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Lost in the labyrinth of ice
Inspired by the crossing of Helcaraxë, as told in The Silmarillion
"Then Fingolfin seeing that Fëanor had left him to perish in Araman or return in shame to Valinor was filled with bitterness; but he desired now as never before to come by some way to Middle-earth, and meet Fëanor again. (...) and finding no other way they endured at last the terror of the Helcaraxë and the cruel hills of ice. Few of the deeds of the Noldor thereafter surpassed that desperate crossing in hardihood or woe."
– J.R.R. Tolkien,The Silmarillion, Chapter 9: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
– J.R.R. Tolkien,The Silmarillion, Chapter 9: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
Noldor of the Host of Fingolfin crossing the Grinding Ice, based on my "Lost in Helcaraxë" illustration to The Silmarillion. The animation itself has been done to answer a question: why does the shawl's tip on the original illustration float in the air?
Music: "Arctic Fog" by Blear Moon (via Vimeo Music Store).
Music: "Arctic Fog" by Blear Moon (via Vimeo Music Store).
Sketchbook and WiP
Lost in Helcaraxë (detail)
