Namo and Vaire at the Ekkaia, by Kaylee Arafinwiel (art)

[kayleearafinwiel]

B2MeM Prompt, Card and Number: O66, Archery in Arda, Art, Canon Couples, Cosmology, Color Burst: Orange, Color Burst: Yellow
Format: computer "oil painting"
Genre: art
Rating: PG
Warnings: 
Characters: Namo, Vaire
Pairings: Namo/Vaire
Creator’s Notes (optional): Uh...I don't art very often? lol. Link goes to my DeviantArt, which I haven't posted on in forever...
Summary: Namo and Vaire, having shed their fanar, hover over the Ekkaia. This is the home of Nienna at the Western side of the Walls of the World, after the expulsion of Morgoth through the Doors of Night into the Void (at upper left) but before the Breaking of the World and the drowning of Numenor. I have given the Valar substance in aura-colors - indigo for Vaire and purple for Namo. (Thank you to our Nienna for questioning my summary so I could write a better one. Further explanation of Tolkien's cosmology is in my reply to her below :) )
www.deviantart.com/kayleetonkslupin/art/Namo-and-Vaire-at-the-Ekkaia-790355813

Comments

[nienna324]

I don’t quite know what’s going on here, but I love the design of it, the richness of the colors, and the texture. Well done!

[kayleearafinwiel]

Well, they're visiting you! :D LOL!

Thank you, Nienna :) I need to adjust the summary - I cobble together poorly explained ones in the middle of the night, I suppose!

Something like..."sometime after the casting of Morgoth past the Doors of Night in the Void, but before the Breaking of the World, Namo and Vaire shed their physical forms, mingling as they observe the movements of Arien and Tilion through the airs into the west of the World and the Encircling Sea."

The different layers are supposed to be the various layers of atmosphere/air Tolkien named - the Void, then Vaiya, the Outer Sea which was to envelop all within the Walls of the World, then Ilmen, the region of stars where both Arien and Tilion, as well as Earendil sailed, and lastly Vista (two parts, Fanyamar and Aiwenore, Cloud-home and Bird-land, the breathable air.) I drew in clouds, but there were no birds. Donut said the birds were probably not so bothered about being that close to the outer wall of Arda and giving Namo and Vaire their privacy. :) Then the Outer Sea and all within mingled with the Ekkaia, the lower Sea which actually touches Arda.

The black sand beach at the Ekkaia stretches out to the Walls of the World behind which Arien is plunging. This is Nienna's demesne :)

[shirebound]

That's a very creative take on the non-physical essence of these two.

[kayleearafinwiel]

Thank you Shirebound! :)