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 ...
Random Challenge
B2MeM 2009
Back to Middle-earth Month in 2009 offered a daily prompt connecting our personal experiences to our creative work. Read more ...
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.
Along Came an Elf by dalliansss
After Oromë sends a Hunting Party to investigate the reports of proliferation of fell beasts far in South Aman, the entire errand goes horrifically wrong. Celegorm was prepared to die a grisly death, yet he dares to beg the Great Void Spider to spare his life, which to his surprise, the request is heeded. Then comes the most unlikely partnership and friendship in all of Arda, and its unexpected consequences.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Beleg, Celegorm, Elu Thingol, Lúthien Tinúviel, Mablung, Melian, Ungoliant |
| Major Relationships: Celegorm & Sons of Fëanor, Celegorm & Ungoliant, Celegorm & Lúthien |
| Genres: Adventure, Crackfic, Drama, Family, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 20, 225 |
| Posted on 22 June 2023 | Updated on 23 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Black and Gold by polutropos
Galadriel and Lúthien, a moment shared under the night sky.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Galadriel, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: Galadriel/Lúthien |
| Genres: Erotica, Femslash, Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 209 |
| Posted on 1 September 2022 | Updated on 22 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Envy by polutropos
Even the greatest artists struggle with petty jealousy. Fortunately, they have siblings capable of snapping them out of it.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Elemmírë, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: Elemmírë & Maglor |
| Genres: Fluff, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 985 |
| Posted on 4 July 2022 | Updated on 22 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Bear's Last Autumn by Himring
Beorn's last farewell to his son.
With a coda, showing the Beornings returning to the mountains.
| Canon Source: Hobbit, Lord of the Rings |
| Major Characters: Beorn |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 619 |
| Posted on 21 June 2023 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Breath of Memory by polutropos
“No song or poem could ever capture the beauty of that dance as you have.”
“And that was only a memory,” Daeron said. “There is no music that could bring her back, not even mine.”
Daeron sails to Eressëa and meets Pengolodh.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Daeron, Pengolodh |
| Major Relationships: Daeron & Pengolodh |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 664 |
| Posted on 15 June 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Iron Cleaver by polutropos
Eöl is ill-at-ease after an encounter with the first Elf to elude his piercing mind. That there is much to link him and Curufin, including their shared craft, a friendship with the Dwarves, and the fact he carries a knife made of Eöl's metal, only unsettles - and allures - him all the more.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Curufin, Eöl |
| Major Relationships: Curufin/Eöl |
| Genres: General, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 765 |
| Posted on 15 May 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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And She Forgave His Betraying Word by polutropos
As Lúthien prepares to make her escape from Hírilorn, Daeron visits her for the last time.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Daeron, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: Daeron + Luthien |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 565 |
| Posted on 12 May 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Exactly Alike by polutropos
Amrod makes a gift for Amras. The story of how it is passed down through the ages, in snippets.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Elrond, Elros |
| Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros, Amras & Amrod |
| Genres: Drama, Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 890 |
| Posted on 28 March 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Improving Relations by polutropos
Their chieftain, Haleth, is staying with me in Helevorn with a few of her guards (also women). I am not sure what to make of her.
Maglor has some advice for Caranthir on relations with the Haladin.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: Caranthir & Maglor |
| Genres: Fluff, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 110 |
| Posted on 22 March 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Spacious Starlight by polutropos
Mablung visits Beleg on the northern marches to spend some time alone together before the summer festival.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Beleg, Mablung |
| Major Relationships: Beleg/Mablung |
| Genres: Fluff, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 001 |
| Posted on 21 June 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Challenge by polutropos
“Well,” Maglor said, kneeling beside him and propping himself up with one arm between Daeron’s thighs, “you’re still very much failing to ward me off with your dark elf magic.”
Maglor has a challenge for Daeron.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Daeron, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: Daeron/Maglor |
| Genres: Fluff, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 546 |
| Posted on 31 May 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Secret Chord by polutropos
After all that has befallen and come between them, Daeron and Maglor manage to forget everything for one blissful night and find what they have lost in each other.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Daeron, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: Daeron/Maglor |
| Genres: Erotica, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 686 |
| Posted on 19 April 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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She's Touched Your Perfect Body by polutropos
The hot, dry stones darken as rivulets of water fall down from her hair. Crouching beside the river, she twists and wrings it with strong hands, tossing it over the opposite shoulder and spreading her lips into a broad smile when she catches my eyes.
