#eoa appendices

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: Cuiviénenyarna, Vanyar, Misc. Noldor (work in progress) Appendix B: House of Finwë (you are here!) Appendix C: Gondolindrim, Nargothrondrim (work in progress) Appendix D: Teleri, Avari (not yet posted)

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HOUSE OF FINWË

Míriel Þerindë ft. Finwë, Míriel Þerindë, Fëanáro This is under Míriel’s name, but really it’s mostly about Finwë, since Míriel got her own edit with her parents. I think it was moiety who introduced me to the headcanon that Finwë invented the wheel. His loneliness/desire to bond is a headcanon, one that I explore in my fic Rules of the Soul, which is pretty much canon to this verse. Finwë, Míriel, and Indis being in a poly relationship is fanon, and the specific details here are my headcanons. We do know that Finwë knew Indis when the Noldor and Vanyar lived together in Tirion; we don’t know about if she had a prior relationship with Míriel or not, but I like to think they did. The details of Finwë and Fëanor’s relationship are canonical, though embellished.

Fëanáro ft. Fëanáro, Nerdanel, Nelyafinwë, Kánafinwë, Turcafinwë, Morifinwë, Curufinwë II, Pityafinwë, Telufinwë [BIG SOB] I DID NOT WANT THIS ONE TO BE THIS DAMN LONG BUT IT’S FËANOR SO WHAT CAN YOU DO??? Some brief notes on the images: I did in fact edit a pointy ear onto the stone art for Nerdanel’s graphic :P I don’t think Maedhros is particularly attached to owls (I envision him with ravens tbh) but there was a limited number of pictures of the model I chose for him (and he’s going to appear many times in this series, so often in fact that I did have to reuse one picture despite not wanting to.) And yes Amrod and Amras are portrayed by the same model, don’t @ me, they’re “alike in mood and face.” I’ll be as succinct as I can here. MUCH of this is headcanon. The first paragraph is all canon. We don’t know if Rúmil actually mentored Fëanor, but it’s entirely plausible. Fëanor’s innovations in linguistics and gemcraft are canon. I go with the concept that Fëanor was like, a tween when Finwë remarried; old enough that Finwë thought he could handle it but young enough that Finwë was wrong. Indis caring for Fëanor as a kid is headcanon. Note that Fëanor has no idea that Indis and Míriel were both Finwë’s lovers in the past (this is headcanon but his lack of knowledge is important). I don’t personally subscribe to the theory that Fëanor got along with Findis, but I don’t think he hated her the way he hated Fingolfin. The stuff about Finwë naming his kids after himself and then later adding prefixes is from the Shibboleth; I wrote a fic about it which you can read here. The exact dynamic between Fëanor and his younger two half-siblings is my headcanon. Fëanor and Nerdanel were canonically “companions on many journeys”; the bit about them not knowing who each other were at first is my headcanon. Nerdanel’s ~homely~ appearance is canon, and so is their relationship dynamic. Nerdanel getting pregnant before the wedding is headcanon. The name “Nelyafinwë” being a slight to Fingolfin is a fairly common interpretation but not explicitly stated to be canon; same goes for my interpretation of the name “Maitimo.” Maedhros’ personality and place in Finwë’s court is extrapolated from the text but not technically canon. We do know that Fëanor had silver/grey eyes, but that Maedhros had them too is headcanon. He is canonically a redhead, and I am firmly convinced that he was among Nerdanel’s sons to whom her mood was bequeathed. Everything about Anairë, including her past friendship with Fëanor, is headcanon. We don’t know the dates of birth for any of Fëanor’s kids, or for Fingon, so all of that is headcanon. Fëanor stealing the name “Kánafinwë” from his brother is headcanon, but not one of mine originally; I don’t however remember where I first saw it. Same for the marked similarity between “Turcafinwë” and “Turukáno.” Fingon and Maedhros were canonically friends in Aman; I threw Maglor in there too, though I think as he grew older he kind of drifted away from them while Mae and Finno stayed close. Turgon and Finrod are canonically born in the same year; I threw Celegorm in there too, but that’s headcanon. We don’t know how early the Celegorm and Curufin buddy dynamic started, but I headcanon it was pretty much always there. Celegorm delaying his plans to join Oromë’s Hunt is headcanon. The details of Fëanor and Fingolfin’s feelings on their eldest sons’ friendship are headcanon. I don’t know if 5 was actually the max number of kids for elves before Fëanor and Nerdanel, but I’m pretty sure it’s canon that no one else ever had as many as 7. My interpretation of the name “Telufinwë” is headcanon; Argon being born after him anyway is as well. I have a weird fondness for the idea of Fëanor and Argon getting along, but that’s absolutely completely headcanon. The argument over the Ambarussa’s names is canon with embellishments. I do think they reconciled after that for a time, but the details of how/why are headcanon. Celebrimbor’s father name also being “Curufinwë” is popular fanon but not canon. We don’t know the timing of the whole Galadriel hair thing, but that did happen in canon. The development of the Silmarils is canon. The unrest of the Noldor is canon, and appears here in a condensed form, and I sprinkled in some embellishments here and there. I do go hard on the Good Dad Fëanor interpretation, sorry not sorry; I hope it’s clear that I think his family loved him very much and that he was not always as crazy as he becomes. Nerdanel refusing to follow Fëanor and instead moving in with Indis is canon, and also a huge power move. The events of the Darkening are canon, and appears in a condensed form. I stole the entirety of the Oath-swearing paragraph directly from the Silm because it’s just that good and needed to be emphasized dramatically. I did tweak it a bit, namely using Quenya instead of Sindarin, and capitalizing the word Oath. The canonical sequence of events is actually that the Oath is sworn and THEN the Noldor have their argument about whether or not to leave, but the story flowed better here if those events were flipped, so I just flipped them. The Kinslaying is canon and appears in a condensed form. Uinen did canonically drown some of the Fëanorian followers in their first try at sailing, which is a detail I think deserves more attention in the fandom! The Doom of the Noldor is canon/condensed. The ship-burning is canon/condensed. I mix the two versions of Amrod’s fate into a Lightly Toasted Amrod ’verse; he does burn, but survives, and the details of how are my headcanon, but everything before his rescue is canon to the Shibboleth’s version of events. I do think Fëanor had a moment of lucidity after this, but that—and my emphasis on his madness in general, tbh—is headcanon, or at least artistic license. Maedhros advising Fëanor not to rush ahead is headcanon. Fëanor’s battle with the Balrogs is canon. I do need Amrod to be there to reaffirm his Oath, but him being separate from his brothers as they rescue their dad is headcanon. There is a version of events where the Elessar (aka the Green Stone of Fëanor) is given to Maedhros on his deathbed (and then later from Maedhros to Fingon); this did not survive to later drafts, and making the stone a symbol of Fëanor passing kingship to Maedhros is my headcanon. Fëanor’s death and ultimate fate are canon, with a bit of embellishment. Dear god I hope that the Maedhros caption is not as long as this, but considering I have even more headcanons for my Very Favorite Kinslayer, I’m not optimistic..........

