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Daeron's Love-Silmarillion

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Yet another pic of Daeron. I think this is the fourth in my gallery. I know he is just on two pages of the Silmarillion, but he is still one of my favorite characters. He is in the Lay of Leithien a lot more, and I suggest it to any Sil fan out there. It tells a lot more.

Well the deal here is that Daeron betrayed Luthien and Beren's meetings to King Thingol, so Thingol has sent Beren away on a suicide mission. He then told Luthien's plan to run away to Thingol as well, so now Luthien is locked up in this tree-house. Oh, and the reason Daeron keeps on betraying Luthien is because he loves her. I always felt really bad for Daeron, because he is Luthiens best friend but she doesn't love him in the same way he loves her. Even though he betrays her twice, though, Luthien trusts him with her plans to escape again and he does not tell anyone this time. She remains friends with him, I guess, but it really sucks how he never gets to be withher. It esspecially sucks since both he and Luthien are elves yet she falls in love with a human. In the end he wanders off into the east lamenting his love with his music.

Here Daeron is sitting in Dorath and thinking about Luthien's escape and is deciding not to tell Thingol. Daeron is supposed to be the greatest Elf musician in Beleriand, but I didn't give him his flute because it doesn't matter for this picture.

This song always reminded me of Daeron a lot. It is a Cat Stevens song called "How Can I Tell You."

How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can't think of right words to say
I long to tell you that I'm always thinking of you
I'm always thinking of you, but my words
Just blow away, just blow away
It always ends up to one thing, honey
And I can't think of right words to say
Wherever I am girl, I'm always walking with you
I'm always walking with you, but I look and you're not there
Whoever I'm with, I'm always, always talking to you
I'm always talking to you, and I'm sad that
You can't hear, sad that you can't hear
It always ends up to one thing, honey,
When I look and you're not there


I need to know you, need to feel my arms around you
Feel my arms around you, like a sea around a shore
And -- each night and day I pray, in hope
That I might find you, in hope that I might
Find you, because heart's can do no more
It always ends up to one thing honey, still I kneel upon the floor
How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can't think of right words to say
I long to tell you that I'm always thinking of you
I'm always thinking of you....

It always ends up to one thing honey
And I can't think of right words to say
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Beautiful pic, great pose and expression.

I'm glad that someone finds inspiration in the less popular fragments of Tolkien, interpreting the characters most illustrators forget about.

And I find it so curious and interesting that you see Daeron in a completely different light. The best I can say about him is that he is... well... pathetic. But that's because I've always found people who insist on loving someone who clearly doesn't love them extremely annoying. And because I'm a great fan of Beren. But that's a completely subjective view, of course.

Anyway, great choice of subject and lovely picture. Hope there'll be more.