Teitho October/November Challenge: Legacy

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A new challenge is posted every month. On the first day of the challenge, we announce a new theme on this site. You then have two months to create your entry, which has to be finished when you send it in.

After the deadline of the contest, the voting period begins. Based on the number of entries, it lasts for two or more weeks. The winners are usually announced a day or two after the end of the voting. Teitho remains one of the last prompt-based, independent, Tolkien fan-fiction/fan art monthly contests. Full contest guidelines are here.

Our prompt this month is Legacy.

What impact do past events have on the present? What traits, ideals or beliefs impact an individual’s followers or descendants? What do we leave for those who come after?

Legacies can be both positive and negative, as we see in the house of Fëanor.

It can be steadfastness, as we see in Fingolfin and his descendants.

An individual can leave a legacy, but so can a community or an entire culture—what legacy did Numenor leave to those who escaped the destruction?

It could be a written legacy like the Red Book of Westmarch, started by Bilbo Baggins to recount his quest for Erebor, then added to over the years to become much more than a simple diary.

A legacy may also be an object, an item passed down from individual to individual: a bequest, a sword, a ring, a property, an oath.

What will you choose to explore using this prompt? We look forward to your stories and art this month!

Please submit by November 30, 2024 to teitho.contest@gmail.com