Zigûrun

Amy Haslehurst

“Bill The Pony” was a pony who lived during the Third Age. He is first mentioned in the story as being owned by Bill Ferny, later one of Sharkey’s henchman, and an all around despicable man. When the Hobbits were ready to leave the Prancing Pony on their quest to get to Rivendell, all of the horses in the stable were set free or stolen, probably by Bill’s gang. Without their ponies the Hobbits only had one option, Bill’s half starved animal, who they bought for three times his worth. They named the new pony “Bill” after his former owner. During the quest Bill not only regained his health but helped the Hobbits on their way to Rivendell. With the new care of Samwise and the aura of Rivendell, he was back to good health. He accompanied the Fellowship carrying supplies, shielding the hobbits from snow, and getting spooked by wolves, until the Gates of Moria, where Samwise was convinced to let him go back to Bree, as the mines would be too dangerous. Much to Samwise’s chagrin Bill was let go (Cue the Watcher in the Water), and feared to be dead from the perils of the wilderness. After the Great Quest was completed and the Hobbits had arrived at Bree on their way home, They found Bill The Pony healthy at the Prancing Pony. He became Samwise’s steed back to the Shire. They came to the Brandywine bridge, which was locked by Bill Ferny. After being scared by Merry’s threats, Ferny unlocked the gate, threw the keys at them, and began to flee. As he fled Bill The Pony kicked him in the rear. During the filming of the movies they used a Shetland Pony and an American Quarter horse (for scaling reasons). Note that hobbits and dwarves use ponies as steeds due to their height.

“'But you can’t leave poor old Bill behind in this forsaken place, Mr. Gandalf! ’ cried Sam, angry and distressed. `I won’t have it, and that’s flat. After he has come so far and all! ’

‘I am sorry, Sam,’ said the wizard. `But when the Door opens I do not think you will be able to drag your Bill inside, into the long dark of Moria. You will have to choose between Bill and your master.’

‘He’d follow Mr. Frodo into a dragon’s den, if I led him,’ protested Sam. `It’d be nothing short of murder to turn him loose with all these wolves about.’

'It will be short of murder, I hope,’ said Gandalf. He laid his hand on the pony’s head, and spoke in a low voice. `Go with words of guard and guiding on you,’ he said. `You are a wise beast, and have learned much in Rivendell. Make your ways to places where you can find grass, and so come in time to Elrond’s house, or wherever you wish to go.”

- Bill The Pony’s parting from the Fellowship, he would flee when the Watcher in the Water attacked. Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey In the Dark.

Gilded Grief

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I stumbled across this post the other day, and even though it’s really neat, I noticed a couple errors in the math and the image is way too small to read. So I completely remade it because I’m a giant nerd (and the OP’s blog has been deleted so I have no way of getting in touch with them). I mean, normally I wouldn’t care enough to do something like this, but bloodlines are very important in Tolkienverse which makes me, in turn, very interested in the exact breakdowns.

Also because—ever since I read Silm—I’ve wanted to know exactly how ‘elven’ Elrond actually is because I knew for sure it wasn’t literally half. It turns out Elrond is 56.25% elf, 37.5% human, and 6.25% maiar. The more you know.

Tom Bombadil, and water lilies in the Old Forest…I drew this one last summer  (with no-good old watercolors on pretty bad paper, since I was camping in the middle of forest myself  :P )

Eru, the One

homegirl luthien & the Best Boy

reminder that my ko-fi is up, if u feel inclined to visit it! :)

Commissioned work “Sauron” by @saurons-shadow

Been a while since I drew him and now thinking about a surprise, which will be on my INSTA

Huan, the hound of the Valinors last fight with Carcharoth

Concept paintings by Paul Lasaine for the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.

They grow so fast 8 (

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Beren and Lúthien

You can see progress shots and a lil drawing tutorial for this one on my patreon as well.

I don’t want a Silmarillion movie, but there are a few scenes I desperately want to see on film. oddly, they aren’t the big momentous heroic things. 

like, the bit where Morgoth sends clouds of poisonous smoke over to Lake Mithrim and the Feanorians and Nolofinweans, who still haven’t buried the hatchet, hunker down in their respective camps-being-choked-by-poisonous-smoke and argue with their siblings about whether to say they’re sorry or extend forgiveness? I want to see that. I want the camera to cut back and forth between Turgon and Curufin, between Aredhel and Celegorm, between Fingon and the empty space the Feanorians keep unconsciously leaving at their table. I want cinematography so good that the Doom of Mandos echoes in all of the silences.

I said ’..but I still don’t want a Silmarillion movie.’ but who am I kidding? this is why I don’t want a Silmarillion movie. the poisonous smoke would be replaced with orcs and wargs and orcs on wargs and ridiculous flaming eyes in the sky. we’d get twenty minutes of violent implausible combat and then three minutes of aggressive howls of anguish and no sense at all that these people are doomed, that they’ve driven the wedges between them so deep that all that’s left is to breathe in the ashes. 

Thuringwethil

Nienna, or as I like to call her: Mama Gandalf

some quick falmari doodles: random teleri and finrod (3) and galadriel (4) dressed for visiting their family in alqualonde lol falmari things: callused hands, early mornings on the sea, frutti di mare EVERYTHING, beach parties, tropical house (sorry but) (yes), brawling at the docks, best collection of swearwords this side of the sea, probably invented surfing???, fish market starts at the mingling of the lights