When he first laid eyes on her, she was digging graves for the dead; she had arrived too late. When she first laid eyes on him, he climbed the hill, pillars of smoke trailing into the darkened air behind him; he had arrived too late. There they both stood, and there, in the deepening dusk and in the settling night, two heavy and sorrowful hearts meet. It was all too late.

Two forests, each cloaked with darkness, speak in different ways. And the screaming of one may teach the other how to sing. When Aragorn and Legolas stumble into a cursed forest, both must escape but the ordeal has uncovered more secrets than they realised.

A few hundred years into the Third Age, Lord Cirdan of the Grey Havens sends an elleth named Elluin and her family to Greenwood the Great to make their home under King Thranduil. They bear a prophecy that hints at fruition when Elluin, now a servant in the palace, finds herself falling in love with the troubled Elvenking.

While Erestor is laid up, Estel sends his beloved nurse to keep his friend company. Mellolaes tells the Noldo a story of her people and his to keep him entertained. Neither can foresee the results.

Il y a longtemps un contrat fut passé entre le créateur d'Arda et sa sœur, du notre. L'un des ses hommes vaillant et fort sera envoyé pour protéger les peuples libres quand le mal grondera. Tel est le destin des titans depuis des âges, subir la guerre, le sang, la tristesse, la perte, à en perdre son âme.

In bright summer, friends meet in green Ithilien and new bonds are forged. Neither the King of Rohan or the Lady of Dol Amroth were looking for one another. But fate won't be denied when kindred souls come together.

Near the end of his life, Denethor visits Ithilien to be with his family. His family does not know of his imminent arrival and is taken by surprise. Just as they are by the news he brings with him. While there, he remembers how the War of the Ring ended. Faramir's advice allowed him to free himself from Sauron's hold. Part of the Arandur Denethor series.

The good of the world must be sown, Though troubled and rotten it grows. The blood of soft hearts must atone, The wicked will only breed woes. A human woman, born to outcasts in Mordor clings to her humanity in the face of monsters, both real and internal.

What if something happened then... the Ring did intend? - Written for May/June 2022 Teitho "Missed Opportunities". It placed 1st!

Thranduil and Legolas, having remained secretly among men are vastly surprised by a movie called the Battle of the Five Armies and their own portrayal in it...

Firefoot may be a horse, but he is a wise horse and he knows what he wants and thinks. In his humble opinion, Éomer is a good master who is quite easy to train to be an even better master. In his humble opinion, Éomer is smart enough to appreciate a good horse and not get any foolish ideas. In Aragorn's opinion, if not Éomer drives him mad, Firefoot will surely do it, for the hors

How does one become a Ranger of the North? Fifty years before the War of the Ring, a young woman of the Dunedain dreams of following her father into the Grey Company. Canon-respectful, if not entirely compliant :)

Celebriel is the daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn. She was born at the very moment the Third Age began, when Gil-Galad and Elendil fell fighting Sauron. She is unusual in many ways-her long hair is red, and her eyes are green as the forest she loves She has also inherited the second sight of her mother-which makes her vulnerable to the searching spirit of the sleeping Sauron.

Many advised Thorin's grandfather Thror not to mine so much gold since it would attract dragons. What if one advised him otherwise? Here we explore some ways to defend Lonely Mountain against a variety of threats. The story begins in TA 2610, 331 years before the events in the book The Hobbit. Thorin and his father have been born early in this universe.

Legolas here. This girl just stole my spotlight. This is supposed to be about me! I joined the Fellowship of the Ring. I mean, get a life girl. This is my thing and my territory! I don't believe that you just 'Fell into Middle-Earth'. Unjoin the Fellowship. My only condolence is that Rivendell has fab haircare products. Thankyou Elrond! You sure know how to spoil a Sindar!

In the spring of 2012, four American children find themselves thrust into an unfamiliar world and part of an unexpected adventure. This story is AU, blending Lord of the Rings book-verse and movie-verse, and it also contains a lot of spiritual and religious content as a part of the AU elements. Co-written by KathyG and Dreamflower. Join our guess-the-chapter-title origin challenge!

The last of the Nazgul spread the disease that almost killed him before receiving a gift from Sauron

Beneath the New Mexico Desert, a tomb complex is found which tears apart what we know of ancient history. Why that necessitated Cass van der Zee being shipped there the whole way from Afghanistan, she had no idea- until she saw her own scarred face in a computer model based off a 175 million year old skull. Her DNA taken from its teeth. This is how it happened.

Hilda & Haldir's New Title, I decided this one makes more sense with how the story is going. -This is the 2nd book in the Arda Renewed series. Please read the first book, The Fairy of Middle Earth.- In the time between the war in the north and the return of Juniper and Thranduil to the Greenwood. Dale must be rebuilt and change must be embraced if the elves are to survive.

Banished, shamed, and payed well for what he does. Not every job is easy. Not every job is likely to end well. Sometimes, the job you're hired for borders on suicide.

A long-awaited meeting.

This is the tale of the surviving child of Celebrimbor of Eregion and how she fared through the Ages of the world. From the Fall of Ost-in-Edhil to Imladris and the vastness of Second Age Eriador, the fight against Sauron seems never ending. Warning for slightly adjusted the timeline according to the story needs, but not too noticeable as the structure stays intact.

Moria calls for a full-scale assault against Rohan, with weapons capable of destroying entire armies. In Gondor, the realization grows that the danger in the east must be confronted before it reaches the gates of Minas Tirith. But each step means the risk of bringing the death of the captured Crown Prince and King Éomer.

The second part of a rewrite of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, all from the viewpoint of Aragorn. Book and movie-verse.

An elf awakens from centuries of sleep on the western coast of Middle-earth. She has a locket around her neck, a sword at her side and no idea of who she is, but as she travels inland, discoveries about her past become disturbing. Trying to take her second chance at true love and a new life, she realises that escaping from her history might not be as easy as she had hoped.