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many meetings, many partings

elrond and celebrían for scribbles & drabbles 2024 @fall-for-tolkien

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heru Arantëa, knight of the Jewels, Curufin's mad dog, who heeds neither glory nor pain

Curufin and Ancalimon during the Bragollach retreat, en route to stir up trouble in Nargothrond. (I intended this for @tolkienocweek but didn't finish in time)

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Dúvain - artfight revenge for @merilles :)

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Lirien of Doriath for art chain game (oc belongs to @from-lothlorien-to-helms-deep / Lyrien on discord)

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Three versions of Gil-galad (left to right):

Finduilas

found in a cabbage patch and raised by Cirdan

son of Lalwen

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Falathar - artfight attack for @linden-leaf

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Ilost - artfight revenge for @angbands-last-hero

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Daerhovan for @loremastering <3

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Calarphain for @the-journey-was-the-point :]

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Laegwen for @between-thepages :)

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a dashing hobbit named Boingus for @shiremenace!

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Chapters: 4/? Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Original Male Character(s), Maedhros (Tolkien), Lúthien Tinúviel Additional Tags: Oath of Fëanor, Nargothrond (Tolkien), Brothers, The Noldor, Second Kinslaying | Sack of Doriath Summary: F.A. 506 (a few days after ch. 2) - a missing Prince and his two troubled servants in the aftermath of the Kinslaying of Doriath.

“Please tell me, Heri Idralas,” Ancalimon adds, half-turning, his voice finally taking to life with an awful levity. “How are your kin laid to rest?”

For @yellow-faerie to whom Idralas belongs!

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Headcanon tag game - thank you for the tags @linden-leaf and @the-journey-was-the-point :) I will be talking about randomly generated hcs for Eilian and Ancalimon:

Eilian:

This character can't handle criticism.

True, she is willing to listen but takes criticism very personally, playing into her sense of unbelonging due to various life experiences (leaving behind her homes multiple times as a child, and being a descendant of kinslayers)

This character is very good at walking in platform heels.

True, I unintentionally designed her with heeled boots because she is short...

This character can't sit in a chair properly.

False, she is capable of sitting primly in a chair although when excited, has a tendency to jump up and pace the room

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Ancalimon:

This character hates being alone.

True, solitude gives him too much space for introspection - but he also can't stand vulnerability, so most of his relationships are superficial or functional

This character could easily survive The Hunger Games.

True. He emerged as the victor of a battle royale 'game' in Angband partly by being more ruthless than his friends

This character has an incredible spice tolerance.

False, but he would probably eat ghost pepper to amuse himself with other people's horrified reactions

(I will not tag anyone because this game has made some rounds already, but feel free to do this if you wish!)

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OC Questionnaire Tag Game

I was tagged by three people (thank you friends!!) so my rambling will be in a 'read more' below. My own questions for you all are at the end.

As the relative of several notorious kinslayers and the last representative of her House, she must work harder than others to gain people's trust and love, even though she does not feel responsible for her family's deeds.

from @linden-leaf - answering for Eilian (arantea cinnamon roll)

What’s a core lie your character believes about themselves or the world, and where did it originate?

Who are/were the most important people in their lives? Did they choose those people for themselves (and would they choose them again)?

Is there a choice they’ve surprised themselves by making? (And did they learn anything about themselves through making it?)

- her fiancé, one of the Gwaith-i-Mirdain. Before he died in Eregion he requested that the betrothal rings were returned to her, technically releasing her from the arrangement. His fate shapes her role in Middle-earth for the next two Ages. They choose each other again when they are reunited.

- her adoptive brother Naerchil, brought together by the trauma of Dagor Bragollach as children. They were sent away from the Fëanorians together and he was her guardian. They are somewhat co-dependent.

Despite knowing the havoc that oaths have wrought on her family, she ends up swearing her own oath of vengeance (to either destroy Sauron or herself die in Middle-earth). She fights many battles and takes many lives and upon introspection, begins to understand a little more the rest of her family.

What is their biggest regret, and why?

