New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
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Bingo Cards Wanted for Potluck Bingo
Our November-December challenge will be Potluck Bingo, featuring cards created by you! If you'd like to create cards or prompts for cards, we are taking submissions.
Tolkien Meta Week, December 8-14
We will be hosting a Tolkien Meta Week in December, here on the archive and on our Tumblr, for nonfiction fanworks about Tolkien.
New Challenge: Orctober
Orcs on a quest for freedom seek a place sheltered and safe from the Dark Lord. Fulfill prompts to gather the clues needed to bring them to freedom.
New & Updated Fanworks
[Writing] The Reckless Hearts of Mortal Men by mouse
Two years before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Húrin and Huor journey from Dor-lómin to Eithel Sirion for a war council with their new allies from the East. A story about the stirring of hope and foreshadowing of woe. Well-peppered with humour.
[Artwork] Valier & colours by daughterofshadows
Semi-abstract arts representing the queens of the Valar.
[Writing] An End to All Things by Thorveig
Mairon stood in utter stillness for it seemed to him that the voice of his master mocked him from afar...
[Writing] Collection of Potluck Drabbles by Artano
This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.
[Reference] Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age by Varda delle Stelle, Anérea
A series of articles featuring fan-made maps of all the lands of Arda. Part III explores the island of Númenor and mainland Middle-earth during the Second Age.
[Artwork] 2024 Potluck Doodles by silmalope
Assorted prompt fills for the 2024 Potluck bingo boards, to varying degrees of completion! :)
[Writing] Ransom of the Fairy Twins by Rocky41_7
Maglor and Maedhros trade Elrond and Elros to King Gil-galad in exchange for a Silmaril, but they have miscalculated.
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Potluck Bingo
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Many Meetings
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New in References
Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age by Varda delle Stelle, Anérea
A series of articles featuring fan-made maps of all the lands of Arda. Part III explores the island of Númenor and mainland Middle-earth during the Second Age.
Doom and Ascent: The Argument of ‘Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics’ by Simon J. Cook
Simon reads 'Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics' to conclude his account of the Anglo-Saxon tower of its allegory.
Why People Don't Comment: Data and History From the Tolkienfic Fandom by Dawn Walls-Thumma
A reworking of the 2018 article for Long Live Feedback that includes data from the 2020 Tolkien Fanfiction Survey, pointing to a lack of comments as related to skill, confidence, and community connection.
Featured Themed Collection
Part of our Themed Collection series for our newsletter, this collection features fiction, artwork, and essays that transcend the idea of Orcs as the enemy, instead considering their humanity.
Alliterative Verse for Arda by Rhunedhel
Part of our Themed Collection series for our newsletter, this collection features alliterative poems about Middle-earth.
Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] Homage to the Song of Durin by Flora-lass
Legolas is inspired by Gimli's song - and by Gimli himself.
[Artwork] Long-tressed Wingildi by Anérea
"... the long-tressed Wingildi ... spirits of the foam and the surf of ocean."
~ a painted sketch for Scribbles and Drabbles 2024.
[Writing] Partners in Craft by elennalore
Annatar realises that he might like Celebrimbor too much.
Around the World and Web
Fluffcember 2024
Fluffcember is a Tumblr event with daily fluffy prompts during the month of December.
Hidden Paths 2025
Hidden Paths, an event dedicated to the celebration of smaller Tolkien canons, has released their early prompts for the 2025 event.
Teitho November/December Contest: Healing
The theme for Teitho's November/December contest is healing.
Lord of the Rings Secret Santa 2024
LotR SESA has been ongoing for twenty-one years and is running again this year as a prompt meme hosted on AO3 for all genres of Tolkien-based fanfiction.
Kiliel Week 2024
Kiliel Week is a Tumblr event for fanworks about the Kili/Tauriel pairing.
Truly All Fanworks
This page includes all fanworks from the main SWG archive and the Beyond the Silmarillion section.
