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Raiyana

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Preferred Name: Raiyana

Preferred Pronouns: she/her

Member since 13 January 2018.

About Me

I have stumbled down the rabbithole of Silm writing in a novice capacitory(I'm far more famiiar with Hobbit/LotR-eras) but I hope to expand my horizons with the SWG.

@joyfullynervouscreator on tumblr

Raiyana on Ao3 which holds most of my work, Silm or not ;)

Fanworks by Raiyana

This is a Writing fanworkThe Ainu Ficlets by Raiyana

A collection of ficlets and drabbles all revolving around the Ainur!

Most of these are Ainu POV ;)

Major Characters: Aulë, Eru Ilúvatar, Estë, Mandos, Manwë, Oromë, Ossë, Sons of Fëanor, Uinen, Ulmo, Valar, Varda, Yavanna
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges:
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 5 Word Count: 1, 954
Posted on 28 April 2018 Updated on 28 April 2018
This fanwork is a work in progress.
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This is a Writing fanworkScattered Stars by Raiyana

Why doesn't Nerdanel have a mother?

This grew a little based on my Rise Above Prompt :o

Nerdanel gets accepted as a student of Aulë's... ;)

Major Characters: Aulë, Mahtan, Nerdanel, Original Female Character(s), Yavanna
Major Relationships:
Genres: Drama Challenges: Rise Above
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1, 071
Posted on 10 April 2018 Updated on 25 April 2018
This fanwork is complete.
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This is a Writing fanworkWhat's in a Name by Raiyana

Fëanor was always fascinated by Nerdanel's freckles... the stars in her skin form constellations all her own - or are they?

Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel
Major Relationships:
Genres: Romance Challenges: B2MeM 2018
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3, 154
Posted on 25 March 2018 Updated on 25 March 2018
This fanwork is complete.
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This is a Writing fanworkSongs of the Sea by Raiyana

In which Uinen struggles with what to do with Maglor wandering the shore of her Seas, the Oath that still clings to him, the Silmaril he keeps dropping into her domain, and her feelings in general.

Major Characters: Maglor, Nerdanel, Ossë, Uinen, Ulmo
Major Relationships:
Genres: Drama, General, Romance Challenges: B2MeM 2018
Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 9 Word Count: 12, 567
Posted on 19 March 2018 Updated on 20 March 2018
This fanwork is complete.
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This is a Writing fanworkWalking in the Gardens by Raiyana

A Hero's Journey Matryoshka challenge story, featuring the head gardener of Indis' home in Vanyamar.

Set in Aman, post War of Wrath, when the arrival of Indis and Findis turn the lives of the household upside down - and leads one maiden to lose her heart to another.

Major Characters: Findis, Indis, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)
Major Relationships:
Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash Challenges: Hero's Journey, New Year's Resolution
Rating: Adult Warnings:
Chapters: 7 Word Count: 13, 002
Posted on 9 February 2018 Updated on 18 March 2018
This fanwork is complete.
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This is a Writing fanworkGhost Love Score by Raiyana

Fëanor beyond Time in the Halls of Mandos

Nerdanel in Aman

Major Characters: Fëanor, Mandos, Nerdanel, Sons of Fëanor
Major Relationships:
Genres: Romance Challenges: Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song
Rating: General Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 146
Posted on 9 February 2018 Updated on 9 February 2018
This fanwork is complete.
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Co-Created Fanworks

This is a Writing fanworkStars, hide your fires by Lyra, Independence1776, Fernstrike, Raiyana

All things in Arda are filled with Song, and each Song is a story - even for that which does not seem to have its own voice. This is the tale of one such thing; of a smith, a dwarf, and a bowman, and the fallen star that sang its way through their histories.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Bard, Maeglin
Major Relationships:
Genres: Experimental Challenges: Block Party
General Warnings: Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 9 Word Count: 3, 445
Posted on 17 May 2020 Updated on 17 January 2022
This fanwork is a work in progress.
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This is a Writing fanworkTennis With An Elf and A Dwarf by Grundy, Raiyana

An exchange of letters in the First Age, written for the Middle-earth Olympics Tennis prompt.

