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Preferred Name: Shadow
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About Me
Loves Tolkien, Physics and the stars.
Blanket permission on all of my works here, but please contact me once you post stuff! I'd love to listen to/read/look at what you do with my works!
If anything is ever exempted from the blanket permission, it will be explicitly stated here.
Fanworks by daughterofshadows
Unforgotten by daughterofshadows
Carrying the Silmaril for millennia has consequences.
| Major Characters: Eärendil |
| Major Relationships: Eärendil + Ilmarë |
| Genres: | Challenges: Bollywood |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 135 |
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Lament for the Singer by daughterofshadows
A short thing about Maglor, death and grieving.
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| Genres: | Challenges: Funky 70s |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 64 |
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A blip on the radar by daughterofshadows
Humanity took to the skies. Eärendil and Ilmarë adjust.
| Major Characters: Eärendil, Ilmarë |
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| Genres: Crossover | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 138 |
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Darkened paths by daughterofshadows
Aredhel walks a dark path.
| Major Characters: Aredhel |
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| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 64 |
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Waltzing with you by daughterofshadows
It's a nice evening and Laurendil is trying to teach Rog to dance.
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Nonbinary Character(s), Rog, Salgant |
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| Genres: Family | Challenges: It Comes in Threes |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 106 |
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That could have gone worse by daughterofshadows
Barhador was so not prepared for getting his period.
| Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Rog |
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| Genres: | Challenges: Meet & Greet |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 104 |
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A good day by daughterofshadows
Salgant gets some unexpected gifts
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Nonbinary Character(s), Rog, Salgant |
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| Genres: Fluff | Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Rejects |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 218 |
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Meet me in the Woods by daughterofshadows
Melian meets Thingol for the first time.
| Major Characters: Melian |
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| Genres: | Challenges: Understory |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 146 |
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Letter for you by daughterofshadows
Over the course of their friendship, Arador and Belladonna write many letters to each other.
Here are two of them.
| Major Characters: Arador, Belladonna Took Baggins |
| Major Relationships: Arador & Belladonna Took Baggins |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: Experimental |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 257 |
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Círdan's Guide to sailing the Straight Road by daughterofshadows
The sea is full of dangers, and the Straight Road is no exception.
As my people now leave these shores behind, it is my hope that this book will be of aid to those who choose to sail in the years to come.
May it guide you safely across the sea and to the shores of Valinor and may the wind and the waves be ever in your favour.
"Travel advice was very helpful, but we were glad the people of Dol Amroth helped us to build the boat. 4/5 stars." - L&G
"Perhaps finding this book was a sign to finally sail and face whatever awaits me across the sea." - M. F.
"Mighty helpful book. Wouldn't have made it across the sea without it. Hope I'll get to say thank you in person someday. 5/5 stars." - S. G.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Original Nonbinary Character(s), Círdan |
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| Genres: Experimental, General | Challenges: Roaring Twenties |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 5, 331 |
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Don't Lose Your Head by daughterofshadows
After his death, Fingolfin does not go to the Halls of Mandos.
| Major Characters: Fingolfin, Rochallor |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Dip the Ladle |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
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Review of "Tolkien and Diversity" by daughterofshadows
The recent Tolkien Society Seminar proceedings "Tolkien and Diversity" explore both cultural identity and the international fan community and how Tolkien's fanworks and fandom represent marginalized identities.
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It's not easy, but it's worth it by daughterofshadows
Three characters, three moments. Three stages of the same journey. The road of self-acceptance is never smooth.
| Major Characters: Arwen, Círdan, Gil-galad |
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| Genres: General | Challenges: Secret Gate |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 280 |
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Underwater friends by daughterofshadows
Two snapshots. Osse and Uinen under the sea.
| Major Characters: Ossë, Uinen |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Bestiary of Arda |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 204 |
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Éowyn - warrior & healer by daughterofshadows
Éowyn refuses to be a foot note in the history of men.
| Major Characters: Éowyn |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 408 |
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Awesome Ladies by daughterofshadows
4 women, 4 story cycles, 400 words each.
