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Preferred Name: Dawn

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Member since .

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.

Please don't hesitate to reach out using the contact form above or by emailing the moderator address.

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

This is a Writing fanworkJourneys 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 is a Writing fanworkThe 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 is a Writing fanworkThe 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 is a Writing fanworkBy 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 is a Writing fanworkIn 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 is a Writing fanworkSalt 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 is a Writing fanworkSeven 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:
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Chapters: 9 Word Count: 117
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This is a Writing fanworkDroplets 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 is a Writing fanworkReturn 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 is a Writing fanworkTales 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 is a Writing fanworkEstranged 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 is a Writing fanworkThe 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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This is a Writing fanworkPaper 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 is a Writing fanworkWhen 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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This is a Writing fanworkStatues 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 is a Writing fanworkThe 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 is a Writing fanworkThe 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 is a Writing fanworkForgotten 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 is a Writing fanworkConstellation 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 is a Writing fanworkMercy 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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Co-Created Fanworks

This is a Reference fanworkInterview with sesame by Dawn by sesamenom, Dawn Felagund

Sesame is the featured artist for Jaz's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "Twilight, Child Of: Comparisons Between Tinúviel, Lómion, and Undómiel" and spoke with Dawn about their artwork and the evolution from a kid who loved The Hobbit to taking notes on the fall of Gondolin.

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This is a Reference fanworkInterview with Tang Wen Xi by Dawn by SWG Newsletter Staff, Dawn Felagund

The featured artist for polutropos' Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "'Kidnap Fam' and the Living Legendarium," Tang Wen Xi creates artwork, including martial scenes, with a bold, vibrant style that often seems to leap and move within the page. Dawn recently spoke to Tang Wen Xi about his inspirations within the legendarium and how he creates his one-of-a-kind art.

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This is a Reference fanworkInterview with reese by Dawn by halethleia, Dawn Felagund

Reese is the featured author for polutropos's presentation "'Kidnap Fam' and the Living Legendarium" at Mereth Aderthad 2025. Dawn spoke with reese about the silences storytellers leave, mythology, and the appeal of alternate universe fanfiction.

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This is a Reference fanworkInterview with chrissystriped by Dawn by chrissystriped, Dawn Felagund

Chrissystriped is the featured author for Shadow's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation, "The Aromantic in Tolkien." Dawn spoke with chrissystriped about her story for Mereth Aderthad, her process as a writer, and the importance of representing aro-ace characters in fanfiction.

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This is a Reference fanworkInterview with polutropos by Dawn by polutropos, Dawn Felagund

Dawn spoke with polutropos about her upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad, “'Kidnap Fam' and the Living Legendarium," including the appeal of kidnap fam, the appeal of Maglor's character, and how The Silmarillion as an incomplete, complex word makes it ripe for both fanworks and scholarship.

Major Characters: Maglor
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This is a Reference fanworkMapping Arda, Part II: Travels through Beleriand by Anérea, Dawn Felagund

A series of articles featuring fan-made maps of all the lands of Arda. Part II explores various aspects of Beleriand.

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This is a Writing fanworkChoice Fruits by cuarthol, Dawn Felagund

Terentaulë makes her choice; but in the end, they were both fruit of the same tree.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Celegorm, Curufin
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Genres: Drama Challenges: Understory
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 341
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This is a Reference fanwork"Promote What You Love": An Interview with Elleth by Elleth, Dawn Felagund

After discovering an interest in female characters and femslash, Elleth used her enthusiasm for these fanworks to run multiple events that helped the Tolkien fandom undergo its transformation from dismissal of women characters to accepting and even celebrating fanworks about them.

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This is a Writing fanworkFinwean Correspondences on the Topic of the Edain (Posthumously Selected by Elrond Half-Elven) by Dialux, Anne Wolfe, Idrils Scribe, Dawn Felagund, Aprilertuile, janeways, Himring

Letters to and from the Feanorians, on the entry of humans to Beleriand.

Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Finrod Felagund, Maedhros, Maglor
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Genres: Family, General Challenges: Middle-earth Olympics
Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 5, 544
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This is a Audio fanworkSpring Cleaning by Russandol, Dawn Felagund

One day during the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, Manwë and Varda get ready for a celebration at Ilmarin, their halls upon the peak of Taniquetil.

Written for B2MeM 2011, Day 31: Valinor.

2nd Place, Humour: General & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011

Major Characters: Mandos, Manwë, Oromë, Tulkas, Varda
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Genres: Podfic Challenges: B2MeM 2011
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This is a Audio fanworkFive Fires by Elleth, Dawn Felagund

Ambarussa is afraid of fire to this day. There were four instances in life that made him fear.

Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Fëanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel
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Genres: Podfic Challenges:
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This is a Audio fanworkDo You Believe in Ghosts? by oshun, Dawn Felagund

Fëanor allows Amrod and Amras to sleep outside on a spooky autumn evening and the question of ghosts comes up.

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Teens Warnings: Expletive Language
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This is a Audio fanworkA Ponderous Tome by oshun, Dawn Felagund

A short character study of a youthful Elrond and a reflection on an aspect of his relationship with Maedhros and Maglor; in response to Day 26 of the B2MeM challenge. The prompt is: “a teacher who played a key role . . . . write a character who educated his people in some way.”

Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor
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Genres: Podfic Challenges: B2MeM 2009
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This is a Audio fanworkA Minor Talent by Lyra, Dawn Felagund

Young Findekáno develops a passion for a song that continues to follow him as the events of the Silmarillion unfold.

Major Characters: Fingon
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Genres: Podfic Challenges: Fifth Birthday Celebration
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This is a Audio fanworkA Binding Shadow by Erurainon, Dawn Felagund

Of the shadow of Maeglin

Major Characters: Maeglin
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This is a Writing fanworkA Sad Tale's Best for Winter by oshun, Dawn Felagund

Prompt: B2MeM 2014 - Write a story or create art about the midwinter holiday (Yule or another midwinter holiday of your choosing).

Elrond looks back on Yuletides past at two distinct periods in his life, nearly an Age and a half apart. “The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness.” (In Portugal, by AFG Bell, 1912.)

Artwork included is by Dawn Felagund. (Calligraphy and illumination of brief passages from the story. Artist's note: The calligraphy utilizes a script I developed based on Tolkien's own writing in the Tengwar of "Namárië" and "A Elbereth Gilthoniel." The illumination is based on a style used in the 15th-century Bible of Borso d'Este. Ink, acrylic, and gold leaf on Bristol vellum.)

Major Characters: Celebrían, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Elros, Erestor, Lindir
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Genres: Drama, General, Slash/Femslash Challenges: B2MeM 2014
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Chapters: 2 Word Count: 6, 386
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This is a Writing fanwork"Zimraphel" and "I who loved her" by Noliel, Dawn Felagund

Tar-Miriel faces the wave that will drown Númenor while, in the midst of the forbidden realm of Valinor, Ar-Pharazôn is granted sudden awareness of her fate.

Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Tar-Míriel
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Genres: Poetry Challenges: Akallabêth in August
Teens Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 197
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Fingon attacks Himring; Maedhros defends. A calligraphy piece done for the Hungarian Tolkien Society's Mailing Competition.

Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros
Major Relationships: Fingon & Maedhros
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
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