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Andreth embracing Aegnor

Preferred Name: Cuarthol or Z (zee not zed)

Member since 30 January 2022.

About Me

MS Paint stickfigure with crossed legs, cat on lap, surrounded by a variety of depicted hobbies.


Fanworks by cuarthol

This is a Writing fanworkOrctober Instadrabbles by cuarthol

Three instadrabble prompts for the challenge

Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Tuor, Original Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Orctober
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 3 Word Count: 304
Posted on 6 November 2024 Updated on 6 November 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkClose As Brothers by cuarthol

Ñolofin offers some brotherly advice as Arafin awaits the birth of his firstborn, and Arafin hopes the soon-to-be cousins will share a bond as well.

Major Characters: Fingolfin, Finarfin
Major Relationships: Finarfin & Fingolfin
Genres: Family Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 768
Posted on 6 October 2024 Updated on 26 October 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Fall of Felagund by cuarthol

The song battle between Felagund and Sauron

Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Sauron
Major Relationships:
Genres: Poetry Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 315
Posted on 6 October 2024 Updated on 26 October 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Longed For That Cometh Beyond Hope by cuarthol

Eärendil found not Tuor nor Idril, nor came he ever on that journey to the shores of Valinor, defeated by shadows and enchantment, driven by repelling winds, until in longing for Elwing he turned homeward toward the coast of Beleriand. And his heart bade him haste, for a sudden fear had fallen on him out of dreams; and the winds that before had striven with might not now bear him back as swift as his desire.
The Silmarillion

Major Characters: Eärendil, Aerandir, Falathar, Elwing
Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 801
Posted on 25 October 2024 Updated on 25 October 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkWhere I Cannot Follow by cuarthol

After no one returns from the Nirnaeth, those left in Hithlum must make a choice.

Major Characters: Lalwen
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 248
Posted on 26 September 2024 Updated on 16 October 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkAn lao ite i mbolg na bó by cuarthol

Before Doriath, before Gondolin, others found their way to the mouths of Sirion, fleeing the destruction of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Major Characters: Círdan, Lalwen
Major Relationships: Círdan & Lalwen
Genres: General Challenges: Idiomatic
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 917
Posted on 14 October 2024 Updated on 15 October 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkMeet Me In The Woods (We'll Make Beautiful Music Together) by cuarthol

Lúthien escapes Menegroth for a clandestine meeting in the woods.

Major Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel, Daeron, Nellas, Mablung, Beleg
Major Relationships:
Genres: Crackfic, General Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 507
Posted on 9 October 2024 Updated on 9 October 2024
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This is a Link Collection fanworkOrcs Are People by cuarthol

Part of our Themed Collection series for our newsletter, this collection features fiction, artwork, and essays that transcend the idea of Orcs as the enemy, instead considering their humanity.

Major Characters: Orcs
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fanwork Collection Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Posted on 4 October 2024 Updated on 5 October 2024
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This is a Writing fanwork The Son Still Shines by cuarthol

The War brings Finarfin close to the ruins of Nargothrond where Finrod once ruled.

Major Characters: Finarfin, Gil-galad
Major Relationships: Finarfin & Gil-galad
Genres: Challenges: Kings & Queens
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3, 252
Posted on 1 September 2024 Updated on 1 September 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkMonty Python and the Athrabeth by cuarthol

Bëor: Halt!  Who goes there?
Finrod:  It is I, Felagund, son of Finarfin of Valinor.  King of Nargothrond, builder of Minas Tirith, sovereign of all Dorthonion!
Bëor: Pull the other one!
Finrod: I am!  And this is my trusty servant, Edrahil.

Major Characters: Andreth, Finrod Felagund, Morwen
Major Relationships:
Genres: Crackfic, Crossover Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Funky 70s
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 600
Posted on 15 June 2024 Updated on 16 June 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkTengwar: To The Letter by cuarthol

For the Tengwar prompt challenge. 
All 36 prompts plus bonus chapter

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Aegnor, Andreth, Angrod, Avari, Celeborn, Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Círdan, Curufin, Daeron, Eagles, Edain, Eldalótë, Elwing, Ents, Fëanor, Finduilas, Finrod Felagund, Finwë, Gil-galad, Gwindor, Húrin, Ilwen, Indis, Mahtan, Mîm, Nellas, Nerdanel, Nuin, Telchar, Thorondor, Tilion, Zimrahin
Major Relationships:
Genres: Experimental, Fixed-Length Ficlet, In-Universe Artifact, Poetry Challenges: Tengwar
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 37 Word Count: 4, 142
Posted on 15 April 2024 Updated on 19 May 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkSo It Comes by cuarthol

