#house of beor

[nynevefromthelake]

So happy to post it finally! House of Beor and house of Finarfin relationships are so special to me

Very much inspired by Atandil by @eilinelsghost

[aotearoa20]

lil’ Beren: Master Elf! I… I… this is my rabbit! I love him so much!! Do you like rabbits more than Men?

Finrod: (crouching down) Well little one, all sentient beings are important and so I don’t think you can love any sentient creature more than another. We should care about everything and love everything unless…

Finrod: (pause) unless, of course, it attacks you

Finrod: in which case, lovingly see it off with a big stick

Barahir: (trying not to laugh) that’s… that’s so profond Nòm

Finrod: But! Love all things buddy :)

Lil’ Beren: unless..

Finrod: unless it’s coming at you mate, then… dispatch it with love

[violetumbrellalover]

Haleth of the Haladin 🏹

Haleth was a daughter of Haldad, leader of the Haladin. After her father and twin brother Haldar were slain in an Orc raid, she became chieftain of the Haladin.

The House of Haleth was the second of the three Houses of Edain. The men of this House were descendants of Haldad, but the house was named after Haldad’s daughter Haleth, who led people from East Beleriand to Brethil. They were a reclusive folk, separate from the other Edain and spoke a different language.

[arlenianchronicles]

Pov: You’re relaxing at the stream when you suddenly notice an Elf prince lounging in the shadows, gazing back at you ;)

Beren and Lúthion from my genderbend AU! It’s been a long while since I drew for this AU, but I got in the mood recently, so here it is! It was also an excuse to practice with sitting poses XDD I imagine this is when they’re still getting to know each other; Lúthion sometimes appears when Beren least expects it, and Beren usually lets him make the first move, since Lúthion still isn’t sure what to make of this adan!

I also wanted to give Lúthion more of a mysterious fae vibe, so I put him in the shadows. Meanwhile, Beren appears with the sun, which is a recurring (and favourite) theme of mine when drawing the Edain, it seems! :DDD

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Silmarillion Daily - Of the Finding of the Elves

This was one that struck me hard on the reread, because the parallels between Oromë encountering the Elves for the first time, and Finrod encountering Men for the first time in Beleriand, are so strong.

In both cases, they come upon them while hunting, on the edge of the eastern mountains, when they hear them singing:

And on a time it chanced that Oromë rode eastward in his hunting, and he turned north by the shore of Helcar and passed under the shadows of the Orocarni, the Mountains of the East. Then on a sudden Nahar set up a great neighing, and stood still. And Oromë wondered and sat silent, and it seemed to him that in the quiet of the land under the stars he heard afar off many voices singing.

Finrod Felagund lord of Nargothrond journeyed east of Sirion and went hunting with Maglor amd Maedhros…In a valley among the foothills of the mountains, below the springs of Thalos, [Finrod] saw lights in the mountains, and far off he heard the sound of song.

In both cases they see these new people and love them not in spire of, but because of, the fact that they are different from themselves:

And Oromë looking upon the Elves was filled with wonder, as though they were beings sudden and marvellous and unforeseen…And Oromë loved the Quendi, and named them in their own tongue Eldar, the people of the stars.

Then Felagund, standing silent in the night-shadow of the trees, looked down into the camp, and there he beheld a strange people…Long Felagund watched them, and love for them stirred in his heart.

Here is where things diverge - and I think this is very intentional on Finrod’s part. He grew up among the Valar. He would have heard the story of Oromë first encountering the Elves hundreds of times, and he’s suddenly found himself in a parallel situation. And he would remember from the story how so e Elves reacted when Oromë, a Vala, suddenly appeared among them:

Yet many of the Quendi were filled with dread at his coming; and this was the doing of Melkor. For by after-knowledge the Wise declare that Melkor, ever watchful, was first aware of the awakening of the Quendi, and sent shadows and evil spirits to spy upon them and waylay them. So it came to pass, some years ere the coming of Oromë, that if any of the Elves strayed far abroad, alone or few together, they would often vanish, and never return; and the Quendi said that the Hunter had caught them, and were afraid…Thus it was than when Nahar neighed and Oromë indeed came among them, some of the Quendi hid themselves, and some fled and were lost.

