all the songs and kings of old by queerofthedagger  

Fanwork Notes

Written for slide #59 of Scribbles & Drabbles; you can find the art here!. Thank you to the artist for the stunning inspiration, and to the mods for running this—I had a blast! <3

Fanwork Information

Summary: In the war camps of Beleriand, Finarfin assembles the missing pieces of his family’s history; assembles the bits and pieces that make not-regret calcify into something jagged and uncomfortable, where it makes a home beneath his breastbone. He meets men whose ancestors used to march beneath his son’s banner. Most of their house, too, is decimated now, a strange, hollow kinship that Finarfin wants to flinch from, and that they weather as they bend their knees to him, seeing someone other than Finarfin. He meets victims of his nephews’ terror; meets those who are left of Fingolfin’s people, of Fingon’s, of Turgon’s. Learns how they passed, each of them falling to blazing heroics and bristling despair, and wonders how any of them are ever meant to return from this. How these serrated, brittle remains of a devastated land are meant to be spit out into Aman’s idle serenity, and not break the world all over. Finarfin, the War of Wrath, and the price it demands. Major Characters: Finarfin Major Relationships: Genre: General Challenges: Rating: General Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1	Word Count: 6, 130
Posted on 9 January 2026	Updated on 9 January 2026
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