." Some words are emphasized in all caps / 3: A series of stone archways leading to a courtyard with a fountain or cistern. Same format as Image 2, but the text reads "Evil things did not come into that valley" and is only in the upper left and lower right corners of the frame / 4: The roof of a buddhist temple, with a domed under-portion surmounted by a tall golden spire. It is adorned with prayer flags and two painted eyes. Same format as Image 1, but the text is on the opposite side, and reads "imladris" and "valley of the elves" //End ID]
