Manwë's Birthday Party by Dawn Felagund, Tarion Anarore, Rhapsody, oshun, Isil Elensar, pandemonium_213, Beatrisu

Fanwork Notes

SWG is two years old. Two years ago, ford_of_bruinen and I drove all of our friends crazy, begging them to join our new Silmarillion group. Two years later, SWG has grown in ways I never would have imagined with well over 100 members between our various online homes. In honor of SWG's birthday, I invite others to have some silly fun in a round-robin story with the characters and universe we all love!

Anyone with an account on SWG is welcome to participate in the round robin! What is a round robin? Our FAQ has more information.

To play along, simply click the link Contribute to Round Robin at the bottom of the story.

The premise of this particular story is fairly simple. It is Manwë's birthday, and Varda is having a party in his honor! Not to be outdone by the other Valier, she has invited every single person that lives or has ever lived on Arda to join the celebration.

Participants are welcome to bring their favorite character(s) to the party. Each chapter should build on the next, with newly arriving characters interacting with those who are already there. You are welcome to be as silly or as serious as you'd like. We're not aiming for canon profundity or award-winning writing (though both are always welcome!) but just to have fun.

A few notes to keep this running (somewhat) smoothly:

• Each participant should start by bringing a new character to the party. Remember, any character from Tolkien's legendarium is fair game!
• Once you have "arrived" at the party, you are welcome to write about any of the characters at the party. This isn't a role-playing game (RPG); participants do not have a monopoly on any single character. However, you should do your best to keep characters consistent with what other authors have contributed so far.
• You are welcome to bring multiple characters to the party. The more the merrier! So if you've always wanted to write a conversation between Fëanor, Saruman, and Tar-Miriel, here's your chance.
• Likewise, please add as many chapters as you would like! Round robins are most fun with a high level of participation.
• This round robin is for all SWG members to participate in. Therefore, it is important that the rating be kept at Teens or lower. But don't stress this ... Teens still allows a good amount of freedom. Bawdy humor, naughty language, sexual innuendo, and mild violence are all acceptable. Graphic sexuality or graphic/gory violence are not. If you find the story heading in this direction, feel free to start your own round robin or let me know and I will start one for you.
• Slash is acceptable but please mark chapters that contain slash in the chapter notes. This way, the content will be readily apparent to readers/participants viewing the table of contents and can be easily avoided. (Or sought after!)
• Since any character from Tolkien's legendarium is fair game, yes, that means that you can bring in characters from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. There is so much overlap between the works of Tolkien's canon that it is difficult to dichotomize which characters are "Silmarillion" and which are "not Silmarillion." However, you should do your best to tie your character into The Silmarillion as much as possible. So a conversation between a group of Hobbits about the good ol' days back in the Shire would not work as well for our purposes as a conversation between a group of Hobbits about their first impressions of Aman, how they ended up in Aman in the first place, and how they are adjusting to life in a land where everyone is much taller than them, much prettier, and not keen on eating a dozen meals a day.

Because round robins are group stories, there are a few quirks particular to them:

• Please put your name in the chapter title, e.g. "Chapter One: Fëanor's Big Debut by Dawn Felagund." It is difficult sometimes to tell who has written a round-robin chapter unless this is made explicit.
• Because a story could be ruined if chapters are edited or deleted well into the story, authors cannot edit/delete their own chapters except immediately after the story is posted. Therefore, please make sure your chapter is what you want before posting it. (And the preview button is your friend to make sure that your HTML is displaying properly!) I am able to edit chapters but would prefer not to unless there is something terribly wrong with it. (Like half the chapter is in bold on account of a missing close tag.) I will not make major edits or deletions that will affect a readers' understanding of chapters following yours, and all edits will be done at my discretion. If you do need something edited, please contact me. Email me at DawnFelagund at gmail dot com, send me a PM (click on my author link and choose "Contact" next to my name at the top of the page), or leave a comment on one of my chapters in the round robin.

But the most important thing of all: Have fun! After all, this is a party!

Now I think I hear the doorbell ...

Fanwork Information

Summary: Round robin. Feel free to join in! In honor of SWG's second birthday, we offer a sillyfic about what may have happened if Varda held a party for her beloved husband ... and invited all of Aman. Please see the Story Notes for more details before adding to the story. Major Characters: Celegorm, Fingon, Lórien, Maedhros, Maglor, Mandos, Manwë, Nessa, Tulkas, Vairë, Varda, Yavanna Major Relationships: Genre: General, Humor Challenges: Rating: Teens Warnings: Expletive Language
Chapters: 9	Word Count: 4, 780
Posted on 30 July 2007	Updated on 7 December 2009
This fanwork is a work in progress.