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Interest Check!
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Interest Check!
If anyone would be interested in helping me run this event, message me either here or over at @maglor-my-beloved
FAREWELL!
As of today, Imladris Week 2024 is over. Many, many thanks to everyone who participated and created all the incredible art and fic - make sure to check out everyone's creations under the #imladrisweek tag or in the Ao3 collection! I had a lovely time, and I hope you all did as well!
(And remember, you can still post your contributions to this event! The Ao3 collection stays open, and I will check the notifications of this blog occasionally - if your submission hasn't been reblogged after a week or so, please send an Ask or DM to @maglor-my-beloved)
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Summary: For years, people had said that Imladris, or Rivendell in the common tongue, was a wonderful place. It was peaceful, it was beautiful, it was welcoming—a perfectly lovely place to be. What many of them neglected to mention was that despite the hospitality of its residents and the beauty of the valley, Imladris was rather…unnatural. (A Castle Glower AU)
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When I was looking through the prompts for Imladris Week a couple of months ago, I read “Imladris as a place” (for Day 4) and then “the magic of Vilya” (for Day 7) and I instantly came up with the idea for an Imladris Castle Glower AU.
For any Tolkien fans who know the Castle Glower/Tuesdays at the Castle series, you’ll immediately pick up on what I’m thinking: Imladris functioning like the Castle.
For any Tolkien fans who don’t know the Castle Glower series, or who vaguely remembers Tuesdays at the Castle as a book they read in their childhood and then forgot about, here’s all you need to know for this AU: Castle Glower is a magical castle that moves its rooms around every Tuesday.
And if you’re a Tuesdays at the Castle fan but haven’t read The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings—what are you doing? Go read that pronto :P (But also, this fic is definitely readable without the prior knowledge of Tolkien’s works, so I wouldn’t let that stop you. It’s just more fun if you have read any Tolkien books, or even watched any of the Middle-Earth movies.)
I had SO much fun coming up with the idea for this story and working out the details! I might end up writing more or sharing some of the snippets and ideas I wrote down for things that would happen in this AU version of Imladris, because I did have some thoughts.
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Elrond in the flower garden at Imladris, for @imladrisweek.
Some notes:
- The garden has its own odd ecosystem: plants bloom at odd times, summer flowers linger long after the world without has turned to autumn, and certain plants thrive there that would not ordinarily survive the cold winters of northern Eriador. Hence hollyhocks, globe thistle, lavender, clematis, and (most peculiarly) wisteria are all in bloom in early autumn.
- As the house and gardens are built into the sides of the valley, terraced gardens suited the landscape best. The terraces are accessed by sloping walkways rather than steps, ensuring they are accessible to Imladris' disabled inhabitants and those who come to Elrond for healing.
- The oak-tree fountain is (irl) inspired by the work of sculptor Mehrdad Tafreshi. In-universe, similar fountains existed in Menegroth and Nargothrond, the work of a Sindarin coppersmith who was later well-known in Eregion for crafting complex, increasingly fantastical representations of plants and animals (both real and imagined). He called them 'imperishable forests'. Much of his work decorated the squares and buildings of Ost-in-Edhil. He was killed in the sacking of that city; the tree in Elrond's garden was made by one of his pupils.
- If you zoom in on the top terrace, you will find statues of Luthien dancing and Elwing with a seabird.
- Elrond's outfit was inspired by a 1910 House of Worth tea gown.
- It took Elrond several centuries to admit that he needed reading-glasses (quirks of being a Peredhel). The arms of his glasses don't hook over the ear, so they're tied in place with cord.
This is possibly the most time-consuming piece of art I've ever done, clocking in at seventy-two and a half hours; I just barely finished it in time! Please please enlarge to look at all the tiny details :)
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Come back to the Valley
@imladrisweek : day seven
Elrond and Estel
Also, Happy Hobbit Day. There are no Hobbits here, but both Elrond and Aragorn enjoyed (suffered) plenty of time with them, especially Bilbo.
