The Line of Kings by Michiru

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Fanwork Notes

My first ever completed work (with chapters), and one of my goals for the Season of Writing Dangerously. Many heartfelt thanks to Dawn for cheerleading me through the season. Asterisks will mark mature-themed pieces.

As this piece is complete, I'll be submitting a chapter roughly every week/week and a half, barring any Unforseen Occurences. As I am a college student, Unforseen Occurences are a fact of life, but I'll do my best.

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Exploring the lives of the Noldorin princes who would eventually produce the final king of the Noldor in Middle-earth.

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Rating: Teens

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This fanwork belongs to the series

The Line of Kings
Chapters: 24 Word Count: 19, 348
Posted on 23 September 2011 Updated on 19 November 2014

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

Her Love a Shield

And indeed Melkor was false […] But the Vanyar would have no part with him.” Eldalôtë warns her betrothed not to seek the counsel of Melkor. Morgoth’s Ring, 94.

Reaching Out

Artaher tries to show an interest in his father’s line of study.

Estrangement

Fëanáro is not the only one to find himself estranged from his wife in the eventide of Bliss. A double drabble.

In memory of Klaus Phillips,

July 30, 1947 – October 4, 2011

 

One Last Meeting

***Sexual content-- moderate

At the Feast of Yavanna, Angaráto and Eldalôtë share one last night together. The next day, Darkness falls.

Fate Decided

“[…] with Fingon stood as they ever did Angrod and Aegnor, sons of Finarfin. But these held their peace and spoke not against their fathers.” Thus were they condemned to the Helcaraxë.

Fruition

Findecáno’s prayer peels back the Doom of the Noldor for one instant. Angaráto receives a brief vision of those he left behind, before the window between Aman and Endor is shut again. This is what exile truly means.

Family Politics

Ingoldo turns to Angaráto for help dealing with a Fëanárion. It goes so well he asks Angaráto to be the first Noldorin ambassador to Menegroth. It’s impossible to refuse Ingoldo, especially when you know you should.

A Small Favor

Turukáno has an odd request.

Winter Remembrances

A winter spent in Himlad. Angaráto and Curufinwë Atarinkë renew their friendship, consider their wives and embarrass their children.

A Linguist's Rebellion

Angaráto delivered Thingol’s Ban in his perfect Vanyarin accent, and never again returned to Menegroth.

Academic Discussion

Young Artaher sits in as his father and uncle offer conflicting theories about the motivating force behind Thingol’s ban.

In A Name

Artaher discusses a girl and the Ered Wethrin with Findecáno, and receives a name.

That Which Is Valued Greatly

Artaher contemplates the value of the Silmarils and just why he followed his father to Endor.

Making Plans

The further cultural divisions the Noldor suffer in Beleriand.

Midsummer Night's Dance

Orodreth, on the evening his future wife falls in love with him.

Semantics

Orodreth, introducing his betrothed to his father. It goes about as well as he feared it would.

Warden of Tol Sirion

Finrod has a proposal for his nephew, and a wedding gift, all in one.

Far-reaching Consequence

Sitting in conference in Mithrim, Angaráto knows his words in Doriath centuries before will bring ruin to Beleriand.

Birthright

A father-to-be reflects upon the reality of living in exile. What does it mean to be Noldorin?

The Hand of Fate

Aegnor and Orodreth discuss the Men of Doriath and Angrod. Finduilas meets a woman and introduces Aegnor to her.

Dagor Bragollach

***Violent content -- moderate

The beginning of the end.

Artanáro

When the smoke clears, his son still needs a name.

Things Fall Apart

After receiving stewardship of Nargothrond, Orodreth must confront a bitter truth: Nargothrond is no longer safe for the scions of Finarfin.

Ereinion

Orodreth's last impression of his son.

Comments

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Great to see your Angarato again! And I'll be interested to see how Eldalote goes on. At the moment, she seems set up like the kind of wife who might stay behind in Aman, despite her love for her husband, but she didn't, did she? I look forward to your posting the next chapters.

Congratulations on your impressive success with the SoWD project!

Glad to know you enjoyed seeing him again! I feel like I have developed a much stronger grasp on who he is over the course of writing this piece, so I'm excited to introduce him to the SWG.

