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"Gwindor Reborn"
Completed: August 18th, 2007

Gwindor, for those unfamiliar with the character, is an elf from the First Age in Tolkien's world of Middle-earth (as described in the Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin).

Gwindor's life is a complicated one which I will try to summarize in a couple paragraphs...

He was born in Nargothrond, a secret dwelling in south-western Beleriand. He rashly rushed into battle during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (The Battle of Unnumbered Tears) after seeing his brother tormented and put to death by the enemy. Gwindor was then captured by Morgoth (the original Dark Lord).

Seventeen years later, Gwindor escaped from Angband, having procured a sword from a slave working in the smiths of Thangorodrim. During the fray, he lost his left hand. He was so tortured during his stay in Angband that the elves of Nargothrond barely recognized him upon his return.

He brought with him Túrin, son of Húrin, another tragic character depicted in the Silmarillion and other texts. To make a long story short, Gwindor's betrothed, the elf-princess Finduilas, falls in love with Túrin (a mortal man)... Túrin persuades the ruler and lords of Nargothrond to abandon their secrecy and face Morgoth in open battle against the warnings of Gwindor. The city is subsequently lost to the enemy and Gwindor dies practically in Túrin's arms, beseeching him to save Finduilas, who ends up dying pinned to a tree by orcs.

One word: Tragic.

So this drawing is a representation of Gwindor after he is reborn from the Halls of Mandos (as most, if not all, elves eventually are). I made this as a sort of illustration for my role-playing of his character on LiveJournal. The main point was to show Gwindor reflecting over his former life, in which he had lost his left hand. I wanted a sort of lost expression, neither happy nor sad... but introspective.

I will probably do another piece featuring Gwindor relatively soon, as I think there is a true shortage of art with him in it... the fate of a minor character, I suppose.

Gwindor Guilinion is (c) J.R.R. Tolkien and his Estate
Artwork is (c) Kris Piet 2007

Description
"Gwindor Reborn"
Completed: August 18th, 2007

Gwindor, for those unfamiliar with the character, is an elf from the First Age in Tolkien's world of Middle-earth (as described in the Silmarillion and The Children of Hurin).

Gwindor's life is a complicated one which I will try to summarize in a couple paragraphs...

He was born in Nargothrond, a secret dwelling in south-western Beleriand. He rashly rushed into battle during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad (The Battle of Unnumbered Tears) after seeing his brother tormented and put to death by the enemy. Gwindor was then captured by Morgoth (the original Dark Lord).

Seventeen years later, Gwindor escaped from Angband, having procured a sword from a slave working in the smiths of Thangorodrim. During the fray, he lost his left hand. He was so tortured during his stay in Angband that the elves of Nargothrond barely recognized him upon his return.

He brought with him Túrin, son of Húrin, another tragic character depicted in the Silmarillion and other texts. To make a long story short, Gwindor's betrothed, the elf-princess Finduilas, falls in love with Túrin (a mortal man)... Túrin persuades the ruler and lords of Nargothrond to abandon their secrecy and face Morgoth in open battle against the warnings of Gwindor. The city is subsequently lost to the enemy and Gwindor dies practically in Túrin's arms, beseeching him to save Finduilas, who ends up dying pinned to a tree by orcs.

One word: Tragic.

So this drawing is a representation of Gwindor after he is reborn from the Halls of Mandos (as most, if not all, elves eventually are). I made this as a sort of illustration for my role-playing of his character on LiveJournal. The main point was to show Gwindor reflecting over his former life, in which he had lost his left hand. I wanted a sort of lost expression, neither happy nor sad... but introspective.

I will probably do another piece featuring Gwindor relatively soon, as I think there is a true shortage of art with him in it... the fate of a minor character, I suppose.

Gwindor Guilinion is (c) J.R.R. Tolkien and his Estate
Artwork is (c) Kris Piet 2007