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Fandom: The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion & Other Histories of Middle-Earth
Rating: T
Word Count: 2,005
Warnings: None
Relationships: Elrond Peredhel & Maglor, Bilbo Baggins & Elrond Peredhel
Characters: Elrond Peredhel, Lindir (Tolkien), Bilbo Baggins, Maglor (Tolkien), Elros Tar-Minyatur, Erestor (Tolkien), Glorfindel (Tolkien), Thranduil (Tolkien), Maglor's Wife (mentioned), others mentioned
Tags: Rivendell | Imladris (Tolkien), Festivals, POV Elrond Peredhel, Bilbo Baggins in Rivendell | Imladris, OC cameo (eledhril), Canon Compliant
Summary:
Elrond and his advisors prepare for the Mereth Echui, Imladris’ take on the most ancient festival of the Elves: a celebration of the awakening at Cuiviénen.
Written for @imladrisweek’s Day 5 prompt: Culture of Imladris!
It is the seventh and last day of Imladris Week! Today's prompt is Free Space - The Magic of Vilya | Passage of Time | Alternate Universes | Anything and everything you can think of!
Imladris, with its millennia of history and plenty of interesting inhabitants, contains so much more than one week of prompts could ever encompass. What do you love most about Elrond’s hidden Valley? What thoughts, headcanons and wild ideas do you harbour of the Last Homely House?
As always, the prompts are there for inspiration, and you can use them however you wish - or not at all!
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Elrond’s Family Dinner
by Eowyn7023
Summary:
It’s Morgoth into the Void Day, which everyone in Middle Earth — even Sauron — celebrates. Elrond invites his Maia and Noldor family for dinner, to celebrate Morgoth into the Void Day. The place: Imladris. The time: the Second Age, sometime after the destruction of Eregion and Númenor but before the battle of the Last Alliance.
For Imladris Week, Day 5: Festivals
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The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower
@imladrisweek : day six
Arwen creating Aragorn's standard
It is the sixth day of Imladris Week! Today's prompt is The People of Imladris - Elrond and his Family | Background Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel, Lindir and Others | Original Characters
Of course a house is nothing without the people that live there. We know and love Elrond, Lord and founder of Imladris, his family and all those background characters that fandom has lifted from the shadows, but certainly the Last Homely House has space for more. On this day all inhabitants of Imladris have a chance to shine; from high Lord over fan-favourite counsellor to your own darling OCs.
As always, the prompts are there for inspiration, and you can use them however you wish - or not at all!
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Fandom: The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion & Other Histories of Middle-Earth
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,259
Warnings: None
Relationships: None
Characters: Elrond Peredhel, Glorfindel (briefly), Erestor (briefly), Lindir (briefly), Elros Tar-Minyatur (mentioned)
Tags: Rivendell | Imladris (Tolkien), Caring Elrond Peredhel, Comfort, Reminiscing
Summary:
Elrond takes a nice long walk, reflecting on Imladris and what it means.
Written for @imladrisweek’s Day 4 prompt: Imladris as a Place!
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Bliss and Beauty Undiminished
When Bilbo first visited Imladris, accompanied by thirteen dwarves and a wizard, he had thought it a beautiful place, but no more than that, and returning home he had been too preoccupied with grief to have any mind for beauty.
It is not until he returns, many years older and weary, to find a peaceful home among the Elves, seeking ancient tales and warm hospitality, that he sees Imladris for what she truly is, sees her smiling in the sunlight, her head in Elrond’s lap as they braid her hair, sees them dancing together in the glade beneath the stars.
Thanks for reading ♡
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Bliss and Beauty Undiminished
The Bruinen had known, ever since they saw the valley that would become Imladris, that this was where their waters would flow, would shape the land around them as the valley shaped their river.
Imladris had not yet been home to anything but birds and beasts then, and she was more beautiful for the sunlight catching the Bruinen's falls.
When Elrond came to the valley Imladris had loved him right away, and the Bruinen had gladly lent their waters to the defence of their new settlement.
It has grown into a home since, and the Bruinen watches over it still.
Thanks for reading ♡
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The river is flowing, The stars are all burning!
@imladrisweek : day five
I kind of followed the prompt on this one! This was actually the first of the pieces I did, I had such a strong idea after reading the prompt I had to do it right away.
Estel honoring Gil-Estel
For festivals in Imladris I think they absolutely have one to honor Eärendil. On the winter solstice, on the shortest , darkest day of the year they commemorate Eärendil's journey. In the weeks leading up everyone make their own little boats with candles in them. At midnight, on the coldest and darkest night of the year they gather together at the riverbank and light the candles and set the boats adrift down the Bruinen. And for just awhile, there are stars above and below.
A light in dark places, when all other lights have gone out