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New Challenge: Building Middle-earth Let global architecture be your inspiration in this challenge, where you will work with a prompts that are architectural styles, locations in Arda, or both.
He’d ventured into the little fishing village in search of food and maybe a dry place to sleep for a night of rain and wind—he hadn’t expected this, to be bullied into a hot meal and a healer’s attention.
Tuor and Elwing’s recreational sailing excursion goes terribly awry when a carnivorous siren casts her gaze upon their vessel. With her song, she enchants the mariners and boards with evil intent. She kills and eats their crewman, she demands Tuor’s hand in marriage, and for dessert…
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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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I enjoyed the worldbuilding here, the contest as a part of the harvest ritual. Also, the use of name Tauron for Orome felt authentic here. Loved the ending with the surprise winner, and Thranduil himself didn’t seem to mind a lot, either.
Thank you :). Yes, I think the elves of the Greenwood wouldn't call him by their own name for him. Thranduil doesn't mind at all, she's one of the people who don't come out of the forest that much, so he didn't expect one of them to join in, but he doesn't begrudge her the victory.
This was a beautiful bit of worldbuilding! <3 I love Thranduil leading the festival as a stand-in for Orome, and all the details of the festival traditions.
Also aww, poor little Legolas, being scared by how different his father looks!
It feels a little strange to Thranduil to impersonate a Vala, it's a tradition his father and he adopted from the silvan elves when they moved east after the fall of Doriath. But he knows how important this is for his people (and also it is kind of fun.)
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