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A Sense of History: Thálatta! Thálatta!
While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
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[Writing] On a night of stars, a bird by Quente
Nimloth and Dior meet, and he is naked.
Alternatively,
Melian travels south to visit her daughter, and meets a familiar looking bird.
Written for the Tengwar prompt, Quessë (feather).
[Writing] Apprentice by Quente
Dior is in Menegroth learning to be his grandfather's heir -- but his grandmother decides to take him as apprentice too.
Written for the Tengwar Challenge, May 15: Súlë (spirit).
[Writing] Tengwar: To The Letter by cuarthol
For the Tengwar prompt challenge.
All 36 prompts plus bonus chapter
[Writing] A blip on the radar by daughterofshadows
Humanity took to the skies. Eärendil and Ilmarë adjust.
[Writing] History abandons us by AdmirableMonster
During his incarceration in Roderick Burgess' basement, Dream receives a strange, ancient visitor.
[Writing] Tengwar Acrostics by Himring
Responses to the Tengwar Challenge in which first letters spell out the name of a tengwa.
1) Early Encounter (Nerdanel, Indis)
2) Numenorean Lullaby (Almarian, Aldarion)
[Writing] Tengwar Drabbles by cílil
A collection of Silmarillion-centric drabbles written for the Tengwar Challenge. Short and sweet!
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Crossroads of the Fallen King
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Receive a postcard from an unnamed character and create a fanwork using the image, the message, or both. Read more ...
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Thálatta! Thálatta! by Simon J. Cook
[]While he never climbs the stairs of this Elf-tower, in Lothlórien Frodo Baggins descends a flight of steps to look into Galadriel’s Mirror, wherein he first sees the sea. This post examines the view.
[]
With Gildor Inglorion we finally climb the stairs of Elostirion and look on the view, and what we see appears to reveal a hidden thread in the story of Frodo Baggins. This post reads two annotated translations of two Elvish songs to step through a crossroads in the narrative to arrive at the tower on the margin of the story, wherein is a stone that is a window onto Valinor.
Grief, Grieving, and Permission to Mourn in the "Quenta Silmarillion" by Dawn Walls-Thumma
[]In a book as full of death as the Quenta Silmarillion, grief and mourning are surprisingly absent. The characters who receive grief and mourning—and those who don't—appear to do so due to narrative bias. Grief and mourning (or a lack of them) serve to draw attention toward and away from objectionable actions committed by characters.
Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] Waybread (The Waybredlik) by Himring
[]Lembas speaks out.
[Series] Apr 1st Stories by Uvatha the Horseman
[]Once a year on April 1st, a canon character from LOTR or the Silmarillion gets pranked.
[Writing] Crossing Forest River by Dawn Felagund
[]Bilbo recounts, in verse, the attempt of Gandalf, Beorn, and him to cross the Forest River after the Battle of Five Armies. Written for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's 2024 Mailing Competition.
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Mythcon 53: Fantasies of the Middle Lands
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Monstrous May 2024
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May challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The May challenge has been posted to the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth. Thematic challenge: name; formal challenge: acrostic. As usual, these can be filled independently and freely combined with other prompts such as the SWG challenges. New participants welcome!
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And Then There Was Cake, or Begetting Day Horrors by Klose
A little ficlet in which Maedhros muses on the frivolous affair that is the Begetting Day Celebration. (Warnings for potentially offensive language and bawdy humour, or attempts thereof!)
This was written for Oshun's 2007 birthday, and was originally posted to the SWG LiveJournal community.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Angrod, Aredhel, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon, Galadriel, Maglor, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 997 |
| Posted on 8 December 2007 | Updated on 8 December 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Bonfires of Trust, Flashfloods of Pain by Klose
The loss of innocence with the Kinslaying at Alqualondë, the invocation of Doom at the very edges of Arda... and then, the parting of Fingolfin and Anairë.
[Written in honour of Fingolfin being character of the month at SilmarillionWritersGuild for January 2007 (I've been slow to post it to this archive!), and also because I refuse to believe Anairë's friendship with Eärwen was the sole reason for their separation.]
| Major Characters: Anairë, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 628 |
| Posted on 8 December 2007 | Updated on 8 December 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Ghost in the Garden by Dawn Felagund
A frightening experience one night in Doriath leads Galadriel to consider the irreconcilable differences between Sindar and Noldor. For Marta. 2008 MEFA nominee.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 938 |
| Posted on 5 December 2007 | Updated on 5 December 2007 |
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To Forgive by Dawn Felagund
For Rinnor, three fixed-length ficlets about forgiveness among the Noldor: Feanor on forgiving his half-brother, Maedhros on pardoning the mistakes baby brothers make, and Fingolfin on why forgiveness is essential for the Noldor to defeat Morgoth.
| Major Characters: Curufin, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon, Finwë, Maedhros, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 1, 597 |
| Posted on 5 December 2007 | Updated on 5 December 2007 |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Rekindling by Dawn Felagund
For Elleth, Fëanor and Nerdanel meet again at the end of the world. A tale of loss and redemption. 2008 MEFA nominee.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel, Valar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 386 |
| Posted on 1 December 2007 | Updated on 1 December 2007 |
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For What I Wait by Dawn Felagund
For Hannah, an "AU in which Fëanor outlives all of his children." Fëanor and Maglor, together at the end. MEFA 2008 nominee.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Suicide, Character Death, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 209 |
| Posted on 1 December 2007 | Updated on 1 December 2007 |
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Stars of the Lesser by Dawn Felagund
Young Pengolodh meets his first Fëanorian beside the sea, as Celebrimbor attempts to replicate Fëanor's greatest accomplishment: harnessing light. MEFA 2008 nominee.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Pengolodh |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Science Fiction | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 648 |
| Posted on 29 November 2007 | Updated on 29 November 2007 |
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Why by Tarion Anarore
In answer to the question, "Maglor, why didn't you rescue Maedhros; why did the poor chap have to wait for cousin Fingon to go get him?" posed by Jillian Baade at the LiveJournal site.
