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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
A Place for Such Joy as Theirs by Himring
Embittered by Aldarion's departure on a long overseas journey against her will, Erendis dismisses the pair of wonderful Elven-birds that were given to her by visitors from Tol Eressea during her honeymoon. The birds briefly visit Erendis's parents on their flight back to Tol Eressea, but will not let themselves be touched and afterwards, it seems, they are not seen or heard again in Numenor.
"Sweet fools, fly away!" Erendis said. "This is no place for such joy as yours."
I have written a fix-it for the loss of the Elven-birds, sort of.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Númenóreans |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Rejects |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 265 |
Posted on 1 May 2023 | Updated on 1 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Send in the Clowns: A story of Numenorean theatre by Himring
Tar-Vanimelde's last performance turns out more dramatic than her son expects.
Major Characters: Númenóreans, Tar-Alcarin, Tar-Vanimeldë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Family, General | Challenges: Block Party |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 1, 925 |
Posted on 2 May 2020 | Updated on 1 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Dancer of Numenor by Himring
The career of Lominzil, an up-and coming star of the stage in Armenelos, was originally inspired by the example of Tar-Vanimelde.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Gnome Tome |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 31 October 2021 | Updated on 1 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Maker of Songs by Himring
Three drabbles about Rian and music (fixed-length):
I. Like to the lark at break of day arising
II. Calling, Calling
III. The many bells of the goats upon the fells
Major Characters: Rían |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 306 |
Posted on 30 April 2023 | Updated on 1 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A Day's Journey through Minas Tirith by Himring
Ioreth has to endure some of the physical drawbacks of advanced age, but there are also people who accord her the kindness and respect she deserves.
Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Ioreth |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: Middle-earth Is Multitudes |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 911 |
Posted on 18 March 2023 | Updated on 18 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Scarf by Himring
Miriel embroidered a scarf for Indis.
Indis kept it...
Major Characters: Indis, Ingwion |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 234 |
Posted on 12 March 2023 | Updated on 12 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A flower, a memory, a song by Himring
Maglor, wandering, fetches up in England, thinks about nightingales, but does some singing himself.
Major Characters: Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 205 |
Posted on 31 July 2022 | Updated on 11 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Bells by Himring
Indis of the Vanyar, queen of the Noldor and a singer, discusses cultural differences with her step-grandson Maglor, the musician.
Major Characters: Indis, Maglor, Noldor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 167 |
Posted on 8 March 2023 | Updated on 8 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
And better, and better is peace by Himring
Combatants returning from the War of the Last Alliance to the coast of Gondor.
A vignette.
Major Characters: Men, Sindar |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 458 |
Posted on 4 March 2023 | Updated on 7 March 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Quennar i Onótimo by Himring
One among Tolkien's several fictional loremasters, Quennar was briefly an intermediary between Rúmil and Pengolodh and later attested as the loremaster who wrote on the reckoning of time by the Elves, a role that overlaps with the medieval historiography familiar to Tolkien.
Major Characters: Quennar i Onótimo |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 1 September 2018 | Updated on 5 March 2023 |
A Briefer Light by Himring
Elros considers the lamps of the Edain.
Major Characters: Elros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Jubilee |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 103 |
Posted on 23 January 2023 | Updated on 23 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Motley Crew by Himring
Maglor survives the tsunami that hit the coast of Middle-earth during the Fall of Numenor, in the company of a somewhat unexpected group of fellow survivors.
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Block Party, Holiday Party, Jubilee |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 305 |
Posted on 8 January 2023 | Updated on 8 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
To See Our Enemy Coming by Himring
Edhellos has escaped, with a handful of others, from the battle in which her husband Angrod died. She has a request to make.
Major Characters: Círdan, Eldalótë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 305 |
Posted on 29 December 2022 | Updated on 29 December 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
White Horn Tower by Himring
After the fall of Dorthonion, Edhellos (originally named in Quenya Eldalote), Angrod's wife, has chosen to move to Barad Nimras, the tower that Finrod built in the Falas on a headland west of Eglarest.
Major Characters: Eldalótë |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Manwë's Mailbag |
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 121 |
Posted on 27 December 2022 | Updated on 27 December 2022 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Skipping Song by Himring
A skipping game, and how it connects the children of Hurin and how it doesn't.
Major Characters: Lalaith, Nienor, Túrin |
Major Relationships: Lalaith & Túrin |
Genres: Family, General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 001 |
Posted on 20 November 2022 | Updated on 20 November 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Voyage of the Sand Piper by Himring
In the Years of the Trees, Cirdan and a young relative of his, Voronwe's mother, decide to go on a voyage together. It promises to be an enjoyable trip. Nevertheless, Beleriand at this time is less peaceful than it was, if not as dangerous as it will one day become.
Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Círdan |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Family, General | Challenges: X Marks the Spot |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 1, 640 |
Posted on 8 November 2022 | Updated on 13 November 2022 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Earendil the Seafarer by Himring
Spring arrives at the Havens of Sirion.
Elwing can see that Earendil is about to go seafaring again.
Major Characters: Eärendil, Elwing |
Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing |
Genres: Ficlet, General, Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 382 |
Posted on 5 November 2022 | Updated on 5 November 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Hesitations of a Re-embodied Elf by Himring
Thoughts of an elf who died during a war in Middle-earth, leaves the Halls of Mandos and is re-embodied.
I am imagining the experience as disorienting at first.
This elf could be Finrod or Glorfindel, if you like, but I did not have a specific elf in mind.
Major Characters: Elves |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 34 |
Posted on 5 November 2022 | Updated on 5 November 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Ulfang and Uldor by Himring
Ulfang and his sons, of whom Uldor is the most prominent, are notorious for their betrayal of the Fëanorians during the Battle of Unnumbered Tears. Their early association with dark coloration and betrayal introduces questions of how characters of color are depicted in the legendarium and in-universe textual history.
Major Characters: Uldor, Ulfang |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 1 November 2022 | Updated on 2 November 2022 |
Distant Peaks by Himring
In the Blue Mountains, quite some time before the Quest for Erebor, Gimli learns a bit of important dwarven lore from Ori.
Major Characters: Gimli, Ori |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 18 October 2022 | Updated on 18 October 2022 |
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 | | |