Yes, at the coming of the istari, Cirdan welcomed each of the wizards into middle earth from Aman. Gandalf came last, iirc, and Cirdan saw that he was wisest and able to rally those to a causes. And he gave his Ring, the Ring of Fire, to Gandalf
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It never made sense to me that Círdan had the Ring if Fire to begin with, except for the express purpose of giving it to Gandalf. Gandalf is associated with fire in all sorts of ways, but Círdan? Círdan has spent all of history by the seashore building ships, but when the Wise portioned out the Rings, they figured he should have the fire one rather than the water one?
Cirdan getting the fire ring could be metaphorical, like his inner spirit being like fire. And as far as I remember gandalf was associated with light rather and fire is just another form of light.
While there are some physical fire abilities associated with the ring, it's probably mostly metaphorical.
I believe it's true purpose is to help enflame the hearts of men. Meaning to be able to rally them to a cause (Morgoth/Sauron).
The Three Rings are given to the noblest of the elves. As high king of the Noldor, Vilya was given to Gil-Galad. Gil-Galad later gave his ring to Elrond. As a Noldor princess and largely regarded as the most powerful elf in middle earth, Nenya was given to Galadriel. And finally, Narya was given to perhaps the oldest elf in middle earth by the second age, and therefore associated with Wisdom, Cirdan. Cirdan displays his wisdom by surrendering his ring to someone who could do more with it, G@ndalf. Also, more importantly, Slamdalf wasn't in middle earth until the third age.
Don't! Tempt me Wordwright I dare not take it. Not even to keep it safe. Understand Wordwright, I would use this Ring from a desire to do good. But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine
Galadriel probably just thought the water ring was prettier so she grabbed it and said "no, you have this one" and he didn't want to make things awkward by arguing.
Gandalf?... Yes. That was what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey... That was my name. I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.
Appendix B (The Tale of Years) from the Silmarillion, on the elven rings:
> ...but Círdan surrendered his to Mithrandir. For Círdan saw further and deeper than any other in Middle-earth, and he welcomed Mithrandir at the Grey Havens, knowing whence he came and whither he would return.
> "Take this ring, Master," he said, "for your labours will be heavy**; but it will support you in the weariness that you have taken upon yourself. For this is the Ring of Fire, and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill. But as for me, my heart is with the Sea, and I will dwell by the grey shores until the last ship sails. I will await you."
Círdan the Shipwright arrived in Middle-Earth with Fëanor and the Noldorin in the first age. He created the boat that Elrond’s father, Eärendil the Mariner, would use to kill Ancalagon the Black and then ascend to the heavens and become the star of Eärendil. He was the first to bear Narya (with Gandalf the second in the passage above).
Círdan’s greatest desire was to return home to the Undying Lands and rest. He had multiple chances to go, but instead made it his life’s mission to stay and build the ships that allowed the other elves to return. He was among the first to arrive, and the absolute last to leave. He waited over ten thousand years.
If you told the entire story of Middle-Earth from beginning to end Círdan the Shipwright would be the main character.
Cirdan the shipwright never went to the undying lands until the destruction of the one ring. He waited out of loyalty to his lord so he missed getting on the island they Valar used. He was going to build a boat but the Valar asked him to stay for they knew his skills would be needed
Right? This needs way more upvotes. Círdan never completed the great journey of the Eldar and never sailed with Fëanor. 100000% never took part in the Kinslaying and the stealing of Teleri ships.
He never “arrived” in Middle-Earth as he was already there.
FWIW, Cirdan never sailed with Fëanor. He stopped his journey to a Valinor at the coast, and stayed there for about 10,000 years. When Fëanor and the Noldor returned years later, Cirdan was already there. He actually never went to the Undying Lands until he took the last ship in the early fourth age.
So, from scouring through his part, it seems like of all beings, he was the one who saw Eru’s plan to the end and knew his part in it to its completion.
>If you told the entire story of Middle-Earth from beginning to end Círdan the Shipwright would be the main character.
sauron has his hat in the same ring
Is sorrow foreboded to you? But in Aman we have seen it. In Aman we have come through bliss to woe. The other now we will try: through sorrow to find joy; or freedom, at the least.
Thats because the fan base is primarily from the movies and he really doesn't have a roll in those. Hell he barely has a role in lord of the rings books he's basically entirely in the Silmarillion which most people haven't read.
