New Challenge: Title Track
Tolkien's titles range from epic to lyrical to metaphorical. This month's challenge selected 125 of them as prompts for fanworks.
Along Came A Spider by Aearwen2Few have not heard of her, but hardly any know her true story.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Blood and Fire by ClodiaFragments of falling Doriath, centred on Oropher. Dior will not give up the jewel... MEFA 2010 First Place (Races: Elves: General).
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Dior, Eluréd, Elurín, Elwing, Erestor, Galadriel, Nimloth, Original Character(s), Oropher, Sons of Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
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Don't Explain by GwidhielGaladriel's return to Aman prompts Indis to reflect on the state of her fragmented family and defunct marriage.
| Major Characters: Estë, Eärwen, Finarfin, Findis, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Indis, Lórien, Melian, Míriel Serindë, Nienna, Vairë |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Strong Women |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Flawed, yet Precious by KhaosityThe life story of a certain fallen Maia, told from his perspective. Dark, or rather will be.
| Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Celebrimbor, Gil-galad, Melkor, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama, Erotica, Het, Horror, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Torture, Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Graphic) |
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Footnote to the Akallabêth by clotho123The results of the Downfall, from the point of view of the Noldor in Aman. Semi-serious.
| Major Characters: Amarië, Anairë, Eärwen, Finarfin, Finrod Felagund, Indis, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Hastaina by Dawn FelagundWhile embarking upon an Arctic expedition in hopes of discovering secret knowledge that might relieve the marring of Arda, a loremaster of Tirion makes a much darker discovery that undermines the very foundation of his belief. Inspired by the style and mythology of H.P. Lovecraft.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Fëanor, Valar |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Crossover | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
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Hearts Like the Sea by IgnobleBardAn adventurous Elwe (Thingol) and lonely Nowe (Cirdan) form a friendship before the First Age.
| Major Characters: Círdan, Elu Thingol |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Erotica, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
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Hidden Within by KeilissPast meets present; two elves and a sword, words of power sung under starlight.
MEFA 2009: Genres: Character Study: Friendship, First Place
| Major Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Light Over the Mountain by pandemonium_213Wine colored sea
Long before the Ainur entered the Circles of Arda, the Guardians, greatest of the Ainur, rescued an unusual group of children from a war-torn land. In this series of vignettes, one of those rescued recounts the terrible events of his childhood that set him on a path to control his destiny and the world around him, a path that would lead to infamy.
MEFA 2011 Winner. Second Place, Incomplete, Drama
| Major Characters: Eönwë, Gandalf, Melkor, Original Character(s), Radagast, Saruman, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama, Science Fiction | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
On the Twilit Planet Below by darthfingon"Now they begin their new lives."
A rigid society on a distant planet imprisons free thinkers. A vast ship transports prisoners across the galaxy to their new home colony.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Science Fiction | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Sporting Woods by IgnobleBard"Your throne is my cousin Ernie,” the first tree replied. “Gossip is pretty much all there is to do around here."
Namo takes a stroll through Lórien.
| Major Characters: Mandos |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Humor | Challenges: B2MeM 2009 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Sylvanlight, Book I by slflewWhat if Feanor's accusations to the Valar were correct?
What if everything you hoped for was a lie?
Valinor is not the paradise expected to be; Earendil's star has fallen - is it the beginning of Dagor Dagorath?
In Sylvanlight the stories of the Silmarillion are turned over and inside out, mysteries and dark intent surfacing if one simple fact is truth.
| Major Characters: Ainur, Amarië, Caranthir, Curufin, Elrond, Elu Thingol, Elwing, Eärendil, Fëanor, Finrod Felagund, Manwë, Melian, Melkor, Original Character(s), Sons of Fëanor, Tulkas, Túrin, Ulmo, Valar, Varda |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Drama, Science Fiction | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
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Tears on the Battlefield by AlassanteSome of the House of Finwë prepares for The Final Battle.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros, Maeglin, Maglor, Mandos, Sons of Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: General, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary by ClodiaBeing a fantastical account of the Lady Galadriel’s journey to Middle-earth by an unknown author; edited and with critical comments by Erestor and Melinna of Ered Luin; preface by the Lord Celeborn of Lórinand, formerly of Doriath, Sirion and Eregion.
MEFA 2010 Third Place (Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves).
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Erestor, Fëanor, Galadriel, Olwë, Original Character(s), Sons of Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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The Last Ship by clotho123The Last Ship is about to sail from the Grey Havens and an unexpected encounter an unexpected encounter leads Celeborn to ponder some new questions.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Círdan, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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The Longest Night by Dawn FelagundIn the depths of a bitter winter, Finrod Felagund receives an invitation from Bëor to attend a strange midwinter festival in honor of the longest night of the year. Written for the 2009 Yule Fic Exchange on Many Paths to Tread.
| Major Characters: Bëor, Beren, Finrod Felagund |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes |
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The Swan's Song by KimberleigheThe story of Idhreniel
Chapter 10 includes: politics, dreams, and a lecture.
The tales and travels of Gil-galad's chief counselor during the Second Age.
| Major Characters: Amroth, Celeborn, Celebrían, Celebrimbor, Círdan, Elrond, Erestor, Galadriel, Gil-galad, Glorfindel, Original Character(s), Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama, General, Romance | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Touch of a Vanished Hand by elfscribeWhen Elendil and his group of Númenórean refugees wash up on Lindon's shores, Elrond's past comes back to haunt him.
MEFA 2010 First Place winner:Times, Second & Early Third Age
| Major Characters: Elendil, Elrond, Elros, Gildor |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language |
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Wanderlust by ClodiaA brief background for Erestor, stretching from the ages of the stars to the foundation of Imladris. MEFA 2009 Third Place (Times: First Age and Prior: General).
| Major Characters: Círdan, Elrond, Erestor, Melian, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain by darthfingonAt the end of the First Age, religious feuds and civil unrest threaten Valmar and Tirion. A 'What-If' AU.
New in Chapter 20: Sidaizon sets out to begin his new duties as Oraistar of Oichimyaiva, and learns some disturbing news from Vedezir.
| Major Characters: Amarië, Ingwë, Ingwion, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major characters listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama | Challenges: Another Place in Time |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
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| This fanwork is a work in progress. |