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Nimruzimir, a natural philosopher recently out of his apprenticeship, hardly considers himself very important to anyone, least of all his colleagues. When his strange, prophetic fits bring him to the attention of the High Priest, however, he may find that his existence is less superfluous than…
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
My newly drawn map of Aman, as complete as I could make it.
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The arrival and departure of ships across the Great Sea carries mythic significance for the peoples of Middle-earth. The image of ships crossing out of and back into a mysterious West appears as well in Beowulf and is alluded to in Tolkien's tower analogy in his lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," where the tower allows those who climb it to observe the passage of the ships.
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He and Diamond were visiting, though Pippin had been disappearing every afternoon, and taking Frodo and Elanor and most other lads and lasses in the neighborhood with him—though why they couldn’t use Pippin’s own pony, Sam couldn’t imagine.
So gathered they were to Bree, what lieutenants who could be spared, from their scattered watches west and east, for their chieftain had returned from his long sojourn in lands godless and mountains strange.
Aragorn returns from the South to tells his tales. Halbarad listens.
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I haven't quite caught up with all the chapters yet, but I really enjoyed both the characterization of Celebrimbor and Narvi's dwarvish angle in the bits I've read so far.
Thank you so much for your comment! I'm happy that this archive exists, so my fiction should be here too. Glad you like my take on the characters. They are fascinating to explore, with their different fates and backgrounds.
Oooh! I already loved the premise of this, but I hadn't even considered the possibility that Celebrimbor and Narvi might come across Maglor! Looking very much forward to reading the next chapters. I love how you paint the relationship between Narvi and Celebrimbor, and Celebrimbor's rawness also feels very real.
Thank you! Maglor fits beautifully into this story because his issues complement Celebrimbor's so nicely. Both need to heal, but to do so one will have to let go of his responsibility and the other will have to face it. I love established relationships, so I'm glad that works! And Celebrimbor's characterization, too.
I love how you've interwoven Celebrimbor's quest with the events of The Hobbit. This one with Narvi as the main character was especially exciting - I really liked how you showcase the limitations, but also the possibilities (*shudder*) of her bodyless existence. The meeting with the Elven spirits was haunting and very effectively written.
Poor Celebrimbor! I'm glad he didn't go fully Túrin and kill Narvi along with the Orcish body she possessed! Now I'm equally excited and worried about their journey through Khazad-Dûm...
Thanks :) ! It was supposed to be a proper crossover, but then Celebrimbor ran off to chase the Nazgul, which was not the original plan. Well. Erebor will have to wait. He couldn't kill Narvi because she's already dead and a Valar-approved spirit - unlike other characters in this story. And yes, poor Celebrimbor! I started this mainly because I wanted to get from Poor Celebrimbor to Happy Celebrimbor at some point, but so far I'm not making a very good job of that.
Oh. My. God. Are they gonna run into Thorin?? They're gonna run into Thorin!!! And the others??? Fili and Kili??? GANDALF??? Holy shit!!!
*coughs* Ahem. I am very excited to see where this goes in the next chapters. Your take on Celebrimbor's torture and death are giving me some juicy inspiration for the many different ways in which I could write my own when I get to that point, and I'm so excited to compare and contrast how you and I handle Narvi and Khel's relationship and the prospect of Dwarf ghosts in general. And ohhh I can't wait for the looks on the faces of every elf who knew Celebrimbor before he died oh my GOSH. Consider me totally hooked, I've gotta go read chapter 2!
AAAAAAAA THIS IS SO GOOD. I love the detail of Groin (lmao) and Varli as you said in the end notes, I didnt recognize Groin's name so thank you! I really really really can't wait to see how this continues, I'm so in love already and have been from chapter 1.
I hate to admit that this work is not finished and hasn't been updated in years. Yes, it haunts me. And yes, I plan to continue it. It'll just take... as much time as it needs.
It's not that I've moved on to another fandom: I haven't written a single word since Covid started. Mainly because everyone's still in home office and I've lost most of my privacy. But I just wanted to say: please don't be disappointed, this fic is still loved and it's not dead. Just on hiatus, for real life reasons.
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