The Fire That Grew So Low by The Wavesinger

Fanwork Notes

Tallulah requested a fic based on either Leonard Cohen's Winter Lady or Led Zeppelin's The Rain Song. I decided on The Rain Song (after much struggle), and the result is...this. This is quite possibly the hardest thing I've ever written, and I'm not quite happy with the result, but I hope you like it, Tallulah.

Many thanks to Alex Cat for beta-ing!

Set in a vague amorphous time frame somewhere between Aldarion giving up the scepter and Erendis' death.

The eagle messaging system is pure crack; I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. I hope it isn't too jarring.

Distances between Armenelos, Emerie, and Hyarastorni are based on the map in Unfinished Tales and the fact that it's implied that Hyarastorni is in the opposite direction from Emerie in relation to Armenelos in Aldarion and Erendis. Adding in breaks and calculating that travel would mostly happen at a trot or walk got me the rough timing. Distances between Numenor and Aldarion's ship, plus weather and time taken, involved a lot more guesswork and are probably wrong, if you dig deep enough.

Fanwork Information

Summary: Two time Ancalimë stumbled, and two times she tried to make it right again. A tale of lovers in Númenor. (Written for Tallulah for My Slashy Valentine 2016.) Major Characters: Nessanië, Original Female Character(s), Tar-Ancalimë Major Relationships: Artwork Type: No artwork type listed Genre: Romance, Slash/Femslash Challenges: Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 1	Word Count: 3, 860
Posted on 22 February 2016	Updated on 22 February 2016
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