The Lonely Noldor Guide to Beleriand

you cannot moralize to me about the Feanorians. it's not going to work. "ooohhh but did you know they kinslayed? but what about celegorm's cruel servants? but what about-"

I know, okay? I know about the Kinslayings. lmao. who the hell doesn't know about those in this fandom.

you seem to be under the impression that I like the Feanorians because of some mistaken belief that they are pure little angels...

Celebrimbor.

Picked up the Silm again and felt compelled to draw this

If I must break [the Silmarils] I shall break my heart, and I shall be slain; first of all the Eldar in Aman

the wording is important: not might break, or might be slain, but shall break, and shall be slain. He is expressing his certainty that breaking the Silmarils will kill him.

And I know that some people are a little hesitant to take Fëanor’s word on this at face value, but the very next spoken line in the text is Mandos (!!!) saying, “Not the first.”

Mandos is not disputing the part of Fëanor’s statement where he says that breaking the Silmarils will kill him — just the fact that Fëanor would then be the first in Aman to be slain, considering that Finwë —unknown to Fëanor— had just been killed at Formenos by Melkor.

The Sentence of the Valar

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And an aroace one because I wanted to.

If you saw this posted and then disappear shhh I had to fix a mistake.

My design for him is so inconsistent. Whatever, this one is post-Angband but pre-Nirnaeth probably.

Pfp versions below, pride reqs now closed.

feanor for yesterday’s warm up sketch