Welcome to my creation. I present you, my own interpretation of Thranduil’s Wife, Elven Queen of Mirkwood, Elven Queen Arianiel.
Long post ahead for those people who’ve witness this journey with me.
It’s been 11 years of an unexpected journey ever since I envisioned Thranduil’s wife. I was really insecure about myself: my looks, my body. I nitpicked everything about myself because I am so far from Tolkien’s Elves, but my love for the Mirkwood family surpassed it.
“There is no grave, nor memory.” That was Legolas' line from the movies, but my creativity as a writer and a fan of Thranduil made me write from scratch of what could be the Elven Queen’s background. I roleplayed as her in this Tumblr account to explore more of my original character. Sadly, Thranduil’s wife will forever be nameless as she’s not mentioned to any Tolkien books, but I named her Arianiel in my own headcanon.
This is my passion project, and I won’t accept any flaws in the result, so the planning took some time, obviously, because I needed to build my confidence, money, and find the right people to make this Cosplay possible.
I was really planning to release the Elven Queen at APCC, but they never came back. Now, Cafeterium Chaldeas happened, and I told Ding Parado that I wanted to release the Elven Queen on my birthday. Alas, her talented hand made it possible and surprised me with the result. This was not what we initially planned at the beginning because I had so many things to incorporate in one go, but that’s not going to happen in just one dress. Nevertheless, she surpassed my expectations of what the Elven Queen’s spring dress could be.
Now, with the announcement of Ren Faire, I was so excited about it because I can finally wear the Elven Queen at a convention and geek out about Middle Earth once again. Joining Queen of the Faire was a spur-of-the-moment decision since we’re going on the last day too, so why not try joining?
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be The Elven Queen of Mirkwood once again, Ren Faire PH. I really thought I wouldn’t be able to wear it again aside from our upcoming wedding.
📷 Sir Romeo of Moonstruck Creatives
🪡 Ding of Solibeau
Elven Ears (c) Gerz
Made to Order Lace Front Wig (c) Red
Wig Fix (c) Eri
to my ever supportive Thranduil, Jelz