There’s a kind of sadness in Gondor that never fully goes away. Yes, the kingdom survives. Yes, the White Tree blooms again, and the king returns, and hope rises in the East. But underneath all of that, under the banners and the stone walls and the silver trumpets, there’s a quieter story. One I’ve always felt more drawn to. That’s what Drop x Gondor Blues Artisan Keycap Set feels like to me.

It’s not just a pretty accessory, or a licensed product slapped with familiar symbols. It feels like someone remembered the weight of Gondor, the melancholy of it, and found a way to put it into something small, something you can touch. [Buy It Here]

The Palantír is there, the seeing stone that drove Denethor to madness. Not because it was evil, not exactly, but because it showed too much. It blurred the line between truth and fear. I’ve always thought there was something deeply human in Denethor’s downfall: the desperation to know, to control, to see, and the destruction that comes with that need.

Then there’s the White Tree, a symbol that’s been planted and felled and replanted so many times it almost feels fragile. I used to think it was just an emblem of hope. But the more I sit with it, the more I see it as a reminder of how much Gondor lost just to keep standing. The White Tree isn’t a monument to triumph. It’s a record of survival. Which, in its own way, is more powerful.

And then, maybe the hardest piece of all, the Horn of Gondor. I can’t hear that name without thinking of Boromir. Not the meme version, not the punchline. The real character. A man torn between duty and doubt. A man who tried, and failed, and still died trying to do the right thing. His horn broke in the wild, a call unanswered. That moment still gets me, every time. This keycap doesn’t shout. It doesn’t glow or shine or scream for attention. It just sits there, heavy with memory. Like Gondor itself.

When I first saw it, I didn’t think “cool collectible.” I thought: someone else remembers. Someone else hears the sad song behind Gondor’s glory, the one that doesn’t always make it into the movie montages. The one that matters just as much. [Buy It Here]