New and Updated Fiction

Elros liked to get drunk on the rooftop and philosophise. Elrond liked to make sure he didn't get caught. 

The Mereth Aderthad. Daeron is sent as one of the two reptresentatives of Doriath, expecting to be bored and offended by those he encounters there, instead he is amazed by the talent and charm of a certain Maglor Feanorion, a bloodstained mystery with a brilliant ear.

 An unlucky young ellon learns that he has become the latest victim in a long line of unlucky High Kings of the Noldor.

Why didn't Dior give the Silmarils to the Sons of Fëanor? Why didn't Elwing, knowing the likely result? An attempt at a sympathetic explanation.

In which Lúthien worries, Nimloth plots, Dior learns about bargaining, Eärendil sees what most do not, Galadriel is not maternal and - throughout - Elwing dreams.

Crossing the plain of East Beleriand, they meet some wood-elves. 

Elladan and Elrohir have joined their father visiting Greenwood, little do they know that one of Elladan's bed time stories is about to unleash unknown horrors upon the unsuspecting woodland elves.... Prepare for mayhem!

When King Oropher arranges a marriage for his son Thranduil he does to his horror discover that the elleth he has chosen is so uninformed and innocent she still believes that elflings are delivered by the stork. Something must be done! Be prepared for a piece of bizarre education and a letter of enlightenment.

Artanis reflects as she faces the choice of whether to cross the Helcaraxë or return to Tirion.

Gildis meets Maglor at Himring. They speak of music. 

Scenes featuring Maedhros and Fingon in Valinor, set during the Years of the Trees.

Now added: "The Bear Incident".

It is dawn, early dawn, when Voronwë slips away from Sirion, letting the briny tang of salt and the soft murmur of distant waves guide him west along faint paths through the shivering reeds. After near on twenty years lived in the City of Refuge he knows full well the direction in which the Sea lies, and how to best reach it, but it is good to have his senses – and darkness take him, the world – confirm that he is going the right way.

And so Voronwë lets himself be guided, his bare and calloused feet nudged a certain way along the sandy trail, and it feels appropriate, somehow. For what has come and what has yet to come, all at once.

[cross-posted from Ao3]

They leave the House of Angrod and cross Ard-galen, where they are met by Aegnor, and Fingolfin meets Rochallor for the first time. 

Fingolfin tries to persuade Maedhros to join in attacking Morgoth before Dagor Bragollach. 

Hador realises he is Mortal and turns to Gildis. 

A naturalist of the Noldor makes observations during the War of Wrath. Her companion is unamused. 

insta-drabbles written for prompts posted on SWG Discord!

This is a collection of drabbles (exactly 100 words) written for the instradrabbling session for the SWG's 13th birthday. See individual chapter summaries under the Table of Contents for summaries and any warnings.

At the end of the First Age, Elrond chooses to wander with Maglor.

Teen Spirit. (prompt: justice. the bad boy. experimenting with clothes.)

Young Glorfindel is left alone in the house for the first time. 

Fëanor confesses the truth of his identity to a fellow apprentice in a moment of crisis. 

Theme from generator: my mom, my BFF (okay generator you are really asking me to turn the angst to the max)

Then, all of a sudden, it began to rain—a gentle but steady rain, cool but not cold, that washed away the mists and dripped like gentle tears down their faces. Another voice wound through the hills and barrows around them, wordless, but young and ancient as spring, and warm, and welcoming.

Part two of 'Children of Ilúvatar'. 

The expedition of Fingolfin crosses the plain to the Halls of Angrod. 

“Behave or the Easterlings will get you,” is a common enough saying in the west. No equivalent of this saying exists in the east, for the Easterlings have never found it necessary or kind to threaten their children with kidnaping and violence to get them to behave." An eastern woman's thoughts on Gondor. 

Fingolfin meets Hador Lórindol, and Gildis. 

Nimloth doesn't want her father or Lúthien's to know they're together. 

It's not because they would disapprove.