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Character of the Month: Marach There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
New Challenge: Allusive Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.
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.
Rescued from a brutal Angband hunt, an ex-thrall with a strange and powerful artifact embedded in his spine is brought to Himring, for it is one of the only places in Beleriand which welcomes such folk. Though he has no memories of his life before, Anniavas slowly becomes accustomed to his new…
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…
Of course, she knew that in the Blessed Land, true harm was unlikely to come to him. The Valar watched over them all, and the lesser spirits were everywhere. It was a great hound of Oromë who had found him happily splashing in the creek, in fact. But anyone could drown in mere…
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Allusive
Choose from our list of allusions to history, literature, mythology, and art to create a fanwork. Read more ...
Across three surveys and ten years, the Tolkien Fanfiction Survey has document when authors began writing. These data reveal trends in how film promotions, the films themselves, the books, and other historical contexts have influenced not only who writes but how long they stay.
There are few details in the texts about Marach, but he is noteworthy for his allegiances and his descendants, who would become pivotal to the history of Middle-earth and the eventual defeat of Morgoth and Sauron.
A dissenting voice in Marach's alliance with the Elves of Beleriand, Amlach experiences a change of mind after a mysterious twist in the story reorients his priorities toward enmity with Morgoth.
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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Oof, creepy! I love how subtly you've incorporated hints of who these characters are (I didn't look at the info before reading but I was able to catch on, even with my pitiful knowledge of post-First Age lore). I can totally see how this corruption would take place and I feel for the speaker.
That insidious promise of betterness that pervades so many things in life... what will you give up of yourself to have that promise. Like the ring, promises of power and victory and overcoming, to be twisted and corrupted. Oof. It's such an evil little thing, very fitting of Sauron in every way.
Misterious, now I wonder who is this strange white god... he could be anybody. This has really sparked my curiousity, even if only to make sure that this little boy will live a good life!
Oh... I'm sorry to bring you the news... but the white god is, in fact, Sauron. He is recruiting a young prince with the promise of glory and gold - and, when I wrote it, I envisioned he would be the future Witch King of Angmar. Thank you for reading and commenting!
No, it wouldn't be that simple, would it? I can only begin to imagine what promises Sauron could have made to Kings of Men that would have sound appealing to them, aside immortality. Thank you so much for the comment!
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