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markedasinfernal:

‘They buried the body of Felagund upon the hill-top of his own isle, and it was clean again; and the green grave of Finrod Finarfin’s son, fairest of all the princes of the Elves, remained inviolate, until the land was changed and broken, and foundered under destroying seas. But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.’ – Of Beren and Lúthien, The Silmarillion.

Death of Felagund, by lyazgina

bamboocounting:

effulgentpoet:

far away places i’ve been reading about (moodboards for my favorite locations)

LIGHTHOUSES

“There are times when the ocean is not the ocean-not blue, not even
water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a
scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray
right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And
the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are
the nights the light is needed most.” 
– M. L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

@vardasvapors

what was your headcanon about elros’s death you just mentioned? 👀👀👀

meripihka7:

Oooh I was just hoping you’d read my tags!

Short version: Elrond leaves a window open and Earendil slows in his path to witness his son’s passing.

Long version (more like a short fanfic plot I don’t dare write yet):
Elrond is visiting Numenor because he knows it’s happening soon. But since nobody can tell exactly when (first natural Peredhel death and all), Elrond being Elrond he’s keeping himself busy and not just sitting by Elros’ bed the whole time (though he is there often, of course).
Specifically, he’s teaching astronomy to some children when one kid calls him over because a star is off course. When Elrond asks them which star, the kid points straight at Earendil (up to you whether this one kid just hasn’t yet quite grasped the whole “the star Earendil is literally the King’s dad in a magic sky boat” thing or if after 500 years people in general are getting more used to treating him like a regular astronomical object and sort of forget the truth until they stop to think about it.)
Elrond has two seconds of “huh, so he is… that’s unusual for dad” before he gets it.
He runs to Elros’ bedchamber (waving away some person sent to fetch and who is a little confused at their errand being useless, but not too much), makes sure there is a little time and immediately opens the window and has the bed turned to face it (nobody present questions him because they’re well used to half-elven weirdness).
Only when the Silmaril light shines in Elros’ face does Elrond finally sit by him to say his final farewell.