Since the piece itself is a collection of one-shots/short fics that focus on representative moments in the lives of the characters, I never get to fully explore the romance between the couples, which is something I've found myself wanting to do more and more as I consider the series as a whole (Angarato and Eldalote, in particular, have a fascinating relationship, and Orodreth's wife is fascinating in her own right). I expect I'll end up doing a separate piece that is more involved with their lives as husbands and wives.

Thanks for the congratulations! =) I'm really pleased to have gotten everything done that I said I was going to get done-- it proves that I can actually set a deadline for myself and stick to it. Also, it's nice to be posting fanfiction again, since I believe the last time I did was when Fly Away was updated summer of 2010...

*sheepish sheep* Yyyyeah. Considering the story is complete except for last minute revisions... *the delay has no excuse*

(I wouldn't have either, obviously, except that it's been so long that I had to go look at how I was formatting chapters here versus on FanFiction. Lo and behold, "Vanyarin" leaped out at me. [And then verily did I say, "Whut?"])

Thanks for stopping by. =)

I guess Angrod would strongly resent that edict of Thingol's on more than one count--both because all the Noldor were being lumped in with kinslayers and, as a linguist, because it was a ban on language.

And, of course, it is really rather weird for Thingol to go all nationalist about Sindarin, which he cannot originally have spoken himself! (Although I guess he might claim that it is only the Noldorin form of Quenya he is banning?)

Angrod does, indeed, resent the Ban on several different levels. He gets to articulate himself more in the next chapter, but you've essentially got it in one. Since he's always been a linguist in my head, I've always known he would not take kindly to Thingol's Ban, even more so because it was declared based on his actions.

=) I love that you use the word nationalist. It tickles my International Studies heart.

Ahem, academia aside, the way I understand it is there was a Primitive Quenya that the Quendi all spoke before the Valar found them. This is fractured every time various groups of Quendi decide to leave the Great Journey. When the Vanyar, Noldor and Teleri are finally sundered from the people who become the Sindar, they all still speak this Primitive Quenya, with possibly some cultural flavor starting to get mixed in. Once the groups are separated by the Sundering Sea, Primitive Quenya in Beleriand becomes Sindarin, while in Aman it becomes Quenya, with further differences arising in various dialects. Since Tolkien tells us the Sindar had trouble learning Quenya, I tend to think that the language the Exiles bring with them to Beleriand is so changed from Primitive Quenya as to be unrecognizable.

Thanks for your review! ^^ Sorry to go all... I don't even know what to call it, but sorry for going all [fill in word here] on you. =)

Thank you so much for your kind words and well-wishes! I'm in the process of digging out all my old story notes, so hopefully I'll be back for a while.

I'm glad to know that Finduilas' little pseudo-cameo worked well for you! It's probably one of my favorite aspects of this scene, and an idea I'd like to play with more in the future.

Thank you very much! I'm glad you found Barahir's perspective successful. While I knew that was how I wanted to go with this chapter, I do remember that I was nervous about how it be received, since it is one of the few times Angrod or Orodreth isn't narrating in this story. (I think Curufin and Maedhros are the only other two who narrate, off the top of my head). And of course Barahir is the only mortal to narrate.

thanks again for your review!

As far as I'm aware of, Eldalote's background is never given. However, an argument can be (and often is) made that she was Noldorin. Peoples of Middle-earth, which gives us Eldalote's name and her relation to Angrod and Orodreth, also gives us a Sindarin version of her name. I've seen the assumption made that that means she must have gone to Beleriand. Based on Finrod's lost love, who was "of the Vanyar, and ... went not with him into exile," (and other claims throughout the Silmarillion and legendarium that no Vanya ever returned to Middle-earth,) the reasoning goes that if Eldalote has a Sindarin name she returned to Middle-earth, and therefore cannot be a Vanya. Or, maybe more accurately, is most likely a Noldo.

Of course, it doesn't necessarily follow that a Sindarin name means she went to Beleriand-- after all, Finarfin turned back to Tirion, but still had a Sindarin name devised for him. And that's what I envision for Eldalote as well.

Thanks very much for the review!