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They are alike in warform. Unlike the Balrogs, the orcs did not get to pick their shape.

Mairon lies awake and contemplates his feelings for Celebrimbor that threaten to disturb his plans.

Fingon tries to convince his (half) uncle.

"I’m only lightly armed and it’s just the two of us.” He had barely thought to bring a sword, the valley felt safe even under siege.

Erestor turned to stare at him from the shadow of an ancient oak, his eyes a-glitter in the low light. “You’ve fought wargs and orcs and all sorts of humans,” he pointed out. “And a balrog. You’re an army all wrapped up in one package. Come on.”

Set in Imladris under siege early in the Third Age. More correctly called Eklach's Story, or An Orc's Tale, because that is what it is.

Over a cup of wine, Finarfin and Ingwion discuss family, the weather, and their status as figurehead war leaders, then start a little rebellion of their own.

Telperion wakes up after the passing of Melkor and Ungoliant. Although he is mortally wounded, something extraordinary happens. Sequel to "Arrival of Darkness".

Ingwe receives the invitation to Finwe and Indis's wedding.

In her wanderings through Aman, Minyelmë comes to the farthest shore.

Four cousins have fun by the sea.

Alatáriel and Teleporno encounter the Falls of Ivrin.

Drabbles in my 'Doom' series. Not necessarily gloomy!

100 words according to Word.

Last added: Deadlier.

Huan finds Celegorm in Mandos.

Gil-galad found that battles in Valinor were not that different from battles anywhere else, even if they used words instead of swords. It was still a fight against despair and loss, with reminders of the cost of failure lurking behind every corner.

Elrond was no longer by his side to help, but Finarfin and Ingwë were. If there had to be a battle of words to get the rest of their family from the Halls - well, Gil-galad would not shy from planning that battle.

Luiloth has exciting news for Thranduil.

A drabble for the Gnome Tome challenge, on the prompt "living patterns".

prompt: "Why do the Elves of Lórien live in trees"

the song of the Mallorn

for Day 4 of Nancy Stohlman's November 2021, "On the edge of the mining town..."

Thranduil's friend, Tulusson, is an OC of mine and AfricanDaisy's, originally from a mining family in the mountains of Greenwood/Mirkwood.

Sometime after Thranduil sails to Tol Eressea, becoming a prince of Doriath 'Wain, he visits the nearby mining town of Angobel...

Write about something wrong that turns out to be right. (for day 3 of Nancy Stohlman's November 2021 challenge)

'The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.' -L.P. Hartley, 'The Go-Between'

Lalwen Finwiel reflects on market-days throughout her life, and how the more things change, the more they stay the same. Or do they?

So November 2's prompt from Nancy Stohlman was "Write about a man who has at least three cats." I can think of several of my Elves who I headcanon as having cats, but while 'man' could just mean 'male', I took it to mean Man, and weirdly the first one that came into my head as possibly having many cats was...Beren. I don't have any reason for this, except that Huan loves him so it would be funny for him to also be a cat person

So Nancy Stohlman's first prompt for November was "Write a story that takes place in darkness"... Don't know that it gets much darker than the Void. Post-LOTR, let's see how Morgoth, Sauron, and Saruman are doing...

A collection of outtakes and deleted scenes written for the Under Strange Stars series. Are you wondering how Elrohir's long journey came to be, or which alternative universes didn't make the cut? Want to read more about the characters? Take a look over here, at what might have been ...

Rog has heard about the Union of Maedhros and confronts Turgon about not telling them.

Varda experiments with undoing just a wee bit of history...

The Lady of the Mithrim and the spokesperson of the Tatyar Avari in the early days after the Mereth Aderthad.

The summer before her marriage, Belladonna goes in search of the Sea, and meets an elf.