Unhappy Into Woe by StarSpray

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the following Orctober prompts:

    Mountain of Unspeakable Necessity (Mount Rerir) - Dungeon
    Broken Place (Tol-in-Gaurhoth) - Chains Scraping Against Stone 
    Silent Plain (Dor Dínen) - Stitched Shut

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Maglor's wanderings take him up the Anduin, where orcs find him and take him to Dol Guldur--where the Necromancer dwells. 

Major Characters: Maglor, Sauron

Major Relationships:

Genre: Drama, Horror, Hurt/Comfort

Challenges: Jubilee, Orctober

Rating: Adult

Warnings: Mature Themes, Torture, Violence (Graphic)
Chapters: 3 Word Count: 5, 631
Posted on 1 January 2025 Updated on 3 January 2025

This fanwork is a work in progress.

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I just want to keysmash in adoration for such a fantastic start to what no doubt is going to become a fantastic fic, but Maglor taking his lessons from the Sea and trying the Ainulindalë approach of working Sauron's notes into his own song of survival is what absolutely and completely killed me in the best way possible. I adore this and can't wait for the next chapter! 

This is amazing! I like the concept of his voice making their ears bleed and driving one mad, and then how that actually just forms an introduction to what's to come. Maglor's song is marvellous, and cunning, he's definitely learned a few things in the years since all the happenings Sauron sings of. But Sauron is still Sauron, with vast power even when recovering his strength.

I'm riveted and really looking forward to the next chapter!

ETA I forgot to say how much I speak love the way he can hear the Trees and your description of them, being sick yet physically healthy. And the way Sauron's"energy-stench" pervades throughout, and your description of Sauron himself. 

And from the first lines of Maglor's song I was delighted!  The slow, gentle, inexorable power of water, and the power of its beauty too. Simply marvellous!