What do you think a Silmaril looked like? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Marileangorifurnimaluim · 04-19-2002, 01:47 AM

Coal it is, Zif. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I think they shone subtly, glistening like stars. Unlike gems, which sparkle only as they are moved, the inner cool light of these stones flickers even as your hand holds them steady, mesmerizing, sparkling and shimmering, ever-changing in seemingly limitless variation.

Ordinary gems only reflect the ambient light, and it is only one type at a time. But the Silmarils inner light shifts and changes: Now a brilliant blaze like sunshine rippling on the water, now a soft blending of light and shadow, showing angles and facets. The closer one looks, th more one sees.. color of every hue and season, some unnamed..

04-19-2002, 01:47 AM	#12
Marileangorifurnimaluim Eerie Forest Spectre Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Buried in scrolls of fanfiction Posts: 798	Coal it is, Zif. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I think they shone subtly, glistening like stars. Unlike gems, which sparkle only as they are moved, the inner cool light of these stones flickers even as your hand holds them steady, mesmerizing, sparkling and shimmering, ever-changing in seemingly limitless variation. Ordinary gems only reflect the ambient light, and it is only one type at a time. But the Silmarils inner light shifts and changes: Now a brilliant blaze like sunshine rippling on the water, now a soft blending of light and shadow, showing angles and facets. The closer one looks, th more one sees.. color of every hue and season, some unnamed.. __________________ Deserves death! I daresay he does... And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them?