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"All his life, he would remember that moment: the silver bells of Hithlum greeting the rising sun, and then, as if in answer to the bells, voices raised in song, the voices of the Eldar, impossibly clear, impossibly beautiful. "

In which Hador Lórindol comes to Hithlum, swears fealty to Fingolfin, and follows his lord to the end. And doesn't regret a thing. (Well, maybe that one embarrassing misunderstanding about the Feanorians....)

Thanks to pp for beta reading.

 Finrod shares tales and songs around the fire with Beor's son Bregor.

Celebrimbor laments, in confession style, the part he played in creating the Rings of Power.

Sauron turns elves into orcs

 Immediately after the darkening of Valinor, Anaire and Fingolfin have a conversation about Feanor.

Elendil and Gil-galad exchange their thoughts at the end of the seven-year siege before the Gates of Mordor.

Before Aredhel decides to leave Eol she dreams about her first love.

Written for the B2MEM 2017 prompt: "I love the silent hour of night,For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight, What may not bless my waking eyes." - Anne Bronte.

Takes place after "The Fosterling Prince Arrives". Lord Brandir of Doriath (OC) - Oropher's maternal grandfather, Elu's foster-son, and royal loremaster, meets his new 'brother'.

"So the great darkness fell upon Valinor. Of the deeds of that day much is told in the Aldudénië, that Elemmírë of the Vanyar made and is known to all the Eldar. Yet no song or tale could contain all the grief and terror that then befell." - Of the Darkening of Valinor

Short stories about the House of Fëanor for the Fëanorian Week.

Day 1: Maedhros - After being rescued from Angband, Maedhros suffers from nightmares and has some dark thoughts.

Day 2: Maglor - Maglor brings his new charges to bed, and wishes the Ambarussa had lived.

Day 3: Celegorm - On their way to Nargothrond, Celegorm realizes he loves Lúthien.

Day 4: Caranthir - Caranthir the Dark settles in Thargelion and meets first Haleth and later Ulfang.

Day 5: Curufin - In the final moments before his death, Curufin reminisces.

Day 6: Ambarussa - As revenge for Celegorm, Amrod and Amras assassinate Dior’s twin sons.

Day 7 : Fëanor & Nerdanel - Fëanor intends to propose to Nerdanel.

While on the road, Tuor tries to get directions, but gets something entirely unexpected instead.

Thuringwethil was once an elf, and perhaps she will be again. 

I made an original artwork from charcoal and pastels for 2014's B2MeM. It was entitled "Feanor Never Planned to Fall in Love". Now, three years later, I have developed the story behind that picture. Here's the full effort - Feanor Never Planned to Fall in Love in illustration and text. 

Orodreth and Curufin in Nargothrond.

Melian wrestles with her feelings about Elu Thingol and laments some of her decisions concerning the Doom that befell them.

Two brothers and their thoughts about Arda.

If Míriel never married Finwë or had a child, if she put all her energy into her craft instead of giving birth to Fëanor . . . what might have happened?

Melian knew even before she went to see her daughter that Lúthien was planning an escape from Hírilorn.

The Silmaril is set in the Nauglamir, and nothing good comes of it on either side of the ensuing conflict.

Even the mighty ones sometimes need help.

Vairë's thoughts on a certain resident of the Halls of Mandos. (Written for the Tolkien Secret Santa 2016 on tumblr)

Nimloth is reborn, builds her own house, and starts a garden.

Galadriel's return to Aman prompts Indis to reflect on the state of her fragmented family and defunct marriage.

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ~ Leo Tolstoy. A non-chronological look at the early life of House Fëanor in Aman, from its various members. 

Fëanor first sees Indis as she practices a traditional Vanyarin spear-dance. Fascination turns into life-long antipathy.

Inspired by the B2MeM prompt, "when he first stood near her and recognized her dimly through the shadows, like one who, at the beginning of the month, either sees or thinks he has seen the moon rise through clouds." ~Vergil, The Aenid