The Library of Tirion
Series compiled by Angelica
As the Silmarillion Writers\' Guild turned five and reached its 1000th story, we thought it was a good time to look back on the authors who were active before our Archive opened in 2007. So we asked our members to suggest names of writers they had enjoyed reading in order to try to contact them. In this series you will find a collection of stories selected by these authors as their favourite or most representative productions.
We sincerely hope you enjoy rediscovering these wonderful authors. Do review their stories! They are willing to receive new opinions and different points of view!
Special thanks to Ithilwen, whose help to launch this project was invaluable.
Ratings and warning will vary: please check each story.
If you\'d like to suggest an author for inclusion in the Library of Tirion project, please see our Library of Tirion page.
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As the Silmarillion Writers\' Guild turned five and reached its 1000th story, we thought it was a good time to look back on the authors who were active before our Archive opened in 2007. So we asked our members to suggest names of writers they had enjoyed reading in order to try to contact them. In this series you will find a collection of stories selected by these authors as their favourite or most representative productions.
We sincerely hope you enjoy rediscovering these wonderful authors. Do review their stories! They are willing to receive new opinions and different points of view!
Special thanks to Ithilwen, whose help to launch this project was invaluable.
Ratings and warning will vary: please check each story.
If you\'d like to suggest an author for inclusion in the Library of Tirion project, please see our Library of Tirion page.
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Fanworks in "The Library of Tirion"
The House of Feanor by Deborah Judge
Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
In Valinor, Nerdanel sculpts, Anaire teaches lore, Finarfin regrets, Idril claims her birthright, and the world changes.
As Little Might Be Thought by Deborah Judge
Warnings: Violence (Moderate)
The development of the relationship between Maglor and his foster-sons Elrond and Elros, from the sack of Sirion to the loss of the Silmarils.
Talking Hurts by Lipstick
Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Torture, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate)
Maedhros is rescued from Thangorodrim, Maglor tries to talk him back to sanity
Across the Sea by Alena
Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
A lost young woman comes to Alqualondë with tales of pity and wonder, bringing hope, heartbreak, and most unexpectedly, the beginnings of healing.
Lasciate Ogne Speranza? by Finch
Warnings: Mature Themes
A meeting in early 14th-century Italy between a condottiere and a poet
Mother and Daughter by Deborah Judge
Warnings: No warnings apply
On Elven gender, Maedhros, textual transmission, and the parentage of Gil-galad.
A Day in the Life of a Retired Kinslayer by Lipstick
Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic)
This happened shortly after the move to the coast...
Interview with a Kinslayer by Lipstick
Warnings: Mature Themes
Maedhros and Maglor receive unexpected visitors.
Gathering the Pieces by Tehta
Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
A Maedhros-sans-hand story which is darker than most. Maedhros views his life's work as a game. He plots his moves and gathers some important pieces.
Ill Chance or Strange Fates by Ivanneth
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
Fingon baby-sits, and has an unexpected visitor.
In Vino Veritas by Perelleth
Warnings: No warnings apply
A conversation between Fingon and Maedhros, after Finrod’s death.
Deep Waters by Finch
Warnings: Mature Themes
Balan, leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand, asks Finrod Felagund some personal questions.
Flawed and Fair by Tehta
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
When Aredhel leaves Gondolin, Ecthelion is part of her escort. During the journey, he will have to deal with Finwe's grandchild, spitting Sindar, orcs, unlight, giant spiders -- and his unnatural feelings for Glorfindel. Slash, spiky humour.
Naming the Stones by Deborah Judge
Warnings: Mature Themes
Elrond and Galadriel remember the First Age, the Silmarils, and the guilt of their people.
Quo Vadis? by Tehta
Warnings: Violence (Mild)
As Gondolin burns, Salgant—ever an artist—chooses his fate.
Father-Names by Finch
Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
Maglor, rembembering the fate of Dior's sons, sets out to search for the sons of Elwing after the attack on the Havens of Sirion.
Confessions of a Sharp Glance by Mercurie
Warnings: Violence (Mild)
In the Halls of Mandos, Maeglin reveals the darkest moments of his life to an unusual listener
Captain Tinkerbell by Lipstick
Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
Maglor is in the British trenches in WW1, and he gets to meet a certain young officer with a liking for ancient mythology.
Beleg's Doom by Tehta
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
It has been said that character is fate, and this certainly holds true for Beleg, whose single-minded focus leads him straight to his Doom.
Between Two Worlds by Marnie
Warnings: No warnings apply
Young Ereinion Gil-Galad faces a childhood in wartime exile, with some help from a couple of Sindar, accounted among the Wise in Middle-earth.
When I Am Wise by Deborah Judge
Warnings: No warnings apply
At the end of the First Age, Elrond and Elros must choose between mortality and immortality.
Moving Apart by Marnie
Warnings: No warnings apply
Cultural differences among Elves did not sink with Beleriand
The Difference Between a Seagull and a Phoenix by Lipstick
Warnings: Expletive Language
Maedhros lives, and my is he bitter and twisted. That's about it for plot really, more of a character study or perhaps more accurately character assassination.
Epilogue - A Fairy Story by Lipstick
Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
Maedhros and Maglor reunite at the end of times - or almost.
The Guardian of the Walls by Deborah Judge
Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Mild)
On the failed romance of Aredhel and Celegorm.
In the Seventh Age by Deborah Judge
Warnings: No warnings apply
The final fate of Maglor son of Feanor.
Bringing Gifts by Deborah Judge
Warnings: Mature Themes
A Silmarillion-based Christmas story. Maglor gives a gift to the Child and receives something in return.
The Talebearer by erunyauve
Warnings: No warnings apply
A very neglected son of Finarfin has a moment in the sun.
Under the Curse by Finch
Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Moderate)
The love of two fallen Elves: Maedhros and Fingon.
Strange Fortunes by Tehta
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
The city of Gondolin is at peace, and yet several of its citizens harbour resentments, ambitions, and unnatural desires: Maeglin longs to assume his rightful position as Turgon's heir and Idril's spouse; Salgant hopes to avenge himself for past humiliations; and Ecthelion and Glorfindel indulge in deception even as they devote their lives to duty. Many secrets will be revealed, but only slowly and with much confusion, in this comedy of misunderstandings.
Through the Darkness Unescapable by Valiniel
Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes
The Alkallabeth was written as a history, but histories rarely reveal the whole truth. What was the truth behind the life of Tar Miriel, last queen of Numenor?
The Wisdom of Isildur by Marnie
Warnings: No warnings apply
After Gil-Galad's death, Elrond and Celeborn talk power, allegiances and rings.
Oak and Willow by Marnie
Warnings: No warnings apply
The story of Celeborn and Galadriel, with a difference - this time it's from the Sindar POV.
The Advancement of Learning by Cloaked Eagle
Warnings: No warnings apply
Some twelve thousand years after the War of Wrath, a Vanyarin scholar is researching Finrod Felagund, and meets someone she did not expect.
Oath Renewed by Inglor
Warnings: No warnings apply
Narsil was 3000 years old before it came to Elendil, how did he get it?
Narn Gil-galad by Earonn
Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild)
The life of the last High King of the Noldor.
