Elured and Elurin escape Doriath with the Silmaril. Elwing is abandoned to die in the wintry forests. This changes some things.

Herein are collected some of my musings inspired by Professor Tolkien's incredible mythology. Some are appendiums to unfinished poems, others re-imaginings of stories told in prose, or simply inspiration drawn out of the pages. I am neither an accomplished poet nor musician, and I do not own the rights to anything.

Brandir stands on the brink of Cabed-en-Aras and looks down into its darkness

Varda Elentarí hat eine böse Vorahnung - Melkor, der dunkelste aller dunklen Herrscher, plant, seine größte Rivalin endlich zu vernichten. In diesem Plan gibt es aber mehrere Probleme: Ilmarë, Vardas Zofe, die ihr teuer wie eine Tochter ist, und Manwë, ihr Ehemann, der der König der Valar ist. So muss auch Melkors Diener, Sauron, der Schrecken von Mittelerde, involviert werden...

Scribbles on my idea for a telling of the Second Age

When the Ships reach the land, they get attacked by an unkown creature lurking in the dark underwater. Maedhros interfere to protect his brothers

Maglor has finally found his way to Imladris to see Elrond again, but his plans are thwarted in the most unlikely manner. Instead of the coveted reunification with his foster son, Maglor requires his skills as a surgeon and healer.

Called to help out at the infirmary of Ost-in-Edhil after a horrible accident, Elrond musters all his considerable skills as a surgeon, but finds he cannot save every patient.

Maglor is greeted by a beautiful surprise by the moonlight shores.

Waking up in a new world is terrifying. For Kiera, she is dumped into this world, but in the wrong age to make a difference. For residents of Gondolin, their once isolated city will be shaken with the arrival of humans. For a few elves, the pull of humans is intriguing. While some develop friendships, only two turn into love, pushing the boundaries of mortal and immortal unions.

In which Meadhros and Fingon were forced to marry to end the war between their feuding houses. Maedhros is fearful and suspicious and wants nothing more than to escape his fate. Fingon is hopeful and desperate to make this marriage work. A tale of animosity, fear and anger, and how it blooms into a love. But how does one win the love of someone they've been taught to hate?

A drabble that once rang in my mind when I learned of Maglor's fate.

An addition to the library of Maglor fics… not sure how many of them involve mermaids (or kelpies), but here's another one… ;P

Slight AU. I am trying to make this seem as realistic as possible and make Tolkien's characters stay in character. There are many modern girls in ME stories, but not as many that have them end up in Angband. This is my take on 2 modern girls ending up in Angband and the chaos that would happen. Even more chaos if they happened to appear during Maedhros's captivity. Torture warning.

In which Fëanáro seeks the power to protect his family from the whims of the Valar while not letting his family in on his plans. Finwë does not go to Formenos with Fëanáro, but Nerdanel does.

The Halls of Mandos are unhealthy for young fëa, so they need to leave early. But sometimes there's no family outside yet. Or how Rog got yet another kid thrown at him, and everyone had to deal with it.

A lost and lonely sailor listens at night as a new voice rises, intertwining with the melody of the sea. (Or A retelling of Beren and Lúthien's meeting in a Mermaid!AU).

Nówë travels to the home of his sister's clan for the birth of her first great-grandchild.

Once an Oath shook the very world of Arda itself, an oath she vowed to never swear. Now her own promise leads her home across the sea with a frail Celebrian. Facing those she left behind has never been more terrifying. Cross-posted on AO3.

Dear Husband suggested I try writing Sauron from a more sympathetic (or nuanced, at least?) perspective… took a while to chew on that one but this is what I came up with…

Finarfin, wisest son of Finwë, had an inkling what the Oath would drive his nephews to do. Like any uncle, he would do what he could to spare them that. Or how the youngest child of Finwë gave everyone some bad days.

Five-and-a-half millennia after leaving their home galaxy, the crew of the city-sized seeding ship Iluvátar reach their goal - a sunless primordial planet, waiting to be turned into a new homeworld. But Chief Engineer Melkor has his own designs for "Arda Project", and his megalomania threatens to doom them all...

A Drabble about what was happening in Gondolin before the fall. For day one of Gondolin week based on the prompt "Feast of Summer"

Weaver versus weaver... only one can win.

Short scenes written for the Arda100 LiveJournal Community about Luthien Tinuviel.