Star in the Darkness by StarSpray  

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Written for Tolkien Ekphrasis Week 2025 for the prompt: Textiles & Fashion

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Summary:

Now a great crowd of spirits, both Elves and lingering Men, were gathered before the newest tapestry as it fell open down the wall, luminous, gold and silver threads glittering in the pale light of Mandos.

Major Characters: Fëanor, Turgon, Nienna, Eärendil

Major Relationships: Eärendil & Turgon, Fëanor & Nienna

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Rating: General

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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 815
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This was beautiful. Especially seeing Turgon reaching out for Eärendil. He must miss him so much.
I think its interesting the way you've drawn Fëanor here. He seems more subdued than the rest, perhaps though content he's not able to feel the same hope and joy that the rest are experiencing here? I like how you've done this. He has said he is content, but it almost seems like he is not quite so really. Perhaps he is content with the end destination of the Silmaril, but still experiencing a lot of complex feelings and thoughts about the rest of what he's seen the in the tapestries?

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Perhaps he is content with the end destination of the Silmaril, but still experiencing a lot of complex feelings and thoughts about the rest of what he's seen the in the tapestries?

Yes, that's precisely it! He'll accept the fate of the Silmarils, whatever they are, because he gets now that his priorities after the Darkening got...a bit skewed. He's gained a lot of clarity in the Halls, but he's also been watching his people and his family lose a war he led them into, so it's pretty tough. He also doesn't really understand the context for...pretty much anything Turgon says, really (the reader does, though--I love some dramatic irony). He's been watching the tapestries but Gondolin wasn't particularly high on his list of interests.