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Preferred Name: StarSpray
Preferred Pronouns: she/her
Member since 15 September 2013.
About Me
Hello! I am StarSpray; I can be found under the same username on AO3 and Tumblr and Dreamwidth. I like crying about Elves and giggling about Hobbits.
Fanworks by StarSpray
Grief of Cold by StarSpray
and now there was nothing left except Elwing, and Vingilot, and his mariners, and the Silmaril, and one last wild, desperate chance.
| Major Characters: Aerandir, Elwing, Erellont, Eärendil, Falathar |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 041 |
| Posted on 5 June 2016 | Updated on 5 June 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Look, It's Spring by StarSpray
She had died in bloodstained Menegroth and woke again in flowering Lórien, and now she did not know what to do.
| Major Characters: Elwing, Nimloth |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 54 |
| Posted on 17 April 2016 | Updated on 17 April 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Wildflowers by StarSpray
There are flowers everywhere and Nienor isn't quite sure why.
| Major Characters: Morwen, Nellas, Nienor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 652 |
| Posted on 3 February 2016 | Updated on 3 February 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Deeds of Small Hands by StarSpray
Lúthien is not the first Elf to discover Beren wandering the forest.
| Major Characters: Beleg, Beren, Daeron, Elu Thingol, Lúthien Tinúviel, Melian, Nellas, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 452 |
| Posted on 23 September 2015 | Updated on 23 September 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Turn at Last to Home by StarSpray
Idril returns to Tirion.
| Major Characters: Anairë, Idril, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: 10th Birthday Celebration |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 238 |
| Posted on 18 July 2015 | Updated on 18 July 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Hour of Departure by StarSpray
Uinen was crying out on behalf of the Teleri, though Ossë and Ulmo remained silent.
| Major Characters: Lalwen, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 496 |
| Posted on 20 April 2015 | Updated on 20 April 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Where Our Hearts are not so Frail by StarSpray
Nellas returns to the Withywindle valley after seeking news in Lindon.
| Major Characters: Goldberry, Nellas |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 088 |
| Posted on 28 February 2015 | Updated on 28 February 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Fate is Yours to Choose by StarSpray
With all the geological upheavel caused by the War of Wrath, the Blue Mountains are not, perhaps, the safest place to be.
| Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín, Eönwë, Nellas |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 182 |
| Posted on 15 February 2015 | Updated on 15 February 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Time to Uproot by StarSpray
"...and the cruel servants of Celegorm seized his young sons and left them to starve in the forest. Of this Maedhros indeed repented, and sought for them long in the woods of Doriath; but his search was unavailing, and of the fate of Eluréd and Elurín no tale tells.”
| Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín, Elves, Ents, Nellas |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 196 |
| Posted on 25 January 2015 | Updated on 25 January 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Up from the Ocean's Cup by StarSpray
“Are you going to tell me what’s bothering you, or are we just never going to talk again?” he asked finally, as they crested the Calacirya, and sprawling Alqualondë came into view, rainbow beaches glittering in the noonday sun. Even from there they could hear singing rising from the docks.
Elwing took a breath. “I don’t know,” she said finally. “Am I ever going to see you again?”
| Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 989 |
| Posted on 26 September 2014 | Updated on 26 September 2014 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
To Freely Choose by StarSpray
Eärendil and Elwing are summoned back to the Valar, and given a choice.
| Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil, Valar |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 300 |
| Posted on 21 April 2014 | Updated on 21 April 2014 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Shadow Child by StarSpray
Featuring Lúthien, her power, and her choices.
| Major Characters: Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel, Melian, Melkor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 965 |
| Posted on 11 April 2014 | Updated on 11 April 2014 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
By the Margin of the Sea by StarSpray
After a very long journey, Elwing comes to Alqualondë.
| Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil, Olwë, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 559 |
| Posted on 3 April 2014 | Updated on 3 April 2014 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Nothing in the World is Single by StarSpray
Befriending Elwing is not an easy task. Neither is trying to kiss her.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Elves, Elwing, Eärendil, Galadriel, Idril, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Romance | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 8, 567 |
| Posted on 4 November 2013 | Updated on 26 March 2014 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Moving Forward by StarSpray
A drabble series written for Tolkien Weekly's "Trees" challenge, centered around the beginning of the Second Age.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrimbor, Círdan, Daeron, Elrond, Elros, Eärendil, Galadriel, Gil-galad, Lindir, Sauron, Tom Bombadil |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 8 | Word Count: 17, 910 |
| Posted on 14 December 2013 | Updated on 24 December 2013 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
What I Dread Befalls Me by StarSpray
Elwing and the Sack of Sirion.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Elrond, Elros, Elwing, Erellont, Eärendil, Falathar, Galadriel, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 7, 187 |
| Posted on 21 September 2013 | Updated on 21 September 2013 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Star in Shadow Shimmering by StarSpray
Elwing cannot stand the sight of the Silmaril.
| Major Characters: Elwing |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 962 |
| Posted on 18 September 2013 | Updated on 18 September 2013 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Haunted by StarSpray
The journey from Gondolin to the Mouths of Sirion is long, and there are ghosts waiting for them.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Elves, Elwing, Eärendil, Galadriel, Idril, Tuor, Voronwë |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 571 |
| Posted on 16 September 2013 | Updated on 16 September 2013 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Co-Created Fanworks
[podfic] Luminous by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
Nerdanel crafts her first sculpture of strange but beautiful shape.
| Major Characters: Mahtan, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: Mahtan & Nerdanel |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 11 May 2023 | Updated on 11 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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[podfic] With What a Glory by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
Goldberry has a song for each season.
| Major Characters: Goldberry |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 19 May 2023 | Updated on 19 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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[podfic] Bookkeeper by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
Elanor sits down to make a copy of the Red Book.
| Major Characters: Elanor Gardner |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 21 May 2023 | Updated on 21 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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[podfic] Of Perfect Make by Chestnut_pod, StarSpray
A letter comes to the Lonely Mountain from Bag End, requesting a large number of birthday gifts for Bilbo's upcoming eleventy-first birthday. The Mountain gets to work immediately.
| Major Characters: Glóin |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Podfic | Challenges: |
| General | Warnings: |
| Posted on 25 May 2023 | Updated on 25 May 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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StarSpray's Gallery
"This mighty beech was named Hírilorn, and it had three trunks, equal in girth, smooth in rind, and exceeding tall; no branches grew from them for a great height above the ground." - The Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien"
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"I want to see mountains again--mountains, Gandalf!"
inspired by Tolkien's own drawing of the Misty Mountains, as seen on the Tolkien Estate's website.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
My piece for Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2023! This is my first year participating as an artist and I'm very excited.
The title comes from Legolas' song in ROTK; Zhie wrote the accompanying fic Never and Forever, featuring Legolas and Thranduil!
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise." - The Return of the King
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"The little silver nut [Sam] planted in the Party Field where the tree had once been; and he wondered what would come of it...
"Spring surpassed his wildest hopes...In the Party Field a beautiful young sapling leaped up: it had silver bark and long leaves and burst into golden flowers in April. it was indeed a mallorn, and it was the wonder of the neighborhood. in after years, as it grew in grace and beauty, it was known far and wide and people would come long journeys to see it: the only mallorn west of the Mountains and east of the Sea, and one of the finest in the world."
- The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
“Under her song the saplings grew and became fair and tall, and came to flower; and thus there awoke in the world the Two Trees of Valinor. Of all things which Yavanna made they have the most renown, and about their fate all the tales of the Elder Days are woven.”
~ The Silmarillion, “Of The Beginning of Days”
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
"Then [Varda] began a great labor, greatest of all the works of the Valar since their coming into Arda. She took the silver dews from the vats of Telperion, and therewith she made new stars and brighter against the coming of the Firstborn ... And high in the north as a challenge to Melkor she set the crown of seven mighty stars to swing, Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar and sign of doom." - The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves"
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
