Let’s play a game! Comment who’s your favourite Hero from the First Age of Middle-earth: Beren Erchamion, Túrin Turambar, Tuor Ulmondil, or Eärendil the Mariner?

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in 2020 we post silmarillion memes

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“Then Morwen was distraught, and refusing the counsel of Melian she rode forth alone into the wild to seek her son, or some true tidings of him.”

Artwork by Alan Lee

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“But Túrin came to his aid, and all fled before him; and he bore Gwindor out of the rout, and escaping into a wood there laid him on the grass.”

Credit to the artist

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Young Celebrimbor and Ereinion. Merry X'mas everyone!

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“There he made a song for Beleg, and he named it Laer Cú Beleg, the Song of the Great Bow, singing it aloud heedless of peril. And Gwindor gave the sword Anglachel into his hands.”

Artwork by MaraEmerald

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“But Beleg stumbling up seized back the sword and thrust it at the Dwarf, and Mîm in terror fled wailing from the hill-top. And Beleg cried after him: ‘The vengeance of the House of Hador will find you yet!’”

Artwork by Murrauddin

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Maedhros & Maglor: Local Cause Problems. I posted an earlier version here before; here’s the watercolor final.

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“And it chanced at a time of evening that Túrin and his outlaws came upon three Dwarves, who fled before them; but one that lagged behind was seized and thrown down.”

Artwork by Anke Eißmann

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“On the next day Beleg set out, and Túrin went with him a bowshot from the camp; but he said nothing. ‘Is it farewell, then, son of Húrin?’ said Beleg.”

Artwork by Anke Eißmann

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“But when a year had passed since Túrin fled from Doriath, Beleg came upon their lair by night. It chanced that at that time Túrin was gone from the camp.”

Artwork by Anke Eißmann

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“And Beleg answered: ‘I will seek Túrin until I find him, and I will bring him back to Menegroth, if I can; for I love him also.’”

Artwork by Cocoz42

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“But Túrin, deeming himself now an outlaw and fearing to be held captive, refused Mablung’s bidding, and turned swiftly away.”

Artwork by Alan Lee

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“On the next day Saeros waylaid Túrin as he set out from Menegroth to return to the marches; but Túrin overcame him, and set him to run naked as a hunted beast through the woods.”

Artwork by ralphdamiani

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“Morwen, daughter of Baragund, was the wife of Húrin, Lord of Dor-lómin; and their son was Túrin, who was born in the year that Beren Erchamion came upon Lúthien in the Forest of Neldoreth.”

Artwork by Filat

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