It always amuses me that Sauron basically had Gandalf in his dungeon and later had Galadriel siege his keep (in both the books and the movies) and yet, in Lord of The Rings he’s like
“ELF RINGS? WHERE ARE THE THREE? GRR IF ONLY I KNEW?!?! HMM IDK. MAYBE, MAYBE ONE OF THEM IS IN LORIEN BUT WHO CAN KNOW FOR CERTAIN???”
Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingol and Melian; art by Donato Giancola.
Artist Donato Giancola has recently begun work on a new, and very large, Tolkien-inspired painting. It depicts the moment in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion when Beren declares his love for Thingol and Melian’s dauighter and vows to undertake the quest of the Silmarils.
And here is a photo of Giancola’s work in progress:
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