#trsb2023

[ismeneee]

Vying for Lordship of the Fountain

Finally able to post my first art for TRSB 2023 !! Working with @joyfullynervouscreator has been so fun, fic to be posted soon!

[arcxus-of-altihex]

Second art piece I did for @tolkienrsb / TRSB 2023!! A little late but I think my subconscious took over at some point because I don't remember the last few hours. Here's a sweet, mildly peaceful scene of the pains of raising the first of dragons <3

Keep an eye out for the lovely fic!! @oopsbirdficced / @ingenious_spark (AO3) is the author I worked with <3

THE COLLECTION IS UP!! READ THE FIC HERE <3

[sauroff]

And my second entry for this year's @tolkienrsb

Art by me

Fic by: NIQtraust

FIC LINK

"The Elfstone: or, how Annatar caused some murders in Eregion"

Summary:

Murders begin occuring in Ost-in-Edhil. Celebrimbor is on the case, but between him, Annatar, and a grumpy coroner, can they solve these crimes?

Murder mystery set in the Second Age, featuring silvergifting, jealousy, and the Elessar.

Full info below the cut!

Rating: Mature

Archive Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category: M/M

Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

Relationships: Celebrimbor | Telperinquar/Sauron | Mairon, Celebrimbor | Telperinquar & Elrond Peredhel, Celebrimbor | Telperinquar & Original Elf Character(s)

Characters: Celebrimbor | Telperinquar, Sauron | Mairon, Annatar (Tolkien), Original Elf Character(s), Elrond Peredhel, Ereinion Gil-galad

Additional Tags: Murder Mystery, Graphic Description of Corpses, Murder, Blood, Suicide attempt ish? he can't actually die and he knows that, but it's still sort of a suicide, Second Age (Tolkien), Manipulation, Established Relationship, Elrond & Celebrimbor Are Cousins, Crime Scenes, The Elessar | The Elfstone (Tolkien), Possessive Behavior, Jealousy, No reveal that annatar is sauron, (he still is sauron. other characters just don’t learn this), Cuddling

Word count: 10.1k

[melestasflight]

Little Idril gives Turgon the first chamomile flowers in @that-angry-noldo's Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet for @tolkienrsb

This heart-wrenching fic of the arrival of Fingolfin's host to Beleriand and the main art will be revealed tomorrow, September 8, 2023!

Fic snippet below the cut.

Turukáno looked away. Itarillë ran up to him, and her face was bright. She was holding a white flower in her hands, her eyes gleaming with warmth and happiness. Turukáno smiled and tucked a strand of her golden hair behind her ear. A camomile, he explained, mind to mind, and her features lit up. It grows in great numbers during the spring.  Itarillë beamed and ran off, and Turukáno followed her with a soft, fond gaze. He looked back to Findaráto and noticed the same tenderness on his features. “Children,” Findaráto murmured. “In Aman we thought them a blessing; a gem to carve, a fruit to reap. Now, though, I look at your daughter and feel - hope. Your father,” he said, and looked at Turukáno again, “might feel like he lost that. What is the meaning of trying to go on if you have lost the one whose eyes gleamed with fire, who looked forth through the veil of the unending snow and said, “I see hope; I see life; I see, far away, the warmth and the peace that awaits us”? And now, that hope lies buried under the ground, and all we can do is - remember.”

From Flowers sprang beneath his marching feet

[solmarillion]

Remade

Here's my piece for this year's @tolkienrsb! This is my first time participating and I'm so excited to share what I've been working on with my fic author🥰️

In this piece, Celebrimbor reunites with his family in the Halls of Mandos, hoping to reconcile with them. You'll find out what happens in @goschatewabn's fic when the collection goes live!

This piece, like many of my others, is drawn in the style of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. But this time, I took inspiration from the stained glass concept art from the game and decided to imitate the effect. It took a ton of work- I did a lot of the flat colors and shading all in one day. But I'm glad I was able to challenge myself with such a complex composition!

(From top to bottom, left to right: Nienna, Maedhros, Fëanor, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Celebrimbor, Caranthir, Amrod, Amras)

[scyllas-revenge]

This is the beautiful art made by @ach-sss-no for the 2023 Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang!

You’ll be able to read the fic I wrote to accompany it in just a few hours when the collection goes live. @ach-sss-no was great to work with and is so talented! Please go check out all her other art- and her fanfics on AO3!

Something Burrowed, Something Blue

Rating: G

Word count: 11k

Summary:

“It was often said (in other families) that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have taken a fairy wife.”

This is the story of how a particularly Tookish Took met and married a mysterious creature from the Old Forest- and how that mysterious creature came to make the Shire her home.

[yuviur]

One of my two works for @tolkienrsb! This is my first time participating, and I cannot wait to read @senalishia's fic that was inspired by this painting. 💕

[melkors-defense-attorney]

Here’s my second piece for @tolkienrsb that I did for the lovely @that-angry-noldo !!! Keep an eye out for the companion fic!