Drabbles and short stories about the House of Bëor and their elves. Mostly light-hearted addendums to Hold Fast Ere Night Comes and other stories set in Dorthonion before the Dagor Bragollach. 

What is the War of Wrath if not the opportunity for most unexpected and horrible reunions?

Answers to a few loose ends from Of Ingwë Ingweron, and why dragons were only the last in a long list of terrible foes that the Army of the Valar faced in the final years of the First Age.

Fingolfin is introduced to a bizarre mortal custom.

One of the Noldor women left behind in Valinor is motivated to join the Army of the Valar and comes to Middle-earth looking for a childhood friend.

A short companion piece to Promise You won't Forget and Release from Bondage.

Horses are both a dire necessity in the fledgling war against Morgoth and a pressing grievance among the Noldor during those initial years in Beleriand.
Simply, Prince Fingolfin and his followers need them. And they don't have them.

The story of the sixth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

What Elwing seeks at the end of their long ocean voyage.

A family meal in the last days of the First Age.

The story of the second companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

Beren has done this before, carrying the names of the dead.

The story of the fourth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

The story of the ninth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

I was asked from a tumblr prompt about head-canons for various traits about Nerdanel and/or Indis, and the answer evolved into a vaguely romantic character study, though can be read as close friendship between two wise and creative ladies.

On the autumn equinox the first men to arrive in Beleriand dance and sing to remember how and why they fled over the mountains. On the night of masks, a young Beren is dragged before the throne.

Companion piece to The Brides of Death.

They are the equal -if not greater- in worth to the Silmarils.

The story of the fifth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

On the eve of the War of Wrath, Ingwion asks his father to be the one to lead the Vanyar in battle. Afterwards his family dinner highlights a hidden motive in his eagerness to journey to Beleriand.

The story of the seventh companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 

These are the girls of Minas Tirith before Sauron comes.

(Character study to Release from Bondage)

In an alternative universe Aegnor and Andreth do marry. That does not stop the philosophical debates. Or more mundane questions. Where Angrod's worries about his family are a little more prosaic and involve Beleriand's version of baby name books.