#or no-face blobs as my friend calls them XDD

[arlenianchronicles]

What’s this? Another AU?? This time, y’all get an eldritch/tree/fae/theatre-costume take on Maedros, Elrond, and Elros!

I was initially inspired by the idea of a Silmarillion play and what kind of costumes designs one could utilize. I ended up going for wooden masks; the look of them are inspired by a few things: an old performance at the Michael J. Fox theatre that I vaguely remember from elementary school; the Kin Fables short film trilogy, which you can find on Youtube; and, somewhat less so, the sages from LoZ: Twilight Princess.

And then it turned into a whole other thing of eldritch-tree-fae in the Silmarillion -- essentially turning all the Elves into fae. But really, it can be any or all of these if you want! XDD (I just haven’t figured out what to do about the Edain and Dwarves yet ... siiigh)

As for the painting, Maedros is protecting Elrond and Elros from ... something or other. I imagine that the eldritch Elves have the ability to grow tree branches like Groot (since their bodies are kinda like trees? I think?? I haven’t developed everything yet loll). So Maedros uses his branches to shield/carry the twins, and hide them inside his layers of clothing.

Below are the design sketches I did for them (I’m not good at character sheets loll)

Maedros’ wooden mask has scratches and cracks from his time in Thangorodrim (and I haven’t figured out what type of wood it’s made out of yet ^^;;). His “hair” is made up of red fur, and he wears layers of robes from Valinor (that are now worn and tattered).

The branches on his head (and all the other Elves’) are supposed to represent Elf ears XDD His are barren of leaves due to Thangorodrim / all the other battles.

Elrond and Elros have near-identical ivory masks; their “hair” and clothes are just lengths of black silk that glitter/shimmer under starlight. Since they’re still young, they don’t have the branch-ears, but instead have baby flowers and leaves (which can also double as crowns referring to their Maiar heritage).

(ps. don’t mind Elros, he’s just bending side to side for fun loll)

I think that, during their time with Maedros and Maglor, the twins end up wearing those golden necklace/thread ornaments (since I’d imagine that to be a Noldorin tradition ^^)

Here’s a bonus Maglor to cap off the kidnap fam! His “hair” is made up of black cloth, and his robes from Valinor are worn down from his journeys. His branch-ears are also barren.