Off the wall question that I woke up thinking about bc I’m rereading sansukh to catch up: if a dwarf were to drop something while in the star pool what would happen? Would it ‘float’ out or would it be lost on Arda but not visible to the living?

*stares helplessly at ask*

ummmm….

*stares some more, thinking furiously*

HELP I DON’T KNOW

They’d have to pass through not one, but TWO metaphysical barriers. There’s the wall between the living and the dead, of course. But there’s also the mists between Aman and Middle-Earth that separate the Blessed Realm from the ‘real world’ and keep it apart and inaccessible.

Hell, it’s hard enough for the spirits of the dead dwarves to make it there!

This is just an silly/odd idea, but I like to think that if a dwarf deliberately dropped something into Gimlin-zaram (say, a hammer, or a pen?), it would immediately sink without trace beneath the glowing water. No other change or sign to show its passing.

The next time that dwarf saw Mahal, that hammer or pen would be in His great hand, and he would give off a slight air of mild annoyance. He would give it back with pointedly deliberate movements.

“Please refrain from littering, my child. Please use the bins provided.”

fishfingersandscarves:

concept art for gimlîn-zâram,, i remembered that dets said it was like a natural cave and that & alan lee’s illustrations inspired me,, also the runes on the columns: to the left side of the column: all haven (sullu kazlîn) to the right side of the column: listen & be silent (sakhu & takata)

AHHH FISHY

FISHY THAT ROCK PATTERN *clutches face* AHHH

I LOVE THE COLUMNS OH MY GODDDDDDD

SO SPOOKY AND EERIE AHHHH;AKSJDHF;AKDHAHDFA; THANK YOU!

is there wifi in valinor

…I don’t know?

But it would explain the pool of Gimlin-zaram. It’s a Valinorean video streaming platform.

(’streaming’ hahahahaha PUNS PUNS EVERYWHERE)

ninayasmijn:

determamfidd Gimlin-zaram

On the bench where the green/blue water is should sit a dwarf, but I can’t draw those yet.

OMG NINA AHHH!!!

GORGEOUS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU LOOKIT THOSE COLOURS!

Could you describe what colours the pool (puddle) has? I want to draw and colour it but I first need some info :3

Oh, sure!!

Well, the inspiration for Gimlin-zaram was in fact Jenolan Caves, near Sydney. They have a strange, twisted organic feel – the stone looks like it could breathe. The water is so clear it is uncanny.

So when I imagine the chamber, I think of the walls and ceilings as being clustered in these strange pale alien stone shapes – the architecture of nature – and of the pool initially being as black and opaque and shiny as a puddle (ha!) of ink. Then twinkles of light begin in the depths, and as they increase in brightness, the water around it begins to glow with a starry, blue-green radiance.

Those submersed twinkles would grow brighter and brighter, illuminating the cavern’s thickly-encrusted walls and sending all those weird and organic shapes writhing. The water in which the stars blaze would grow lighter and lighter – until it all finally grew too bright and all the watcher can see is white.

And then, you’re in Middle Earth.