New Challenge: Crossroads of the Fallen King
Cross "The Silmarillion" with a second text or fandom in this month's crossover challenge.
The story of Ilmarë and Thuringwethil, from the beginning to the beginning, again.
Written for Elleth for the 2016 RarePair Fest.
Finduilas and Nienor find each other again, but that is only the beginning.
Written for preplexingly for EveryWoman 2016.
After six thousand years in Mandos, Fingon and Maedhros rejoin the world. Nothing will ever be the same as it was, but a remote plot of land, a cabin, a garden, and a few animals are all they need.
Amarie visits Elwing in her tower by the sea.
Tolkien drabbles set in the First and Second Ages of Middle-earth. (Exactly 100 words as counted by MS Word.) Please see table of contents for individual summaries and warnings.
Fíriel spends one last night with her lady.
As Ar-Pharazôn’s fleet nears completion, two childhood friends must decide what to do. (Double drabble.)
Samwise Gamgee's granddaughter Fíriel dreams of Cuiviénen under the stars.
A sequence of tanka in which Nerdanel contemplates Varda..
Aredhel escapes from Nan Dungortheb and is aided by a daughter of the river.
Snapshots from a visit to the ocean.
A seagull and the wind dance at the edge of the sea.
Írimë goes into exile and Elemmírë stays behind, but their thoughts are with each other, on the Ice or in the darkness. (A sequence of five drabbles.)
A song (or, more properly, a poem) from Elemmírë to Írimë.
When Haleth feels hope fades she reaches for light within and seeks her out.
The stream echoes Mithrellas' desperate search for Nimrodel.
I live under your/domain. You rule with gentle/kisses, golden smiles.
From Indis to Nerdanel.
"My problem is Meril, father,” Tindómiel said and took another deep breath, her heart pounding with the confession reaching her lips. “I love her deeply, and that is the source of my pain."
In the Third Age, Varda and Galadriel reflect on change and love.
A poem from Aredhel to Goldberry.
Two (female) Sindar before the return of Morgoth from Valinor--one of them looking back on that time.
A moment with Finduilas and Níniel.
Ilmarë and her lover, before and after.
Nerdanel fails to finish a sculpture, and admits to a defeat.