New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
After the First Kinslaying, Maglor's wife ends up with a grim duty.
Has she been volunteered by others?
Or maybe she did choose it herself, after all?
In the confusion of the times, that may not be an easy distinction to make.
Regret is a riptide; it will drown those who stray into it.
After Elwing casts herself into the Sea, Maglor finds her sons.
Betrayed by Feanor and his sons, Fingolfin's host must brave the Helcaraxë to travel from Valinor to Middle Earth. The Grinding Ice takes freely without anything being offered. It takes bodies and souls, smiles and warm feelings, it takes the last of their innocence, and their ability to forgive.
The story of the third companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
As the Ringbearers prepare to depart from Middle Earth, one last question still weighs on Elrond's mind. Gandalf is not sure how to answer it. Six thousand years ago at the Havens of Sirion, the twin sons of Feanor found an answer for themselves: one that spoke of little pity and of no hope at all.
Elrond is not willing to accept it, and Gandalf wonders.
Even on the night of his wedding, Hador turns to Fingolfin.
Erestor takes Glorfindel to Alqualondë to confront his fear of the dark.
Fingon's wife and daughter face their grief in the aftermath of the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.
Círdan comes too late to the Havens of Sirion.
Celebrimbor is seeking something, though Maeglin does not know what.
Celebrimbor sees too much of his family's mistakes in Maeglin.
Together, they dig a tunnel.
Daeron and Maglor believe they are the only two elves left in Middle Earth, facing the changing world alone, until a suspiciously elven child comes knocking on their door in the midst of a storm, looking for safety.
A birthday gift for my lovely friend Opal, who runs a Tolkien blog @feanorphobic
Fingolfin, chosen to stand at the side of Hador, whom he loves, reflects on the wedding after the feast.
Hador writes in his journal before his wedding.
Not the wedding speeches.
Arien and Tilion, before and after the Darkening of Valinor.
When the dragons come, so does Vingilot--and Earendil is not alone on board.
After Doriath's fall, Nellas heads east, with Dior's sons in tow.
Finrod accompanies Beren to retrieve a Silmaril and is captured, along with his companions. His encounter with Sauron in Tol-in-Gaurhoth leads to an epic battle of will and skill. Written for the Teitho contest prompt Songs.
Why didn't Dior give the Silmarils to the Sons of Fëanor? Why didn't Elwing, knowing the likely result? An attempt at a sympathetic explanation.
In which Lúthien worries, Nimloth plots, Dior learns about bargaining, Eärendil sees what most do not, Galadriel is not maternal and - throughout - Elwing dreams.
Crossing the plain of East Beleriand, they meet some wood-elves.
A collection of short ficlets about Princess Ancalimë, who will become the first Ruling Queen of Númenor.
Newly added: "Exit, Pursued", for B2MeM and the Hidden Figures challenge.
They leave the House of Angrod and cross Ard-galen, where they are met by Aegnor, and Fingolfin meets Rochallor for the first time.
Fingolfin tries to persuade Maedhros to join in attacking Morgoth before Dagor Bragollach.