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."
Once upon a time, a little boy made his mother a promise.
Once upon a time, a little boy made his mother a promise.
Nerdanel remembers (or tries to)
These five short vignettes are AUs that might have been canon. Each of them takes an idea that was conceived and then abandoned by Tolkien, and builds a brief scene on it.
Elrond meets his mother in an unlikely place. Sequel to 'Fissure'.
She was his, his bright-eyed, noisy, always-hungry lovely, until the day the sea called her home. Ereinion, Círdan and a quick look at life in 2nd Age Lindon.
Cooking for a large family is harder than it may seem.
One day during the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, Manwë and Varda get ready for a celebration at Ilmarin, their halls upon the peak of Taniquetil.
Written for B2MeM 2011, Day 31: Valinor.
2nd Place, Humour: General & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011
A song about a man passing through to the other side.
A noldo laments loss facing the grinding ice
In which Fingolfin makes a fresh start, and later discusses the First Age with his younger brother
After destroying the world, Morgoth reunites with Eru to have an enlightening conversation in the dark.
An ongoing project to render the ENTIRE history of Arda (From the Music of the Ainur to the Fourth Age) into Verse.
Comments and Suggestions for improvement are solicted and accepted.
The Feast of Reuniting finds the House of Fingolfin relaxing around a fire. Fingon is bold, Turgon is reserved, and Fingolfin loves his sons. A short character study that I hope to flesh out into a larger story, centering Fingon.
The shadows are deepening in the East and two powerful chieftains, Ulfang and Bór, hold a meeting where much has to be decided and the future path for them and their people is to be set. That path, however, is uncertain, as their final decision has some rather complex and troubling implications.
Elrond was determined that there was going to be a record of what it was like to love the sons of Fëanor.
The lament at Fingon's incremation breaks Maedhros.
Fingon rescuing Maedhros. Prequel to Vodka and Unhingedf
Erestor has an unsettling encounter with Elwing not long after the fall of Doriath.
A chance encounter at a ball leaves Glorfindel with a deeper understanding of himself and the world he lives in.
Sequel to Vodka.
Another conversation between brothers (Maedhros and Maglor)
Feanor parts ways with his wife, reflecting on the nature of their love.
A man of Numenor meets a woman of the Faithful ere the deluge and reflects upon war and peace.