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Preferred Name: Russa
Preferred Pronouns: she/her
Member since 31 March 2009.
About Me
Russandol has lived under the spell of Middle-earth for many rounds of the sun, from the first time she read The Lord of the Rings. Then, much more recently, she stumbled upon the world of Tolkien fan fiction and realised Arda is even bigger than she thought! As a result, her affliction flared up and became an incurable obsession. In 2009 she finally took her first steps as a Silmfic writer and posted her stories here, at the SWG.
I love knowing what you think of my writing. I'd be thrilled if you would tell me you enjoyed reading them. Thank you!
The prequel to "Time's Arrow" can only be found under f-lock in my Dreamwidth journal.
Fanworks by Russandol
Chasing Mirages by Russandol
The story of Eönwë, Maia of Manwë, and Mairon Aulendil after the War of Wrath. A tale of darkness, light, love and betrayal over the Ages of Eä.
Tolkien simply told us that [Sauron] fell back into evil, for the bonds that Morgoth had laid upon him were very strong. But this line is unsatisfactory on so many levels that it became a challenge to create a plausible background story for Sauron's fall, from the time Eönwë returns to Aman to face the Valar over his decision to free one of Morgoth's most dreaded minions to Sauron's final fate, long after the destruction of the Ring.
B2MeM 2011 and 2012 participant
MEFA 2011 1st Place - Incomplete: Drama & Smaug's Treasure (but complete since then!)
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Anárion, Celebrimbor, Elrond, Eönwë, Erestor, Finarfin, Gil-galad, Glorfindel, Maglor, Mandos, Manwë, Melian, Sauron |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: B2MeM 2011, B2MeM 2012, Fifth Birthday Celebration |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Sexual Content (Graphic), Torture, Violence (Graphic) |
Chapters: 40 | Word Count: 174, 416 |
Posted on 12 July 2010 | Updated on 23 April 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Hospitality by Russandol
A man with a perilous mission arrives at the shores of Númenor, where he meets two strangers.
A (most likely AU) crossover between my own Chasing Mirages and elfscribe's novel Elegy for Númenor.
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Erestor |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Adventure | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 160 |
Posted on 18 February 2012 | Updated on 20 January 2023 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Many Hands by Russandol
The story of a mighty weapon and heirloom, spanning the younger ages of the world.
Thanks to JDE for the thorough beta work and for nudging me to post a story for the first time!
MEFA 2010 - First Place in Races: Other Beings: General
Major Characters: Borthand, Elendil, Isildur, Maedhros, Telchar |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: General | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 027 |
Posted on 20 September 2009 | Updated on 27 August 2022 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Five Things That Never Happened to Sauron by Russandol
Five short scenes with a twist, in five different locations. Each of them harder to write than the previous one!
1st Place, Ficlet: Elder Days & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011
Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Celebrimbor, Eönwë, Sauron, Thranduil |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Alternate Universe, Experimental | Challenges: Fifth Birthday Celebration |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 674 |
Posted on 14 September 2010 | Updated on 9 May 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Bowman from Greenwood by Russandol
All of my Silmfic stories featuring Legolas are in this collection, ordered chronologically.</p><p>Please heed the warnings for each individual story.
Major Characters: Beleg, Elrond, Eönwë, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Gimli, Glorfindel, Ingwion, Legolas Greenleaf, Manwë, Sauron |
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Posted on 2 April 2021 | Updated on 2 April 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Secret Chronicles of the Ainur by Russandol
All of my stories about the Valar and the Maiar. Most of them derived from Chasing Mirages.
Ratings and warning for individual stories vary, please check.
Major Characters: Eönwë, Gandalf, Legolas of Gondolin, Mandos, Manwë, Melkor, Oromë, Sauron, Tulkas, Varda |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Adventure, Crossover, Drama, Humor | Challenges: |
Rating: | Warnings: |
Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 1 April 2021 |
Spring Cleaning by Russandol, Dawn Felagund
One day during the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, Manwë and Varda get ready for a celebration at Ilmarin, their halls upon the peak of Taniquetil.
Written for B2MeM 2011, Day 31: Valinor.
2nd Place, Humour: General & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011
Major Characters: Mandos, Manwë, Oromë, Tulkas, Varda |
Major Relationships: |
Genres: Podfic | Challenges: B2MeM 2011 |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Posted on 1 July 2013 | Updated on 7 March 2021 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Time's Arrow by Russandol
Two elves of the Greenwood, a troubled warrior and a prince, confront the shadows from their past in the less than perfect paradise of Valinor. There, a tradition that has been kept every four long-years since the ancient days of the Great Journey is about to take place once more.
