New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
SWG News
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
[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.
[Series] Pennas Pengolodh by AdmirableMonster
The majority of the Silmarillion was penned by a single Elf--an Elf who was so thoroughly written out as to appear only through the ways in which their perspective shaped the stories we see. This is their story, the historian's history, the Pennas Pengolodh.
[Writing] Havens by AdmirableMonster
The Exiles of Gondolin come to Sirion. The residents of Sirion welcome them, and friendship blossoms between the last remaining loremaster of Gondolin and a young poet of Sirion.
[Writing] Collection of Potluck Drabbles by Artano
This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.
[Writing] Hurting Tyelpë by elennalore
Sauron has taken Celebrimbor as a prisoner in Ost-in-Edhil. Whump happens.
[Writing] On a Night of Snow by Elleth
Fingon returns to Barad Eithel after a late-autumn hunt, finding someone unexpected with his wife. The night takes an even more unexpected turn for all three of them.
Current Challenge
Potluck Bingo
Help yourself to a collection of prompts on bingo boards designed by members and friends of the SWG. Read more ...
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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.
On alien shores... by ford_of_bruinen
A poem about Glorfindel's return to life.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 90 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Begging and betrayal by ford_of_bruinen
A poem about the last meeting of Nerdanel of Feanor according to HoMe
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 250 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Tevildo by ford_of_bruinen
Tevildo prince of cats about chosing his people
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Tevildo |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 79 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Nienor is lost by ford_of_bruinen
Mablung returns to Doriath after losing Nienor.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Mablung |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 86 |
| Posted on 29 September 2007 | Updated on 29 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Early Winter at Himring Hill by oshun
Written for Dawn Felagund's 2007 birthday, in response to a request for something about Fingon and Maedhros later in their life than the period I have been covering in my Maitimo and Findekáno story cycle. Fingon visits Maedhros at Himring Hill, after the Dagor Aglareb during the watchful peace of the Siege of Angband.
MEFA 2008, First Place, Romance: Elven Lands
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 376 |
| Posted on 28 September 2007 | Updated on 28 September 2007 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
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Prey for the Hunter by Sulriel
A tale of loss and love in the wilds of Beleriand
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror, Romance | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 124 |
| Posted on 27 September 2007 | Updated on 27 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Echoes from the past, reflections of yesterday by Idnarrac Serdna
The end of the Third Age is seen through the eyes of Olórin, who observes it as a completion of events of the past ages of Arda.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Gandalf, Valar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 169 |
| Posted on 27 September 2007 | Updated on 27 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Like Roses over a Fence by Ellie
Indis, Nerdanel, and Anairë on their grief and their duty to help in healing the Noldor.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Anairë, Indis, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 235 |
| Posted on 27 September 2007 | Updated on 27 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Journeys of Vása by Dawn Felagund
A series of vignettes about the first rising of the Sun, from the perspectives of different characters. Check the Table of Contents for more specific summaries and warnings. MEFA 2008 nominee.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Arien, Aulë, Fingolfin, Mahtan, Melkor, Pengolodh, Tilion |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Anniversary Contest |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 4, 727 |
| Posted on 25 September 2007 | Updated on 25 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Divine Intervention by Meril
“For you are goddesses, inside on everything, know everything. But we mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all.”
-Homer
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Valar, Varda, Yavanna |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 775 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 760 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Tyelko's hound by ford_of_bruinen
Celegorm gets a puppy as a present.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Huan, Oromë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 136 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The little stick boy by ford_of_bruinen
A retelling of H.C Christiansen’s The Match Girl. It is Midwinter festival in a village of men and one lost little Elven boy who makes his living selling sticks for the fire is left alone in the cold.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Eluréd |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 787 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Bird Princes by ford_of_bruinen
A fairy tale version telling of the fates of Elured and Elurin after the fall of Doriath.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 594 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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From the sea by ford_of_bruinen
Tuor’s second day in Gondolin brings him outside where he, for the first time, meets Idril alone and falls in love.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Idril, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 893 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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For better and worse by ford_of_bruinen
Celeborn remembers the first time he saw Galadriel
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 722 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Borne of him or me by ford_of_bruinen
Nerdanel is finding motherhood a challenge after her first son is born and is struggling to come to terms with her new life as a mother.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Maedhros, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 815 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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At Sirion by ford_of_bruinen
Meleth has to come to terms with the changes of her life after the fall of Gondolin and while fulfilling her duties she loses Earendil...
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Círdan, Eärendil, Idril, Meleth (Elf), Tuor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 199 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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All I Have by ford_of_bruinen
Elured disappears and leaves Elurin alone one winter day, sparking hurt and anger.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Eluréd, Elurín |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 363 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Alone by ford_of_bruinen
Maglor remembers his long lost brother.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Incest, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 442 |
| Posted on 15 September 2007 | Updated on 15 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Because I love you by ford_of_bruinen
Fingon/Maedhros smut on one of their few mornings together.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 744 |
| Posted on 12 September 2007 | Updated on 12 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Coldness by ford_of_bruinen
Maedhros before the attack on Doriath
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 689 |
| Posted on 12 September 2007 | Updated on 12 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Midwinter: A Christmas Carol by ford_of_bruinen
It is Midwinter and Maedhros refuses to celebrate and scoffs at Maglor’s attempts to cheer him up. Later that night he is visited by the ghost of his dead lover and later of three ghosts. Yes, it is a rewrite of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 717 |
| Posted on 12 September 2007 | Updated on 12 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Secrets kept, Secrets shared by ford_of_bruinen
Fingon has kept his feelings for Maedhros hidden for many years but under an unexpected visit from his cousin he finds himself unable to hide them any longer.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 735 |
| Posted on 12 September 2007 | Updated on 12 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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When first I saw you by ford_of_bruinen
Maedhros recalls his first meeting with Fingon and reminisce about other times during their years as friends and lovers.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 883 |
| Posted on 12 September 2007 | Updated on 12 September 2007 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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