And some of these elves who hid or fled were captured by Melkor and turned into Orcs.

So Finrod thinks of this, and decides he doesn’t want to risk startling them and thereby endangering them. So he waits until they are all sleeping, and then goes down and plays music, and because of the beauty and the dreamlike feel of things, they are not afraid and don’t run.

Now men awoke and listened to Felagund as he harped and sang, and each thought that he was in some fair dream, until that he saw that his fellows were awake also beside him; but they did not speak or stir while Felagund still played, because of the beauty of the music and the wonder of the song.

In a way, it’s no wonder that Men at first mistake Finrod for a Vala - he’s reliving the experience of the Vala who first discovered the Elves, and he’s trying (and succeeding) to use that history to do better. And this continues in his later dealings with Men. The Valar gave the Elves a binary choice: come to Valinor and we’ll teach you and keep you safe, or stay in Middle-earth and you’re on your own. But Finrod leaves the choice up to Men: Bëor wants to come with him to Nargothrond, the others choose to stay in Estolad, later generations come to live in Dorthonion, and he does his best to look out for them and advise them whichever of those choices they make. I suspect he’s thinking of the history between the Elves and the Valar again here, and wondering what might have happened if the Valar had taken a different approach.

Now, that does not last. The Valar were not able to keep the Elves free from harm even in Valinor, and Finrod, who does not have a Vala’s power, is still less able to keep them safe in Beleriand. But he’s doing the best he can. And I think it’s the shock of that moment in the Fen of Serech, when not only is he unable to get to Dorthonion to help his little brothers and the House of Bëor, but the men of the House of Bëor are saving him and losing their lives doing it, that prompts his oath to Barahir. On the flip side, for Barahir, you can contrast this reaction to that of Fëanor and many of the Noldor at the Darkening. The Darkening is when the Noldor realize the Valar can lose; and the Bragollach is similarly when Men see that Elves can lose. But because Men’s relationship with Elves is already to some extent a collaborative one, seeing them lose just makes them seem more ‘human’ rather than prompting the sense of betrayal the Noldor seem to have felt towards the Valar.

[art-of-firefly]

Andreth Saelind, my favorite moth -

Yes i count her among the house of Finwë, let me live in my denial, i know Finrod and Aegnor would approve anyway

House of Finwë

[spruceneedles]

House of Bëor: Bereth, the ancestor of Erendis

[thesummerestsolstice]

Something that's been on my mind. I'm not sure if it's in the book, but in the Hobbit movies, Beorn says that he remembers when a "darker evil ruled these lands" and pretty much confirms he's talking about Sauron a few lines later. And even if that's a throwaway movie line, I'd like is to be canon because the implications are very funny. Because that implies that he's been around for at least like, 3000 years. I feel like we should be talking about this more. Do all skinchangers live that long or is it just Beorn? Was Beorn around for like, the Silmarillion?? Are skinchangers like a whole separate species or are they just humans, and if they're humans, are they born that way or does something happen to them??? If I, a normal human, could live 3000+ years and turn into a bear I'd be all over that shit. Also how are they brought up nowhere else in the Legendarium??? You'd think that someone would've noticed a sizeable group of extremely tall buff people who turn into bears. If they were around during the First Age Finrod absolutely would've befriended them is all I'm saying.

Then again, maybe he did, I've seen theories that the Beorians were skinchangers floating around before. Hell, Maybe Beorn is Beor and he just retired out of the historical narrative after a while. Sure gives a new meaning to them calling him "the Old."

[statuesquueart]

do candles pity moths? (or; andreth)

for day five of @finweanladiesweek : ladies who married in

[curufinrod]

But most of all Finduilas the daughter of Orodreth found her heart moved whenever he came near, or was in hall. She was golden-haired after the manner of the house of Finarfin, and Túrin began to take pleasure in the sight of her and in her company; for she reminded him of his kindred and the women of Dor-lómin in his father's house.

