Fanworks Tagged with Mature Themes

As Nargothrond reacts to Finrod's death, Celebrimbor secretly goes to Orodreth.

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Nerdanel ran her fingers along one, and turned her thoughts to her son, hoping for a glimpse of more than a misty shore, or of the ragged hem of his cloak. She wished to see his face, wished to see that he was somewhere safe and warm and perhaps not still alone after so long. But even a glimpse of him lonely but whole upon the shore would be a relief, and enough to banish the dreams that had troubled her, knowing them for just dreams and nothing more.

Troubled by dark dreams, Nerdanel picks up a palantír to seek for Maglor. She finds him. 

After, Maedhros has returned to life and also seeks for his brother--and also finds him.

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Celebrimbor comes to Galadriel with word of Annatar’s betrayal, and offers her a gift.

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A selection of brief writings (mostly conforming to drabbles but some veer into dribble territory) from the SWG events on January 18-19, 2025.

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Maglor, a Jedi, gets roped into investigating the theft of the Silmarilli and some Sindarin treasures. His partner? The Singer Daeron.

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But at the very end of the letter she spoke of one more prisoner that Elladan and Elrohir had discovered in one of the deepest dungeons of Dol Guldur, locked away behind a door unopened in so long that the hinges had rusted. 

Maglor has been rescued from Dol Guldur, and now faces a long road of healing.

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Maglor's wanderings take him up the Anduin, where orcs find him and take him to Dol Guldur--where the Necromancer dwells. 

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Maedhros' rescue from Thangorodrim left him deeply scarred. But how did it impact Fingon as his rescuer? A drabble sequence from Thangorodrim to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

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In his own wanderings, Daeron comes to the shore--and finds Maglor. 

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Every morning, I leave you; every evening, you bring me back. An endless game—until the day it is not.

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This is an analysis on whether the Sindar ate the Petty-dwarves during the years they hunted them, completed for the 'Literary Analysis' prompt on the "Tolkien Meta" bingo card.

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Rían falls unconscious at the Mound of the Slain and hears Huor's voice telling her to live.

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The memories Lalwen holds to or pushes away, on each side of the Ice.

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On the Helcaraxë, Fingolfin invokes his family's strength and courage rather than the Valar.

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In the wake of Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the Dwarves of Belegost mourn their dead.

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Two Orcs discuss the increased price on Beren's head.

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After Maglor is brutalized, he seeks out Daeron. Help he may gain, but comfort, little.

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Maedhros in Angband

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Orcs: a treatise on dissection.

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Maglor assists Maedhros with pain therapy, but his bedside manner is lacking.

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Nimruzimir, a natural philosopher recently out of his apprenticeship, hardly considers himself very important to anyone, least of all his colleagues.  When his strange, prophetic fits bring him to the attention of the High Priest, however, he may find that his existence is less superfluous than he had originally thought. 

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Re-embodied Celebrimbor can’t find peace in Aman, so he takes the icy road Helcaraxë back to Middle-earth. The world is changed, however, and he finds himself in a very different place. But what if his past comes back to haunt him even there?

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Maeglin witnesses a coming-of-age ceremony among the Dwarves of Belegost. Written for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's 2024 Mailing Competition.

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Elenwë did not marry for love, and finds herself longing through the years for something forbidden.

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In his brother's final moments, Curufin must play an unexpected role.

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