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Preferred Name: Dawn
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About Me
Like many Tolkien fans, I discovered his work through Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films and solidified my fan status after reading the books. I founded the Silmarillion Writers' Guild in 2005 and, over the past decade-plus, have worked to grow the community as a place for Tolkien fans to gather, share fanworks, and discuss his work.
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I welcome fanworks (art, podfic, translations, etc.) based on my fanworks. This is me giving you permission to do it; you don't need to ask. Please link to the work you're using (here, please, not AO3) and credit me as Dawn Felagund.
Fanworks by Dawn Felagund
Journeys of Vása by Dawn Felagund
A series of vignettes about the first rising of the Sun, from the perspectives of different characters. Check the Table of Contents for more specific summaries and warnings. MEFA 2008 nominee.
| Major Characters: Arien, Aulë, Fingolfin, Mahtan, Melkor, Pengolodh, Tilion |
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| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 4, 727 |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
The Small and Secret Things by Dawn Felagund
An attempt at writing a drabble or other short fiction every day, based on the Dictionary.com Word of the Day. Please see the story notes for more information. ETA: This project is on indefinite hiatus. I am working on my second degree as well as working full-time and so have had to tell the muses to take a hike. Hopefully, once my classes end, I'll be able to get back into writing.
| Major Characters: Amandil, Ar-Pharazôn, Aulë, Caranthir, Celegorm, Eärwen, Fëanor, Finarfin, Fingolfin, Finwë, Haleth, Maedhros, Maglor, Mandos, Melkor, Míriel Serindë, Nerdanel, Original Character(s), Tar-Míriel, Tar-Palantir, Turgon |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Torture, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 36 | Word Count: 11, 218 |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
The Scribe and the Heir by Dawn Felagund
For Oshun, a story about the time (in my personal storyverse) where young Maedhros worked as a royal scribe. He is forced to consider his role as his father's heir and how his decisions might worsen the disintegrating relationship between Fëanor and Fingolfin. 2008 MEFA nominee.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Finarfin, Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros |
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| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 117 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
By the Light of Roses by Dawn Felagund
What if Erestor had been part of the House of Fëanor from the beginning, in Aman? An AU look at the crumbling house of Fëanor through the eyes of one of Middle-earth's loremasters.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Fëanor, Original Character(s), Sons of Fëanor |
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| Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Gift of a Story, One True Love |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 15 | Word Count: 68, 795 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
In the Town Called Acceptance by Dawn Felagund
Young Maglor and Celegorm come to an understanding that they will always be the sons most unlike their father.
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Fëanor, Maglor |
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| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Gift of a Story, Family Matters |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 505 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Salt by Dawn Felagund
How Caranthir's strange temperament, the sea, and his love for his mother changed the fate of Middle-earth. A strange tale about a strange Elf. 2007 MEFA winner: 2nd Place in First Age and Prior.
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Nerdanel, Sons of Fëanor |
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| Genres: Drama, Experimental | Challenges: It's Magic!, Gift of a Story, From Evil Comes Good |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 7, 964 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Seven in '07 Character Biographies by Dawn Felagund
In July 2007, the Seven in '07 event honored the House of Fëanor and the inspiration it has given to the Tolkien fandom. Each character's page included a brief biography, archived here for ease of reference. Please see the Table of Contents for a listing of all available characters.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel |
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| Genres: Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 9 | Word Count: 117 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Droplets by Dawn Felagund
The life of Elrond, First Age through Fourth Age, told in double drabbles. 2007 MEFA winner: 2nd Place, Multi-Age Fixed-Length Ficlet.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 9 | Word Count: 1, 813 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Return to Me by Dawn Felagund
Finarfin assists with the re-embodiment of his son Finrod.
