But Elendilmir felt a coldness in the heat of the forges. One evening, he followed Annatar to the deepest chambers of the mountain-smithy. There, he saw the stranger standing before a cooling mold. Annatar wasn't singing to the metal as the Elves did; he was whispering to it in a tongue that sounded like grinding stones and guttering fires.
The year was 1600 of the Second Age. In the elven-smith kingdom of , the air always smelled of charcoal and ozone. But Elendilmir felt a coldness in the heat of the forges
To give you a detailed story set in Tolkien’s world, let’s look at a "lost" perspective from the —the era of the forging of the Rings and the rise of Númenor. The Shadow of the Gilded Star Annatar wasn't singing to the metal as the
As Annatar turned, his eyes briefly flared—not with the light of the Trees, but with a yellow, lidless intensity. In that moment, Elendilmir realized the "Lord of Gifts" was not an emissary of the Valar, but a master of puppets. To give you a detailed story set in