John Howe illustrations for THE SILMARILLION.

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“But of Olórin that tale does not speak; for though he loved the Elves, he walked among them unseen, or in form as one of them, and they did not know whence came the fair visions or the promptings of wisdom that he put into their hearts.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by Mahrfra

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“Wisest of the Maiar was Olórin. He too dwelt in Lórien, but his ways took him often to the house of Nienna, and of her he learned pity and patience.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by Egorit

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“Ossë is a vassal of Ulmo, and he is master of the seas that wash the shores of Middle-earth. He does not go in the deeps, but loves the coasts and the isles, and rejoices in the winds of Manwë; for in storm he delights.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by Wavesheep

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“Nienna, sister of the Fëanturi, dwells alone. She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor. So great was her sorrow that her song turned to lamentation long before its end.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by Lelia

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“Námo the elder dwells in Mandos, which is westward in Valinor. He is the keeper of the Houses of the Dead, and the summoner of the spirits of the slain. He forgets nothing; and he knows all things that shall be.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by phobso

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“The spouse of Aulë is Yavanna, the Giver of Fruits. She is the lover of all things that grow in the earth, and all their countless forms she holds in her mind.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by marcelamedeiros

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“Aulë has might little less than Ulmo. His lordship is over all the substances of which Arda is made. In the beginning he wrought much in fellowship with Manwë and Ulmo; and the fashioning of all lands was his labour.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by Granks

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“Ulmo is the Lord of Waters. He is alone. He dwells nowhere long, but moves as he will in all the deep waters about the Earth or under the Earth. He is next in might to Manwë, and before Valinor was made he was closest to him in friendship.” — The Silmarillion

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artwork of from for ! it was very fun to draw this character 💓

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“Manwë and Varda are seldom parted, and they remain in Valinor. Their halls are above the everlasting snow, upon Oiolossë, the uttermost tower of Taniquetil, tallest of all the mountains upon Earth.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by peet

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“With Manwë dwells Varda, Lady of the Stars, who knows all the regions of Eä. Too great is her beauty to be declared in the words of Men or of Elves; for the light of Ilúvatar lives still in her face. In light is her power and her joy.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by DymondStarr

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“But Manwë was the brother of Melkor in the mind of Ilúvatar, and he was the chief instrument of the second theme that Ilúvatar had raised up against the discord of Melkor.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by frauen_adams

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“Of the fabric of Earth had Aulë thought, to whom Ilúvatar had given skin and knowledge scarce less than to Melkor; but the delight and pride of Aulë is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery.” — The Silmarillion

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“And Ilúvatar showed to the Ainur a vision, giving to them sight where before was only hearing; arid they saw a new world made visible before them, and it was globed amid the Void, and it was sustained therein, but was not of it.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by John Pitre

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“But as the theme progressed, it came into the heart of Melkor to interweave matters of his own imagining that were not in accord with the theme of Ilúvatar, for he sought therein to increase the power and glory of the part assigned to himself.” — The Silmarillion

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Finrod's first fortess in Beleriand

the first age tower of guard (--> minas tirith)

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“There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by enanoakd

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“In Middle-earth dwelt also Gil-galad the High King, and with him was Elrond Half-elven, who chose, as was granted to him, to be numbered among the Eldar.” — The Silmarillion

Artwork by Lelia

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