With Celebrimbor trapped with Sauron, Eltariel gone, and Mordor thrown back into total darkness, Talion sits at the helm of Minas Morgul, at war with himself, determined to finish what he started. When he receives word of the One Ring he knows what he must do. That Halfling better be worth all this trouble, or so help him Isildur's heir and company will regret his aid. Fix-it fic.

"Professor? Is this all real? Or is it just happening inside my head?" / "Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry. Why should that mean that it's not real?" -Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore / In which Talion and Ioreth play a full-immersion VR MMORPG and meet an elf who, even in-game, is far from what he seems. "Variations on a Theme" Part 8.

...to the dawn. Or, Unbroken 2 Electric Boogaloo: The "BOROMIR LIVES" Remix. Variations on a Theme, Part 2.

Silence fills the empty grave now that I have gone, but my mind is not at rest, for questions linger on. / Or, Talion possesses Daerwen after the destruction of the One Ring. "Variations on a Theme", Part 6.

AU of an AU. When the King of Gondor receives grave news concerning Mordor after the War of the Ring, he decides he must investigate for himself - and Arwen insists that they cannot go alone. Yet none of them could have expected what they found within the Mountains of Ash and Shadow. Death isn't always the end. Sometimes it's the beginning. "Variations" Pt 5.

Semi-AU. Frodo, Sam, and Gollum have an unexpected encounter in the Morgul Vale. Part 3 of "Variations on a Theme", a series of unrelated one-shots tied in with Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.

"No earthly act escapes its eternal echoes, echoes more substantial than the acts themselves." ― Geoffrey Wood / Part 4 of "Variations on a Theme", a series of unrelated one-shots tied in with Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.

Canon-Adjacent Semi-AU. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or, Talion gets involved in The Lord of the Rings. Part 1 of "Variations on a Theme", a series of unrelated one-shots tied in with Middle-Earth: Shadow of War.

Before the destruction of Suron, he crafted a tenth ring of power but it resisted his will. A boy was born with the blood of the witch king to become the tenth Nazgul but resisted his destiny. The two come together to bring true order to Mordor. They are the Tenth. They are the true lord of Mordor. Crossover of Lord of the Rings and Middle-earth. Rated M for violence.

Five years have passed since the defeat of Sauron, Five years since the destruction of the Ring, Five years since the crowning of King Elessar (Aragon) as king of Gondor.

Un Olog pas comme les autres

The Gravewalker fought against the forces of Sauron through the fall of Minas Ithil, but where was he during the War of the Ring? Talion's story during the events of the books. Spoilers for the end of Shadow of War.