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"Move farther north," Caranthir says to her a month after the attack, gaze steady on her even as his hands continue briskly gutting fish. "There is plenty of land closer to my fortress, and my people can help protect yours if there is another attack."
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…
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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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Yes, it is, isn't it!? And for some reason I have started thinking of Celegorm and Finrod as being good friends before it all went wrong...it's fun to write, but makes it all the more tragic :( thank you for commenting!
Thank you! :) I figured that if they were friends for the events of Winter's Lease, it was likely because they had history back in Valinor - and also, in Winter's Lease, Celegorm knows that Finrod has foresight, so I wanted to show him experiencing that early on in their lives.
Hey there! I've had this story bookmarked for a while and enjoy returning to it every so often. It's a very intriguing storyline. I love fiction that shows the Finweions back in their youth, just enjoying life and growing up. I've always headcanoned that they are all close. It makes a lot of sense to me that Findaráto would be capable of visions. I really enjoyed you having Tyelkormo be the one to comfort him. I like to think they were close. Thanks for posting it.
Hi! :) it's so nice to hear that you come back and re-read. I headcanon that they're all close as youngsters too - even if things did deteriorate later.
Finrod's visions...well, we know he has foresight at the very least from the published Silm, and his sister Galadriel is capable of piercing the veils of the future, so it made sense to me too. (I haven't explored it in detail yet but I think there are a lot of gifts that run down Finwë's line, foresight beng one of them.)
I have always enjoyed seeing Celegorm and Finrod depicted as close friends or more; it makes the Nargothrond arc so much more tragic :( I am actually working on a couple of other fics with them so there may be more in this series soon.
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