Thread:Eras of Arda Team/@comment-32450845-20170715205738

Eras Of Arda: The First Age Server Application



IGN: Yennefer_Levine

Applying for: Thuringwethil (“Woman of a Secret Shadow”; and on early versions of Tolkien’s Legendarium  “She of Hidden Shadow”), a great vampire of fingered wings and iron talons.



-The (Barely) Known (Thin) Canon Lore Of The Character-

Thuringwethil’s fealty resided underneath Sauron’s dais at Tol-in-Gaurhoth (the perverted  isle of Tol-Sirion, sanctuary of yore alb tower of Minas Tirith, conquested by the crooked rotters of Morgoth post the battle of Dagor Bragollach – now Isle Of Werewolves) as His Herald and Messanger.

Her quietus is undetermined, in all likelihood trampled and killed by debris from the collapsed Minas Tirith. Her cloak thus stripped from her corpse and wore by Luthien, as mean of disguise with the aid of her arts, on the pursue of the Silmaril that Morgoth crowned by possibilitating her entry and infiltration on Angband.

[[I’m aware that these events take place years after the fourth century of the first age, and that I should instead then develop a custom backstory for the character, but, as I will mention down this same application, I thought that it’d be more intriguing to have this past be unknown to the others, so they’d have to find out In-Roleplay.

With this being said I believe I couldn’t just leave the Backstory part empty, hence why I decided to transcribe what’s known about the character in Canon. Talk to me in private about this idea if required.



-On Vampires & Thuringwethil-

Deviantly from the standard creed set by other fantasies and fables, Tolkien recognizes Vampires as fell and eerie batlike creatures, whose shape is a husk embodied by a greater creature, such as a fallen Maiar.

(((My Speculation & Reasoning Below)))

I feel like Thuringwethil is a different case mainly due to her name “Woman of a Secret Shadow” as it refers to a “Woman” (an odd choice for naming a monstrous bat); of a “Shadow” which properly places her under the alignment of Morgoth, just like her impure form – with this we can assume that Vampires (while still Bat-like beasts) they still portrayed a form akin to a human’s, but this also could be debunked if we mirror Vampires with Werewolves in Tolkien’s Works, the latter were better described, and do not reflect any humanoid shape whatsoever; furthermore we have the adjective “Secret” which results in the following: she’d be a woman concealing her form (or 'shadow') and for such I presume that she had the capacity of shapeshifting at her disposal.

Foremost, when Reading the Silmarillion, I was always confused by the following: how would Luthien ( the most beautiful being on Arda) appear as Thuringwethil (Vampire = Monstrous bat)? It might be that Luthien found some sort of way to mask herself as Thuringwethil, and thus cover Luthien’s purity. I always believed that Thuringwethil either: a) still had a human form that Luthien, despite her beauty could appear as or b) was a Maiar, who like Sauron took the form of a vampire when necessary. If not, then why did Luthien pose as Thuringwethil, and not some more humanoid thing? Coincidently the “Woman of a Secret Shadow” would be a fitting choice, considering the situation. Hence why I believe her to be a Fallen Maia, and will portray her as such (if I may). Not to make her more powerful, but to allow more interesting things to be made to the character.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt">Additionally it’s said that Thuringwethil took up flight when as a vampire, implying that she possessed shapeshifting abilities – the same way Sauron fled, maimed, from Tol-in-Gaurhoth by assuming the form of a vampire, yet, he was not one, just like Thuringwethil who also took the form for flight, rather than simply set flight.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt">As Thuringwethil I’d abide to a dual personality centered arround her name’s etimology: One facet would shimmer as a woman wreathed by an aura of apparant sultriness and solace, amidst dismayed the terrors of the world, embracing the lost and the meek, greeting them with teethless grins of confort and a tremendous, yet faint, beauty – this would ressemble her past as a Maia.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt">The other an unhinged crazed shade of its former self, tarrying emprisoned by the deranging shackles of a living of servitude under Morgoth and Sauron; the latter whom eyes she’d incarnate, for the hordes of the Dark Lord shall not cease to toil away – if so is met, and there’s turmoil, then her blaring screeches shall set faces aghast, and represent, to them, grisly fate.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">((In short my character would partially be like a Siren, trying to allure victims with a false beneign image, but in reality be this horrendous beast. I would also explore themes such as: how it’d feel to be under Morgoth and abandoning the Valar; and shouldnt it be painful to be confined to this single despicable form, when your Spirit used to be free to be and do whatever it pleased? Aside from many other ideas for RP I can already envisage))

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">((Note that I have also been deliberating over a custom backstory for the character (if these are allowed for Lore Characters with no story whatsoever), yet I’d rather not openly divulge it. The idea is to leave it as a mystery, only unfoldable through roleplaying with her/me. Note that I’d not simply ramble about her history, instead opting to discreetly allude to it via indirect means such as quirky mores and peculiar flicks.))

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">((This would not be an attempt to have Thuringwethil be relatable, but instead to add something to her character, each is not even barely explored.))

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">((An addendum: Staff, just PM me on Discord, FB, wherever to hear it. I have, for instance, already told her backstory to Túrammarth and he replied positively.))

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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">-Why Should this Role be Conceded to Me & Experience-

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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe that the main argument I may make is that I’ve foreseen ways to expand upon the character, layering it with complexity far beyond any that to her is given in the books, as it seems very possible to me – I see a lot of potential in the character.

<p class="MsoNormal">Furthermore if I may add: I’ve experienced and partaken in multiple roleplay servers such as “The Lord Of The Craft”, “ThroneCraft”, “Black Flames”; and am myself a humongous advocate of the genre, wishing for once to have it be more tightly implimeted into the server.

<p class="MsoNormal">For my knowledge over lore of the first age: I have already read the Silmarillion twice, yet after straying away from the Tolkien's Works and the LOTR Mod community, and diverting my interest to other mythologies (such as Star Wars) I have forgotten parts of the lore – yet regaining this knowledge is no forlorn endeavour, I may just read the book once again (Vacations Gimmi Time ;) ). Already started a week ago (wrote this app early on).

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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">-What could I, as Thuringwethil, bring to the server-

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Due to the role’s own limitations I don’t truly see any major shift I could evoke, but if possible I’d just enjoy attempting to have these close to me roleplay more, and gradatively help them get better at it.

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<p class="MsoNormal">PS: I wrote the app days ago, before the instructions were given. Just felt like adding the last part above to it...

<p class="MsoNormal">2nd PS: I just heard there was a problem concerning roles without a proper morph model... I’d like to mention that I already possess a skin for the role (yeah with wings, fur.. like a big bat devil with woman head, and vampire body).

<p class="MsoNormal">Image I used for it: http://pre09.deviantart.net/db20/th/pre/i/2017/171/9/2/thuringwethil_by_kaprriss-dbddk6j.png

<p class="MsoNormal">Therefore there’s no real need for using a model for the character.. no need to concern about that...

<p class="MsoNormal">As a Final Note: English is not my mother tongue, hence why I apolagise for grammatical mistakes and other blunders.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for Reading <span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J <ac_metadata title="Application for Thuringwethil, Herald of Sauron"> </ac_metadata>