#minas ithil

[arofili]

@gondorweek day one | the line of kings | the towers of the kings

          Other strong places they built also upon either hand: Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon, eastward upon a shoulder of the Mountains of Shadow as a threat to Mordor; and to the westward Minas Anor, the Tower of the Setting Sun, at the feet of Mount Mindolluin, as a shield against the wild men of the dales. In Minas Ithil was the house of Isildur, and in Minas Anor the house of Anárion, but they shared the realm between them and their thrones were set side by side in the Great Hall of Osgiliath.           [...] And in the days of Eärnil they [the Nazgûl] made their first stroke, and they came by night out of Mordor over the passes of the Mountains of Shadow, and took Minas Ithil for their abode; and they made it a place of such dread that none dared to look upon it. Thereafter it was called Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery; and Minas Morgul was ever at war with Minas Anor in the west. Then Osgiliath, which in the waning of the people had long been deserted, became a place of ruins and a city of ghosts. But Minas Anor endured, and it was named anew Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard; for there the kings caused to be built in the citadel a white tower, very tall and fair, and its eye was upon many lands. Proud still and strong was that city, and in it the White Tree still flowered for a while before the house of the Kings; and there the remnant of the Númenóreans still defended the passage of the River against the terrors of Minas Morgul and against all the enemies of the West, Orcs and monsters and evil Men; and thus the lands behind them, west of Anduin, were protected from war and destruction.

—The Silmarillion, “Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age”

Minas Anor art by Volodymyr Ivanitsky | Minas Morgul art by Ted Nasmith Iron Crown of Angmar from LOTR Fanon

[baheuldey]

Minas Morgul (Tolktober 2025, jour 6), 2025, plume, pinceau, encre de Chine sur papier, 21 x 14,8 cm

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

"Upon the further side, some way within the valley’s arms, high on a rocky seat upon the black knees of the Ephel Dúath, stood the walls and tower of Minas Morgul. All was dark about it, earth and sky, but it was lit with light. Not the imprisoned moonlight welling through the marble walls of Minas Ithil long ago, Tower of the Moon, fair and radiant in the hollow of the hills. Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing. In the walls and tower windows showed, like countless black holes looking inward into emptiness; but the topmost course of the tower revolved slowly, first one way and then another, a huge ghostly head leering into the night." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"

@tolkienhorrorweek day 2 ⇢ MINAS MORGUL

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1: The interior of a stone, domed building, sparely carved. Light comes in through two small windows / 2: A small stream running amid grassy banks / 3: Domes and a tower against a greenish night sky / 4: A metal statue's hand on the hilt of a sword / 5: A drooping white flower in the dark / 6: Stacked skulls / 7: Gothic towers lit from within with green light, looming against a dark sky / 8: A rough stone stairway leading down into darkness / 9: An avenue of columns rising from a floor covered in water //End ID]

[the-spirit-of-yore]

The Tower of the Moon par Ted Nasmith

[raven5056]

●Minas Morgul●

You know my lack of ideas is bad when I start painting landscapes

I feel like Minas Morgul was done dirty in the films- (Third picture)

[mushroomates]

some boromir headcanons

he likes to eat spicy food. he cannot handle the spice, but keeps eating it anyways.

he stays up during merry and pippin’s watches during the night. half because he wants to keep them awake and give them company, half because he’s pretty sure they wont be paying attention.

best hugs. he will kind of pick u up while he hugs u.

would wear a fanny pack.

his favorite food is chicken. he likes any kind of chicken. also likes apples.

decent story teller. can recall gondor’s history easy. when he starts talking about it, he becomes very passionate and has been known to yell or cry while retelling events.

carries around a packet of dirt from gondor around with him for good luck.

tried to make his own brew. went blind for a little bit after trying it. gimli fuckin loves it tho, tried it at gondor and brought a batch with him.

has dogs. took in a stray while patrolling the city, named him Minas. Minas lived a long and happy life, and afterwards Faramir brought him a puppy who he named Ithil.

he is also allergic to dogs. insists otherwise.

his men call him “big brother boromir” behind his back. he pretends not to know.

once pippin called him dad and he coasted on that high for weeks

afraid of heights. will not admit it.

great with babies. would carry faramir around. his dad let him even though boromir was only five at the time, and faramir would try and wiggle out of his arms.

he whittles!!! or carves. works with wood. he made little trinkets for the hobbits in his spare time during the journey. he made pippin a little wooden dog and merry a rabbit because merrys kinda afraid of dogs. he made a bill the pony for sam after moria and was working on a cat for frodo before he passed away. it was in his pocket, half made. the didn’t spot it before he sailed away.

made faramir toys when they were younger- whole barnyard full of animals and some important gondor land marks. also a mini version of their family. faramir passed this down to pippin, who passed it down to his kids. it’s now a family heirloom.

dyslexic. faramir would read to him while he carved trinkets and such.

the fellowship goes out of their way to visit this shrine. he also has one in gondor, rivendell, and just outside of lorien.

boromir tried to teach merry and pippin wood carving once. pippins carving tools were quickly confiscated but merry learned how to make a boat.

merry officially took up wood carving after his death. he makes little boats for the hobbitlings and they have a race every summer down stream.

he also taught the hobbits how to make said boats, so when they’re older they hold the race themself. afterwards, they take the winning boat down to the graveyard.

boromir has a grave in the shire that the hobbits put gifts on, including said boats. it’s on the edge of the forest by the river. the fellowship all come to visit. some things left include: flowers, hot sauce, wooden toys, notes, homemade jam, pretty rocks, and some of farmer maggot’s produce. farmer maggot does not know of this.

[dsst]

Paler indeed than the moon ailing in some slow eclipse was the light of it now, wavering and blowing like a noisome exhalation of decay, a corpse-light, a light that illuminated nothing.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"...THENCE CAME IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME AS IS ELSEWHERE TOLD, NIMLOTH, THE WHITE TREE OF NÚMENOR.”

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a Tolkien Legendarium painting titled "The White Tree," a.k.a., The White Tree of Minas Tirith, artwork by Ted Nasmith. Gouache on illustration board.

EXTRA INFO: First appeared in the new illustrated edition of "The Silmarillion," published by HarperCollins in 2004.

"In the courts of Minas Anor the White Tree flowered again, for a seedling was found by Mithrandir in the snows of Mindolluin that rose tall and white above the City of Gondor; and while it grew there the Elder Days were not wholly forgotten in the hearts of the Kings."

— "THE SILMARILLION," "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age" by J.R.R. Tolkien

"And since of all things in Valinor they loved most the White Tree, Yavanna made for them a tree like to a lesser image of Telperion, save that it did not give light of its own being; Galathilion it was named in the Sindarin tongue. This tree was planted in the courts beneath the Mindon and there flourished, and its seedlings were many in Eldamar. Of these one was afterwards planted in Tol Eressëa, and it prospered there, and was named Celeborn; thence came in the fullness of time as is elsewhere told, Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor." -- "THE SILMARILLION," Chapter 5 "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië," written by J.R.R. Tolkien, published 1977 Sources: www.reddit.com/r/tolkienfans/comments/pe6l8u (Reddit 2x).