#telperion

by Zhie (@z-h-i-e)

A poem about the two trees.

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whatever kind of person he is, it's an eager beaver, he even went out of his way to like *literally* dramatize this one as himself.

Telperion & Laurelin: The Two Trees of Valinor

Telperion Gates of Bethulia

12/04/2024

Médiéval Rock n'Eat

Then Manwë bade Yavanna and Nienna to put forth all their powers of growth and healing; and they put forth all their powers upon the Trees. But the tears of Nienna availed not to heal their mortal wounds; and for a long while Yavanna sang alone in the shadows. Yet even as hope failed and her song faltered, Telperion bore at last upon a leafless bough one great flower of silver, and Laurelin a single trait of gold. These Yavanna took; and then the Trees died, and their lifeless stems stand yet in Valinor, a memorial of vanished joy. But the flower and the fruit Yavanna gave to Aulë, and Manwë hallowed them, and Aulë and his people made vessels to hold them and preserve their radiance: as is said in the Narsilion, the Song of the Sun and Moon.

The Silmarillion Chapter 11