Hello! I'm Sardhrantor. (The a's are pronounced like the a in father, and the dh is pronounced like the th in the. The accent is on the first syllable.) Welcome to my profile!

--ABOUT ME--

THE NICENE CREED

I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth
and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.
And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,
whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church,
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Because of my Christian faith, you will not find any slash, femslash, incest or bestiality pertaining to sympathetic characters, nor will you find any foul language at all in my stories. If I do write about evil, I do not pretend that it is good or portray it in a glorified fashion: I show it for what it is, but not in explicit detail. My stories will not be any worse than a T-rating for any reason.

I also have an account on FictionPress and on Wattpad under the same name. You may call me Maeril or Sardh for short. :)

My pen name is a Sindarin name which literally means "stoneminer", the name I call myself on Minetest. Maeril means "musician" or "poet", the former of which is one of my favorite things to do.

I like to write stories, play/compose/listen to music (classical and some contemporary), draw, read original fiction (currently reading The Silmarillion and Little Women) and fanfiction, and learn new languages.

Here are my favorites lists (in no particular order):

Favorite authors: J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Frank Peretti, Francine Rivers.

Favorite composers: Howard Shore, Frederic Chopin, Masaru Yokoyama, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Eric Whitacre.

Favorite books:
Bible
The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
The Case for Christ
Frank Peretti's novels
The Atonement Child
The Last Sin Eater
The Mark of the Lion
Pilgrim's Regress
Mere Christianity
The Great Divorce
The Four Loves
The Chronicles of Narnia
Pilgrim's Progress

Favorite movies:
The Lord of the Rings
Dunkirk (2017)
Everest (2015)
The Hobbit
Gettysburg
Hacksaw Ridge
Kendrick Brothers films
Martin Luther (1953)
Bridge of Spies
High Noon
October Sky
Black Hawk Down

Favorite games:
SuperTuxKart
Minetest
SuperTux
FreeCol
Chess
Mines (basically like Minesweeper)

Favorite characters:

The Lord of the Rings: Faramir, Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee
The Hobbit: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Bard
The Silmarillion: Finrod Felagund, Maglor Fëanorion
The Chronicles of Narnia: Lucy Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Jill Pole, Tirian
Till We Have Faces: Psyche (Istra)
The Mark of the Lion series: John the Apostle, Theophilus

Favorite music artists:
Casting Crowns
Steven Curtis Chapman
Laura Story

FAVORITE QUOTES

The House at Pooh Corner

"Still with his eyes on the world Christopher Robin put out a hand and felt for Pooh's paw.
"'Pooh,' said Christopher Robin earnestly, 'if I--if I'm not quite--' he stopped and tried again-- "Pooh, whatever happens, you will understand, won't you?'
"'Understand what?'
"'Oh, nothing.' He laughed and jumped to his feet. 'Come on!'
"'Where?' said Pooh.
"'Anywhere,' said Christopher Robin.
"So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing." --A. A. Milne

Bridge of Spies

"You're not worried?"
"Would it help?" --James Donovan and Rudolf Abel

The Lord of the Rings

"In nothing is the power of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that divides all those who still oppose him." --Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring

"Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men." --Aragorn, The Two Towers

"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." --Faramir, The Two Towers

"I can't do this, Sam."
"I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something."
"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."--Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee, The Two Towers (movie)

"Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!" --Dernhelm (Éowyn), The Return of the King

"'Come, Mr. Frodo!' [Sam] cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well. So up you get! Come on, Mr. Frodo dear! Sam will give you a ride. Just tell him where to go, and he'll go.'" --The Return of the King

Till We Have Faces

"I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?" --C. S. Lewis (persona: Orual, or the Queen of Glome)

Psalm 130:3
"If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?"

"The hope that we have is not found in who governs us or what laws are passed, or what great things we do as a nation. Our hope is found in the power of God working in the hearts of people. That's where our hope is for this country, and that's where our hope is in life." --Chuck Colson, featured in Steven Curtis Chapman's song "Heaven in the Real World"

--ABOUT MY STORIES--

I have exciting news! I have a Narnia story in the works, but I do not intend to post it here (FFnet) until I have completed it. It traces Jadis's overthrowing of Narnia and how the Tree of Protection was destroyed. I won't say any more lest I should be giving away spoilers. ;)

FANFICTIONS OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS:

Poetry

"Elves and Orcs"

Prose

The following series are in totally separate universes.

THE THOMPSON SISTERS

1. The Time That is Given Us

2. Return to Middle-earth
Rewrite. Currently on indefinite hiatus, because I don't really know where the story is going, or where I want to take it.

THE SERVANTS OF CELEBRÍAN

1. The Servants of Celebrían

2. The Marriage of Aearon and Eruwaedhen
Wrote the first chapter myself, then gave it up for adoption to fellow writer Celebrant.

FANFICTIONS OF THE HOLY BIBLE:

Poetry

"Give Thanks Unto the Lord"

"The World Did Lie in Sin"

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