Maedhros ft. Maedhros Okay, well, definitely NOT shorter. In fact the length of this one pushed me to actually use a readmore for the first time in this series (well, that and the descriptions of Mae’s time in Angband). And can you believe this edit only covers ONE PERSON???? (Can you believe I’d originally planned to shove all of this into the same edit as Fingon?????) Same thing as last time for disclaimers; buckle up. If I went over something in the Fëanor edit that also appears here, I’m skipping over it. The details of Maedhros and Fingon’s friendship in Aman are headcanon; pretty much all we know about it is that they were indeed friends. Yes, Fingon is trans <3 There will be more on him in a later edit. The details of Maedhros and Fingon’s romance are headcanon, and not even the full extent of my headcanons about them, but there really was only so much room in this edit (I say, when this fucking thing is nearly SEVEN THOUSAND WORDS LONG). But especially the details of their marriage are my ideas and not found anywhere in canon. The origin of the name “Russandol” is headcanon; canon actually states that it was a name used by his brothers and other kin, but I’m so desperately attached to the it-was-Finno’s-name-for-him fanon that I ignore that. Basically everything Maedhros does before the Darkening is headcanon. He does canonically follow his father to Formenos. In HoMe, it is Maedhros who delivers the awful news about Finwë and the Silmarils (by running into the Ring of Doom and screaming “DEATH!!!” which is just iconic); I adapted that here. For all I do see Maedhros as the level-headed peacemaker of the Finwëans, I did want to emphasize that he’s absolutely on his dad’s side; I hope that came across. Once again the Oath paragraph is lifted almost verbatim from the Silm; I did throw in a little line about Maedhros leading his brothers to swear it alongside their dad. Maedhros’ regrets after Alqualondë are headcanon but also I think in line with what we see of him in canon; same for Fingon’s lack of regret. Maedhros looking out for his followers and saving some of them from Uinen’s wrath is headcanon. Maedhros asking after Fingon and then standing aside at the ship-burning is canon; him saving Amrod from the fire is headcanon. Maedhros advising Fëanor against running to Angband is headcanon. Maedhros becoming king after Fëanor is canon, as is the timing of the arrival of Morgoth’s messenger. Canon does not explicitly state how much time is between that message arriving and the actual battle, so in order to give Maedhros some actual time as king I headcanon that it was at least a year before he finally agreed, and that he asked the Sindar for aid in that time. He’s not stupid, after all, even if he agreed to something he knew would break bad. We know that everyone who went with him to that parlay died, and that his brothers survived, so necessarily his brothers did not go with him; that he ordered them to stay behind is headcanon. His thoughts about the whole situation are headcanon. Everything that happened to him in Angband is headcanon. Being hung on Thangorodrim is canon, though the inciting incident for that particular torture is my headcanon. Any interaction Maedhros has with Sauron is headcanon/fanon. Fingon’s rescue of him is canon <3 <3 <3 though I did add some embellishing details. The details of his recovery are headcanon, though we do know he did recover and became strong again, and the bit about wielding a sword with his left hand better than he had his right is canon. Canon says nothing about where it was he healed, so I go with my angsty headcanon that the Fëanorians have no idea he’s alive until the most dramatic possible moment (I sort-of-ficced that scene; you can read it here). The details of him reasserting his authority are headcanon; we do know he gave horses to the Nolofinwëan host, though, and him ceding the crown to Fingolfin (and “not all” his brothers being happy about that) is canon. The new bond between Amrod and Maedhros is headcanon and an extension of my Lightly Toasted Amrod headcanons. Maedhros’ exact reasons for changing his name are headcanon. His brief friendship with Rôg is headcanon. Everything about Silindë Maidros is headcanon; see her edit for more details. The word parts making up his new name are canon, though. Maedhros taking ex-thralls into his ranks is fanon/headcanon. His brothers not staying with him is canon. Maedhros did attend the Mereth Aderthad in canon, though we don’t have any details beyond that. We don’t know exactly how Maedhros came to know Azaghâl, so Curufin and Caranthir introducing them is headcanon, but it is canon that he saved Az’s life on the Dwarf-road. The gift of the Dragon-helm is canon, and the gift of the Green Stone of Fëanor is canon to the draft that story appears him, though Celebrimbor’s involvement is borrowed from an entirely different version of the Elessar’s history. Maedhros and Fingon absolutely had kids and I love them (that is headcanon though, sigh); in this case I’m going with Gil-galad son of Fingon (who I will remind you is trans in my headcanon), and I’m retaining Erien as a daughter of Fingon (though I adapt her brother Finbor into being just another name for Gil-galad). Maedhros being involved in their upbringing is headcanon. The events of the Dagor Bragollach are canon. Maedhros attending Fingon’s coronation is headcanon. Fingon sending his son to the Falas after the Bragollach is canon; that Círdan in particular cared for him is fanon; that Lalwen was involved with Círdan and therefore the raising of Fingon’s son (and daughter, in this case) is also fanon. Pegmûl and Kulren are Ulfang and Bór respectively; read their own edits to find out more about those names and my headcanons around them. Beren and Lúthien’s story is canon, though very much condensed. The formation of the Union of Maedhros is canon. The contributions from the dwarves of Nogrod and the Green-elves of Ossiriand are headcanon. Maedhros making a move with his Union too early is canon. Telchar of Nogrod did canonically make both the Dragon-helm and Narsil, but Maedhros owning Narsil is headcanon (and will show up again later). Narsil being named Narþil with a þorn is a headcanon born from the Fëanorian origins I gave it :) Orodreth’s one (1) company and Thingol’s two (2) marchwardens coming to the Nírnaeth are canon. The stuff about Fingon and Turgon before the battle is canon. Maedhros’ host being betrayed by Uldor and being attacked by Glaurung is canon. Maedhros feeling Fingon die and going mad trying to reach him is headcanon; it is, however, canon that he never saw Fingon’s dead body... The Fëanorians did canonically live a “wild and woodland life” in Ossiriand after the Nírnaeth; they also canonically dwelt in Amon Ereb after the Nírnaeth, and we don’t have any details on when that change happened, so I made some up. Erestor’s involvement is headcanon; read his edit for more info. The extent of Maedhros’ personality change is headcanon but supported by the text. The specifics of who killed who at Doriath are headcanon. You’ll find out more about my Eluréd and Elurín headcanons later. Maedhros did canonically search for them, though, and just as canonically couldn’t find them. Canon states that before the attack on Sirion, the Fëanorians “gather[ed] from their wandering hunting-paths” which to me implies that Amrod and Amras, at least, had retreated into the wild while Maedhros held Amon Ereb “after the great defeat” (aka the Nírnaeth). The details of Maglor and Maedhros being awful to each other are headcanon. Maedhros forswearing the Oath for a time is canon; A&A’s transformation into Oath-haunted shells of their former selves being what pushes him into attacking Sirion is headcanon. Amrod and Amras being just completely horrifically violent at Sirion is canon to at least one draft. We don’t know the detail’s of Elwing’s plummet into the ocean, but she did jump into the sea with the Silmaril. The details of how Maglor found Elrond and Elros are headcanon, as are the details of their adoption, but it is canon that he cared for them. Maedhros’ involvement in their care is taken from earlier drafts where it was him, not Maglor, who cared for Elrond (but not Elros, who didn’t exist yet). You’ll get more on the kidnap fam later. Elrond having the Elessar as a child is headcanon. Gil-Estel’s rising and everyone’s reactions to that are canon, though I’ve embellished that some. Maedhros’ participating in the War of Wrath is all headcanon. We don’t know for sure if Elrond and Elros joined up with Gil-galad in the War, but we do know that Elrond was present to see Thangorodrim destroyed (that’s LotR canon!). Everything about Maedhros’ relationship with his bio kids is headcanon. Maedhros and Maglor’s argument about surrendering is canon, though condensed in some places and embellished in others. Their final assault on the guards is canon, as is them agreeing to each take on Silmaril, and Maedhros’ final act of casting himself into the gaping chasm filled with fire. We don’t know if Maglor actually witnessed Maedhros’ suicide, but the rest of his fate is canon, though him lamenting most for Maedhros is headcanon. Whew. Thanks for sticking with me through this very long rant about my favorite character!!

Maglor ft. Maglor, Ezellë (OC), Daeron, Gwereneth Lindamíriel (OC) I’m giving up on trying to make these short. Oops. Same thing as last time, here we go. As mentioned in Fëanor’s edit, the story about the name Kánafinwë is headcanon. Everything with Findis and Elemmírë is headcanon. We do know Maglor is like, the best singer ever except maybe Daeron, but the journey of how he got there is headcanon. Maglor is canonically married, but everything about his wife is my headcanon. The Oath paragraph is from the Silm with a few tweaks. Maglor’s specific deeds in the First Kinslaying are headcanon. Maglor did compose the Noldolantë, and I *think* he began writing it after Alqualondë, but I’m not 100% sure on that. We can infer Maglor did participate in the ship-burning. Everything about him helping Amrod recover is headcanon. The details of his time as king-regent are headcanon, as are the details about Maedhros’ return. I don’t think we actually know if Maglor *was* the one in charge in Maedhros’ absence, but it makes sense logically... The details about Maglor’s Gap are mostly canon. Maglor did canonically attend the Mereth Aderthad, as did Daeron, but everything about their relationship is headcanon. Arasdil is my OC and everything about her and her family is headcanon. The Gap did fall when Glaurung assaulted it, but I don’t think we have many details beyond that. Cúlalmion is an OC and everything about him is headcanon. Maglor’s relationship with Kulnab (aka Borlach) is completely headcanon. Maglor did canonically kill Uldor. There’s nothing new here about the Second and Third Kinslayings; check out Maedhros’ edit for notes on that. There will be a specific kidnap fam edit, stay tuned for that ;) I went over the War of Wrath and the fate of Maedhros and Maglor in a previous edit. Literally everything Maglor does after throwing his Silmaril into the sea is headcanon, which encompasses the rest of the edit! I hope you like my OC Gwereneth Lindamíriel; this is her public debut!!

Kidnap Dads ft. Maedhros, Maglor, Elrond, Elros This is a LOT of headcanon, given that most of what we know from canon is just the “love grew after between them” line! This story about the Elessar is entirely my own invention. The Kinslaying at Sirion is canon, but most of the details here are headcanon. Everything about the progression of their Kidnap Fam relationship is headcanon, as is Erestor’s involvement; I do think that the most reasonable time for a formal adoption would be after Gil-Estel’s rising, since it would mean that Elwing and Eärendil really aren’t coming back. The names Elenyafinwë, Aþelairë, and Almatáru are all inventions of @jaz-the-bard, and are used with permission!! The Fëanorian involvement in the War of Wrath is headcanon. Elrond and Elros being sent to Belegost for awhile is a headcanon, though not originally mine; I think @grundyscribbling introduced me to it? Elrond and Elros being sent to Gil-galad is fanon, though we do know that Elrond was present at the destruction of Thangorodrim and that he became Gil’s herald, so it’s plausible. Maedhros giving Narsil to Elros is fanon and I LOVE the idea <3 In one draft Elrond does have a silver harp, so I thought it would be poetic to have that be a gift from Maglor. Everything about Elrond and Elros’ participation in the War of Wrath is headcanon, including their meeting with Elwing and Eärendil. I went for the angstiest version of their Choice and M&M’s final assault that I could :)))) Canon says that Maglor never again came among the elves, but there is an older draft where he settles down with Elrond, and anyway I’m not gonna listen to Tolkien when I can give my favs a sort of happy ending!!! See Maglor’s edit for more info on him and Elrond in later Ages.

Caranthir ft. Caranthir, Haleth, Rýndil (OC) The details about Caranthir’s life in Valinor are all headcanon, as is much of his motivation for his actions in Beleriand. He did speak against Angrod and Thingol at the council; he did settle in Thargelion and strike up trade with the dwarves; he did rescue the Haladin from orcs. Everything about his relationship with Haleth after that battle and her refusal of his offer is headcanon. My Halenthir are aro4aro and have a non-romantic sexual relationship that accidentally results in a child: my beloved OC, Rýndil <3 Naturally, everything with Rýndil is headcanon. Caranthir did lose his lands in the Dagor Bragollach and moved in with A&A at Amon Ereb; he was the one who allied with Ulfang (Pegmûl). We don’t hear about him again until his death at the Second Kinslaying, and we only know that he died there, not the details of how. Everything after his death concerns Rýndil primarily and is thus made up to fill in the gaps present in canon. This is NOT my only version of Rýndil’s story! In fact, my “main” version (depicted in my WIP Cause and Consequence) has them leaving the Fëanorians after the Nírnaeth and dying at the Third Kinslaying. But that version also has them dating Arafinwëan Gil-galad, which is not compatible with the ’verse I’m writing for these edits, so I gave them another storyline here...one that still ends with their uncle(s) murdering them, though, RIP. This is also the only version where Rýndil chooses to be an elf; in all other versions of their story, they are more connected with their mortal heritage, and choose the mortal path instead. But I had a lot of fun concocting this alternate story for them, and I’m sure I’ll return to it in the future!

