On those journeys Elwing did not go, for she might not endure the cold and the pathless voids, and she loved rather the earth and the sweet winds that blow on sea and hill. Therefore there was built for her a white tower northward upon the borders of the Sundering Seas and thither at times all the sea-birds of the earth repaired. And it is said that Elwing learned the tongues of birds, who herself had once worn their shape and they taught her the craft of flight, and her wings were of white and silver-grey. - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath"
[ID: A picspam consisting of 12 images, mostly white.
1: Seagulls in flight / 2: A bird with orange feathers spreading its wings / 3: the model Ashley Radjarame, who has brown skin and black hair. In this image, she is wearing a golden necklace and earrings / 4: Text reading "Elwing" / 5: A ray of light breaking through clouds / 6: a group of puffins / 7: a group on mandarin ducks / 8: waves on the beache / 9: Text reading "And it is said that Elwing learned the tongues of birds, who herself had once worn their shape" / 10: a bird with long, orange tail feathers in flight / 11: Pearls / 12: A person holding a white cloth billowing in the wind /End ID]
