Ancient friendship by wisteria53  

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Fanwork Notes

  1. The Cuivienyarna: a neo-Celtic knot decorative element on the right, with black hand-lettered words on the left, written in the Years of the Trees.
  2. Learning to Write Again: a traced decorative element (swirls) on the left side and shakily hand-lettered words from the Ainulindalë on lined paper to the right, written after the rescue from Thangorodrim.
  3. Letter to Azaghâl: a black background single square eight-pointed Celtic knot in the upper left and black hand-lettered words on the right, a letter written after Beren and Lúthien retrieve a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown (truncated).
  4. Letter to Elwing: a white background single square eight-pointed Celtic knot in the upper left and black hand-lettered words on the right, written before the Third Kinslaying at Sirion (truncated).
  5. Ancient friendship: 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 [the original art prompt for TRSB 2025].
Fanwork Information

Description:

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:

Genre: General

Type: Calligraphy, Graphic/Banner/Icon

Challenges:

Rating: General

Warnings:

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Ancient friendship

Original art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025 (5 of 5)

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

The Cuivienyarna

Original art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025 (1 of 5)

a neo-Celtic knot decorative element on the right, with black hand-lettered words on the left from the Cuivienyarna

Chapter End Notes

Original art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025 (1 of 5)

Learning to write again (The Ainulindalë)

Original art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025 (2 of 5)

a traced decorative element (swirls) on the left side and shakily hand-lettered words on lined paper to the right from the Ainulindalë

Letter to Azaghâl

Original art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025 (3 of 5)

a black background single square eight-pointed Celtic knot in the upper left and black hand-lettered words on the right, a letter to Azaghâl

Letter to Elwing

Original art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025 (4 of 5)

a white background single square eight-pointed Celtic knot in the upper left and black hand-lettered words on the right, a letter to Elwing (truncated)

Comments on Ancient friendship

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These are lovely, wisteria53. Somehow the art brings emphasis to those words you have chosen -and a good choice too, key moments in the Silm that could have gone one way or the other. There's a real hope in them, and artwork emphasises their importance and makes them all the more powerful.