#morgoth's ring

[mhevarujta]

'While Morgoth still stood, Sauron did not seek his own supremacy, but worked and schemed for another, desiring the triumph of Melkor, whom in the beginning he had adored.'

Art: Melkor and Mairon by the amazing @balrogballs

[kisses-in-the-void]

Why did nobody tell me there's a quote in Morgoth's Ring saying that Melkor stopped at the Ring of Doom, where he was forced to beg the Valar for forgiveness, and the memory made him so angry that he RUINED THEIR FUCKING SEATS?

"Outside he had lurked, until the failing of the Light announced that Ungoliante had done her work. Then through the Kalakiryan, now only a dim ravine in walls of shadow, he came striding back, Lord of Utumno, a black shape of hate, visiting the places of his humiliation with revenge. All the land fell swiftly through grey twilight into night as Melkor stood within the Ring of Doom and cursed it; and he defiled the judgement seat of Manwë and threw down the thrones of the Valar."

AND THEN THE VALAR WERE FORCED TO SIT ON THE GROUND?

"When the Trees should have flowered for yet one more day, but time was blind and unmeasured, the Valar returned to the Ring of Doom. They sat upon the ground, for their thrones were defiled, and they were in dark raiment of grief."

This is so funny yet so in character for Melkor. The level of pettiness I aspire to achieve.

I wish it was included in The Silmarillion.

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

john ronald reuel tolkien, a catholic man born in 1892: this is indis. she was swift of foot and often walked alone among nature. there was ever light and mirth about her. she loved finwe but her unrequited feelings never embittered her. she only entered a relationship with him after he made his willingness and desire known.

silm fandom: ohhhh so she's a slut whose selfish desire for dick traumatized my poor mass murderer feanor and it can be understood that the root of his tragic descent into madness was this conniving abusive homewrecking bitch. got it!

[mattefun]

As for Fëanor's madness, it should be understood that Morgoth stole not only Fëanor's most beloved creation, into which he had poured his entire soul, but also the death of his father Finwë. It is not only the fact of death that is important, but also how Finwë died.

The Silmarillion does not mention any details, but from The Morgoth's ring we learn that while all others fled, Finwë remained and stood alone defiant against them, and was slain; his head was crushed though with a great mace of iron, his body burned and destroyed, and his sword twisted and untempered as if by lightning-stroke.

Imagine how terrible it was for Fëanor to see what had become of the body of his father, who, to quote, “for his father was dearer to him than the Light of Valinor or the peerless works of his hands.” (Silmarillion). While the body of his mother, Míriel, rested in the gardens of Lórien as if she were asleep, there was nothing left of Finwë that could be looked upon with peace.

Fëanor's sons even feared that he would kill himself out of grief: “and now they feared that he might slay himself.” (HoME).

The theft of the Silmarils and his grief for his father were inextricably linked. Fëanor, a restless personality with a quick temper, decided to radically experience his emotions.

One can understand how Fëanor came to this, but one cannot justify the kinslaying.

[outofangband]

In her youth, she love to wander far from the dwellings of the Noldor, either beside the long shores of the sea, or in the hills

Awhile ago I made this board for Fëanor’s wanderings in Valinor in his youth and ever since then I’ve wanted to make an accompanying board for the description in Morgoth’s Ring of Nerdanel’s wanderings

My other Nerdanel board focuses on her craft and the amazing description also from Morgoth's Ring

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[inwpaintress]

Not quite finished, but I fit all the words in.

[winds-of-zephyr416]

I’m slowly going insane over how in Morgoth’s Ring (a book I have not read yet, so don’t take my ramblings too seriously), Tolkien says that Sauron ADORED Morgoth. He could’ve just used the word “admired” there. He could’ve just said something like “oh, Sauron aspired to be like Morgoth so that’s why he’s Like That” there. But no, it’s fucking. Adored.

That’s such emotionally charged language and for the life of me I NEED to read that book so I can have the full context. Because it makes Sauron’s character so interesting. Adored? As in, he adored the ideas that Morgoth was embodying? Or as in “he adored Morgoth himself?” How does a being characterized as such a ruthless villain go about the concept of adoring? How does a being who seems as self-absorbed as Sauron in LOTR and the Akallabeth start off being so all-absorbed into another?

I’m dropping my shipping glasses here because it’s just a fascinating concept to explore without that mindset. Or with it. Or just generally. It's not very often that a villain like Sauron is allowed to adore.

[atya-asf]

Finrod casually coming really close to discovering Evolution while trying his hardest to explain to Andreth that death is natural for humans, not a curse from Morgoth, just to end up being told that he's a weirdo will never not be funny to me.

The Athrabeth is full of gems and I love itttt.