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1. 'L' for Love
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Author: Tehta
Last Updated: 04/08/05 Original Post: 03/15/05
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 441
Era: 1st Age Genre: Humor Completion: Complete - Daeron of Doriath is remembered for two things: his love of Luthien, and the invention of the Cirth script. In this vignette, Celeborn discovers that the two are not unrelated.
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- 2. 30th of March, 3019
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Author: JunoMagic
Last Updated: 12/18/06 Original Post: 11/03/04
Status: General Rating: Adult Chapters: 2 Word Count: 2,231
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - The Fields of the Pelennor sometime after the battle.
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- 3. A Good Home
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Author: EdorasLass
Last Updated: 04/06/08 Original Post: 10/14/05
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,340
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - Elrond gives Boromir a present for Faramir. A 2005 birthday gift for JunoMagic
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4. A Matter of Cultural Differences
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Author: Lissa
Last Updated: 05/14/09 Original Post: 02/08/09
Status: Reviewed Rating: Adult Chapters: 1 Word Count: 15,145
Era: Akallabêth/Last Alliance Genre: Humor Completion: Complete - A Most Proper Elf gains insight in some vices of mortals, and learns a little about himself. Warnings for graphic language.
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- 5. A Matter of Definition
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Author: MerryK
Last Updated: 01/14/07 Original Post: 01/14/07
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,329
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - The infamous meeting between Eomer and Faramir about Eowyn turns philosophical. For the Tolerance Challenge.
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6. A Tree Grows in the Pass
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Author: Larner
Last Updated: 10/10/10 Original Post: 08/17/09
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 9,294
Era: 4th Age Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - During their first term of service with the Rangers of Ithilien the son of King Elessar and the son of the Prince of Ithilien, inspired by tales told of the visit by the Ringbearers, decide to seek certain relics within the Pass of Cirith Ungol.
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- 7. Across the Grinding Ice
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Author: Elvenesse
Last Updated: 11/03/05 Original Post: 10/30/04
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 287
Era: 1st Age Genre: General Completion: Complete - A young Idril remembers the arduous journey to Middle-earth, and the loss of her mother. A short vingette.
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- 8. Ad Sum
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Author: Dwimordene
Last Updated: 10/26/03 Original Post: 09/14/02
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,089
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - Meet one of the 'charwomen' of Minas Tirith. Written in answer to a Quickie Challenge: a woman dragging corpses off the Pelennor to the funeral fires.
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9. Adraefan
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Author: Aeneid
Last Updated: 10/20/05 Original Post: 08/10/04
Status: Reviewed Rating: Adult Chapters: 48 Word Count: 196,814
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - AU. One less arrow at Amon Hen and things go much differently for beloved good-bad son of Gondor. A veritable odyssey for Boromir ensues, complete with manipulative Valar, exiled elves, Radagast the Brown, and a helpful chorus. Action, adventure, angst, humor. Mixed writing styles (prose and poetry), with a Greco-Roman feel. Rated for violence and adult themes. A warning to the squeamish. 2005 MEFA Award Winner: 1st place, Alternative Universe category
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- 10. Affiliations
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Author: Dwimordene
Last Updated: 12/07/06 Original Post: 12/07/06
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,868
Era: 4th Age Genre: General Completion: Complete - "You were born 'Aragorn', your father was Arathorn, and through him, you are the Heir of Isildur—the last of your line." But the last no longer...
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11. After Such Knowledge
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Author: Azalais
Last Updated: 03/15/04 Original Post: 03/23/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2,048
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - While the battle rages on the Pelennor Field, the aged Keeper of Minas Tirith's House of Lore remembers the last time Mithrandir came to the White City and sought his help.Mithril Awards 2003 - Finalist - Best New Author
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- 12. Agh Gaashu-ishi
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Author: WargishBoromirFan
Last Updated: 12/01/04 Original Post: 11/29/04
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,563
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards Genre: General Completion: Complete - In the Hobbit, a group of Wargs gathers for a meeting under the trees Bilbo & company are hiding in. Ever wonder just what they were talking about?
