Daughters of the Great by Himring  

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Fanwork Notes

For the New Year's Resolution, for the Jumble Sale prompt "antique writing desk filled with old letters", which involved two OFCs interacting. Together, my two OFCs tick more than the two required boxes on Elleth's OFC bingo board, I think, but I will go with: 1) a canon character's relative; 2) queer. I will also claim this for the Jumble Sale prompt  "crown jewels in varying states of tarnish", as I think Araglas can count as King for the Kings & Queens challenge, despite that not being his official title, and I certainly had not written him before.

Warnings for dysfunctional family. 

Reference to canonical character death, as per summary. 

Also, this was partly inspired by learning some details about the historical unorthodox marriage of Henry Newbolt (author of "Vitai Lampada"). If you are easily worried by such things, maybe check that out first. This fic is more about interpersonal negotiation, though; there are no sex scenes.

 

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Araglas inherits the chieftainship of the Dunedain of Arnor upon his father's death. But Araglas has been living in Rivendell all this while. Meanwhile, his second cousin Arthiel has been acting as his father's right hand in the Angle.

Araglas comes up with a plan that stuns Arthiel and her lover.

Major Characters: Dúnedain, Original Female Character(s), Araglas

Major Relationships: Female/Female

Genre: Family, General

Challenges: Jumble Sale, Kings & Queens, New Year's Resolution, Potluck Bingo

Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2, 127
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Note: The character Aragorn in this fic is the canonical Aragorn I, who died in the year 2327 of the Third Age. We know nothing about him except birth date, length of rule, date he died, and that he was killed by wolves.

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Araglas certainly has a knack for creating solutions without changing the status quo, just the labels. And indeed why not, if it suits all involved (and Athiel is content to bear the heir).

I really enjoyed your characters here; they develop such rich personality in such a short piece. (Well, long piece for you, but still, I think fics that are "bigger on the inside" is your superpower.)

 I don't know if it's because Saelind's Dúnedain have become canon for me, but this carries a lovely familiar feel of an earlier time in that 'verse too.

I love Tatharaen's thought "Like the rim of a basket. Three strands woven together, reinforcement, for strength…"

Lovely, thank you!

Thank you very much, Anerea! I'm really glad this works for you.

That it sounds like it might be an earlier stage of Saelind's Dunedain, but with really distinct personalities, was what I was going for.

Also, I am happy that basket metaphor made sense!

 

....has stepped on some toes on his return from Rivendell, especially those of Arthiel who was his father's second-in-command. But, to her surprise he suggests that they marry, and include Tatharaen in their bond. Somehow this feels perfect.

I can see the influence of Saelind's Dúnedain stories, but your characters are also very alive. And Tatharaen making her observation about three-strand strength is fantastic.