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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.
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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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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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It's horrifying to think what Maglor has been through in the meantime, or indeed to envisage that scene down in the dungeons, but still somehow a great relief to see Eonwe and the other Maia helping Maglor to fulfil the oath and release him from it.
Thank you! Yup! I do go into more detail in the next story about why Eönwë made that choice (though that fic won't likely be up until nearer the end of the year).
This is excellent. Horrible to think of Maglor suffering all of that. But it is an interesting ending. I look forward to reading Eönwë's logic for this and what happens with the Silmarils.
Poor Maglor! But at least he was given a chance to fulfil the Oath - and then decide where to go from there. I really liked how your Eönwë handled that. I wonder whether he expected that outcome, or whether he was prepared to deal with whatever Maglor decided to do? Either way glad to see that Maglor got free - at least for the most part.
Thank you! Eönwë was fully prepared for a multitude of outcomes, but that's the one he hoped for. I get more into why he chose that way of dealing with the Silmarils in the next story. Yeah, Maglor's mostly free. Ish. Well, free from his Oath and from Morgoth, but not from the consequences of everything.
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