Stars, hide your fires by Lyra, Independence1776, Fernstrike, Raiyana

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the Team Storytelling event of the Block Party challenge. Our ingredients were:
crafts
swords
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
ebony

Writing by Fernstrike and Raiyana. Moodboard by Independence1776; capital initials by Lyra.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

All things in Arda are filled with Song, and each Song is a story - even for that which does not seem to have its own voice. This is the tale of one such thing; of a smith, a dwarf, and a bowman, and the fallen star that sang its way through their histories.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Bard, Maeglin

Major Relationships:

Genre: Experimental

Challenges: Block Party

Rating: General

Warnings: Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 9 Word Count: 3, 445
Posted on 17 May 2020 Updated on 17 January 2022

This fanwork is a work in progress.

Table of Contents

Book Cover
Chapter 1: On which I must fall down
Chapter 2: or else o’erleap
Chapter 3: Stars, hide your fires
Chapter 4: Let not light see
Chapter 5: My dark
Chapter 6: Deep desires
Chapter 7: Fin
Soundtrack

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Thank you! It was fascinating to be a part of it - the initial brainstorming very quickly turned into first drafts, and then the story just kept on growing... I'm thrilled (and I'm sure the others are, too) that you found it satisfactory, and enjoyed the art as well as the story!

~Lyra