Arwen S Necklace

Few pieces of invented jewellery have crossed into real wardrobes the way the Evenstar has. Worn by the elven noblewoman of Tolkien's trilogy and given away as a keepsake in the story, it is a star-shaped pendant of fine radiating points gathered around a central stone, delicate and symmetrical and recognised on sight by anyone who knows the films. It is the kind of pendant people ask after at conventions and at fantasy-themed weddings, and it turns up framed or hung from a mirror about as often as it does around a neck. Fans print it for themselves; more often they print it for someone else. The restraint is what makes it last. Lift it away from its source material and it still reads as a piece of celestial jewellery, so it can be worn quite happily by people who have never opened the books.