aragorn – Page 4 – Aowyn Tumblr Backup

peregrintook:

Then Aragorn took the crown and held it up and said:

‘Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’
Ambar-metta!’

And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on
the wings of the wind: ‘Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In
this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.’

I love this scene (though I like the book version even better) and I love Elendil’s words. Then a while back I read someone’s observation about how they don’t hear it in a proud, kingly voice (when Elendil says it) but rather defeated, and how it seems to show acceptance of his loss and a promise that his line isn’t going to try and recreate Númenor or reach the Blessed Realm and… that makes it even more amazing.

Let me also use this chance to pimp Tolkien’s original calligraphy (?) of the second line, sinome maruvan…. because it’s so completely different from the aesthetics of movie Gondor. I love it. (I also love the movie aesthetics, but it’s still exciting to see this completely different style!)

(Also, I can barely read Tengwar without vowel marks, I AM SUCH A FAILURE)

TL;DR I am obsessed with this line and love everything about it

loversphilosophy:

Night changes many thoughts. Sleep, Éowyn. Sleep while you can.

undomiel:

lotr meme ≡ 3/6 characters: aragorn
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down. But it is not this day. This day we fight!