My response to the "Ask a Character" challenge, from the beginning of days (before monthly newsletters, even!).
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 520 |
| Posted on 26 November 2007 | Updated on 26 November 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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True Gift by Tarion Anarore
An old, old Celebrimbor drabble, written once upon a time ago for the HASA Word of the Day challenge.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 104 |
| Posted on 5 November 2007 | Updated on 5 November 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Maglor's Harp by ford_of_bruinen
Maglor makes the perfect harp.
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 524 |
| Posted on 30 October 2007 | Updated on 30 October 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Vodka by ford_of_bruinen
Maglor's and Maedhros' first conversation after maedhros has been saved from Thangorodrim.
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 552 |
| Posted on 30 October 2007 | Updated on 30 October 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Consuming Darkness by Isil Elensar
It is written that Tar-Miriel was too late to reach the supposed safety of the Meneltarma when Numenor sank into the sea. But why was she late? What was so important that she would risk her life, knowing she would not survive?
| Major Characters: Anárion, Original Character(s), Tar-Míriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 133 |
| Posted on 29 October 2007 | Updated on 29 October 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Young Fëanáro Makes A Stone by oshun
A Birthday Story for gandalfs_apprentice on the Elessar and is also a bit of take-off on the Sorcerer’s Apprentice in honor of her penname.
| Major Characters: Aulë, Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Humor | Challenges: Gift of a Story, Inspiration |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 860 |
| Posted on 20 October 2007 | Updated on 20 October 2007 |
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Wind and Fire by elfscribe
Manwe discovers both the delights and the dangers of assuming corporeal form as he is drawn into a relationship with the brilliant, prideful Feanor. In trying to dissuade Feanor from leaving the Undying Lands, he learns more than he would like about why Feanor created the Silmarils and why they hold him enthralled. An elemental clash of titans.
This story won first place in the MEFA 2008 awards for First Age and Prior: General
and 2nd place in the 2007 My Precious Awards for LOTR fanfic in the “Best Minor Character” category.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Manwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 994 |
| Posted on 17 October 2007 | Updated on 17 October 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Harvest Dance by oshun
Birthday story written in response to a solicitation of a request from minuial_nuwing. A mild slashy romp. Nothing serious. (All your fault, Min: When you challenged me to give you Arakáno/Amrod, you must have known it would come with footnotes.)
| Major Characters: Amrod, Argon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Humor, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 374 |
| Posted on 15 October 2007 | Updated on 15 October 2007 |
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Elves in Manhattan by oshun
A fanfic writer meets two of her favorite Silmarillion characters.
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Elf Falls into Modern-earth |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 617 |
| Posted on 9 October 2007 | Updated on 9 October 2007 |
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House of the Setting Sun by Robinka
No hope, no regrets. An AU take on Mablung's coming to terms with the passing of Melian and the consequences thereof.
| Major Characters: Mablung, Melian |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Het, Romance | Challenges: Anniversary Contest, Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 945 |
| Posted on 1 October 2007 | Updated on 1 October 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 895 |
| Posted on 1 October 2007 | Updated on 1 October 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Greater Fire by Elleth
For the Anniversary Contest: An AU of the what-if persuasion.
Chapter One: After the Darkening, the Kinslaying and the Flight of the Noldor, Nerdanel retreats to Alqualondë. What and whom will she find there, and where will her steps lead afterwards?
| Major Characters: Eärwen, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Experimental, Romance | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 156 |
| Posted on 30 September 2007 | Updated on 30 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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The Fourth Station by MithLuin
Maedhros meets someone he does not expect in the Halls of Mandos.
First Place (Short Works) - SWG's Silmarillion Anniversary Contest (2007)
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest, Halls of Mystery |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 998 |
| Posted on 30 September 2007 | Updated on 30 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Making of the Werewolves by IgnobleBard
Sauron's creation of the werewolves.
| Major Characters: Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 431 |
| Posted on 30 September 2007 | Updated on 30 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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My Shining Stars by oshun
And now for something a bit controversial: Elrond stands on the deck of the ship carrying him to Aman writing notes in a journal.
MEFA 2008, Second Place, Elves: House of Elrond
SWG Silmarillion Anniversary Contest, Third Place Winner, Short Works
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Elwing, Eärendil, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Anniversary Contest, Sea Voyages, Wish upon a Star |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 831 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
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The last stand by Rhapsody
During the final moments of the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, a captain and his men rescue two elves during their last and desperate stand.
~MEFA 2008 Second place in Times: First Age and Prior: General, thank you Pandemonium for nominating it!~
| Major Characters: Beleg, Ecthelion of the Fountain, Mablung |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Drama | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 936 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Expecting. by ford_of_bruinen
Miriel spends a morning by the foot of Laurelin, thinking of the son she is carrying.
| Major Characters: Míriel Serindë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 199 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Awakening by ford_of_bruinen
Iminye wakes for the first time. Poetry
| Major Characters: Iminyë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 47 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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