Hostile Nations by Agelast
We touch as though attacking.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Erotica | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 904 |
| Posted on 18 September 2012 | Updated on 18 September 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Noon-tide Night by Agelast
Fingon and Maedhros, in space and what they did there.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Fingon, Gil-galad, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Romance, Science Fiction, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 14, 757 |
| Posted on 15 September 2012 | Updated on 15 September 2012 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Eastward by Idle Leaves
Glorfindel is still looking eastward.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 298 |
| Posted on 13 September 2012 | Updated on 13 September 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Malleable Metal of His Mind by Firerose
No-one starts out evil. Two linked snippets based in Unfinished Tales
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Saruman |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 357 |
| Posted on 5 September 2012 | Updated on 5 September 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Swift music like an enchantment by Kimberleighe
A brief moment between cousins and friends at one of Tirion's many festivals.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Aredhel, Argon, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Ecthelion of the Fountain, Elenwë, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Glorfindel, Maedhros, Maglor, Original Character(s), Orodreth, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 822 |
| Posted on 2 September 2012 | Updated on 2 September 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Critic by oshun
In the bliss of Valinor in the Years of the Trees, Maglor plays a new song for Aredhel and Celegorm. It is mainly about the suffering of the artist unappreciated by the Philistines closest to him. Oh, yes, I like these two cousins together also. Tolkien hooked me when he said of Aredhel, “There she was often in the company of the sons of Fëanor, her kin; but to none was her heart's love given.” Ah, I see. But it could have been. Then he sends her later on to leave Gondolin, set upon visiting Celegorm. Obviously, they were wildly infatuated with one another in their youth. The story is still Gen Fic at its heart.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Celegorm, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Family Matters |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 435 |
| Posted on 2 September 2012 | Updated on 2 September 2012 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Maedhros and the Gardener by Himring
Fingon's gardener and his reactions to the invasion of his garden by a son of Feanor. Set in Tirion, a short time after Maedhros's re-embodiment.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 758 |
| Posted on 29 August 2012 | Updated on 29 August 2012 |
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Maitimo and Findekáno by oshun
Story of young Fingon’s love for Maedhros and its reciprocation. Set in Tirion before the creation of the Simarils. (Slash.)
MEFA 2007, Second Place: Romance: Second Age or Earlier
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 14, 449 |
| Posted on 23 May 2007 | Updated on 29 August 2012 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Healing of the Fëa and Hröa by Iavalir
Finally finding Maglor after searching for so long, Gildor next turns his attention to healing the once great elf minstrel.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Gildor, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 053 |
| Posted on 26 August 2012 | Updated on 26 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Like a Thunderbolt He Falls by Agelast
Because he prayed for this, and wanted.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Erotica, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 652 |
| Posted on 26 August 2012 | Updated on 26 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Mazes and Cages by Iavalir
After the Dagor Dagorath, all beings who once lived in Arda must reawaken for the Second Music, but someone is missing and Nerdanel is determined to find him.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Het | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 194 |
| Posted on 19 August 2012 | Updated on 19 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Conjurer by Iavalir
He sought to make visible again the family which was torn from him.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Maglor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 178 |
| Posted on 12 August 2012 | Updated on 12 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Who You Were, Maybe by Himring
Nellas's fate after the Fall of Doriath.
The paths of Nellas and Maglor cross, by the sea.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maglor, Nellas |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 414 |
| Posted on 8 August 2012 | Updated on 8 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Tale of Melilaurë and Mélaurel by Iavalir
Under the roof of misfortune, an elven lord and a servant unite in their love, against the customs of the Eldar. But their bond is entangled in the curse of the once-respected family, and the slightest move out of line could cost them both.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Curufin, Elemmírë, Fëanor, Finrod Felagund, Gildor, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 24, 914 |
| Posted on 7 August 2012 | Updated on 7 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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All Goes Onward and Outward by Agelast
To die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier.
