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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
Strings by Himring
Stringed instruments require stringing.
Maglor has used many sets of strings.
Major Characters: Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 16 June 2023 | Updated on 16 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
End of a Reign Unrecorded by Himring
The usurper Tar-Anducal has closed the theatre in Armenelos that his deceased wife, Tar-Vanimelde, so loved.
The group of dancers that conspired with her against his usurpation have been touring everywhere except in the capital, hoping not to draw his notice.
Are their fortunes about to change?
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Númenóreans |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 113 |
Posted on 16 June 2023 | Updated on 16 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Two Rohirrim by Himring
Riddles about two female characters from Rohan, and three drabbles each about these two female characters .
Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s), Rohirrim |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 766 |
Posted on 9 June 2023 | Updated on 9 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Beorn's Wife by Himring
Beorn and his son Grimbeorn the Old are canonical, so Grimbeorn's mother must be, too.
But what was she like?
Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 102 |
Posted on 8 June 2023 | Updated on 8 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Boromir Drabbles by Himring
Two drabbles on the mourning in Gondor for Boromir's death.
Major Characters: Boromir (Fellowship) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 202 |
Posted on 6 June 2023 | Updated on 6 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Gilraen leaves for Rivendell by Himring
What the title says.
Poem in response to Rhapsody's excellent stories about Gilraen.
Major Characters: Gilraen |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 122 |
Posted on 4 June 2023 | Updated on 4 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
and death was his reward by Himring
Once again, Fingon has leapt in to rescue somebody at personal cost.
Turgon retreats to the greater safety of the secret city of Gondolin, from which he re-emerges to try and save his brother—and fails.
Major Characters: Fingon, Turgon |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 3 June 2023 | Updated on 3 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
This Moment, All Your Life by Himring
On shores separated by more than mere distance, Maglor and Elwing do not encounter each other, but...
Third Age at the earliest, but probably later.
Major Characters: Elwing, Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 150 |
Posted on 3 June 2023 | Updated on 3 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Bells and Drum by Himring
Playing in Gondolin on the feast of Tarnin Austa (no, not that last Tarnin Austa), Salgant remembers a long-ago music lesson in Valinor.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Salgant |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 321 |
Posted on 2 June 2023 | Updated on 2 June 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Crow's Flight by Himring
One of the crebain drops out of the hunt for the Fellowship over Hollin.
Major Characters: Crebain |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Bestiary of Arda |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 705 |
Posted on 29 May 2023 | Updated on 29 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Song of the Numenoreans by Himring
It is the middle of the Second Age.
The Numenoreans, who always tended to think a little more highly of themselves than perhaps they deserved, have turned oppressive and grasping.
Inhabitants of coastal towns are always happy to see Numenorean ships approaching (not).
Major Characters: Men, Númenóreans |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 121 |
Posted on 14 May 2023 | Updated on 14 May 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
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. |
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 | | |