Tolkien in 100 Words

Author: Himring
Source / Fandom: Silmarillion
Rating: PG
Warnings: reference to war and politics
Characters: Finarfin, Edhellos (Eldalote, wife of Angrod)
Disclaimer: Tolkien tells us about the resettlement of Tol Eressea, at the end of the First Age, but there is little explanation or detail. Also, we know almost nothing about Angrod's wife. I made her a leader on Tol Eressea.
Summary: After the War of Wrath, a temporary kind of quarantine on Tol Eressea turns into a permanent settlement. This also turns into a chapter in the history of the White Tree.
Author notes: This drabble is also one section of a prompt fill on the subject of trees at the tolkienshortfanworks community ("one section" because I have combined it with an introductory bit of verse for that prompt).

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Author : Himring
Fandom : History of Middle-earth
Rating : Teens
Warning: Character death referenced and implied
Characters : Lalwen, daughter of Finwe (Feanor's half-sister)
Disclaimer : Lalwen is Tolkien's and he named her for laughter.
Summary : Lalwen's last stand and her defiance. (Features Himring 'verse Lalwen.)

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Author : Himring
Fandom : Silmarillion, Children of Hurin
Rating : General
Characters : Mablung, Melian, Nellas
Disclaimer : The characters are Tolkien's, but he would not have put them in this situation, I suspect.
Spoilers : n/a
Summary : Melian asks Nellas to do something for her. (Takes place at some point well before Turin's arrival in Doriath.)


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Author : Himring
Fandom : Silmarillion
Rating : PG
Characters : Indis, Maglor (Makalaure)
Disclaimer : The characters and the bells of Valmar are Tolkien's; the rest is by me.
Spoilers : Allusion to background tensions among the Noldorin elves in Valinor.
Summary : Indis of the Vanyar, queen of the Noldor and a singer, discusses cultural differences with her step-grandson Maglor, the musician. 


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Author : Himring
Fandom : Silmarillion
Rating : PG-13
Characters : Original Female Character (Elf, Noldor)
Disclaimer : The Battle of Sudden Flame is Tolkien's; Curutane and her village are mine.
Spoilers : For the destruction of Thargelion in the Dagor Bragollach, I suppose?
Summary: A craftswoman weaves Feanorian flames, but Morgoth's flames prove deadlier.
A/N: posting this together with a non-challenge drabble about the same character that I had not cross-posted here yet. The second drabble is set in the Halls of Mandos, although that is not made explicit. (The first drabble will also be posted to Tumblr for Tolkien OC week.)

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Title : To See Our Enemy Coming
Author : Himring
Fandom : Silmarillion, History of Middle-earth
Rating : PG
Characters : Edhellos (Eldalote), Angrod's wife; Cirdan
Disclaimer : Characters and settings are Tolkien's, but this interaction is entirely invented.
Spoilers : Reference to the outcome of the Battle of Sudden Flame.
Summary: Edhellos has escaped, with a handful of others, from the battle in which her husband died. She has a request to make. (Double drabble.)

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Title : Like dark glass
Author : Himring
Fandom : The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion
Rating : PG13
Characters : Original female characters (dwarf, elf)
Disclaimer : Tolkien wrote about two lakes; in Himring's mind they connected.
Spoilers : For the drowning of Beleriand, I suppose...

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Title : Survivor
Author : Himring
Fandom : Silmarillion, History of Middle-earth
Rating : PG13
Characters : Edhellos, wife of Angrod
Disclaimer : The Battle of Sudden Flame is Tolkien's. He does not tell us whether Edhellos was there or what happened to her.
Spoilers : It's the Silmarillion: everyone dies except Galadriel (and, in my 'verse, Edhellos). That's not a spoiler.
Summary : Edhellos survives the fall of Dorthonion in the Battle of Sudden Flame.

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Title : A Halt in a Long Voyage
Author : Himring
Fandom/Source : Silmarillion, History of Middle-earth
Rating : PG
Characters : Tuor, Idril and other elves
Disclaimer : The characters are all Tolkien's. The idea that Tuor became something like the Flying Dutchman was one that Tolkien had pondered at one point but probably entirely discarded. So there was no need to write a fix-it (of sorts), but I wrote one anyway.
Spoilers/Warnings : mild angst (also, present tense)
Summary: Tuor and Idril must go on voyaging on Earrame forever. But their friends on Tol Eressea find a way to help them deal with it.

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