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Where did the Arkenstone really come from, and why does it seem so strangely familiar? (Despite the subject most of this story is set in the Silmarillion period)
Celebrimbor and Annatar meet for the first time.
After the Halls of Mandos some reunions are bittersweet
Kindness matters.
"Not in a million years."
Finwe was the first elf killed in Valinor. This is about his final moments.
Written for ALEC's October Challenge - Death and Undead Things
2009 MEFA 2nd Place Winner, Races: Elves: House of Finwe
A tale of Beleg's beginning: You are children of starlight, the water sang, the fairest and most favored of Ilúvatar's design. Great deeds will you bring forth upon the world. And he smiled and listened still, but in his heart, though born of starlight and culled from dream and song, he was a son of the wilderness who wist no sire but the wood, and he cared little for great deeds.
An elf perishes on the dread crossing of the Helcaraxë.
Set after the battle of Unnumbered Tears, the life of Caranthir till his death during the sack of Doriath
At the end of his reign Elros receives a visitor. How the palantíri came into Númenor.
At the beginning of the Second Age Gil-galad must decide what to do about the surviving Fëanorian followers. Can the Noldor be reconciled?
Today is national haiku day in America.(no I am not making it up.) So, in honor of this most celebrated occasion, I have devised 9 haiku for you. The metric phrases 5,7,5 respectively.
Enjoy complete silliness! Maybe make your own and share:)
Some random text to test.
The results of the Downfall, from the point of view of the Noldor in Aman. Semi-serious.
For a few moments in time, a soldier in the Last Alliance remembers the woman he left behind.
Contests of strength and spirit come in all forms; and can sometimes lead to unexpected rewards. A mega-drabble, in that it started out as a short ficlet and finished at 900 words.
After the fall of Nargothrond more ill-news reaches Balar
A short story addressing one of The Silmarillion's most famous open ends: What happened to Maglor?
When much is lost, there still remains much to do. A Thanksgiving-inspired look at some special immigrants in the late Second Age.
Celegorm (Tyelkormo for those picky like me), goes forth to hunt in the Forest of Orome. On this particular day he encounters the mighty stag, Lintarin, whom he battles. This story is in the style of a folklore. At least that is what I was trying to convey. Celegorm is not always cooperative.
Glorfindel has been released from Mandos. His past is starting to merge with his present. You can assume this is not a sudden realisation, but progressive over a long period of time. He tells of his thoughts concerning the Balrog battle, once it is remembered