Let the havens burn

Painting \ Figure | 05/14/08 @645 | Sirielle | critiques (7) | views (510)

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Maedhros son of Fëanor arriving at the havens of Sirion.

"Now when first the tidings came to Maedhros that Elwing yet lived, and dwelt in possession of the Silmaril by the mouths of Sirion, he repenting of the deeds in Doriath withheld his hand. But in time the knowledge of their oath unfulfilled returned to torment him and his brothers, and gathering from their wandering hunting-paths they sent messages to the Havens of friendship and yet of stern demand. Then Elwing and the people of Sirion would not yield the jewel which Beren had won and Lúthien had worn, and for which Dior the fair was slain; and least of all while Eärendil their lord was on the sea, for it seemed to them that in the Silmaril lay the healing and the blessing that had come upon their houses and their ships. And so there came to pass the last and cruellest of the slayings of Elf by Elf; and that was the third of the great wrongs achieved by the accursed oath."

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Silmarillion, Chapter 24 "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"

Painted in Painter, with final corrections done in Photoshop. Larger image linked.

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Comments (6)

asdrubalpc

05/14/08 @691

really nice

Florence

05/15/08 @970

Great! I like the lighting!

cgaddict

05/15/08 @167

Great piece - the composition is superb! Lightning is very dynamic as well and adds to the theme nicely.

+9/9

purplerose

05/16/08 @024

Wow, this is really wonderful.

+10

rao

05/17/08 @052

I like the armour and fire

Sirielle

07/15/08 @872

Thank you

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