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13. Aglarond
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Author: ErinRua
Last Updated: 11/19/04 Original Post: 03/09/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2,534
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - A dwarf, a cave and a claustrophobic elf. Wherein Gimli and Legolas venture into the Crystal Caves of Aglarond at the war's end, and Legolas is lost for words. NO slash. COMPLETE. * Mithril Awards 2003 - Winner - Best Fellowship story. * Mithril Awards 2003 - Commended - Best Story Focusing on Elves * Gathering of the Fellowship Toronto 2003 Writing Awards: 1st Place Prose Fiction (tied) * 2004 MEFAs, 1st place LOTR, FOTR Award
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14. All These Wore Wings
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Author: fileg
Last Updated: 10/17/03 Original Post: 09/20/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1,950
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards Genre: General Completion: Complete - Random images from the siege of Gondolin haunt a small boy in another white city. A snapshot, based on the painting "Brothers" by Starlight. -- fileg
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15. Amid the Powers and Chances of the World
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Author: Azalais
Last Updated: 08/24/11 Original Post: 07/05/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 51 Word Count: 184,316
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: Romance Completion: Complete - "Men..should have a virtue to shape their lives, amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is as fate to all things else" (Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter 1). A mortal woman is brought to Rivendell for healing in the summer of 3018, and thus becomes entangled with both Men and Elves in the events of the War of the Ring. How will destiny and choice shape the lives of the two Kindreds? This novel-length story travels from Rohan via Rivendell to Gondor and back ...
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16. Anadûnai
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Author: Darth Fingon
Last Updated: 11/14/09 Original Post: 08/03/09
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 28,461
Era: 2nd Age - Pre-Rings Genre: General Completion: Complete - 163 years after their parting in Middle-earth, Elrond travels to Númenor to see his brother again.
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- 17. And The Woods Responded
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Author: WindSurfBabe
Last Updated: 07/04/12 Original Post: 06/26/11
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 15 Word Count: 39,489
Era: Other Genre: Action Completion: Work in Progress - Aeve did not believe in elves - nor did she need to. But when war threatens to claim those she holds dear, she remembers the old stories. Are there truly immortal beings dwelling in the ruins nearby? Can they help her? And at what price?
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18. And These Pearls That Were Her Eyes
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Author: Regina
Last Updated: 01/17/04 Original Post: 09/14/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: Adult Chapters: 4 Word Count: 9,954
Era: Akallabêth/Last Alliance Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - On the final two days of her life, Tar-Miriel, last queen of Numenor, reflects upon her unhappy marriage, her one moment of bravery, and her ultimate fate. Explicit non-con sex.
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19. Anessë
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Author: Sphinx
Last Updated: 05/16/04 Original Post: 05/07/04
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 2 Word Count: 2,650
Era: 1st Age Genre: General Completion: Complete - ‘After name’ Dior arrives in Menegroth after the passing of Elu Thingol, and recieves more than the throne of the Sindar. Featuring Dior, Nimloth, Celeborn, Galadriel.
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- 20. Another Man's Cage
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Author: Dawn Felagund
Last Updated: 08/08/07 Original Post: 06/28/05
Status: General Rating: Adult Chapters: 53 Word Count: 354,559
Era: Time of the Trees Genre: General Completion: Complete - In the Years of the Trees, the family of Fëanor--and the Noldor--begins a slow move toward their eventual fate. This is a novel-length work-in-progress set in Valinor, during which I follow the young House of Fëanor over the course of an ordinary year. The main players are Fëanor, Nerdanel, Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Fingon, Fingolfin, and Finarfin. Please see my story discussion for further introductory material. Rated for marital sex and consensual heterosexual situations.
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21. Anticipation
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Author: LOTR lover
Last Updated: 01/11/05 Original Post: 07/23/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2,751
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: Humor Completion: Complete - A Glorfindel story. How much does a twice-born Balrog killer have to put up with, anyway? Humor/romance. Not really slash, but with some slashy elements. Perhaps PG-13. Glorfindel, Rumil, Original Character
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- 22. Arwen, My Love
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Author: Elvenesse
Last Updated: 01/28/05 Original Post: 11/11/04
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 842
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards Genre: Humor Completion: Complete - A young Aragorn must have tried to put his feelings for Arwen into writing after first meeting her - or even worse: poetry. After all, how do you think Elrond *really* found out how Aragorn felt about his daughter.
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23. As the Magnet Finds Iron
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Author: Nessime
Last Updated: 08/18/05 Original Post: 11/22/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: Adult Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,663
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: Other Completion: Complete - Amid the losses of war, where does one find joy? A brief glimpse through the eyes of a Westfold woman. *Originally written for the 2003 Harvest Home Onlist Challenge. (A/N: the rating is for non-explicit adult themes)
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24. At the Rising of the Moon
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Author: Linda Hoyland
Last Updated: 01/28/07 Original Post: 12/21/06
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 5 Word Count: 9,507
Era: 4th Age Genre: Humor Completion: Complete - Éowyn sends Aragorn and Faramir on a quest to find the missing ingredient for a Yule celebration. They soon face new challenges which test their resourcefulness to the limits. A light hearted story for the holiday season. Part of a series. With grateful thanks to Raksha for her help. MEFA Awards - 2nd place - Humour- Gondor
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25. Ballad of Isildur and Elendil, The
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Author: lindelea
Last Updated: 05/12/03 Original Post: 04/24/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 481
Era: Akallabêth/Last Alliance Genre: Poetry Completion: Complete - A lullaby of Gondor, sung over the centuries: Training those who lived in Gondor started as early as the singing of cradle songs. Entered in the Mother Goose challenge. [If it seems a bit repetitious, just remember that the purpose of a lullaby is to put little ones to sleep...]
