A Sense of History: Straight Road
The next in a series of articles about ships passing to and from the West, Simon uses "The Fall of Númenor" to attempt to arrive at Tolkien's reading of the exordium to "Beowulf."
At the end of the Second Age, Elrond meets this long lost uncles, Elured and Elurin. They accompany him to see Oropher of Greenwood then decide to join in the War against Sauron.
Major Characters: Elrond, Eluréd, Elurín |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 5, 031 |
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Celebrian falls in love and loses Celebrimbor, refuses Gil-galad until it's too late, and finally finds love with Elrond.
Major Characters: Celebrían, Celebrimbor, Elrond, Gil-galad |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 2, 811 |
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The tale of Elrond and Gildor coming together. Elros sees Elrond again, has sex with Gildor, meets up with Maglor, and dies.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Gildor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Graphic) |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 11, 109 |
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Finrod shows up and challenges Sauron to a very different kind of rematch at the end of the Second Age.
Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Sauron |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 395 |
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A depressing tale. Celebrimbor ponders his life just before Sauron begins his attack on Eregion.
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Gil-galad, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 423 |
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Celeborn and Celebrimbor have a short conversation, talking about Galadriel and Celebrian. They swear brotherhood.
Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrimbor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 057 |
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Elros and Gil-galad have had a fight, and even Elrond sides with Gil-galad. Elros feels miserable and chats with Cirdan.
Major Characters: Círdan, Elros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 508 |
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Maglor is dwelling as a hermit. Elrond tries to convince him to depart on the last ship to the West but fails. Elladan and Elrohir show up later and also try to convince him to leave Middle Earth.
Major Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Elrond, Maglor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 861 |
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Maglor falls in love, Feanor brings the problem to the Valar, and Manwe passes judgment on the love.
Major Characters: Fëanor, Maglor, Ómar Amillo |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 828 |
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Celebrimbor broke his mother's necklaces. Feanor goes to scold him and ends up taking him to the forge. There, Celebrimbor learns to forge for the first time. Aule visits and tests Celebrimbor.
Major Characters: Aulë, Celebrimbor, Fëanor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 143 |
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Maedhros goes in search of Fingon's dead body after the Nirnaeth.
Major Characters: Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 876 |
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Maglor watches Maedhros consign his Silmaril to its right place in the earth. Then Maglor casts his Silmaril into the waters.
Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 762 |
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Thingol finds out about the Kinslaying at Alqualonde. Maedhros convinces him not to drive the Noldor out of Beleriand by sleeping with him.
Major Characters: Elu Thingol, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Erotica, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Sexual Content (Graphic) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 7, 777 |
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Finrod catches onto the fact that Maedhros feels crappy and helps him feel better.
Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 529 |
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Elros and Elrond must decide their fates at the end of the First Age. Maglor comes Eonwe's camp and reveals that the Elves can stay in Middle-earth for a while longer. Maglor then sings of the full tragedy of the Kinslaying at Alqualonde.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 601 |
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Nerdanel and Maglor have a short little talk as Maglor helps his mother prepare for Finarfin's wedding.
Major Characters: Maglor, Nerdanel |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 423 |
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Romance story between Maedhros and Nienna.
Major Characters: Maedhros, Nienna |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 458 |
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If Celebrimbor repudiated the deeds of his father and stayed in Nargothrond, how did he survive the fall of Nargothrond? In this story, Curufin goes in search of Celebrimbor and finds Daeron.
Major Characters: Curufin, Daeron |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 239 |
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The Feanorian version of the Silmarillion.
Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Fëanor, Fingolfin, Fingon, Finwë, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 13 | Word Count: 47, 249 |
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Maedhros the Red-haired Elfie to the tune of Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer
Major Characters: Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 112 |
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Fic about Celebrimbor and Argon.
Major Characters: Argon, Celebrimbor |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 485 |
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After casting himself into the fiery chasm, Maedhros meets Iluvatar, has a theological lecture, and learns of love and Arda Remade.
Major Characters: Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 825 |
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Aule and Mahtan grieve for the marring of Feanor, whom they love despite his faults.
Major Characters: Aulë, Mahtan |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 805 |
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A Maedhros angsting story. With the Silmaril in hand, he gets to ponder life before throwing himself into the fiery chasm. Not his glorious "Me miserable!" version. But hey, it's why I loved him even before I knew he was beautiful.
Major Characters: Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 102 |
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Hobbits in the First Age, and Frodo helps Maedhros.
Major Characters: Maedhros |
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 434 |
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