ORITOBER 2026

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION] A gen and safe for work event celebrating Middle Earth's favorite dwarf scribe! hosted by @pilkypills and @skatesfullofsunshine

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Here are the prompts for Oritober, an upcoming Gen and safe-for-work event celebrating our favorite Dwarf scribe!

The event will take place throughout the month of October 2026. Feel free to combine, skip, or repeat prompts as you like! All sorts of media/fan content are welcome!

In order to make finding and accessing content related to the event easier, this blog will be using the tag "tolkien.oritober" (no quotation marks). So please use that when posting your contributions! Please feel free to also "@" this blog (tolkien-oritober-event) if you would like! We really want to see what you create!

As a reminder, here are the guidelines:

No hate speech

No AI of any kind

No NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content

No overt ship content

*As a rule of thumb, if it would be considered "Gen" on AO3, then it is "Gen" here!

*Familial and Platonic relationships are acceptable!

*No incest, please!

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Tolkien Oritober 2026

1. Journey

2. Books

3.Ceremony

4. Craft

5. Gifts

6. Quill

7. Music

8. Hair

9. Knitwear

10. Family

11. Friends

12. Childhood

13. Moria

14. Jewelry

15. Animal

16. Khuzdul

17. Purple

18. Candles

19. Food

20. Magic

21. Illness

22. Hug

23. Anger

24. Names

25. Games

26. Joy

27. Tears

28. Weapons

29. Alternate Universe

30. Holiday

31. Free Space

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Oritober is Four Months Away!

Our upcoming gen and safe for work month long celebration of Ori creeps ever closer! Here is the initial post, where more details can be found! We hope you will join us in creating and sharing works centered around our favorite scarf-clad dwarf!

The prompts list will be released on June 30th.

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Do you like Ori? Do you want an excuse to show off your creativity? Do you like month-long Tolkien events?

If you do, then we are happy to announce

ORITOBER 2026!

A month-long curated prompt list to inspire artists, writers, collage-makers, playlist-makers, craftspeople, and anyone else that loves our yarn-wearing dwarf scribe friend to create and share works that celebrate Ori and what makes him such a wonderful character.

The official event tag is "tolkien.oritober" (no quotations) so please use that for tagging posts, blocking, or when using the tumblr search feature.

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Announcing:

ORITOBER

A gen and safe for work event celebrating Middle Earth's favorite dwarf scribe!

The event will run for the entirety of October 2026, from the 1st to the 31st.

Guidelines:

No hate speech

No AI of any kind

No NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content

No overt ship content

*As a rule of thumb, if it would be considered "Gen" on AO3, then it is "Gen" here!

*Familial and Platonic relationships are acceptable!

*No incest, please!

Prompt list coming soon!