THE WHITE LADY OF ROHAN

by Soledad

Disclaimer:

None of these wonderful characters belong to me. They belong to JRR Tolkien and him alone. I'm just borrowing them, because it is a great honour - and great fun - to play with them a little. I've been an avid Tolkien fan for at least twenty years (which shows how old I have already become, without noticing it), and simply want to share my pleasure about his creation with other people.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Originally, this used to be the second story of my Boromir-storyline, called ''Fall Before Temptation''. For some reason I cannot understand myself, I decided to make it a flashback story, in order to explain some hints in ''Forgotten Song'', which was meant to be the first one. After some thought, I realized how distracting this might be and decided to swap the two stories, adjusting the timeline to become linear. Also after some time the need arose to write more about Boromir's long and perilous journey between Minas Tirith and Rivendell, so I decided to add more chapters and make ''The White Lady'' a rather lengthy tale.

And when I was restructuring already, I decided to add the introductional chapter to this storyline. It was originally written for my own website, but hopefully a slightly modified version will help you to see the bigger picture.

I listed here all the individual tales of the Boromir-storyline, with added summaries, so that if someone wants to take a look at the later ones, they know what to await. Only Chapter 1 of ''Forgotten Song'' is as yet beta-ed, so be patient with me, please!

INTRODUCTION: FALL BEFORE TEMPTATION

Welcome to Boromir's adventures from the day he left Minas Tirith until his death at the Fall of Rauros. This is a series of missing scenes, happening during the small time periods Tolkien didn't tell us much about.

The series starts with his arrival in Rivendell, has a flashback in Part 2 while he visited Edoras on his way to Rivendell, and continues in Rivendell again, through Elrond's council, which I have postponed about a month to make my whole story work.

Further parts will show the way of the Fellowship upon Caradhras, through Moria and Lórien, and the series will finally end with Boromir's inevitable death at Sarn Gebir. Yes. He is my hero and he will die. I am very sorry for him, too, but this is not an AU fic, and I will follow the books' canon as scrupulously as possible. There will be, however, a whole series of ''missing scenes'' that are completely the result of my own musings. And I have adopted a few movie scenes, too, where it served my goals in character development.

There won't be many original characters from my side. I seriously doubt that I could create anything that would match Tolkien's creations. I also tried to go with the canon (mostly the books, but occasionally the movie, too), as far as it was possible while keeping my own story working. Sometimes I had to go a little astray, though. But this is not an AU, only a little supplement to the original. Don't await big surprises plot-wise - not in this series, anyway.

I haven't used any Elven speech, either (so far). Writing in English is a challenge great enough for me, it being my third language, even without messing around with Quenya or Sindarin. I only write in English because I do it in all fandoms I've ever watched in OT. Usually, only stories in my own universes are written in Hungarian or German. The poems that may pop up in this series are taken form the Great Maker, JRR Tolkien, himself. On some places you might find somewhat transformed quotes from the books, concerning events I adopted from the originals. It isn't simply laziness but my dedication to follow Tolkien's steps as close as possible. But I didn't try to write Tolkien-like. My English is simply not good enough for that. For sounding a bit more old-fashioned, I decided to avoid contractions, though. If you find one, it has been a mistake on my part and I'd like to be informed about it, since it would be breaking the style.

I want to sincerely thank Dwimordene, whose sad and beautiful story ''From the Other River Bank'' inspired me to write this series.

And just a last word to the title: I named the series so because - in my stories and opinion - Boromir had considered himself fallen because of his forbidden and unfulfilled love, even before he got under the Spell of the Ring.

Now to the stories:

1. The White Lady of Rohan

Flasback story about Boromir travelling through Rohan and meeting Éowyn. Continued with some chapters about his jurney up to Tharbad. Complete now.

2. Forgotten Song

After almost four months of fruitless searching for Rivendell, Boromir meets a small company of Wood-Elves, lead by the Prince of Mirkwood, who show him the right way. Complete now, with added chapters in Imladris and one featuring Denethor in Minas Tirith.

3. Of Riddles of Doom and Paths of Love

While in Imladris, Boromir befriends Aragorn and discovers the true nature of Elrond and Legolas' relationship. He also becomes part of the riddle revealed and meets some interesting people. Complete now.

4. The Bitter Gift of Compassion

Boromir is not happy about Elven secrecy. Legolas suggests Strider to do something about it. But then, someone else comes along and takes things in his own hands.(Warning: m/m interaction in this one!) Chapters 3 and 4 only available on my own website. Complete now.

A Heart For Falsehood Framed Part

Learning about Aragorn's true identity, Boromir's feelings towards about everyone in Rivendell turn into downright hostility. (I went a bit movie-verse in this one because of the meaningful words that were spoken on the Council. Namely that Gondor doesn't have, nor needs, a King.) Also, Boromir gets proof about Aragorn's heritage. The Council tries to decide what to do with the Ring. Finally, the Ring-bearer is chosen and Elrohir has an earnest word with Boromir. How can the Son of Denethor make things well again?

Originally, this was a three-parter (before I've figured out the chaptering system). Afterwards I've put it together again, to one multi-chaptered story, for continuity's sake. Finished, but will need some serious re-writing in the one or other part.

Of Snow and Stone and Wolves

Elladan makes his choice. The Company of the Ring sets out and gets defeated by the Caradhras. My, is this a long one! But finished, nevertheless! Complete now.

Descending to Darkness

The journey through the Mines of Moria. (To be written.)

Kortirion Under the Trees (working title - will most likely be changed)

In Lothlórien, we finally learn the meaning of the Forgotten Song for the Wood-Elves. (To be written.)

Fall After Temptation

Boromir falls under the spell of the Ring and dies, protecting Merry and Pippin. (Also a bit movie-verse, because of the wonderful reconciliation scene between him and Aragonr.) Also not written yet.

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As you can se, I've planned out this series for quite some time, but I still can't tell you when it will be finished. As for my other storylines, the Glorfindel-story (A Tale of Never-Ending Love) starts during ''Of Snow and Stone and Wolves'', my Elladan-story ''Hope, Born of Darkness'' and the Éowyn-storyline follow immediately the end of this series (only two parts of it are already done and I'm still not very happy with them), while the others, concerning Elves mostly, are more or less stand-alone stories, with small hints to this storyline hidden all along them.

Enough said, I think. Go on and enjoy, if you like!

Soledad