New and Updated Artwork

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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Post-apocalyptic Bree by octopus_fool
Digital art of a street in post-apocalyptic Bree. The sky is an unsettling shade of red and yellow, the sign of the prancing pony is half torn-off. A shadowy creature with red eyes is peering through the upper window of the Prancing Pony. The shadow and part of a different creature on the street is hinted at.

The apocalypse is upon Bree and Middle-Earth! Strange creatures roam the streets, and a fell light shines on the world. (Art for TRSB 2025) (Warning for some flickering.)

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

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The Flight from Angband by octopus_fool
Digital art of five colourful dragons flying away from Angband. The style of the dragons is inspired by HTTYD and their cheerful colours contrast against the dreary grey of Angband and the sky.

What if Morgoth turned elves into dragons, but things do not work out the way he planned? (Art for TRSB 2025.)

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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A Wing and a Prayer by silmalope
Pencil sketch in monochrome. Fingon kneels with a feather in his hand, looking up at the sky with wide eyes, as the shadow of an eagle passes over him.

Fingon’s prayer. Last-minute sketch entry for the 40s monthly challenge! 

Major Characters: Fingon
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Swinging 40s
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Shadow's Scribbles 2025 by daughterofshadows
A collage on beige background. It includes three photos of cats. Two adult cats, one grey and white one, and one tricoloured one, and a brown kitten. Text above them reads: Thingol, Melian, Lúthien. MISSING CAT! PLEASE HELP! Good news, he returned. But... now there's three of them?

Four art pieces for Scribbles & Drabbles 2025.

Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Círdan, Rog
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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The Sun Shone Upon Her by Isilme_among_the_stars
An embroidery piece featuring a yellow sun motif, its design taken from Eömer's armour from Peter Jackson's The Two Towers, on a maroon background. In the centre there are three white the flowers and the words "winter passed and the sun shone on her" worked in blue thread.

An embroidery piece inspired by Éowyn's journey in the Return of the King, when a time of joy comes after a long winter of despair. The words are quote from the book. The sun motif is taken from the design of Éomer's armour from Peter Jackson's The Two Towers. The flower design is my own. 

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

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Varda - Queen Of Stars by Gabriel
Varda - Queen Of Stars

A Tolkien of colour sketch if Varda.

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

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The Beautiful Game by Kaylee Arafinwiel
An association football (soccer) pitch with some Rings of Power on it. On it is written in black and white script, my pitch (ha) to the artists: What if football (soccer) was invented in Beleriand/Middle-earth? Who would be most likely to invent it? To perfect it? Who would be most competitive about it? What if the Dark Lords and Elven Ringbearers--or any Ringbearers--got in on it? Write something showing how the Beautiful Game might have evolved in Tolkien's world, and who would play it. Might there be le

An association football (soccer) pitch with some Rings of Power on it. On it is written in black and white script, my pitch (ha) to the artists: What if football (soccer) was invented in Beleriand/Middle-earth? Who would be most likely to invent it? To perfect it? Who would be most competitive about it? What if the Dark Lords and Elven Ringbearers--or any Ringbearers--got in on it? 

Write something showing how the Beautiful Game might have evolved in Tolkien's world, and who would play it. Might there be leagues? Imagine, the World Cup of Beleriand...Anyway, this is something I've always wanted to write but never been able to. I hope someone can!

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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Before and After by Kaylee Arafinwiel
The green plain of Ard-galen was laid waste and became the desolation of Anfauglith, its only green land being the Hill of the Slain. Or...maybe this is Mordor, before it was laid waste and as it's recovering? Or both? Something similar? Up to you.

The green plain of Ard-galen was laid waste and became the desolation of Anfauglith, its only green land being the Hill of the Slain. Or...maybe this is Mordor, before it was laid waste and as it's recovering? Or both? Something similar? Up to you.

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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Volcano by Kaylee Arafinwiel
A view of a volcano somewhere on Arda (or off it, I guess, if we want to take this to some other planet the Valar have visited, lol, who knows).

 A view of a volcano somewhere on Arda (or off it, I guess, if we want to take this to some other planet the Valar have visited, lol, who knows).

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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Peanut Butter Jellyfish Mine? by Kaylee Arafinwiel
A craban and jellyfish somewhere on Arda. The hatchling craban mistakes the jellyfish for an 'octofish (octopus) fren'. Inspired by octopus_fool, though anyone can fill this

A craban and jellyfish somewhere on Arda. The hatchling craban mistakes the jellyfish for an 'octofish (octopus) fren'. Inspired by octopus_fool, though anyone can fill this

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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Star Fish? by Kaylee Arafinwiel
Black background, white stars (linked by a thin line) - the constellation Pisces, The Fish.

Black background, white stars (linked by a thin line) - the constellation Pisces, The Fish.

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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It's All Perspective by Kaylee Arafinwiel
A line drawing of a box-like shape. Is it a sketch someone began? Is it a secret runic code?

It looks like a doodle or a sketch, or maybe it's a coded message? Who knows, just enjoy. Someone is drawing/encoding something, let it be whoever, whenever, and whyever you want. Could be Silmarillion, or beyond.

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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Twilight, Child Of by sesamenom
Arwen, Luthien, and Maeglin stand forward with scenes from their lives in the background

Three different characters, all named as children of twilight, their pasts, and their presents.

Major Characters: Maeglin, Arwen, Lúthien Tinúviel
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien, Aragorn/Arwen
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Lover of Trees by Zdenka
Rían perched on the arm of an Entwife who resembles an apple tree. There is a border around them with leaves and flowers. The Entwife's arm and toes stick out of the frame.

Rían sitting on the arm of her Entwife girlfriend.

Major Characters: Rían, Entwives
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Birthday Bash
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Childhood Comrades: Russo & Finnu at Kozhikode Youth Festival by Zara BalrogBalls
A young Maedhros and Fingon, the former dressed as a pilgrim and the latter dressed as a Cardinal. The image is a watercolour sketch with a bright turquoise background.

Maedhros and Fingon, ie Russo and Finnu from Prayers to Broken Stone, 19 years old and up to no-good at all. If you want to know why they’re dressed up like a Mecca pilgrim and a Roman cardinal, check out the snippet in the notes!

Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingon
Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros
Challenge: Swinging 40s
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Sirion by Tang Wen Xi
Sirion by Tang Wen Xi. Cirdan and Gil-galad arrive by swanship to Sirion in flames.

Two scenes from the third kinslaying: the sack of Sirion and the adoption of Elrond and Elros by Maglor and Maedhros.

Major Characters: Maglor, Maedhros, Elrond, Elros, Círdan, Gil-galad
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Violence (Mild)

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world by bunn
a hand holds a silver cup embossed with Beren and Luthien, holding aloft the Silmaril

A silver treasure shows the stories and even more coveted treasures of the past.

Major Characters: Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel, Frodo, Samwise Gamgee
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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A Spectrum by silmalope
Portraits of Erendis, Bilbo, Aredhel, and Boromir

Four characters show the broad spectrum of aromanticism across the ages.

Major Characters: Tar-Ancalimë, Aredhel, Boromir (Fellowship), Bilbo Baggins
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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