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elegaer — Encyclo of Ardan Heraldry p27

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Description I'm heading slightly out of canon here. Elmo isn't mentioned in LotR or The Sil - so why is he important? Because in UT and HoME, Tolkien suggests that his grandson was Celeborn, husband to Galadriel. Rather than try and rewrite it, here's the basics of the family taken from one of my articles at CoE:
In nearly every version, Celeborn was the son or grandson of Elwë and Olwë's brother Elmo. Elmo's son was most often named Galadhon, and he then had two sons - Celeborn and Galathil. Galathil was then the father of Nimloth, who married Dior and was the mother of Elwing. In this version, he was related to Galadriel, the grand-daughter of Olwë, but only distantly.
So ... here we have Elmo in the top right, his design similar to those of his brothers Elwë and Olwë, and then his wife in the top left. She remains unnamed. In the bottom left is Galadhon, with his wife beneath him. In the bottom right are Galathil and his wife Nimloth.

Bottom middle are Celeborn and Galadriel. I gave Celeborn a cool symbol, because he's cool. No, really, he is. His design is based on a tree, echoing the meaning of his name (silver tree / silver tall). And I created a different design for Galadriel than her original one on Finarfin's page, because Galadriel the Noldo rebel is so different from Galadriel, Lady of Lórien. This one has a ring emphasised, as well as the greens for Lórien, though it contains the light blues from her original design.
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Comments: 21

Moumou38 [2009-11-11 10:05:43 +0000 UTC]

I really like the idea ! it's great ! and I totally love the one you did for Celeborn (...well, I have to admit that he and his wife are my favorite characters in Tolkien's world)

Great job !

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erlondeiel [2006-01-31 13:26:09 +0000 UTC]

*Expecting more*

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elegaer In reply to erlondeiel [2006-01-31 18:55:50 +0000 UTC]

more will appear!

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schelly [2006-01-29 15:58:27 +0000 UTC]

I like this one alot - colors and details are fantastic

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elegaer In reply to schelly [2006-02-01 22:58:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I'm glad you like them!!

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schelly In reply to elegaer [2006-02-01 23:00:58 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome

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aautio [2006-01-26 11:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Yes! This is another page that i really was waiting for.. wonderful, wonderful work as always! Great designs. Thank you so much for making these!

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elegaer In reply to aautio [2006-01-26 15:48:16 +0000 UTC]

*grins*

You can put in requests, you know If there's anyone you would like to see or would find useful - there's no real order to how I do these pages, its just as I feel like

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Helens-Serendipity [2006-01-23 11:39:09 +0000 UTC]

Your patterns just get better & better blue & green should never be seen? never understood it myself... it's lovely

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elegaer In reply to Helens-Serendipity [2006-01-23 17:51:09 +0000 UTC]

I *love* blue and green together - I always have! I suppose *some* combinations of them can look really quite scary, but most of them are just mmmmm lovely!

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Helens-Serendipity In reply to elegaer [2006-01-24 09:45:30 +0000 UTC]

Couldn't agree more

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InKibus [2006-01-19 01:56:41 +0000 UTC]

Your work never ceases to dazzle me! your use of colors is always tasteful!

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elegaer In reply to InKibus [2006-01-21 02:00:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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InKibus In reply to elegaer [2006-01-21 13:22:13 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome!

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QuestingRaven [2006-01-17 17:30:55 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful design work ... but can you tickle him?

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AzizrianDaoXrak [2006-01-16 22:32:43 +0000 UTC]

yes
a lesser known character
but no less important

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Fuesousha-Kinoko [2006-01-16 20:35:48 +0000 UTC]

wow, you are pretty good in Tolkien-things..

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Crooty [2006-01-16 09:56:21 +0000 UTC]

How you come up with such amazing designs...
How many pages of the Encyclopaedia have you got so far?

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elegaer In reply to Crooty [2006-01-16 12:30:57 +0000 UTC]

ermmmmmm I think about 9. I've got two more elfy ones to go - I think. I need one for Mirkwood - Legolas, Thranduil etc - though that one will be really boring. And then one for the "others" - Glorfindel, Erestor, Lindir etc. Not quite sure how to manage those yet! Then its on to the Ainur (woohoo!) and then Men (boring!)

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Crooty In reply to elegaer [2006-01-16 14:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh? Only 9? I thought you had at least 30. Looking forward to seeing the future ones!

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elegaer In reply to Crooty [2006-01-16 14:26:00 +0000 UTC]

I wish! There's *thinks* Feanor, Finwe, Fingolfin, Finarfin, Elwe, Olwe, Elwe and Olwe together, Ingwe, the Peredhil mob, Elmo

so thats actually *10*!!!

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