Of Stars and Solitude Unbearable by Isilme_among_the_stars  

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Fanwork Notes

Maedhros = Nelyafinwë = Nelyo
Maglor = Káno
Elenya(r) = my star(s)
Atar = father (Quenya)
Atto = dad
Adar = father (Sindarin)
Naneth = mother (Sindarin)
Gil-Estel = Star of Hope (aka Eärendil with a silmaril)
Málo(r) = friend(s) / comrade(s)
Wilwarin = Butterfly (a constellation equivalent to Cassiopeia)
Imin = canonically the first elf to wake by the shores of Cuiviénen

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Bad dreams?” I ask, and Elrond nods. When I brush against his mind it laps like the tide against some desolate shore, and he stands alone in the washed out landscape. Young eyes rove over a heartless sea where the horizon is empty of all but tossing waves. White cliffs are at his back, reeds peek over sandy dunes southward along the shore, and Elrond’s heart fills with the hollow echo: no longer my home, no longer my home.

There is a new star in the sky and and old fears surface. Maedhros supports through Elrond and Elros through their ensuing emotional turmoil as he battles his own.

Written for the SWG October Challenge 2025: The Only Thing to Fear using the prompt: fear of being alone.

Major Characters: Maedhros, Elros, Elrond, Maglor

Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor

Genre: Family, General

Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear

Rating: General

Warnings:

This fanwork belongs to the series

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 6, 238
Posted on Updated on

This fanwork is complete.


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Very beautiful, and such depth! Rivalling Tolkien's psychological insights and his poetry informed by the natural world, with such beautiful comparisons (I wish I had taken notes so I could provide some examples). I really enjoyed this look at the lasting wound of grief, and these complicated relationships 💗