New Challenge: Title Track
Tolkien's titles range from epic to lyrical to metaphorical. This month's challenge selected 125 of them as prompts for fanworks.
The Singer at the Shore reminisces on mornings, and meets a stranger.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Pallando |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 894 |
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"...for none of the Eldalië ever hated Melkor more than Fëanor son of Finwë, who first named him Morgoth; and snared though he was in the webs of Melkor's malice against the Valar he held no converse with him and took no counsel from him."
Fëanor meets a stranger. There aren't many strangers in Tirion.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Melkor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 402 |
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And even after he and Lúthien settled in Tol Galen, where the air smelled of roses and pine and the nightingales sang merrily through the summertime, word of the outside word came in bits and pieces, often many years late.
| Major Characters: Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel, Morwen, Rían |
| Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien, Beren & Rían, Beren & Morwen |
| Genres: Family, Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 123 |
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Early in the Second Age, Gil-galad receives an important collaborator.
| Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Gil-galad |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fluff | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips, Middle-earth Is Multitudes, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 182 |
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After the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, Celegorm and Curufin occasionally range far from Amon Ereb in an attempt to stem the tide of Morgoth's armies into Beleriand somewhat. This kind of idleness does not become the Oath once the Silmaril has appeared in Doriath again; Celegorm only needs a willing ear.
The academic conversation that stood at the beginning of the end.
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Curufin |
| Major Relationships: Celegorm & Curufin |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language, In-Universe Intolerance, In-Universe Racism/Ethnocentrism, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 644 |
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Celegorm, Curufin, a balcony of Finwë's royal residence, oblique discussions of death before death became more than an abstraction. And a little bit of parkour.
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Curufin |
| Major Relationships: Celegorm & Curufin |
| Genres: Family | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 393 |
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Fingon attends a concert given by the Tirion Academic Symphony.
| Major Characters: Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Roaring Twenties |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 204 |
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From an account of an enslaved Elf in Angband.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Balrogs |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Middle-earth Is Multitudes, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 203 |
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Amrod and Aredhel shared a common ending in being killed by people they loved. Making peace with that pain in Valinor is hard.
| Major Characters: Amrod, Aredhel |
| Major Relationships: Amrod/Aredhel |
| Genres: No genre listed | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 895 |
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Maedhros and Fingon meet in the mists, again and again. Until they don't.
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
| Genres: No genre listed | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 176 |
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What bow, what arrows will serve against such a foe as Glaurung? A single drabble.
| Major Characters: Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Roaring Twenties |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 103 |
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The competition cocktail party was a regular event, and Fingon gradually learned to appreciate, if not always enjoy it.
A triple drabble, with images and recipes for 9 cocktails.
| Major Characters: Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental, Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Experimental, New Year's Resolution, Roaring Twenties |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 664 |
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Círdan's ship arrives in Forochel to take Arvedui south.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Arvedui |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: Experimental, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 179 |
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Celegorm and Dior speak. A sequel to Broken Silver. Canon divergence AU.
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Dior |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 137 |
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Sometimes the history books can't be trusted. Celegorm/Lúthien; canon divergence AU in which the butterfly flaps its wings.
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Eluréd, Elurín, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: Celegorm/Lúthien |
| Genres: Alternate Universe | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 339 |
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Fëanáro needs Melkor's secret knowledge to create his Silmarils, but Fëanáro will also be an invaluable asset to Melkor in the Vala’s own game.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Melkor |
| Major Relationships: Fëanor/Melkor |
| Genres: Drama, Slash | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Turgon's Rock Opera |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 557 |
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How oddly the old tales changed and twisted through the years!
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet, Fluff, General | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Understory |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 267 |
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There came a time of winter, when night was dark and without moon; and the wide plain of Ard-galen stretched dim beneath the cold stars, from the hill-forts of the Noldor to the feet of Thangorodrim. The watchfires burned low, and the guards were few;
The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien
| Major Characters: Fingolfin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Turgon's Rock Opera |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 201 |
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It is a bit nerve-wracking, courting a princess of the House of Elros.
Elatan of Andunie hopes he is up to her standards.
| Major Characters: Elatan of Andúnië, Silmarien |
| Major Relationships: Elatan of Andúnië/Silmariën |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Understory |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
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Curufin visits his wife in the forge with another creation in mind.
| Major Characters: Historical Character(s), Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Curufin |
| Major Relationships: Curufin/Unnamed Canon Character |
| Genres: General, Romance | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 813 |
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News of the Sudden Flame has reached Nargothrond.
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Gildor |
| Major Relationships: Finrod & Gildor |
| Genres: No genre listed | Challenges: Experimental, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 386 |
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Círdan has a curious guest.
| Major Characters: Círdan |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover | Challenges: Understory |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 002 |
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When Melkor approaches him it is not necessarily out of ill intents - he thinks. As Aulë’s second he enjoys a certain reputation - one that gives him the moniker Admirable.
No, Mairon does not start evil at all.
Though, perhaps it is in his nature to ever evolve, ever iterate, he is fond of empirical processes and his surroundings feel small and smothering sometimes. But Mairon laughs, Mairon cares, Mairon even loves.
And that is his own doom.
| Major Characters: Melkor, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: Melkor/Sauron |
| Genres: No genre listed | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips, New Year's Resolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 513 |
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After the War of Wrath they were taken again.
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: Maedhros/Sauron, Maedhros/Maglor |
| Genres: Erotica, Slash | Challenges: |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Incest, Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Sexual Content (Graphic), Torture, Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 1, 132 |
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Indis knows that Miriel is the only one who understands their connection. This is why it should be Indis who looks after Miriel's body.
| Major Characters: Finwë, Indis |
| Major Relationships: Indis/Míriel, Finwë/Indis |
| Genres: Femslash, Romance | Challenges: |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 9, 589 |
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