Anguirel Design– RivkaZ 2016

More Gondolin reference stuff. 
I needed to make a sword that matched with my Eöl’s Gothic sensibilities, was mean and lean enough to be the twin of Anglachel/Gurthang, AND looked like it was inspired by dwarven craftsmanship. 

I chose a great sword for the design after seeing some truly elegant videos of longsword techniques in use. It’s appealing to me to think of Maeglin using a big mofo of a sword with surgical finesse. 

ashandbrine:

     Of Maglor
& Sexuality
        
Beliefs & Experiences

Maglor is not really a
being of commitment. He is flighty and likes to sample all that life
would give him. Ellyn, ellyth, gwegwin- theres even rumor that he has
tumbled with a maia. Despite all of that, he is romancable. He is
simply shy when it comes to matters of his own heart. Something
amusing to hear from one of the greatest musicians and play writes.

He does end up courting an
elleth- or rather she courts him. She
was a popular actress used often in his plays and was somewhat of a
popular figure in the sport of fencing. She was charismatic and had
every ounce of bravery he had not. They were already set to be wed
whenever Finwe died and the oath came about. Their plans for marriage
crumbled as Maglor followed his father blindly and she raised a sword
against him to defend the Teleri. Though she did not fall by his
sword, she did die, and Maglor stumbled in grief over her for years.

Unlike his older brother he
kept no attempts to be celibate. He would seek comfort in other elves
and humans over the years. Even during his time wandering when he was
the last of seven he would find comfort in human women’s arms for a
few nights. He has no qualms against any gender nor race and doesn’t
care much about the beauty of the person he finds comfort with. It is
hard to win his heart, however, grief and self hatred consuming it.

helimir:

ameliarating:

Be he cab or truck, be he owned or rental

Family sedan or bright sports car, 

Driver or passenger or pedestrian,

Transport yet unfound upon Earth

Neither law, nor cop, nor traffic regulation,

Mileage nor signs, not price of gas itself 

Shall defend him from Fëanáro, and Fëanáro’s car

“Fëanor and his following were in the van, but the greater host came behind under Fingolfin…” 

– “Of the Flight of the Noldor” The Silmarillion, J.R.R Tolkien

im not even surprised that’s an oregon license plate.

wasn’t the dude who got high af and attacked a volkswagen thinking it was morgoth also from oregon? i rest my case

archaicwonder:

Rare Thracian Gold Inscribed Ring, 5th Century BC

Only four Thracian inscriptions of any length have ever been found, this ring being one of them. It’s from Ezerovo, Bulgaria and it has an inscription in Thracian but the letters used are ancient Greek:  ΡΟΛΙΣΤΕΝΕΑΣΝ / ΕΡΕΝΕΑΤΙΛ / ΤΕΑΝΗΣΚΟΑ / ΡΑΖΕΑΔΟΜ / ΕΑΝΤΙΛΕΖΥ / ΠΤΑΜΙΗΕ / ΡΑΖ // ΗΛΤΑ

The words have been  separated as:  ΡΟΛΙΣΤΕΝΕΑΣ NΕΡΕΝΕΑ ΤΙΛΤΕΑΝ ΗΣΚΟ ΑΡΑΖΕΑ ΔΟΜΕΑΝ ΤΙΛΕΖΥΠΤΑ ΜΙΗ ΕΡΑ ΖΗΛΤΑ

i.e.:  “Rolisteneas Nerenea tiltean ēsko Arazea domean Tilezypta miē era zēlta.”

Proposing the following translation:  “I am Rolisteneas, a descendant of Nereneas; Tilezypta, an Arazian woman, delivered me to the ground.”

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