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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
Kortirion by Himring
Maglor in Warwick.
Major Characters: Maglor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 25 March 2022 | Updated on 25 March 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Wandering Woodcarver by Himring
During the Siege, one of the more peaceful times in the history of Beleriand:
Oderen, the woodcarver, and his wife Emlinn have returned from their travels to their home in Brithombar in the Falas.
But not for very long.
Soon they will set out again...
Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
Major Relationships: Original Character/Original Character |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 205 |
Posted on 25 March 2022 | Updated on 25 March 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Death of an Orc by Himring
Sometime in the Fourth Age, Maglor, wandering along the shore, comes across a dying orc.
This leads him to question some of his beliefs and reconsider earlier experiences.
Major Characters: Maglor, Orcs |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 237 |
Posted on 13 March 2022 | Updated on 13 March 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Soothing by Himring
In Mithrim: Maedhros and his healer.
A bit of backstory for the later master healer of Himring.
Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Opposites Attract |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 527 |
Posted on 26 February 2022 | Updated on 26 February 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Light in a Ruined House by Himring
Celebrian asks Elrond about Maedhros and Maglor.
Elrond does not find it easy to talk to her about them, so he begins in a somewhat roundabout way...
Major Characters: Celebrían, Elrond, Maedhros, Maglor |
Major Relationships: Celebrían/Elrond |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Holiday Party, New Year's Resolution, Queens of the Quill |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 201 |
Posted on 6 February 2022 | Updated on 7 February 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Elendil! Elendil! by Himring
Fixed length-ficlets featuring Elendil the Tall, one set during this childhood in Numenor, the other after the Fall of Numenor.
Major Characters: Elendil, Inzilbêth |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Holiday Party, New Year's Resolution |
Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 304 |
Posted on 22 January 2022 | Updated on 22 January 2022 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Limits of Defiance by Himring
Finduilas considers the question whether she ever had a rebellious phase and remembers an episode from her childhood.
Major Characters: Finduilas |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Holiday Party |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 100 |
Posted on 4 January 2022 | Updated on 4 January 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Morwen Learns of her Cousin's Fate by Himring
Morwen hears from Annael that her cousin Rian has left his protection to seek death at the side of her fallen husband.
Major Characters: |
Major Relationships: Morwen & Rían |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 102 |
Posted on 11 December 2021 | Updated on 11 December 2021 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
The Hunter's Horse by Himring
Orome's horse Nahar shows interest in a certain descendant of his.
Major Characters: Nahar |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: Holiday Party |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 202 |
Posted on 26 November 2021 | Updated on 26 November 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Songs: A Story of East Beleriand by Himring
In the early days of the Noldorin settlement in East Beleriand, an ominous arrival disturbs the peace of mind of Maedhros and his people.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Elrond, Maedhros, Noldor, Sindar |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: Breaking Boundaries |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 7, 512 |
Posted on 17 December 2017 | Updated on 25 November 2021 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
One Hundred Words About Maedhros by Himring
Drabbles in my 'Doom' series. Not necessarily gloomy!
100 words according to Word.
Last added: Deadlier.
Major Characters: Elrond, Fingon, Maedhros |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
Chapters: 9 | Word Count: 1, 016 |
Posted on 28 May 2011 | Updated on 12 November 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Who would come for you in the end but your best friend? by Himring
Huan finds Celegorm in Mandos.
Major Characters: Celegorm, Huan |
Major Relationships: Celegorm & Huan |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 147 |
Posted on 12 November 2021 | Updated on 12 November 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
"A Different Kind of Flame" and "Fire and Terror" by Himring
A craftswoman weaves Feanorian flames, but Morgoth's flames prove deadlier.
She is haunted by flame, at first, even after her death.
Major Characters: Original Female Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 200 |
Posted on 30 October 2021 | Updated on 30 October 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Arithmetic Progression at Cuivienen by Himring
In Cuivienen, ancestral home of the elves, Imin, ancestor-founder of the Vanyar (originally called Minyar), makes a slightly tactless comment.
Major Characters: Imin, Iminyë |
Major Relationships: Imin/Iminyë |
Genres: Crackfic | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 144 |
Posted on 22 October 2021 | Updated on 22 October 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A Farewell by Himring
Morwen departs for Dor-lomin, with Rian and some other refugees of the House of Beor, while Emeldir and others remain in Brethil.
Major Characters: Emeldir, Morwen |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
Posted on 22 October 2021 | Updated on 22 October 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Attercop by Himring
Beren in Nan Dungortheb.
And an in-universe explanation for a statement about spiders in The Hobbit.
Major Characters: Beren |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 120 |
Posted on 22 October 2021 | Updated on 22 October 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Burning in the House: Éowyn's Outcry and the Death of Aerin by Himring
In an attempt to allow widely separated parts of the Legendarium to throw light on each other, Aerin's final acts are compared to the imagery in which Éowyn's expresses her concerns in The Lord of the Rings. The relevant passages share the motif of the burning house. The handling of this motif suggests authorial sympathy with Éowyn's plight.
Major Characters: Aerin, Éowyn |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 22 June 2018 | Updated on 22 October 2021 |
The Sea Comes for Helevorn by Himring
At the end of the War of Wrath, during the drowning of Beleriand, the Sea reaches ravaged Thargelion, where Caranthir once had his domain, and Lake Helevorn at the foot of Mount Rerir.
Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s) |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 510 |
Posted on 13 October 2021 | Updated on 13 October 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
This is just to say… by Himring
A letter to the author, by a writer of fan fiction.
That is, to Tolkien.
Written for a prompt of the "Dear Irmo" challenge.
Major Characters: |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Experimental, Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: Dear Irmo |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 469 |
Posted on 25 September 2021 | Updated on 26 September 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Fellow Students by Himring
Galdor has been sponsored by Fingolfin to go and study on Taniquetil.
It is here that he first meets Elenwe and becomes devoted to her.
Major Characters: Elenwë, Galdor of the Tree |
Major Relationships: Elenwë & Galdor of the Tree |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 466 |
Posted on 8 September 2021 | Updated on 8 September 2021 |
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 | | |