New and Updated Artwork

More than Memory by StarSpray
two silhouetted figures holding hands are walking away from the viewer thorugh a doorway into something bright white/blue/silver/gold, stitched on gray fabric with black stitches outlining the doorway and the hallway

"In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory." - The Return of the King

 

Stitched for the Famous Last Words challenge for the prompt: "And with that, they stepped into the gateway, together." - Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi

Major Characters: Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien
Challenge: Famous Last Words
Rating: General
Warnings: Character Death

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He chanted a song of wizardry by elennalore
Sauron in the song battle against Finrod. Watercolour art.

Sauron defeats Finrod in their song battle.

Major Characters: Sauron
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Ancient friendship by wisteria53
a black Celtic knot decorative element on the left, with mostly black hand-lettered words on the right from Chapter 13 of the Quenta Silmarillion

Maedhros and Fingon from the Years of the Trees to re-embodiment, across five pieces of Maedhros' calligraphy (hand-lettered, with decorative elements) [artworks for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025]

Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingon, Azaghâl, Elwing
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Valar by wisteria53
paper-cut with a blue background and yellow stars, and a big net, with the words "The Valar, more interested in catching wonky stars than sorting out: the Ñoldor, Melkor, Arda, themselves...."

The Valar - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils

Major Characters: Valar
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The House of Finwë wives go shopping by wisteria53
A round paper-cut with a light green background, a radiating star of Finwë and three women, with a modern shopping trolley, with the label "The House of Finwë Wives Club Go shopping".

The House of Finwë wives - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils

Major Characters: Anairë, Eärwen, Nerdanel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Celebrimbor by wisteria53
A round paper-cut with a mid-blue background, headed Celebrimbor, with the Three, Seven and Nine Rings, holly leaves and the Doors of Moria.

Celebrimbor - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils

Major Characters: Celebrimbor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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House of Fëanor star by wisteria53
a paper-cut eight-pointed star for the House of Fëanor with red and gold points, each arm of the star containing small drawings for Fëanor and his sons Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amras and Amrod

House of Fëanor star - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils

Major Characters: Fëanor, Sons of Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amras, Amrod
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn

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The Way That She Died - Afterlife by Jonathan Gee, AdmirableMonster
The same characters from The Way That She Died - End of Life are reunited under a brilliant azure sky. All three embrace--they are restored to total youth and health, and their joy at being reunited is evident in their body language and faces

An illustration of what happens not long after the final scene of AdmirableMonster's The Way That She Died

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Way That She Died - End of Life by Jonathan Gee, AdmirableMonster
Dust fills the air in a darkened, demolished room. In the rubble, a young woman has been crushed, and she hangs out of the debris lifelessly. A young man kneels next to a man laying lifelessly on the ground, red blood pooling under his face. The kneeling man has shot him in the head. Tears run down the kneeling man's face as soldiers in red coats kick in the door. The image is entirely in black, white, and gray, save for the red blood and red coats.

The opening scene from AdmirableMonster's story The Way That She Died, illustrated

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Violence (Moderate)

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Beclouded by Anérea
A monochrome painting of a tree in a calm lake on an overcast day with mountains in the distance

Lake Mithrim from North Sinda's pov on a calm misty overcast day

Major Characters: Sindar
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: New Year's Resolution, The Only Thing To Fear
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Fading by Anérea
Painting of a ragged fading Maglor on a beach with a wild stormy sea in the background

Sad fading Maglor on a stormy beach ...

Major Characters: Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: New Year's Resolution, Period Drama
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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A Glimpse of Túrin by Anérea
Abstract illustration of a vague figure running through dark dead trees

Abstract sketch from Tuor's pov of Túrin running through the dead trees at Eithel Ivrin after it was despoiled by Glaurung.

Major Characters: Túrin
Major Relationships: Tuor & Turin
Challenge: Kids These Days, New Year's Resolution
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Fare alone as she would by Anérea
Painting of a dark forest with a streak of light coming through the trees and woman in a white dress walking along the bank of a pool reflecting starlight

Aredhel wanders through Nan Elmoth

Major Characters: Aredhel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: New Year's Resolution, Swinging 40s
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Finrod's Friend by Artano
Drawing of a butterfly sitting on someone's hand. In the background is a forest with branching trees and fantastical flowers.

Drawing of Finrod discovering a new friend while exploring Beleriand.

Major Characters: Finrod Felagund
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Birthday Bash, New Year's Resolution
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Ilmare by Himring
Photo of blurred firework before a dark background: mainly golden streaks from bottom left to top right

Technically a failed photo of a firework, which I decided looked more like Ilmare the Maia, the Handmaiden of Varda, in one of her less embodied states.

