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] 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...
At the end of the First Age, Sauron makes a choice.
[Reference] Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age by Anérea, Varda delle Stelle
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.
[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] Collection of Potluck Drabbles by Artano
This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.
[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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New in References
Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age by Anérea, Varda delle Stelle
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.
November challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The challenge for November has been posted to the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth. Thematic prompt: refuge. Formal challenge: include imitation of a sound. As always, these can be filled independently and also freely combined with SWG and other challenges. New participants welcome!
Truly All Fanworks
This page includes all fanworks from the main SWG archive and the Beyond the Silmarillion section.
The last gift of Oromë by SkyEventide
Celegorm, who was friend of Oromë, who often visited the Vala's house and learnt the language of all birds and beasts - but hunted them also. This is a story of the noontide of Valinor, of a hunting party and of the deities of bow and arrow, loyalty yet untarnished, gifts and wisdom, and what it means to understand and talk to the things you kill. Sometimes Snow White and the Huntsman are the same person.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Aredhel, Celegorm, Huan, Oromë, Tilion |
| Major Relationships: Celegorm/Oromë, Celegorm/Tilion, Celegorm & Huan, Celegorm/Original Character |
| Genres: Adventure, General, Poly, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 7, 381 |
| Posted on 14 February 2021 | Updated on 24 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Burnt God by Taylor17387
Melkor has been imprisoned in the halls of Mandos for all too long. The day of the trial is approaching, and now he's willing to do almost anything to convince his jailer of his change of heart. From then onwards, everything seems to go downhill for him, and upon returning to Angband, his relationship with Sauron will turn rather tense.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Glaurung, Gothmog, Maedhros, Mandos, Manwë, Melkor, Orodreth, Sauron, Ungoliant |
| Major Relationships: Melkor/Sauron |
| Genres: Drama, Erotica, General, Humor, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Sexual Content (Moderate), Torture, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 59, 341 |
| Posted on 7 February 2013 | Updated on 23 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Like a Dream Come True by chrissystriped
Fëanáro looked at the Vala whose silver hair had a slight lavender hue in the light of Telperion. He was wearing a necklace of silver birds – nightingales. Fëanáro smiled, he’d made that for him. The fire of his anger at the decision the Valar had made in regard to his mother and father still simmered in his breast, but he’d learned a lot of smithcraft from Mahtan Aulendil and even Aulë himself, and Irmo had always been a friend to him.
A story of Feanor's and Irmo's relationship before and after his death. Also a story of how even the Valar have to rethink their rulings sometimes.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Lórien |
| Major Relationships: Fëanor/Lórien |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort, Poly, Romance, Slash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 200 |
| Posted on 22 January 2021 | Updated on 18 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Lighthouse - Váya Calacar by Lferion
Those left behind do not sit idle. Five drabbles.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Anairë, Eärwen, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Queens of the Quill |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 506 |
| Posted on 18 April 2021 | Updated on 18 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Stranger in the Forest by chrissystriped
While Turukáno is grieving for his dead wife he meets a foreign elf in the woods who wants to fight Morgoth alongside the Noldor.
Rog is wary of this prince who doesn't seem prejudiced against former thralls, but he is willing to risk it for an opportunity to fight and for the safety of his people.
It turns out Rog can also help Turukáno to deal with his grief.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Rog, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: Rog & Turgon |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 7, 552 |
| Posted on 10 December 2020 | Updated on 15 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Rewind... by Nienna
During the chaos of the Downfall of Númenor, Uinen goes back in time to relive a memory while attempting to save Tar-Míriel, her beloved.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Tar-Míriel, Uinen |
| Major Relationships: Tar-Míriel/Uinen |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 2, 022 |
| Posted on 10 December 2019 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Slippage by Lferion
Some people are Returned to life as children, not the adults they were. Fingon is one such.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crackfic, Experimental, Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Lord and Liegeman by Lferion
Fingon was a king whether or not he used the title. He was a king because people chose to follow him, people who were lords themselves, with their own liegefolk. And the model for lordship at that level among the Noldor was kingship.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Fingon, Littleheart |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Family, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Crackuary Blackout by Lferion
All the pieces I wrote for February 2020's Crackuary Bingo, at least 100 words per square.
The pieces are arranged in the series in something resembling groups. Several of the pieces definitely belong together.
