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Himring
|Member since 30 December 2009.
About Me
I've been a Tolkien fan since I was a teenager and have been recently been whiling away some sleepless nights reading Tolkien fan fiction on this and other sites, chiefly about Maedhros. However, my copy of the Silmarillion and the rest of my Tolkien collection are sitting in various crates in another country, so apologies for any canon errors... (P.S. I've meanwhile regained access to the Silmarillion, but my apologies remain!)
General Disclaimer: 'All mine, all mine!', shrills the magpie. 'Anything that glitters in this nest I stole my very own self!' (Clarifying footnote to that: Silmarils and other glittering material in the nest have been stolen from a) Tolkien, b) Dawn Felagund, c) ford_of_bruinen, d) Oshun, e) people whose work I admire but whose names I can't remember. I've tried to mention those items for which I can reconstruct a provenance in the endnotes of the individual stories.)
ETA (2013): This bio sort of needs revising as I originally wrote it when I just had started writing Silm fic...
Anyway, here is a link to a Silm fic rec/review post of mine at the silwritersguild community on LiveJournal, posted in January 2013:
http://silwritersguild.livejournal.com/209896.html
Please consult this instead of my Favorites section on the SWG site, which I am not really maintaining.
ETA (updated 2023):
Some of my non-Silmarillion pieces are currently only archived at AO3. I also used to cross-post to a number of smaller archives that have since been taken down. I have a small SquidgeWorld account, which only contains non-Tolkien fic.
If you are looking for a "Blanket Statement": see the following entry on LiveJournal, which applies to stories posted elsewhere as well: http://hhimring.livejournal.com/24129.html
ETA 2015:
For recs now also see the SWG re-read on LiveJournal: I've added recs to the fanworks posts there for the majority of the chapters of Silmarillion. (ETA 2018: the SWG re-read has since been mirrored to Dreamwidth).
ETA (at the time of the 5th SWG celebration):
Heartfelt thanks to Alasse, Angelica, Lyra, Oshun and Spiced Wine for the Tokens.
Fanworks by Himring
Neighbourly Relations by Himring
In Beleriand, the newly assigned territory of Angrod and Aegnor borders on the territory of the cousins who betrayed them.
From the time of settlement to their death in battle, what were the relations between Angrod and Aegnor and their cousin Maedhros, son of Feanor?
Now added: "First Meeting" (Aegnor/Andreth). A related ficlet.
Major Characters: Aegnor, Andreth, Angrod, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2013 |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 6, 618 |
Posted on 15 June 2013 | Updated on 30 September 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A King Unkinged (For the Love He Bore Feanor) by Himring
Finwe arrives in Formenos.
Major Characters: Celegorm, Fëanor, Finwë, Huan, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 469 |
Posted on 23 September 2017 | Updated on 23 September 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Cutting Ties by Himring
Anarion, son of Elendil, on his way into exile.
Major Characters: Anárion |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Song of Exile |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 197 |
Posted on 9 September 2017 | Updated on 9 September 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Far From The World We Know by Himring
At the top of Elwing's white tower.
Earendil has landed, back from traversing the pathless sky, and Elwing has flown to meet him.
Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General, Romance | Challenges: Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 168 |
Posted on 9 August 2017 | Updated on 9 August 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
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.
Major Characters: Aranwë, Original Female Character(s), Turgon, Voronwë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: New Directions |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 150 |
Posted on 15 July 2017 | Updated on 15 July 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Fugue by Himring
Maedhros faces Elwing at the Havens of Sirion.
Chiefly from Maedhros's point of view.
With a cameo of little Elrond taking charge.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elwing, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 345 |
Posted on 26 May 2017 | Updated on 26 May 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Words by Himring
A short extra scene in the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth:
Finrod and Andreth discuss matters of language.
Major Characters: Andreth, Finrod Felagund |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Woman's Sceptre |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 831 |
Posted on 9 May 2017 | Updated on 9 May 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
In Praise of the Feast at Ivrin by Himring
Of the Feast of Reuniting at the pools of Ivrin it is said that the joy of that feast was long remembered in later days of sorrow.
Major Characters: Fingolfin, Noldor, Sindar |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 169 |
Posted on 1 May 2017 | Updated on 1 May 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Waste Paper by Himring
Maedhros has been re-embodied and is living in Findekano's house in Tirion. But where is Nerdanel?
Maedhros is suffering from the worst kind of writer's block. In some ways, it turns out, he is not so very different from his mother.
[Now added: a fourth chapter]
Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Mahtan, Nerdanel |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2012 |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 1, 076 |
Posted on 17 April 2012 | Updated on 22 April 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Elf at the Bottom of the Garden by Himring
Could Amras, son of Feanor, and Haldar, Haleth's brother, have met?
I think they could--well, in my 'verse, at any rate.
Another glimpse of the early history of the Haladin, also featuring a very young Haleth.
Written both for the "Strength and Beauty" challenge at SWG and for the Ambarussa day of Feanorian Week (Tumblr), although it features only Amras.
Major Characters: Amras, Haldad, Haldar, Haleth |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Strength and Beauty |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 585 |
Posted on 24 March 2017 | Updated on 24 March 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Three by the Door by Himring
Elros, future King of Numenor, makes the acquaintance of some of his future subjects--and finds out that some traditions that he thought forgotten have survived the drowning of Beleriand.
