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the real reason Manwë wants them
Personal headcanon: everyone wanted to eats the silmarils a little bit. They’re the ultimate forbidden magical gushers. Holy Tide Pods, if you will. Even the Valar have intrusive thoughts about chomping them.
The finished portrait of the Angband au
Oath of Fëanor by https://hehuihehui.lofter.com
Be he foe or friend, be he foul or clean, brood of Morgoth or bright Vala, Elda or Maia or Aftercomer, Man yet unborn upon Middle-earth, neither law, nor love, nor league of swords, dread nor danger, not Doom itself, shall defend him from Fëanor, and Fëanor’s kin, whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh, finding keepeth or afar casteth a Silmaril. This swear we all: death we will deal him ere Day’s ending, woe unto world’s end! Our word hear thou, Eru Allfather! To the everlasting Darkness doom us if our deed faileth. On the holy mountain hear in witness and our vow remember, Manwë and Varda!
—The Annals of Aman, §134
Silmarillion Chapter 7: Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
For Fëanor, being come to his full might, was filled with a new thought, or it may be that some shadow of foreknowledge came to him of the doom that drew near; and he wondered how the light of the Trees, the glory of the Blessed Realm, might be preserved imperishable. Then he began a long secret labour, and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of all he made the Silmarils.
Here is the beginning of the end for the peaceful days of the Elves. Never before nor after would anything as beautiful or tragic as the Silmarils ever be created again. Not an easy thing to illustrate, so I kept it pretty abstract.
On the topic of Fëanor’s appearance: the Noldor are only described as being more muscular than other Elves, and having darker hair and features. Additionally, we know the Noldor resemble the human House of Bëor, who are described as having brown, “swarthy” skin and dark features. Tolkien’s characters are often all portrayed as white Anglo-Saxon, but in reality this frequently conflicts with his ethnic descriptions.
Noldor Warriors - On the right is a generic soldier, while on the left is another illustration of Galadriel. While best known for her more regal role in Lord of the Rings, in this era, Galadriel is militant and ambitious, ready to defy the Valar and claim a kingdom of her own in Middle-Earth.
Oropher: Where the hell did we find this fuckin' kid, man?
Elrond: My mom threw herself off a cliff because she thought that my 'adoptive' fathers were after the rock she loved more than us and then you kinda just picked me up
Elrond: I remember that very vividly.
Gil-Galad: *Mildly horrified laughter*
Elrond takes no shit from anyone. Ever. Not anymore. He's punched Annatar.
Denethor: I think the word you're looking for is "High King of Gondor"
Elrond: The word I'm looking for, I can't say because my children are present.
Gil Galad: Hey, where are Elrond and Celebrimbor?
Galadriel: I don't know, they said something about Feanorian guilt money
*Meanwhile* Elrond and Celebrimbor: DAD'S GUILT MONEY! DAD'S GUILT MONEY! DAD'S GUILT MONEY!
Maedhros gave Elrond and Elros the armor that the Ambarussas came to Belariand with.
Elrond doesn't have the heart to tell him that he's the one who killed Amros.
Maglor may have been the sibling who was with Maedhros the longest, but Caranthir was his favorite. He'd never admit it, but it was true.
Maedhros was the only person Caranthir felt comfortable being emotionally vulnerable with for a very long time, before Haleth came along, and when she died, it went back to just being Mae.
Caranthir was the only person who Maedhros felt genuinely comfortable touching. After Sauron and Morgoth's acts against him, he couldn't stomach having his hand held by even his closest friends, and while this eased up somewhat after a few years, Caranthir was the only person he hugged or carried until him and Maglor kidnapped the twins.
(Also because autism bros)
Fëanor and his silmarils