stars hide your fires, these here are my desires

sure you did

On the inside the pointing finger is from Thorin’s map, but the runes say ‘do not fill past this point’ 😆

Here’s my design layout and references! My nephew pointed out that I skipped the trolls and the goblins etc etc and I explained that I simplified to make it symmetrical because I wanted to reference the original cover art

🌿rusalochky🌿

Richard Armitage at WonderCon 2014 for Into the Storm

Zuhair Murad | Fall/Winter 2026 Couture

had to draw them

“You are changed, Thorin! The dwarf I met in Bag End would never have gone back on his word! Would never have doubted the loyalty of his kin!”

Atelier Couture | Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

Elie Saab | Fall/Winter 2026 Couture

— Vladimir Nabokov, in a letter to his wife Véra (1926), Letters to Véra

The pretty king under the mountain and ofc pretty bf