Breaking Boundaries

February 2018 Breaking Boundaries SWG Challenge banner showing a line drawing of a sailing ship

The ages of Arda are punctuated by encounters between peoples of different cultures.They fight and fall in love and battle and betray and colonize and corrupt one another, forging understandings on one hand and rejecting them on the other. This month's challenge asks you to create a fanwork that shows a meeting between characters of two or more cultures. There are no prompts this month. And since February is Black History Month, we encourage participants to include characters of color or or characters from cultural groups we don't hear from a lot in the texts.

See our Dreamwidth community for a list of possible approaches to this challenge or to suggest an idea.

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Runes by StarSpray

“I think,” Lúthien said, “that the Naugrim would like to see your writings.”
This made Daeron pause, and blink. “My Cirth?” he asked. “Why?”

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Steel Rose by HannaGoldworthy

A clan of Easterlings makes their way into Beleriand, where they forge an unlikely friendship with the very people they are supposed to betray.

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First Impressions by Grundy

Thingol trusts his kin above all others. When he receives word from Finrod, it is his young kin he sends to meet the representatives of the Noldor. 

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A Kinslayer and A Queen by LadyBrooke

Amras knows who the elf in his lands is, if only because her children do not understand that why they fled Doriath when their father kept the Silmaril.

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Arrival Of A King by Tyelca

A few years after the War of the Ring, the new King visits Umbar for the first time.

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The Waterlily. by hennethgalad

A sailor of the Avari, from the distant South, has a vision of the War of Wrath. 

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To The East by LadyBrooke

In a different world, Andreth wanders to the East and meets another wise-woman instead of Aegnor. 

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The Longest Journey I Have Known by grey_gazania

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.

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Market Day by grey_gazania

Ulfang's granddaughter encounters Dwarves for the first time. A slice-of-life ficlet featuring characters from my Loyalty series.

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Hidden Gems by eris_of_imladris

Nerdanel realizes her true feelings for Fëanor at a gathering ball. Based on a headcanon lent to me by firsthousepacifist.

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The Songs: A Story of East Beleriand by Himring

In the early days of the Noldorin settlement in East Beleriand, an ominous arrival disturbs the peace of mind of Maedhros and his people.

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Love Unfulfilled in Dorthonion by Kaylee Arafinwiel

Andreth, called Saelind by the Elves, had her heart broken by Aegnor...

...but Aegnor was no less wounded by his actions. He poured out his heart to his beloved twin, Nerwen, just before flame engulfed Dorthonion...

...and later, remembering his death, he relates his last moments to Findis.

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