New Directions

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This month, we challenge our authors and artists to attempt creating a fanwork about a character they've never written or drawn before, using one of the best resources on the SWG website: our character biography collection. From our list of character biographies, choose someone that you do not know much about or have not written/drawn before. Read the character biography and create a fanwork about that character. (Helpful hint: We have no way of knowing if you read more than one biography before choosing your character!)

While you're exploring the biography collection, we encourage you to let our biography writers know in a comment if you enjoy their work. Biographies take hours to days to research and write and often do not garner the kinds of attention and comments that stories do. So let's show our biography writers some love for the valuable work they do for our group!

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Fourth Father by eris_of_imladris

One year after arriving in Gil-galad's camp, Elrond learns of the fates of Maedhros and Maglor.

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The Manly-hearted Woman by oshun

This is a story of Haleth. The challenge it meets requires that one write a story based upon one of the SWG bios about a character one has never written before. I owe many writers for my inspiration, but mainly those who have written Caranthir/Haleth stories I have read and enjoyed over the long years I have been reading Silmarillion fanfiction. I did write the original SWG bio of Haleth, but I wrote it so many years ago that I thought someone else might have written it, until I opened it to consult it for source material (it’s definitely one of mine). This is a story complete in itself, but I do reserve the right to add an epilogue.

And once again, I must thank IgnobleBard for his Beta read at the last minute!

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For Those Who Hold a Silmaril In Their Hands by LadyBrooke

Erellont is young when Finrod leaves, and his uncle goes with him. 

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Of Huor of the House of Hador by StarSpray

Six moments in the life of Huor son of Galdor

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Of Voronwe's Parents by Himring

Two vignettes featuring the parents of Voronwe of Gondolin.

Inspired by Oshun's bio of Voronwe's father Aranwe, which is here.

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A Second Chance by Grundy

"She whom he had loved was Amárië of the Vanyar, and she was not permitted to go with him into exile." 

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Sunset to Sunrise by Tyelca

A quiet night at home for Arien, Bearer of the Sun.

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Annael's Reunion by Kaylee Arafinwiel

After far too long, Annael of the Grey-elves reunites with one he thought lost.

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The Snakes and the Flowers by Lyra

A young Vanyarin poet makes some clever observations, the relevance of which only grows apparent in good time.
Inspired by Oshun's character biography of Barahir, and written for the "New Directions" challenge... and a different character altogether.

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New Directions by hennethgalad

The friends of Eärendil, returning from Valinor.

With a surprise visitor.

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