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Create a fanwork using star-themed prompts presented in a bingo board format.
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Character of the Month: Marach
There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
New Challenge: Allusive
Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.
Cultus Dispatches: "The Rings of Power" Is a Ripple (So Far)
Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data for 2025 shows that "The Rings of Power" TV series has not had the same impact on the fandom as the film trilogies did ... so far.
New & Updated Fanworks
[Writing] As Fire and Tempest by Zdenka
Gwindor and Celebrimbor share their fears, after a council meeting in which Túrin got his way.
[Writing] A Thousand Winds that Blow by StarSpray
When uneasy dreams bring him back into Beleriand, Daeron finds a pair of twins who have lost their home, and an enemy who has lost himself. The Shadow's reach is growing ever longer, and if they are to survive, they must do it together.
[Writing] incessantly softly wash again, and ever again by Zdenka
A lament for Nargothrond, in the aftermath of the Battle of Tumhalad. (Prose poem, also an exact drabble according to MS Word.)
[Artwork] Lindórië looks to the future by Anérea
silhouette portrait of Lindórië, grandmother of Tar-Palantir
[Writing] From That Rubble by StarSpray
Fëanor shrugged, studying the contents of his wine glass. “Something must be done about that house. It will fall down eventually.”
“It does not follow that it must be you that tears it down single-handedly. Are you sure you do not want help?”
“It’s not as though I…
[Writing] An Alluring Offer by octopus_fool
Tata is offered a solution to a grave problem, at a very low price...
[Writing] The Mirror Crack'd by AdmirableMonster
Rescued from a brutal Angband hunt, an ex-thrall with a strange and powerful artifact embedded in his spine is brought to Himring, for it is one of the only places in Beleriand which welcomes such folk. Though he has no memories of his life before, Anniavas slowly becomes accustomed to his new…
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Speak Friend and Enter: Trends in Fandom Entry Year by Dawn Walls-Thumma
Across three surveys and ten years, the Tolkien Fanfiction Survey has document when authors began writing. These data reveal trends in how film promotions, the films themselves, the books, and other historical contexts have influenced not only who writes but how long they stay.
There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
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Beyond the Silmarillion
[Artwork] A Memento of Faery by Grundy
TRSB26 art 144 - an artifact brought back from Faerie by a Starbearer.
[Writing] Down the Long Years by Isilme_among_the_stars
Bilbo, the strange old hobbit with the wandering feet, senses something special in young Frodo the first time he sees the lad; as they become close, they find in each other a cameraderie not well understood by other hobbits. Five poignant moments between Bilbo and Frodo Baggins over the course…
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Silm Smut Week 2026
Silm Smut Week is a Tumblr event celebrating sexually explicit fanworks.
LotR Week 2026
A week-long event for The Lord of the Rings
Finwëan Ladies Week 2026
Finwëan Ladies Week will run from September 21-27, 2026!
Fingon x Finrod x Maedhros Day 2026
A day to celebrate the relationship of the three eldest princes.
Finwean Sibblings Prompt Fest 2026
A prompt-based fandom event aiming to focus on celebrating Finwë's children: Fëanor, Findis, Fingolfin, Lalwen, & Finarfin - ships, gen relationships, or character-centric
Truly All Fanworks
This page includes all fanworks from the main SWG archive and the Beyond the Silmarillion section.
Break Me by Elrond's Library
“You’re not going to break me,” Russo huffed, finally cracking open his eyes, which were bright with amusement. “They could not, what makes you think you could?”
For Scribbles and Drabbles 2025 SFW Slide 33
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingon |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
| Genres: Fluff, General, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Expletive Language |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 291 |
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Whispers on the Wind by Elrond's Library
Two years after Eöl's death, Maeglin reflects, and Rog tries to be supportive.
For Scribbles and Drabbles Slide 25 Maeglin looks over Caragdûr by Myrtaceaae
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maeglin, Rog |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 531 |
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carnimánta by Elrond's Library
Dye Days are uncomfortable. The newly arrived party from Imladris makes it even more uncomfortable.
Written for S&D 2025, Slide 18 Blood On Their Hands by Zhie
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Elrond, Glorfindel, Finarfin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 414 |
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Everyone Leaves by Elrond's Library
There hadn’t been much left of Gil-galad to pick up when Elrond had found the place he had fallen.
Celebrían and Elrond construct a memorial to Gil-galad.
For S&D 2025 Slide 8
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celebrían, Elrond |
| Major Relationships: Celebrían/Elrond |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 466 |
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Shrike by Elrond's Library
Dior prepares for his final standoff with the Sons of Fëanor.
Scribbles and Drabbles SFW Art 54 - Last Stand by PeasantPlayer
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Dior, Celegorm |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 332 |
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Three Black Islands by Idrils Scribe
When Celebrimbor's attempts at forging the Rings of Power fail yet again, Annatar knows where to find the missing know-how.
For all the wrong reasons, Celebrimbor agrees to an expedition to the ruins of Angband to search Morgoth's own laboratory, deep in the icy Northern Wastes.
What awaits those two in the Hells of Iron?
