*The Black Gate of Mordor does not yet look like it might look on some distant day, but it still stands mighty in the middle of what seems to be a barren volcanic land. There stands a tall wall concealing the gap between two mountain barriers, a big galvorn gate in the middle, Maeglin's work* +

[OoC] A special shoutout to @dreadwolfknot.bsky.social @madilusttra.bsky.social for bringing us Mordor roleplayers so much fun, activty and interesting threads with their roleplaying accounts🥰 Thank you! 🫶

"I am (obviously) much in love with plants and above all trees, and always have been; and I find human maltreatment of them as hard to bear as some find ill-treatment of animals." - Tolkien (Letter 165)

Ladies, gentlemen, and beings beyond the binary, ghouls and Nazgûl, Uruk, elves, hobbits, spiders, trolls, Ainur, humans alive and undead… you may know the donkey daycare farm as a fun place. Tonight, let @nazgulno6.bsky.social and me show you its spooky side.

truly stretching the 'loneliness' prompt. Entirely self indulgent and a nod to @lomionart.bsky.social for always being so kind...and hopefully forgiving for me stealing their #maeglin for an unsolicited #saplingnote crossover. This is about a week's worth of words for El #tolkientober #fanart

#Tolkientober Day 19: Transformation Tw// Blood At some point, his blood started to run black 💔🖤 P.S: It had been a while since I wanted to draw this and today's prompt was perfect! I'm glad I managed to finish this one on time ^^ #Adar #Moriondor #Morgoth

#Tolkientober - Day 19: Transformation #Adar #TROP

#Tolkientober - Day 15: Precious No way I could go a whole Tolkientober to at least post one wholesome post of my precious beans 🥰 (Goli is supposed to have 4 toes by the way 😆) #Smole #Maeglin #Ungoliant #AU +

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

#Tolkientober Day 14: Colours A Dark Elf in the White City of Gondolin #Tolkientrewsday #Maeglin #Silmarillion

Come join our good friends, Nazgûl Numbers 4 and 6 for their first party! There will be donkeys.

Nice recap

🚨 Mordor University Announcement 🚨 I will give my patented course: How to tell someone you like them consequences be damned Starting tomorrow Sign up now Signed, Prof. Maeglin 😌

#Tolkientober - Day 9: Fall "and [Tuor] cast him far out, and his body as it fell smote the rocky slopes of Amon Gwareth thrice ere it pitched into the flames below."Tolkien, Silmarillion #Maeglin #FallOfGondolin #Silmarillion

Nor could I have imagined any soul on Middle-earth would willingly surrender the Ring for the good of the whole. A light beyond understanding.

#Tolkientober Day 5: Hope For this prompt I could only think of the most truly hopeful scene in all Tolkien adaptations for me🖤🤍 P.S: Inspired by "The Swan" by Hilma af Klint✨ #Adar #Galadriel

Truly, the most hopeful of moments…

#Tolkientober - Day 5: Hope A little Maeglin collects fireflies in Nan Elmoth. We all start out hopeful after all, before we become jaded 😭 (NB repost of one of my old #Tolkientuesday works)

#Tolkientober - Day 4: Armour Maeglin wearing his black galvorn armour in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (I allowed myself to add some whimsy into his outfit as a tribute to Nan Elmoth ✨️) #maeglin #tolkien #silmarillion

I remember the day well when Eöl taught me. He had me promised to keep the secret in our family Would I have shared it with the Gondolindrim? Never😑 They wanted nothing to do with my paternal heritage and so I kept the secret. And it died with me

After a hard day in the mines, stretching was necessary to remain limber 😌 #SilmarillionArt #Maeglin #Dwarf

Morgoth (Melkor) ⚒️ Art: Álvaro Fernández González.

