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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.

The Box of TissuesThe Box of TissuesFirst TimesThe WordsmithThe Power and the Passion

SWG Fifth Birthday Banner

 B2MEM 2011 passport

B2MeM 2012 Participant

 

Back to Middle-earth Month 2013

 

 

Season of Writing Dangerously 2013 Participant

 

Season of Writing Dangerously 2013 Winner

 

SWG Re-Read 2014: Participant

 

 

Back to Middle-earth Month 2014 Review Challenge--Silmaril Award

 

International Fanworks Day 2015 on the Silmarillion Writers Guild


Fanworks by Himring

This is a Reference fanworkQuennar 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
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This is a Writing fanworkA 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.
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This is a Writing fanworkMotley 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
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This is a Writing fanworkTo 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
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This is a Writing fanworkWhite 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.
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This is a Writing fanworkSkipping 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
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This is a Writing fanworkThe 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.
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This is a Writing fanworkEarendil 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
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This is a Writing fanworkHesitations 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
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This is a Reference fanworkUlfang 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
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This is a Writing fanworkDistant 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
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Emperor's Goodbye by Himring

Before his death, Elros has a near-death experience.

Featuring Numenorean bears, just because.

Major Characters: Elros, Maglor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Ficlet Challenges: Major Arcana
Rating: Teens Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 533
Posted on 1 October 2022 Updated on 1 October 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkRewilding by Himring

It sounds as if none of the people of Enedwaith who were defeated by the Numenoreans returned.
But maybe a few did, once the Numenorean port was falling into ruin?

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 10 September 2022 Updated on 10 September 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkThe Road to the Havens: The First Step by Himring

Andvir later supplies information about Turin to the poet who wrote a poem about him, but what does it mean for him, personally, to be the son of one of the most agressive of Turin's outlaws and nevertheless end up at the Havens?

 

Major Characters: Andvír
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 6 September 2022 Updated on 6 September 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkAtanatari: Of the Three Houses of the Edain by Himring

A collection for stories about the Edain.

Recently added: The chair (Sador Labadal)

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Aerin, Beldis, Beleg, Brandir, Dírhavel, Finduilas, Galdor (Edain), Glóredhel, Haleth, Handir, Hareth, Hathaldir, Hunleth, Hunthor, Huor, Húrin, Imrahil, Lalaith, Men, Morwen, Rían, Sador Labadal, Tuor, Túrin
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Poetry, Romance Challenges: B2MeM 2015, Hidden Figures
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 16 Word Count: 7, 348
Posted on 21 June 2014 Updated on 6 September 2022
This fanwork is a work in progress.
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This is a Writing fanworkGaladriel: There and Back Again by Himring

A series of three vignettes from the life of Galadriel.

Home is behind, the world ahead (First Age): Shortly after her arrival in Middle-earth, Galadriel visits the beach of Losgar.

Does not apply (First Age): Galadriel in conversation with her eldest brother Finrod Felagund.

The world behind and home ahead (Third Age):  Galadriel leaves Middle-earth, boarding ship at the Grey Havens.

Now added: an extra double drabble: "Star-glass", on the making of the phial of Galadriel

Major Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Mature Themes
Chapters: 4 Word Count: 1, 811
Posted on 14 September 2012 Updated on 6 September 2022
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This is a Writing fanwork"The House of a Friend" & other drabbles by Himring

The friendship of Narvi and Celebrimbor: Narvi and Celebrimbor work on the Doors of Moria and other scenes.

Now added: Exploring Upwards (extra double drabble)

Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Dwarves
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Akallabêth in August
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 8 Word Count: 953
Posted on 10 August 2013 Updated on 4 September 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkRunaway Horses by Himring

A runaway conversation about runaway horses.
Early in the Fourth Age, some of our heroes meet at Bree, including Merry, Elrohir, Faramir and Eowyn.
In the evening, the conversation takes an unexpected turn; stories are told and the stories range widely...
A Tale for the New Year (originally written in January 2019).

Major Characters: Éowyn, Faramir, Hobbits, Men, Merry
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges:
Rating: Teens Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 142
Posted on 30 August 2022 Updated on 3 September 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkAfter the Storm Waves by Himring

The Downfall of Numenor has also inflicted considerable damage on settlements in Lindon.

When Elendil's ships arrive, Cirdan considers how to put up those Numenoreans who escaped the Downfall.

Major Characters: Círdan, Elendil
Major Relationships:
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Akallabêth in August, Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 203
Posted on 20 August 2022 Updated on 28 August 2022
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This is a Writing fanworkKintsugi in Andunie by Himring

An elvish visitor from Tol Eressea to Andunie in Numenor mends an old pot.

Major Characters: Original Female Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: General Challenges: Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: General Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 365
Posted on 27 August 2022 Updated on 28 August 2022
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Co-Created Fanworks

This is a Writing fanworkBruised Fruit, Bruised Egos by Dawn Felagund, Himring, catadromously, Kaylee Arafinwiel

Curufin tries to steal a book from the restricted section of the library to impress his friends, and it all goes pear-shaped. This plum fine story is the fruit of a relay writing session for the Middle-earth Olympics, and also stems from the Boxing prompt.

Major Characters: Curufin
Major Relationships: Aegnor & Angrod & Celegorm & Curufin
Genres: Drama, General Challenges: Middle-earth Olympics
General Warnings:
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1, 754
Posted on 25 July 2021 Updated on 12 August 2021
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This is a Writing fanworkFinwean Correspondences on the Topic of the Edain (Posthumously Selected by Elrond Half-Elven) by Dialux, Anne Wolfe, Idrils Scribe, Dawn Felagund, Aprilertuile, janeways, Himring

Letters to and from the Feanorians, on the entry of humans to Beleriand.

Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Finrod Felagund, Maedhros, Maglor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Family, General Challenges: Middle-earth Olympics
Teens Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 5, 544
Posted on 8 August 2021 Updated on 12 August 2021
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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 listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Photo of yellow iris with an inset photo of yellow water lilies.

Major Characters: No major characters listed
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: No challenge listed
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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Photo of moon in the night sky with surrounding clouds, captioned “Fair Ithil".

Major Characters: Tilion
Major Relationships: No major relationships listed
Challenge: Holiday Party
Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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