Fingon and Maedhros, in a different war. AU, certainly.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 412 |
| Posted on 7 August 2012 | Updated on 7 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Spark by GoldSeven
When there is no Sun, no Moon, no stars to mark the passing of time, what happens to time? Does it stand still, congeal like blood? Does it cease to exist? Maedhros upon Thangorodrim, his rescue by Fingon, and his recovery. Rated for disturbing themes.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor, Melkor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Torture |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 9, 325 |
| Posted on 7 August 2012 | Updated on 7 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Mirror of My Maladies by Agelast
He wants only for a sharp knife and a little courage.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Horror, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 780 |
| Posted on 6 August 2012 | Updated on 6 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Before Strife Was Born by oshun
Not your typical romance, this is a story about two people who know one another all too well and understand one another not at all and share an almost love/hate relationship replete with passionate conflict and caring. It’s a Years of the Trees story of Fëanor and Fingolfin as very young men, written for Encairion, Ardor in August 2012, to satisfy this particular prompt:
“Pairing: Fëanor/Fingolfin. I prefer dark, angsty stories, but can appreciate humor on the side. Whether you give me a pre-darkening of Valinor or a re-born life in Valinor or something from the First Age, it doesn't matter, but I love seeing elves with flaws, so please no utopian, unrealistic worlds."
I want to extend the warmest thanks to my super skillful and perceptive Betas Ignoblebard and Lilith Lessfair who so generously combed through it at least a couple of times each.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Anairë, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Maedhros, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Family Matters, Gift of a Story |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Incest |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 4, 299 |
| Posted on 6 August 2012 | Updated on 6 August 2012 |
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I Won't Bite by Agelast
Love, politics, and werewolves in the First Age! Oropher of Doriath, through no (or, at least, very little) blame of his own, gets far over his head, and comes out the other end a different person. (Thanks, in part, to Maedhros Fëanorion, cursed kinslayer and otherwise very unlikely lover.)
Written for chaotic_binky, Ardor in August 2012.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Oropher |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Humor, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 8 | Word Count: 11, 506 |
| Posted on 6 August 2012 | Updated on 6 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Trinity by Urloth
Three are one. There are no love songs to encompass what they share save the songs they sing themselves.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Finwë, Ingwë, Míriel Serindë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Erotica, Het, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 930 |
| Posted on 5 August 2012 | Updated on 5 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Price of a Broken Promise by Himring
Erendis has given up on her errant husband and is no longer waiting for Aldarion to return from his voyage to Middle-earth. Or so she says.
Originally written for B2MeM 2012, but posted here for Akallabeth-in-August and to go with Oshun's excellent new biography of Erendis.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Erendis |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Akallabêth in August |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 549 |
| Posted on 2 August 2012 | Updated on 2 August 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Sylvanlight, Book I by slflew
What if Feanor's accusations to the Valar were correct?
What if everything you hoped for was a lie?
Valinor is not the paradise expected to be; Earendil's star has fallen - is it the beginning of Dagor Dagorath?
In Sylvanlight the stories of the Silmarillion are turned over and inside out, mysteries and dark intent surfacing if one simple fact is truth.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Ainur, Amarië, Caranthir, Curufin, Elrond, Elu Thingol, Elwing, Eärendil, Fëanor, Finrod Felagund, Manwë, Melian, Melkor, Original Character(s), Sons of Fëanor, Tulkas, Túrin, Ulmo, Valar, Varda |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Drama, Science Fiction | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 23 | Word Count: 86, 296 |
| Posted on 9 July 2009 | Updated on 27 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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The Sleep of Reason by Michiru
After the Prophecy in the North, before the creation of the Sun and Moon, Námo visits Irmo’s gardens. Because sometimes even the wisest turn to the lesser.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Lórien, Mandos |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 797 |
| Posted on 26 July 2012 | Updated on 26 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Unrequited by Michiru
Ingwë dreams of what he knows he cannot have.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Ingwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
| Posted on 22 July 2012 | Updated on 22 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Leaves before the Wind by Dawn Felagund
Following the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the sons of Fëanor wandered in the woods of Ossiriand. Maglor and Maedhros travel together, recovering from their physical wounds and slowly succumbing to their emotional ones. Maedhros/Fingon. Dark.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 438 |
| Posted on 21 July 2012 | Updated on 21 July 2012 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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