The Light and the Sea (Steampunk Númenor)
Series compiled by AdmirableMonster
Series title from "The Light and the Sea" by Dar Williams
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Summary:
Largely focused on Númenor, its fall, and the aftermath, as seen from the perspective of two Mannish scientists, bit players in some ways, but who nonetheless cast their shadows across the history of Middle Earth.
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Unnamed Canon Character(s)
Major Relationships: Original Character/Original Character, Unnamed Canon Character/Original Character
Genre: Science Fiction
Challenges:
Fanworks in "The Light and the Sea (Steampunk Númenor)"
The Light and the Sea Cover Art by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: No warnings apply
Cover page for my Steampunk Númenor series, The Light and the Sea. Nimruzimir gazes out at Númenor from Andúnië.
Esse Nuquerna by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: In-Universe Intolerance
Nimruzimir's father interrupts him while he is reading the most recent novel in his favorite series.
Dirty Deeds by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
A young Númenorean has a close encounter with a deity of his mother's people.
Oh where is the sun by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Lilóteo, the erstwhile Royal Physician of the Númenorean court, is waiting to be sacrificed when he receives a strange visitor.
Written for the prompt "And the Empire grows, the seeds of its glory, for every five tanks, plant a sentimental story" + manekimi's OC Death and Sauron or others
The Fates of Man by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn, In-Universe Intolerance, In-Universe Racism/Ethnocentrism
Two natural philosophers struggle to warn the Faithful that the end of Númenor is approaching. But can sworn enemies find a way forward in the midst of the final tumult?
I called it Fate that I should fail by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Expletive Language, In-Universe Intolerance, Mature Themes, Torture
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 he had originally thought.
Reflections by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
A story of three friends in Númenor, one of whom attracts the attention of the High Priest. What does friendship mean in the shadow of the Black Temple?
Far is the high gods' song and low by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
As Númenor convulses in its death throws, Tar-Míriel converses with a friendly soul before she climbs the Meneltarma to her fate.
The Strands that Bind by AdmirableMonster
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Merry Brandybuck and Estella Bolger named their first child Boromir, after the hero of the War of the Ring. But the young hobbit's dearest secret is the name she wishes she had. One quiet day, after finding an unusual necklace in the cellar, she begins to see visions of an ancient past that whisper to her of ways she might heal a poisoned pond that has never recovered since the Scouring of the Shire. Can she unlock the secrets of a long-ago chemister and his lover and find the courage to stay true to herself along the way?