Stories of Arda

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• The Book of Mazarbul by Soledad

  The chronicle of Balin's ill-fated effort to retake Moria. Featuring a great many Dwarves, canon and otherwise, with some other people having guest appeareances. After much consideration, I decided to keep updating this story, though in a heavily edited version.

  PG · 19 chapters · In progress · Published 21 June 2008 · Updated 22 April 2024 · Reviews (126)

• She walks in Beauty like the Night by Linda Hoyland

  Arwen has a memorable encounter

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 8 April 2024 · Updated 8 April 2024 · Reviews (5)

• Import Duty by DADGAD

  Aragorn makes a rash promise in Council, that he himself would always obey any duly constituted laws of Gondor and Arnor, just like he requires his subjects to do. Faramir is concerned about the possible problems this might cause, especially as there are many laws and regulations going back through the years of the Stewards. A few weeks later Aragorn is asked to account for the provenance of a 'special' item which he has apparently imported into Gondor...

  G · 10 chapters · Complete · Published 7 February 2024 · Updated 8 February 2024 · Reviews (14)

• The Road to Edoras by Ellynn

  Movie-gapfiller: story of the perilous journey of Eothain and Freda from their village to Edoras.

  PG-13 · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 19 January 2024 · Updated 19 January 2024 · Reviews (7)

• We Were Young Once ~ III by Conquistadora

  BOOK III ~ ARAN ~ The War of the Last Alliance destroyed his army and killed his father, but it made Thranduil King in Eryn Galen and afforded his people a thousand years of peace. But a new enemy (or perhaps an old one) plants himself on Amon Lanc and begins poisoning the forest. As life becomes darker and more dangerous, King Thranduil must discover whether he has the strength to stand between the Wood-elves of Greenwood and the nameless Necromancer of Dol Guldur.

  PG-13 · 52 chapters · In progress · Published 28 August 2006 · Updated 31 December 2023 · Reviews (196)

• Home-coming by Ellynn

  A member of Haradrim army decides to leave the battle at Pelennor fields and return home. And when he reaches his home in Harad, he decides it is time for the big change.

  PG-13 · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 29 December 2023 · Updated 29 December 2023 · Reviews (12)

• Another Moment of your Time by Larner

  A second collection of Frodo-centric fics

  PG-13 · 99 chapters · In progress · Published 19 January 2010 · Updated 7 November 2023 · Reviews (508)

• Stay by Aldwen

  The time of the Elves in Middle-Earth is over, and the Straight Road is calling. But is there peace and healing for everyone in Valinor? An AU-ish piece, set in the beginning of the Fourth Age, written from the point of view of several narrators, indicated in the beginning of each chapter.

  PG · 12 chapters · Complete · Published 23 October 2023 · Updated 2 November 2023 · Reviews (28)

• Playing History by Galadriel Gardner

  Sam learns firsthand just what it means for children to learn through imitative play, and young Elanor and Frodo begin to think about the story in the Red Book in a new way. Also features Rose and several of the younger Gardner children.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 8 September 2023 · Updated 8 September 2023 · Reviews (5)

• The Struggle Nought Availeth by perelleth

  Second Age, around 1370. After chasing Annatar off his lands, Gil-galad is overcome with doubt. Dark things awake everywhere as shadows settle across the lands to the East. Elves travel to Mithlond in growing numbers seeking passage to the West, burdened by a mounting despair they call sea-longing. Meanwhile, Tar-Anárion rules in Númenor and Celeborn and Galadriel -with Celebrían in tow- have left Nenuial and settled in Ost-in-Edhil, where Celebrimbor and the Mírdain have welcomed Annatar. replique montre

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 14 June 2023 · Updated 29 July 2023 · Reviews (4)

• Ponderings on a Routine Morn by PSW

  Every change requires some adjustment, no matter how glorious.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 21 July 2023 · Updated 21 July 2023 · Reviews (7)

• The Gift of Moonlight by Linda Hoyland

  Eowyn comforts an ailing friend.

  G · 1 chapter · In progress · Published 29 May 2023 · Updated 29 May 2023 · Reviews (4)

• Scimitar and Sword by Linda Hoyland

  A visit from Harad's ruler has unfortunate consequences for Faramir.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 27 April 2023 · Updated 27 April 2023 · Reviews (4)

• Of the Nature of Dreams by Galadriel Gardner

  Little Frodo is curious about dreams, and Primula treasures special moments with her only child.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 16 April 2023 · Updated 16 April 2023 · Reviews (3)

• The Tale of a Snail and Fairy Steeds by Linda Hoyland

  Arwen and her little daughter have an adventure

  PG · 1 chapter · In progress · Published 26 March 2023 · Updated 26 March 2023 · Reviews (4)

• The Warrior of the White Hand by Soledad

  Prequel of some sort to "The Last Stand". A closer look at the Uruk-Hai within Isengard in general and at Uglúk in particular.

  PG-13 · 1 chapter · In progress · Published 13 January 2023 · Updated 13 January 2023 · Reviews (2)

• Tapestry by aiwendil

  Arwen is not a stranger to loss, nor to grief.replika órák

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 6 December 2022 · Updated 6 December 2022 · Reviews (10)

• How the Entwives Were Lost by aiwendil

  It is said that during the time of the Last Alliance, war came upon the secret gardens of the entwives. It is not so often said that someone came first.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 5 December 2022 · Updated 5 December 2022 · Reviews (3)

• Through Different Eyes by Nurayy

  Scenes on the Hornburg before, during and after the battle, seen through the eyes of a child. [Ch2: "Words can not tell..." 1st place at Teitho Contest Nov/Dec 20 'Gems and Jewels', Ch4: "Immortal" written for Teitho 'Divergence'] And other outtakes, gap fillers and one-shots. [New Ch7: The Call of the Gull]

  PG · 7 chapters · In progress · Published 24 April 2021 · Updated 22 September 2022 · Reviews (10)

• Her Gift to the Secondborn by Ellynn

  In the ancient time before the Children of Iluvatar and all other beings of Arda woke up, Yavanna thinks about men and their vulnerability, and uses her power to help them – even if only in an indirect way.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 21 September 2022 · Updated 21 September 2022 · Reviews (3)