Celegorm and Curufin ft. Celegorm, Curufin, Quildalótië (OC), Celebrimbor A lot of this is canon that has been embellished with headcanon. Most of Celegorm’s childhood is extrapolated from canon details, though the exact timeline of events is my headcanon. The conflict between Fëanor and Celegorm over Celegorm’s loyalties to Oromë is headcanon. It is canon that Oromë would hunt monsters in Middle-earth, but we don’t have anything about Celegorm going with him; that’s my headcanon. The nature of Celegorm and Aredhel’s relationship is headcanon; I see them as aromantic friends with benefits. We know pretty much nothing about Curufin’s life in Valinor, BUT the only piece of writing we have on Curufin’s wife says that she did not follow him into exile, so I have her staying in Valinor during the Flight of the Noldor. This also necessitates Celebrimbor being born in Aman; his exact age and the reason he went with his father is my headcanon. We don’t know when Celegorm and Huan became friends, that’s my headcanon. Most of the stuff between Formenos and Fëanor’s death is canon that has been heavily embellished. I went over the stuff about Maglor’s kingship in previous edits. Sinwatië is an OC whomst I adore; she appeared in an earlier edit. Curufin and Eöl knowing each other pre-Aredhel is a headcanon. Angrist was canonically made by Telchar, but we don’t know anything else about Curufin and Telchar’s relationship. C&C’s reaction to Aredhel’s marriage is inspired by some stuff in an earlier draft (I don’t remember exactly which one atm). I tried to show C&C’s actions in Nargothrond in an understandable light but also they were fucking awful so it’s still pretty negative. I love the idea that Celegorm’s treatment of Lúthien was some kind of misplaced vengeance for Eöl’s treatment of Aredhel, but everything around that is headcanon. All the interactions between Lúthien, Beren, Celegorm, and Curufin are canon. I refuse to believe that Maedhros was anything other than furious at C&C for their deeds in Nargothrond, especially when he’s trying to build an alliance that they personally royally fucked up. I also refuse to believe that Curufin was a terrible father (though he’s certainly not perfect either) and I don’t personally subscribe to Celebrimbor-in-Gondolin, so I have him escaping the Fall of Nargothrond instead. The details of how the Second Kinslaying went down are mostly headcanon. This one ends on a pretty depressing note, but I’ll circle back around to the Fëanorians eventually, I promise.

Celebrimbor ft. Celebrimbor, Narvi, Thyra (OC), Annatar Celebrimbor’s father-name also being Curufinwë is fanon that I have adopted because I love it. The meaning behind his mother-name is my headcanon. His age at the time of the Darkening (and other early events) is my headcanon. Everything Celebrimbor does before repudiating his father in Nargothrond is headcanon. As mentioned above, I don’t subscribe to Celebrimbor-in-Gondolin, so instead I have him escaping the Fall of Nargothrond because I refuse to believe there were NO survivors of that event. (Queen Amathluin is my OC for Orodreth’s wife/Finduilas’ mother.) I do like Celebrimbor forging the/an Elessar, though, so I threw that in there. I *think* Curufin (and Celebrimbor?) learning Khuzdul is canon to at least one draft but I’m not positive. I have Celebrimbor being the one to reforge Gurthang because the text mentions the “cunning smiths of Nargothrond” which, c’mon, that’s GOT to be Tyelpë son of Curufin the CRAFTY! Everything between repudiating his family and founding Eregion is headcanon, though. Drafts differ on whether Tyelpë or Galadriel and Celeborn founded Eregion and Ost-in-Edhil, so I just have them all be involved. The stuff about the Gwaith-i-Mírdain’s friendship with the dwarves is canon, as are all the details about the Doors of Durin. Narvi and Celebrimbor’s qpps-with-benefits relationship is entirely my headcanon; Thyra is my beloved dwelf OC :) The bare-bones details of Annatar’s arrival are headcanon, but I fleshed that out with a lot of headcanon. My Celebrimbor is gray aro, and he only Fell In Love once, with Annatar (RIP), though he was very close to Narvi as well. Thyra sees this as a betrayal of her mother (who died of natural causes not long before Annatar showed up. Tyelpë is definitely still grieving her...) Naturally everything with Thyra is made up. The Longbeard dwarves claim that Celebrimbor personally gave Durin III their Ring of Power, though this is not universally agreed upon in-universe; I like the idea, and I also have him give two more rings to other nearby(ish) dwarf kings at the same time he’s handing out the elf rings. Celebrimbor’s capture, torture, and death are pretty much entirely canon. Of course, I have to give Celebrimbor a second chance at life, but I don’t think he’s reembodied until after Sauron is completely defeated, so he’s not getting out of Mandos until the Fourth Age—but meanwhile he can pop over to dwarf heaven to visit Narvi and Thyra :)

Ambarussa ft. Amras, Amrod, Thennes (OC), Tinúloth (Eluréd), Tinúdil (Elurín), Díriel (OC), Collas (OC), Nelloril (OC), Merilon (OC) The differences between the twins are mostly my headcanon, as is Amrod’s friendship/dalliance with Egalmoth (Aikamblotsë) and his discovery of his aroace identity. The timing of Fëanor and Nerdanel’s argument over their mother-names is my headcanon, but the incident itself is taken from canon. We don’t know if the twins wanted to join Oromë’s hunt, just that they were also hunters like Celegorm. Nerdanel did ask Fëanor to leave her the twins, or at least one of them, but he refused; I headcanon that they didn’t really want to stay either, and Amrod’s later desire to go back was a change of heart and not something he felt all along. I mix the two canons of Amrod burning and Amrod surviving at Losgar to make a Lightly Toasted Amrod story! :) The details of how he survived and his healing process are entirely my headcanon. I do think that the twins, especially Amrod, were extremely disillusioned with Fëanor and the Oath much earlier than the rest of their brothers, but they were still bound to their word. I’m pretty sure it’s canon that the Ambarussar befriended the Laiquendi/Laegrim, but I don’t know if it was said that any of them actually entered into their service? That might be my headcanon. Everything about Thennes and infiltrating Doriath is purely my headcanon. Thennes is my beloved OC :) Caranthir fleeing to the twins after the Bragollach is canon, as is the Fëanorians retreating to Ossiriand after the Nírnaeth, though we don’t know how much the twins were involved in leading them at that time. Amras and Thennes’ involvement in the cover-up of Eluréd and Elurín’s escape is purely headcanon, but it’s one of my favorite headcanon concepts :D Collas and Díriel’s existence was a later addition to this headcanon, but I wanted a way for Tauriel to be descended from a Fëanorian, and thus Collas was born—Díriel came even later, when I was considering Finwëan lady OCs and realized I could easily reincorporate the name “Díriel” (one of Amras’ old names in early drafts) as Amras’ kid! I developed her story more when I was fleshing out what Eluréd and Elurín / Tinúloth and Tinúdil did in later Ages. Once again I must emphasize this is all VERY much just headcanon, lol. Amrod and Amras becoming super mean to each other after the Second Kinslaying is a headcanon, but I think one that makes sense; the text of the Silm does imply that the Fëanorians drifted apart at that time, so I have A&A go one way and M&M the other, until it’s time for Kinslaying #3. Amrod and Amras’ especial brutality at Sirion is taken from an early draft. The exact manner of their deaths is my headcanon (and my Galadriel does not go “over the mountains” so yes, she’s still hanging out with the Doriathrim at this time). And once again, the ending of Thennes and Díriel’s story (and the beginning of Tauriel’s!) is all headcanon.

Indis ft. Finwë, Indis, Findis, Ñolofinwë, Lalwendë, Arafinwë Most of Indis’ story has been covered in other edits. Her friendship with Míriel is fanon. Indis’ names Vanima and Larcatálië are headcanon. The circumstances of her meeting with Finwë are canon, but have been embellished to include Finwë’s thoughts about Míriel’s approval. The birth order of Indis’ children is canonical, but much of the interpersonal situations around their births is headcanon. I wrote a fic about Finwë naming all his sons after himself and Fëanor’s feelings about that! Everything about the unrest of the Noldor and the Darkening is pretty much canon. Finwë remaining in Mandos and Míriel returning to life is canon to at least one draft. Indis and Míriel reuniting and living as wives is headcanon.

Findis ft. Findis, Elemmírë, Laurefindil, Ehtelion, Faniel, Indilzar (OC) This is mostly headcanon. Basically everything we know about Findis is her place as Indis’ eldest child and that she remained with her mother in Valinor; I made up pretty much everything else. The Elemmírë and Maglor stuff was covered in previous edits, as was most of Glorfindel’s story, though the bits between his first and second adventures in Middle-earth are new. Faniel was a discarded name for a daughter of Finwë that I’ve repurposed into a daughter of Findis! Her whole deal with marrying a Númenórean is entirely made up, but boy did I have a lot of fun with that. Indilzar was a discarded Adûnaic name for Elros that I’ve repurposed as a name for my OC for Faniel’s spouse! They are nonbinary :)

Lalwen ft. Lalwen, Círdan, Ilverion, Voronwë ...well, I am back after. 3 years. I’ve made some changes to the way I’m doing this series; I’m going to start off by writing a narrative about these characters, and then if/when it gets too long, I’ll switch to more succinct (but still very detailed, lol) bullet points under a cut. Regarding Lalwen & co: Everything we know about Lalwen is her name, her position in the age order of Finwë’s children, that she went into exile with Fingolfin, who was “most dear to her of all her kin.” Everything else here is complete headcanon. Círdan will get another edit later on, but it’s safe to say everything about his relationship with Lalwen is made up. Ilverion as their kid is likewise completely fabricated by me (mostly as a way to give Voronwë, who I headcanon as aroace, a way to still be a father). Voronwë is some sort of relative to Círdan through his mother, but we don’t know the specifics; his mother Hithaer is an OC. Models: Sharon Alexie as Lalwen; Ron Jack Foley as Círdan (not exactly as I picture him but as close as I can get); Princess Nokia as Ilverion (idk why lol); and Ilka Bruhl as Voronwë (again, I don’t know why, but I’m quite attached to this faceclaim)

Hopefully the next edits will be up soon-ish? But um. No promises.

