New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
This two-part paper discusses different elven responses to trauma exposure and forced displacement in Beleriand and Middle-earth (absolutely not exhaustive!). The first half of the paper focuses on Elrond's response to traumatic stress, while the second half compares the impact of Galadriel and Oropher's migration into formerly Silvan realms. First given at the Tolkien Society's Diversity & Tolkien seminar in 2021.
Elanor sits down to make a copy of the Red Book
Carn Dûm had always been a far distant and ancient terror, a dark shadow on the most distant horizon. But with the influx of orcs into the north out of the Misty Mountains and perhaps from even farther away, there were rumors that the Enemy wanted to retake Carn Dûm and begin rebuilding the old kingdom of Angmar.
The war is over, and now Radagast's real work can begin.
This artwork is a depiction of Angrod, son of Finarfin, and all that represents his life in Dorthonion. It is also a companion piece to a story I recently uploaded, 'Star In The Darkness.'
My second artwork for TRSB 2022. Elrond is secretly visiting Númenor during the reign of Ar-Pharazôn, years after Sauron’s capture, and is captured himself.
A runaway conversation about runaway horses.
Early in the Fourth Age, some of our heroes meet at Bree, including Merry, Elrohir, Faramir and Eowyn.
In the evening, the conversation takes an unexpected turn; stories are told and the stories range widely...
A Tale for the New Year (originally written in January 2019).
“Therefore I say that we will go on, and this doom I add: the deeds that we shall do shall be the matter of song until the last days of Arda.”
- The Silmarillion, ‘Of the Flight of the Noldor’
An elf child of mysterious origin with a gift for Song shakes up Daeron and Maglor's quiet retirement from the problems of Men. Then she shakes up the world.
The first time Gandalf comes to the Shire it is winter, and a bad one.
My contribution to the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang artwork in an Ancient Egyptian style
Then Beren and Lúthien ... came to the seat of Morgoth in his nethermost hall that was upheld by horror, lit by fire, and filled with weapons of death and torment. There Beren slunk in wolf's form beneath his throne; but Lúthien was stripped of her disguise by the will of Morgoth, and he bent his gaze upon her.
The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien
An elvish visitor from Tol Eressea to Andunie in Numenor mends an old pot.
Instadrabbles for the August-September 2022 SWG Challenge, Restoration and Rebuilding.
Sam encounters one of the Big People for the first time.
Instadrabbles from the sessions on the SWG Discord server, 20-21 August 2022
Elrond and Gil-galad discuss Elrond's reasons for building and staying in Rivendell.
Finrod emerges from the Halls of Mandos.
Maglor finds something to do in the modern world.
Yavanna's busy at the beginning of Time.
Ghost King meets exiled Elf! Maglor Fëanorion walks into the Gambler's Den one evening with a strange request to make of Hua Cheng. Crossover with Heaven Official's Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
A letter comes to the Lonely Mountain from Bag End, requesting a large number of birthday gifts for Bilbo's upcoming eleventy-first birthday. The Mountain gets to work immediately.
Elladan and Elrohir find something Elrond doesn't expect.
Arwen dreams of shadows, and stitches light.