For the instadrabble prompt: lost in memory

Major Characters: Finrod Felagund
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 101
Posted on 17 February 2024 Updated on 17 February 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkAfter The End by cuarthol

[F]or his father was dearer to him than the light of Valinor or the peerless works of his hands; - The Silmarillion

Major Characters: Fëanor, Finwë
Major Relationships: Fëanor & Finwë
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Dip the Ladle, New Year's Resolution
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 205
Posted on 13 February 2024 Updated on 13 February 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Watchfires Burned Low by cuarthol

There came a time of winter, when night was dark and without moon; and the wide plain of Ard-galen stretched dim beneath the cold stars, from the hill-forts of the Noldor to the feet of Thangorodrim. The watchfires burned low, and the guards were few;

The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien

Major Characters: Fingolfin
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Turgon's Rock Opera
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 201
Posted on 14 January 2024 Updated on 15 January 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkChildren of Aulë by cuarthol, Zdenka

A moment between those known by others as Petty Dwarves.  Their name for themselves is unknown.

Major Characters: Original Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: Family, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Understory
Rating: General Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 101
Posted on 5 January 2024 Updated on 5 January 2024
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This is a Writing fanworkChoice Fruits by cuarthol, Dawn Felagund

Terentaulë makes her choice; but in the end, they were both fruit of the same tree.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Celegorm, Curufin
Major Relationships:
Genres: Drama Challenges: Understory
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 341
Posted on 26 November 2023 Updated on 26 November 2023
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Hunter and the Hare by cuarthol, polutropos

Tirion's masked ball offers decadent delights, mistaken identities, insatiable yearnings, and inescapable philanderings.

Major Characters: Angrod, Caranthir, Eldalótë
Major Relationships: Angrod/Caranthir, Angrod/Eldalótë, Angrod/Fingon
Genres: Het, Humor, Slash Challenges: Understory
Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 3, 361
Posted on 18 November 2023 Updated on 21 November 2023
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This is a Writing fanworkUnforseen by cuarthol

For a "trick or treat" 3-setence story prompt on tumblr.  Thank you to shrikeseams for the request.

Major Characters: Dior, Galathil
Major Relationships: Dior/Nimloth
Genres: Family, Ficlet, General Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 54
Posted on 20 November 2023 Updated on 20 November 2023
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This is a Writing fanworkWe Made Our Own by cuarthol

Finduilas has accompanied Finrod on a visit to Doriath, but she is soon drawn out into the forest to explore the land of hidden enchantments.

Major Characters: Finduilas, Nellas
Major Relationships: Finduilas/Nellas
Genres: Slash/Femslash Challenges: Middle-earth Is Multitudes
Rating: Teens Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 306
Posted on 1 April 2023 Updated on 20 November 2023
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This is a Writing fanworkA Star Shines by cuarthol

A new beginning cannot erase the past, but it can soften the blow.

Major Characters: Míriel Serindë
Major Relationships: Fëanor & Míriel
Genres: Family, General Challenges: Experimental
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 250
Posted on 9 November 2023 Updated on 9 November 2023
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cuarthol's Gallery

Matryoshka inspired art for the Meet & Greet Challenge

Major Characters: Aredhel, Beren, Celebrimbor, Edain, Elu Thingol, Eöl, Finrod Felagund, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maeglin, Melian, Narvi, Oromë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Meet & Greet
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Art created for the related prompts for the 30-Day Character Study Challenge.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: Andreth & Finrod, Aegnor/Andreth
Challenge: 30-Day Character Study, Jubilee
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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For Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week 

Ink (black and gold) and watercolor on cardstock paper.

Major Characters: Beleg, Finduilas, Gwindor, Tuor, Túrin, Ulmo
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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My contribution to the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang artwork in an Ancient Egyptian style

Then Beren and Lúthien ... came to the seat of Morgoth in his nethermost hall that was upheld by horror, lit by fire, and filled with weapons of death and torment. There Beren slunk in wolf's form beneath his throne; but Lúthien was stripped of her disguise by the will of Morgoth, and he bent his gaze upon her.

 The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien

Major Characters: Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel, Melkor
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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