Fëanor and Nerdanel, by a river, when everything was still wonderful.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: Fëanor/Nerdanel |
| Genres: Erotica, Het | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 451 |
| Posted on 10 April 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Beyond the Mist of Words by polutropos
None came there–but the breath that filled the pipes wailing through the air was as real as his own, which he now inhaled in shallow gasps.
Lómion is drawn by a haunting music in the depths of Nan Elmoth.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Daeron, Maeglin |
| Major Relationships: Daeron/Maeglin |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 149 |
| Posted on 6 March 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Not the Choice of Lúthien by polutropos
Lindir is too good at music to be a nobody and young Arwen has a confused Lúthien complex. Crackship treated seriously.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Arwen, Daeron |
| Major Relationships: Arwen/Daeron |
| Genres: General, Het | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 2, 309 |
| Posted on 15 March 2022 | Updated on 21 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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She Whom He Had Loved by polutropos
Finrod's first kiss and what Amarië thinks about it.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amarië, Finrod Felagund, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: Finrod/Maglor, Amarië/Finrod |
| Genres: Fluff, Het, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 371 |
| Posted on 15 February 2022 | Updated on 20 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Rematch by I_did_not_mean_to
A short crime-story that is a direct continuation of a Drabble written for B2MEM (Match).
Detective Aredhel and her second-in-command Haleth find the burned corpse of a boy. They now have to investigate men they had thought firmly and safely relegated to the past.
Can they be guilty of a crime so heinous? Why won't anybody in that dark, foreboding house cooperate when the women clearly toil to save their reputations and lives?
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Caranthir, Celegorm, Haleth |
| Major Relationships: Aredhel/Celegorm, Caranthir/Haleth, Aredhel & Haleth |
| Genres: Alternate Universe | Challenges: Secret Gate |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Expletive Language, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 6, 371 |
| Posted on 20 June 2023 | Updated on 20 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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What nourishes me, destroys me by yletylyf
Celebrimbor and Annatar are ready to eject Galadriel from their city. But they get distracted, and Galadriel takes advantage.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Galadriel, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Galadriel/Sauron |
| Genres: Erotica, Poly | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 702 |
| Posted on 19 June 2023 | Updated on 20 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A language he speaks by yletylyf
Celebrían takes a no-nonsense approach when she learns of the danger Celebrimbor is in. Under her leadership - and brooking no opposition, especially not from Celebrimbor himself - she forms an alliance of elves, dwarves, and men to confront Sauron before he reaches Ost-in-Edhil.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celebrían, Celebrimbor |
| Major Relationships: Celebrían & Celebrimbor |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Family | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 11, 782 |
| Posted on 19 June 2023 | Updated on 20 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Moon-letters by Himring
A tiny gap-filler from Elrond's POV.
Memories of Eregion.
| Canon Source: Hobbit, Lord of the Rings |
| Major Characters: Elrond |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 182 |
| Posted on 19 June 2023 | Updated on 19 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Far Green Country by StarSpray
"And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise." - The Return of the King
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Fiber/Textile Art |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Posted on 19 June 2023 | Updated on 19 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Crack in the Ice by yletylyf
Irissë crosses the ice, loses a sister and a brother, and battles her way towards a reunion with the cousin who deserted her.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Celegorm |
| Major Relationships: Aredhel/Celegorm |
| Genres: Adventure, Hurt/Comfort, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 927 |
| Posted on 19 June 2023 | Updated on 19 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The first moonrise by yletylyf
Angband is not what Maedhros expected.
In which Mairon uses charm to get what he wants, Maedhros learns a great deal about the Enemy, Melkor eventually loses his patience, and Fingon is vailant.
(mostly featuring Maedhros & Sauron, but with Melkor/Mairon and Maedhros/Fingon as well)
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: Maedhros & Sauron |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Torture, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 26, 508 |
| Posted on 19 June 2023 | Updated on 19 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Hanno by dalliansss
Ficlets exploring the brotherly bond and dynamics of Finrod and Aegnor, and the beginnings of the lifelong friendship of Aegnor and Fingon.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Historical Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Aegnor & Finrod, Aegnor & Fingon |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Family, Ficlet, Fluff, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 10, 758 |
| Posted on 8 June 2023 | Updated on 18 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Finduilas to Imrahil, with the gift of a silver bell by Himring
A poem imagined as accompanying a gift for Mettarë (1 Yule) from Finduilas of Amroth to her brother Imrahil, at a time when she was already married to Denethor and homesick for Dol Amroth.
| Canon Source: Lord of the Rings |
| Major Characters: Finduilas of Dol Amroth |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 111 |
| Posted on 18 June 2023 | Updated on 18 June 2023 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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