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Fanwork Notes

No knowledge of A Song of Ice and Fire or Game of Thrones is necessary to understand this fic, as it is a fusion instead of a true crossover. A reader familiar with both should find all the nods and references, which I'll note at the end.

All chapter titles are quotes from ASoIaF.

Thanks to my betas, swampdiamonds and jubah/crocordile.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

The story of two elves from Nargothrond, neither important enough to be mentioned in the family trees of kings or heroic songs, who lost their names in Angband's slavery. The childhood companion of Finduilas Faelivrin must take the princess's identity to survive in the enemy's hands. Another prisoner, regretting he did not join Beren’s quest, tries his best to save her.

or

The later half of The Silmarillion from the POV of prisoners in Angband, as inspired by A Dance with Dragons.

Major Characters: Edrahil, Finarfin, Finduilas, Gelmir, Gil-galad, Gwindor, Húrin, Maeglin, Orcs, Original Character(s), Orodreth, Other Fictional Character(s), Valar

Major Relationships:

Genre: Crossover, Drama, Horror, Romance

Challenges:

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate)

This fanwork belongs to the series

Band of the Red Hand
Chapters: 13 Word Count: 40, 360
Posted on 3 September 2015 Updated on 8 January 2019

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

"The eyes of the bride were brown, big and brown and full of fear."
"Where was I? I should have died with him."
"Half my life I have waited to come home, and for what? Mockery and disregard."
"There are ghosts in Winterfell, he thought, and I am one of them."
"He had to remember that. Serve and obey and remember who you are, and no more harm will come to you."
"In songs, the hero always saved the maiden from the monster's castle, but life was not a song."
"She should not look to me for rescue."
"A sword, that's all I ask. Let me die as Theon, not as Reek."
"We flew."
"The ghosts," he blurted. "They whisper to me. They...they know my name."
He raised his eyes. "Sister. See. This time I knew you."
"...can never die, but rises again harder and stronger."
"I could be your wife. ...You could be my man."

And here's the final scene, the short epilogue that pushes the rating, but not enough I judge to change it.

I like to keep to the spirit of LaCE, if not the letter.

 

As promised - this is a romance.

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