New Challenge: Everyman
Create a fanwork about an ordinary character in the legendarium using a quote about an unnamed character as inspiration.

An offer, an answer, and what it means for both of them.

A bittersweet Nerdanel/Nienna poem.

Why doesn't Nerdanel have a mother?
This grew a little based on my Rise Above Prompt :o
Nerdanel gets accepted as a student of Aulë's... ;)

Little Makalaurë just finished composing his first melody and feels the need to share with his eldest brother.

Of artistry, women's bodies, and loss.
#
Week after week, she worked at it, chisel in hand. Her hands were worn and bruised, the skin dry and cracked with stone dust, her nails broken. Her boots and leggings were covered in a thick paste of slurry, and even her tunic and other clothes were frankly unclean. Her hair was stuffed carelessly into a rough cap, from which it escaped in ragged ends.
#

I've often thought about Nerdanel's life after her husband and sons departed for Arda, leaving her behind in Aman. This story (written for Slashy Santa's recent Valentine exchange) imagines the beginnings of her separation from Feanor - in her mind at least, after doubts about the marriage being successful were sown - and before her special relationship with Anaire had begun. I have imagined the relationship to be a romantic one, although in the beginning there was a definite physical bond between the two women.

Fëanor was always fascinated by Nerdanel's freckles... the stars in her skin form constellations all her own - or are they?

Nerdanel sees an instrument that her second born used to play and remembers.

In which Uinen struggles with what to do with Maglor wandering the shore of her Seas, the Oath that still clings to him, the Silmaril he keeps dropping into her domain, and her feelings in general.

The Story of the Courtship of Curufin, son of Fëanor, told via a collection of objects left behind in Aman.
Collection of vignettes, really.
You're welcome to play 'Spot the object'; there are usually more than the title implies involved ;)

Each Fëanorian gets their own headcanon and short story of 600 words or less for this character exploration!
Written for Fëanorian Week 2018.

Nerdanel realizes her true feelings for Fëanor at a gathering ball. Based on a headcanon lent to me by firsthousepacifist.

Anairë visits the house of Mahtan to see the sights of Tirion. Nerdanel is enchanted.

Fëanor beyond Time in the Halls of Mandos
Nerdanel in Aman

Nerdanel is very bad at feelings, and Fëanor shows her soemthign he's made.

Nerdanel and Indis make it through the Dark.

There were things lost on the journey to Aman, history and culture, art and songs. Such things the Eldar might never see again and yet one thing they thought lost forever still survives.
Magic.
When Finarfin begins to dig deeper into the past of his people he discovers things that shouldn't have been forgotten and unearths what the Valar would have preferred to stay forgotten. Magic is dangerous after all, it corrupts all those who use it.
Doesn't it?

Nerdanel deals with emotions, and Fëanor teaches her how to fight.

Been writing so many fics about Nerdael that I thought I should try to draw her. Made with Krita.

Nerdanel has a surpiring premonition. She definitely does not have a crush on Fëanor though.

During the Midsummer festivities of 472 F.A., Anairë is struck by a wrenching sense of dread. Nerdanel helps her to make sense of it.

Nerdanel remembers her husband and sons while creating pottery.

Nerdanel's creations reflect her passage through the stages of grief. (Ficlet series)

Nerdanel looks back on her marriage as she watches the return of Finarfin with Anairë and Eärwen.
This is as grim as you would expect.

Fëanor in the halls of Mandos has one request for Nerdanel.