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markedasinfernal:

’[Sauron] took Minas Tirith by assault, for a dark cloud of fear fell upon those who defended it; and Orodreth was driven out, and fled to Nargothrond. Then Sauron made it into a watch-tower for Morgoth, a stronghold of evil, and a menace; and the fair isle of Tol Sirion became accursed, and it was called Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves. No living creature could pass that vale that Sauron did not espy from the tower where he sat.’ – Of the Ruin of Beleriand, The Silmarillion.   

Tol Sirion Series, by Htogrom

I espy with my Great Eye! (click the redirecting link therein)

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artnouveaustyle:

This is the Lit Aube et Crépuscule (Dawn and Twilight bed) by Emile Gallé. It was made in 1904 and is at the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy. The materials include Rosewood, ebony, mother of pearl and glass. The bed symbolizes dusk, dawn and life. Dusk is a butterfly at the headboard with a landscape of night. Dawn is a butterfly at the foot of the bed, illustrating the renewal of the day. The crystal part of Dawn is said to represent life as a “cosmogenic egg”. For more info see the museum’s website here.

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stephescamora:

Lúthien Tinúviel & Huan, the Hound of Valinor sketches
I wanted to draw something to celebrate the start of 2018 and since its the year of the dog I decided to sketch Lúthien and Huan. I missed drawing these two! I miss drawing Silmarillion art in general haha. I hope to do a digital illustration of this (perhaps even with Beren) before the Lunar New Year!

I did a short process video on instagram when I was sketching✨

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misbehavingmaiar:

Palette Meme: The Iron Hell– RivkaZ 2015

 *wheeeeze* DONE.  _(:p 」∠)_

This is what I picture Angband looking like from the top-down. Most of the fortress is subterranean, making this not even the upper most third of the map. Near the top of the center spire is where you will find Hurin’s chair. (Other above-ground structures that didn’t make it into the picture:  Dragon hatchery and stable, Maethros’s shackle, and secret passage ways.)

I want my Angband to look like it was a solid, fugly square brick of a fortress that has been retrofitted with spare Utumno-parts and upgraded to suit all Melkor’s Beleriand-Conquering needs. 

 It’s a mix of designs: impossibly grand scaled pseudo-gothic architecture (to let you know that a Vala lives there), with battlements that are still the old no-frills anti-Oromë defense system left over from the Utumno days, all stuck in a blender with a bunch of lopsided spikes and melty Giger-esque doom. 

Sauron provided the architecture and floor plan (complete with indoor plumming and practical considerations like “where do we put all the orcs”), and Melkor provided the asymmetry, the underground caverns, and the carelessly assembled volcanic hellscape.

misbehavingmaiar:

“…I’ve also created a variety of music boxes and automata in my time… Take your pick!

It’s a weakness of mine; reproducing natural mechanics with engineered devices. I have quite a collection by now, all gathering dust in my workshop. 
The war effort has made it impractical to spend much time on frivolous devices, no matter how fascinating they are to build, or soothing to watch.”

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