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NovemberLilly — Song of the Red Swamp

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Published: 2018-09-02 00:47:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 548; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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Description 'We came upon the maiden in the waters north beyond the wall. She was draped in vines and tattered robes and smiled beautifully before she cringed and shook the water apart and drove us from the swamp.'

 'I hear the swamp calling me at night. The Woman makes the nerbyg in the swamp sing to me. She is trying to bring me to her'

'I know she means me harm because her songs sing of blood and death.'

 'Each night, the songs creep into my sleep and I dream of men at war, of blood spilt in the swamp. I awake before the image grows too grim, but I awake with the taste of blood in my throat.'

'Will you help me? Can you help me?'


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"Come, children, come forth and let me sup upon your noble blood."
                                                                                                  ~


Welp, It's finally done!!  My first ever finished piece of line-less art   let me know what you think!   And who better to draw then Naruhel, red maid of Agamaur

All quotes and reference for this drawing were found on the lotro wiki.
lotro-wiki.com/



I also did a bit of research on her name, (just out of curiosity) and though it was difficult to find an exact meaning, these are the best results.  

The most likely translation is Sindarin "Naruhe"  "naru" meaning red and "he" which is simply a feminine pronoun.  In that case, we would get "red lady" or "red maiden" as we see in game.

Another possible one was from Sindarin "Naruêl" meaning "red star".  

If we take the exact wording, "Naruhel", "naru" again is Sindarin for red and "hel" is primitive elvish for sky.  I didn't want to use this translation though because it mixes the elvish languages.

In any case, the name is obviously Sindarin, whatever meaning it has it's still a fantastic name worthy of the daughter of river Mitheithel (probably)

If you ever need a English to Elvish (or vice versa) dictionary, www.elfdict.com/  you're welcome 
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Comments: 20

Hasami-hime [2018-09-12 02:44:38 +0000 UTC]

I looked up my own Sindarin notes I've taken and it's possible "hel" is a form of "iel" which means daughter.  So her name could mean "Red Daughter" which would make sense.

In any case, very cool art!  I don't think I've ever seen fanart of Naruhel before and this is awesome!

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NovemberLilly In reply to Hasami-hime [2018-09-12 17:27:15 +0000 UTC]

Ah, Red Daughter would make sense.  She is a river maiden and as such the daughter of the river witch at the moment is part of the red swamp.

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Tinselfire [2018-09-08 20:31:44 +0000 UTC]

Certainly a good start. The anatomy and perspective do need work, and the composition seems to focus more on the pool than on Naruhel herself, but it is a complete, fully coloured and rendered scene, well past the toughest obstacles.

Stay strong!

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NovemberLilly In reply to Tinselfire [2018-09-08 21:27:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I'm happy to have the feedback, this is my first attempt at line-less art

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KarinMao [2018-09-04 14:11:04 +0000 UTC]

Great use of color ! 

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NovemberLilly In reply to KarinMao [2018-09-05 15:11:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Mordelia [2018-09-02 15:34:34 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! And a fellow lotro player!

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NovemberLilly In reply to Mordelia [2018-09-02 18:54:45 +0000 UTC]

Yup^^ what server do you play on?

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Mordelia In reply to NovemberLilly [2018-09-02 20:42:07 +0000 UTC]

I play on Landroval.. I think xD it's been awhile since I've played

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NovemberLilly In reply to Mordelia [2018-09-02 21:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I play on Crickhollow.  And I still play

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Mordelia In reply to NovemberLilly [2018-09-02 21:44:49 +0000 UTC]

You bad it's not the same server. I should really start playing again

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NovemberLilly In reply to Mordelia [2018-09-03 16:29:51 +0000 UTC]

Have you been on since they released Mordor and the Strongholds of the North?

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Mordelia In reply to NovemberLilly [2018-09-03 17:21:42 +0000 UTC]

I own Mordor, but I'm only level 105 so I haven't gotten there yet

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NovemberLilly In reply to Mordelia [2018-09-03 17:48:36 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I just made it to the final aria there   Haven't come close to finishing it though XD

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Mordelia In reply to NovemberLilly [2018-09-03 23:43:13 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Yeah, I've seen how big it is haha

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NovemberLilly In reply to Mordelia [2018-09-05 15:23:48 +0000 UTC]

I've only done a bit of questing there, but so far it's been really fun!

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Mordelia In reply to NovemberLilly [2018-09-06 03:22:43 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I'll get there someday

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Bcfosterheart [2018-09-02 05:47:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh my

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NovemberLilly In reply to Bcfosterheart [2018-09-02 18:54:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, she's terrifying.

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Bcfosterheart In reply to NovemberLilly [2018-09-02 20:01:24 +0000 UTC]

Mmmhmmm

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