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arospec awareness week | day two | aromantic círdan

As they came to the gates Círdan the Shipwright came forth to greet them. Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars; and he looked at them and bowed, and said ‘All is now ready.’

―The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, “The Grey Havens”

arospec awareness week | day five | aromantic aredhel

She was younger in the years of the Eldar than her brothers; and when she was grown to full stature and beauty she was tall and strong, and loved much to ride and hunt in the forests. There she was often in the company of the sons of Fëanor, her kin; but to none was her heart’s love given.

—The Silmarillion, “Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië”