Aule - The Inventor

The true title of this piece is 'A3ulez ar A3ulez-tan' which means Invention and Inventor. A3ulez is the name of Aule (God of Craft and creator of the Dwarves in J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion) in Valinorean, language of the Valar/dieties. In Tolkien's original mythos, though, there were also a race of cat people. They were evil, lived in the north with the Dark Lord Melkor, and were led by one 'Prince Tevildo.' Considering how Melkor couldn't ever make anything of his own- only corrupt what already existed, I imagine they were once a friendlier people. In the painting, I show Aule making a few finishing touches on one of the first of this race while she is still stone.

I really like the original of this better since I have a tendency to add metallic paint in places o.o! Aule's eyes should glow in gold.