New Challenge: Kings & Queens
Create a fanwork about one of the kings or queens of Tolkien's legendarium.
When 12 year old Elwing, the fey, half-elven grandchild of Beren and Lúthien, realises that she might age and die like a mortal, she goes to the person she trusts most for advice and incidentally discovers a new aspect of her heritage.
Both parties in this unlikely friendship = written with love.
Celebrían goes into labor. Galadriel is there to help. (Don't worry no graphic childbirth details here.) Crack fic.
Young Fëanor has nightmares. Finwë offers comfort to his only son.
Beleg meets his doom.
A young Fëanor goes to great lengths to "accidentally' meet Nerdanel on one of her journeys.
The story of Beren and Lúthien told as a fairy tale.
Elros sets sail for the new land promised to Men in the morning. But he'd like to talk to his brother before he leaves.
From the beginning of the world to the departure of the Istari - the story of Eönwë, Maia of Manwë.
What is the War of Wrath if not the opportunity for most unexpected and horrible reunions?
Answers to a few loose ends from Of Ingwë Ingweron, and why dragons were only the last in a long list of terrible foes that the Army of the Valar faced in the final years of the First Age.
Aragorn is told about his ancestors by those who saw them with their own eyes.
And Aredhel strayed from her companions and was lost. (Artwork)
Aegnor and Andreth test their respective alcohol tolerance.
"To her mariners cry, for she can lay calm upon the waves."
Drawn as a companion to my story: Burning. Acrylic paints.
A quick and dirty compilation of Quenya names used in fan fiction and their meanings, for readers who are having problems with working out who is who in fic.
Gandalf stays behind after Thorin's funeral to speak to an unexpected guest.
“When twenty years of the Sun had passed, Fingolfin King of the Noldor made a great feast; and it was held in the spring near to the pools of Ivrin, whence the swift river Narog arose, for there the lands were green and fair at the feet of the Mountains of Shadow that shielded them from the North. The joy of that feast was long remembered in later days of sorrow; and it was called Mereth Aderthad, the Feast of Reuniting.”
"It was not Fëanor's fault there was only one bed."
Having noted the lack of Fëanor/Nerdanel fics from his point of view, as well as the lack of bed sharing fics for this pairing, I took it upon myself to resolve both.
Arien's experience following the death of the Trees.
Nerdanel remembers her husband and sons while creating pottery.
On the eve of her wedding, a young Sinda makes a shocking discovery about her family history.
One of the Noldor women left behind in Valinor is motivated to join the Army of the Valar and comes to Middle-earth looking for a childhood friend.
A short companion piece to Promise You won't Forget and Release from Bondage.