New Challenge: Allusive
Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.

Ents and Eldar gather on Tol Galen to sing of past grief and future hope.
Dior meets Nimloth again.
part 5 of the 30-day character study.

'Erendis perished in the water in the year 985,'- Aldarion and Erendis, The Book of Lost Tales. But she did not die because she missed Aldarion.

Being the fourth part of the 30 day character study.
In which Dior meets Nimloth.

The group of elves who were harrowed by the dungeon of Tol-in-Gaurhoth join with friends and family early in the peace of the Second Age to have a sweet snack.

A letter from one friend of Dior to another.
Dior, in trouble with his parents, is sent to Menegroth.
(comes after 'Concerning Dior' and 'for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come ?' )

When the Oath brings disaster to Sirion, Maglor attempts to fix what he can, but a temporary arrangement becomes much more permanent than anyone had foreseen. Elrond and Elros grow up, grow together, and grow apart at the end of a world slowly decaying into myth and legend.

Farmer Maggot dines at Bag End before Yule.

Dior is helped to face adolescence by his parents.

In the early days of the Noldorin settlement in East Beleriand, an ominous arrival disturbs the peace of mind of Maedhros and his people.

Angrod meets a member of the House of Bëor.

While wandering around Tirion, Tuor meets Finrod.

The first part is excerpts from the journal of Helin, sister to Edrahil, who visits Tol Galen when Dior is a small child.

In Nargothrond, Curufin deals with a lot of identity issues...

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

Dior was forewarned. Unfortunately, forewarned doesn’t mean ready to listen…

Morwë and Nurwë may have been left behind with the rest of their family with no knowledge of events in Valinor (and little of what happens in Doriath), but the servants of Morgoth roam their woods as well.

Fëanor, summoned out of banishment by the Valar, arrives at the home of Eärwen and Finarfin the day before Manwë’s long to be remembered high feast on Taniquetil. No one knows what to expect from the Valar, but they certainly least of all expected the darkening of Valinor and the death of Finwë. (Written from Eärwen’s point of view.)

Dying on Haudh-en-Ndengin, Rían has a prophetic vision and sings one last song of defiance.

In the harbour of Lindon, at the beginning of the Second Age, ships are being built--ships for the Edain to leave Middle-earth for Numenor, ships to carry the Elves to Valinor. At this time, Celebrimbor has an unexpected encounter and sees his path more clearly.

Rían falls unconscious on the Hill of Slain and awakes in Gondolin.

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.

In the uplands of Tol Eressea, there is a place devoted to memories of Middle-earth.

Drawn with Krita. Warning for artistic nudity.

Fingolfin enjoys what will be his last moment of peace with his family.

A chance meeting at the edge of a cliff. A conversation on death and old age, the mysteries of the Secondborn, and the choice of the Half-Elves.
Sequel to Arda Marred