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26. Ballad of the Hunter, The
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Author: finch
Last Updated: 01/10/03 Original Post: 11/10/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 703
Era: Time of the Trees Genre: Poetry Completion: Complete - Silmarillion-based. An ancient Elvish song.
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27. Bare Feet and Beer
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Author: Gwynnyd
Last Updated: 11/01/05 Original Post: 12/11/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,941
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - Faramir is happy. Eowyn loves him. He's doing a good job as Steward. Things can't get better, can they? Written for the Happy Faramir Challenge. With many thanks to Tanaqui not only for her insistence that I could write this, but her beta help with the process. 2005 MEFA Awards 1st Place (Post-Ring War - Gondor)
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28. Bargaining for Beginners
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Author: Honesty
Last Updated: 01/10/03 Original Post: 08/02/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 3 Word Count: 17,825
Era: 2nd Age - Rings Genre: Romance Completion: Complete - This is about Celebrimbor and Narvi, the two craftsmen who made the Doors of Moria. Narvi, a young and rebellious dwarven stonewright meets the elven smith Celebrimbor. About life in Khazad-dum, dwarven culture and the beginning friendship of two master artisans. Very, very mild slash.
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29. Barrenness of Stone, The
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Author: Lyllyn
Last Updated: 11/13/03 Original Post: 07/25/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 2 Word Count: 3,093
Era: 1st Age Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - A tale of Gondolin featuring Thorondor and a small OFC, with a cameo for Glorfindel.
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30. Battle of the Golden Wood, The
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Author: Marnie
Last Updated: 09/02/04 Original Post: 01/15/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 24 Word Count: 58,558
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - An account of the battles between Dol Guldur and Lothlorien during the Wars of the Ring. Mithril Awards 2004 - Winner - 'Best story focussing on Elves'.
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- 31. Beast of Burden
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Author: Werecat
Last Updated: 02/02/09 Original Post: 06/26/04
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,794
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - Heroes come in all shapes and sizes; some of them not necessarily human. Meet Summerstraw, a horse of Rohan. MEFAs 2005 - Third Place, Drama Mithrils 2005 - Finalist, Drama
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32. Bee-Elves
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Author: Darth Fingon
Last Updated: 03/09/10 Original Post: 02/01/10
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 21,028
Era: 1st Age Genre: General Completion: Complete - At the end of the First Age, Finarfin, political missionary, travels across Middle-earth and finds his way to Oropher's court. Much to his dismay. Written as part of a story swap challenge, using the following prompts: Finarfin and Mirkwood.
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33. Before Thangorodrim: The Last Fall of Himring Hill
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Author: Anna Wing
Last Updated: 01/19/06 Original Post: 07/02/05
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 10 Word Count: 13,126
Era: 1st Age Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - Finarfin, Finrod, Edrahil and the host of the Noldor come to Easterling-occupied Himring during the War of Wrath.
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34. Better than Gold
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Author: Jen Littlebottom
Last Updated: 04/26/03 Original Post: 04/18/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 619
Era: 4th Age Genre: General Completion: Complete - Not so much a story as a snapshot, of life in the Fourth Age, strange friendships and strange fates. Gimli POV, also stars Legolas.
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35. Beyond the Mountain Passes
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Author: Thundera Tiger
Last Updated: 04/21/10 Original Post: 04/05/09
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 5,840
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - When a certain elf and dwarf first agreed to join the Fellowship, they only promised to go as far as the mountain passes. At what point did they decide to keep going? And perhaps more importantly, why? A Lothlórien gapfiller featuring Gimli and Legolas.
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36. Beyond The Western Stars
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Author: Ëarmírë
Last Updated: 10/07/03 Original Post: 09/23/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,162
Era: 4th Age Genre: General Completion: Complete - A split-second ficlet in a mythic moment. Eldarion says farewell to Aragorn.
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37. Bitter Springs
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Author: Dwimordene
Last Updated: 05/06/07 Original Post: 02/26/07
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1,577
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - Allies can disappoint. Boromir and Théodred watch it all come apart.
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- 38. Blessing the Garden
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Author: Regina
Last Updated: 07/23/03 Original Post: 07/23/03
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,338
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - Gimli helps Faramir and Eowyn select the site for their future home in Ithilien, and offers a special dwarven blessing of his own to the couple.
