#erenion

Celebrimbor: Absolutely not. Someone in this family has to be the innocent one and it sure isn't us.

Elrond: Galadriel can do it.

Gil-Galad: Galadriel has more trauma than all of us combined.

Elrond: I have trauma!

Elrond:

In this artwork, I wanted to capture the melancholy of the fading era of the Elves. The Elven hero stands poised on the threshold of two worlds: behind him lies a land he once saved, but which has now become a heavy burden; before him await the Grey Havens of Valinor. In his blue eyes dwells the last reflection of a light he carries away with him. P.S. The visual language of this character was inspired by the Elven aesthetics of The Rings of Power, specifically the presence of Cameron Brown. His performance and unique physique served as the perfect reference for capturing the quiet strength and grace of this warrior. I’ve focused on the fine details of his ancient engraved armor and the golden laurel wreath, symbolizing his status and centuries of service. I named this character Erenion. While his visual appearance is inspired by the elf (Cameron Brown) in the series, his name and story are entirely my own creative interpretation. Since the character remained unnamed and his background unexplored in the series, I wish to give him a soul, a history, and a dignified farewell.

Tolkientober day 14: Erenion, the High King with no castle

Request:  Can you please write a "cuddling with Gil-galad" headcanon. Freaking love your blog by the way and I always try to think of new things for when requests are open

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- The plus side to wanting to cuddle with Gil-Galad is absolutely loves to cuddle with you, it is his favorite pastime.

- The downside is trying to find time to get Gil-Galad to cuddle with you. 

- Gil-Galad loves cuddling in private over public, because he doesn’t want the publics unwanted opinion about what he does with his partner. 

- Though that doesn’t mean he won’t wrap his arm around your shoulders to pull you in for an embrace and to hold you there momentarily. 

- As much as he loves to dote on you affectionately and publicly, there are definitely some limits considering Gil-Galad’s status and what his expectations are as a leader.

- Gil-Galad won’t often do so in the mornings, as he’s very bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to go ahead and get his day started. 

- So if you need that early morning dose of endorphins in the form of cuddling, you most likely won’t get them. 

- You’re better off waking the two of you up early and coaxing him into it that way and not that you got him up early because he’s late for something. 

- If you can manage to get up early enough to have a cuddle session with him, Gil-Galad loves the feeling of you laying your head on his chest as he wraps his arm around your shoulder and pulls you in close to him. 

- He relaxes for a bit, rubbing your arms affectionately and moving to press a soft and lazy kiss to your forehead.

- Tempting you into dozing off, with Gil-Galad who will be wide awake the whole time.

- Cuddling you helps keep him calm and less focused on the fact that he might want to start thinking about readying for his day so early and reporting to his appropriate stations.

- He’ll instead take his time with you, indulging in his every second with you until he has no choice but to relinquish the session to work.

- Gil-Galad tends to come to bed late in the evenings, so it can get tricky trying to find what the appropriate time is to cuddle together at night too. 

- But if you ask him or tell him that you want time to be able to spend alone with him, Gil-Galad will put in the effort to make time to cuddle and spend time 0with you in the evening. 

- After a long day in court, and doing reports/papers and training physically, he is happy to indulge in a lazy and comfort filled evening.

- In all honesty this is the time of the day where you will be able to get away with him laying on you.

- After a meal and a bath, Gil-Galad loves to crawl into bed and rest his head on your chest, feeling both of your arms encircle him.

- Playing with his hair, or rubbing his back and shoulders is very welcomed and he won’t complain. 

- While usually he is content with being up late into the evening with you until you fall asleep, Gil-Galad certainly won’t mind any of your attempts to get him into a state of sleeping.

- He’s fairly easy to convince at that point if that’s your goal.

- On other nights when the day hasn’t been so long and grueling, Gil-Galad loves to lay together in bed, legs and arms draped over one another.

- Facing each other as you guys tell each other about your days.

- He adores hearing about your day, how you light up, the way you smile and giggle as he makes a joke or two. 

- Gil-Galad longs for those moments daily when work keeps him far too long.

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