New Challenge: Epic 80s
This month's challenge features hundreds of fresh prompts from the bodacious decade of the 1980s.

From Numenor to Imladris, the stories of the past are handed down, culminating in a momentous occasion.

They're important, the myths people tell about themselves, about their histories. You can learn a lot from a tale or seven.

The story of the tenth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

Celebrían is very excited about the Midwinter feast and invites her cousin to come, but she discovers that families and holiday celebrations may become very complicated, particularly when a new acquaintance creates some conflict.
It is part of the Thû or Lady!Sauron 'verse.

At the end of the War of Wrath a follower of Oromë finds a new purpose.

One day, in the orangery on Ilmarin, Queen Elindis, wife to Ingwe, and her adolescent great-niece Artanis have a quiet talk, and Elindis reveals some surprising information.
Challenge quote:
"In my time, I have been called many things: sister, lover, priestess, wise-woman, queen." ~ Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon

When one woman threatens another in the marketplace, Finarfin must judge the circumstances and determine consequences.

A Dwarven fairytale involving some Scandinavic folkloric creatures
I originally wrote the bones of this for a Fíli ficlet; it is a tale told to Dwarf-children, but I thought it fitted the challenge so well I had to polish it up a little.

Haunted by the past two years of his life, Maglor returns to the home he vanished from. Maglor in history.

In the far future, in a galaxy far, far away, a few lines from the Silmarillion still serve as inspiration.

Learning went on in Ost-in-Edhel year round

The continent east of Middle-earth is said to be barren and empty of life. But is it, really? A group of Venturers is ready to find out.

Following the move eastwards, the steward of the camp at Himring prepares for a Feanorian reunion. Written for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2019, OC-centric.

Teleporno and Alatáriel find outlets for their knowledge as they begin to get used to life in Middle-Earth.

A burial beneath the branches of the Great Greenwood at some point in the First Age.

Short stories mostly in drabble form written for the Solstice Instadrabbling Challenge 2019 on the discord server.

Maglor encounters two people… and a pack of puppies.

Théomund, Prince of Ithilien, has spent his life building a strong defense, caging his heart and coping with more challenges than most; always afraid to let another come in too close. Thalon, Legolas’ second-in-command, has seen Ages more, yet he too has resigned himself to being alone. One day, fate brings them together in a way neither can expect. What the fëa wants cannot be denied, yet courage, even for a warrior, is a difficult thing to muster.

Veryë, wife of Arahad I, receives the invitation for Elrond's council about the orcs in the Misty Mountains.

Three Maiar of Varda are sent to the universe of A Wrinkle in Time, where they will eventually become Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which.

Elured and Elurin are looking for the source of the River Langwell when they get distracted by a landslide.

A newly-sailed Elf counters advanced medicine in Valinor.

Two years after the Empire's birth, Imperial forces led by Darth Vader devastated the Arda system. A few hundred Quendi fled the system's takeover. Among them is Maglor Fëanorian, the lone survivor of his Jedi-trained House. He has spent the past three years hiding in plain sight as a singer for a starliner cruise company. Now he is about to strike off on his own as an independent cargo pilot, unsure of what the future will bring him.

Caranthir hears of a Moriquendi tribe with a rather unusual practice. He wishes to seek their demise immediately, but one of his daughters selects a different path.