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Maglor and his companion almost drown in the River Lune.
In his own wanderings, Daeron comes to the shore--and finds Maglor.
Written for an Insta-drabbling challenge for Orctober prompts, but not horror (or fluff either): two drabbles about survivors, Maglor and Haleth.
A short history of the Fen of Serech, from happier times until the bitter end.
Life as a thrall of Lorgan is not easy. Tuor's capture complicates things.
Tar-Miriel, still plagued by foresight when nothing can be prevented anymore.
A chance find while tidying up Indis' rooms leads to revelations no one was expecting.
Berion, captain of Barad Eithel under King Fingon, laments Fingon's death and the loss of his home.
After the War of Wrath, what was originally planned as a temporary stay (a kind of moral quarantine) on Tol Eressea turns into a permanent settlement. And so we also get another chapter in the history of the White Tree(s).
As Númenor convulses in its death throws, Tar-Míriel converses with a friendly soul before she climbs the Meneltarma to her fate.
Beleg comforts Gwindor in Taur-nu-Fuin.
Orcs: a treatise on dissection.
Morwen, whose view of the world has been permanently darkened by past sufferings, is concerned for her children.
A minor incident during the Fall of Eregion: no, this is not about the Gwaith-i-Mirdain or Celebrimbor, it is about the Dyers' Guild. Not one for the history books, but the Eldar remember...
Carrying the Silmaril for millennia has consequences.
The news of the Second Kinslaying arrives on Balar among the Falathrim. They are all shocked and horrified, but for one of them, it poses a specific problem.
Imagine a self-help group for fictional characters who have lost one or several hands. That's it. That's the idea.
A very rough sketch to get in just under the wire to respond to three challenges at once:
- Tengwar (ampa - hook; technically Noldo)
- Crossroads of the Fallen King (Crossover with Star Wars, Peter Pan, the MCU, the Aubreiad, real world history, Mad Max and the Queen's Thief series)
- Funky 70s (Star Wars; some of the fancy drinks)
Aerandir, a mariner who accompanied Earendil on his voyages, finds himself at loose ends when he arrives in Valinor after the War of Wrath.
He is haunted by an encounter during one of their earlier voyages and comes to a decision..
Fingon and Hurin: I. A Common Root
A poem about the Noldor. (See Story Notes.)
Ungoliant gets a chance to have her say.
Written for the Tengwar challenge, with the prompts silmë nuquerna (starlight reversed) and ungwë (spider's web).
Elrond and Elros are haunted by what happened and also by what did not. They live with it.
In western Numenor, there is an area famous for its trees and plants. But the Faithful have been banished to the east. And in the last days of Numenor, on the coast an army assembles...
In the aftermath of the second kinslaying, Maglor and Maedhros are faced with the disappearance of a pair of twins: Eluréd and Elurín.
Years later, another pair of twins—this time under the Fëanorians’ care—are missing: Elrond and Elros.
[3 chapters, posted over 3 consecutive days.]