Stories of Arda Home Page
About Us News Resources Login Become a member Help Search

Elves - Men - Hobbits - Dwarves - Istari - Valar - Maiar

The world of J.R.R. Tolkien is owned by Tolkien Enterprises and/or New Line Cinema.  No money is made from these stories. The stories are the intellectual property of the author(s) and should not be reproduced without their permission.

Tolkien quote of the day:

Tom Bombadil is not an important person – to the narrative. I suppose he has some importance as a ‘comment’. … He is just an invention and he represents something that I feel important, though I would not be prepared to analyze the feeling precisely. I would not, however, have left him in, if he did not have some kind of function. I might put it this way. The story is cast in terms of a good side and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kingship, moderated freedom with consent against compulsion that has long lost any object save mere power, and so on; but both sides in some degree, conservative or destructive, want a measure of control. But if you have, as it were taken a ‘vow of poverty’, renounced control, and take your delight in things for themselves without reference to yourself, watching, observing and to some extent knowing, then the question of the rights and wrongs of power and control might become utterly meaningless to you, and the means of power quite valueless. It is a natural pacifist view, which always arises in the mind where there is a war. But the view of Rivendell seems to be that it is an excellent thing to have represented, but that there are in fact things with which it cannot cope; and upon which its existence nonetheless depends. Ultimately only the victory of the West will allow Bombadil to continue, or even to survive. Nothing would be left for him in the world of Sauron.

Letter 144, The Letters of JRR Tolkien

 

Most recent additions or updates
(5339 stories in the archive)

bullet Bound by Duty; Bound by Joy by Mirkwoodmaiden Last Updated: 2/4/2025
During the Ring War Faramir falls victim to more than just the physical wounds he took trying to retake Osgiliath. The Black Breath tries to claim him and only the Hands of the Healer, the King can bring him back. In killing the Witch King Éowyn is wounded and though Aragorn can heal her body, He cannot heal her spirit. Faramir will. First chapter is a bit grim but the following chapters are more optimistic. **REPOST due to Breach
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 6 Published: 1/25/2025
bullet Silhouettes of Doom by Ecthelion of the fountain Last Updated: 2/2/2025
"At least we have learned that the sons of Fëanor can die too."
Nine POVs, one matter - a story about the kinslaying in Doriath.
Rating: PG-13 Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 9 Published: 1/31/2025
bullet Dol Guldur by Arnakhor Last Updated: 2/1/2025
Dol Guldur was originally published in the fall of 2018. A sequel to it, Days of the Dunedain, was published in the fall of 2024. Both were deleted in the recent breach of the website. Days of the Dunedain has been restored to the site. I am in the process of restoring Dol Guldur to Stories of Arda. It’s a longer work than Days of the Dunedain so it may take a few weeks or so to restore. As chapters are finished they will be posted. A third story involving the Dunedain is in progress,
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 23 Published: 1/26/2025
bullet Capturing a Star by shirebound Last Updated: 2/1/2025
Defying Dwarvish traditions, Gimli brings something very special to the Shire as a coming-of-age gift for Sam's oldest son. Characters include Aragorn, Arwen, Sam, Frodo, Rosie, Pippin, and Merry. A "Quarantined"-verse story. (RE-POSTED)
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 5 Published: 1/29/2025
bullet An Urgent Matter by Ecthelion of the fountain Last Updated: 1/29/2025
Every morning, I leave you; every evening, you bring me back.
An endless game—until the day it is not.
Rating: R Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/29/2025
bullet Eä's Redemption by AaronSecret Last Updated: 1/29/2025
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously thought on the matter who the Ainur are, who Eru is, how he matches our own religious pantheon, and this has been conducted after serious research of many esoteric teachings of our own planet's heritage.
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 5 Published: 7/14/2024
bullet Sad But True by Ecthelion of the fountain Last Updated: 1/28/2025
Had he loved? Perhaps. But what cuts deeper—love or light?
A story for Celegorm the fair, the third son of Fëanor.
Rating: R Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 10 Published: 5/3/2007
bullet Days of the Dunedain by Arnakhor Last Updated: 1/24/2025
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 24 Published: 1/22/2025
bullet Friend Ship by shirebound Last Updated: 1/23/2025
Whether on land or sea, Legolas and Gimli never stop looking out for one another. (Re-posted)
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/23/2025
bullet At Your Service by shirebound Last Updated: 1/23/2025
17 years after the War of the Ring, the hobbit Nob from The Prancing Pony encounters an unexpected sight. (Re-posted)
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/23/2025
bullet Her Samwise by PSW Last Updated: 1/22/2025
Two short moments between Sam and Rosie.
Rating: PG Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 3 Published: 1/22/2025
bullet Ah, Númenor by PSW Last Updated: 1/22/2025
A mirror poem.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/22/2025
bullet A Love of the Halfling's Leaf by Mirkwoodmaiden Last Updated: 1/22/2025
It is 2941. All manner of peoples come to Imladris seeking lore. Young Estel meets one of them and a lifelong love affair begins...with pipeweed. This short story is set the timeline of my main story “The Heir Apparent” about Estel growing up. In a slight change to canon timeline Estel meets Gandalf when he was five and living in Rivendell.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/22/2025
bullet Hope is Kindled by Mirkwoodmaiden Last Updated: 1/22/2025
Five-year old Estel meets Gandalf and has a few mishaps with a fish and a miscreant frog. It's tough being five years old and fish will not obey you.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/22/2025
bullet Delayed by PSW Last Updated: 1/19/2025
Gandalf the Grey arrives in Rivendell after a rather difficult summer.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 2 Published: 1/19/2025
bullet Clearing the Heir, Part 2 by Lindelea Last Updated: 1/19/2025
Continuing the story presented in Clearing the Heir: A holiday story, originally written for Marigold's Challenge Number 11. How did Bilbo come to the decision to name an heir?
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 6 Published: 1/18/2025
bullet PLEASE READ: Notifications to Site Users by Site Administrator Last Updated: 1/18/2025
This story is a repository for important notifications to site users
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 1 Published: 1/18/2025
bullet Of Hearth and Home by Itarille Last Updated: 1/16/2025
As Faramir takes up his duties and prepares for the King's return, those around him quietly care for him. A later chapter in this story will include that kiss on the wall—how could it not? This story is a companion piece for “Of Claim and Councils”, though each story can be read separately. [With gratitude to Raksha the Demon for reviewing the draft of Chapter 1, and for her wonderful Lord of the Rings fanfiction—which, after all these years, still makes me happy whenever I re-read it]
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 9 Published: 12/14/2024
bullet Kaylee's Special Yule Holiday in Rivendell by KathyG Last Updated: 1/8/2025
This story is an off-shoot of "An Unexpected Adventure", posted here; in that story, four children have found themselves in Middle-earth. The three older children have found themselves pulled into the Fellowship's quest, but the youngest has been left behind in Rivendell, to the care of Elves and Bilbo. It’s Yule, and Kaylee misses her siblings. How do Bilbo and the Elves set out to cheer her up? Co-written by KathyG and Dreamflower.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 1/8/2025
bullet Solstice Gifts Come in all Shapes by Mirkwoodmaiden Last Updated: 12/22/2024
Another in my Winter Solstice tales: Posted on Winter Solstice. At Winter Solstice 12 year old Eowyn receives a surprise gift. Theoden receives another.
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 3 Published: 12/5/2024
First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page