Forging Arda: in the Beginning by
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Forging Arda— Rivka Nipper 2013
Once upon a time (last winter during the holidays) I sat down to re-read the Silmarillion, and that night I had a dream about the origins of Sauron/Mairon the Maiar, and his time spent in the service of Aulë the Smith. I decided to work some of that dream material into a comic.
I finished the first draft of these pages a month ago, but then I decided that the pages needed to be retouched and re-lettered before I posted them all together (I was learning and making things up as I went along, and the difference in style from the beginning of the comic to the end was pretty severe).
So here, at last, are the finalized pages, hand-lettered, in all their painstaking, flawed, and glorious detail. It’s been a hell of a ride! Now all I have to do is tell the rest of the story…. *wobble*.
Enjoy!
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Summary:
Mairon, maia of Aulë, is given a body, a purpose, his tools, and a warning.
Major Characters: Ainur, Aulë, Melkor, Sauron
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Genre: Comic Strip
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Rating: General
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 986 Posted on 31 March 2014 Updated on 31 March 2014 This fanwork is a work in progress.
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