Just in case you haven't searched it up yet, here's where to find a protest today near you - most starting at 1pm: www.mobilize.us/?tag_ids=26053

Please be very careful if you're interacting with this account. All Tim says here is true. Using the same account name here suggests the same old trouble on a new site. Luckily here on Bluesky there's a simple solution, and I've done it 🚧

Everyone please beware of this account. The poster, Charles, cyberstalked and harassed a lot of women in the #Tolkien community across multiple different platforms. And now he’s here. Please report and block immediately.

My Secret Santa Gift for @falchionthesage.bsky.social !!!! 🎄🎁 #Elrond is *leaning DOWN* to hug them (I know they are not tall) ❤️ Elrond has lost a lot of family in his life, so he really appreciates the friendship he has with #Durin and #Disa ❤️ MERRY CHRISTMAS!🎄🎁 #TROP #TheRingsofPower

Merry Christmas everyone!

Every year I have less time to do these things, but I cannot miss the opportunity to wish you the merriest festivities you've ever had. Have your loved ones close! 💜 (In case you want the silly christmas doodle in HQ resolution: we.tl/t-o5lgP3ZEiE) #uruks #merryyule #adar #glûg #trop

He is dressed as if for a remake of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. (Now I need a remake with Lloyd Owen in it)

"The Ringwraiths" (Nazgûl) -art by MC dibujante

Christmas is coming to Middle Earth..🎄🎁

They’re looking at memes. #TheRingsofPower #Haladriel #HumanHalbrand

Well, it is time for Unhinged Christmas in Mordor. We managed to get the tower decorated. Khamul and no6 are busy trying to get the fellbeasts untangled with the Christmas lights. Merry Christmas from all the Nazgul! Ignore the Scrooge in Barad-dur...Hope he gets coal in his stocking! 🤭

It's that time of year when it is time to throw off the spooky black cloaks of the Nazgul, push the shadow away and get into the spirit of the season.

Melian design sketch, will start the actual drawing soon

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is GamesRadar+'s 2024 TV Show of the Year!. 📷: Total Films on Instagram

Previously on #TROP Crossovers: @saubrimbor.bsky.social took inspo of @flyingrotten.bsky.social comic of Gil-Galad adopting a baby uruk and continued their lore. And used it to participate in my DTIYS challenge (info below) of drawing a tired GG. I loved it & turned into 👉 #ArtTrain #adar #doodle

…part 5… #TheRingsofPower #Gilgalad #RaisingAnOrc

Fëanor and Celebrimbor 🔨🔥 Family Resemblance ( I am reading the Silm for the first time.... and now all I can see is Fëanor looking like Charles Edwards...) #Celebrimbor #Feanor #TROP #TheRingsOfPower #Silmarillion

Laurence, your book is even more beautiful than I expected. I will treasure it. Thank you so much for sending me a copy 🖤 @clefchan.bsky.social

Here my tired and very done Gil-Galad for this challenge #nekroticismDTIYS🙌✨ P.S: I realised it was missing something important after I posted it in IG!!🙈 Let me know if you spot the difference👁️ (www.instagram.com/p/DDPUsHqKo-a/) #TheRingsOfPower #Gilgalad

Follow the plan 🤫 🧙‍♂️+🦋+🦅+💍=🌋

Eärien update🫣 #art #myart #workinprogress

Look what was just placed into my cold hands. Gorgeous cover! More @bearmccreary.bsky.social magic to savour.

I made a starter pack!! I added accounts i adore from TROPtwt, Tolkien news accounts, and people from the enterprises !! (it will be edited in the future; most likely) go.bsky.app/ApwJguR

This is exquisite!

*Squeak peeks into the room to see if @adaristired.bsky.social is still sleeping. She has brought him clean clothes from his house.*

Here is my pastel portrait of Glüg the Uruk from #TheRingsOfPower, played by @robertstrange.bsky.social who arrived on Bluesky today 🖤☺️ I think I never posted it here. It's my most-liked drawing by far on Instagram (while also being the one who attracted the most trolls 😝) #art #pastel #Tolkien