I have another Elden Ring/Silmarillion inspiration.

Radagon definitely recalls images of Maedhros for me, personally. In the instance of a classic FromSoft-style Silmarillion game, where you interact with the environment only after the world-shattering events have already long since transpired, I envision a Maedhros boss encounter to have similar imagery to that of Radagon.

At the bottom of a fiery chasm, Maedhros’ body has merged with the Silmaril, shining through the broken façade of his flesh, much like the Golden Order with Radagon. He controls the flames around him, inheriting the title ‘Spirit of Fire’, after that of Fëanor.

Jealously, he guards his father’s creation, the Silmaril, even going so far as to become one with it. And with that, he defies death, and lives on to rend anyone that would seek to claim it, manipulating and wielding both fire and the power bound to him via the Silmaril.

Even with such formidable powers at his disposal, he remains true to his legacy: “…and he lived to wield his sword with left hand more deadly than his right had been.” And his blade, glistening against flame and starlight, instills the frozen fear of death into his contenders.

sugarinpills:

There are moments that heal any wound and give you back, give you back the world.

spectrologie-deactivated2023041:

monsoon season

vinterisen:

the way i see it—in a book about strict lines of morality following the guidelines of catholicism or evangelical puritanism, fëanor is the most humanized character. and because the text is fundamentally reverential to greater powers comparable to the hierarchy of a religious institution, fëanor is made out to be a villain for having emotion (and acting on these emotions) that extends beyond the placation of the rules to this hierarchy.

in a land that is presented as perfection incarnate, where no child goes without, fëanor is expected to restrain his feelings when he is the lone, sole child that does indeed go without. fëanor’s fears and vulnerabilities repeatedly relate back to the unique circumstance in which he was raised: his attachment to his father, his attachment to his position as heir, his unfaltering need to create and progress, to highlight his worth and his values.

for having emotional reactions to inherently emotional circumstances, fëanor is given little sympathy, and, instead, is labeled as proof of “the marring” at the very moment of his birth.

#how is anyone meant to cope with that? #not only the only elf to ever have had a step-mother and half-siblings #but to have this circumstance in a land where the very idea of it…just doesn’t exist #no one to relate to #being labeled as ‘marred’ in this so-called 'perfect’ land

lexixxc:

bleuarte:

bathing tilion’s light (celegorm)

eol:

belatedly for @maedhrosmaglorweek

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