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These are all the edits/headcanons I have shared so far - this post will be regularly updated as I share more!

Because of fandom events, I started this series off in the middle. Check out Appendix C for my Gondolin Week contributions, and stay tuned for the rest of the elves coming soon!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: Cuiviénenyarna, Vanyar, Misc. Noldor (you are here!) Appendix B: House of Finwë (work in progress) Appendix C: Gondolindrim, Nargothrondrim (work in progress) Appendix D: Teleri, Avari (not yet posted)

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CUIVIÉNENYARNA

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Elf-fathers and Elf-mothers ft. Imin, Iminyë, Tata, Tatië, Enel, Enelyë The story of the Cuiviénenyarna is repeated here pretty much the same way it’s told in canon. I am aware that it’s apparently Cuiviényarna, “Story of Awakening” rather than “Story of the Waters of Awakening,” but...I like my version better, so suck it. There seems to be some in-universe doubt about whether or not this story is actually true, and personally I don’t think it is, so I present it here as a framing device for a fictionalized version of the Awakening, rather than truth verbatim.

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VANYAR

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Ingwë ft. Ingwë, Ingalaurë (OC), Antarë (OC), Tinwë (OC), Ingwion Antarion, Teleptië (OC), Arnalaurë (OC), Ilion (OC; inspired by Ilion), Altacallo (OC) Right of the bat, let’s make a few things clear: I came up with these headcanons before the release of NoMe, so while I’ve tweaked a few things here and there to fit in the new ideas from that book, I largely regard it as non-canonical. Thus, my OC for Ingwë’s wife is named Antarë, and she is not the semi-canonical figure of Ilwen! Nor is my Ingwë the son of Ilion, a descendant of Imin; I’ve already established that Imin does not actually exist, so I’ve moved Ilion down a generation to become one of Ingwë’s sons. Since I ignore the buckwild, nonsensical calculations that give us “Tree Years” lasting 10x as long as Sun Years (not to mention the whole concept of a yén being 144 years...!), my timelines are much more condensed than those that take Tree Years into account. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to me that Ingwë, Finwë, Elwë, & co. could be Unbegotten: there’s only 50 years between the first elves Awakening and Melkor being thrown into Mandos for the first time, which is just enough time for elves to get a society going and start having kids and dealing with death and other unpleasant things, but certainly not enough time to get four or five generations after the original Wakers. tl;dr: My Ingwë is Unbegotten, and yes actually that makes perfect sense if you ignore Jirt’s terrible, terrible math. Moving on! Canonically, Indis is the daughter of Ingwë’s sister. Here, I’ve messed with gender, making Ingwë’s sibling amab nonbinary instead, but still the parent of Indis. I named this character Ingalaurë in an attempt to reincorporate that name into Indis’ family tree, as it was considered as a mother name for both Finarfin and Finrod before Tolkien settled on “Ingoldo” instead. The reason Ingalaurë spends so long in Mandos is because Námo doesn’t understand their nonbinary gender and keeps trying to force them into a box; other nonbinary elves cave under the pressure, or pretend to go along with it and then revert to their true identity when they’re reborn, but Ingalaurë is resolute and refuses to budge (very Vanyarin of them, imo). The main story of the elves leaving Cuiviénen is canon, though I’ve filled in the gaps with a lot of headcanon and OCs. We don’t know anything about Indis’ parents other than that one of them is related to Ingwë, so my headcanons about Ingalaurë dying and their wife founding Valmar are entirely my own. Ingwë did found Tirion with Finwë before moving to Valmar. I always thought Ingwion’s name to be incredibly uncreative, but rather than interpreting it as more of a title than a name I decided his parents were just really stumped on names and gave them their own names—thus his mother-name is Antarion, “son of Antarë”! We know that Ingwë had more children than just Ingwion because of Finwë’s complaint that Ingwë and Olwë have oodles of kids while he only has the one (in asking for permission to remarry), so I gave him a handful of OC babies. Teleptië is the only girl. Arnalaurë is actually nonbinary like their father’s sibling Ingalaurë, but because of the Valar enforcing a gender binary they don’t realize it until much later; they do, however, have dreams of Ingalaurë in Mandos, and seek out the Dreamlord and his wife for help interpreting them. Eventually the Valar take a step back and reconsider things (they weren’t being intentionally malicious, just really bad at understanding the Quendi) and thus Ingalaurë is allowed to be reborn without compromising their identity, and Arnalaurë has their own gender revelation. Estë’s epithet “Iscanindë” means “pale one” and is my headcanoned translation of her sobriquet “the Pale.” As mentioned before, Ilion is the name of Ingwë’s father in NoMe, repurposed here as the name of one of his sons. Altacallo is a warrior, and followed Ingwion to war at the end of the First Age; the rest of their siblings stayed behind.

Ingalaurë ft. Ingwë, Ingalaurë (OC), Alcariniel (OC), Indis I already talked a lot about Ingalaurë in the notes for the previous edit. Alcariniel’s name looks like it means “daughter of glory” (and it could mean that) but I actually translate it as “glorious star,” like how Undómiel and Tindómiel mean “star of evening/morning” rather than “daughter of evening/morning.” Indis’ mother-name is a direct translation of her epithet “the Fair.” Indis and Míriel being friends is a headcanon (though it’s so popular it’s fanon; my particular take on how they became friends is more unique). 

Ingwion ft. Ingwion Antarion, Ilwen Eldacalië (OC), Ingil (OC), Airiel (OC), Lirindo (OC), Meril-i-Turinqi Pretty much all we know about Ingwion is his name, who his father is, and that he led the Vanyar in the War of Wrath. It’s canon that he freed Eglarest toward the beginning of the war. Everything else is my headcanon. I like the idea of Ingwion marrying his cousin as a way of showing that cousin marriage among the Eldar, particularly among Eldarin royalty, is really not a big deal. Thus, Ingwion’s wife is the daughter of his uncle Tinwë, who met a lovely Telerin lady in the Halls of Mandos and married her when they both were reborn. I’m repurposing the name Ilwen, NoMe-canon for Ingwë’s wife, to be the name of Ingwion’s wife instead. I did already have a name for Ingwion’s wife (Eldacalië) but it actually worked out well for her to have two names, given the format I chose for this graphic. “Meren Calmalírë” is Quenya for “Festival of Lamps and Song,” a reference to the festival Ingwion helped organize during the Darkening. (That’s also a headcanon.) We don’t know if Ingwion had any kids, but we do know that Meril-i-Turinqi is Ingwë’s great-granddaughter, so I decided it made plenty of sense to have that relation be through Ingwion. Thus I gave him two daughters: one entirely an OC (Meril’s mother) and the other definitely still an OC, but with names repurposed from her father’s rejected names. Ingil was Ingwion’s name in BoLT (where Meril also appears); Nielluin was an early name for the star Helluin, which according to Meril is Ingwion in the form of a blue bee (???) that followed Telimektar into the skies and became a star. Absolutely wild BoLT nonsense there! I reconciled that by having Telimektar become a Maia of Tulkas, and married him off to Ingil Nielluin. Thingol can’t be the only elf to ever marry a Maia!!! As for Airiel, we know that Meril is related to both Ingwë and the Teleri (well, Solosimpi, but you know what I mean), so I had Airiel marry a grandson of Olwë. I find Meril-i-Turinqi a fascinating character, and decided to keep her as the Queen of Tol Eressëa—but as a fun twist I decided she was elected by her people rather than inheriting the title through her royal ancestry. We don’t know if Ingwion actually spoke for the Exiles after the War of Wrath, but we do know that’s when the enchantment was lifted blocking ships from coming to Aman, and since I connected Ingwion’s granddaughter to Tol Eressëa and thus the returned Exiles, I thought it fitting to tie him into that part of the story as well.

Elemmírë ft. Elemmírë, Calima (OC), Tríwath (OC), Elenwë Trans Elemmírë my beloved <3 Pretty much everything here is headcanon, except for Elemmírë composing the Aldudénië. Elemmírë’s name originally having been Elenwë was fun to come up with, and makes Calima naming her daughter Elenwë that much sweeter :) Terenlaimo will show up again in a later edit under a different name, though not for quite some time. Elemmírë and Maglor’s connection was also quite fun, and I may write a fic about them sometime in the future. Also, I think it’s funny that baby Maglor had a crush on the much older Elenwë...only for Turgon, who’s even younger than him, to end marrying her! Glorfindel as the son of Findis and Elemmírë is one of my favorite headcanons. His name “Alcarinquë” means “glorious,” but like Elemmírë’s name, it’s also the name of a star. There’s a bit more to the story of Elemmírë and Findis, but that will be covered in a later edit.

