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Matěj Čadil: Seal of the Stewards

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• In this peril Cirion's thought turned at last in desperation to the Éothéod, and he determined to send messengers to them. (...) Cirion had little hope that any of them would get through. He called for volunteers, and choosing six riders of great courage and endurance be sent them out in pairs with a day's interval between them. Each bore a message learned by heart, and also a small stone incised with the seal for the Stewards,* that he should deliver to the Lord of the Éothéod in person, if he succeeded in reaching that land. (...)

The first pair of messengers left on the tenth day of Súlimë; and in the event it was one of these, alone of all the six, who got through to the Éothéod. He was Borondir, a great rider of a family that claimed descent from a captain of the Northmen in the service of the Kings of old.

* The letters R • ND • R surmounted by three stars, signifying arandur (king's servant), steward.

• Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 2, Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan: The Ride of Eorl

• The Inktober52 prompt "Micro" was not an easy one, although in the end the execution was relatively quick. In the official post from Inktober team it was suggested to use the word as a physical parameter of the picture, making a miniature drawing, but still I found it natural to also depict something really small.

The Ring would be an obvious choice for a small but important artifact, but I wanted to try something less obvious, so I chose this small stone that was sent as a token by steward Cirion to Eorl the Young, asking for help against the Balchoth invaders, as described in the Unfinished Tales.

I think it is interesting that it is the only place where we see the seal of the stewards being the three letters (obviously tengwar) surmounted by stars.

As I mentioned, the drawing itself was relatively quick, as I made it very small, it is only some 10x12 cm. It was interesting to practice drawing a hand. Only when I had it mostly finished, I realized it could have been better to shade the hand by hatching and the stone by stippling to emphasize the different texture, but still I thin it works even this way.

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• Published: 17 Feb, 2022

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