the ice in the paragon by queerofthedagger
Fanwork Notes
Written for Nolofinwëan Week 2025, in 21 exact drabbles (they were exact, at least, in scrivener and on ao3; I'm posting them here as-is, even though the wordcount will most likely display as slightly off).
Regarding the title: a paragon is a jewel/diamond, and an 'Ice' in a jewel used to describe an imperfection, a flaw, that looked like ice. Yeah it made me lose my mind a little too.
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Summary:
Those who survive do so by cutting parts of themselves off; their innocence, sacrificed to the altar of devouring hunger. Their faith, drowned alongside their children. Their fingers, toes, limbs, coin the Ice demands in exchange for passage.
Those who survive do so in despite; they do not know yet that this will be true for centuries to come.
The House of Nolofinwë, and their time on the Ice. A deed of great renown and endurance, told in an assortment of loosely connected drabbles.
Major Characters: Fingon, Fingolfin, Aredhel, Turgon, Idril, Argon
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Genre: General
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Rating: Adult
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 2, 170 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
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Running with the take here (I think mentioned in The Nature of Middle-earth, but don't quote me on that), that Idril was around (the human equivalent of) 17 when the Nolofinwëan Host crossed the Helcaraxë. I like the common read of her as a young kid, but there's a particular axis of horror to experiencing all that as a teenager that I could write an essay about but shall refrain from, for the time being <3
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