A Sense of History: Straight Road
The next in a series of articles about ships passing to and from the West, Simon uses "The Fall of Númenor" to attempt to arrive at Tolkien's reading of the exordium to "Beowulf."
Amarie visits Elwing in her tower by the sea.
Who will fetch forth Turin to the fight, as the Dagor Dagorath approaches?
Written for Kenaz for the "Around the Fire" Challenge.
Fíriel spends one last night with her lady.
As Ar-Pharazôn’s fleet nears completion, two childhood friends must decide what to do. (Double drabble.)
Samwise Gamgee's granddaughter Fíriel dreams of Cuiviénen under the stars.
A seagull and the wind dance at the edge of the sea.
When Haleth feels hope fades she reaches for light within and seeks her out.
The stream echoes Mithrellas' desperate search for Nimrodel.
"My problem is Meril, father,” Tindómiel said and took another deep breath, her heart pounding with the confession reaching her lips. “I love her deeply, and that is the source of my pain."
A moment with Finduilas and Níniel.
A short visit in the gardens.
Hope gives way to truth.
What happened to Maglor after he cast the Silmaril into the sea? Modern setting AU with Maglor in our times, after ages of wandering the earth.
Nerdanel considers her children, and why Curufin was always special to Fëanor’s heart.
Elwing and the wind. (There are powers in Arda that are not told of in the histories.)
Even before their fatal quarrel, Saeros is exasperated by Túrin's lack of grooming. (Triple drabble.)
Maglor still makes music, and Maedhros listens, when it is all they have left.
Curufin joins Celegorm for a hunt in Oromë's woods and will be touched by a sudden realization regarding the situation of the Noldor in Aman.
It takes place not long after the creation of the Silmarils, Celebrimbor is still a child and the feud with Fingolfin hasn't reached its peak yet, but Melkor's twisted murmurs have started to burn in the hearts of the Noldor.
The learned scholar Rúmil of Tirion meets a Hobbit and shares his opinion about Dwarves.
A kid from nowhere seeks out an old family friend...and that's when things get interesting. A retelling of the Fall of Gondolin set in the 1920s.
The women of Erendis's household tell each other stories on a rainy day. (Or, a tale from New England retold in Númenor.)
Bits of memory from Elrond's early childhood. (Double drabble.)
Gwindor and Túrin on the shores of Ivrin. Things lost, things found, and some basic math.
Celebrimbor sees his father for the last time.