Snapshots from the lives of four incredible women in Tolkien.
| Major Characters: Belladonna Took Baggins, Galadriel, Lúthien Tinúviel, Nerdanel |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Middle-earth Is Multitudes |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 1, 641 |
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Fly me to the Moon by daughterofshadows
Arwen remembers a dream, Aragorn makes a prediction, and Minas Tirith flies.
Millenia later, Eärendil gets company on the Vingilot and remembers his childhood.
Oh, and there are hot air balloons.
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Aragorn, Arwen, Eärendil |
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| Genres: | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 583 |
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We'll dance among the stars by daughterofshadows
We spend some time with our friends from Gondolin, learn about Nellas and Galdor's relationship in this universe and do a lot of worldbuilding.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Galdor of the Tree, Legolas of Gondolin, Nellas |
| Major Relationships: Galdor of the Tree/Nellas |
| Genres: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Family, Science Fiction | Challenges: Jubilee, X Marks the Spot |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 5, 992 |
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For love to bloom by daughterofshadows
Dís, Belladonna and a quiet day together.
| Major Characters: Belladonna Took Baggins, Dís |
| Major Relationships: Belladonna Took Baggins/Dís |
| Genres: Femslash, Ficlet, Fluff, Romance | Challenges: Block Party, Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 228 |
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Into the Unknown - Welcome to the Beleriand System by daughterofshadows
Welcome to the Beleriand System!
Join me as we traverse space stations and ships great and small, meet characters from all across the legendarium and explore new and exciting parts of the Arda Galaxy!
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| Genres: Alternate Universe, Family, General, Science Fiction | Challenges: Also Appearing |
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Co-Created Fanworks
Interview with Kai Janik by Shadow by Kai Janik, daughterofshadows
Kai is the featured artist for Maglor's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation, "Gil-galad was an Elven King: Kingship and Personhood in the last High King of the Noldor." Shadow spoke with Kai about his wide range of interests and inspirations in the legendarium and why Maglor's presentation so intrigued him that he finished the art for it the first night.
| Major Characters: Gil-galad |
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Interview with fish by Shadow by fish, daughterofshadows
Fish is the featured artist for Stella's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "Cherished antagonist, despised protagonist - a defence of Elu Thingol." Shadow spoke with fish about his creative process, the importance of both tragedy and eucatastrophe to Tolkien's works, and the appeal of "greyness" in Silmarillion characters like Elu Thingol.
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Interview with Idrils Scribe by Shadow by Idrils Scribe, daughterofshadows
Idrils Scribe is the featured author for Stella Getreuer-Kostrouch's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation, "Cherished antagonist, despised protagonist - a defence of Elu Thingol." Shadow spoke with Idril about her story for the event, about the disproportionate criticism Thingol tends to receive in the fandom, the endless layers of the legendarium, and the arc of fandom history that makes inclusive communities essential for creators to thrive.
| Major Characters: Elu Thingol |
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Interview with Anérea and Shadow by Anérea, daughterofshadows
Anérea and Shadow are the respective featured artist and featured author for Zhie's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation, "How To Make a Star From a Tree: The Science of Telperion and Laurelin," and they are both interviewers for Mereth Aderthad as well. They spoke to each other about their projects for Zhie's presentation, the symbolism and physics of light, and the magic of Tolkien and fandom.
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Interview with Varda delle Stelle by Shadow by Varda delle Stelle, daughterofshadows
As the featured artist for cloudyhymn's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "The Design of Dragons and the Doom of the Dwarves," Varda delle Stelle describes her idea for this presentation as springing fully formed as Athena from Zeus's head. Varda chatted with Shadow about what drew her to this presentation, her approach to painting, and her hopes for her Mereth Aderthad work.
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Interview with Grundy by Shadow by Grundy, daughterofshadows
Long fascinated with the Manhattan Project, Grundy was naturally drawn to Cindy Gates' Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation “Tolkien, Lunatic Physicists, and Abnegation" and is making a work of glass art to accompany it. Shadow spoke to Grundy about her inspiration on the project and long love of Tolkien.
