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In the Fourth Age, young Barahir comes up with a conspiracy theory about a Numenorean queen and explains his theory to Ivriniel of Dol Amroth.
A look into the dreams and ambitions of Curufin’s wife.
A collection of ficlets and drabbles all revolving around the Ainur!
Most of these are Ainu POV ;)
On an ordinary day in SA 1697, Narvi is - as often before - losing herself in work.
On that same day, standing in a chamber of torture and looking at the battered body of the Elf he once proclaimed a friend, Annatar - better known as Sauron - realises that the Noldo is as stubborn as his grandfather, and will not reveal the location of the Three Rings.
Delirious with bloodloss, desperate to thwart the evil he naively helped create, to make the pain stop, Celebrimbor remembers a snippet of an old bedtime story, the calm voice of his uncle speaking.
He knows the Songs of Power, knows how his House could do fantastical things through song, but he never really believed in the Song of Souls... until he is standing in an unfamiliar workshop, staring at a heart-breakingly familiar face.
On an ordinary day in SA 1697, Narvi begins hearing voices... well, one voice.
Save them
Featuring Ghost!Celebrimbor, No-nonsense-Narví, Pining Glorfindel, Oblivious Erestor, and gratuitous use of Dwarf Culture.
Three gifts Miriel gives the Lady of the Seas over the years, and one the Lady gives to her in return.
Elrond, still fairly new to Amon Ereb, learns some botany and gets to know Maedhros a little better.
Valar play a chess game which has consequences in the real lives of the folk below them.
Why doesn't Nerdanel have a mother?
This grew a little based on my Rise Above Prompt :o
Nerdanel gets accepted as a student of Aulë's... ;)
Caranthir and his lake, at the beginning and the end.
Little Makalaurë just finished composing his first melody and feels the need to share with his eldest brother.
Nerdanel sees an instrument that her second born used to play and remembers.
Maglor is reunited with Maedhros, after a sundering of many centuries.
Written for B2MEM 2018.
A sailor of the Avari, from the distant South, has a vision of the War of Wrath.
After the Dagor Aglareb, Fingon has a secret, and Maedhros has a confession to make...
Written for My Slashy Valentine 2018 as a gift for Fadesintothewest, who requested a Maedhros/Fingon story. Thanks for giving me the excuse!
Many thanks to the wonderful Ignoble Bard for beta-reading.
In her flight from imprisonment in Mordor, Mélamírë encounters a strange storm and meets some-one from another Middle-earth.
Written for Pandemonium_213 for B2Me Month 2018
When Celebrían sails to Valinor following her attack and injury, she is accompanied by her friend Ianneth, wife of Fingon and mother of Gil-galad. Together, the two women seek to find a place in an unfamiliar land.
Ulfang's granddaughter encounters Dwarves for the first time. A slice-of-life ficlet featuring characters from my Loyalty series.
Maedhros teaches Elrond and Elros the language of the orcs.
Edrahil comforts Finrod on the march to Thangorodrim...
(for My Slashy Valentine on AO3)
In Gondolin, a fat elf attempts to befriend a sad elf.
At first, things don't look very promising.
But maybe the friendship will turn out deeper and more real for it, in the long run.
Now added: a prologue and six chapters.
Maedhros and Maglor, after the War of Wrath. Maedhros wants it all to end. Maglor wants something different, and receives help from an unexpected side.
News comes slowly to Tol Galen.
After the Five Armies, Tauriel travels East.