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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
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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.
Ancient friendship by wisteria53
Maedhros and Fingon from the Years of the Trees to re-embodiment, across five pieces of Maedhros' calligraphy (hand-lettered, with decorative elements) [artworks for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang (TRSB) 2025]
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Fingon, Azaghâl, Elwing |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Calligraphy, Graphic/Banner/Icon |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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The Valar by wisteria53
The Valar - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Valar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Calligraphy, Craft, Illustration |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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The House of Finwë wives go shopping by wisteria53
The House of Finwë wives - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Anairë, Eärwen, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Calligraphy, Craft, Illustration |
| Genres: Family | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Celebrimbor by wisteria53
Celebrimbor - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Calligraphy, Craft, Illustration |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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House of Fëanor star by wisteria53
House of Fëanor star - paper-cutting, markers, pens, coloured pencils
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Sons of Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amras, Amrod |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Calligraphy, Craft, Illustration |
| Genres: Family | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
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Sea Birth by Isilme_among_the_stars
The sea has called to Elwing all her life, and beside its waters is where she wishes her sons to be born. It is not an easy birth. The sea takes, and the sea gives.
Thank you to AnnaRobots for beta-ing!
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Check Notes for Warnings, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 077 |
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After the Cataclysm by Himring
In Eriador, rumours of the recent Downfall of Numenor are spreading. In a small town inland these rumours are confirmed by the arrival of Elendil and his companions. Still inwardly reeling with shock, Elendil is confronted here with an aspect of Numenor he finds difficult to deal with.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Elendil, Númenóreans, Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Famous Last Words |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 713 |
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Wrath by Elrond's Library
Arafinwë attempts reconciliation.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Finarfin, Eärwen |
| Major Relationships: Eärwen/Finarfin |
| Genres: Drama, Experimental, Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
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Nameless by elennalore
A nameless being hunts Elves in the woods around Cuiviénen.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Finwë, Elu Thingol |
| Major Relationships: Finwë & Thingol |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 103 |
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Aule's Dilemma by Uvatha the Horseman
What if, instead of being cast into the volcano, the Ring were given to Aule the Smith to unmake? Aule has the ability to do it, but Mairon was his apprentice, and Aule feels protective of him.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aulë, Sauron, Saruman |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 15 | Word Count: 20, 767 |
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All That the Waves Did Not Claim by Isilme_among_the_stars
Moments of reflection with Maglor as he comes to terms with grief. A collection of drabbles and other short writings to accompany One in the Deep Waters.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 740 |
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And his heart bade him haste by ethanray
Eärendil thinks about his family while sailing home
For April 2026 Instadrabbling
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Eärendil |
| Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 102 |
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Apr 1st Stories by Uvatha the Horseman
Once a year on April 1st, a canon character from LOTR or the Silmarillion gets pranked.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Hobbits |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
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Echo the Mountain by Elrond's Library
Argon falls, and Turgon screams.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Turgon, Argon |
| Major Relationships: Argon & Turgon |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 102 |
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Why did Éowyn ask Faramir if he'd rather have a "woman of the race of Númenor"? by Quente
For most of my life, when reading Lord of the Rings, I read it through the perspective of Gandalf's words about Éowyn, that she'd spent years trapped as a caregiver, watching the realm she love fall from honor into disgrace.
But what if Éowyn was also a student of history?
This is a deep-dive into the resonance of the drive for "racial purity" in Númenor as it relates to the politics of the Kin-strife in the 1500s of the third age.
| Canon Source: Lord of the Rings |
| Major Characters: Éowyn, Faramir (Fellowship), Vidumavi, Valacar |
| Major Relationships: Éowyn/Faramir |
| Genres: Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: In-Universe Racism/Ethnocentrism |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 967 |
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Code Red by Scribe of Mirrormere
Aredhel runs into trouble after leaving Gondolin. Luckily, she is prepared. The Walking Dead fusion/zombie AU.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amras, Aredhel, Curufin, Dwarves, Egalmoth, Eöl, Galadriel, Idril, Lúthien Tinúviel, Mablung, Maglor, Meleth (Elf), Nellas, Original Character(s), Rog, Telchar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Crossover, Horror, Humor | Challenges: B2MeM 2015 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 31, 659 |
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Gli ultimi momenti di Fingon by sh3rry95
Gli ultimi pensieri di Fingon
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Famous Last Words |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 190 |
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The last moments of Fingon by sh3rry95
Fingon last thoughts...
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Famous Last Words |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 180 |
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Soltanto Vento by sh3rry95
Dopo la Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Maedhros rimane solo a Himring, circondato dal silenzio e dai ricordi.<br />
Tra presente e passato, ripercorre ciò che Fingon è stato per lui — e ciò che non potrà più essere.
Ha partecipato all'EAC nel gruppo Hurt/Comfort Italia
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
| Genres: Ficlet, General, Hurt/Comfort, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 833 |
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On the Edges by Elrond's Library
The overlooked son, Carnistir was, with such strong personalities among his kin.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Caranthir |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Famous Last Words |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 310 |
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Picking Up The Pieces by Grundy
After the Fall of Gondolin, Maeglin's more than a little broken. Is there any hope for him?
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Idril, Maeglin, Other Fictional Character(s), Aredhel, Galadriel, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: Maeglin/Other Fictional Character |
| Genres: Crossover | Challenges: But I Won't Do That, Gates of Summer, Jumble Sale, Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song, Laws and Customs, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Torture |
| Chapters: 44 | Word Count: 137, 593 |
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Mairon: 30-Day Character Study by elennalore
Ficlets and drabbles on Mairon written for 30-Day Character Study.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Sauron |
| Major Relationships: Melkor/Sauron, Celebrimbor/Sauron |
| Genres: Ficlet, Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: 30-Day Character Study, Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 849 |
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Something More Than Flesh and Bone by Isilme_among_the_stars
In the interludes between Eärendil's voyages, he is wholly Elwing's and she is wholly his. They share a languid afternoon together.
Written for the Famous Last Words Challenge Prompt: I'm gonna take it with me when I go - Take It With Me, Tom Waits
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Eärendil, Elwing |
| Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing |
| Genres: Erotica, Fluff, Het | Challenges: Famous Last Words |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 292 |
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Riflessioni by sh3rry95
Riflessioni
- Helcaraxë
- Cuiviénen
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingolfin, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 697 |
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| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingolfin, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 557 |
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