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Himring
|Member since 30 December 2009.
About Me
I've been a Tolkien fan since I was a teenager and have been recently been whiling away some sleepless nights reading Tolkien fan fiction on this and other sites, chiefly about Maedhros. However, my copy of the Silmarillion and the rest of my Tolkien collection are sitting in various crates in another country, so apologies for any canon errors... (P.S. I've meanwhile regained access to the Silmarillion, but my apologies remain!)
General Disclaimer: 'All mine, all mine!', shrills the magpie. 'Anything that glitters in this nest I stole my very own self!' (Clarifying footnote to that: Silmarils and other glittering material in the nest have been stolen from a) Tolkien, b) Dawn Felagund, c) ford_of_bruinen, d) Oshun, e) people whose work I admire but whose names I can't remember. I've tried to mention those items for which I can reconstruct a provenance in the endnotes of the individual stories.)
ETA (2013): This bio sort of needs revising as I originally wrote it when I just had started writing Silm fic...
Anyway, here is a link to a Silm fic rec/review post of mine at the silwritersguild community on LiveJournal, posted in January 2013:
http://silwritersguild.livejournal.com/209896.html
Please consult this instead of my Favorites section on the SWG site, which I am not really maintaining.
ETA (updated 2023):
Some of my non-Silmarillion pieces are currently only archived at AO3. I also used to cross-post to a number of smaller archives that have since been taken down. I have a small SquidgeWorld account, which only contains non-Tolkien fic.
If you are looking for a "Blanket Statement": see the following entry on LiveJournal, which applies to stories posted elsewhere as well: http://hhimring.livejournal.com/24129.html
ETA 2015:
For recs now also see the SWG re-read on LiveJournal: I've added recs to the fanworks posts there for the majority of the chapters of Silmarillion. (ETA 2018: the SWG re-read has since been mirrored to Dreamwidth).
ETA (at the time of the 5th SWG celebration):
Heartfelt thanks to Alasse, Angelica, Lyra, Oshun and Spiced Wine for the Tokens.
Fanworks by Himring
In the Hills of Emerie by Himring
Ancalime in the hills of Emerie.
And music.
Major Characters: Tar-Ancalimë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: Akallabêth in August, B2MeM 2018, Middle-earth Museum |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 1, 406 |
Posted on 25 March 2018 | Updated on 1 April 2018 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Chief in a Village by Himring
Fingon wanders in Eastern Beleriand and comes across a long-lost relative.
Main story followed by extras:
Interlude - Evening, featuring Erien (OFC) thinking about Fingon and Gil-galad.
A Dog Called Mellon, recounting a small incident at Gil-galad's court in Lindon.
The small rain down can rain, featuring Fingon and a very young Gil-galad. (new)
Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Angrod, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon, Gil-galad, Lalwen, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Drama, General, Humor, Romance | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 14 | Word Count: 17, 535 |
Posted on 15 December 2012 | Updated on 31 December 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Ships in the Harbour by Himring
In the harbour of Lindon, at the beginning of the Second Age, ships are being built--ships for the Edain to leave Middle-earth for Numenor, ships to carry the Elves to Valinor. At this time, Celebrimbor has an unexpected encounter and sees his path more clearly.
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Men, Original Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Behind the Scenes |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 467 |
Posted on 10 November 2017 | Updated on 10 November 2017 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Another Tale of Tol Eressea by Himring
In the uplands of Tol Eressea, there is a place devoted to memories of Middle-earth.
Major Characters: Elrond, Eärendil, Eärwen, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 820 |
Posted on 28 October 2017 | Updated on 28 October 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Witnesses by Himring
Aragorn is told about his ancestors by those who saw them with their own eyes.
Major Characters: Aragorn, Celeborn, Elrond, Galadriel, Glorfindel |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: Ancestors |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 265 |
Posted on 4 October 2017 | Updated on 4 October 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Quenya Names: First Aid by Himring
A quick and dirty compilation of Quenya names used in fan fiction and their meanings, for readers who are having problems with working out who is who in fic.
Major Characters: |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 685 |
Posted on 1 October 2017 | Updated on 1 October 2017 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Neighbourly Relations by Himring
In Beleriand, the newly assigned territory of Angrod and Aegnor borders on the territory of the cousins who betrayed them.
From the time of settlement to their death in battle, what were the relations between Angrod and Aegnor and their cousin Maedhros, son of Feanor?
