#splintered light

[tinygiantplasticmonsters]

Some 15mm Splintered Light minis beastman skeletons, being used as 10mm minotaur skeletons for warmaster. Painted up by me. Not really happy with the basing, but done enough.

[autailome]

Fantasy as subcreation in the Tolkien legendarium

-from Splintered Light by Verlyn Flieger

[autailome]

frodo's fragmentation and the phial of galadriel

from splintered light by verlyn flieger

[autailome]

on fëanor, making and unmaking

from splintered light by verlyn flieger

[heartofoshun]

Noldor lovers--

Here is a great citation on the aftermath of the flight of the Noldor:

And for good and ill, the Noldor have returned to Middle-earth, bringing with them all the giftedness that makes them great and all the flaws that make them vulnerable, infusing the life of Middle-earth with all their skill and their art and their contention, all their capacity to create and to divide.

 For the process must go on. Light, language, and peoples will continue to impinge upon one another, and the results, as can be expected, will be turbulent. Progressive darkening will be lighted by unlooked-for courage, great beauty, enduring loyalty, undying love. Light and dark will come together and separate again and again, both literally and metaphorically, as the Music plays itself out.

Verlyn Flieger. Splintered Light: Tolkien's World.

[lai-gond]

... The actions of the Valar, however good their intent, do not always lead directly to good results.

Verlyn Flieger (Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World)