Amárië ft. Fëarillo (OC), Estelmë (OC), Amárië, Laurorno (OC) Literally everything in this edit is headcanon, except that people thought Finrod and Amárië would get married but she didn’t follow him to Middle-earth. It took me a long time to settle on Amárië headcanons that felt right, but now that I’ve gotten here I’m pretty pleased about them :)

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MISCELLANEOUS NOLDOR

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Daurin and Tórin ft. Daurin, Tórin, Liatamë (OC), Calarië (OC), Quildalótië (OC), Sinwatië (OC), Nasarion (OC) Daurin and Tórin were both names of a proto-Fëanor character from early drafts of the Silm who died defending the Trees when Melkor and Ungoliant attacked. I’ve split him into two elves, brothers, who are instead die-hard Fëanor supporters. (Well, Daurin is. Tórin never got the chance.) Again, literally everything here is my headcanon. I’m especially pleased with the idea of Daurin’s daughter marrying Fëanor’s son, and with the dramatic irony of Daurin and Tórin getting so close to a reunion but then Daurin beefs it. It was also a lot of fun to fit in OCs to known tragedies in the Silm that don’t get to eat up any named characters: Uinen drowning the ships, the “few friends” that stood by Fëanor when the Balrogs surrounded him, and the Fëanorian followers who went through all of the First Age only to turn on their lords at Sirion.

Ñolyo and Silindë ft. Ñolyo (OC), Silindë Maidros (OC), Míriel Þerindë More 100% headcanon! This series gets more self-indulgent with each installment, lol. I knew that since Míriel had an -iel name that she wouldn’t be Unbegotten, but I also knew I wanted her to be at Cuiviénen, so thus she became one of the earliest elf babies. We know that elves died and disappeared at Cuiviénen, so her parents became victims. I go with the version of orcs that are twisted from elves (at least, the earliest ones are), and Silindë drew the short straw there, poor girl. As for Silindë turning into Maidros...okay this one is really self-indulgent, but I thought this was a very fun way to reincorporate “Maidros grandfather of Fëanor.” Instead of being Finwë’s father (or a proto-Finwë’s father), I made Maidros be Míriel’s mother! And the connection between the names Maidros and Maedhros came about through their encounter in Angband, where Maedhros learns about the origins of orcs and meets his long-lost great-grandmother in one fell swoop. And, as you’ll notice has become a pattern, I’m always going to give my characters a happy ending when I can, usually through reembodiment...though they’ll go through a hell of a lot of pain before they get there.

Remwë and Satya ft. Remwë (OC), Satya (OC), Landion (OC), Nindion (OC) Meet a bunch of my OCs! I made these guys up to A) fill in Nerdanel’s (extended) family tree and B) have some named characters as part of the Houses of Gondolin. Since these are all OCs, everything about them is entirely made up. Their stories are also covered in the Gondolindrim edits.

Mahtan ft. Mahtan, Ontamë (OC), Þennë (OC), Nerdanel Mahtan’s life before Valinor and the origin of his names are all headcanon, though each one of his epessi are canonical. I cover Þennë’s story more in the previous edit with her husband. Istarnië is a rejected name for Nerdanel that I repurpose as her amilessë and translate as “wise tears.” I go into my headcanons about that name in this fic. The translation of Nerdanel as “manly woman” is also my own. The details about her sculptures are taken from canon. I had fun coming up with my Fëanor/Nerdanel romance! I’m very fond of those headcanons. Also you may have missed the implication, but they DEFINITELY got elf-married before they were “supposed” to, and Nerdanel was already pregnant with Maedhros at the ceremony!

Anairë ft. Veryo (OC), Sarnë (OC), Manyaro (OC), Lindalëa (OC), Sendiel (OC), Anairë, Lúnalótë (OC) More OCs, this time for Anairë’s family! This is entirely headcanon, except for the part where Anairë marries Fingolfin :P Since Anairë’s name means “holiest” I decided that her family would be very devout and religious, and built their story from there. Lindalëa was originally a Noldo in my head, but recently some discussion among friends reminded me of the drafts where Anairë’s name was Alairë and she was Turgon’s wife rather than his mother, thus taking the place of Elenwë, and was a Vanya. I think it would be very interesting to have Fingolfin marry another half-Vanya/half-Noldo elf; it would certainly give them something to bond over, so I changed Lindalëa to be a Vanya. Here is another appearance of my headcanon that Anairë is a devotee of Nessa! “Melestamma” is a tweak from one of Nessa’s rejected names Melesta, “beloved”; just to make the names flow better together, I added the -mma, making the name mean “our beloved” (the same way people refer to God as “our Father”). I am fond of the idea of Anairë and Fingolfin being an arranged marriage, very proper compared to Fëanor’s wild courtship of Nerdanel, but I do very much believe they were in love! It was just a less exciting kind of love, lmao. They are very happy together (until, of course, they’re not). Lúnalótë and her family are getting their own edit so I can better expound upon the horrible ways they all die :) I have many thoughts on the origins of orcs that I’ll go into later; here’s another glimpse into that with Veryo’s fate. Also, I can’t bear the thought of Sarnë fading away into oblivion—elven fëar are bound to Arda, so I believe that elves who fade are still able to be found and reborn, especially if they’re lucky enough to be discovered by a friendly Maia shortly after their death like Sarnë was.

Lúnalótë ft. Lúnalótë (OC), Nermindil (OC), Awaldiel (OC), Hyartamo (OC), Úriel (OC), Mámalindë (OC) Once more, everyone here is an OC and therefore entirely made up by me!! I’m definitely interested in the lives of non-noble/royal characters and since we get so few of them in the Silm I’ve got to make some of them up myself. Nermindil’s name was inspired by a Gnomish word “nermi” meaning “a fay that haunts meadows and river-banks”; I’m all about adapting rejected concepts into the larger Legendarium, so I thought it would be interesting to include field spirits (aka Maiar of Yavanna) into the lives of Amani farmers...and how those kinds of spirits would be different in Middle-earth. I always imagined that the Nolofinwëans had cousins on their mother’s side, too, so here they are! (I can imagine Anairë bemoaning Findekáno falling in love with Maitimo: “You have cousins on my side of the family too! If you were going to pick a cousin couldn’t you have picked one of them?? Mámalindë is single! He’s very nice!!”) The chaos of the Darkening probably deeply affected the farmers in Aman, and while I can’t imagine the Valar letting the elves go hungry it must have been devastating to see the fruits of their labors shrivel up and die amid the Darkness. So thus Lúnalótë’s family were tugged in the direction of the Exiles by Hyartamo’s Fëanorian wife...and they each meet their own grisly end. Again, here’s an exploration of the unnamed casualties in the Silm: a Noldo killed at Alqualondë, a Kinslayer drowned by Uinen’s storms, Maedhros’ company of soldiers he took to parlay with Morgoth, another victim of the Helcaraxë, a casualty of the Lammoth...and then poor Nermindil is the only one left :( At least he gets to be friends with Fingolfin, and do eventually get their happy ending after they all go through hell. “Nandil” is a Sindarization of Nermindil, and means “valley friend” rather than “friend of field spirits,” representing the loss of that companionship.

Ezellë ft. Poldamaitë (OC), Cútasar (OC), Ezellë (OC) Once more, an OC edit! (I promise we’ll get back to canon characters soon!) Ezellë is Maglor’s wife, and she was my very first Silm OC, so she is very near and dear to my heart <3 I came up with Poldamaitë and Cútasar to flesh out her backstory, and they ended up in Gondolin when I was doing those edits. For a narration of Ezellë and Maglor’s reunion, check out this fic! (It’s not 100% canon to this edit series, but it gets the gist of things across)

Bruithwir and Finrun ft. Bruithwir, Finrun A shorter one, for once! (That’s because I was originally going to include them with the next edit, but things kind of separated out when I began writing the captions.) These two also appeared in the House of the King edit, and their story is the same here, but with a little bit more detail. I explained their origins in the notes of the other edit, but here it is again: Bruithwir was the name of a proto-Finwë character in the Book of Lost Tales; Finrun was the name of a fourth son of Finwë mentioned just once in The Shaping of Middle-earth. Instead of trying to squeeze them into the Finwëan family tree, I’ve just repurposed their names to use as early Noldor, though I have made them (Unbegotten) brothers as a nod to their technical relation. “But wait,” you cry, “they don’t look like they’re related!” Well I have two things to say to that: 1) give me a break I’m trying, and 2) they’re Unbegotten and their brotherhood is entirely a thing of the fëa since they don’t have actual parents.

Lambengolmor ft. Quennar i Onótimo, Rúmil of Tirion, Ailios Gilfanon, Evromord, Penlod, Pengolodh I purposefully didn’t include Fëanor here even though he is one of the Lambengolmor because he’s going to show up later, and he kind of did his own thing. We don’t know the details of Quennar and Rúmil’s origins, nor their relationship to one another or anything about their personalities, but we do know they were both scholars in Aman and the details of their writings/studies are mostly canonical. Lambessë is my Quenya translation of the Sindarin L(h)ammas. I invented the origins of i Equessi Rúmilo, but in researching that it reminded me a lot of the Socratic dialogues so I kind of channeled that vibe. We know less about Quennar than we do Rúmil; check out his TG article to get a rundown on their interpretations of his story, which I adopted myself for the most part. Rúmil is assumed to not have gone into exile, where Quennar is assumed to have finished his work in Middle-earth. There’s a note in The Lost Road that suggests that Rúmil was “one of the Noldor who returned to Valinor with Finrod” (at that point, “Finrod” was the name of the character who would later be known as Finarfin), so I have him going into exile but turning back after the Doom of Mandos, while Quennar continues. The only logical place for Quennar to go in Beleriand is Gondolin, so I stuck him in with his loremaster students in the House of the Pillar. (See that edit’s notes for info on my decisions about that; since I didn’t think to include Quennar there, I just kind of made him a secretive recluse here to explain his absence. Oops.) Quennar’s great work was about the differences between Tree time and Sun time, but since I elect to ignore most of those, I kept the details vague (but I imagine he wrote more about the differences in calculating time in those different conditions, rather than 1 Tree Year = 10 Sun Years). In the Book of Lost Tales, Rúmil was the old door-ward at the Cottage of Lost Play, but was later replaced by Evromord; I just had that happen literally, so Evromord took up his position when Rúmil retired. Evromord and Gilfanon were there when Eriol shows up way later; they’ll appear in another edit soon. Pengolodh only appears here briefly, but he will also show up again in an edit more focused on later Ages.

