New Challenge: Crossroads of the Fallen King
Cross "The Silmarillion" with a second text or fandom in this month's crossover challenge.
Celebrimbor, Lord of Eregion recieves an emissary from the West claiming to be a Vanya smith. The teachings he comes bearing are controversial; how to imprint thoughts and wills into matter using Song, and words of power. As the emissary gains support with king and court, their relationship becomes entangled with secrets and the weight of the past.
Drabbles set during the First and Second Ages of Middle-earth. (Exactly 100 words as counted by MS Word.) Please see table of contents for individual summaries and warnings.
In the end, the master of lies made the mistake of underestimating him.
Andreth, called Saelind by the Elves, had her heart broken by Aegnor...
...but Aegnor was no less wounded by his actions. He poured out his heart to his beloved twin, Nerwen, just before flame engulfed Dorthonion...
...and later, remembering his death, he relates his last moments to Findis.
On the verge of adulthood and very much in love, Elrohir is reluctant to meet again the elf who does not return his feelings. But the pitfalls of travelling in winter bring them together in an unexpected way.
During the first age, when Beleriand itself stands on the brink of destruction and Doriath falls from the height of glory to begin its long decline, Celeborn, a Sindarin prince as quick to wisdom as he is to anger, meets Artanis, a Noldorin princess plagued by a dark secret, and, amidst a budding romance, they soon find themselves plunged into a world of intrigue, lies, and mystery as ties between their peoples grow turbulent.
Bits and bobs, drabbles from challenges and other small stories that don't fit anywhere else. Some are related to other stories, like Malaise, and others are just oddbits. Various ratings and characters.
Snippets from the tale of Galadriel and Andreth, and a love never meant to be.
Written for as a treat for Elleth for the 2015 LotR Secret Santa exchange.
Artanis had a part in the First Kinslaying.
Warning for violence. (This is the First Kinslaying. There's violence.)
More about Erestor.
Short tales that should have remained untold.
Glorfindel, reborn and sent to Middle-earth not so long ago, does not want to travel, particularly not to Lothlórien. But he finds the Golden Wood has much to offer to him.
During a visit in Doriath, Aredhel and Eöl get caught up in a trivial argument.
Galadriel takes care of an unwanted suitor in her own inimitable way.
A place to store drabbles and ficlets, mostly written for various prompts.
The Silm you read when you are not really reading the Silm. Everything you wanted to know without all the boring bits.
If Sauron was more powerful at the end of the Second Age than was Morgoth at the end of the First, just how did the Last Alliance defeat him?
Market day in Tirion--and a flash mob, with many of the usual suspects.
After the Fellowship's departure from Lothlórien, Galadriel receives a nightly visit and a summons she has long hoped for.
Aredhel runs into trouble after leaving Gondolin. Luckily, she is prepared. The Walking Dead fusion/zombie AU.
Artanis Nerwen of the Noldor is eager to learn all that Melian of Doriath has to teach.
The story of Galadriel, Nimrodel, and the land that would become Lothlórien.
Luthien, daughter of Thingol and Melian, teaches Artanis of the Noldor a new dance.
Galadriel remembers a long-ago night and an old lost love.