Moodboard || Balrog OC for @ainurweek

had way too much fun drawing my balrog oc Rinderpest and @glorf1ndel's balrog oc Hlupsuine together!!

Rinderpest is the short and meaty and Hlupsuine is the tall and slender one.

Balrogs are just so fun they can look so different and I've really had a blast thinking about what Balrog society might be like.

Rules: Use this headcanon generator to make headcanons for your OCs, and talk about how accurate they are.

I was tagged by @hobbitwrangler! Thank you, friend! :D

Let's evaluate a few headcanons for Hlupsuine, my Balrog OC!

Absolutely not, but wouldn't it be funny if she did? Catch her lounging around in Angband with her pink socks! 😂

I mean, Hlupsuine is a villain (she's Glorfindel's Balrog). But her path to evil isn't necessarily quick, and she thinks a lot about whether or not to join Melkor. Her choice to do so is a conscious, deliberate decision, albeit an unfortunate one. So I'd say no to this headcanon!

I don't think she does, but it would fit her aesthetic if she could play some dramatic baroque pieces. Toccata and fugue in D minor, anyone?

No cars in Middle Earth, alas, but if they existed, she could. She'd be zooming all over the place in a leather jacket and sunglasses. 😎

I Wear You Like A Shadow is a dual-POV story about Glorfindel and the Balrog he fights during the Fall of Gondolin! As it turns out, they have history.

Hlupsuine, the Balrog, starts out as a Maia of Vairë; after seeing part of her destiny in the Halls of Mandos, she starts to rebel against her role in Eru's grand design. But does that just send her spiraling toward her fate?

Her story contrasts interestingly with that of Glorfindel, who finds himself playing the role of hero at various points throughout his life. Seeing himself as just a person and nobody special, he constantly wonders, why him?

There's also an element of making peace with your inner demons. Long after the fall of Gondolin, when he is re-embodied, Glorfindel's fëa and Hlupsuine's fëa intertwine. He can hear her speaking to him, and at first, he tries to suppress that as much as possible. But what if she has something meaningful to say?

Silmarillion OC || Hlupsuine

Hlupsuine is a former Maia of Vairë who joins Melkor's army after catching a glimpse of her destiny in the Halls of Mandos. She is usually sociable yet distrustful of authority and driven by the desire to control her own fate. By the time of the Fall of Gondolin, she is more commonly known in Middle Earth as Lhosfuin. In the annals of history, she is remembered as Glorfindel's Balrog.

@nighttimepatrons drew her a while back, and their art is fire! 🔥

@glorf1ndel I have not been able to stop thinking about your post about Glorfindel's Balrog since I read it. O Hlupsuine, Lhosfuin, hallowed be her name!

Anyway, I tried to draw her since I already love her haha. I think she turned out okay, especially for my first ever balrog, trying to get the basic shape of her head was tough but I eventually settled to pull from an elephant skull.

here's the original sketch