| Major Characters: Finarfin, Finrod Felagund, Mandos |
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| Genres: Experimental, Horror | Challenges: Nature of Fear, Halls of Mystery, Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 496 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Tales of Thanksgiving: A Drabble Collection by Dawn Felagund
Series of fixed-length ficlets written as holiday gifts for friends in 2006. Content varies for each drabble, so please heed the warnings posted at the top of each. Adult-rated ficlets are marked with an asterisk (*). MEFA 2007 winner: 3rd Place, First Age and Prior.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Eärwen, Fëanor, Finarfin, Fingolfin, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Finwë, Haleth, Maedhros, Maglor, Mahtan, Nerdanel, Original Character(s), Rúmil (Valinor), Sons of Fëanor |
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| Genres: Drama, Experimental, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Romance | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 25 | Word Count: 11, 978 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Estranged by Dawn Felagund
The estrangement of Nerdanel and Fëanáro following his exile to Formenos.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Maedhros, Nerdanel, Sons of Fëanor |
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| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Parting's Sorrow, Gift of a Story, Family Matters |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 4, 435 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
The Coveted by Dawn Felagund
On Caranthir's betrothal to his wife.
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Original Character(s) |
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| Genres: Drama, Romance | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 7, 113 |
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Paper by Dawn Felagund
Curufin escapes to the realms of fantasy to escape the pressures of his family and discovers the thrill of first love.
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Original Character(s) |
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| Genres: General | Challenges: Family Matters, Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 108 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
When the Stars Smile by Dawn Felagund
A romantic comedy about how Caranthir met his wife and developed his disdain for the House of Finarfin.
| Major Characters: Amarië, Caranthir, Celegorm, Finrod Felagund, Maedhros, Maglor, Original Character(s) |
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| Genres: Humor, Romance | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 514 |
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Statues by Dawn Felagund
Lost in grief over her husband and sons, Nerdanel begins to construct statues to ease her loneliness. Discovered in her pursuit by Eärwen, Nerdanel's exceptional skill might be used to offer some consolation to the Teleri.
| Major Characters: Eärwen, Fëanor, Finarfin, Nerdanel, Sons of Fëanor, Teleri |
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| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 619 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
The Tapestries by Dawn Felagund
Shortly after his death, Fëanor discovers in the halls of Mandos the tapestries his mother has woven about his life. Seen through Míriel's eyes, the tapestries look back at the time from the kinslaying at Alqualondë, to the Fëanorians' arrival in Middle-earth, to his untimely death at the hands of the Balrogs. Fëanor is faced with both the weight of his deeds, as seen through another's eyes, and his contributions to the Noldor.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Mandos, Míriel Serindë, Sons of Fëanor |
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| Genres: Drama, Experimental, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Torture, Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 11 | Word Count: 18, 240 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
The Choices of Spirits by Dawn Felagund
Unlucky in love, Caranthir has settled into his lonely life in Middle-earth when love comes from the most unexpected of places: a mortal woman leading a band of refugees upon his land. In the love that grows between Haleth and Caranthir, the two cannot quite overcome the expectations of their people to be together fully, as they wish, and they face the inevitability of separation after death.
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Haleth |
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| Genres: Romance | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 8, 015 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Forgotten Lore by Dawn Felagund
Nerdanel's life told as the lessons she has learned, in a series of eight double drabbles. Written for a birthday challenge for allie_meril, who asked for stories about students.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel |
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| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 528 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Constellation by Dawn Felagund
In Aman, an unexpected friendship forms between Caranthir, the misunderstood son of Fëanor, and Rúmil, the Noldorin loremaster who survived the dungeons of Utumno. The two see each other as others cannot, but their friendship is tested when the Darkening of Valinor leads to a string of atrocities that try both their spirits.
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Rúmil (Valinor) |
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| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Torture, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 249 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Mercy by Dawn Felagund
Celegorm fell first at Doriath and heard not the call of Mandos. He watches his two brothers fall in turn, and then his spirit finds two children in the forest, where he will realize his final purpose.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Eluréd, Elurín, Maedhros, Maglor |
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| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 759 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
Dawn Felagund's Gallery
Fingon attacks Himring; Maedhros defends. A calligraphy piece done for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's Mailing Competition.
Major Characters: Fingon, MaedhrosMajor Relationships: Fingon & Maedhros
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |

