G is for...

This set started out with me wanting to recreate some of the MTG Alt-Arts I made using ALeP's lotr-lcg-set-generator, which produces cards that look closer to FFG's official cards than those made with Strange Eons(even though it uses Strange Eons for some parts of the generation? Idk how it works, I just use it).

Then I stumbled into this beautiful depiction of Galadriel by Réka Boros; so I decided to make this set all things "G".

Specifically the Cirth "G"! In Middle-earth the Cirth script, or Certhas Daeron, was created by an elf called Daeron, the minstrel of king Thingol of Doriath. It was later expanded and became known as Angerthas Daeron. This alphabet was devised to represent only the sounds of their Sindarin language and its letters were mostly used for inscribing names or brief memorials on wood, stone or metal, hence their angular shapes and straight lines(Appendix E). The Dwarves adopted Cirth to write their language, Khuzdul, as its straight lines were better suited to carving in hard surfaces than the more curved Tengwar script.

Tolkien had noted an apparent discrepancy between Elrond's reference to the Runes (the Moon-letters) as invented by the Dwarves, and Appendix E stating that they were invented by the Sindar in Beleriand. He attempted to resolve the discrepancy by having the Dwarves invent the Runes, and Daeron organising them; or making Angerthas Moria a purely Dwarvish invention. However, he decided that Elrond referred only to the Moon-letters and not the alphabetic system itself(i.e. the actual written letters on Thrór's map). Christopher Tolkien cites this incident as an example of how his father strived for consistency in his Secondary world.(The Peoples of Middle-earth, "X. Of Dwarves and Men", "Notes", #8)

P.S. Sorry no Daeron's Runes