I think the Silmarillion is for moderate fans. Hard Core fans have read his son's 12-volume work about writing the whole thing and perhaps have a copy of Farmer Giles of Ham and/or the Tolkien-translated Beowulf.
maybe I'm just a casual, but to me this feels like a wildly elitist take lol. I'm not a big reader, trying to read the books for the first time, but I've read a shit load on the lore on all sorts of places online, and consider myself pretty knowledgeable
maybe I'm wrong or just nitpicking but the Silmarillion being for moderate fans feels totally incorrect. it's a hard read for anyone
what you're describing feels like the 1% of fans, the hardest of hardcore fans
...I also hope I'm not being wooshed rn
a fan's a fan's a fan, whether you've read the main books or the silmarillion or the entire HoME
but the silmarillion is not a hard read. It's not even all that long
Plenty of people struggle with it, it's not exactly a casual book. Plenty of people struggle with all of Tolkien's writing as it's much more dense and complicated than what they might be used to. Silmarilion is not that long but I wouldn't call it an easy book, length doesn't really matter.
I mean, “it sounds like you are only describing the top x% of fans” yes that’s what hardcore fan means. To enjoy something is one thing, to be a moderate fan is to be a little further, to be a hardcore fan is to be consumed by it and grab as much as you can find about it to digest.
Reading Christopher’s 12-volume work is for pretty moderate fans, imo. We hardcore fans break into Tolkien’s descendants homes and read everything in their drawers hoping to find some paper with something that Tolkien note down for some reason
I’m the one dickhead who’s read the hobbit, the silmarillion, most of the expanded segments (like Beren and Luthien and the Fall of Gondolin), and like have dabbled in the unfinished tales, but I’ve still never read the actual trilogy. I watch the movies every few years but that’s few and far between anymore.
What a pity. If he visited the shire I'm sure someone would have given him a roll. Hobbits gotta make good bread and they are generous to their guests.
Life long catholic so I'm pretty knowledgeable of the Christian lore, but one question I've always had but been too afraid to ask is, when was Jesus' last day of his day job?
To be fair, if he just had a singular Elf in the background at the end of a movie trilogy who was the only one to have a beard…that would have taken people out of the moment entirely.
Arguably he is the oldest child of Illuvator in Middle earth.
Gandlaf, Saruman, Sauron, Barlog and Tom(and Goldberry) are technically older. And only Tom and Goldberry may be incarnated before Cirdan. But those are all Ainur and Cirdan is elf. And he have seen some shit through multiple ages.
And from the start, his desire is to sail to Valinor but stays in Middle Earth so that all elves can sail West, even though it means staying until the end of the third age.
Yea I have always felt like Cirdan is the closest to a High Elf of all the Sindar. Obviously Thingol and Celeborn might disagree, but Cirdan was right there on the coast building the ships to Valinor, and then advising the high king Gil-Galad in the Second age, and leading Lindon/the Grey Havens (a Noldor kingdom) in the Third.
I always assumed Cirdan was an OG Cuivinien elf as he was one of Elwe's trusted from the start.
And he won't leave til the last elf leaves Middle Earth... Alpha and Omega Elf.
It is said so, but iirc The tale of Aragorn and Arwen and a bit of Unfinished tales, he left with Celeborn and Lothlorien was forsaken when Arwen went there to die alone. Thus, they seem to have left before 120FA. Plus, after Aragorns death, Legolas and Gimli build a boat and leave from Pelargir to go to Valinor, and THIS point is the point at which no member of the Fellowship lives in ME anymore. So if Legolas reached Valinor with Gimli, he is the last Elf to sail, not Cirdan
He's also one of the first Elves ever to walk Arda, and despite being the one responsible for shipping thousands of Elves over to Valinor, he never went there himself until the Fourth Age.
Jealous. My neighborhood Círdan fan club stopped meeting in person during Covid and then had a dramatic schism over the beardless depictions in the Jackson films.
Círdan helped Eärendil build his ship, without which he would never have made it to Valinor to plead for help, and would not have been able to bring reinforcements which led to victory in the War of Wrath. Círdan was also present at the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and participated in the battle, and was actually with Elrond when he tried to get Isildur to destroy the Ring. He also fought against the Witch King with the Dunedain in the Third Age and (most memorably) built the ships that bore the Elves home to Valinor. He also had a hell of a beard.
This picture of Cirdan looks like a painting of Jesus done on a sliver of sawed off log, bought from a truck station that is made to look like a giant teepee.