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Interview with Azh, Admirable Monster by Shadow by AdmirableMonster, daughterofshadows
As a physicist themself, Azh confronts the issues around the ethical use of science in both the professional and creative realms. Shadow spoke with Azh about their story "Lightborn," written to accompany Cindy Gates' Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation “Tolkien, Lunatic Physicists, and Abnegation,” its real-life inspirations, and the importance of fallibility in Tolkien's world.
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Interview with Dawn Felagund by Shadow by Dawn Felagund, daughterofshadows
In our series of interviews of creators for Mereth Aderthad, Shadow spoke with Dawn about her story, written for Savannah Horrell's "By Guile Committed: Comparing Tolkien’s Thieves to Beowulf" presentation, the balance of planning an event and creating for it at the same time, and the intersection of Tolkien and Beowulf.
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Interview with bunn by Shadow by bunn, daughterofshadows
Bunn is the featured author for for cloudyhymn's presentation "The Design of Dragons and the Doom of Dwarves" and the featured artist for Savannah Horrell's presentation "By Guile Committed: Comparing Tolkien’s Thieves to Beowulf." Shadow spoke with bunn about the mystery of dragons, the appeal of Dwarves, and the many ways Tolkien's work connects to Beowulf.
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Interview with Zhie by Shadow by SWG Newsletter Staff, daughterofshadows
There are rewards in considering the scientific roots of aspects of the legendarium typically considered mythic or folkloric. Shadow spoke with Zhie about the challenges of investigating such a topic as a non-scientist for Zhie's upcoming Mereth Aderthad paper "How to Make a Star from a Tree: The Science of Telperion and Laurelin."
| Major Characters: Laurelin, Telperion |
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Interview with cloudyhymns by Shadow by cloudyhymns, daughterofshadows
Shadow spoke with cloudyhymns about his upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad 2025, "The Design of Dragons and the Doom of the Dwarves," where he shares his theory about how Dwarves and dragons are connected in the legendarium, a topic full of implications for fanworks.
| Major Characters: Dwarves |
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Interview with Maglor by Shadow by maglor-my-beloved, daughterofshadows
Maglor spoke with Shadow about his upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad, "Gil-galad was an Elven King: Kingship and Personhood in the Last High King of the Noldor," and what makes Gil-galad such an intriguing—and mysterious—character.
| Major Characters: Gil-galad |
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Interview with Acha Rezak (Quente) by Shadow by Quente, daughterofshadows
Shadow spoke to Acha Rezak about her upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad, which reads Tolkien less as a Catholic Christian work and more as a world inclusive of many religions, especially in its focus on nature and landscapes
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Might As Well Dance by Grundy, polutropos, daughterofshadows, Anérea
Beren, Lúthien, and Huan circling each other, love, and doom.
| Major Characters: Beren, Huan, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien, Beren & Huan, Huan & Lúthien |
| Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: Arda on Ice |
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| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 610 |
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daughterofshadows's Gallery
A collage about Nimrodel, Amroth (and Mithrellas) and their flight to Edhellond.
Art for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang
Major Characters: Nimrodel, Amroth, MithrellasMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
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Four art pieces for Scribbles & Drabbles 2025.
Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Círdan, RogMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
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Semi-abstract arts representing the queens of the Valar.
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Challenge: Bollywood, Jubilee, Potluck Bingo, Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General
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My collection of Scribbles & Drabbles Arts for 2024!
Major Characters: Círdan, Belladonna Took Baggins, Fëanor, Celegorm, Lúthien Tinúviel, Nerdanel, Rog, PenlodMajor Relationships: Fëanor/Nerdanel
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
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A moodboard for a Celegorm/Lúthien Modern AU inspired by the song You better you bet by The Who.
Major Characters: Celegorm, Huan, Lúthien TinúvielMajor Relationships: Celegorm/Lúthien
Challenge: Turgon's Rock Opera
Rating: General
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The gallery for my Lord of the Rings and Hobbit inspired Scribbles & Drabbles 2023 art.
Some cracky, some serious, mostly dwarves and hobbits.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
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The gallery of my Silmarillion themed arts for Scribbles & Drabbles 2023. Featuring a myriad of characters and art types.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
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Rating: General
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