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Lyra

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Preferred Pronouns: she/her

Member since 1 January 2009.

About Me

Lyra is a Hobbit in all but size, but much more interested in the First and Second Age than actual Hobbit lore. A teacher by trade and philologist and cultural scientist by training, she has been struggling with plotbunnies and the relentless demands of real life ever since she discovered the fandom. Family life with two kids in an old farmhouse that desperately needs renovation doesn't make things easier, although it provides plenty of inspiration.

Lyra is obsessed with Nerdanel and her boys, Númenor, Elwing and Eärendil, Maglor (+ Daeron) through the ages, and the occasional footnote. Other interests include philology, the various aspects of living history/ experimental archaeology, as well as the broad spectrum of anthropology. This tends to show in her stories. What can you do? Lyra's attempts at producing fanart can be found at her deviantArt account.

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Fanworks by Lyra

This is a Writing fanwork9 Popular Misconceptions About Elf Sex (And What Tolkien Actually Wrote On The Matter) by Lyra

There are various recurring convictions concerning the matter of love, sex and marriage among the Eldar. We've probably all encountered them at some point. But a closer look at Tolkien's writings shows that matters aren't as simple as fanon tends to believe.

Major Characters:
Major Relationships:
Genres: Nonfiction/Meta Challenges: Analysing Arda
Rating: General Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Character Death, Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 6, 277
Posted on 30 June 2018 Updated on 30 June 2018
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Queen Comes To The Mountain by Lyra

In the last hour of Númenor, Tar-Míriel attempts to gain ground with a final prayer.

Major Characters: Tar-Míriel
Major Relationships:
Genres: Poetry Challenges: Rise Above
Rating: General Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 340
Posted on 26 April 2018 Updated on 26 April 2018
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Longest Day by Lyra

During the Midsummer festivities of 472 F.A., Anairë is struck by a wrenching sense of dread. Nerdanel helps her to make sense of it.

Major Characters: Anairë, Nerdanel
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges: Behind the Scenes
Rating: General Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 700
Posted on 30 October 2017 Updated on 30 October 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkEndorenna by Lyra

"But when the devouring wave rolled over the land and Númenor toppled to its fall, then [Elendil] would have been overwhelmed and would have deemed it the lesser grief to perish, for no wrench of death could be more bitter than the loss and agony of that day; but the great wind took him, wilder than any wind that Men had known, roaring from the west, and it swept his ships far away; and it rent their sails and snapped their masts, hunting the unhappy men like straws upon the water." (Artwork)

Major Characters: Númenóreans
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 541
Posted on 21 October 2017 Updated on 21 October 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkThere was battle in the air by Lyra

"But Eärendil came, shining with white flame, and about Vingilot were gathered all the great birds of heaven and Thorondor was their captain, and there was battle in the air all the day and through a dark night of doubt. Before the rising of the sun Eärendil slew Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of the dragon-host, and cast him from the sky; and he fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim, and they were broken in his ruin." (Artwork)

Major Characters: Ancalagon, Eärendil, Thorondor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3, 036
Posted on 17 October 2017 Updated on 17 October 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkAshes of the Past by Lyra

On the eve of her wedding, a young Sinda makes a shocking discovery about her family history.

Major Characters: Original Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges: Ancestors
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 370
Posted on 25 September 2017 Updated on 25 September 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkWe were not born in Cuiviénen by Lyra

Morwë tells Oromë about the origins of his people, contradicting some stories the Vala has heard earlier.

Major Characters: Morwë
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 894
Posted on 18 September 2017 Updated on 18 September 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkMaking the Gift by Lyra

The Valar create the realm of Numenor. (Ficlet)

Major Characters: Aulë, Vána, Yavanna
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 540
Posted on 14 September 2017 Updated on 14 September 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkIf their skill were great enough by Lyra

The Dwarves decide how to go about setting a Silmaril in the Nauglamír. (Ficlet)

Major Characters: Dwarves
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 490
Posted on 14 September 2017 Updated on 14 September 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkInside the Fire by Lyra

Feanor ponders the price of his gift. (One-shot)

Major Characters: Fëanor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 932
Posted on 14 September 2017 Updated on 14 September 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkUpon these shores by Lyra

The fate of Maglor, after he cast away the Silmaril, is pretty much open for speculation. Here are some glimpses at his adventures throughout human history, in no particular order.

Newly added: Exiles. In the Roman province of Macedonia, two exiles meet. Written for the August 2017 challenge, Song of Exile.

Major Characters: Historical Character(s), Maglor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Drama Challenges: Around the Fire, B2MeM 2009, B2MeM 2012, B2MeM 2016, Song of Exile
Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes
Chapters: 6 Word Count: 16, 270
Posted on 21 May 2010 Updated on 7 September 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkThe 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.

Major Characters: Amarië
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges: New Directions
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1, 257
Posted on 6 July 2017 Updated on 2 August 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkOne woman's journey by Lyra

From the bliss of Valinor to the turbulent shores of Middle-earth, the life of Galadriel never gets boring.

A series of vignettes following my set of prompts for the Matryoshka challenge.

