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For Oshun; Immediate aftermath of Nírnaeth Arnoediad.  Poetry

Dawn Felagund; One of the women of the House of Finwe, as the Elves who remained in Aman began to restore their civilization after the Darkening.

the musings of anaire after the flight of the noldor. poetry

for lignata - Isildur, not about the One Ring

On the ships fleeing Numenor

For dreamflower; Little Turin and Sador Labadal attempt 2

Sador muses on Turin's personallity.

For dreamflower; Little Turin and Sador Labadal attempt 1

Sador muses on the future of Turin

poetry request from Sildil  -  something angsty and elf related.

A young Gil-Galad leaves Nargothrond.

In the aftermath of the Kinslaying at Sirion, Maglor reflects on the death of his youngest brother. 

A more intimate recounting of aspects of the story of Erendis and Aldarion. Third chapter is posted now.

Maedhros’ hands -- a paean of sorts.

Matimo hears of Findekáno's morning.

They named it the Union of Maedhros. Maedhros was to be the right hand of the High-King, the Commander of Troops in the upcoming war. Moments of happiness are mixed in the dire political tension before the upcoming war, the war where all bonds of loyalty will be tested.

Olwe and Fingolfin had more cause than most to resent the Valar's tendency to leave dark lords unchallenged. A meditation on courgae, tragedy, and divine inaction.

Finrod and his werewolf

In Valinor, the effects of the rebellion are still very visible to the Noldor. Nerdanel and Aredhel are unwelcome in the city, both as reminders of the past, and as the two who flaunt the rules on fidelity.

Mounds of earth, or people's lives. A young woman, living in First Age Hithlum, grapples with grief and loss, and bakes bread.

Artistic vision often equals foresight.

How alike are Arwen and her famous foremother?

"Nine ships there were: four for Elendil, and for Isildur three, and for Anarion two; and they fled before the gale out of the twilight of doom into the darkness of the world. [...] And all the coasts and seaward regions of the western world suffered great change and ruin in that time; for the seas invaded the lands, and shores foundered."

EDITED.  Maedhros' suicide takes the Silmaril he bears deep into the embrace of the earth. For the eldar concerned this was the end of the sorry saga. For the silmaril in question it was not

Cirdan arrives to Sirion after the sons of Feanor attacked the town.

The first sunrise

A simple lullaby as imagined by the elves at cuivienen

"And it came to pass that Tar-Palantir grew weary of grief and died. He had no son, but a daughter only, whom he named Míriel in the Elven-tongue; and to her now by right and the laws of the Númenóreans came the sceptre. But Pharazôn took her to wife against her will..." (The Akallabeth)

Yule on Balar in F.A. 515, or how a little Noldor pragmatism changed the fate of the world.

In the Time of the Trees, during the Bliss of Valinor, the young family of Fëanor experience the everyday triumphs and tragedies of life in paradise. But as Fëanor's genius blossoms and his sons grow into their roles in Tirion society, tensions build that will sunder the House of Finwë and drive the House of Fëanor to open rebellion.

Completed!