So Finally We Have Started The Pirate Campaign And Now I Can Post My Little Meow-meow Xafir, Chelaxian

the episode from the shared past of two npcs in our campaign (he survived a crossbow bolt in the head, though he lost an eye)

Ah, if anyone is interested, if we take the headcanon of Adar awakening at Cuivienen, he is around 5 900 years old, of which ~288 he was free & happy, and here’s the count

Years of the Trees

lasted 1 500 Valian years OR 14 373 solar years. 14 373/1500; 1 Valian year is ≈ 9,6 solar years (a little less)

Year 1050 Elves awaken at Cuivienen.

30 Valian years of peace (288 solar years) for the Elves.

Year 1080 first Orcs successfully created.

420 Valian years or 4 032 solar years in captivity until the beginning of the First Age.

First Age

lasted 590 solar years (no Valian years anymore)

Second Age, according to the show

is set ~ 1000 years after War of Wrath

288 + 4 032 + 590 + 1000 = 5 910 years old (a little less, as I rounded off the Valian/solar ratio)

I have little work to do, so I’ve been staring at this gif for, like, half an hour, and guess what?

You can see exactly the moment where his fear and disbelief, coming from some familiarity of the pose/position/Halbrand’s face, that this is Sauron turns into “no, I’m putting too much into it, shouldn’t be doing that, Sauron is dead and I saw him die“.

His “No” then is punctuating that.

Joseph Mawle is a king of micro-expressions, honestly.

gif credit: @bluedaddysgirl​

Then @papugaka​ said Adar’s gaze is moving slightly to Sauron’s spear and back to Sauron, and it seems true.

Knowing Sauron had a spear, just how many times exactly did Sauron take that dominating stance over Adar in the past that it takes Adar one second to recognize it in a low man?

don't deny it

Halbrand + text posts

what's with that scar sauron's pointing at on your latest art, does it have a meaning?

Hi, anon! This is the headcanon of @drartslog and mine that Sauron tortured Adar most often in this place, so much that it left a star-shaped scar.

First bit of some Sauron/Adar stuff delivered to those in need

Srsly, why isn't there more, we're doing a bad job, bad, bad job as a fandom, lol

(@kingofrhun you wanted it, I know)

Oh, I think his power was demonstrated sufficiently. He understood perfectly well that the orcs were starting to stop loving him, to stop believing in him. And he did nothing about it because he knew it was necessary. Some of them had to die so that many more generations after them would not fall under Sauron's power. He was not only willing to sacrifice his own children but was also ready to perish at their hands to ultimately stand up for their future, even at the cost of his own life. In my opinion, that is an incredible strength.

Honestly, I haven't seen such a terrible story as Adar's in a long time. Not in the sense that it is poorly written, but in the sense that his storyline and his entire life are absolutely hopeless. His life was spent in suffering alongside Morgoth and Sauron; he witnessed how they killed and tormented his children, he was tortured too. For a brief moment, they freed themselves from Sauron's power, and Adar did everything to ensure that Uruks did not fall under his control again. He was ready to turn them against him, to feel their distance and their waning love for him, he was prepared for them to kill him, just so they wouldn’t become slaves again.

He dies right after realizing that the ring could heal him, after a new path opened up for him in alliance with Galadriel. Sauron looks at him and Adar understands that Sauron has won, and that everything that came before was in vain.

This is an absolute, total nightmare and shattering of all hopes.

every fucking time

When the light of the Valar still shone.