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Elegy for Númenor by elfscribe
Summary:
Chapter 15 is now up! My contribution to Akallabëth in August.
Chronicles the last days of once-great Númenor from the time Sauron "surrenders" to the fall of the empire. Love, lust, greed, betrayal, fate, and heroism all combine into an epic story with many characters.
MEFA 2009 First Place winner in Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete
Rated: Adult
Categories: Characters: Amandil, Anárion, Ar-Pharazôn, Elendil, Nazgûl, Original Characters, Sauron, Tar-Míriel
Challenges: None
Genres: Adventure, Drama
Warnings: ***Rape/Non-consensual Sex, ***Torture, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content--Heterosexual/Het, Sexual Content--Homosexual/Slash, Sexual Content--Moderate, Violence--Moderate
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Completed: No
Word count: 75055 Read: 2305
Published: 22/04/09 Updated: 13/08/10
Story Notes:
This is a WIP, which, until completed, I've decided only to post on this archive. (I've been posting on my LJ.) Comments will definitely encourage the muses.
Beta: The magnificent Malinornë. Also many thanks to members of the Lizard Council, particularly Russandol, Pandemonium and Oshun, and to Thevina for their comments and support.
Rating: Overall R; some chapters will be PG, others much more intense.
Characters: Sauron, the Witch King, Elendil, Amandil, Isildur, Anarion, Ar-Pharazôn, Ar-Zimraphel, many OCs.
Warnings: Sauron. Need I say more.
Disclaimer: Characters and settings belong to Tolkien's estate, I have no claim and make no dough, but the story and the OCs are mine, all mine.
Author’s Note: Although for the most part this adheres to canon, (achieved by quite a bit of research) there will be places, particularly as the story progresses, that will not.
1. Part I - Chapter 1 - The Fallback Plan by elfscribe [Reviews - 3] (4027 words)
Chapter summary: The Chief Nazgûl brings news of Ar-Pharazôn's superior forces to his Master, who doesn’t take it well.
2. Chapter 2 - The Elf from Ost-in-Edhil by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (5091 words)
Chapter summary: Sauron has plans for a prisoner held in his dungeon for 1500 years.
3. Chapter 3 - Preparing for the Hunt by elfscribe [Reviews - 0] (3694 words)
Chapter summary: Sauron prepares himself to meet Ar-Pharazôn and discovers that letting go of the Ring is not easily done.
4. Chapter 4 - The Mysterious Prisoner by elfscribe [Reviews - 2] (6721 words)
Chapter summary: In which we meet various players in Ar-Pharazon’s court, including Amandil and Elendil.
5. Chapter 5 - Taking the Bait by elfscribe [Reviews - 0] (5158 words)
Chapter summary: Sauron (Mairon) begins his seduction of the King and we learn more about Sûla, the courtesan.
6. Chapter 6 - A Wolf in the Wain by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (2729 words)
Summary: Sûla has a conversation with Sauron, much to Amandil's consternation.
7. Chapter 7 - Sûla’s Dilemma by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (6838 words)
Chapter summary: Events cause Sûla to slip deeper into Sauron’s net.
Warning: violence, attempted rape
8. Chapter 8 - Games by elfscribe [Reviews - 0] (2655 words)
Chapter summary: Sûla plays a game with Tigôn, the King's page, in which more is going on than appears on the surface.
9. Chapter 9 - Melkor’s Apprentice by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (6120 words)
Chapter summary: Sauron (Mairon) remembers his past as Melkor's servant, and sets events in motion so that the unwitting Ar-Pharazôn is drawn further into the web.
Warning: This comes with a jangling bells warning for violence, animal cruelty, BDSM, Melkor/Sauron and Ar-Pharazôn/Sauron.
10. Chapter 10 - Of Golden Curls and Vinegar by elfscribe [Reviews - 0] (4290 words)
Chapter summary: Sûla brings a healer to the Zigûr’s tent with an unexpected result.
11. Chapter 11 - Of Mud and Machinations by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (3622 words)
Chapter summary: Amandil learns some troubling things about Sauron and Ar-Pharazôn sends Tigôn on a frightening mission.
12. Chapter 12 - The Haradrim by elfscribe [Reviews - 2] (5873 words)
Chapter summary: Tigôn visits the Haradrim encampment while (Sauron) Mairon offers Ar-Pharazôn some military advice.
13. Chapter 13 - Arzog's Pass by elfscribe [Reviews - 2] (5602 words)
Chapter summary: Although Amandil (Aphanuzîr) and the King’s Steward, Azgarad, are deeply suspicious of Annatar, they agree to look for the tunnel under Arzog’s Pass. Meanwhile Sûla encounters the insanely bewitched Zôri and Tigôn finds himself in trouble with the Haradrim.
14. Chapter 14 - The Demons of War by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (5095 words)
Chapter summary: While helping the Númenóreans set up the catapults, Mairon (Sauron) encounters some challenges and Sûla finds himself on the front lines of battle where his friend Tigôn is held by the Haradrim.
15. Chapter 15 - The Uneasy Road to Umbar by elfscribe [Reviews - 1] (7540 words)
Chapter summary: Ar-Pharazôn displays Annatar as a prisoner of war during the army’s march through Umbar. Sûla confesses to the King that he disobeyed orders and worries about what punishment he'll receive, and Tigôn feels angry and confused by his contradictory feelings for his friend.