Tulkastor and Valwë ft. Tulkastor, Ñandellë (OC), Maryalassë (OC), Lanyaro (OC), Naimi, Vairilmë, Valwë, Culdiel (OC), Lindo, Vëannë These characters were adapted from The Book of Lost Tales, so naturally I had to do quite a bit of fanangling to make them fit into later canon. It was said of Tulkastor that he “was of Aulë’s kindred, but had dwelt long with the Shoreland Pipers, the Solosimpi, and so came among the earliest to the island”; I interpret this as him being a Noldo who lived with the Teleri. I lengthened the name “Vairë” to “Vairilmë,” since I don’t think anyone would name their child after a Vala directly, something that Tulkastor’s own name points to. Naimi is canonically Vairilmë’s niece, so I invented a family tree (see below) to explain that relation. That tree also shows Lindo’s ancestry. Lindo is one of the storytellers of the Cottage of Lost Play in The Book of Lost Tales; his father Valwë is mentioned to be a companion of the Vala Noldorin (later adapted into the Maia Salmar) who went to “find the Gnomes” (Noldor) around the time of a battle that vaguely resembles what came to be the Fall of Gondolin. I mostly needed more people to put in Gondolin, but it is nice that he happens to be somewhat connected to the early versions of the story. Tolkien Gateway unfortunately doesn’t have much on him, but you can find this info in BoLT if you go looking. Vëannë and Ausir are children at the Cottage, but we know nothing about their relationships to anyone. I like to headcanon them as cousins, and to connect them to the rest of the Cottage cast, I made Vëannë the daughter of Vairilmë and Lindo and Ausir the son of Evromord and Ailios, making them cousins through Lindo’s mother’s family.

The Cottage of Lost Play ft. Rúmil of Tirion, Quennar i Onótimo, Evromord, Ailios Gilfanon, Ausir, Lindo, Vairilmë, Vëannë, Ilverion, Meril-i-Turinqi This is mostly headcanon extrapolated from the canonical details we know about the Cottage. I’ve given it a clearer purpose/goal as well as a history of its occupants and keepers, incorporating this weird relic of BoLT into the later Legendarium. Rúmil and Evromord are connected characters (Evromord was considered to replace Rúmil at one point), so I had Evromord take Rúmil’s place when he retired. Gilfanon’s “House of a Hundred Chimneys” is still kind of a mystery, but I guess the guy just really liked chimneys? I made Ausir his and Evromord’s son, and Evromord became Lindo’s uncle, so Vëannë and Ausir could be cousins :) Lindo and Vairilmë were the keepers of the Cottage when Eriol showed up, so I think Evromord and Gilfanon took a step back from running things when they had a kid, letting their friends do more of the work (though they also have a kid around the same age). My headcanons for Ilverion (aka Littleheart) are complicated (he’ll show up again in a later edit when I get to Voronwë), but basically I made him a teacher at the Cottage. And of course Queen Meril gets a cameo because she meets Eriol too!

Erestor ft. Curulaer (OC), Lagrieth (OC), Erestor 100% of this is headcanon, except that we do know Erestor lived in Rivendell. The “new friend” mentioned in the last sentence is, of course, Glorfindel. They will both show up in a future edit about the people of Imladris.

Messengers ft. Baralin (OC), Mantariel (OC), Gelmir the Messenger, Arminas, Arachon, Bregil, Brandir Bregilion, Beldis In canon, Gelmir and Arminas are both implied to be Calaquendi from Aman. However, I thought we had plenty of Calaquendi elves already, so I changed Gelmir to be half-Sindarin and half-Noldorin, born in Middle-earth. Arminas is still from Valinor. They were canonically part of Angrod’s people, then fled to the Havens when Dorthonion fell. Their meetings with Tuor and Túrin are from the text as well. Everything else here is complete headcanon; Gelmir’s parents are OCs, and not only is there no indication that Arachon and Gelmir are related, Arachon is probably actually a human! If you read my disclaimer on Bregil’s edit you’ll see my explanations for that choice there. “Gelmir” probably translates to “jewel-joy,” which Tolkien Gateway notes is interesting because usually “mir” would turn into “vir” in a compound like that, but they also mention that the Northern Sindarin dialect did not have that change, so I thought it made sense for his father to be of those people! I identify Baralin as “an Edhel” rather than “a Sinda” because “Sinda” is actually a Quenya word, and this early in Sindar-Noldor cultural exchange I don’t think the term “Thennedhel” (aka “Grey-elf”) would have caught on, at least not as a word for self-identification.

Noldorin Servants Galdor of the Havens, Cúlalmion (OC), Redoril (OC), Ferior (OC), Athaenir (OC) As you could probably guess from the abundance of OCs in this edit, literally everything here is headcanon, except that Galdor did in fact attend the Council of Elrond. I decided that, in my personal canon, this Galdor is not the same as the Galdor of Gondolin; instead, I go with Tolkien’s later suggestion that “Galdor” is simply a common Sindarin name, which is further evidenced by the existence of Galdor of Dor-lómin, an entirely separate (human) character. Since “gal” can mean both “light” and “tree,” I chose this Galdor to have the tree-name and the Gondolin one to have the light-name (which, in retrospect, is kind of funny because the Gondolin Galdor is literally the Lord of the Tree...but whatever, it can have a double meaning).

Imladrim ft. Elrond Peredhel, Celebrían, Pengolodh, Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir, Arwen Undómiel, Erestor, Lindir Well, I didn’t intend for this to get this long, but...oops. Originally this was just going to cover the Third Age, but then I realized I’d included Pengolodh here and he sailed for Valinor after the War of the Elves and Sauron, and I didn’t have any other place to put his story so I just bit the bullet and started to narrate Imladris’ history from its foundation in the middle of the Second Age, lol. Elrond’s personal edit covered a lot of that stuff, but I went into more detail here, so hopefully that’s...interesting? at least. Pengolodh’s story is mostly canonical (with some embellishments); I took some liberties with what he did immediately after the fall of Eregion, since I needed him to end up in Rivendell for a least a little while, and I made up a bit of the cultural impact around his writings, but everything else is canon. We don’t know what Glorfindel’s exact duties and positions were in the Second Age, but he did end up in Rivendell by the Third Age so I decided it would be fine to place him there earlier, since he’s got a personal connection to Elrond through Turgon and Eärendil. The bit about people being suspicious of him since he looks/acts a lot like Annatar did at the beginning is fanon (though I don’t remember where I first saw it). I send him back to Middle-earth with the Blue Wizards, and I also throw in an Avarin elf with a similar mission, though she only makes a very brief cameo in this caption. Durin V in particular being the leader of the dwarves during the Last Alliance is a headcanon, but it’s around the time when he could have lived. I don’t think it’s specified if Elrond was the one to deliver Valandil, but he was born in Rivendell so it makes a lot of sense. Canon places Gil-galad giving Vilya to Elrond much earlier, around the time when Elrond officially becomes Lord of Imladris, but I don’t think he would give up both his Rings of Power, so I have him give Narya to Círdan at that time but keeping Vilya for himself until later. I don’t think he passes Vilya on to Elrond until the War of the Last Alliance, because he can feel his doom approaching—something that Elrond, at that time, does not want to accept (though he knows it too). But that’s all headcanon, and actually goes against canon in places. I also think it’s more impressive if Elrond could hold Rivendell without the Ring for half an Age; I think he had his own magic from the line of Melian and was able to set up something like a Girdle around the valley, later strengthening it with Vilya’s power. We don’t know the details of Elrond and Celebrían’s courtship, so I kept it simple. Arwen’s crafts of smithing and weaving are headcanon, though we know she’s at least enough of an artist to make Aragorn’s banner. I greatly simplified the war with Angmar; you can read about that in more detail in the Royalty of Arnor section of this series. Everything about every depiction of Glorfindel and Erestor’s entire relationship is completely fanon, and since my Erestor is aroace and I prefer Glorthelion, I like to depict them as very good friends but not romantically involved. The White Council stuff was also condensed. We know that Celebrían did give Arwen the Elessar, but we don’t know when or why, and my explanation is a headcanon; we also don’t know how it ended back up with Galadriel to give to Aragorn, so I made that up as well. I also love the headcanon that Arwen always sort of knew what her Choice would be and was just waiting for the right moment to make it, so both she and Celebrían knew deep down that this would be the last time they saw each other ;-; Lindir’s entire story is a headcanon; I’ll go into him a bit more in a later edit. The “mysterious, anonymous bard” he learns from is, of course, Maglor ;) Also, he’s definitely the one who came up with “Tra-la-la-lally”! Aragorn’s story is condensed here; we don’t know that he met Bilbo when he was a child, but he would have been in Imladris when the Company passed through, so I think it’s entirely possible (and very cute)! We know that Bilbo and Aragorn were friends in later years, but Bilbo’s relationship with Erestor and Lindir is made up (all we know about Lindir from canon is that he’s not super familiar with Mannish vs. hobbitish music, but I think it’s likely he was teasing them, at least in part). I’m really unsatisfied with this faceclaim for old Bilbo and it may change if I find something better. Glorfindel’s ride and the Council of Elrond are also both condensed, but I think I got the important bits in there. I don’t think it’s specified that Elladan and Elrohir were specifically considered for the Fellowship, but since Elrond was suggesting members of his household, I think it’s likely they were floated; the same goes with the other riders that he sent out looking for Frodo earlier. I didn’t remember the detail about Elladan and Elrohir scouting out a path for the Fellowship but apparently that’s canon! This is canonically the time period when Narsil was reforged into Andúril, but that Arwen did the reforging is a headcanon. There are conflicting accounts of whether Elrond was there or not for Arwen’s wedding, but I find it unacceptable that he would miss such an event, so I bring him there. We know that Erestor, Elladan, and Elrohir were all present, but not about Glorfindel and Lindir, but I think it’s likely they were. Also, it gives a great opportunity for Glorf to meet Éowyn and Merry! We don’t know if/when Erestor sailed, so I sent him along with Elrond; we know Glorfindel eventually makes it back to Valinor, but not the timing, so I send him with Elladan and Elrohir, whose ultimate fates are not revealed in canon. I just find it improbable that they would choose mortality; I think the reason they remained behind was to watch over Arwen, and once she died they were free to leave. Obviously, Glorfindel marrying Ecthelion in Valinor is a headcanon, but I do love a tragic romance where the couple are parted for thousands of years—just so long as there’s a happy ending!

