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Lovely, beautiful, sweeping, epic work! I found this while searching for all things Elwing and I couldn't be happier. As for the point of canon that you could not keep, I wholeheartedly agree with your retelling. Elwing is the heir to Doriath, and she is the keeper of the Silmaril, so I would find it the most reasonable reading that the people of Balar would recognize her as a leader, especially since Earendil was always gone at sea. 

It can feel like the book wants us to think that Elwing's entire being is wrapped around Earendil, so it is exciting to find and see otherwise. 

Thank you so much for the comment! Glad to hear a search for Elwing turns up this fic because, as you said, I tried to give her her own voice here. I love the idea that the people of Sirion see her as their leader but Maedhros still assumes (to begin with) that Earendil is their leader. 

The Silmarillion does seem to "wrap her around Earendil" (I like that phrasing) but I do like the detail that he chose the life of an Elf for her sake <3.