Murder The Dawn

a very dark AU by Aislynn Crowdaughter

Authors Note: This story is a very grim AU. It is a Spin-off of my Mael-Gûl universe, in which Mirkwood is a subjected realm, which must give hostages to the other Elven Realms as slaves, and Legolas is Aragorn's slave, bound to him by a cruel spell. While the main story of Mael-Gûl is rated strictly adult for very graphic content, and therefore cannot be found at this archive, this Spin-Off is rated simply Mature (16+) and hopefully can be posted here. Still, there is some gore ahead. You have been warned.

"Murder The Dawn" is set before the background of my Mael-Gûl universe, and it explores one single idea: What if Legolas indeed were to take the Ring? For those who are adult and are interested in the main story, this one starts out in the night after the Mael-Gûl chapter 'Respite'.

However, you do not necessarily need to have read "Mael-Gûl" to understand this story; to understand the setting of this universe, just read the prologue I added to this fic, which should give you all necessary information. So, if you are willing to take a ride on the dark side, be my guest! Enjoy!

Those who have read my main story so far might want to skip the prologue and start with chapter 1.

Warnings Very grim AU. Legolas slave fic. Implied slash (m/m), implied BDSM and torture, non-con and debatable consent. Also, for this story: Gore, horror, and character death I mean it!

Rated Mature (16+)

Pairings Aragorn/Legolas (mainly), Boromir/Legolas (implied).

BetaMany thanks to Randy, who inspired this spin-off and volunteered to beta, and who did wonders to make this story better. Thank you! All remaining errors are my own.

Disclaimer The universe I play in is not mine, nor are the characters; I just borrow without permission. I make no money out of this. Lord of the Rings and the world of Middle Earth was created by J.R.R. Tolkien and is owned by the Tolkien Estate, and the movies were made by Peter Jackson. My story universe of Mael-Gûl was inspired by Bluegold's story "Bound", which can be found at her member profile at the LOTR section of adultfanfiction net, or at www dot daemel dot freespaces dot com.

I use similar plot ideas with her permission. The idea of the Mael-Gûl, or Rhach e-Maelangwedh (Lust-Spell, Curse of Lustchain) however is entirely mine. However, this particular story is a grim AU to my main story universe. For those interested, the main story of Mael-Gul can be found in the LOTR section of adultfanfiction net under the member profile of Crowdaughter, or on my homepage, which is available through my profile on this site.

Summary: Mirkwood is a subjected realm and must give hostages to the other Elven realms as slaves. Legolas is the slave of Aragorn, who is a sadist. But what if Legolas indeed took the Ring?

Occasionally I work with flashback scenes. Here is a Guide:

/flashback/; ++Time change within a flashback++; "speech"; 'thoughts'

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Prologue

Of the History of the Elves, Library of Mithlond, Fourth Age (unknown historian):

"The Third Age of Middle Earth was a time of great sorrow, and it saw the corruption of the Elven Realms.

The Last Alliance brought about the defeat of Sauron, and the One Ring was claimed by Isildur, only to become lost along with him. The Elves, thinking it gone, began to use the three Elven Rings. But they were wrong in their belief that the Three were pure, because in truth all rings had been touched by Sauron. Using them, their bearers became corrupted. Only Cirdan, who had never used his ring, escaped. And so, only a few decades after the end of the Second Age, there was war again, and it took the ugly face of Kinslaying.

Elrond and Galadriel blamed the Elves of Greenwood the Great for the death of Gil-galad in the Last Alliance, claiming that without Oropher's stubborn refusal to follow the command of Gil-galad, and thus the untimely loss of two thirds of his warriors, the whole war would have taken another course, being won sooner and leaving Gil-galad alive at the end. Thranduil, Oropher's son and king of the Greenwood following his death, was held responsible for the disaster on the Gladden Fields, for it was due to Thranduil's tardiness that so many Orcs had been hiding in the southern Greenwood and could prepare the ambush that led to Isildur's death and the loss of the One Ring. The rulers of Imladris and of Rivendell said the Greenwood Elves had caused all this by their constant disobedience and failure to cooperate with the Noldor. So, the Noldorin dominated realm of Rivendell and its allied realm of Lothlorien attacked Thranduil of Eryn Galen, later known as Taur-nu-fuin.

The Greenwood Elves fought bravely, but they had lost two thirds of their warriors in the War of the Last Alliance, and they had neither the numbers not the strength to match their opponents. They were beaten into submission. Thranduil had to pay homage, and was forced to give tribute and hostages once every yen. Those hostages were kept as slaves.

For even after the defeat and subjugation of the Greenwood Elves, the rulers of Lothlorien and Imladris were not satisfied, but determined to keep them under their harsh rule. Elrond and Galadriel were to blame the Greenwood Elves for the renewed multiplication of Orcs after the first millenium of the Third Age had passed; they blamed them for the new darkness in the south of the Greenwood, which then came to be called Mirkwood by mortal men. It was Orcs who finally caught and tortured Celebrian, the wife of Elrond, wounding her so grievously that she fled Middle Earth for Valinor. Thus, the two Elven rulers found ever new reasons to keep the Greenwood Elves in subjugation and take hostages from them.

Some of the hostages were of noble birth, among them most of the members of Thranduil's family. One of these hostages was Thranduil's youngest son, Legolas, who was taken by Elrond and used by him as a pleasure slave. Later, Elrond decided to give this slave to his adopted human son: Aragorn, destined to become the king of men. Aragorn was afflicted by a grim curse: he needed his lovers suffering in pain to reach his own completion. And to make sure Legolas would serve his mortal master faithfully, he was bound to him by a cruel spell, that made his life dependent on the attentions of his master. But on the day when Aragorn went on the quest to destroy the One Ring, he took his Elven slave with him..."

-- TBC --

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Notes:

A yen is the Elven year, which lasts 144 human years. At the time the story takes place there have been about 20 yeni since Mirkwood was defeated. And every yen Mirkwood has to give away 12 hostages...

Mael-Gûl - Sindarin, literally: Lust-Spell. Mael means physical lust or pleasure; Gûl has the meaning of sorcery, as in Morgûl.