Stories of friendship, humor, mystery, angst, adventure, and romance. All stories in this series are in the same story arc, bringing together the key players from the Silmarillion to The Hobbit to The Lord Of The Rings, with a few original characters thrown in for fun. From the First Age to beyond the Fourth, from Tirion to Rivendell, Mirkwood to Gondor, these stories explore the various characters in Tolkien's legendarium, the friendships and how they are all eventually connected.
Short Accounts of Middle-earth:
A collection of short accounts under 500 words, focusing on various characters in Tolkien's legendarium. Part of the UFS unless otherwise noted.
A Horse For Finda
Young Findaráto is reminded of his first horse and receives a gift from his friend Amarië while visiting the stables in Tirion. Silm.
Rating: G
Wisps of Gold
An elf lord of Finwë's house watches his wife struggle to bring their son into the world.
Rating: G
By The Grey Light Of Dawn
The day Fingolfin rode out to face Morgoth, from the perspective of one close to him. Silm.
Rating: PG
Fulfilling Oaths
Multi-age fic. Finrod doubts his strength at Tol-in-Gaurhoth. After his death, Beren considers the Ring of Felagund and over the years it is passed down until a mysterious messenger arrives in Aman. LOTR/Silm.
3rd Place 2008 Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards Times: Multi-Age: General
Rating: PG
Deeper And Richer
An elf visits his friend's home for the first time. The catch? His friend is a dwarf! Silm.
Rating: G
Home For An Elvenking
With the Shadow turning Greenwood to Mirkwood, Thranduil must relocate his people from the Mountains to a new home.
Rating: PG
Transformed
Thranduil takes his wife to their new home in northern Greenwood with a plan in mind that will change their lives.
Rating: PG-13
The Water's Song
Thranduil spends a day in the wood with his wife and youngest child, but something happens that is unexpected and not forgotten.
Rating: G
Where Is It?
Year 1111 3rd Age. Something is missing. Young Legolas is suspected of taking it. His siblings are sent to bring him to the king. Will what was taken ever be found?
Rating: G
Silver Bells
Year 2510 3rd Age. Falling snow, a warm fire and haunting memories. A grieving Elrond determines to skip the holiday festivities, not realizing how much he is needed, especially when it comes to his devastated sons. When a mysterious trunk is uncovered, the contents help return hope to the Lord of Imladris and his household.
Rating: PG
Whatever Harm Encroached
A hunter searches for his prey in the frozen forest of Mirkwood during the Long Winter of 2759.
Rating: PG
Spiced Wine On A Snowy Day
A snowy day in Imladris towards the end of the year 2933 Third Age.
Rating: PG
From the Jaws of Death (Coming soon!) Despite misgivings, when Elrond agrees to let 3 year old Estel go on an outing with Glorfindel, a peaceful day turns to disaster. Some wounds go much deeper than skin and bone, and some lessons are learned through much pain and sorrow. Will a family come together in such crisis, or will a household be ripped apart by tragedy?
Undaunted
2935 3rd Age. When Glorfindel is once again late for a meeting, Erestor sends a determined escort to see he arrives promptly and attired appropriately.
Rating: G
Never, In All My Days…
2935 3rd Age. A trip to Imladris is not everything Legolas expects it to be when he meets Lord Elrond's foster son, four year old Estel.
Rating: PG
Deadly Was the Wrath of the Hands That Held Them
"You are more worthy to wear the armour of elf-princes than many that have looked more comely in it." That was what his father told Mr. Bilbo Baggins. Legolas at the Battle of Five Armies
Rating: G
Instruction In Youth
The Prince of Mirkwood takes on a dubious task…instructing a young Estel about life from the elvish proverbs.
Rating: PG
Watching The Ants
Estel learns some lessons can be learned lying on his belly.
Rating: G
A Dark Shadow Under The Moon
"…In the days of June, sudden war came upon us out of Mordor, and we were swept away. We were outnumbered, for Mordor has allied itself with the Easterlings and the cruel Haradrim; but it was not by numbers that we were defeated. A power was there that we have not felt before."
--JRR Tolkien, The Council of Elrond, Fellowship of the Ring
Rating: PG
Keeping Watch
Dispairing news often brings fear...but it is how we respond that counts.
Rating: G
Elvish Magic
Shortly after arriving in Rivendell with Frodo, Sam stumbles across a mystery. Could it be elvish magic at work?
Rating: G
Hold To Hope
Dispairing news often brings fear...but it is how we respond that counts.
Rating: G
The Peculiarities of Elves and Dwarves (Coming Soon!) They were too different! Their kinds despised each other. It would be foolishness to attempt to bridge the gap between them. Yet they were both appointed to accompany the Ringbearer and charged by Gandalf to be friends. Can they discover the similarities between them, or is the Fellowship doomed to internal strife?
In Good Company
Boromir observes his strange companions as they set out on their journey.
