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This is Melkor when he was prisoner in the Halls of Mandos (painting inspired to the Black Book of Arda)

Known in English as The Black Book of Arda, Black Silmarillion or The Chronicles of Defeated, is a novel published in Russia by Vassilyeva N. Nekrasova around 1992, based on JRR Tolkien's Silmarillion. According to the book by N.Vasilyeva and N.Nekrasova, the Vala Melkor was not originally the Great Enemy of Middle-earth, but a wise teacher and a martyr, while the Creator Eru Ilúvatar and the Valar are represented as tyrants without remorse.
In Arda, Melkor tried to act in accordance with his own thinking, but this was against the will of the Creator.


Original characters by J.R.R. Tolkien
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~n924 Apr 16, 2013
Russian here. The authors are actually two people, Natalya Vasilyeva and Natalya Nekrasova. LOL
Your picture is beautiful.
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~Brunild Apr 17, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you :)
Yes, I painted this thinking about this story. It's really a nice book.
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~taylor17387 Jan 29, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is so beautiful and well-done.

I think you wrote a review for this fic of mine: [link]
Didn't you?
Thanks for the support.
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~Brunild Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you!

Yes It is me who have written it.
I forgot to add that I liked how you have described the psychological aspect of the characters. Especially Namo, which is described a little 'cruel.
I can, now, justify the hatred of Melkor for all things, after this experience XD. (About the canon, I think it was a mistake by the Valar, humble the pride of a creature so powerful. I am convinced that this has definitely compromise any possibility of redemption.)

Well done :) :+fav:
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~taylor17387 Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks for the fav.

And yeah, Mandos turned out to be a complete asshole.
He should have put himself in prison for being a rapist.:XD:
One thing that always annoyed me of the canon is how the evil characters are always portrayed as beyond redemption, and totally lacking any love or good quality.
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~Brunild Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Ah ah!!!XD ;)

It is true, Tolkien described his characters (villains) as beyond redemption: repulsive, hateful ... But perhaps he has had the opposite effect :giggle: , at least on me. I believe that there is another side of the coin, I do not believe in the existence of good or evil absolute. I do not think that the Valar and the elves were the saints!!
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~taylor17387 Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The same for me. I've been always more drawn to the "bad guys" in movies/books, since I was a child, don't know why. But I like it more when the villains have a vulnerable side, rather than being completely evil.
And yes, the elves weren't saints for certain. Feänor for example was a big son of a b****
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~Brunild Jan 31, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I also think in this way ;) I believe that there are positive quality in bad characters also, and I like this. There is not a world black or white, it's impossible!! :)
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Mood: Love ~Huinare Nov 3, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Aah poor Melkor!
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~Brunild Nov 3, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:D Oh yes poor thing!!
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