#penlod

[asinoeiv]

The lords of Gonfdolin.

Look at me trying to make as many variations of black hair and grey eyes as possible. Gonfdolin would be one of the places where I would consistently give most characters some kind of makeup. I just feel like they were all fairly vain and had enough security to start expressing themselves through makeup/fashion and jewelry more like their kin in Hithlum and Himring for example.

[vixies-art]

I drew my designs of the Lords of Gondolin!

My boys 🥹

[thelien-art]

Penlod Pendelot; Lord of the House of the Pillar, Lord of the House of the Tower of Snow

How close were Penlod and Aredhel? I mean, he took over her house, which must have meant something, right? Why couldn´t Turgon or Idril do it? Or Glorfindel or Ecthelion? Also, his friendship with Rôg, being hinted at, is important too. Do you think he tried to take care of Maeglin in some way?

I have been playing with the idea of him also being a hunter of Oromë in Valinor to explain his and Aredhel´s friendship. I imagine him as one of the Noldor who lived further away from the trees than most, and then maybe in a forest or something.

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[valinorianyears]

Meet the lords of Gondolin & Elenwe

[gracefallingart]

Lords of Gondolin

Here are my character starters for the Lords of Gondolin, which will really only become important once I get around to my *Fall of Gondolin* comics and *Gondolin Days* slice of life comics before that.

But regardless... here... look... I did them. Do you have a favorite?

[elfinfen]

All these gentlemen were drawn as part of the Gondolin Gang series for intea (my deep gratitude for this opportunity and inspiration ♥). Of course I will draw the remaining two, but now I want to show the finished ones 😃

I tried to draw different but stylistically similar and simple outfits, hairstyles and faces, so that one could believe that they live at the same time and in the same place, being in an everyday (medieval) environment - most of them had small bags for small things and clothes whose fit is regulated by a belt and not by patterns.

Egalmot got the most complex background - there's a cat there, did you see it? 🐈

Who do you like the most and who has the coolest handbag? 🙂👀

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

"There too were the folk of the Pillar and of the Tower of Snow, and both these kindreds were marshalled by Penlod, tallest of Gnomes." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin"

houses of gondolin 3/12 ✹ THE HOUSE OF THE TOWER OF SNOW

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1: A person with deep brown skin and close-cropped black hair burying their face in a fluffy white fur with brown tips as they gaze at the viewer / 2: Snowy mountain peaks wreathed in cloud / 3: A snow leopard raising its head to look to the left / 4: Leaves furred with frost / 5: An ornate stone tower with a balcony / 6: Snow on the branch of a conifer / 7: Pearl drop earrings and a matching necklace lying across a handwritten document / 8: A close-up of architectural plans / 9: A sweeping staircase of white stone, seen from the bottom //End ID]

[southaway]

Penlod, Lord of the Houses of the Pillar and of the Tower of Snow. He may have two houses, but he only gets one drawing. I wanted to lean into the snow aspect and went with a cool palette and shapes I felt evoked either snow or frost.