B1: rap songs or battles gone horribly wrong (or right! Finrod learned it somewhere!) — Conversation Overheard in an Avallonë Cafe (200)
B2: Elves in space — Sky-Sailors (100)
B3: sex pollen — Pollen and Honey (300)
B4: wingfic — Wings (100)
B5: characters at the club — Regency Drama (100) | Shield-House (200)
I1: in a modern school or workplace — Conversation Overheard II | Casting Omens, Reading Cards
I2: "Is there a reason you're naked in my bed?" — Reposal (100)
I3: unexpected roadtrip — Irmo's Children (300)
I4: excessively Tolkienesque — Light Defiant (100)
I5: the Dome of Varda is real — Other Physics (100)
N1: 13 going on 30 — Slippage (200)
N2: rebirth and reembodiment taken to their logical extremes — Slippage
FREE SPACE — Free Space (100)
N4: Choose a historical period. Rewrite your favorite canon scene there. — Regency Drama
N5: characters in a video game - Endless Night (200)
G1: self-insert — Astronomer's Daughter (100)
G2: body swap — Hound, Running (200)
G3: time loop — Endless Night
G4: crack pairing — Marriage Rings (200)
G5: Silmarillion slam book — Cyclical History (100)
O1: characters are animals — Hound, Running
O2: character breaks free of the fictional world — Extra-Calary (200)
O3: include a musical number — Conversation Overheard
O4: choose a whack detail from The Book of Lost Tales to become canon — Irmo’s Children
O5: absurdly magical — Extra-Calary
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crackfic | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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The Naked Elf. by hennethgalad
Glorfindel, whose father awoke at Cuiviénen, sees the perfect elf, and is compelled to undress him.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Gandalf, Glorfindel, Ingwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Erotica | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Laurëlot by hennethgalad
Finrod and Glorfindel. golden flowers.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Erotica, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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In Time. by hennethgalad
Finrod and Galadriel in Doriath
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Melian |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Hador Lórindol. by hennethgalad
Hador and his relationships with Fingolfin, Gildis and others.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Aegnor, Angrod, Fingolfin, Hador, Lalwen, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Concerning Dior. by hennethgalad
perspectives.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Beren, Celegorm, Dior, Elu Thingol, Eluréd, Elurín, Ents, Gildor, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maedhros, Melian, Nimloth |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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W by Himring
Short pieces for the "Words of Wit and Whimsey" challenge.
I. Wains
II. The Walrus That Went South
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Men |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crackfic, Family, Fluff | Challenges: Words of Wit and Wisdom |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 467 |
| Posted on 30 March 2021 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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A Lament for Bridges by SilmarilsAndPeaches
While wandering, Maglor reflects upon his decisions.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 720 |
| Posted on 14 April 2016 | Updated on 14 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Foundling Prince by chrissystriped
Fingon and Maedhros find a dead orc in the forest - and a baby.
A mother decides to do whatever it takes to keep her child save.
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My take on the parentage of Gil-galad.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: Fingon & Maedhros |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 3, 538 |
| Posted on 29 November 2020 | Updated on 13 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Series: Beyond Doubt by Keiliss
Everything that belongs in the Even Quicker than Doubt \'verse.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Círdan, Elrond, Elros, Erestor, Galadriel, Gil-galad, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: Gil-galad/Glorfindel |
| Genres: Drama, Family, Hurt/Comfort, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 13 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Waiting For the Ferry by Keiliss
There’s a ferry (eventually) and a sunrise, and two people with a lot of history between them talking while they wait.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Gil-galad, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: Gil-galad/Glorfindel |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 679 |
| Posted on 13 April 2021 | Updated on 13 April 2021 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
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Musings in the Sky by Rhapsody
This is my collection of Silmarillion drabbles. Either drabbled as a present or written for a challenge. Ratings vary from General to Adult.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amrod, Aredhel, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Dior, Eärendil, Fëanor, Isildur, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel, Nimloth, Sons of Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Humor, Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 12 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Bard Rising by Rhapsody
In this series you will find all stories - be it short works and novel(la's) - connected to my Maglor novel series Bard Rising (work title, I probably will come up with something better).
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Amras, Amrod, Fëanor, Maglor, Mahtan, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 12 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Vanyar by heget
My stories, starting with Cuiviénen, that follow Ingwë\'s family and the other Vanyar.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 12 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Seeds and Pearls by heget
All my stories where the character focus is on the Lindar, be they the Sindar or the Falmari across the sea. Many star Elu Thingol or other members of his family, including some original characters surrounding Elmo.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 12 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Bór by heget
All my stories focused on the family of Bór, their descendents, and the first Queen of Númenor.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 12 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Bëor and Nóm by heget
All of my stories focused at least in part on the relationships between members of the House of Bëor and the children of Finarfin.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 12 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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