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from @yellow-faerie - answering for Teithril (marsh elleth)

Teithril has reconstructed many texts and preserved countless stories but was not able to save Dírhaval (the mortal author of The Children of Hurin, and a close friend of herself and Pengolodh) from the Kinslaying at the Havens of Sirion.

Do they have a craft? When and where did they learn it, and from who, and why?

She's no Therindë but is a resourceful sewer and weaver using various basic/foraged materials, due to her upbringing in a small marshy Sindar village in Nevrast.

She is an excellent scribe and learned from Turgon's people in Nevrast (her characteristic small neat script is due to a tendency for manuscript-hoarding after the fall of Gondolin)

How do they sleep? Is it restful, or full of nightmares? Do they only sleep in short bursts or are they the sort to sleep deeply all night?

she combines these two skills to make Pengolodh a quilted coat, but it's stuffed with manuscript copies in tiny font. It's arrow-resistant!

She sleeps restfully but dreams vividly due to all the stories she's accumulated through the Ages

Has your OC ever burned or otherwise destroyed something that reminded them of unhappy times or experiences in their past? Was this part of an arranged event? Or something they did spontaneously or in anger?

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from @the-journey-was-the-point - answering for Ancalimon (the bright trashlord)

many of Ancalimon's possessions from pre-Angband were destroyed by his mother during a grieving period. She does not recognize that he ever returned.

Ancalimon destroys the watchtower belonging to his father during the Dagor Bragollach, removing all traces of his family. It was spontaneous but intentional as it had been overrun by enemy forces

What is your character's preferred way of coping with stress or difficult situations?

Who's a character your OC cannot stand! It's on sight when they see them! (whether other OC or canon)

externally:

- inside or outside the Fëanorian circle, among peers or if social norms are in play: by being annoyingly charming and facetious

- outside the Fëanorian circle, if anything goes: with violence, ruthlessly

- inside the Fëanorian circle, among rank superiors: efficiently and with competence. If hard pressed on a personal level (relating to his past or the Lúthien incident) he withdraws into himself

internal issues: doesn't deal with them at all

Finrod: too wise to fool, too powerful to harm, too important to ignore during the Fëanorians' time in Nargothrond

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Here are my questions:

would your character step in harm's way for someone else, and who are they? would they do the same for your character?

how does your character handle betrayal?

if your character were a video game boss, what do the game guides say about them? What is one piece of loot they would drop?

I'm not tagging anyone in particular because I am so late in answering, and many people I would have tagged have already gone through some questions! Please feel free to answer if you'd like - I'd love to hear more about your OCs!

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Would you be willing to explain your Fëanorian(?) OCs? I am fascinated :)

thanks for asking! i'm glad they are interesting :) i may put out more public details one day, and welcome questions about them, but currently i prefer the anonymity and flexibility of them remaining mysteries.

nonetheless here are some bits about them:

tags will contain violence

the bright trashlord - Ancalimon Arantëa - a charming and deadly servant of Curufin; an ex-thrall; eldritch knight phenotype; the Oath of Feanor destroys him

the original narelinta - Naremacil 'Alahyo' Narelinta - a hunting companion of Celegorm who falls out of favor due to military failures

smol forest noldo - Naerchil 'Tathreg' Narelinta - adoptive son of the original narelinta, sent away from Beleriand as a child in order to be protected; raises fine horses

arantea cinnamon roll - Eilian 'Elvrassen' Arantëa - biological sister of Ancalimon, adoptive sister of Naerchil, also sent away; paladin phenotype; 3000+-year vengeance arc due to the fall of eregion

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Caranthir | Morifinwë/Haleth of the Haladin Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Haleth of the Haladin, Caranthir (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Child of Haleth and Caranthir, War of Wrath, Beleriand (Tolkien), beleriand is sinking, Mother-Daughter Relationship, oblique references to turin in brethil Summary:

In Beleriand's last years: Nibenaes, the daughter of Haleth and Caranthir, revisits her mother's house.

(Nibenaes and Rochind belong to @yellow-faerie, little ficlet for a server game)