Major Characters: Beleg, Elrond, Eönwë, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Gandalf, Ingwion, Legolas Greenleaf, Original Character(s) |
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Genres: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: |
Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Moderate) |
Chapters: 10 | Word Count: 41, 123 |
Posted on 6 January 2014 | Updated on 4 April 2014 |
This fanwork is complete. |
A Kingly Gift by Russandol
Ten years of faithful service are rewarded. A double drabble.
A gift for elfscribe on her 10th Fandom Anniversary.
Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Sauron |
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Genres: Drama, Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 201 |
Posted on 22 November 2012 | Updated on 22 November 2012 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Spring Cleaning by Russandol
One day during the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, Manwë and Varda get ready for a celebration at Ilmarin, their halls upon the peak of Taniquetil.
Written for B2MeM 2011, Day 31: Valinor.
2nd Place, Humour: General & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011
Dawn Felagund recorded a fabulous podfic for Spring Cleaning, listen to it here!
Major Characters: Mandos, Manwë, Oromë, Tulkas, Varda |
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Genres: Humor | Challenges: B2MeM 2011 |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 364 |
Posted on 2 April 2011 | Updated on 2 April 2011 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Livinlävidä by Russandol
In the bliss of the Blessed Realm, Legolas makes a wager with Gimli and does something that has never been done before. Manwë is not impressed.
Major Characters: Gimli, Legolas Greenleaf, Manwë |
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Genres: Humor | Challenges: Fifth Birthday Celebration |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 568 |
Posted on 17 August 2010 | Updated on 17 August 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Amandil by Russandol
Amandil - During Akallabêth in August we feature Amandil, the patriarch of the founders of the realms of Men in Middle-earth. Russandol addresses what the stories tell of Amandil, his evolution as the texts developed, and prompts unanswered questions for inspiration and debate. Originally featured August 2010.
Major Characters: Amandil |
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Posted on 2 August 2010 | Updated on 6 March 2021 |
Kinslayer by Russandol
Another kinslaying may have taken place in Aman, within the very gates of Ilmarin, the mansion of Manwë Súlimo and Varda Elentári at the peak of Taniquetil.
MEFA 2010 - Second Place - Genres: Humour: Parody or Black Humour
Major Characters: Manwë |
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Genres: Humor | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 453 |
Posted on 7 May 2010 | Updated on 7 May 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Within the Circles of the World by Russandol
Everything seemed to indicate the impossible, that somehow it had materialised out of nothingness.
The world begins to change its shape; the Dagor Dagorath draws nigh...
Written as a teaser story for B2MeM 2010.
Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
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Genres: Science Fiction | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 215 |
Posted on 12 April 2010 | Updated on 12 April 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
The Coimas War by Russandol
Several years after the War of Wrath the tension between Noldor and Teleri over the Exiles in Tol Eressëa provoked a most unexpected war in Valinor, of which later chronicles never spoke.
MEFA 2010 - Third Place in Genres: Humor: General
Major Characters: Eärwen, Finarfin |
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Genres: Erotica, Humor | Challenges: |
Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 6, 982 |
Posted on 17 February 2010 | Updated on 17 February 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Leithian by Russandol
Eärwen reads a book that was brought to Valinor from the Hither Lands after the War of Wrath.
Major Characters: Eärwen, Finarfin, Finrod Felagund |
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Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
Rating: General | Warnings: |
Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 441 |
Posted on 4 February 2010 | Updated on 4 February 2010 |
This fanwork is complete. |
Ar-Pharazôn by Russandol
In honor of Akallabêth in August, this bio explores the history, evolution, and some of the questions surrounding of Ar-Pharazôn, one of Arda's darkest characters. Originally featured August 2009.
Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn |
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Posted on 6 March 2021 | Updated on 6 March 2021 |
Maeglin by Russandol
Maeglin is one of Tolkien's most notorious characters, credited with almost single-handedly bringing Gondolin unto its ruin. Was this his fate, and did his betrayal serve a necessary purpose in the history of Middle-earth? Russandol surveys Tolkien's sources to reveal much of this dark and oft-maligned character. Originally featured July 2009.
Major Characters: Maeglin |
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Posted on 1 July 2009 | Updated on 1 July 2009 |