Major Characters:
Major Relationships:
Genres: Challenges: Middle-earth Olympics
General Warnings:
Chapters: 11 Word Count: 7, 949
Posted on 9 August 2021 Updated on 9 August 2021
This fanwork is a work in progress.
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Raiyana's 2022 Stamp Collection

February 2022 SWG Opposites Attract Challenge Commenter stamp - a toy sized brown and white dog nose to nose with a large breed black and white dog
International Fanworks Day 2022 stamp - globe with googly eyes centered on central Asia, text above and below reads Intl. Fanworks Day
February 2022 SWG Opposites Attract Challenge Character of Color stamp - a Black person with their nose and mouth obscured by a bunch of white lilies
February 2022 SWG Opposites Attract Challenge Creator stamp - a blue colored pencil and a yellow colored pencil diagonally through the middle, splitting a background of blue and yellow

Raiyana's 2021 Stamp Collection

April 2021 Queens of the Quill SWG challenge stamp - portrait of Phyllis Wheatley
July 2021 SWG Middle-earth Olympics challenge creator stamp - a dwarf weightlifter dressed in red
July 2021 SWG Middle-earth Olympics challenge Paralympics stamp - Maedhros doing martial arts
November/December 2021 SWG Challenge Holiday Party stamp - a fancy place setting for a holiday dinner

Raiyana's 2020 Stamp Collection

January 2020 New Years Resolution challenge creator stamp with mountain
April 2020 Block Party SWG challenge stamp - heart-shaped hole trimmed in a hedge, text "Live Event"
November December 2020 Postcards from Middle-earth SWG challenge stamp - vintage postcard with eagle and goddess against blue sky and text "Greetings from Aman"

Raiyana's 2019 Stamp Collection

January 2019 SWG New Year's Resolution challenge stamp - multicolored confetti or bokeh effect on a dark background
February 2019 SWG Love Actually challenge stamp - illustration of a couple gazing up at the night sky
March 2019 Hidden Figures SWG challenge stamp - Image of 5 B2MEM bingo cards fanned out
March 2019 Hidden Figures SWG challenge stamp - CS Lewis quote: "What were the women doing meanwhile? How should I know? I am a man and never spied on the mysteries of the Bona Dea."
March 2019 Hidden Figures SWG challenge stamp - Jane Austen quote: "It is to be supposed that Henry was married, since he had certainly four sons, but it is not in my power to inform the REader who was his wife."
May 2019 Caprice And Chance SWG challenge stamp - Detail from Romeo & Juliet painted by Frank Dicksee
May 2019 Caprice And Chance SWG challenge stamp - Detail from Gabriel Rossetti painting "Paolo and Francesca da Rimini"
June 2019 Pride SWG Challenge Stamp - chalk drawing of a rainbow partially behind a cloud
September 2019 In Rare Form SWG challenge stamp - Pair of ballet shoes
September 2019 In Rare Form SWG challenge stamp - Hand lettered and illustrated book, with text and embellishment on the verso and a map on the recto
October 2019 Start To Finish SWG challenge stamp - Text "I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught on my homeworld that truth is a matter of the imagination. - Ursula K. LeGuin"
November/December 2019 Season's Greetings SWG Challenge stamp - watercolor of a mountain in silhouette against a colorful night sky with Earendil shining

Raiyana's 2018 Stamp Collection

January 2018 New Year's Resolution SWG challenge stamp - multicolored fireworks superimposed over black and white typewriter keys
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of a wooden drop spindle with flower embellishment on a bed of carded wool labelled "Spindle, Haladin, 1st Age"
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of a wooden gate with ornate ironwork and a stylized flower window labelled "Gate from Khazad-dûm, 2nd Age"
March 2018 Middle-earth Museum SWG challenge stamp - photo of glowing round lamp with metal work labelled "Ñoldorin lamp, early 1st Age"
April 2018 Rise Above SWG challenge stamp - Drawing of an elf wearing their hair in braided crown writing in a book with a quill
April 2018 Rise Above SWG challenge stamp - A dwarf with triple braided beard and gold jewelry holding a jewel for examination
April 2018 Rise Above SWG challenge stamp - Drawing of Varda and her stars
May 2018 Competition SWG challenge stamp - White silhouette of judge's scorecards showing 9.9 and 9.7 on a dark green background with the words "Contest & Competition"
May 2018 Competition SWG challenge stamp - White silhouette of a victor's laurels on a dark red background with the words "Contest & Competition"
July 2018 Teen Spirit SWG challenge stamp - Photo a person in an exultant T pose silhouetted against a rising sun over the ocean
August 2018 Discover SWG challenge stamp - Black and white ink drawing of two ships on a watercolor background of dark blue sea and brown to dark green mountains
September 2018 Sitcom SWG challenge stamp - Comics-style speech bubble reading "Sitcom!" with a background of blue and green stripes radiating behind it
November/December 2018 Holiday Feast SWG Challenge stamp - two hands clinking wine glasses of punch
November/December 2018 Holiday Feast SWG Challenge stamp - a festive display of osechi
November/December 2018 Holiday Feast SWG Challenge stamp - selection of meats and cheeses for grilling, with a grill in the background

Raiyana's 2017 Stamp Collection

May 2017 Hero's Journey SWG challenge stamp - a broad dirt road with grassland and a few trees on either side against a stormy sky with a rainstorm in the distance