New Challenge: Kings & Queens
Create a fanwork about one of the kings or queens of Tolkien's legendarium.
Melian takes Galadriel on a farewell trip
The three most important people in Aredhel's life try to come to terms with her death.
More of Laurëlot.
Glorfindel attends his first council meeting.
Of the Feast of Reuniting at the pools of Ivrin it is said that the joy of that feast was long remembered in later days of sorrow.
Findis was the only one who stayed.
Never shall I see the place,
Where Enel woke and Enelyë roamed.
A poem of a Sindar/Silvan elf in Valinor.
Galadriel muses on the past and finds hope for the future.
more Laurëlot.
Glorfindel and Finrod learn more about each other over breakfast.
Andreth muses on the present, the past, and a potential future.
Contains incredibly unsubtle allusions to the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth and implications of character death.
"All his life, he would remember that moment: the silver bells of Hithlum greeting the rising sun, and then, as if in answer to the bells, voices raised in song, the voices of the Eldar, impossibly clear, impossibly beautiful. "
In which Hador Lórindol comes to Hithlum, swears fealty to Fingolfin, and follows his lord to the end. And doesn't regret a thing. (Well, maybe that one embarrassing misunderstanding about the Feanorians....)
Thanks to pp for beta reading.
How *do* dead elves get to the Halls of Mandos anyway? And once they get there, what do they say to one another?
Fingolfin could feel his temper rising, predictable, and yet he could not stop it. His years of kingship vanished in the mist. He was the younger, less talented, less cherished brother again, but one with a list of grievances that had grown very long.
“What more did you want of me?” he said. “I gave my word. He is my father too, and he was king of all of us!"
Finrod shares tales and songs around the fire with Beor's son Bregor.
Immediately after the darkening of Valinor, Anaire and Fingolfin have a conversation about Feanor.
Elendil and Gil-galad exchange their thoughts at the end of the seven-year siege before the Gates of Mordor.
Takes place after "The Fosterling Prince Arrives". Lord Brandir of Doriath (OC) - Oropher's maternal grandfather, Elu's foster-son, and royal loremaster, meets his new 'brother'.
Thuringwethil was once an elf, and perhaps she will be again.
I made an original artwork from charcoal and pastels for 2014's B2MeM. It was entitled "Feanor Never Planned to Fall in Love". Now, three years later, I have developed the story behind that picture. Here's the full effort - Feanor Never Planned to Fall in Love in illustration and text.
Melian wrestles with her feelings about Elu Thingol and laments some of her decisions concerning the Doom that befell them.
Two brothers and their thoughts about Arda.
If Míriel never married Finwë or had a child, if she put all her energy into her craft instead of giving birth to Fëanor . . . what might have happened?
Melian knew even before she went to see her daughter that Lúthien was planning an escape from Hírilorn.
The Silmaril is set in the Nauglamir, and nothing good comes of it on either side of the ensuing conflict.
Even the mighty ones sometimes need help.
Vairë's thoughts on a certain resident of the Halls of Mandos. (Written for the Tolkien Secret Santa 2016 on tumblr)