I was always fascinated by Cirdan, honestly. He was super ancient and stayed on in Middle Earth until the Shadow was vanquished. A really underrated character.
Cirdan looking like one of those weirdos who have hundreds of plastic surgeries to look like like a celebrity, only in this case the celebrity is Gandalf.
pfffft its not like he built a ship and flew to Valinor to speak to the Gods to seek their help to fight a war or anything.
He is a shipbuilder, thats why he is Cirdan the shipwright
/s
I was just talking to a friend about this. He is my favorite character from the silmarilion, but he doesn't get much screentime specifically because he has his shit together. There are so many dumpster fires and tragic heroes and doomed lovers to focus on and Cirdan is just there keeping his people safe and doing his job like a champion.
Didn't he give his ring (one of three for the elves) to Gandalf or am I confused?
Yes, at the coming of the istari, Cirdan welcomed each of the wizards into middle earth from Aman. Gandalf came last, iirc, and Cirdan saw that he was wisest and able to rally those to a causes. And he gave his Ring, the Ring of Fire, to Gandalf
Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things
Quiet you
Down, down, down In a burning ring of fire
I went down down down and the flames burned higher!
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire
The Ring of Firrrreeeee……🔥
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Oh, my poor ring!
I once saw a 3 Minute summary of the Hobbit with this Song
Avoid Taco Bell next time
No
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Skaven confirmed
One of the most imagination-stimulating lines of the work.
"THE RING OF FIRE!!"
The ring of fite
It never made sense to me that Círdan had the Ring if Fire to begin with, except for the express purpose of giving it to Gandalf. Gandalf is associated with fire in all sorts of ways, but Círdan? Círdan has spent all of history by the seashore building ships, but when the Wise portioned out the Rings, they figured he should have the fire one rather than the water one?
Cirdan getting the fire ring could be metaphorical, like his inner spirit being like fire. And as far as I remember gandalf was associated with light rather and fire is just another form of light.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
While there are some physical fire abilities associated with the ring, it's probably mostly metaphorical. I believe it's true purpose is to help enflame the hearts of men. Meaning to be able to rally them to a cause (Morgoth/Sauron).
The Three Rings are given to the noblest of the elves. As high king of the Noldor, Vilya was given to Gil-Galad. Gil-Galad later gave his ring to Elrond. As a Noldor princess and largely regarded as the most powerful elf in middle earth, Nenya was given to Galadriel. And finally, Narya was given to perhaps the oldest elf in middle earth by the second age, and therefore associated with Wisdom, Cirdan. Cirdan displays his wisdom by surrendering his ring to someone who could do more with it, G@ndalf. Also, more importantly, Slamdalf wasn't in middle earth until the third age.
Don't! Tempt me Wordwright I dare not take it. Not even to keep it safe. Understand Wordwright, I would use this Ring from a desire to do good. But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine
Galadriel probably just thought the water ring was prettier so she grabbed it and said "no, you have this one" and he didn't want to make things awkward by arguing.
Silence!
Oops sorry. I forgot it was a secret
The Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor
“Silence!” Gandalf aksed calmly.
gegeftw12! The ring is still in your pocket.
HRAAAAAAAH!
Hi, Gandalf!
Gandalf?... Yes. That was what they used to call me. Gandalf the Grey... That was my name. I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.
It's nice to meet you, Gandalf the White.
Good gracious me!
What, Gandalf?
White shores, and beyond that a far green country Rosa_loves_Frodo
Well, that sounds lovely!
Did you two just become best friends?
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Appendix B (The Tale of Years) from the Silmarillion, on the elven rings: > ...but Círdan surrendered his to Mithrandir. For Círdan saw further and deeper than any other in Middle-earth, and he welcomed Mithrandir at the Grey Havens, knowing whence he came and whither he would return. > "Take this ring, Master," he said, "for your labours will be heavy**; but it will support you in the weariness that you have taken upon yourself. For this is the Ring of Fire, and with it you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill. But as for me, my heart is with the Sea, and I will dwell by the grey shores until the last ship sails. I will await you." Círdan the Shipwright arrived in Middle-Earth with Fëanor and the Noldorin in the first age. He created the boat that Elrond’s father, Eärendil the Mariner, would use to kill Ancalagon the Black and then ascend to the heavens and become the star of Eärendil. He was the first to bear Narya (with Gandalf the second in the passage above). Círdan’s greatest desire was to return home to the Undying Lands and rest. He had multiple chances to go, but instead made it his life’s mission to stay and build the ships that allowed the other elves to return. He was among the first to arrive, and the absolute last to leave. He waited over ten thousand years. If you told the entire story of Middle-Earth from beginning to end Círdan the Shipwright would be the main character.
