Heget's Blatherings

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:

Fingolfin, Anairë, Fingon 01, Fingon 02, Turgon, Aredhel

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.

I purposely made them similar in part for a sense of family consistency and continuity, but also because I’m not positive that, say, Fingon would have his own sigil instead of just using his father’s. The reason I made variation of banners is because it’s more fun. Also these are for decorating personal quarters and as story props, so if I don’t do most of the cast, then the few characters Tolkien made sigils for (one for Idril, but none fore the rest of her immediate family except her son?) don’t stick out like a sore thumb.

The lower half of the gonfale for the Nolofinwions is a dark blue with two silver stripes- per the two quotes in the text.

• Fingon’s is just a simplified version of his dad’s. The first only has 4 wavy points touching the edges as befitting a son and heir, whereas the second adds the other four points to make the 8 of the High King of the Noldor in Beleriand. Otherwise one could say that the first is Argon (the semi-canonical fourth child of Fingolfin), and the second is Fingon.
• Turgon’s is also similar, but with the red from his mother. This is a sly nod to his later Gondolin heraldry of ‘sun, moon, scarlet heart’. Note: Heraldry for Gondolin is much closer to real-world heraldry, and can work on regular wall hangings and shields. In other words, not this square format.
• Aredhel is heavier on the dark blues than ‘the White Lady of the Noldor’ would suggest, but I had to make it work with her father’s flag. The silver background is for her, and the floral elements are taken from other Noldor ladies. The sharp dark central flowers are a reference towards the rest of her family.
• Anairë is red and blue because those are my colors for her. My headcanon for Anairë ties into my thoughts on the Vanyar as the equivalent of medieval monasteries, thus the Vanyar initially are the ones making parchment and illuminating manuscripts. Then the Noldor would take over, some working in partnership with the Minyar ‘monks’. Anairë’s father, a courtier of Finwë, would go into a business alliance with a Vanyar noble, who would hire the Vanyar commoners to churn out the paper and legal documents that would be used by the government in Tirion. Thus Anairë would be very knowledgeable of court and interact often with bureaucrats there, meeting and marrying Fingolfin. Elenwë, Turgon’s wife, would be the daughter of said Vanyar noble- who is looked down by the other Minyar as far too Noldor. Thus, the flower makes me think of the pages of a book.