Natural History of Middle-earth: A Tour by Himring
Fanwork Notes
These pieces came out of the Naturalist's Guide to Middle-earth Image Instadrabbling session on the SWG Discord.
The majority of the image prompts were from the Biodiversity Heritage Library (links go to flickr).
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Summary:
Drabbles inspired by natural history prompts, from the Years of the Trees to the Fourth Age, from Valinor to Far Harad.
Featuring Indis and Miriel, Ilmare and Varda, Earendil and his mariners, Aragorn and the past, and Beruthiel and her white cat.
Major Characters: Aerandir, Aragorn, Berúthiel, Erellont, Eärendil, Falathar, Ilmarë, Indis, Míriel Serindë, Varda
Major Relationships:
Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges: Naturalist's Guide to Middle-earth, New Year's Resolution
Rating: General
Warnings:
This fanwork belongs to the series
Chapters: 5 Word Count: 498 Posted on 30 January 2021 Updated on 6 February 2021 This fanwork is complete.
Table of Contents
Valinor, Years of the Trees
Characters; Indis and Miriel
For a series of image prompts, including a print showing seven cedar waxwings (link: The birds of California)
Aman, Darkening of Valinor
Characters: Ilmare and Varda
The image prompt showed the Northern Lights, after art by M. Raebel (link: Northern Lights)
Vingilot, Late First Age
Characters: Earendil and the three mariners who accompanied him on his last voyage: Erellont, Falathar, Aerandir
The image prompt showed several examples of the Portuguese Man of War, a kind of jellyfish, also known as bluebottle. (link: The Portugese Man of War)
Eriador, Lake Evendim, Fourth Age
Character: Aragorn
The image prompt was a photo by bunn of a place called New Quay. It showed weathered and overgrown bits of masonry amid very green grass and trees on low hills nearby.
South of Umbar, Third Age
Characters: Beruthiel and one of her cats
The image prompt showed the Bommi Fish, also called mudskipper. (link: The Bommi Fish)
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