Major Characters: Galadriel
Major Relationships:
Genres: Experimental Challenges: Hero's Journey
Rating: General Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 4, 138
Posted on 8 June 2017 Updated on 8 June 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkLooking Up by Lyra

Andreth muses on the present, the past, and a potential future.

Contains incredibly unsubtle allusions to the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth and implications of character death.

Major Characters: Andreth
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges: Woman's Sceptre
Rating: General Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 498
Posted on 23 April 2017 Updated on 23 April 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Golden Dancer by Lyra

Fëanor first sees Indis as she practices a traditional Vanyarin spear-dance. Fascination turns into life-long antipathy.

Inspired by the B2MeM prompt, "when he first stood near her and recognized her dimly through the shadows, like one who, at the beginning of the month, either sees or thinks he has seen the moon rise through clouds." ~Vergil, The Aenid

Major Characters: Fëanor, Finwë, Indis
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges: B2MeM 2017, Strength and Beauty
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 084
Posted on 30 March 2017 Updated on 30 March 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Parting of the Ways by Lyra

On the eve of the Great Journey, Morwë discusses his doubts with Finwë.

Major Characters: Finwë, Morwë
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges: Revolution
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2, 021
Posted on 9 March 2017 Updated on 9 March 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkAftermath by Lyra

After the Darkening, Nerdanel struggles to pick up the pieces of her life - a difficult job with the legacy her husband has left her.

Major Characters: Finarfin, Findis, Indis, Nerdanel, Original Female Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: Alternate Universe, Drama Challenges: Taboo
Rating: Adult Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Graphic)
Chapters: 8 Word Count: 8, 656
Posted on 7 February 2017 Updated on 12 February 2017
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This is a Writing fanworkGolden Days by Lyra

Nerdanel recounts the development of her relationship with Fëanor - from their first proper meeting to married life. A fantasy of manners, pride, prejudice, love and craftsmanship.

Major Characters: Aulë, Írimë, Fëanor, Findis, Fingolfin, Finwë, Indis, Mahtan, Nerdanel, Original Character(s), Yavanna
Major Relationships:
Genres: Romance Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
Chapters: 23 Word Count: 93, 601
Posted on 25 January 2009 Updated on 26 June 2016
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This is a Writing fanworkAs Time Unrolls by Lyra

Chronicling history is never an easy job. It is even harder when you don't always agree with the management - and cannot quit...

Major Characters: Vairë
Major Relationships:
Genres: Experimental Challenges: B2MeM 2012, Fifth Birthday Celebration
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 11 Word Count: 4, 423
Posted on 14 September 2010 Updated on 3 March 2014
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Tempered Steel by Lyra

The story of Maedhros' captivity in Angband, his rescue and his recovery is in the Silmarillion treated in a few paragraphs. This is a fleshed-out account of the events that may have befallen between Maedhros' imprisonment and his return to his old life... as far as that is possible.

Occasionally drifting into AU territory, depending on how closely you follow the source (WHICH source? :P).

The usual warnings apply - particularly to chapters marked with an asterisk.

Part One completed.
Part Two completed.

Part Three, Chapter 10 added: In which the reconciled Noldor make plans for the future. End of the trilogy.

Major Characters: Aegnor, Amras, Angrod, Aredhel, Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Curufin, Fingolfin, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Írimë, Lalwen, Maedhros, Maglor, Melkor, Original Character(s), Thorondor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Drama Challenges: Turning Point
Rating: Adult Warnings: Torture, Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Graphic)
Chapters: 31 Word Count: 112, 548
Posted on 13 April 2010 Updated on 16 November 2013
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Co-Created Fanworks

This is a Writing fanworkThe Oath of Fëanor - Multilingual version by Calendille, Angelica, Lyra, bluehair, firstamazon

The Oath of Fëanor, translated by the international cast of the SWG! Vocal versions to be added!

Major Characters: Fëanor, Sons of Fëanor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Poetry Challenges:
General Warnings:
Chapters: 6 Word Count: 764
Posted on 27 April 2020 Updated on 15 March 2021
This fanwork is a work in progress.
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This is a Writing fanworkthe three laws (or, a means to an end) by Fernstrike, Lyra

In which a certain silver-tongued prisoner worms his way into Ar-Pharazôn's mind.

Major Characters: Amandil, Ar-Pharazôn, Elendil, Sauron
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 5, 141
Posted on 31 August 2020 Updated on 30 December 2021
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Lyra's Gallery

What if, instead of taking Marty and Jennifer to 2015, Doc accidentally took them to Years-of-the-Trees Valinor?

Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Fëanor, Nerdanel
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Crossroads of the Fallen King
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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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)

Major Characters: Historical Character(s), Other Fictional Character(s), Maedhros
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Funky 70s, Tengwar
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

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A collection of illustrations about Elves in their pre-Aman days.

Major Characters: Elves, Oromë
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: B2MeM 2016, Love Actually
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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You've heard of Lay of Leithian, the rock opera - now get ready for Lay of Leithian, the ice skating show. Well, not really. But when we were setting up the challenges for 2022, I couldn't help envisioning characters from the Lay of Leithian as skaters for the Arda on Ice challenge.

Major Characters: Beren, Finrod Felagund, Lúthien Tinúviel, Orcs, Thuringwethil
Major Relationships: Beren/Luthien
Challenge: Arda on Ice
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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