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TABLES OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: Cuiviénenyarna, Vanyar, Misc. Noldor (work in progress) Appendix B: House of Finwë (work in progress) Appendix C: Gondolindrim, Nargothrondrim (you are here!) Appendix D: Teleri, Avari (not yet posted)

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GONDOLINDRIM

Note: I started here, even though this is technically Appendix C, because of @gondolinweek 2021! It’ll be awhile before I come back to the Elves of Arda, but I’ll get here eventually :)

House of the King ft. Turukáno, Amnon, Bruithwir, Finrun The basics of Turukáno’s story are canon, but I’ve added a lot of my personal headcanons (especially about his time pre-Gondolin). In canon, it says that Turgon was the one who sought out Finrod before their camping trip, but I’ve changed that to better fit the narrative I’ve constructed. Obviously the Turgoldo plotline is my headcanon. “Núrondil” as his mother-name is my headcanon; I’ll go over that in another edit. The bit about the scarlet heart being added to his emblem is actually (mostly) canon, though taken from an early draft; here’s the TG article on it. Amnon is a very vague figure in Gondolin’s story, possibly a place where a prophecy was made or the person who made the prophecy. I chose to go with the latter, and since we know nothing about the prophet other than their prophecy, I made Amnon a lady because I could. The connection of the “lily of the valley” to the bloom of Glingal is a headcanon. Bruithwir was the name of a proto-Finwë character in the Book of Lost Tales; Finrun was the name of a fourth son of Finwë mentioned just once in The Shaping of Middle-earth. Instead of trying to squeeze them into the Finwëan family tree, I’ve just repurposed their names to use as early Noldor, though I have made them (Unbegotten) brothers as a nod to their technical relation. “But wait,” you cry, “they don’t look like they’re related!” Well I have two things to say to that: 1) give me a break I’m trying, and 2) they’re Unbegotten and their brotherhood is entirely a thing of the fëa since they don’t have actual parents. Also, these two will be appearing with more to their story in another edit.

House of the Wing ft. Idril Celebrindal, Tuor Ulmondil, Eärendil Ardamírë, Hendor, Meleth of Gondolin Oh boy, this is the longest one yet, oops. And I didn’t even tell the whole story! Idril’s childhood will be covered in another edit, and Tuor’s in another; their fate after the Fall will be covered as well in the future, as I hinted in the last paragraph. Also, the model I used for Idril is trans, so trans Idril rights! t4t Tuor/Idril, perhaps? idk. I feel like the basics of Idril’s story are well known, so I’ll just point out my headcanons. Vanisailë is my hc for Idril’s mother name; Elenwë is called Calimiel because my hc for her mother is a Vanya named Calima. Idril’s relationships with her family are mostly headcanon, though I’d argue there’s a solid basis for her relationship with Turgon in particular. I changed a bit about the story of Turgon and Finrod’s road trip; see the edit above for more details. Everything about Idril’s year in Dor-lómin is headcanon, and now I really want to fic that! Idril being the Lady of the Wing is an attempt to give her more weight as a character and also to make Maeglin getting an additional House later as a Weird Thing that didn’t happen with anyone else; that’s an alteration from canon. I added in the thing about Idril being a dancer to make the name Celebrindal slightly less weird. My take on Maeglin is quite a sympathetic one, though I’ve tried to show his story through Idril’s eyes here. Everything about that disaster of a hunting trip is my headcanon; that’s another thing I’d like to fic. Basically I don’t want to erase the conflict between them, or the bad vibes Idril got, but I also don’t think Maeglin is really a villain and I’m not going to make him evil. His edit will go more into his side of the story. Idril and Tuor’s relationship is mostly canon, but has been embellished. The story of the Elessar is based in canon, as it was made for Idril by Enerdhil in one version of events, but I’ve altered it to fit my needs. Eärendil did canonically (in the Book of Lost Tales) have a coat that prevented Maeglin from stabbing him! I’m guessing this is the mithril coat that ends up in Erebor and later the Shire; Maeglin being its maker is a bit of fanon I love, as is him being the maker of Sting (the blade he gives Idril intending for her to use it against himself). The last encounter of Idril and Maeglin is mostly canon but again has been embellished and made more sympathetic to Maeglin (though like, he still did do all that awful shit, I’m not trying to give him a complete pass here). Tuor’s deeds in the battle are lifted from canon, though they’re a bit condensed since I was already running super long. Meleth was canonically the nurse of Eärendil, and told him stories about Melkor; I made up everything else about her. Idril is bisexual, I had fun writing her little fling with Meleth. Lovers to friends is a Good Trope! Hendor is also a character from canon, a servant who carried Eärendil out of Gondolin; he’s described as “aged” but given that I’ve made him an elf (since him being a Man wouldn’t make sense??) I’ve elected to ignore that detail. Everything else about him is headcanon.

House of the Tower of Snow ft. Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, Pendelótë, Remwë (OC), Satya (OC) I feel like most people are familiar with Aredhel’s story. There’s a lot of headcanon here, from her mother-name Aldarindë to her FWB relationship with Celegorm to her position as the Lady of the Tower of Snow. This is my explanation for how Penlod (nonbinary Penlod rights!) got to be leader of two Houses; I go more into their story in the edit for the House of the Pillar. The story of Aredhel’s life in Nan Elmoth is presented in a condensed form; that will be explored further in another edit. Remwë and Satya are my OCs; they actually have two sons, but one of them remained in Valinor so I didn’t get a chance to mention him. That family is related to Nerdanel’s family through marriage (the son I did mention, Landion, is married to Nerdanel’s mother’s sister), and they’ll also have their own edit eventually.

House of the Pillar ft. Penlod, Pengolodh, Evromord, Gilfanon Penlod’s story is almost entirely headcanon; the only details we know about them from canon are the manner of their death, that they led two Houses (which I went into in the Tower of Snow edit, too), and that they were apparently the “tallest of the Gnomes.” I’ve elected to ignore that last bit, because there’s like 20 different contenders for that title, and it didn’t seem all that important to their character. Obviously their gender journey is my headcanon. Evromord and Gilfanon are both characters from the Book of Lost Tales. Evromord was the door-warden of the Cottage of Lost Play, and was considered as a replacement for Rúmil, though that did not happen; Gilfanon was a proto-Pengolodh character who told stories at the Cottage. I’ve derived the etymology of Gilfanon’s name thusly: gil (star) + fan (white) + (i)on (son), aka “son of white stars.” Pengolodh’s tale is canonical, with embellishments. All three of these loremasters will show up again in other edits.

House of the Mole ft. Maeglin, Poldamaitë (OC), Urundil (OC) A lot of Maeglin’s content is covered in other notes (or is established canon), so I’ll just point out what hasn’t been covered elsewhere. I tried to find the right balance between “Maeglin feels like an outsider” and “Maeglin was mighty among the princes of the Noldor,” because I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive takes, but I’m not sure if I succeeded. When Maeglin hears Turgon trash-talking cousin marriage he’s specifically trash-talking Russingon, lmao; Turgon is a repressed bastard and a hypocrite who has definitely fucked Finrod before, and Maeglin is not at all benefitting from his uncle’s hypocrisy and resentment toward Maedhros in particular. I already talked about the Maeglin and Idril stuff in her edit, but I did my best to show Maeglin as quite sympathetic, still kind of shitty, but mostly a self-sabotaging antihero in the tragedy of his own life. My headcanon is that Maeglin didn’t get a lordship immediately, it was a 100th birthday present from Turgon, and it was the last House to be established (since the Wing existed under Idril’s rule before Tuor got there, in my hc). I think that Maeglin being fond of Eärendil is just an absolutely heartbreaking headcanon so I leaned into that as much as I could, with the mithril coat (covered in Idril’s edit—this eventually makes its way to Bilbo). I stressed the importance of Morgoth’s “spell of bottomless dread” (quoted from TFOG) in his mental deterioration, as well as his breaking under torture (heavily implied from the published Silm—see this clarification for my take on that) and not just offering up Gondolin on a silver platter. Yes, I know I’m mixing my canons here, but when am I not? I firmly believe (though it’s all headcanon) that Maeglin tried to warn people but literally could not, hence him frightening Talagand and forcing weird gifts (Sting!) onto Idril and personally ruining the flowers on Turgon’s golden tree. Poldamaitë appeared in the House of the Swallow caption; she is the other mother of Maglor’s wife Ezellë and will have her own edit eventually. Urundil was originally an epessë of Mahtan, but I’ve stolen it for my OC. Also, I didn’t really go into it, but everyone in this edit is trans! My Maeglin is transmasc; Poldamaitë is a trans woman; and Urundil is nonbinary :)

House of the Golden Flower ft. Glorfindel, Þennë (OC), Landion (OC) Glorfindel’s place in the great Finwëan family tree is my headcanon, as are most of the details about him outside of his part in the Fall of Gondolin, including the Glorthelion plotline. He was part of Aredhel’s escort (in the draft where Tolkien named her escort, that is) and his deeds at the Nírnaeth are also canon. I’ll go more into detail about his life in Valinor pre-Darkening and his time in Middle-earth in future installments of this series. Þennë and Landion are OCs I came up with while fleshing out Nerdanel’s family tree; they’ll also reappear in this series eventually.