A spooky season special, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness'.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Sauron, Celebrimbor & Sauron |
| Genres: Adventure, Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 14, 990 |
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The Fall by Elrond's Library
Ossë raged.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Ossë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
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Beating Fate by Paul Williams
Lúthien, a woman who has spent her entire existence being acted upon — desired, directed, possessed, mourned, celebrated, but never truly seen — reaches the end of her borrowed life and discovers that death is not an ending but the first free choice she has ever been permitted to make.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 2, 058 |
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hear the sirens calling by Elrond's Library
Tar-Míriel dreams of the sea, and finds no comfort.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Tar-Míriel, Uinen |
| Major Relationships: Tar-Míriel/Uinen |
| Genres: Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Horror, Hurt/Comfort, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Domestic and Partner Violence |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 158 |
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Wander No More by Elrond's Library
The second time Haleth found her way to the glade full of white and yellow flowers, she wasn’t hunting game. She was, however, looking for the stranger.
Haleth meets a stranger in the woods who changes her life forever.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Haleth, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: Haleth/Lúthien |
| Genres: Femslash, General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 922 |
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Dancing In The Dark by Grundy
History remembers Curufin as the villain. There are a few who think better of him.
Written for the Taboo challenge - will give warnings on chapters as appropriate.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Curufin, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: Curufin & Galadriel, Finrod & Gildor |
| Genres: | Challenges: Kids These Days, Taboo |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 46 | Word Count: 148, 640 |
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everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned by Elrond's Library
The falcon joined her on the second day of watching. And stayed with her, watching her … Galadriel would say surreptitiously, if birds could do more than blankly stare. It was unnerving. The falcon preened its dark feathers occasionally, but otherwise watched the disembarking Elves with the same keen gaze as Galadriel.
Under the moonlight of the third night the falcon shivered, stretched, and shifted to become one who had been thought lost.
Elwing reunites with Galadriel before the War of Wrath.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Elwing, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: Elwing/Galadriel |
| Genres: Femslash, Hurt/Comfort, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 826 |
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Faithful by Elrond's Library
It was Írissë who caught Elenwë’s final breath.
Aredhel tries to save Elenwë.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Elenwë |
| Major Relationships: Aredhel/Elenwë |
| Genres: Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Hurt/Comfort, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 202 |
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Little Shadows by Elrond's Library
Thuringwethil is entranced by Luthien's Song.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel, Thuringwethil |
| Major Relationships: Lúthien/Thuringwethil |
| Genres: Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Horror, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 257 |
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Sanctury Revisited by Anérea
Set in Keiliss' Sanctuary 'verse, where Erestor, Gil-galad, and Elrond road trip around modern day South Africa, looking for a missing Glorfindel. This takes place after they find him but before they return to Europe. I guess he wanted to take them to a special place special he knew, before they left.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel, Elrond, Gil-galad, Real Person(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 226 |
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we carry our lives around in our memories by Elrond's Library
Anairë and Nerdanel have their own thoughts about going to Beleriand.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Anairë, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: Anairë/Nerdanel |
| Genres: Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Hurt/Comfort, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 207 |
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She Hath My Love (Drabbles about Women) by Elrond's Library
A collection of drabbles about women in Tolkien's Legendarium.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Uinen, Elwing, Nienna, Eärwen, Míriel Serindë, Galadriel, Melian, Nerdanel, Anairë, Aredhel, Haleth, Iminyë, Tatië, Findis, Elemmírë, Celebrían, Lalwen, Goldberry, Elwing, Aredhel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 20 | Word Count: 2, 133 |
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And leaps the laughing crystal rill by Elrond's Library
Vána greets the coming spring.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Vána, Yavanna |
| Major Relationships: Vána/Yavanna |
| Genres: Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 102 |
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The Snake's Lesson by octopus_fool
On a walk with Findaráto, Findis learns about her nephew's fear, and decides to do something against it.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Findis |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, The Only Thing To Fear |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 717 |
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Do Not Remember by Zdenka
A Petrarchan sonnet on the ruins of Ost-in-Edhil.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Poetry | Challenges: Birthday Bash, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 113 |
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Shadows of Long-Forgotten Summers by octopus_fool
Faramir makes his way through the Dead Marshes to find the Éothéod and is reminded of past summers with their leader, Marhgals.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Faramir (son of Ondoher), Unnamed Male Canon Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Faramir (son of Ondoher)/Unnamed Canon Character |
| Genres: Ficlet, Slash, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Gates of Summer, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 736 |
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| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Sindar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: No type listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, The Only Thing To Fear |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Character/Portrait, Drawble/Finished Sketch |
| Genres: | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Period Drama |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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A Glimpse of Túrin by Anérea
Abstract sketch from Tuor's pov of Túrin running through the dead trees at Eithel Ivrin after it was despoiled by Glaurung.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Túrin |
| Major Relationships: Tuor & Turin |
| Artwork Type: Abstract/Pattern, Character/Portrait, Drawble/Finished Sketch |
| Genres: | Challenges: Kids These Days, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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As Easy as Baking Bread by octopus_fool
Hunleth returns to her people after receiving an education (and getting into a bit of trouble) in Nargothrond, only to realize that she doesn't even know the easiest practical skills, like baking bread.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Hunleth, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Hunleth/Original Character |
| Genres: Femslash | Challenges: Great Beleriand Bake-Off, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: In-Universe Intolerance |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 886 |
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