#melian

[mahtaniel]

The Silmarils, gouache on bristol paper, 42 inches (3.5 feet) in diameter

I made a thing! Illustrations about the story of the silmarils in red-figure pottery style. It was fun to work on such a large scale.

You can see all the individual scenes and my references here. I'll also be posting them a few at a time!

[silmalope]

For day one of @tolkienfashionweek , headcanons on the evolution of (elf-friendly) fashion and fana among the Valar :)

[lyragoth]

Melian, the Maia

"It is said that the nightingales learned their song from her. She walked in the twilight under the stars, and in Valinor she dwelt, filling the silence of the world before the dawn with her voice and the voices of her birds."

An honor to paint Melian for dear @micelilies. I was asked to depict her with long flowing hair, ethereal grace, and clad in blue or green. I hope I did justice to your vision. Looking forward to more art trades in the future!

[crypticcuntking]

Melian for @southaway ‘s DTIYS!

I had a lot of fun with this, I love your Melian she’s so beautiful 💙

[gemsoflasgalen]

melian the maia ⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

sketch and process below the cut

[thelien-art]

Something, something. Moth Melian.

Do you people headcanon her as a maia of Yavanna, Vána, or Estë? Or all of them, or just two? Sometimes she is said to be of Yavanna´s, other times Vána and Estë, but the consistency of her is that she is “alike” to Yavanna.

I just can´t see her as a Maia of Este, although I can see her waiting in Lórien for Thingol, after waiting in Mandos, and she was said to tend the gardens of Lórien once.

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[sakasakiii]

decennial dad conference that the three elven kings bring their families along on while they sit at the adults table and try to ignore what's happening at the kids' ones (elwe is there in spirit)

[silme-lorien]

was thinking about how elrond is kind of the central character in tolkiens legendarium, and like damn HE REALLY IS. even though he might not be as old as some other more “accomplished” characters, he outlived most of them. he’s literally connected to everyone, all the main stories of the silm i can find MINIMUM one character he has a relationship with (and it’s usually more!). like, he’s connected to beren and luthien (b&l > dior & nimloth > elwing & eärendil), he’s connected to the fall of gondolin (eärendil), he’s connected to the fall of numenor (elros + descendants), of course he’s connected to the feanorians through maglor, to the house of finarfin through celebrian, connected to children of hurin through thingol (explained above) and finduilas who is his cousin (in some way idk how family trees work). LITERALLY even connected to the AINUR by being part maia. this man has fucking CONNECTIONS. and by the third age he’s just hanging out ruling the most chill elf settlement in the last two ages while glorfindel (shiniest elf in arda hello, fucking slayer of balrogs if you even care) hangs out in the corner. HE ESTABLISHES THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING YOU GUYS. HIS ACTIONS INDIRECTLY DESTROY SAURON. HES A PEREDHEL. ON BOTH SIDES. HIS EXISTENCE UNITES MEN AND ELVES EVERYONE 👏 ARE WE PAYING ATTENTION