House of the Silver Fountain ft. Ecthelion, Alarion (OC), Netyanil (OC), Elemmakil Ecthelion’s connection to Fingon, conversion to Turgon, and the Glorthelion plotline are all headcanon, though most of the rest of his story is canon. The description of his House is canon (though I added the “Silver” to its name, to parallel the Golden Flower). All we know about Elemmakil in canon is the bit about his reunion with Voronwë; everything else is my headcanon, including his mother-name Súrelarco (“swift wind”). The deeds of Ecthelion and his House in the Fall of Gondolin are all canon.

House of the Heavenly Arch ft. Egalmoth, Aranwë, Hithaer (OC), Voronwë, Gaurin Much of Egalmoth’s story is my headcanon. I’ve written about or alluded to his dalliance with Amrod and the specific manner of his death in a few of my fics; that is entirely my conception and has no basis in canon. His House’s symbol and wealth and color scheme are canon, as are his preferred weapons; I couldn’t resist making the rainbow queer iconography here too, but that’s all me. He was one of the three lords who Tolkien considered being part of Aredhel’s escort. While Duilin and Egalmoth were together at the beginning of the Fall of Gondolin, their marriage is extrapolation on my part. (Fun fact, their ship name is “Heavenly Swallow,” and honestly there needs to be more of them!) Egalmoth’s demise was written in drafts before Tolkien settled on the Third Kinslaying, but as he died in “a dire battle when Melko seized Elwing” I figure having him killed in Kinslaying Round 3 is an entirely reasonable alteration to fit the later canon. Aranwë and Hithaer’s story is entirely my own creation, and is presented here in a much condensed version; elsewhere in this series you’ll get more details of their tragic separation. The bits about Voronwë are all canon, though far from comprehensive both in regard to his canon narrative and my headcanons about him. Gaurin is one of the most obscure characters I’ve stolen and twisted to fit my needs; he is only mentioned once, in Beleg’s whetting spell (linked above) in the Lay of the Children of Húrin, when Beleg invokes the names of mighty weapons and their wielders in order to enchant his sword to cut Túrin’s chains. The relevant lines are “and the glaive of Gaurin  whose gleaming stroke // did rive the rocks  of Rodrim's hall”; I did some wild extrapolation to come up with the story presented in this edit. His ability to speak with wolves and affiliation with Oromë was derived from the element gaur- (“wolf”) in his name; since he “did rive the rocks of Rodrim’s hall” I made him a stonemason (his connection to rocks is also why I picked him of all the names mentioned in the poem, because Gondolin is a city of stone); and I placed him in the Nírnaeth so Beleg may have had a chance to meet him and hear of his “gleaming strokes” (what does that MEAN Tolkien!!!) when vassals of the two isolated kingdoms of Doriath and Gondolin probably wouldn’t have had any chances to interact outside of that.

House of the Swallow ft. Duilin, Cútasar (OC), Roitaro Aerandir We don’t know much about Duilin in canon aside from the details about his House’s weaponry and armor and the manner of his death; basically everything else is my headcanon. Cútasar is my OC for (one of) the mother(s) of Maglor’s wife; she makes a brief appearance in my fic about Maglor’s wedding. I honestly didn’t expect her to show up in Gondolin but I really like how her and Poldamaitë’s story turned out. Aerandir is a character we know nothing about aside from his name and occupation as Eärendil’s mariner companion; everything else is my headcanon, including his original name Roitaro. However, there is canonically an elf of the folk of the Swallow who informed Tuor about Glorfindel’s battle with the Balrog, so I decided, hey why not assign a little more importance to Roitaro! It even gives him a reason to interact with Tuor, the father of his future boss.

House of the Hammer of Wrath ft. Rôg, Enerdhil, Tórin This is almost entirely headcanon. The only things that are strictly canonical are Rôg’s names (though their meanings are mostly just guesses), his position as Lord of the Hammer of Wrath, and his and his House’s deeds in the Fall. (The “sparks flying from his eyes” line is an altered quote from TFOG!) While we do know that Rôg recruited the folk of his House from ex-thralls, it is never stated that he himself was a former thrall. However, that is popular fanon and makes a lot of sense to me, so I’ve chosen to include it here. Rôg being Unbegotten is another bit of fanon I really like, but again we don’t have proof of that. I adopted the headcanon that Rôg led a rebellion after Maedhros’ rescue from @absynthe--minded, though my take is a bit different than hers. Rôg being an Avar is also a headcanon, and obviously everything about their QPR with Enerdhil is too. Enerdhil was referenced in Unfinished Tales as a jewelsmith of Gondolin who made the Elessar, but the story of that stone went through many revisions, including one where Enerdhil was cut out of the narrative entirely and replaced by Celebrimbor. However, I don’t subscribe to the Celebrimbor in Gondolin version of events, and I’ve made up my own convoluted history of the Elessar, so I changed Enerdhil’s story to fit my needs. I considered making the Quenya version of “Enerdhil” be “Anardil” but since “anar” means “Sun” that doesn’t vibe with my Unbegotten headcanon; instead it’s an+mír+dil (intensifier+jewel+lover/friend of, with an extra “i” thrown in for aesthetics) meaning “lover of great jewels” (or in the original form Anmír, “great jewel”). Also, I made hir nonbinary with ze/hir pronouns because I can <3 Tórin was another name for a proto-Fëanor character primarily known as Daurin. I’ve got lots of headcanons for my (heavily altered) version of Daurin (basically he’s a diehard Fëanorian follower who dies defending Fëanor in the Battle under Stars; he’s also Curufin’s father-in-law) but the most relevant thing here is that I’ve split him into a pair of brothers so I can have more minor/supporting characters with a vague basis in canon!!

House of the Harp ft. Talagand, Lemyaro (OC), Valwë, Culdiel (OC), Lindo Salgant is not the most aesthetically pleasing name Tolkien ever came up with, and I much prefer the alternate version “Talagand,” whose Quenya equivalent is “Nandáro.” The Fall of Gondolin is not kind to him, and I’ve endeavoured to flesh out his character and give him more sympathy than he was granted in that story. I’ve done my best to mitigate the fatphobia inherent in his narrative and give him a personality outside of being “craven” and “fawning.” The only strictly canonical parts of his story are the reference to his time spent in Tuor’s house and his deeds in the Fall of Gondolin; from a line hypothesizing that he may have become a “buffoon of Morgoth” I extrapolated the tale of his enthrallment. And because I want everyone to have some kind of happy ending, I shipped him off to Lórien where he eventually becomes a therapist! (I’ve mentioned this headcanon in a fic and an art piece before.) Lindo is one of the storytellers of the Cottage of Lost Play in The Book of Lost Tales; his father Valwë is mentioned to be a companion of the Vala Noldorin (later adapted into the Maia Salmar) who went to “find the Gnomes” (Noldor) around the time of a battle that vaguely resembles what came to be the Fall of Gondolin. I mostly needed more people to put in Gondolin, but it is nice that he happens to be somewhat connected to the early versions of the story. Tolkien Gateway unfortunately doesn’t have much on him, but you can find this info in BoLT if you go looking. Lindo and his family will show up again in this series eventually, as will my OC Lemyaro.

House of the Tree ft. Galdor of the Tree, Taureg, Legolas of Gondolin Almost everything here is headcanon. The only canon bits are the weapons of the House of the Tree, that Galdor was known as the bravest of the Gondolindrim save for Turgon, and the deeds of the Tree in the Fall. My Galdor headcanons are kind of weird—I originally made him a Sinda because I couldn’t figure out a translation of his name to Quenya, and only later did I realize he was provided one (Aldaron) by Tolkien himself...still, I’m not super fond of him sharing a name with Oromë, and by that point I’d already cemented some of my headcanons and the etymology of cala → galad rather than alda → galadh, so...I tweaked it a bit so he was specifically going for the double meaning of both light and trees, shrugged, and moved on. I didn’t originally conceive of Galdor as being in love with Turgon, but then it was pointed out to me (I don’t remember by whom, sorry) that his story of picking up Turgon’s crown paralleled Edrahil’s story of supporting Finrod...and I already love Turgon/Finrod (with Edrahil as a secondary Finrod love interest) so I was like, I’ve got to lean into that! Since my Galdor is a Sinda, I leaned into Sindarin words for this edit (e.g. “Thindrim” instead of “Sindar,” the use of “Gondolin” over “Ondolindë,” “Edhil” instead of “Eldar,” etc). I did consider making him the same character as Galdor of the Havens, but, like Tolkien, I eventually decided against it and went with the idea that “Galdor” is just a common Sindarin name (since it makes 3 appearances across the Legendarium). Taureg is technically my adaptation of Tareg, a character mentioned in the Book of Lost Tales Part I. He was a leader of the Ilkorindi (proto-Sindar) who “marched North-west hearing a rumour of the Gnomes; and many of the lost kindreds joined him.” He is mentioned again as having attended the Mereth Aderthad, and a final time as joining the battle that vaguely resembled what would become the Nírnaeth. I decided to make him Galdor’s brother, tweak his name to make it mean something forest-y, and killed him off in the Nírnaeth since he wasn’t mentioned after that. Gotta love an obscure/discarded character! There really was a Legolas of Gondolin! The stuff with him in the Nírnaeth is headcanon, but everything else about him is canon, with a bit of embellishment. The etymology of his name is given as both “green leaf” like our favorite prince of Mirkwood, but also as “keen sight.” I liked the idea of his original Sindarin name meaning the latter, but his later Quenya name adapted to mean the former.

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These are all the edits/headcanons I have shared so far - this post will be regularly updated as I share more!

Gondolin Week has come to a close! Thanks for enjoying my content! I plan on eventually returning to this part of the series, but it will be in quite awhile, most likely. I’m going back to working on Men next!