Major Characters: Ilmarë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Sleeper in the Tower of Pearl by Anérea
Painting of a white tower lighthouse on an island with a forest, and a small white swan ship sailing in the distance

painting of the Tower of Pearl in the Western Isles

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Back To The Future, Heroes, Jumble Sale
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Crowning of Fingolfin by ShadowKat379, queerofthedagger
Maedhros handing over the crown to Fingolfin

The formal ceremony where Maedhros hands over the High King status to Fingolfin. 

 

Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingolfin
Major Relationships: Fingolfin & Maedhros
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Upon the Borders of the Sundering Seas by StarSpray
an embroidery in the style of a stained glass window depicting a tower on a cliff overlooking the sea with a sun rising in the background, and a sailboat on the water

"Therefore there was built for [Elwing] a white tower northward upon the borders of the Sundering Seas..." - The Silmarillion, 'Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath'

Made for 2025's Tolkien Summer Reverse Bang! 

The accompanying fic is here: Sad songs for us to bear by astrisq

Major Characters: Elwing
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Feanorian Star by flame_of_the_noldor
An eight pointed star embroidered on a grey jean jacket in white thread with three metal studs at the top/left side

A Feanorian star embroidered in white thread on a grey jean jacket with three studs at the top representing the three Silmarils.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Ekkaia by StarSpray
an embroidery in three styles of laidwork depicting an abstract scene of a sky and the sea and a beach in shades of blue and white and red and brown

Maglor’s breath caught in his throat at the sight of Ekkaia stretching out before them. Its waters were calmer and smoother than Belegaer. The waves were gentle as they washed quietly up over the stony beach, their music no more than a whisper, the stones themselves all warm browns and reds and occasional pinks, and the waters were darker, not quite reflecting the blue of the sky, but instead shimmering with the remembered light of ancient stars. They were endless, vanishing past the horizon; there were no ships that sailed upon Ekkaia, no fishermen to cast their nets into its depths. Certainly no sea monsters, Maglor thought as he lifted a hand to shield his eyes from the westering sun. Here there was only peace.

- High in the Clean Blue Air, Chapter Twenty Seven

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Where Now They Wander None Can Say by daughterofshadows
A collage of 5 images in a C-shape around a beige text box which reads "Where Now They Wander None Can Tell". Starting with the upper end of the C, the first photograph is a bird's eye view of a dark blue ocean with rough waves. The second is a sail boat against a golden sky. The third is a shot of a tree crown with golden leaves. The fourth is a sunlit mountain range. The fifth is a woman with dark hair, dressed in white clothes on a beach during daylight.

A collage about Nimrodel, Amroth (and Mithrellas) and their flight to Edhellond.

Art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang

Major Characters: Nimrodel, Amroth, Mithrellas
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Maglor in Camelot and Heorot by Anne Wolfe
Digital artwork of Maglor playing a harp for Beowulf, Wealhtheow, and Hrothgar in a dim, firelit hall. Grendel's severed arm lies on the ground.

Artwork for TRSB 2025, of Maglor in Camelot and Heorot. The corresponding fanfic is being written by Narya, to be linked here when revealed!

Major Characters: Maglor
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Letters From The Past by Grundy
Photo collage composed of four images. Top image spans the width and shows a wooden box containing unopened letters. The letters are not in modern envelopes, but handfolded in a variety of styles. The lower three images show details of different letters, which are folded in different styles and on different papers.

Artwork for TRSB25. Sometime after the First Age, Elrond has found among his possessions a small box containing a cache of letters. The box, though it does not have the usual fine craftsmanship one would expect from elves, can only have come from Maedhros or Maglor, slipped in among the things given to Elrond and Elros when they were sent to Gil-galad. The letters, in several different styles, appear never to have been opened…

Story for the art is being written by until_the_stars_are_all_alight, I'm so excited to read it! (Link to be added here once the story is revealed.)

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Spirit of Fire by Grundy
Photo collage showing nine aspects of a glass orb containing fiery swirls.

Artwork for TRSB25, which asked the author to consider Fëanor's time in Mandos. The story for the art is being written by biologygeorge, and I can't wait to read it. (It will be linked here once revealed.)

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Resonance by skywardstruck
A picture of an Annatar cosplay. A hand with gold claw rings and chains hanging from them reaches out through a bush. The One Ring sits in Annatar's palm. The background is blurred.

Here's one of my art pieces for TRSB 2025! This cosplay photo set was so evocative, I was wondering what I could use it for, and then I realized that TRSB would be a perfect fit. The circlet and halo crown were made by me; the circlet has an Eye of Sauron design and the halo crown lights up. This is one of my favorite cosplays and I'm so overjoyed to share it as part of TRSB!

Please look forward to reading the fanfic by tyelperintal when the collection goes live!

Cosplayer: skywardstruck
Halo crown and circlet: skywardstruck
Costume: voldadivnaya
Photo: stargirlpictures

Major Characters: Sauron
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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