An Act of Faith by Himring

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Fanwork Notes

Written for Fandom Stocking for AngstyChaosMagicUser, who said she liked female protagonists, including textual ghosts.

 

Hopefully, the piece now posted will one day function as the prologue for a WIP featuring Celebrimbor and his mother, of which so far only two segments have been written (these were posted to Dreamwidth and  LJ some time ago).

 

Teens for references to canon violence.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

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:

Genre: General

Challenges:

Rating: Teens

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 513
Posted on 25 February 2017 Updated on 25 February 2017

This fanwork is complete.

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An Act of Faith

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Thank you very much, Oshun! Glad you enjoyed this bit.

Finarfin does lead the contingent of the Noldor in the War of Wrath and we don't know how long he might have been preparing for that eventuality.

I'm assuming that neither of the two gets any news of what is going on in Middle-earth in the meantime, so when Earendil arrives, it's still going to be a shock for them, despite their attempts to be prepared.

Thank you very much, Lyra!

It seems to me that Finarfin found it really difficult to turn back to Tirion, despite all the strong reasons he had for doing so. He doesn't turn back until after the Prophecy--not earlier. And then, in the War of Wrath, he leads the Noldorin contingent.

I thought he might be receptive to Vardilme's reasoning.

The idea about Vardilme's plans goes back to Huinare's "Sorry, Celebrimbor" challenge. It struck me that one way of making up to Celebrimbor for his canon and fanon sufferings would be if his mother came for him. Of course, things never work out quite that simply...

I love her single mindedness, her determination, and her certainty that she will one day journey across the sea to bring her son home. She is most certainly Feanorian in character.

She seems to have stirred some of these qualities in Finarfin too, that he would offer to train her.