Silmarillion Sigil Set 38

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Disclaimer: Here is a blend of Original Tolkien creations (aka my best efforts at recreating the author’s drawing), modifications on the original, and designs completely from cloth. Previous Entries can be found under the sigil tag. Please credit if use.

In order:

Tar-Míriel, Voronwë

Notes:

Yes, I'm reposting these once more. Because if people in the Silmarillion/Tolkien fandom continue to use them, I want nice official links to them. And so another crosspost from tumblr project is born.

These two are requests for crocordile.

• Tar-Míriel who should have been the fourth Queen. For her sigil I had a simple design goal. I took Elros’s sigil, which is a simplification of the Númenórean sigil nightmare, and leeched away all color. Partly because of Tar-Mírel’s connection to the White Tree Nimloth, but also as a call-forward to the flag of Gondor with white on black. Also she grew up and then suffered through Númenor’s decline and darkest days. Not a lot of color nor joy. Some of the shapes are the thin-throat lilies coming down from Idril, but most come from the Númenor sigil itself. Nothing of Sauron or Ar-Pharazôn the Golden - in fact now that I check it has the same palette as the Valar.

• Voronwë was the other request that I felt comfortable to execute- as I had already made Aranwë, based off of Lalwen. Which comes from a mildly popuar fanon that Aranwë was either Lalwen’s son or husband to expand Voronwë’s comment in one draft that he was a lord of the House of Finwë. Which honestly could just mean Voronwë and his family were sworn to the service of the royal family - which he was as a vassal of Turgon. Still, having Aranwë show a connection to Lalwen via the sigils was a fun idea, of which I explain away as Aranwë being Lalwen’s steward or first ranking noble supporter. Thus Vornowë’s high position among the Noldor. Of course on his Sindarian mother’s side he is possible kin to Círdan. And Voronwë’s most important deeds as as sailor and then friend and guide to Tuor, and sailor again. So the golden antler-like shapes of his father (but only 4), but on the blues of the ocean like Eärendil.