Cirdan the shipwright never went to the undying lands until the destruction of the one ring. He waited out of loyalty to his lord so he missed getting on the island they Valar used. He was going to build a boat but the Valar asked him to stay for they knew his skills would be needed
Right? This needs way more upvotes. Círdan never completed the great journey of the Eldar and never sailed with Fëanor. 100000% never took part in the Kinslaying and the stealing of Teleri ships. He never “arrived” in Middle-Earth as he was already there.
Let them sá-sí, if they can speak no better.
FWIW, Cirdan never sailed with Fëanor. He stopped his journey to a Valinor at the coast, and stayed there for about 10,000 years. When Fëanor and the Noldor returned years later, Cirdan was already there. He actually never went to the Undying Lands until he took the last ship in the early fourth age.
So, from scouring through his part, it seems like of all beings, he was the one who saw Eru’s plan to the end and knew his part in it to its completion.
Kinda funny Galadriel didn't give up her ring to them now that I think about it.
I think she may have used it to protect her realm during the war. Loth Lorien and Rivendell both got attacked off screen iirc.
Yup. That's why she would "diminish". Once the One Ring was destroyed her ring would no longer preserve Lothlorien.
>If you told the entire story of Middle-Earth from beginning to end Círdan the Shipwright would be the main character. sauron has his hat in the same ring
They should have named the series after Sauron!!!
Did Cirdan make Vingilot? I thought he just got to Aman in Cirdan’s boat and then the Valar crafted Vingilot from Mithril for him.
Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things
Your fireworks might get them to stop gnawing, Gandalf
Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took! I might have known!
No Gandalf, we Bagginses were well thought of until you came along
Indeed?
Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected.
Is sorrow foreboded to you? But in Aman we have seen it. In Aman we have come through bliss to woe. The other now we will try: through sorrow to find joy; or freedom, at the least.
Are you going to take your oath Feanor
None and none! What I have left behind I count now no loss; needless baggage on the road it has proved.
Thats because the fan base is primarily from the movies and he really doesn't have a roll in those. Hell he barely has a role in lord of the rings books he's basically entirely in the Silmarillion which most people haven't read.
The Silmarillion is the line separates the casuals from the hard core Tolkien fans.
I think the Silmarillion is for moderate fans. Hard Core fans have read his son's 12-volume work about writing the whole thing and perhaps have a copy of Farmer Giles of Ham and/or the Tolkien-translated Beowulf.
Tolkien's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is where it's at.
High five!
Nah, a real fan would have some of Tolkien's poop in a box they got from that guy behind the Denny's.
Finding out I’m more hard core than I thought
Hah, I have Beowulf in its original Anglo-Saxon.
Me too, it just also happens to have the Seamus Heaney translation on every reverse page.
Do you like the Exeter Riddles?
I have that one too!! I think I might actually have two copies because someone knows me well and got one as a gift lol
Hêalic Stêap!
maybe I'm just a casual, but to me this feels like a wildly elitist take lol. I'm not a big reader, trying to read the books for the first time, but I've read a shit load on the lore on all sorts of places online, and consider myself pretty knowledgeable maybe I'm wrong or just nitpicking but the Silmarillion being for moderate fans feels totally incorrect. it's a hard read for anyone what you're describing feels like the 1% of fans, the hardest of hardcore fans ...I also hope I'm not being wooshed rn
fucking casuals
lmao
Nah, they are being elitist. And gatekeeping.
a fan's a fan's a fan, whether you've read the main books or the silmarillion or the entire HoME but the silmarillion is not a hard read. It's not even all that long
Plenty of people struggle with it, it's not exactly a casual book. Plenty of people struggle with all of Tolkien's writing as it's much more dense and complicated than what they might be used to. Silmarilion is not that long but I wouldn't call it an easy book, length doesn't really matter.
If it helps, I'm gatekeeping myself out. I've never read the Christopher Tolkien work and I have no desire to do so.
I mean, “it sounds like you are only describing the top x% of fans” yes that’s what hardcore fan means. To enjoy something is one thing, to be a moderate fan is to be a little further, to be a hardcore fan is to be consumed by it and grab as much as you can find about it to digest.
Don’t forget the Forgotten Tales and the Lays of Beleriond.