Rating: PG
To Represent The Elves
As the Nine Walkers travel south, two members of the Fellowship become better acquainted. A birthday fic for Wimsey1. HONORABLE MENTION 2007 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards Genres: Humor: General
Rating: G
Taste The Fungus
During the Quest, the Fellowship had to eat on the run. And they were all subject to the cooking habits of Hobbits.
Rating: G
A Successful Attempt
After the loss of Gandalf in Moria, can an elf and dwarf put aside their differences and attempt to be friends? Written for the Middleearth Express Prompt: 76 Attempt. Companion to Offering Nothing More Than Tears
Rating: PG
I Am Of The House Of Eorl
When the Three Hunters and Gandalf come to Edoras, history is made, events are set in motion and some will never be the same… A look at the events from an unusual perspective...that of a wolfhound.
Rating: PG
Darkest Before Dawn
What gave Aragorn such strength of will to go boldly into the Paths of the Dead, seemingly fearless in the face of such evil – even when the lights go out? Bookverse
Rating: PG
The Trees Were Burning
Wishing to fight with his people and disappointed to be instead sent as a messenger to Mirkwood, young Blákári, a dwarf of Erebor, finds himself beneath the trees, forced to join in a battle that is not his and to fight alongside a race he has been taught to despise.
Rating: PG-13
Free To Live
Thranduil goes to Dol Guldur after its destruction to see with his own eyes that the Shadow has been defeated.
Rating: PG
The Last Gift
Elrond had given him many gifts over the course of his life. Looking back, Aragorn remembers… 1st Place December 2009 Teitho Contest 'Giving Gifts, Receiving Gifts' 2010 MEFA Nominee
Rating: PG
Feast On Mushrooms
Hobbits seem to be quite taken with mushrooms, but not everyone they come into contact with concurs, as Pippin finds out during the Quest in Taste the Fungus and again after the War in Feast on Mushrooms. A pair of related fics
Rating: G
Ghosts And Ghouls
During their travels, Legolas and Gimli encounter a village with some beliefs the dwarf has never encountered before. Legolas enlightens him.
Rating: PG
What's For Dinner?
He always knew wood-elves were strange. Will their outlandish customs prove too much for a stout dwarf like Gimli? 2ND PLACE March 2009 Teitho Contest; 2ND PLACE 2009 MEFA Genres: Character Study: Friendship
Rating: PG
Dance Of The Deer And Múmak
"By all that is stone, how did he talk me into this, a dwarf at an elvish merry making?"
Gimli's thoughts during a wood-elf celebration post War of the Ring.
Rating: PG
A Good
Thing
Legolas visits the Lonely Mountain for the first time and is surprised by what he finds
Rating: PG
Seeds Of Hope
When Legolas relocated to Ithilien, he did so with the thought that he could heal the broken land, reseed the forests and bring beauty once again to Gondor. Instead he finds different seeds must first be planted, and that the true beauty of Ithilien will be the merging of the peoples themselves. 2nd Teitho "Seeds"
Rating: PG
Of Fillies And Kings
Alone I watch, never seen, a stranger in a strange land, observing those who are now my people.
Rating: PG
Let Me Be Your Strength
When Elrond arrives on Tol Eressëa, he finds healing for the bitter wounds in his heart.
Rating: PG
Tracking Monsters
Legolas searches out a new and possibly evil creature in Ithilien. A companion fic to Uncharacteristic Fury.
Rating: PG
Uncharacteristic Fury
Eowyn returns from helping an injured man to find her husband is furious with her.
Rating: PG-13
The Gift
Legolas receives a surprise visitor, and learns some disturbing news.
Rating: PG
To Save A Friend (Coming soon!) During a seemingly innocent visit to Minas Tirith, Legolas uncovers a great secret and greater evil. Forces are plotting against the newly victorious kingdoms of Gondor and Rohan. Suspicions rise, war looms, and choices must be made. Will he be lost in the intrigue, betrayal and the lure of power. Just how far will one friend go to save the other?
Ease My Heart
Sometimes those who affect our lives so greatly are those who are silent. And we never forget them. Sequel to I Am of the House of Eorl.
Rating: PG
Birthday Celebrations
Year 6, 4th Age. It is the first of March and the White City is celebrating the birthday of King Elessar! But festivities sometimes do not go as planned...Will Legolas survive the night?
Rating: PG-13
Forest Assault
Legolas receives a surprise visitor, and learns some disturbing news.
Rating: PG
Catching A Steward Off His Guard
Year 7, 4th Age. The complete story of Faramir's unfortunate inability to keep on his guard at all times as referenced in the story Never Again. Completely revised to fit with Birthday Celebrations!
Rating: PG
Never Again
Tormented by the sea longing, Legolas visits Minas Tirith. But when he is caught in a cave in, will friends he cannot remember be able to help him, or will he sail, having forgotten why he remained?
Rating: PG
Tangible Memories
Legolas must make the difficult decision of what to take with him when he sails into the West.
Rating: PG
