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After the sacking of Ost-in-Edhil, the Dark Lord Sauron ordered his prisoners crucified and carried at the head of his army as banners so that their approach would strike fear into the hearts of his enemies. At least that was the idea. No one could have imagined that the last resistance of the Elven City had no plans to go out quietly… literally.

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The universe is still new, its stars and planets have barely settled into their revolutions, and the world has only just cooled off enough to allow the first rain to fall on the dry and cracked planet when you meet the fallen Vala for the first time. You are young and proud and you have always wanted so much more than what you were destined for.

Ages later, you watch from a dark tower how two little creatures scrabble over one of the last remnants of your soul in a volcano and you wonder, How did it come to this?

This is your story - from the beginning to the very end.

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duplicity [n];

1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.
2. the state or quality of having two elements or parts; being twofold or double.
 

Darkness had beckoned them both, and they had followed.

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Arakáno went down, swarmed by a vicious throng of Orcs wielding crude, blood-hungry blades, and there was nothing Findekáno could do but watch.

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In which one Fourth Age historian sets out to chart the complete history of the events and writing of the Lay of Leithian and ends up with an oral history of First Age politics, the Fall of Nargothrond, the Second Kinslaying, the Third Kinslaying, and one elf’s commentary on Second Age repertory theater.

OR “The Lay of Leithian: a Historiographical Approach” by Líwë Ríniel of the University of Tirion

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As Tar-Atanamir grows old, he is plagued by constant cold, and his advisors recommend sharing a bed with a virgin to keep him warm. Her name is Orawen.

Written for Tolkien Horror Week: 'made and unmade' + Númenor.

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In the breaking of Beleriand, the love between Elf and mortal does not fade.

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Maglor takes an orc captive. The two of them run into trouble on the road.

Many years later, Maedhros and Maglor take comfort in each other.

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Firiel and Aranarth lay Arvedui's ghost to rest.

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Before he was High King, Artanáro Ereinion was simply a peredhel looking for a simple life.

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Modern AU, No Oath, No evil creatures bent on gaining control of the earth and destroying everything (I mean, there are politicians in there if you squint but... ), No Elves, No Valar. 

The day was grey, but not bad at all for a day of March in North Beleriand. Himring was a perpetually cold city, it earned its name fairly, and yet the city was well loved by its inhabitants. Next to Himring, stood the Himlad national park, mountain, forests, and protected wildlife. That attracted a lot of tourist in the summer season.

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The first of six books covering the fall of the kingdom of Arnor

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But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me, 
What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?

The Lord of the Rings, Galadriel’s Song

After Alqualondë, Artanis looks only forward. There is no returning.  Not even the curse and prophecy spoken by the dark figure standing high upon a rock could compel her to retrace her steps in sorrow.  Neither the betrayal and abandonment by the faithless Fëanáro and his sons, the ships that vanished into the unmeasured night.  She will not turn back, defeated, begging the Valar’s pardon.

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On a field of battle, a young Elrond loses his first patient. 

Written for Whumptober No. 7 - Wound Packing | "Is he conscious?"

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In the depths of Utumno, something lurks in the shadows. 

Written for Tolkien Horror Week 2026 day 1

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Mairon teaches devotion in the Temple. The most blessed offer their lives and are sent to Melkor. Mairon wants nothing more than to follow. 

Written for Tolkien Horror Week 2026 day 2

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As the Noldor prepare for war, Morgoth devises a new horror against which sword and shield are of no use. The Evil Breath brings death and grief to Hithlum, and neither the Elvish arts of healing nor the authority of the High King can keep the lives of the Edain from being swept away like wafts of mist. Where there was laughter in the summer, mourning remains in winter.

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Fingon understood that hope was a choice. It was careful and deliberate, and it was hard, and the times when having hope seemed the most impossible were the times one had to choose it over and over again, every second of every day. This was the fundamental truth at the core of Fingon’s beliefs, the centre around which he understood the world and his place in it.

Very seldom did he waver in this conviction more than he did in the months following the Dagor Bragollach.

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Fingon inherits the crown. Maedhros comes to Barad Eithel in the hour of his grief. Together, they figure out a way to move forward.

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-This stand alone novel was completed for Hobbit Day 2026. It is a multi-generational novel spanning a period of time from the formation of the Shire to the Great Plague in Year Thirty-six and focuses on the origins of an old feud between the Bucks and the Tooks.

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Lalwen after the Dagor Bragollach.

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Indis visits Formenos in the aftermath of the Darkening

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A lament for Nargothrond, in the aftermath of the Battle of Tumhalad. (Prose poem, also an exact drabble according to MS Word.)

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Thus, he lingers in this doomed city for yet another year—until he wakes to alarm bells ringing wildly and to the stench of smoke rising from the reeds.

Celebrimbor, at the Havens of Sirion.

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The Shadow was always meant to claim them both. Born the twin children of Celebrimbor and Sauron, Mirruin and Mírestel reflect on their doom before the end.

Written as a pair of sonnets in the Shakespearean style, and featuring artwork from 1rabong on Tumblr.

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Finwë received his crown from Manwë Súlimo himself, so he knows what it is to be betrayed. 
Fëanor received his crown from Finwë, so he knows what it is to die. 
Maedhros received his crown from Fëanor, so he knows what it is to burn.
Fingolfin received his crown from Maedhros, so he knows what it is to be broken.
Fingon received his crown from Fingolfin, so he knows what it is to despair. 
Turgon received his crown from Fingon, so he knows what it is to stand firm. 
Gil-galad received his crown from them all, and it’s too soon to know what he’ll do.

Gil-galad, burdened with the memories of all his predecessors, does his best.

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