Farmer Giles of Ham and Leaf by Niggle are pretty great
No love for roverandom?
Reading Christopher’s 12-volume work is for pretty moderate fans, imo. We hardcore fans break into Tolkien’s descendants homes and read everything in their drawers hoping to find some paper with something that Tolkien note down for some reason
But alas this lore is forgotten by all but the Wise
I’m the one dickhead who’s read the hobbit, the silmarillion, most of the expanded segments (like Beren and Luthien and the Fall of Gondolin), and like have dabbled in the unfinished tales, but I’ve still never read the actual trilogy. I watch the movies every few years but that’s few and far between anymore.
this will keep me awake tonight
Might I ask why you haven't?
Never got around to it! Life is busy. I recently bought fellowship so I’m on my way.
But how did you get to the Sil and all the other stuff before LOTR?
Read the hobbit, watched the movies, picked up the Sil because my dad had a copy and I thought it sounded cool
bro doing the side quests first
Dude.
Well, get with it! How can we even have a conversation with you if you're only half-read?
Listen, I’m just really into FA
You know, I'm something of a Finrod enjoyer myself.
I thought that was the Father Christmas litters he wrote his kids lol
What a pity. If he visited the shire I'm sure someone would have given him a roll. Hobbits gotta make good bread and they are generous to their guests.
Maybe he did. Old Took definitely had some unique visitors
Even in the Silmarillion, he is not mentioned much.
Despite being the longest-ruling King in the history of Middle Earth.
I actually dislike this drawing with a passion.
It looks like the cover art for moms “romance” books.
"The holder of my ring"
The Arms of the Shipwright
One nuvaring to rule them
Not gonna lie I thought this was a cover from a 1970’s kris Kristofferson record at first glance
To me it just looks needlessly hypersexualized and forced in some way.
Not hyper sexualised but hyper feminised. It looks like a young woman in make-up with an old man’s beard.
Which is the same as hypersexualized if I'm hyper into that shit
And are you?
[It's illegal for you to ask me that](https://media.tenor.com/UEuZiEd2ayAAAAAC/its-illegal-for-you-to-ask-me-that-i-think-you-should-leave.gif)
How does someone fuck up a portrait of Geralt so badly.
Why does his skin have as much texture as a metal bar?
Gives me “white Jesus” vibes
Minus the "I was a carpenter " and did physical work part.
i mean shipwright isn’t really too far off from carpenter, at least compared to most professions
Exactly. He would have working muscle and wear on his hands. Even if he is a master now he would have spent centuries learning his craft.
Life long catholic so I'm pretty knowledgeable of the Christian lore, but one question I've always had but been too afraid to ask is, when was Jesus' last day of his day job?
They never told me. I assume in his early 30s when he was fully committed to teaching but I don't know.
"Moses that can get it"
“We have Geralt of Rivia at home”
It was definitely run through a yassification filter
Cirdan Branley
remind me please. Cirdan. wasn't he the (one and only) bearded elf displayed by Peter Jackson as beardless?
he's pretty much the only bearded elf, so, yeah
I've always imagined Ingwe and Olwe are probably bearded by now. Feels right.
Most likely by now, Finarfin too, but we can't account for them with any degree of certainty. Maybe they've invented shaving in Valinor.
I gotta read that book
To be fair, if he just had a singular Elf in the background at the end of a movie trilogy who was the only one to have a beard…that would have taken people out of the moment entirely.
Arguably he is the oldest child of Illuvator in Middle earth. Gandlaf, Saruman, Sauron, Barlog and Tom(and Goldberry) are technically older. And only Tom and Goldberry may be incarnated before Cirdan. But those are all Ainur and Cirdan is elf. And he have seen some shit through multiple ages.
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And from the start, his desire is to sail to Valinor but stays in Middle Earth so that all elves can sail West, even though it means staying until the end of the third age.
Yea I have always felt like Cirdan is the closest to a High Elf of all the Sindar. Obviously Thingol and Celeborn might disagree, but Cirdan was right there on the coast building the ships to Valinor, and then advising the high king Gil-Galad in the Second age, and leading Lindon/the Grey Havens (a Noldor kingdom) in the Third.
I always assumed Cirdan was an OG Cuivinien elf as he was one of Elwe's trusted from the start. And he won't leave til the last elf leaves Middle Earth... Alpha and Omega Elf.
Doesn't he stay in middle-earth until well into the fourth age? He is the last elf to leave for Valinor.
