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Gil-galad the Scion of Kings (double portrait) color

Ereinion Gil-galad, the sixth and the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth.

A double portrait: while in the published "Silmarillion" he is son of Fingon, J.R.R. Tolkien's final idea was to make him son of Orodreth. This is colored version of my illustration to a polemics on his parentage in the Polish Tolkienists Almanac "Aiglos". Heraldry in the back represents the fathers (or even grandfathers), while the shield is Gil-galad's own emblem.

Gil-galad means "Scion of Kings" - he is literally a scion of kings by the unsolved parentage question and by the given honorific title.

Monochromatic version
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BXRmD

Done in Painter & Photoshop 2015 & 2019.

The son of Fingon variant | More variants below!
Prints at Redbubble:
https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Scion-of-Kings-by-Sirielle/40126886.1G4ZT

The son of Fingon variant | More variants below!
Prints at Redbubble:
https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Scion-of-Kings-by-Sirielle/40126886.1G4ZT

Parentage of Gil-galad - the two main variants with family trees:
The Silmarillion vs. The History of Middle-earth
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