Introduction

What you are about to read has been in the making since the end of 2001 and the premiere of The Fellowship of the Ring in theaters that December. It came about on the yahoo group Prince of Mirkwood, and by the creative genius of Tigerbleu, an unofficial Tolkien scholar. She was searching for writers to help her create a fanfiction on a scale which most stories only touch upon. The story would take place in Middle-Earth, but in an entirely new country, an elvish land more mysterious than Mirkwood, and lovelier than Lothlorien. Tigerbleu created this land, and she named it Kel-Telpeon. The people who inhabit this place are as mysterious and magical as creatures come in Middle-Earth; naturally, they are elves, and since Kel-Telpeon is a land of water, they were made to live in the sea.

The sea elves, or Nenore, are physically no different from their forest-dwelling elven kindred, but they have webbed fingers when in water and small gills along their ribs. They can also breathe underwater. Kel-Telpeon, if visualized on a map of Middle-Earth, is a small country to the west of Mirkwood and in the middle of the great Anduin River. The story takes place in the year 1701 of the Third Age, approximately 1,317 years before four young hobbits set out for Rivendell with the One Ring.

After hearing Tigerbleu's ideas for this fanfiction (that it would take place in an elvish paradise during a festival, that it would involve original, as well as some of Tolkien's most well-loved, characters) three other writers became involved in the story, and the rest is history. In a story of three installments (two of which are currently in the making), Installment 1: Leaves of Fall is full of action, adventure, romance, and plenty of healthy elvish angst.

I'Quenarni is the group of four writers who have begun this fanfiction. The authors (in alphabetical order), and a few of their original main characters, are as follows:

Dava: Thinhithwen (Lady Rainflower), Lord Nefpaurion, and Alagmenelion

Ista of the Dreamers: Nevlothiel Phelion and King Nelkan

Legoslave: Lady Mirelena and Prince Elearas

Tigerbleu: Lirakel and Prince Hevelis


What we have created is a complete homage to J.R.R. Tolkien and his inspiring works of fantasy, and we hope you enjoy!


DISCLAIMER: Characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien that are used in the story do not belong to us, and we are not affiliated with New Line or the Lord of the Rings books in any way. Although our original characters belong to us, we could not hope to take credit from the Master of Fantasy.