Major Characters: Elros, Men |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Revolution |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 688 |
Posted on 4 March 2017 | Updated on 4 March 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
An Act of Faith by Himring
Finarfin, recently crowned king of the Noldor remaining in Valinor, summons Curufin's wife, because a certain rumour has reached his ears.
Major Characters: Finarfin, Noldor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 513 |
Posted on 25 February 2017 | Updated on 25 February 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Something Un-Feanorian by Himring
Elrond has a posthumous conversation with Maedhros at the time of the Fall of Eregion.
With glimpses of Elros and of the Third Kinslaying.
Now added: The Decision (gapfiller for the main story, Elrond's POV)
Major Characters: Elrond, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Akallabêth in August |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 6, 956 |
Posted on 29 August 2011 | Updated on 18 February 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
In Between by Himring
Thengel of Rohan and Morwen of Lossarnach had two daughters that were born in Gondor, before Thengel's father died and he returned to Rohan to take up the kingship.
Such a daughter might have found it easy to adjust--or she might not...
Major Characters: Men |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Taboo |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 527 |
Posted on 8 February 2017 | Updated on 8 February 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Left Behind by Himring
After the Battle of Unnumbered Tears, the surviving Easterlings of Ulfang's tribe--although they had ensured Morgoth's victory by attacking their allies, the Elves, without warning-- instead of the reward they had expected, were driven by Morgoth into Dor-lomin where he held them penned.
But not all of them--some were left behind.
Major Characters: Caranthir, Maedhros, Maglor, Men, Original Female Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 7 | Word Count: 4, 372 |
Posted on 2 January 2017 | Updated on 2 January 2017 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Taking Readings I by Himring
Very short pieces set in Beleriand or Valinor, some of which are slightly experimental.
Now added: Shadowy Cloak (Beren and Luthien, after the fall of Tol-in-Gaurhoth)
Major Characters: Adanel, Aegnor, Andreth, Aredhel, Aulë, Beren, Caranthir, Celeborn, Celebrían, Círdan, Curufin, Durin I, Elrond, Elves, Elwing, Eärendil, Eöl, Fëanor, Finduilas, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Indis, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maeglin, Míriel Serindë, Nahar, Nerdanel, Oromë, Telchar, Tuor, Vána, Varda, Voronwë, Yavanna |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Experimental, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: B2MeM 2011, B2MeM 2012, B2MeM 2016, Companies, Clubs, and Cliques |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 19 | Word Count: 3, 304 |
Posted on 25 February 2012 | Updated on 28 December 2016 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Fragments of a Letter by Himring
Fragments of a letter sent by the wife of Barahir to the High King of the Noldor upon her arrival in Brethil.
Now added: an account of their discovery by Erestor.
Major Characters: Celebrían, Emeldir, Erestor, Morwen |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: Fifth Birthday Celebration |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 350 |
Posted on 14 September 2010 | Updated on 10 December 2016 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
A Stiff Northern Breeze by Himring
During the time of the Siege of Angband, the princes of the Noldor meet once again in council, this time at Tol Sirion. Maedhros has a disturbing conversation with Orodreth, their host. He discusses Orodreth with Fingon, while they take a walk along the river.
A Christmas present for Alasse--Christmas 2010, that is. Only about two months late, that's almost punctual, for me... Thank you for the discussion of weather conditions in northern Beleriand, Alasse!
Maedhros/Fingon.
Now added: Engineering and Diplomacy (Fingon & Curufin, double drabble)
Major Characters: Curufin, Fingon, Maedhros, Orodreth |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 3, 716 |
Posted on 18 February 2011 | Updated on 19 November 2016 |
This fanwork is complete. |
"Because my Land is Fair" and other drabbles by Himring
Drabbles about Annael, Grey Elf of Hithlum:
I. "Because my Land is Fair": Annael refuses to leave Hithlum.
II. "Inspiration": A first meeting between Rian and Annael, just after she has arrived in Hithlum as refugee
III. "Elvish Reminiscences": Annael tells Tuor about his great-grandparents.
IV.: "The Escape Route": Fingon shows Annael the entrance to the Gate of the Noldor.
V. "Under the Stars, in Sunlight": Annael and Tuor talk about the Sun and about elves and men.
VI. "Defeat": Annael in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.
VII. "Leaf Loss": Annael, after all, ends up leaving Hithlum.
Major Characters: Annael, Beleg, Fingon, Rían, Tuor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Around the Fire |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 7 | Word Count: 975 |
Posted on 30 October 2016 | Updated on 30 October 2016 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Under the Evening Star by Himring
The first sighting of Gil-Estel by the Sons of Feanor.
Slightly canon-divergent.
Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 251 |
Posted on 23 October 2016 | Updated on 23 October 2016 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Himring's Gallery
Photograph of a tree in autumn (lightly edited) with two lines of accompanying text.
Originally submitted (without the title) for the Manwe's Mailbag challenge for a postcard prompt.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.
Major Characters: No major characters listedMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |
Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".
Major Characters: TilionMajor Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed | | |