#ohtar

[erdarieldraws]

After Long Wandering

Ohtar bringing the shards of Narsil to Valandil son of Isildur

Bonus photo under the cut to show off the gold ink that you can't really see in the scan!

For @fall-for-tolkien's Scribbles & Drabbles!

[sallysavestheday]

The self-rec ask is going around, and I thought of you right away. Your AO3 is a veritable feast of options, and everything I’ve read of yours has been brilliant but I’m curious which 5 fics of yours that you’d most like to highlight at the moment! ♥️

Thank you for the ask! Picking five is always hard, but since it's for you, let's talk about five that feature Men (and their relationships with Elves, because I find it hard to leave Elves out of any story, lol).

Among So Many Marvels (G: 1,500 words). Let's start with your man Éomer! And Faramir! As young folk, meeting for the first time and finding a tender kinship in the sharing of stories. Oral traditions and awkward, dreamy youths, my darlings.

All Will Be Well, And All Will Be Well (G: 1,200 words). This started as a joke but turned into something bittersweet that I really love. Eldacar of Gondor has a memorable encounter as he flees North after being driven out of Osgiliath by Castamir's forces.

Much Sorrow, and Many Lives of Men (G: 600 words). The end of Arvedui, Last King of Arnor. Such a crucial part of the story of the Kings, and so rarely told. Very chilly times among the Lossoth. Brrrr.

In Service, Love (G: 650 words). I love the unnamed heroes who permeate Tolkien's works. This one's about Isildur's squire, Ohtar. Tolkien notes in Unfinished Tales that "Ohtar" is actually a generic term for soldier or warrior, rather than a personal name. He also says, "[b]ut Ohtar was dear to Isildur." That only made him more interesting to me.

Dorveille (G: 900 words). I wrote this one because it breaks my heart that Celebrían never met Aragorn. And she doesn't really, here, but yet she does. I fixed it, but it's still sad. Elves and Men, waaaah!

[fangirl-erdariel]

I Sit and Think of Times There Were Before: Chapter 1 - Of the flight from the Gladden Fields

In his old age, Isildur's former esquire Ruinamacil, known to later histories only as Ohtar, writes his own account of his escape from the ambush at Gladden Fields and journey to Imladris, and the history of his friend whom Isildur ordered to flee with him.

Fandom: Silmarillion and Other Histories of Middle-Earth Characters: Ohtar; Original Character (or unnamed technically-canon character i suppose?). Other characters will show up in later chapters in supporting roles but these are the main guys Rating: Teens

[elronds-library]

To love and to live

by Camille_LaChenille (@camille-lachenille)

Celebrían and Varyandë grow close during the war of the Last Alliance, and unexpected feelings bloom between them.

Teen, Major Character Death

Words: 1,004

[arofili]

men of middle-earth ☀ misc. dúnedain ☀ headcanon disclaimer

          Voronwë was the son of Orontor of Númenor, and a fast friend of Elendil the Tall. He was a great mariner, and with his wife lord he escaped the downfall of Númenor, though his father and sister were lost. His children, Cemniel and Ilcanië, were aboard the ships of Isildur and Anárion and were swept away from the northern fleet, but they landed safely in the south of Middle-earth and were among the founders of Gondor. Eventually Voronwë and his daughters were reunited just in time for the wedding of Ilcanië to the shipwright Sandor and the birth of two more sons to Cemniel and Isildur her husband. Ilcanië also bore a child, whom she named Glanor, and though Voronwë was devoted to his liege in Arnor their family remained as tight-knit as that of Elendil and his own sons.           Amid the War of the Last Alliance, Elendil, Anárion, and Sandor were all slain, but Voronwë survived to comfort his daughters. It seemed that Isildur had survived and would soon reunite with Cemniel and his newborn son Valandil, but before his company could reach the hidden stronghold of Imladris, they were attacked by a massive company of orcs. Glanor at this time was serving as an ohtar, or esquire, to his uncle, and to him Isildur entrusted the shards of Narsil before the orcs closed in. Along with his friend and companion Celevon, Ohtar Glanor fled to Imladris and told of his uncle and cousins’ grim fate.           Isildur’s company was massacred save for Glanor and Celevon, and one other ohtar who was presumed dead on the battlefield: Estelmo, the esquire of Isildur’s eldest son Elendur. He was discovered lying stunned under the corpse of his lord by the Guard of Eryn Galen and the Woodmen of the North, who delivered him to the healing hands of Elrond in Imladris, and from Estelmo the last words of Isildur became known, though no trace of his body—or of the Ring he bore—were ever found by elves or men.           The kingdom of Arnor passed to the rulership of Valandil, who kept Glanor, Celevon, Estelmo, and their families in his service. For generations these men and their kindred served the King of Arnor, and indeed Malbeth the Seer was a direct descendant of Ohtar Celevon. Malbeth served as a counselor to King Araphant, advising him to name his son Arvedui, for he would be the last king of Arthedain. Malbeth warned that a choice would come to the Dúnedain, and that the one that seemed less hopeful would lead to Arvedui becoming King of a realm greater than Arnor in its glory; but alas, the Council of Gondor chose otherwise, dismissing the wisdom of the Arnorian Seer, and in the end this led to much sorrow and centuries before the Dúnedain would arise and be united again.           Malbeth made their second prophecy during the rule of Arvedui, foretelling that an Heir of the Dúnedain would call the Army of the Dead from their half-existence to fulfill their once-forsaken Oath to Isildur. This manifested in Aragorn II entering the Paths of the Dead and rallying the spirits of the Men of the Mountains to war against Sauron, releasing them from their Oath once the battle was won. At Aragonr’s side was the ranger Halbarad, leading the Grey Company out of the North to aid their Chieftain. Aragorn fulfilled Malbeth’s first prophecy also when he ascended to the throne of the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor as King Elessar, bringing the Dúnedain together at long last.

[rp-kat]

Ohtar

[erdarieldraws]

King's Esquire

Ohtar and Isildur, sometime during the War of the Last Alliance

For @fall-for-tolkien's Scribbles & Drabbles

[fangirl-erdariel]

I Sit and Think of Times There Were Before - Chapter 4: Of winter in the mountains

The link in the title takes you to Ao3, but you can also find the fic on Silmarillion Writers' Guild!

Summary: In his old age, Isildur's former esquire Ruinamacil, known to later histories only as Ohtar, writes his own account of his escape from the ambush at Gladden Fields and journey to Imladris, and the history of his friend whom Isildur ordered to flee with him.

Rating: Teen & Up Relationships: Ohtar + OC/unnamed canon character (some sort of a queerplatonic arrangement idk) Characters: Ohtar, OC/unnamed canon character; featuring as side characters also Elrond, Estelmo, and Isildur Style/Genre: Hurt/comfort, canon-compliant "trying to arrange events so that the timelines and dates of events given in LOTR vs Unfinished Tales make sense with each other" kind of piece, playing dolls with technically-canon characters Tolkien didn't feel like fleshing out