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ARLENIANCHRONICLES

DA: ArlenianChronicles - Hobbyist, Digital Artist

https://archiveofourown.org/users/ArlenianChronicles

https://cassandramclean.wixsite.com/website

I drew my first digital piece of Silmarillion fanart in 2017, featuring Maedhros and Elrond, but I didn’t start drawing regular fanart until 2018. That was when I entered the Tolkien fandom.

My fandom activities include drawing designs for the Silmarillion characters, developing my AU for Maedhros, Elured, and Elurin, thinking about the platonic and familial relationships in the Silmarillion, and worrying a lot over future adaptations of Tolkien’s works.

My non-fannish hobbies include drawing my original characters and writing their stories, sitting at the computer, and eating food.

How I’m joining in TRSB20: I’m an artist! :D

Link to my piece:

https://www.deviantart.com/arlenianchronicles/art/Star-dome-844958746

Piece title: Star-dome

Piece rating: G

Info about my piece:

After finishing this painting, I was Inspired to write this quote for it:

“Elerondo you named me; your Vault of Heaven. Throughout the sky will I stretch, and the stars shall be my eyes.”

This painting goes more with Tolkien’s other version of canon where Maedhros and Maglor found the twins in a cave near a waterfall. If I remember correctly, Elrond stayed in the cave while Elros played in the waterfall. They were named as such, and I assume that Maglor was the one to name them (and perhaps Maedhros, as well).

My headcanon for this version of events is that Maglor called them Elerondo and Elerosse (the attested Quenya translations of Elrond and Elros) whenever he spoke to Maedhros about them, and the twins caught on to it. Eventually, Maglor made the decision to formally name them in Sindarin, since they wouldn’t have known Quenya at the time.

Both Star-dome and Vault of Heaven are translations for Elrond’s name (and they essentially mean the same thing too XD). Tolkien once translated it as “Elf of the Cave.” I thought I’d draw Elrond and Maglor together because I haven’t drawn the Feanorians with the El twins for a long while (save for Maedhros and the Elu twins lol), and those guys were the ones I got into when I first entered the Tolkien fandom. Elrond is glowing here because … maybe he’s doing some healing business? :D

And yes, that’s a star-dome behind Maglor XDD

Tips for fellow participants: Remember to breathe, drink water, stay safe, and have fun. You’re doing great! :D