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39. Blue Book of Melleth: The Sky Wept Diamonds
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Author: Elen Kortirion
Last Updated: 06/21/10 Original Post: 08/28/04
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 2 Word Count: 2,637
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - The birth of Boromir, as witnessed and reported by a bonds-woman of Lady Finduilas. Birth involves many customs and superstitions; a vernacular report of the events and omens that surrounded Boromir's birth. Inspired by Tay's suggestion that Boromir 'is the poster-boy for Leo' and by the song 'When I Go' by the late Dave Carter, whose birthday also coincided with the Persied meteor shower, around the 12th and 13th August. MEFA 2005 : MINAS TIRITH AWARD: 1st Place: Gondor/Denethor & Findu...
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40. Boar and Steward
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Author: Thevina Finduilas
Last Updated: 03/28/05 Original Post: 03/11/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3,480
Era: 3rd Age - The Stewards Genre: General Completion: Complete - An 8 year old girl of Rohan unwittingly uncovers a piece of history, but it takes a very unexpected visit from a stranger to give her the clues to discover its source. Inspired by some appendix notes in "Cirion and Eorl" in Unfinished Tales. Mithril Awards 2003 - Finalist - Best New Author
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41. Both Beholden
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Author: Dwimordene
Last Updated: 12/15/06 Original Post: 07/21/05
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 7,334
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - The first step in any journey is letting go of what you're holding onto. Boromir, contemplating kings, discovers he's not the only one who needs to make that step.1st Place 2006 MEFAs—Drama: Pre-Fellowship
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42. Bound By Difference
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Author: Sphinx
Last Updated: 03/15/04 Original Post: 08/18/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,072
Era: Time of the Trees Genre: General Completion: Complete - Feanor's thoughts on Nerdanel and Artanis, reflecting on the differences and similarities between two of the most important people in his life. Vignette.
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43. Braided Heart, The
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Author: Thevina Finduilas
Last Updated: 03/03/04 Original Post: 09/27/03
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2,450
Era: 3rd Age - Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - A story about Eowyn. Oftentimes it is the simplest gifts that are the most profound.
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44. Branch and the Yew Tree, The
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Author: WatcherChild
Last Updated: 07/07/03 Original Post: 07/16/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 5,201
Era: Other Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - Feanor leaves the Halls of Mandos at the bidding of his mother, and he has a long talk with Ingwe. Is he ready to face those whom he has hurt?
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45. Bread of the Mirdain
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Author: Tyellas
Last Updated: 01/31/03 Original Post: 12/24/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 2,149
Era: 2nd Age - Rings Genre: General Completion: Complete - A story about elvish food, written as a small insert into the series One Ring to Bind Them. Celeborn raises taxes, Elves eat food, Celebrimbor introduces Celeborn to Annatar for the first time, and we find out what Annatar thinks about eating. One discreet slash moment does not change the PG rating here.
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- 46. Bride's Party
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Author: Meg Thornton
Last Updated: 04/03/03 Original Post: 01/22/03
Status: General Rating: Adult Chapters: 1 Word Count: 727
Era: 4th Age Genre: Humor Completion: Complete - Of Éowyn's hen's night, and the stories told there. Featuring Eowyn, with a cameo appearance from Arwen Undomiel.
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- 47. Bridges of Stone
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Author: docmon
Last Updated: 12/15/08 Original Post: 10/25/05
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1,961
Era: 3rd Age - Post-Ring War Genre: General Completion: Complete - Gimli shows Legolas the Glittering Caves and learns a lesson on beauty and friendship. Many thanks to Thundera Tiger, beta-extraordinaire!
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48. Bringing Gifts
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Author: Deborah
Last Updated: 12/20/02 Original Post: 12/17/02
Status: Reviewed Rating: General Chapters: 1 Word Count: 829
Era: Other Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - A Silmarillion-based Christmas story. Maglor gives a gift to the Child and receives something in return.
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- 49. Burning, The
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Author: Aria
Last Updated: 08/03/03 Original Post: 07/28/03
Status: General Rating: General Chapters: 2 Word Count: 1,692
Era: Other Genre: Other Completion: Work in Progress - Maglor witnesses someone burning at the stake, discusses God, re-marriages, half-siblings and Kings. Set in the early years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Please read the warning in the Author's note.
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50. By the Light of Roses
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Author: Dawn Felagund
Last Updated: 06/04/08 Original Post: 08/21/07
Status: Reviewed Rating: Adult Chapters: 15 Word Count: 71,444
Era: Time of the Trees Genre: Drama Completion: Complete - Erestor has earned a prestigious appointment as a student of the legendary Fëanor during the family's exile in Formenos. Family tensions and secrets abound as shy, young Erestor navigates politics, independence, and romance for the first time. Warnings: AU, slash, with graphic sex and violence.
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