[emerwenaranel]

In this house, we love Morwen Eledhwen of the Houe of Beor.

[aotearoa20]

Finrod and Tar-Miriel

AU where in a desperate bid to save her kingdom from the destruction of her dreams, Tar-Miriel enlists the help of a very old family friend

[violetumbrellalover]

⚔️Three Houses of Edain⚔️

A little over three centuries after the Noldor had returned to Middle-earth, Finrod discovered a new people in the glens of the Blue Mountains. These were Men out of the distant East of Middle-earth, the first of their kind to be seen in Beleriand. These Men crossed the mountains as three distinct peoples, but each of these peoples became allies of the Elves in the Wars of Beleriand. The name Edain became associated with these friends of the Elves, and their leaders gave rise to three houses: those of Bëor, Haleth and Hador.

House of Bëor

Bëor was the first of Men to cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, and his house is thus considered the first of the houses of the Edain. Bëor himself became a vassal of Finrod, and many of his descendants also served the Elves. Later generations of this house held the land of Dorthonion, until it was lost to Morgoth in the Dagor Bragollach. The greatest of the heroes of the House of Bëor was Beren, who escaped from Dorthonion and captured a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown.

House of Haleth

The people known as the Haladin spoke their own language, alien to that of the other Edain. They were the second house of Men to cross the Mountains, and settled for a while in the southern part of Dor Caranthir. Faced with a sudden assault by Orcs, they united under a leader named Haldad, but he was slain defending his people. His daughter Haleth, from whom this house took its name, led the survivors into the west, until they reached the Forest of Brethil, where they settled. This house of the Edain is noted for their friendship with the Drúedain, with whom they shared their forest home.

House of Hador

The Third House of the Edain derived from the followers of Marach, who led his people across the Blue Mountains soon after the other houses. The Men of this House built a strong alliance with Fingolfin's people in Hithlum. Indeed, Marach's great-great-grandson Hador was made Lord of Dor-lómin by the High King of the Noldor, thus giving his name to this renowned House. Among Hador's famous descendants were Húrin and Huor, Túrin and Tuor, and Eärendil the Mariner.

“Do you forget to whom you speak? Such things you spoke long ago to our fathers; but we escaped from your shadow. And now we have knowledge of you, for we have looked on the faces that have seen the Light, and heard the voices that have spoken with Manwe."

~ Húrin Thalion in The Children of Húrin, "The Words of Húrin and Morgoth"

[arlenianchronicles]

Here’s my @officialtolkiensecretsanta for @outofangband! Húrin and Morwen sharing a tender moment during the sunset :D It’s been snowing quite a bit where I am, so I went with a warm palette for this painting! I can’t wait for a bit of warmth weather loll

In the meantime, I wish y’all a wonderful holiday and happy new year!! <333

[velvet4510]

Finrod/Bëor doesn’t seem to be a popular ship and I wonder why! It’s right there.

Finwë proves Elves can indeed love more than once, so this doesn’t mean Finrod doesn’t love Amarië too. But just look at the facts!

Finrod appears out of nowhere like a knight in shining armor to bless and teach and spend time with Bëor and his people.

Bëor leaves behind all his people to spend the rest of his days with Finrod.

Finrod discourages Aegnor and Andreth from being together - why would he do this?? Because it wasn’t just out of knowledge of different fates. It was out of personal experience. All he feels is agony that his beloved Bëor is gone and out of his reach forever and he doesn’t want his brother to go through the same thing.

He swears his oath to Barahir and gives him his ring not just because he saved his life but because Barahir is descended directly from Bëor and looks like him.

He helps Beren not just because of the oath, but to redeem himself for his mistake in discouraging Aegnor from enjoying the time he could’ve had with Andreth, however short. With no idea what Lúthien will ultimately do, he sees her and Beren’s love as another doomed and fleeting love, but he has experienced this himself, and finally realizes it is ultimately worth any price. So he lays down his life to ensure Beren will have the chance that he had but also took from his brother.

One of the most tragic love stories in the history of Arda is right there under our noses.