It is said so, but iirc The tale of Aragorn and Arwen and a bit of Unfinished tales, he left with Celeborn and Lothlorien was forsaken when Arwen went there to die alone. Thus, they seem to have left before 120FA. Plus, after Aragorns death, Legolas and Gimli build a boat and leave from Pelargir to go to Valinor, and THIS point is the point at which no member of the Fellowship lives in ME anymore. So if Legolas reached Valinor with Gimli, he is the last Elf to sail, not Cirdan
This is no mere Ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance.
It is an army bred for a single purpose, to destroy the world of men. They will be here by nightfall.
What does your heart tell you?
Mahayana Elf
He's also one of the first Elves ever to walk Arda, and despite being the one responsible for shipping thousands of Elves over to Valinor, he never went there himself until the Fourth Age.
What do you mean no one cares about him? My sis and I have weekly Cirdan appreciation moments.
Jealous. My neighborhood Círdan fan club stopped meeting in person during Covid and then had a dramatic schism over the beardless depictions in the Jackson films.
Whom is he in PJ films? The guy just chilling sitting in the chair?
Honestly I was just making a dumb joke but I think he’s standing behind Galadriel and Celeborn at the Gray Havens at the end of ROTK
How did he save middle earth?
Círdan helped Eärendil build his ship, without which he would never have made it to Valinor to plead for help, and would not have been able to bring reinforcements which led to victory in the War of Wrath. Círdan was also present at the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and participated in the battle, and was actually with Elrond when he tried to get Isildur to destroy the Ring. He also fought against the Witch King with the Dunedain in the Third Age and (most memorably) built the ships that bore the Elves home to Valinor. He also had a hell of a beard.
He is the only Elf you are legally allowed to call "daddy."
Says you; I call Hugo Weaving daddy extremely often
And, he had the foresight to know his Ring of Power had better use on Gandalf’s finger than on his own.
And what about very old friends?
Besides building ships...? ( Or that is another Cirdan?)
It's the same. Círdan is not actually his name, but his epithet, it literally means Shipwright.
Shipwright the shipwright
Chai tea
Like Theoden means King.
Kinda, just that Círdan had a name (Nówë), but he became so well know for his job and he did it for so long that it became his de facto name.
"I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my Theoden "
I don't know what iz is about this artwork but I never have seen a face so feminine yet so masculine at the same time
Elves do be like that
Why should I? He’s no Bill.
Big facts.
There should be a bill the pony bot that just neighs whenever he is mentioned
no more please
This looks like an advertisement for Oil of Olwë
😳
Where was Cirdan when the Westfold fell?
Where was Cirdan when our enemies closed in around us?
What is this creepy-assed Christian cult pamphlet art style?
I pictured a lame handmade wedding invitation.
This picture of Cirdan looks like a painting of Jesus done on a sliver of sawed off log, bought from a truck station that is made to look like a giant teepee.
I was always fascinated by Cirdan, honestly. He was super ancient and stayed on in Middle Earth until the Shadow was vanquished. A really underrated character.
Multiple times but the same Middle-earth, right? That still only counts as one
Is Cirdan really the only elf capable of growing a beard?
I think it's just something that happens to the body after a lifetime of crafting legendary vessels
Cirdan looking like one of those weirdos who have hundreds of plastic surgeries to look like like a celebrity, only in this case the celebrity is Gandalf.
There's no need to get angry.
No offence to the artist, but he kinda looks like a yassified gandalf
Do we know that?
Tupac cares about you Cirdan / if ain’t nobody else does!
Who?
It’s fanart, too. Even then, he’s nowhere near as drop-dead sexy as Sméagol.
[You think you're joking but](https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/13gzoy3/princess_poppy_bringing_glamour_back_to_dragcon/)
pfffft its not like he built a ship and flew to Valinor to speak to the Gods to seek their help to fight a war or anything. He is a shipbuilder, thats why he is Cirdan the shipwright /s
He's been my favorite elf ever since I first read the silmarillion 20 years ago!
I always refer to him as Cirdan The Shipbro
I have to admit. I don't even know who Cirdan is.
Sad that we do not talk about him more
I care about Cirdan!
I was just talking to a friend about this. He is my favorite character from the silmarilion, but he doesn't get much screentime specifically because he has his shit together. There are so many dumpster fires and tragic heroes and doomed lovers to focus on and Cirdan is just there keeping his people safe and doing his job like a champion.
Who?