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Maedhros, at the moment of his death.
Fingolfin passes on the crown to Fingon his son and heir.
The reflections of Bëor as he is welcomed to Nargothrond.
The account of Lord Eöl and Lady Aredhel, from the perspective of two of Eöl’s smiths.
And Aredhel strayed from her companions and was lost. (Artwork)
Some of the Sindar may have practical reasons to like their king’s edict that banishes Quenya from Doriath. (Drabble)
“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.”
The Grinding Ice (Artwork)
Fingolfin, his family and friends, confront the ice and the unknown, and are drawn closer together by their feat of endurance. But Fingolfin suffers bitter loneliness and only the great valour of the other Elves gives him the strength to keep moving.
The world is changing. Strange dreams drive an Avari chieftain to embark on a quest, where he unknowingly stumbles upon his people's doom.
"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.
Elrond and Elros have recently arrived on Balar, and Elrond is not happy to be back among his mother's people. But with some help from his brother, he begins to see Elwing in a different light.
Arien of Anar and Tilion of Isil. (Artwork)
Arien's experience following the death of the Trees.
After the battle, too few of Denethor’s people remain to search through all the bodies alone.
After the Exile of the Noldor, Arafinwe and Aule reflect on things which can be fixed, and those that cannot.
The first kinslaying. [Artwork]
Nerdanel remembers her husband and sons while creating pottery.
Melkor, Ungoliant and the darkening of Valinor.
Melkor meets Ungoliant within her lair in order to fulfill his plan. They both converge on Aman and Melkor takes his revenge.
Finwe arrives in Formenos.
Melkor weaves his lies, especially between the sons of Finwë. (Artwork)
The Dwarves arrive in Beleriand. (Artwork)
Fëanor's creation of the Silmarils, in the form of a sestina.
Fëanor experiments with the light-retaining properties of Silima in the privacy of his forge.