Now added: "First Meeting" (Aegnor/Andreth). A related ficlet.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth, Angrod, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2013 |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 6, 618 |
Posted on 15 June 2013 | Updated on 30 September 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A King Unkinged (For the Love He Bore Feanor) by Himring
Finwe arrives in Formenos.
Major Characters: Celegorm, Fëanor, Finwë, Huan, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 469 |
Posted on 23 September 2017 | Updated on 23 September 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Cutting Ties by Himring
Anarion, son of Elendil, on his way into exile.
Major Characters: Anárion |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Song of Exile |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 197 |
Posted on 9 September 2017 | Updated on 9 September 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Far From The World We Know by Himring
At the top of Elwing's white tower.
Earendil has landed, back from traversing the pathless sky, and Elwing has flown to meet him.
Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General, Romance | Challenges: Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 168 |
Posted on 9 August 2017 | Updated on 9 August 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Of Voronwe's Parents by Himring
Two vignettes featuring the parents of Voronwe of Gondolin.
Inspired by Oshun's bio of Voronwe's father Aranwe, which is here.
Major Characters: Aranwë, Original Female Character(s), Turgon, Voronwë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: New Directions |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 150 |
Posted on 15 July 2017 | Updated on 15 July 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Fugue by Himring
Maedhros faces Elwing at the Havens of Sirion.
Chiefly from Maedhros's point of view.
With a cameo of little Elrond taking charge.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elwing, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 345 |
Posted on 26 May 2017 | Updated on 26 May 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Words by Himring
A short extra scene in the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth:
Finrod and Andreth discuss matters of language.
Major Characters: Andreth, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Woman's Sceptre |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 831 |
Posted on 9 May 2017 | Updated on 9 May 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
In Praise of the Feast at Ivrin by Himring
Of the Feast of Reuniting at the pools of Ivrin it is said that the joy of that feast was long remembered in later days of sorrow.
Major Characters: Fingolfin, Noldor, Sindar |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 169 |
Posted on 1 May 2017 | Updated on 1 May 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Waste Paper by Himring
Maedhros has been re-embodied and is living in Findekano's house in Tirion. But where is Nerdanel?
Maedhros is suffering from the worst kind of writer's block. In some ways, it turns out, he is not so very different from his mother.
[Now added: a fourth chapter]
Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Mahtan, Nerdanel |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 1, 076 |
Posted on 17 April 2012 | Updated on 22 April 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Elf at the Bottom of the Garden by Himring
Could Amras, son of Feanor, and Haldar, Haleth's brother, have met?
I think they could--well, in my 'verse, at any rate.
Another glimpse of the early history of the Haladin, also featuring a very young Haleth.
Written both for the "Strength and Beauty" challenge at SWG and for the Ambarussa day of Feanorian Week (Tumblr), although it features only Amras.
Major Characters: Amras, Haldad, Haldar, Haleth |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Strength and Beauty |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 585 |
Posted on 24 March 2017 | Updated on 24 March 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Three by the Door by Himring
Elros, future King of Numenor, makes the acquaintance of some of his future subjects--and finds out that some traditions that he thought forgotten have survived the drowning of Beleriand.
Major Characters: Elros, Men |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Revolution |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 688 |
Posted on 4 March 2017 | Updated on 4 March 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
An Act of Faith by Himring
Finarfin, recently crowned king of the Noldor remaining in Valinor, summons Curufin's wife, because a certain rumour has reached his ears.
Major Characters: Finarfin, Noldor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 513 |
Posted on 25 February 2017 | Updated on 25 February 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Something Un-Feanorian by Himring
Elrond has a posthumous conversation with Maedhros at the time of the Fall of Eregion.
With glimpses of Elros and of the Third Kinslaying.
Now added: The Decision (gapfiller for the main story, Elrond's POV)
Major Characters: Elrond, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Akallabêth in August |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 6, 956 |
Posted on 29 August 2011 | Updated on 18 February 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
In Between by Himring
Thengel of Rohan and Morwen of Lossarnach had two daughters that were born in Gondor, before Thengel's father died and he returned to Rohan to take up the kingship.
Such a daughter might have found it easy to adjust--or she might not...
Major Characters: Men |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Taboo |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 527 |
Posted on 8 February 2017 | Updated on 8 February 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Himring's Gallery
Photograph of a tree in autumn (lightly edited) with two lines of accompanying text.
Originally submitted (without the title) for the Manwe's Mailbag challenge for a postcard prompt.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".
Major Characters: TilionMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |