
CELEBORN.

Medieval French silver signet ring, dated to the 15th century. The source states that the N and the T engraved in the octagonal bezel perhaps represent the original owner’s initials. The two letters are separated by a snake. Source: Sixbid (via Timeline Auctions).

Q’orianka Kilcher as Princess Ka’iulani – 2009

Victorian Prosthetic Hand l Unknown Source
the photo does have a source! this prosthetic is housed in the london science museum. its appearance is atypical to other prosthetics of the time, so its user probably covered the hand with a glove, but the ability of each steel joint to be able to articulate would’ve proved useful to the person who wore it (https://victorianachronists.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/medical-advancements-victorian-era-prosthetics/)

this started as a harmless sketch and turned into some maedhros-in-angband conceptual shite well fuck me then
“Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! The Ring! The Ring!”
-The Nazgul/Ringwraiths, The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
PS – “Then the leader, who was now half across the Ford, stood up menacing in his stirrups, and raised up his hand. Frodo was stricken dumb. He felt his tongue cleave to his mouth, and his heart labouring. His sword broke and fell out of his shaking hand. The elf-horse reared and snorted. The foremost of the black horses had almost set foot upon the shore.”

COLE, Thomas (1801–1848)
Expulsion. Moon and Firelight, detail
circa 1828
Oil on canvas, 91.4 × 122 cm
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Ed. Orig.
Yo here’s TDF 5 featuring guest writer jokemaker extraordinaire sathinfection , aka Fëanor’s diary scribble on the kiddos
The 14 Valar of the Arda
I redesigned them again, this time… all together 🙂
Roman Gold Ring with Vulcan Intaglio, 2nd-3rd Century AD
Inset carnelian cloison with intaglio image of a standing robed armorer (Vulcan?) with a hammer, working on a Corinthian-type helmet.

The Silmarillion aesthetic | Mahtan & his wife, parents of Nerdanel
Mahtan
was a Noldorin Elf and the father of Nerdanel, the wife of Fëanor. Mahtan was a skilled smith in Valinor learning the arts of metal and stone work under the direction of the Vala Aulë. He wore a copper circlet around his head and was known for his fondness for the metal more than gold.Mahtan had a beard, which was unusual for an Elf especially one as young as he.