New Challenge: Bollywood
This month's challenge offers songs, films, and tropes from Bollywood, the world's largest film industry based out of India, as prompts for fanworks.
Embittered by Aldarion's departure on a long overseas journey against her will, Erendis dismisses the pair of wonderful Elven-birds that were given to her by visitors from Tol Eressea during her honeymoon. The birds briefly visit Erendis's parents on their flight back to Tol Eressea, but will not let themselves be touched and afterwards, it seems, they are not seen or heard again in Numenor.
"Sweet fools, fly away!" Erendis said. "This is no place for such joy as yours."
I have written a fix-it for the loss of the Elven-birds, sort of.
Three drabbles about Rian and music (fixed-length):
I. Like to the lark at break of day arising
II. Calling, Calling
III. The many bells of the goats upon the fells
Carphadril, Queen of the Evair, moves against the King and Queen of Doriath, a threat to her rule. She raises a son who - she hopes - will wed Luthien and claim the throne of the other great forest realm for her.
A spooky story has instilled a fear of spiders in young Elrond and Elros. Fortunately, Eärendil has returned from his latest sea voyage with a tale that will put their fears to rest.
Later, the boys tell Maglor of their father's exploits.
Éowyn refuses to be a foot note in the history of men.
4 women, 4 story cycles, 400 words each.
Snapshots from the lives of four incredible women in Tolkien.
Ioreth has to endure some of the physical drawbacks of advanced age, but there are also people who accord her the kindness and respect she deserves.
Combatants returning from the War of the Last Alliance to the coast of Gondor.
A vignette.
Finrod watches his lover sleep and things about their coming deaths. Luckily, Balan wakes to comfort him.
After Sauron is driven out of Dol Guldur, Thranduil finds someone in the remains of the tower. He now has to decide what to do with an injured Kinslayer.
After being injured in a riding accident, Eldarion stays behind in Minas Tirith while his mother and father embark on their spring tour. He is not best pleased when he is assigned to help in the Houses of Healing, but soon finds he has much to learn...
(This is a work in progress.)
In captivity, Celebrimbor draws the diagram of the tower where he’s held.
We spend some time with our friends from Gondolin, learn about Nellas and Galdor's relationship in this universe and do a lot of worldbuilding.
Story/fiction writing prompts for the 30-Day Character Challenge.
Maglor survives the tsunami that hit the coast of Middle-earth during the Fall of Numenor, in the company of a somewhat unexpected group of fellow survivors.
Edhellos has escaped, with a handful of others, from the battle in which her husband Angrod died. She has a request to make.
It's a ridiculous Yule for all. Maglor discovers much about his cousin Turgon after he is sent off to spend the evening with him, and Maedhros and Fingon receive a surprise visit from a well-pickled Finrod.
Ñolofinwë’s eldest has always been flighty. Early in the First Age, Findekáno disappears three ways.
Written for the fan_flashworks challenge “storm”.
The queen of Númenor reflects on her past and future with a strange companion.
Mablung leaves Doriath on the eve of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Fingon is out for an adventure and asks Maedhros for an introduction to a certain club. Soon he finds himself participating in an orgy, the plaything of others, and enjoying every moment of it.
A skipping game, and how it connects the children of Hurin and how it doesn't.
The world changed when Sauron fell. Orcs have to adapt to survive, and the elves may have to try new things too.